*Masaka is a typical African name for the district that comprised of the counties of Buddu, Mawogola, Kooki, Kabula and Ssese Islands. The name has roots going back to time immemorial. I forget the exact origin.
When Mengo teamed up with imperialism to force the "Kabaka Yekka" nonsense down our throats their chief propagandist in Masaka district was none other than Daudi Ochieng. He was a very charismatic man. This choice was very strategic. It used to be pointed out to those who resisted KY: "If this man, an Acholi, has seen the virtues of KY, what sort of Muganda are you to fail to do so?". These are things I saw with my eyes. Baganda progressive forces had to struggle both against the tween of the Mengo/imperialist nexus, together with others from outside Buganda who now had their personal fortune cast with Mengo. Sorry to meander. Masaka the name has nothing to do with "massacre". ===============================. * On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 8:55 PM, ocii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am being curious here since it appears massacre occured in"Masaka" then, > before the dawn of our independent. My question to Bwana Mitayo is, was the > name "Masaka" granted the place after the "masacre", or the word "massacre" > as we know in English dictionary rose as a result of the massacre in > "Masaka", thereby giving an adulterated word of massacre the name Masaka, of > a place in Buganda? > > Ocii > > --- On *Thu, 10/30/08, Mitayo Potosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Mitayo Potosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Ugnet] Origins of Gun politics in a free Uganda > To: "The First Virtual Network for friends of Uganda" <ugandanet@kym.net> > Received: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 2:15 PM > > *Comrade Yoga Adhola, > > Thank you for the document: Patriotism and neo-traditionalism in Buganda: > the KabakaYekka (The King Alone) Movement, 1961-1962. Journal of African > History. > > I was disappointed that the focus of this text is on the structure and > office holders of KY then. > > My interest was/is to assert the truth that it is Kabaka Yekka that > introduced violence into Uganda's body politic, (!961-1962). > > This document hardly even refers to this aspect. For that matter I have no > time to go off in some wild-goose-chase discussing it. > > It is interesting though that the White man, the British, I.R. Hancock, > mentions his interaction with KY Secretary General Masembe-Kabali. > > May he have been an MI6 like William Pike was in the Luweero triangle? > > Surely I would not go, for example, to William Pike for a redemptive > account of the Luweero > Neither to Musevini's cheerleader, Ms Els De Temmerman, of the New Vision, > the author of "Aboke Girls", about the sodomy extermination etc of our > people in Acholi. > > They are all mercenaries thriving on our decay, like maggots. > > You have to note however that throughout, these KY fellows question the > 'royalty' to Mengo/(Kabaka) of us in Masaka (Buddu, Mawogola, Kooki, Kabula > and Ssese). > > Note also that at no time did KY conflict with British interests or > personnel. > > Note also the explicit understanding between KY and UPC to > destroy/eliminate DP (page 427). > > The core leadership of KY was King's College Budo Old Boys. (Your Alma > mater). The ecxeption being Francis Walugembe. > > Note also the oblique reference to the stealing of the 1962 elections in > Buganda. ( Hon Eriya Kategaya has also asserted that Uganda's Independence > election was stollen for UPC by the British. You have seen this claim I am > very positive) > > It is on page 432 that in a William Pike like fashion this Hanock fellow > refers to the wanton arson and murder in Masaka as "crude intimidation and > clever electioneering" > > Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, the present Kabaka of Buganda has referred to the > late AbuMayanja as a patriot or was it nationalist. A sick joke !! > > It is interesting that on page 432 Mayanja's main pre-occupation was "to > impress Europeans and Asians" > > So you see Brother Adhola, there is nothing in this document, on the blood > and tears of our dear ones in Masaka District in that dark pre-independence > period > > One revelation I was not aware of was that the financing of KY was by some > Indian merchants. That is new to me.(page 428) > > Thanks all the same. > > Mitayo Potosi > ================== > * > *Comrade Ochieno, > > You want to limit issues to a "free" Uganda? > I guess that is, after 9th October 1962. > > By that yardstick the self rule period under Ben Kiwanuka has no bearing on > what has transpired since then. > > But that is the period of my focus. > You are free to give an analysis of another period of your choice. > > Let us also zero in on specifics and individuals. > > Donkey years have been wasted on meaningless generalities like: > > Baganda are bad/conceited/insular or whatever. > Acholi are brutal. > Batooro are lazy. > Banyankole are thieves. > Bakiga are the most hardworking and most intelligent people in the world!! > > As Museveni has always correctly told us: "A stupid people deserve nothing > but slavery" !! > > =================* > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Hello! