Pope Paul VI said *Development, is the New Name for Peace, *For peace is not simply the absence of warfare, based on a precarious balance of power; it is fashioned by efforts directed day after day toward the establishment of the ordered universe willed by God, with a more perfect form of justice among men.
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:08 PM, JohnAJackson <[email protected]> wrote: > If you grew up between 1978 and 1986, many of you will remember the pain > and suffering from WAR. Many of us who communicate on this forum lost their > youthful years in insane war. Who was actually liberated between 1978-1981 > and from 1982-1986? > If all Ugandans could remember the bitterness of these senseless wars, > loss of lives, property destruction, loss of education for their children, > deprivation from economic development, etc, who truly wants to spend > his/her time promoting a war in his town, country or even village today? > Haven't Ugandans learned enough lesson from Konyi and his rebel activities > in Northern Uganda? Who are the beneficiaries of these ridiculous war > mongering business? It is only greedy individuals who want it all for > themselves. > I am curious why some of these folks cannot become good politicians and > join forces to defeat the president in elections? > Central American countries have learned that they can only develop if > there is peace. Their economy is getting better or booming. Asian countries > have also learned that they can attract foreign investment if they promote > peace. These countries are emerging from the Third World status. > Why can't African leaders leaders and leaders to be and so on learn this > fundamental secret to development of attracting foreign investment, PEACE? > Wherever there is peace, there is development. > It takes a moment to blow down cities but rebuilding the infrastructure > takes decades or even century in case of Africa. > > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 1:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) & OGOLE BEATING WAR DRUMS (Charles Male) >> 2. Re: SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) & OGOLE BEATING WAR DRUMS (samuel andema) >> 3. Re: SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) & OGOLE BEATING WAR DRUMS >> (George Afi Obitre-Gama) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:38:40 -0400 >> From: Charles Male <[email protected]> >> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>, >> Kobokonet Koboko <[email protected]> >> Subject: [WestNileNet] SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) & OGOLE BEATING WAR DRUMS >> Message-ID: >> <CAH4CdC2LffyWcFcadO2Kc6u9J0DvNfLiq3xh= >> [email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 >> >> Memebrs what do you think? >> >> This is serious and I hope WEST NILE REGION will not ONCE AGAIN be >> drawn into any thing.... >> >> -------------------------- >> >> Sejusa, Obote commander join forces >> Top Stories >> >> Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:04 Written by SIRAJE LUBWAMA & AGENCIES 0 >> Comments Two longtime ?enemies?, Gen David Sejusa and Col John >> Ogole have joined forces to fight President Museveni?s government. >> >> Sejusa is a veteran of the NRA bush war that ousted the Milton Obote >> and Tito Okello Lutwa regimes while Ogole was the linchpin in the >> Obote army that fiercely fought the NRA in the Luweero Triangle. >> >> Their union was announced by Gen Sejusa at the weekend, almost a week >> after he formed his ?liberation? group, Free Uganda, to oust his >> former boss, Museveni. >> >> It is not yet clear how Sejusa and his associates intend to oust >> Museveni. Announcing the formation of Free Uganda, Sejusa vowed to use >> all constitutional means. It?s not clear if armed rebellion is an >> option although seeking alliances with soldiers like him speaks >> volumes. >> >> Prior to agreeing a deal to work together to end ?the current >> oligarchy? in Kampala, the two met severally over months in the UK, >> according to an email from Sejusa. >> >> In his weekend email, Sejusa said he and Ogole had been leading their >> respective teams of officers, drawn from inside Uganda and in exile. >> >> Although the details of their discussions remain scanty, both Gen >> Sejusa and Col Ogole have confirmed meeting and burying the hatchet, >> ostensibly for the ?sake of Uganda?. >> >> Commenting on his monumental meeting with Colonel Ogole, Sejusa said, >> ??for the sake of Uganda, everything is possible, including admitting >> past mistakes and moving forward, as a way of atonement. >> Reconciliation of the Ugandan people is the only viable way to bring >> about sustainable peace in our country. Our mission is to secure the >> future of Uganda so we must not use the past to obscure the mission of >> today.? >> >> For his part, Col Ogole, as quoted in Sejusa?s email, said: ??it is >> true we have been meeting. Uganda is bigger than all of us. And >> everything that can bring peace and reconciliation in our country must >> be done irrespective of history both real and perceived. >> >> This is a historic opportunity to heal the wounds of our country. It >> will advance a sense of nationhood for all the people of Uganda. In >> the post-Museveni Uganda, we will all feel that we belong?. >> >> Last week, the army warned Sejusa that he would be crushed. >> >> ?The UPDF is a powerful institution, we have defeated over 20 rebel >> groups since 1987 so whoever tries to destabilise the country is >> joking with fire and will be dealt with, with full force,? said Lt Col >> Paddy Ankunda, the army spokesman. >> >> Who is Ogole? >> Sejusa has been in the news headlines since April, when he fled the >> country. Shortly after, media reported his dossier in which he >> demanded an investigation into a rumoured plot to kill top army and >> government officials opposed to the alleged presidential ambitions of >> First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba. >> >> Brig Muhoozi heads the elite Special Forces Command, and both the >> government and the army have denied that he is eying his father?s job. >> >> Ogole, now in his 60s, rose through the ranks in the Uganda Army. Now >> head of the Lango Elders Council in the UK, he joined the armed forces >> in the mid 1960s and served in several positions that included >> Adjutant, Commanding Officer; Brigade Commander; Deputy Director of >> Records; and Chief of Personnel in the Uganda National Liberation Army >> (UNLA). >> >> Around 1983-5, after attending a military course at Fort Leavenworth, >> Kansas, USA, he was deployed in the Luweero Triangle to fight the >> rebel NRA led by Museveni. >> >> It is said Ogole, who came to be known as ?a brilliant battle >> technician and chief strategist, commanded operations that gave NRA >> fighters a bloody nose, leading to the guerilla group?s temporary >> disintegration. >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:34:38 +0100 (BST) >> From: samuel andema <[email protected]> >> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>, >> Kobokonet Koboko <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) & OGOLE BEATING WAR >> DRUMS >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Charles you are right. When you take into consideration the ultimate >> price of war that ordinary people pay in terms of loss of lives, >> destruction of property, disruption of family life, breakdown of >> socioeconomic production, loss of opportunity to educate your children, the >> restlessness people have to endure when running around and the time it >> takes to recover from armed conflicts, our people should just ignore the >> war drums coming from European capitals and concentrate on rebuilding their >> lives and laying better foundation for the future of our children through >> education.?In the past West Nile has been involved in fighting other >> people's wars since colonialism, none of which has brought about any >> significant benefits to the region. The number of young people West Nile >> has lost in all the wars in Uganda and beyond is more than any region has >> endured in the history of armed conflicts in Uganda. At the end of the day >> we have always been rewarded with >> coffins containing bodies of our young people who would have used their >> youthful energy to fend for their families. I grew up in war and have a >> pretty good sense of who suffers and who benefits from wars. They say a man >> bitten twice by the same snake on the same sport is a fool! >> Thanks.?? >> Sam >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Charles Male <[email protected]> >> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>; >> Kobokonet Koboko <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, 29 September 2013, 8:38 >> Subject: [WestNileNet] SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) & OGOLE BEATING WAR DRUMS >> >> >> Memebrs what do you think? >> >> This is serious and I hope WEST NILE REGION will not ONCE AGAIN be >> drawn into any thing.... >> >> -------------------------- >> >> Sejusa, Obote commander join forces >> Top Stories >> >> Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:04 Written by SIRAJE LUBWAMA & AGENCIES 0 >> Comments? ? Two longtime ?enemies?, Gen David Sejusa and Col John >> Ogole have joined forces to fight President Museveni?s government. >> >> Sejusa is a veteran of the NRA bush war that ousted the Milton Obote >> and Tito Okello Lutwa regimes while Ogole was the linchpin in the >> Obote army that fiercely fought the NRA in the Luweero Triangle. >> >> Their union was announced by Gen Sejusa at the weekend, almost a week >> after he formed his ?liberation? group, Free Uganda, to oust his >> former boss, Museveni. >> >> It is not yet clear how Sejusa and his associates intend to oust >> Museveni. Announcing the formation of Free Uganda, Sejusa vowed to use >> all constitutional means. It?s not clear if armed rebellion is an >> option although seeking alliances with soldiers like him speaks >> volumes. >> >> Prior to agreeing a deal to work together to end ?the current >> oligarchy? in Kampala, the two met severally over months in the UK, >> according to an email from Sejusa. >> >> In his weekend email, Sejusa said he and Ogole had been leading their >> respective teams of officers, drawn from inside Uganda and in exile. >> >> Although the details of their discussions remain scanty, both Gen >> Sejusa and Col Ogole have confirmed meeting