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Subject: Re: [UNAANET] Will Dr Besigye seek a third term? M7 is not what u think he is!!
It is so sad and outrageous that Edriss Kironde in his article does not see the excesses and lies of the NRM government but only sees the opposition especially Miria Obote as the devil! Wake up Edriss! You are living in glass castles in Colorado or Boston but go back and see how the common people are living! These days they get electricity just one hour a day-that is if they are lucky and do you know ?--- the persons responsible for that mess are still cabinet ministers! How rewarding!Thank you so much Jackson for seeing that the NRM had already diverged from their core promises and beliefs and you opted out!
Solome Kalule
Annette Kironde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tell me what will Ugandans be proud of, now that every thing has been sold off to Sudir and his associates? Ugandans are now slaves in there own countries. Which mechanism is used to award all those big chanks of land to the so cold investors. UTV now has no resoanable premises and many othe national sites. One person said one time that this regime robed every thing from this country and that is why they had to go to the Congo, i thought it was a mean statement but now it think he was right.
If it wasn't just for the sake of dieing in power why would 2.5 billion be spent on convicting one man, yet you and i know the charges are cooked up by our sick minded brothers in green uniforms, we are not happy. Money is being spent in such away and guess who suffers? me and the many brothers down here. You are in Colorado, USA, you do not get to fill the pain of the taxes and high levels of inflation down here, when you come to Uganda, try to go to your home village, those villagers might even think you are a god. They are so poor that they nolonger can afford sugar, paraffin or actual fish, therefore they resort to the likes of Mugongo-Waazi.
Please understand that its your goverment seeking to demonise every one that is on the opposition, not the opposition, research again on the same.
We are interested in the good of the country as a whole, not just power, not just the Banyankole, sorry if your are one but its the truth.
If it wasn't grid of power and trying to die in power, why would one man have over 100,000 personal forces (PGB), the biggest parliament in the region, biggest cabinet full of loyals and very old guys out of ideas as long as they can say yes to his polictical whims, our addministrative costs are so high that even a kid could try to do some thing about it, but wapii, are your forgeting this is Kaguta's regime?
Is this the man that promised a fundamental change in 1986? you must be one of those paid to simply say what the old man wants to hear, i even wonder whethe you are in the 'US of A' legaly.
Bravo to the solitary ugandans trying to speak out, remember, your are running out of time, Ugandans at large are smart enough now days not to keep listening to the same old pep-talk. We have been subjected to the better cup of hemlock but we are optimistic it will be but for a short while to come. I was once a movement carder but threw in the towel because of the rot going on.I have nothing personal aganist you or the man you serve but just aganist your same old stories since the inception of your regime. However, since you recently swore in to Protect and uphold the constitution, we hope you people realise the true meaning of that oath, i hope it wasn't for formality.For God and My countryJackson I.IConcerned Ugandan.
isiko jackson ivan
Henrietta Wamala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Wow Ed, Thumbs up to you!Nice Article. And thank you for bringing it out as clearly as you did by reminding us what we had/went through in the past. I would too love to know the answer to your question posed though, Will KB seek a third term?HW--- Original Message -----
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> Will Besigye seek third term or hand over to Latigo?
> Edriss Kironde Colorado, USA
>
> With less than 40 members sent to the 8th Parliament by the Forum
> for Democratic Change, one can use logical atomism and filter the
> chaff from the real grain or the real voters from curious onlookers.
>
> On February 23, Uganda yet again joined other nations that change
> their leaders through an electoral process, and it was the third
> time for Ugandans to have general elections since President Yoweri
> Museveni came to power 20 years ago.
>
> To some of us, Amin's era of 8 years seemed to be a much longer
> period than Museveni's 20 years. It is easy to understand why a
> losing candidate with a mere handful of votes would shy away from
> the swearing in ceremony of the President at Kololo airstrip.
>
> What is confusing is the opposition's enthusiasm to take up their
> opposition seats in the House. Wouldn't that be enough to
> legitimise the people's verdict?