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Facts and truths are usually massaged when there are undercurrents of > emotions involved. While we advance our interests we also have to see facts > and truths squarely in the eye. Only then can we negotiate the future with > honor and respect from the other side and, hopefully lead to a peaceful and > prosperous co-existence. > > So, where and how did the gun politics in a "free" Uganda originate? > > Read the rest at: > Origins of Gun Politics in a "Free" > Uganda<http://acolidreamer.blogspot.com/2008/10/origins-of-gun-politics-in-free-uganda.html> > > Odiya > *Odiyatalks* <http://odiyatalks.9hz.com/> > > > > --- On *Mon, 10/27/08, Mitayo Potosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > From: Mitayo Potosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Ugnet] Origins of gun politics in a free Uganda > To: "The First Virtual Network for friends of Uganda" <ugandanet@kym.net> > Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 11:51 AM > > > > *Re: Origins of gun politics in a free Uganda* > > *Comrade Ochieno,* > > *I am sorry but your narrative as to when violence was introduced into our > body-politic, is disingenuously flawed, and incoherent.* > > *You talk about a pre-independence period, and then jump to the fall-out > between KY and Obote, and subsequent intrigues.* > > *As to how KY came to be, and later, how it became so emboldened to take > on, in a quasi-military confrontation, the Central Govt., you don't say.* > > *Please note that Ben Kiwanuka was the first Prime Minister for the period > before independence. * > *For some reason the British never wanted to leave Uganda with Kiwanuka at > the head.* > > *It was then that Kabaka Yekka was formed, for the purposes of divide and > rule. * > > *But it soon emerged that spreading Kabaka Yekka into Masaka District, > Kiwanuka's home district and a predominantly Catholic area (as compared to > the more Anglican rest of Buganda), was going to be a difficult task.* > > *Comrade Ochieno, I remember very well the political violence that the > Kabaka Yekka goons unleashed on our people in Masaka District, to force KY > down our throats.* > > *Banana plantations were erased. * > *People's houses were set on fire. * > *Innocents were murdered/assassinated. * > *Fascistic KY militants were marauding everywhere with 'jambiyas', cutting > Achilles tendons of our herds of cattle.* > > *Those were very traumatic times in Masaka District. * > *The rest of Uganda didn't even seem to care or notice!!* > > *We were accused by Mengo of being a fifth column of traitors against the > King. > > Some accuse Obote of introducing, in 1980, the thieving of elections in > Uganda. > This again is plain false. > > Kabaka Yekka stole the pre-independence elections in Buganda. > > If you doubt this check the archives. In the Kalungu Bukomansimbi Villa > Maria constituency, Kiwanuka's home area, the total vote that was recorded > to humiliate Kiwanuka was a lousy thirteen votes. > Ask one Mzee Ssempebwa the Mengo returning officer then. (assuming he is > still alive?) > * > > *UPC was in a love-fest with KY and they never cared since most of those > that were dying were assumed to be Kiwanuka's DP's. * > > *Of course the British imperialists (who were the primary architects of > the mayhem) never batted an eye lid. * > > *Arch Bishop Monsignor Joseph Kiwanuka at Lubaga condemned this oppression > and violence and cautioned Kabaka Mutesa to cease this sectarian politics. > * > > *Kabak Yekka had been so emboldened by the inaction and silence of the > British and UPC, that they marched to Lubaga to arrest the Arch Bishop for > daring to disagree with Muteesa. * > > *They arrested his private Secretary Father Joseph Ssebayigga (he passed > away about two years ago).* > > *No wonder then that when, in later years, Kabaka Yekka fell out with > Obote they attempted to take him on, violently.* > > *That is where you Ochieno now start your narrative. * > *Please call your narrative 'The second wave of violence', by an > emboldened KY. * > > *You reap what you sow !! * > *Obote had nurtured the rabid dogs against us from Masaka, and now they > were coming to bite him.* > > *There is another and similar hollow narrative. * > > *That the genocide in Rwanda started on the day after the downing of > the Habyalimana plane.* > > *Hey hey, it seems we are perfecting the game of the 'Big Lie' .* > > *When we were dying in Masaka, those in Luweero never cared !! > How many Ugandans that still remember children roasted in railway wagons > (the Mukula massacre) and the scorched earth policies of mass murder, > looting and rape in Teso? > * > *Who is now caring when our brothers and sisters in Acholi are dying?* > *Who is going to be next?* > > *How come we don't seem to learn?* > *Why are so many intent on distorting our history?* > > *Some say Obote introduced violence into our body-politic, in 1966; and > now this Ochieno twists the lie; that violence was introduced in 1966, but > by others and not Obote !!* > > *Why all this twist to cover up the real truth ?* > > *Mitayo Potosi.* > > *==========================================* > > _______________________________________________ > Ugandanet mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet > % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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