and burying the hatchet, >> ostensibly for the ?sake of Uganda?. >> >> Commenting on his monumental meeting with Colonel Ogole, Sejusa said, >> ??for the sake of Uganda, everything is possible, including admitting >> past mistakes and moving forward, as a way of atonement. >> Reconciliation of the Ugandan people is the only viable way to bring >> about sustainable peace in our country. Our mission is to secure the >> future of Uganda so we must not use the past to obscure the mission of >> today.? >> >> For his part, Col Ogole, as quoted in Sejusa?s email, said: ??it is >> true we have been meeting. Uganda is bigger than all of us. And >> everything that can bring peace and reconciliation in our country must >> be done irrespective of history both real and perceived. >> >> This is a historic opportunity to heal the wounds of our country. It >> will advance a sense of nationhood for all the people of Uganda. In >> the post-Museveni Uganda, we will all feel that we belong?. >> >> Last week, the army warned Sejusa that he would be crushed. >> >> ?The UPDF is a powerful institution, we have defeated over 20 rebel >> groups since 1987 so whoever tries to destabilise the country is >> joking with fire and will be dealt with, with full force,? said Lt Col >> Paddy Ankunda, the army spokesman. >> >> Who is Ogole? >> Sejusa has been in the news headlines since April, when he fled the >> country. Shortly after, media reported his dossier in which he >> demanded an investigation into a rumoured plot to kill top army and >> government officials opposed to the alleged presidential ambitions of >> First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba. >> >> Brig Muhoozi heads the elite Special Forces Command, and both the >> government and the army have denied that he is eying his father?s job. >> >> Ogole, now in his 60s, rose through the ranks in the Uganda Army. Now >> head of the Lango Elders Council in the UK, he joined the armed forces >> in the mid 1960s and served in several positions that included >> Adjutant, Commanding Officer; Brigade Commander; Deputy Director of >> Records; and Chief of Personnel in the Uganda National Liberation Army >> (UNLA). >> >> Around 1983-5, after attending a military course at Fort Leavenworth, >> Kansas, USA, he was deployed in the Luweero Triangle to fight the >> rebel NRA led by Museveni. >> >> It is said Ogole, who came to be known as ?a brilliant battle >> technician and chief strategist, commanded operations that gave NRA >> fighters a bloody nose, leading to the guerilla group?s temporary >> disintegration. >> >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20130929/84557416/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:41:32 -0700 (PDT) >> From: George Afi Obitre-Gama <[email protected]> >> To: samuel andema <[email protected]>, A Virtual Network for >> friends of West Nile <[email protected]>, Kobokonet Koboko >> <[email protected]>, A Virtual Network for friends of >> West >> Nile <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) & OGOLE BEATING WAR >> DRUMS >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> If at all this is true, then this marriage of convenience between Sejusa >> and Ogoole is unfortunate and should never ever be acceptable to the people >> West Nile, Northern Uganda and/or the people greater Uganda. The war drum >> is totally unacceptable and should be rejected by all right thinking >> Ugandans. I would want to believe that the breaking news item is a lie >> being orchestrated by a few individuals, who, for their own selfish and >> egocentric interests, want to destabilize the people of Uganda and gain >> from the 'economic' effects of war just as it happened some twenty or so >> years ago. If Sejusa wants to wage war to the people of Uganda, let him >> start it from elsewhere but not Northern Uganda or West Nile! We are tired, >> our people have been taken 20 years behind the rest of Uganda and yet >> despite this fact, the sons and daughters of West Nile have made great >> strides in the economic development of West Nile mostly by themselves such >> that they are even >> better than some regions in Uganda - take the instance of Busoga!! >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: samuel andema <[email protected]> >> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>; >> Kobokonet Koboko <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 10:04 PM >> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) & OGOLE BEATING WAR DRUMS >> >> >> >> Charles you are right. When you take into consideration the ultimate >> price of war that ordinary people pay in terms of loss of lives, >> destruction of property, disruption of family life, breakdown of >> socioeconomic production, loss of opportunity to educate your children, the >> restlessness people have to endure when running around and the time it >> takes to recover from armed conflicts, our people should just ignore the >> war drums coming from European capitals and concentrate on rebuilding their >> lives and laying better foundation for the future of our children through >> education.?In the past West Nile has been involved in fighting other >> people's wars since colonialism, none of which has brought