Dear colleagues, I would like to thank Alaka for asking to be connected to the families of our fellow west Nilers killed in cold blood in broad day light by the army men working for URA. For long our lives have never been valued in this country. The British used us to fight their own wars in all the colonies. Ever since the Btritish left successive governments have used us to shed people's blood and that of our own. In all the wars this country has fought we have lost young people on both sides of the frontline. I have just burried my own young brother with bullet wounds from Congo. At a time like this when we are tying to dissuade our people from the gun culture and try other options, the powers that be are yet again turning the gun on unarmed civilians struggling to survive. When the big shots in government smuggle goods worth billions of shilling and the stories are run in the news papers, URA looks the other way and the very people who should be held accountable are rewarded with promotions. When these poor folks in Westnile try to sell afew litres of fuel to feed their sturving families they are short dead and the URA staff have the audacity to deny the act and seek to protect the gunmen. What kind of justice is this? For whom is the law? These are some of the things that may provoke some one to do the unthinkable! We can not go on seing some people trembling on other people's rights while helplessly looking on! There must come a time when people start realising that we have the capacity of to bring to an end these senseless bood shed of our people. Mr Alaka, thank you for volunteering to seek conpensation for the families. However i feel you should take it beyond compensation and ensure that those responsible pay the price of committing murder. I will be very grateful if that can be achieved. The education we have attain will be meaningless if we can put it to the service of the ordinary people. I support you fully in seeking justice for these families. Thank you. Sam Andema
--- On Sun, 15/3/09, Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> wrote: From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> Subject: [WestNileNet] 2 die in Koboko riot To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, 15 March, 2009, 10:13 PM "No person shall be deprived of life intentionally except in execution of a sentence passed in a fair trial by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Uganda and the Conviction and sentence have been confirmed by the Highest appellate Court" Folks, this is the wording of Article 22 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda. This Article entitled Protection of right to life is in the bill of rights and forms the gist of the fundamental and other human rights and freedoms. These rights are inherent and not granted by the State. Under Article 20 (2) of the Constitution, this right and others are to be respected, upheld, and promoted by all organs and agencies of Government and by all persons. Indeed what happened in Koboko was unfortunate. I have failed to decipher how one can talk of smuggling in the middle of a town like Koboko and Arua. Besides that How some trigger happy lumpen can deprive an innocent Ugandan of the right to life under the flimsy guise of collecting taxes. Please any body who has access to the family members of the deceased should link me up with them and I will provide probono or free legal services to ensure that URA compensates the family members. We should condemn such acts by URA _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [email protected] http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet 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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. _______________________________________________
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