Dear Christine, I read through the below petition and I thought that I should outline a few issues in the following. The issue you and the group are promoting is a noble cause but I would add that the petition be promoted absolutely on its own merit without mixing it up with other issues. I would for example sell more the idea of increasing the health budget by 30% instead of mixing up the issue as I quote:Instead of increasing investments in the real priorities of Ugandans, Government is spending huge sums of money on areas that are not priorities, such as Shs 1.3 trillion on fighter jets and other defense equipment. I normally never involve myself much in political analysis but since this covers some areas of my interest-strategy, I want to add that we need to appreciate the geopolitical environment in the great lakes region Uganda operates that necessitates or dictates such military hardware acquisitions.You are absolutely right that health is of high priority,I want to state as well that Uganda's defence is also of equally high priority-it is an indisputable fact that most if not all Ugandans want to live in safety free from our external aggressors-Uganda Government must guarantee that responsibility. As an alternative we can for example make investment gains by cutting costs of financing public administration in Uganda which I think is too high and bleeds our national coffers.The gains in budget cuts could result in significant cost savings that can be channelled to healthcare programs.There are very many unnecessary capital expenditures that must be stopped,I think for example the kingdoms should not even be financed from government coffers! Other areas worth making investments is agriculture and education,the government needs to expand the budget for these priority areas as well. I still strongly believe that the Ugandan Defense budget needs to be increased knowing the strategic implications at play that might result from hostile state actors in the region especially that we have oil.We must therefore carefully leverage our foreign relations with a very strong deterrent-sometimes display of reasonable force is a good deterrent to potential conventional foreign hostile actors. A very strong military will deter any aggressors thinking twice to attack us.To me the purchase of the Sukhoi-27, if the reports in the media are correct is something in my view has come an an opportune time. Some country I cannot name- I saw them line-up a number of F-4 phantom jets on the tarmac and yet we view this country nearer to us as friendly,I imagined what these jets are for if not to attack us, since they are not in conflict with anyone,not even us! I think the issues for the petition are genuine but I would rather advise a political approach rather than a legal approach through the courts of law.I think strong lobbying needs to be done through parliament to enact stronger laws that will help in addressing this just cause-I feel strongly that political action is the key! You need to build clout and involve everyone,not only the women to rally around this cause and they will succeed. I'll also finally submit that sometimes we have weak laws and it times it is the enforcement that is lacking-these need to be kept in mind ! Milton
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Re: Maternal mortality case at consitutional court (Christine Munduru) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 01:35:47 +0300 From: Christine Munduru <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Subject: [WestNileNet] Maternal mortality case at consitutional court Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear members read the below email and support where possible. The court scheduled discussion for the constitutional court case on 27th May in Kampala and CSOs are demonstrating tomorrow in Arua, Mityana and Kampala in support, please be part of you are passionate. I hope that our women MPs in West Nile will support this noble cause among other people. They use women for votes and never look behind many times. Christine We demand an end to Governments broken promises No more needless deaths of pregnant women Join us Friday May 27 at 8:00 AM at KCC/City Hall Gardens Who we are: We are an independent civil society coalition fighting for Government accountability to end the crisis of maternal mortality in this country. Every day in Uganda at least 16 women die needlessly in childbirth because of broken promises and a lack of political will.1 With real Government leadership, motherhood would be safe in Uganda. But now, Government is not ensuring that the health sector provides the lifesaving essential medicines, trained health workers, family planning commodities, emergency services, HIV and malaria treatment, and other basic elements of maternal health care. In fact, Government is actually decreasing health sector spending as a percentage of the overall budget. Instead of increasing investments in the real priorities of Ugandans, Government is spending huge sums of money on areas that are not priorities, such as Shs 1.3 trillion on fighter jets and other defense equipment. We are demanding that maternal deaths and other health priorities get the funding and attention they urgently require. What we are fighting for: This year, Uganda's Constitutional Court will hear a historic petition that could finally help to address this crisis. Constitutional Petition Number 16 of 2011 draws on the tragic deaths of two pregnant women one in Arua in 2010 and one in Mityana in 2009. This petition argues that Government non provision of