> One wonders how long it would take the opposition to mature into
> honourable citizens and stop demonising the President and his
> supporters.
>
> Dr Abed Bwanika, Ssebaana Kizito and twice Ugandan first lady Miria
> Obote, presented themselves to the Ugandan electorate seeking the
> Number One job in the country.
> Museveni and Dr Kizza Besigye had run this marathon before. Without
> even a structured office or party officials, Dr Abed Bwanika
> garnered more votes than Mama Miria of UPC, a party which has been
> in existence since 1950s.
>
> A law that prohibited anyone who had continuously lived outside
> Uganda for two years to run for the presidency was changed before
> the elections and the beneficiaries were Dr Besigye and Miria Obote.
>
> Talk of bending the law backward to accommodate everybody. Mama
> Miria had lived outside Uganda for over 20 years and had returned
> to bury her late husband who died in exile. She found herself on
> the campaign trail convincing the electorate to send her back to
> State House, but this time as their Head of State.
>
> Despite the fact that Mama Miria was given a resounding rejection
> by the voters, she may have encouraged females in the country to
> vie for the highest office in future.
> Besigye had lived outside Uganda since 2001 and had only part of
> six months to convince Ugandans that he was still in touch with
> them. At his rallies, even if he told the listeners about "mugongo
> wazi" the crowd would cheer.
>
> Whether his arrest was responsible for his 10% increase from the
> 2001 election, or the youth who had become of voting age in 2006,
> is something NRM strategists need to look into. Now that the lion
> has roared, it remains to be seen whether Besigye will seek a
> "third term" running for the same office come 2011.
>
> Political pundits will be quick to say that this time the doctor's
> political career is going down the drain as he has twice proved to
> be a perennial loser.
> By the time the Eighth Parliament winds up, it is envisaged that
> the Leader of Opposition, Prof. Ogenga Latigo will have manifested
> himself as a strong leader of FDC and besides, he comes from FDC's
> stronghold- the north.
>
> No wonder when Ms Salaam Musumba envisioned this months ago, she
> did not get kind words from Besigye. Talk about grooming leaders,
> this would be a good opportunity for FDC to practise what it
> preaches. When Miria left Uganda 20 years ago as Ugandas first
> lady to attend a women's conference in Nairobi, Kampalas Nile
> Mansions Luxury Suites were killing fields of the State. Now its a
> world class hotel where one can spend a night in peace.
>
> In her own words, she says that despite the State-inspired killings
> in Luweero during her husbands reign (1980-85), she got a much
> different reception in the district than what she had expected and
> the doors of the Buganda Kingdom were opened wide for her despite
> her party's known past.
>
> Undeniably, since Dr Besigye's return to Uganda from exile in South
> Africa, political and social orders have been sporadically
> disrupted and many peace loving citizens have asked why one man
> should take Uganda back into the dark days of ddukadduka
> (instability)?
>
> The tranquility Ugandans have enjoyed for the past 20 years must be
> jealously guarded. Politicians must take political responsibility
> to confront hooliganism and provocation. Individual politicians,
> who grasp the olive branch extended to them by the NRM, should not
> be intimidated by the opposition.
> Ugandans have gone back to do their own things while the triumphant
> ones continue to trot the corridors of power.
>
> The opposition politicians should avoid the double talk and call
> for conciliatory among their supporters and shun the so-called
> human rights organisations whose leaders comfortably enjoy public
> money and live comfortably thousands of miles away. Fellow Ugandans
> hurting fellow Ugandans in the name of politics is unacceptable.
>
> The return of President Museveni to power signalled continuity in
> economic success, social stability and for the next five years, the
> NRM government, as promised in the campaigns, is expected to focus
> more on prosperity for all and disprove critics views that
> prosperity for all was a mere campaign slogan.
>
> Its time Ugandans joined hands to work with the NRM government and
> President Museveni to push the country forward. Poverty levels have
> to be further reduced. The volume of exports under Musevenis
> government speaks for itself and the levels and policies on
> Education is record for one to be proud of. The author is the NRM
> Chairman Colorado, USA Chapter
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