Allan Barigye
Now this is the point I love to write to you for you follow this issue and
we have discussed it at length. Go back on the discussion we had over the
weekend of There is no convoy for no one is going anywhere for we are
digging in There are a couple of things I need you to throw into that
debate. Nyabushozi has been built to no other better place in Great Lakes.
Which brings us to Lwera which I have used very many times in my writing but
I wonder if Ugandans understand the importance of Lwera in Uganda, it is
flat and it separates Masaka side from Mbarara side. Iddi Amin used it as a
breaking point for the Mutukura war, those understanding military terms know
what I mean by breaking point. Being flat you cannot go after whoever is
standing into it by air or you are visible from all angles as he is visible
but he has the advantage of digging in and hiding when youre coming in full
site. So let us do two scenarios here, we are going to cut off Masindi
through Hoima or any path by simply cutting off River Kafu and faithfully
protecting that point. We are going to come back to Lwera and station into
it Tinyefunza and Muhoozi with the entire arsenal we have in life, with only
one word in their face of whoever is trying to cross from Masaka to Western
Uganda Dont even think about it If you cut off Masindi and Lwera you are
done sir. But there is an airport that is being hurriedly improved in
Western Uganda as well I have forgotten its name, so there will be a means
of landing and taking off. Bank of Uganda was transferred from Kabale to
Mbarara and it is fully operating, there is Mbarara University as well.
There is a power line a full 135KV or more line from Kampala heading to
Rwanda. That line is simply a grid that takes power from one point to
another point, so one can easily cut it off the Kampala supply within Lwera
and connect it to the power supply in Rwanda and runs power out of Rwanda
through Western Uganda. And in the equation I am also adding in a pie of
Goma.
Please tell me why we need a convoy to leave Uganda.
EM
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As the "liberators" arrive in Goma city Center in style:
The fighters arrived like a liberating army, greeted by more than 1,000
residents shouting and clapping as their lorries rolled down the streets.
Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC), had
fallen to rebels. M23 fighters captured the seat of the world's biggest
peacekeeping operation with ease on Tuesday, parading past UN troops who
offered no resistance. Even by the standards of this turbulent region, it
was a day of high drama that raised the stakes for further conflict.
M23, allegedly backed by neighbouring Rwanda, marched into the city of 1
million people after the Congolese army crumbled and fled. Scores of heavily
armed rebels walked through the city unchallenged as small groups of
residents greeted them.
"We are happy, we have been liberated!" said one resident, Pierre
Ndjassiang. "We feared a bloody battle but they have taken control quite
peacefully. We will work with [M23], and now we will listen more seriously
to their demands."
But the crowd streaming around the M23 lorries represented a small fraction
of Goma's population, and even some of those present were more circumspect
than Ndjassiang.
"We are obliged to welcome M23 but we are not really for or against them,"
said Lucien Mulire, walking at a distance from the chaotic procession.
"There is a very political element to these celebrations. Also, ultimately,
people just want an end to hostilities. If that is brought about through
victory for the rebels, then people will celebrate. But I would not say they
are loved here."
Others said M23's opponents had stayed indoors, fearful of repercussions for
dissent.
After nearly eight months of mutinies, skirmishes, advances, retreats,
declarations, claims and counter-claims, the actual fighting lasted just a
matter of hours. By Monday evening M23, which has been accused of killings,
rapes and recruting child soldiers since it launched an uprising in April,
had advanced to within four miles of Goma.
On Tuesday morning some bolder civilians crept along the main city boulevard
towards the central roundabout where the army and M23 exchanged fire for
more than an hour. Volleys of bullets from the rebels' Kalashnikovs whizzed
mostly towards army positions, but some flew down the boulevard and prompted
those who had crept too close to throw themselves against walls and to the
floor. Occasionally the army would respond with heavy arms fire, though that
brought only more bullets from the rebels.
In the late morning Gabriel Alamazani, a Congolese non-government
organisation worker, appeared on the boulevard, coming from the direction of
heavy gunfire.
"There are no more Congolese troops in the town. M23 are here, they have
entered the centre of the town, there is no doubt," he said. "I saw over 100
M23 fighters there. Monusco [the UN stabilisation mission in the Congo] is
doing nothing; they saw M23 and then left in their trucks."
Within 10 minutes Alamazani was proved right: M23 soldiers marched down
Boulevard Kanyamahunga to the Rwandan border and secured the abandoned
government buildings there, disarming police as they went. The only
government vehicle circulating by the border was, aptly, for the provincial
government funeral service.