essential services for pregnant women and their newborns violates the fundamental obligation of the country to uphold the Constitution and defend, protect and promote the right to health and the right to life. The petition calls upon the judiciary to pronounce the escalating maternal deaths in Uganda as an issue that violates the Constitutional rights of Ugandans. We are fighting for what we deserve as Ugandans: our hope is in the decision by Constitutional Court to compel government on its obligations government to immediately address the crisis of maternal mortality. Supporting this campaign is how we are honoring the lives of those mothers, sisters, aunties, wives, colleagues, friends, daughters, citizens and leaders whom we have lost. How you can help: We are requesting your support by recruiting your members to participate in peaceful demonstrations in solidarity with the petition. The demonstrations will be taking place Friday May 27 in Kampala, Arua and Mityana. On the same day, the Petition will be discussed during a Scheduling Conference in Kampala, at Constitutional Court. This is a critical first step we will use to increase pressure on government and to raise the profile of the Petition. We must work together to deliver a strong message that scandalous lack of access to essential services must end. What we are demanding: That Parliament and State House agree on a budget for financial year 2011 that dramatically increases investments in essential medicines, in recruitment and remuneration for nurses, midwives and other clinicians, and in equipping lower level health facilities so that women get the services they need to survive and thrive before, during and after delivery. For more information please contact Mabel Kukunda, UNHCO, with questions and to confirm your participation: [email protected] and 0704546017. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20110527/500f9353/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 22:20:25 -0400 From: Charles Male <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Maternal mortality case at consitutional court Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" hi, Ok am ready to to chat now... will go to skype and invite you. Charles On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Christine Munduru <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear members read the below email and support where possible. The court > scheduled discussion for the constitutional court case on 27th May in > Kampala and CSOs are demonstrating tomorrow in Arua, Mityana and Kampala in > support, please be part of you are passionate. I hope that our women MPs in > West Nile will support this noble cause among other people. They use women > for votes and never look behind many times. > > Christine > > > > > We demand an end to Governments broken promises No more needless deaths of > pregnant women > Join us Friday May 27 at 8:00 AM at KCC/City Hall Gardens > > Who we are: We are an independent civil society coalition fighting for > Government accountability to end the crisis of maternal mortality in this > country. Every day in Uganda at least 16 women die needlessly in childbirth > because of broken promises and a lack of political will.1 With real > Government leadership, motherhood would be safe in Uganda. But now, > Government is not ensuring that the health sector provides the lifesaving > essential medicines, trained health workers, family planning commodities, > emergency services, HIV and malaria treatment, and other basic elements of > maternal health care. In fact, Government is actually decreasing health > sector spending as a percentage of the overall budget. Instead of increasing > investments in the real priorities of Ugandans, Government is spending huge > sums of money on areas that are not priorities, such as Shs 1.3 trillion on > fighter jets and other defense equipment. We are demanding that maternal > deaths and other health priorities get the funding and attention they > urgently require. > > What we are fighting for: This year, Uganda's Constitutional Court will > hear a historic petition that could finally help to address this crisis. > Constitutional Petition Number 16 of 2011 draws on the tragic deaths of two > pregnant women one in Arua in 2010 and one in Mityana in 2009. This petition > argues that Government non provision of essential services for pregnant > women and their newborns violates the fundamental obligation of the country > to uphold the Constitution and defend, protect and promote the right to > health and the right to life. The petition calls upon the judiciary to > pronounce the escalating maternal deaths in Uganda as an issue that violates > the Constitutional rights of Ugandans. > > We are fighting for what we deserve as Ugandans: our hope is in the > decision by Constitutional Court to compel government on its obligations > government to immediately address the crisis of maternal mortality. > Supporting this campaign is how we are honoring the lives of those mothers, > sisters, aunties, wives, colleagues, friends, daughters, citizens and > leaders whom we have lost. > > How you can help: We are requesting your support by recruiting your members > to participate in peaceful > demonstrations in solidarity with the petition. The demonstrations will be > taking place Friday May 27 in > Kampala, Arua and Mityana. On the same day, the Petition will be discussed > during a Scheduling Conference in > Kampala, at Constitutional Court. This is a critical first step we will use > to increase pressure on government and to raise > the profile of the Petition. We must work together to deliver a strong > message that scandalous lack of access to > essential services must end. > > What we are demanding: That Parliament and State House agree on a budget > for financial year 2011 that > dramatically increases investments in essential medicines, in recruitment > and remuneration for nurses, midwives and other clinicians, and in equipping > lower level health facilities so that women get the services they need to > survive and thrive before, during and after delivery. > > For more information please contact Mabel Kukunda, UNHCO, with questions > and to confirm your participation: [email protected] and 0704546017. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20110526/4009cbc9/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 06:46:54 +0300 From: Christine Munduru <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Maternal mortality case at consitutional court Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sorry, the call took long, may we talk tomorrow, it is late now. Goodnite. Thanks Christine On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 5:20 AM, Charles Male <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, > > Ok am ready to to chat now... will go to skype and invite you. > > Charles > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Christine Munduru ><[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear members read the below email and support where possible. The court >> scheduled discussion for the constitutional court case on 27th May in >> Kampala and CSOs are demonstrating tomorrow in Arua, Mityana and Kampala in >> support, please be part of you are passionate. I hope that our women MPs in >> West Nile will support this noble cause among other people. They use women >> for votes and never look behind many times. >> >> Christine >> >> >> >> >> We demand an end to Governments broken promises No more needless deaths of >> pregnant women >> Join us Friday May 27 at 8:00 AM at KCC/City Hall Gardens >> >> Who we are: We are an independent civil society coalition fighting for >> Government accountability to end the crisis of maternal mortality in this >> country. Every day in Uganda at least 16 women die needlessly in childbirth >> because of broken promises and a lack of political will.1 With real >> Government leadership, motherhood would be safe in Uganda. But now, >> Government is not ensuring that the health sector provides the lifesaving >> essential medicines, trained health workers, family planning commodities, >> emergency services, HIV and malaria treatment, and other basic elements of >> maternal health care. In fact, Government is actually decreasing health >> sector spending as a percentage of the overall budget. Instead of increasing >> investments in the real priorities of Ugandans, Government is spending huge >> sums of money on areas that are not priorities, such as Shs 1.3 trillion on >> fighter jets and other defense equipment. We are demanding that maternal >> deaths and other health priorities get the funding and attention they >> urgently require. >> >> What we are fighting for: This year, Uganda's Constitutional Court will >> hear a historic petition that could finally help to address this crisis. >> Constitutional Petition Number 16 of 2011 draws on the tragic deaths of two >> pregnant women one in Arua in 2010 and one in Mityana in 2009. This petition >> argues that Government non provision of essential services for pregnant >> women and their newborns violates the fundamental obligation of the country >> to uphold the Constitution and defend, protect and promote the right to >> health and the right to life. The petition calls upon the judiciary to >> pronounce the escalating maternal deaths in Uganda as an issue that violates >> the Constitutional rights of Ugandans. >> >> We are fighting for what we deserve as Ugandans: our hope is in the >> decision by Constitutional Court to compel government on its obligations >> government to immediately address the crisis of maternal mortality. >> Supporting this campaign is how we are honoring the lives of those mothers, >> sisters, aunties, wives, colleagues, friends, daughters, citizens and >> leaders whom we have lost. >> >> How you can help: We are requesting your support by recruiting your >> members to participate in peaceful >> demonstrations in solidarity with the petition. The demonstrations will be >> taking place Friday May 27 in >> Kampala, Arua and Mityana. On the same day, the Petition will be discussed >> during a Scheduling Conference in >> Kampala, at Constitutional Court. This is a critical first step we will >> use to increase pressure on government and to raise >> the profile of the Petition. We must work together to deliver a strong >> message that scandalous lack of access to >> essential services must end. >> >> What we are demanding: That Parliament and State House agree on a budget >> for financial year 2011 that >> dramatically increases investments in essential medicines, in recruitment >> and remuneration for nurses, midwives and other clinicians, and in equipping >> lower level health facilities so that women get the services they need to >> survive and thrive before, during and after delivery. >> >> For more information please contact Mabel Kukunda, UNHCO, with questions >> and to confirm your participation: [email protected] and >> 0704546017. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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). 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