Kasangwawo If all your reasoning and explanation end up in "What an asshole !" how do you think this is going to convince people to see what a brilliant historian you are? Tell us what you think about the constitution as it affects the current people in Uganda and what you will do to protect it and how you will do it. Also tell us what you expect from us your listeners so we can respond approriately. What you claim to be history or facts seem to be your wishes and expectations. It does not absolve you from being an ordinary Ugandan subject to the constitution. History may be good but now is better. Are you trying to relive history? If so, how can your reader or contributors to your message become assholes? It is because of such people like you that Uganda is going astray! You have the guns and you can not talk development but history and everymorning your are borrowing money from overseas to prevent Obote from returning to Uganda. Yours is too much Kasangwawo.
Onegi pa obol -- "jonah kasangwawo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Onegi pa Obol, I don't know how you came to the conclusion that my intention is to create "grounds for great upheavals in the country" ! All I am attempting to do is to give you the facts of our History, so we can all learn from it. I am not encouraging dictators to use the same mean tricks Obote used then, on the contrary I abhor them. But as the situation stands today, it seems we haven't learnt from that History. You may think that Obote is infallible but the fact is that he set the example for taking over power using the military which was the beginning of the troubles we are still experiencing today. If you can't see the glaring similarities - Congo, messing with the Constitution, etc. - I'm sorry I can't simplify for you farther than that. What an asshole ! Kasangwawo >From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net >To: ugandanet@kym.net >Subject: Re: [Ugnet] RE: [FedsNet] Re: the 1966 crisis II >Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 04:41:07 GMT > > >I must thank all those learned or educated or informed persons who have >lead us to believe that Uganda is about Obote and Mutesa. >Thank you for having a mind that allows other dictators to emerge in Uganda >using the same protocol and procedures. And thank you for creating grounds >for great upheavals in the country. > >Onegi pa Obol > >-- "jonah kasangwawo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >contd. > >The President's Secretary responded to Obote's accusations on 4th March >1966 >and questioned why the Prime Minister did not specify which foreign >diplomats had been asked to send troops. He reminded the Prime Minister >that >while on his Northern tour, serious allegations concerning plans to >overthrow the Constitution had been made in Parliament and that on his >return, the Prime Minister himself had acknowledged the great alarm, >especially in Kampala, caused by the movement of troops which Obote himself >had authorized earlier without informing the President. Connection was made >between this illegal training of troops and the truck loads of arms and >ammunition impounded by the Kenyan government the year before. > >The response further stated that "In the circumstances, precautionary >requests had to be made should the situation get out of hand. The safety of >the nation was at stake. The President did not invite foreign troops to >invade this country". The precautionary requests were conditional and did >not precipitate anything. The answer further reminded the Prime Minister >that during the army mutiny in 1964, he had called in British troops >without >informing the President who was both Head of State and Commander-in-Chief >until Sir Edward demanded to be given the necessary information. > >Concerning the dereliction of duty accusations, the Secretary to the >President stated, and I quote: > >"As to failure to sign the two Acts, section 67 of the Constitution >provides, in part, that if the President "declines" to perform an act as >required by the Constitution, the Prime Minister may himself perform that >act. In his capacity as Kabaka of Buganda and President of Uganda, Sir >Edward Mutesa was put in a most invidious position over the question of the >Referendum. The two Counties, the subject of the Referendum, formed part of >the Kingdom of Buganda. The Prime Minister was quite aware of this quandary >himself and he agreed to follow the procedures laid down in section 67 and >signed the Acts. The section envisaged such a situation. It was >constitutional for the President to have declined as he did". > >The same was true for the official opening of the session of Parliament. >The >Constitution did not provide that the President MUST (emphasis mine) >perform >the opening of each and every session. It envisaged occasions where the >Vice-President could perform functions should the President be unable to do >so. This was one such occasion. All of this shows that Obote was just >trying >to find petty reasons for carrying out his unconstitutional acts. > >Another problem was that the President had no access to the mass media >which >was a monopoly of Obote and his government. So while Obote could reach a >lot >of people, Sir Edward could only depend on the mercy of the press which was >also not quite free. But on 4th March 1966 the President managed to break >his silence and published two letters he had written to the Prime Minister >on 28th February 1966 and 3rd March 1966. The first one read in part: > >"This is to inform you that your public statements of 22nd and 24th >February, 1966, have caused me much anxiety especially as you have not >informed me of them as you are required by the Constitution". > >He goes on to inform Obote that his taking over of all powers of the >Government of Uganda was contrary to the Constitution, which is the supreme >law of the land and that the suspension of the Constitution was >unconstitutional. > >I'll quote the rest of it in full in order to do full justice to the >message: > >"I have allowed plenty of time to elapse before writing to you in the hope >that after careful thought you would find your way to retracting these >unconstitutional acts. I had hoped that your advisers would point it out to >you that the course you were pursuing might cause instability in the >country, a situation which we are all striving to avoid. Now that the dark >clouds continue to mount in the very lives of the people of this country, I >feel I am in duty bound to ask you to stay your hand, and to desist from >continuing with the procedures against Government personnel, especially >those who are commissioned to serve me. >Our first duty is to the people of this country. The people decided in >their >great wisdom that the best way to serve them is through the means laid down >in the Constitution which they themselves made. >Once again, I earnestly appeal to you to adhere strictly to the >Constitution >in order to remove this overhanging uneasiness which cannot be conducive to >peace, good order and the counrty's prosperity". > >It is clear from the above that Sir Edward still thought he could be civil >in his dealings with Obote. > > >..more later. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! 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