Ssemakula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mr. Ndyabahika:
I have addressed this issue before, and here is a re-cap: There are well over
50,000 Uganda-born people living in North America.
Each year about 1,000 (2% of the total) of us get together at the Uganda
Convention, where issues affecting Uganda are addressed.
Now, what should the other 98% of the Uganda-born population in North America
who can not for one reason or another, or who choose not to (now, here is
something really worth discussing!), attend the Uganda Convention do?
Ttabamiruka '07 has a very narrow focus, and narrow target audience. It is
focused specifically on Buganda. Only issues peculiar to Buganda will be
discussed, e.g.
- The Balaalo who were chased from Buliisa and who now want to steal our land
-- with the active aid of Museveni's government, in spite of the fact that many
Baganda are landless,
- How to look after our cultural burial sites,
- How to teach our children our language & culture,
- How to make bark cloth,
- How to prepare enswa & ensenene properly according to type,
- What young Baganda girls need to know before getting married,
- What young Baganda boys need to know before getting married,
- What needs to be done to ensure the availability of safe drinking water on
Nsangi and Nakawuka villages,
- How to help schools in Buganda
- Introduce our children to their Kabaka, who will be in attendance
Etc, etc,
As you can see, we the Baganda, have issues that concern only us, which we
need to address directly.
I am sure that you can see that Ttabamiruka will not, and is not designed to,
cater to the entire remaining 98% of the Uganda-born North American population.
Lastly, I am also sure that you realize that there are not that many "free &
traditional" 3-day weekends in a year in USA, and hence the need to share the
Labor Day weekend with UNAA.
Ssemakula
Ps: Usual disclaimers
{i.e. these are my personal view, and I do NOT speak for; nor do I represent;
Ttabamiruka. For the official view, visit www.ttabamiruka.com}
----- Original Message ----
From: Apolo Ndyabahika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; UNAANET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2007 10:12:42 PM
Subject: [UNAANET] UNAA 2007 and Ttabamiruka '07 to be held over the same
weekend!
Would someone please explain the logic behind having these two events at the
same time!
All Ugandans in the USA know that the annual UNAA meeting takes place over
the labor day weekend. So why schedule a significant Ugandan event at the same
time?
On 7/5/07, musamize < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Ssemakula <james_ssemakula@ yahoo.com>
To: Buganda Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL
PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2007 12:47:23 PM
Subject: Kabaka and Katikkiro to attend Ttabamiruka '07
Sources in Kampla indicate that the Kabaka and the Katikkiro will lead a
powerful delegation to the Ttabamiruka '07 Conference in New Jersey on August
31 to September 2, 2007.
The official announcement will probably be forthcoming sometime in the next
week or two at www.ttabamiruka.com.
It is advisable for those intending to attend Ttabamiruka to register for
Ttabamiruka and to make Hotel reservations as soon as possible> This is
because the organizers did not block off a lot of rooms at the New Brunswick
Hyatt Regency Hotel, since they are planning for only about 300 people, and
they don't appear to be inclined to increase the number for logistic reasons.
Buli awulidde ategeeze munne.
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