It is a pity that fishermen can be short to death while fishing in open waters to be able to support a lively hood. It is unimaginable in any country that citizens would be treated that way. What has happened is a barbaric and criminal act by those in authority. It is shameful that there are autocratic governments in Africa that disregard the value of human lives and treat fellow countrymen/women like animals. This case and future incidences of this kind must be reported to world human rights commission. Andeku Hamid Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 11:03:02 -0500 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] westnilers shot dead on Lake victoria in Entebbe
Thanks Christine, Happy New Year to you all. Such events of killings of citizens at the pretext of enforcing security on a lake where the supposed to be criminals are defenceless can not be considered enforcing the law. Did these people have guns and they were shooting at the police and the police were returning shooting at them in defence? If these people had broken the law the police had a right to arrest them and charge them in court, but not shoot at them and end their lives. The police in enforcing the law have no right to take citizens lives. I wonder if this is the new government policy, especially at this election time to intimidate citizens. We people of West Nile really need to wake up and realize that we are being abused wherever we are be it in our own homes or away from home. Why is that we let people insult us at home and away from home. Has this government the interest of the people of West Nile or our lives are considered useless. We need to stand up as a group and make our voices be heard on such killings. Just a few days ago one of our brothers was almost killed around Bugolobi and where is the security the government is providing to protect its citizens, if the law enforcement police can now kill at will without any remorse. What has happened to the police who have killed these people? Has anything been done to them at all? Have they been arrested and brought to law. I hope some of our lawyers on this Forum will take up and follow up this issue. This is some of the only ways WNF can help the citizens of West Nile because it falls under some of the objectives of the organization. May their lives rest in Eternal peace, and may those still in critical condition get a quick recovery. Vasco On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Christine Munduru <[email protected]> wrote: Happy new year to you all. With deep sorrow I wish to let you know that four westnilers were shot this morning on lake victoria in Entebbe while coming back from the island. Two of them are already dead and one is in very critical condition and his survival is not certain. They were allegedly shot by police on patrol for illegal fishing. The person who reported the issue to police was also knocked by a car near the police station and his legs are broken and he has head injuries.The bodies are lying in Entebbe hospital. It is very unfortunate that the people who are to keep law and order turn out to take away lives. I believe we have civilized way of dealing with criminals in this country which the police are to follow But to kill unarmed civilians like this leaves alot to question. I hope government will bring such police to book. I wish people who are grabing our land in Barifa could also be shot dead on the spot like this becaue they are not following the law. "Animal farm" is what is taking place right now. May their souls rest in peace. Christine -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [email protected] http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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. _______________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [email protected] http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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. _______________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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