A crowd of people who had fled to neighbouring Rwanda gathered behind the
barrier demarcating the border to watch the rebels assert control. Monusco
armoured personnel carriers sped back towards UN bases, less than an hour
after having been deployed to the front lines.
Monusco had previously sworn that it would not allow M23 to take Goma, where
it has about 1,400 troops; many Congolese were outraged by the UN's
inaction. "What purpose do they serve?" demanded one man, who declined to
give his name. "They drive out in their tanks, they watch the fighting, then
they return. They do nothing!"
A South African Monusco soldier, who did not wish to be named, said: "We
[Monusco] have had no trouble with M23, to be honest."
However, a senior UN source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told
Reuters: "There is no army left in the town, not a soul ... once they were
in the town what could we do? It could have been very serious for the
population."
As Goma's civilian population crept back to the streets, many expressed
disappointment with the army's failure to defend the city. "We have been let
down by the army," said Chantelle Kambeba. "We haven't seen them at all, we
don't know where they are."
The city secured, M23 soldiers climbed into trucks and drove through the
streets. M23's military leader, Sultani Makenga, was present, though there
was no sign or talk of Bosco "The Terminator" Ntaganda, who is sought by the
international criminal court for alleged war crimes.
Some in Goma fear that, once international attention is diverted, the rebels
will commit abuses that have previously earned condemnation from the UN and
human rights groups. Tens of thousands of people have fled neighbouring
villages and refugee camps, prompting warnings of a humanitarian
catastrophe.
The fight for Goma was less brutal than some feared but did claim innocent
victims. In the hot and humid atmosphere of the HEAL Africa hospital, a
woman groaned as a bullet was removed from her leg, while a 12-year-old boy,
Kakule Elie, had his arm amputated after a bullet smashed the bone.
The hospital's Dr Justin Lussy said two people had been killed and 37
injured by stray bullets or shells. "Many have serious injuries: to the
chest and stomach, or bullets which have fractured bones."
The hospital was treating children whose arms were sheared off by exploding
shells and teenagers paralysed from the neck down. "There were also three
pregnant women who were shot," he said. "Two have lost their children."
Lussy complained of power cuts, staffing shortages and lack of medicine and
blood supplies.
Rwanda is accused of equipping M23 with sophisticated arms, including
night-vision goggles and 120mm mortars. On Friday the UN group of experts is
expected to release its final report, detailing the role Rwanda, and to a
lesser extent Uganda, played in the recruitment, financing and arming of the
rebel movement.
Lambert Mende, a DRC government spokesman, claimed Rwandan soldiers had
crossed into Goma, hiking over footpaths across a volcano that looms between
the two countries.
"Goma is in the process of being occupied by Rwanda," Mende, speaking from
Congo's distant capital of Kinshasa, told the Associated Press. "We have
people who saw the Rwandan army traverse our frontier at the Nyamuragira
volcano. They have occupied the airport and they are shooting inside the
town. Our army is trying to riposte but this poses an enormous problem for
them this is an urban centre where hundreds of thousands of people live."
Rwanda called for an end to hostilities. Louise Mushikiwabo, its foreign
minister, said: "What happened today in Goma is a clear indication that the
military option has failed to bring about a solution to this crisis and that
political dialogue is the only way to resolve the ongoing conflict."
Rwanda denies supporting M23. Mushikiwabo added: "By focusing on the blame
game and ignoring the root causes of conflict in the DRC, the international
community has missed the opportunity to help the DRC restore peace and
security for its citizens and bring about much needed stability in the Great
Lakes Region. We just cannot afford to continue along a path that has failed
to produce results."
If the rebels succeed in taking another provincial capital, Bukavu, it will
mark the biggest gain in rebel territory since at least 2003, when Congo's
last war with its neighbours ended.
On 20 November 2012 13:44, Joseph Kamugisha <[email protected]> wrote:
Museveni, knows the art of the game. The same tricks he played with Tito
Okello during the so called "Nairobi Peace Talks..." while he was at the
same time advancing toward Kampala are the same tricks he is going to play
with Kabila while allowing the "M23/Kagame" to advance to Kinsanhsa.
Kamugisha
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:39:24 -0500
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected to hold talks
with Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila in Uganda after
rebels claimed control of the eastern Congolese city of Goma, sources at
Uganda's presidency said on Tuesday.
The two presidents arrived at Uganda's Entebbe airport on Tuesday afternoon,
and were due to meet Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni separately before
holding face-to-face talks, said the sources.
"Museveni will first meet them separately to try to create a rapport for a
joint meeting which is likely to take place tomorrow (Wednesday) morning,"
one of the sources said.
(Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Writing by James Macharia; Editing by Kevin
Liffey)
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