about any >> significant benefits to the region. The number of young people West Nile >> has lost in all the wars in Uganda and beyond is more than any region has >> endured in the history of armed conflicts in Uganda. At the end of the day >> we have always been rewarded with >> coffins containing bodies of our young people who would have used their >> youthful energy to fend for their families. I grew up in war and have a >> pretty good sense of who suffers and who benefits from wars. They say a man >> bitten twice by the same snake on the same sport is a fool! >> Thanks.?? >> Sam >> >> From: Charles Male <[email protected]> >> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>; >> Kobokonet Koboko <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, 29 September 2013, 8:38 >> Subject: [WestNileNet] SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) & OGOLE BEATING WAR DRUMS >> >> >> Memebrs what do you think? >> >> This is serious and I hope WEST NILE REGION will not ONCE AGAIN be >> drawn into any thing.... >> >> -------------------------- >> >> Sejusa, Obote commander join forces >> Top Stories >> >> Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:04 Written by SIRAJE LUBWAMA & AGENCIES 0 >> Comments? ? Two longtime ?enemies?, Gen David Sejusa and Col John >> Ogole have joined forces to fight President >> Museveni?s government. >> >> Sejusa is a veteran of the NRA bush war that ousted the Milton Obote >> and Tito Okello Lutwa regimes while Ogole was the linchpin in the >> Obote army that fiercely fought the NRA in the Luweero Triangle. >> >> Their union was announced by Gen Sejusa at the weekend, almost a week >> after he formed his ?liberation? group, Free Uganda, to oust his >> former boss, Museveni. >> >> It is not yet clear how Sejusa and his associates intend to oust >> Museveni. Announcing the formation of Free Uganda, Sejusa vowed to use >> all constitutional means. It?s not clear if armed rebellion is an >> option although seeking alliances with soldiers like him speaks >> volumes. >> >> Prior to agreeing a deal to work together to end ?the current >> oligarchy? in Kampala, the two met severally over months in the UK, >> according to an email from Sejusa. >> >> In his weekend email, Sejusa said he and Ogole had been leading >> their >> respective teams of officers, drawn from inside Uganda and in exile. >> >> Although the details of their discussions remain scanty, both Gen >> Sejusa and Col Ogole have confirmed meeting and burying the hatchet, >> ostensibly for the ?sake of Uganda?. >> >> Commenting on his monumental meeting with Colonel Ogole, Sejusa said, >> ??for the sake of Uganda, everything is possible, including admitting >> past mistakes and moving forward, as a way of atonement. >> Reconciliation of the Ugandan people is the only viable way to bring >> about sustainable peace in our country. Our mission is to secure the >> future of Uganda so we must not use the past to obscure the mission of >> today.? >> >> For his part, Col Ogole, as quoted in Sejusa?s email, said: ??it is >> true we have been meeting. Uganda is bigger than all of us. And >> everything that can bring peace and reconciliation in our country must >> be done irrespective of >> history both real and perceived. >> >> This is a historic opportunity to heal the wounds of our country. It >> will advance a sense of nationhood for all the people of Uganda. In >> the post-Museveni Uganda, we will all feel that we belong?. >> >> Last week, the army warned Sejusa that he would be crushed. >> >> ?The UPDF is a powerful institution, we have defeated over 20 rebel >> groups since 1987 so whoever tries to destabilise the country is >> joking with fire and will be dealt with, with full force,? said Lt Col >> Paddy Ankunda, the army spokesman. >> >> Who is Ogole? >> Sejusa has been in the news headlines since April, when he fled the >> country. Shortly after, media reported his dossier in which he >> demanded an investigation into a rumoured plot to kill top army and >> government officials opposed to the alleged presidential ambitions of >> First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba. >> >> Brig Muhoozi heads the elite Special Forces Command, >> and both the >> government and the army have denied that he is eying his father?s job. >> >> Ogole, now in his 60s, rose through the ranks in the Uganda Army. Now >> head of the Lango Elders Council in the UK, he joined the armed forces >> in the mid 1960s and served in several positions that included >> Adjutant, Commanding Officer; Brigade Commander; Deputy Director of >> Records; and Chief of Personnel in the Uganda National Liberation Army >> (UNLA). >> >> Around 1983-5, after attending a military course at Fort Leavenworth, >> Kansas, USA, he was deployed in the Luweero Triangle to fight the >> rebel NRA led by Museveni. >> >> It is said Ogole, who came to be known as ?a brilliant battle >> technician and chief strategist, commanded operations that gave NRA >> fighters a bloody nose, leading to the guerilla group?s temporary >> disintegration. >> >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> 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). 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