ugnet_: The philosophers of chaos reap a whirlwind
from : The International Herald Tribune The philosophers of chaos reap a whirlwind William Pfaff IHT Washington's utopians 08/23/03: PARIS The intensification of violence in Iraq is the logical outcome of the Bush administration's choice in 2001 to treat terrorism as a military problem with a military solution - a catastrophic oversimplification. Choosing to invade two Islamic states, Afghanistan and Iraq, neither of which was responsible for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, inflated the crisis, in the eyes of millions of Muslims, into a clash between the United States and Islamic society. The two wars did not destroy Al Qaeda. They won it new supporters. The United States is no more secure than it was before. The wars opened killing fields in two countries that no one knows how to shut down, with American forces themselves increasingly the victims. This was not supposed to happen. The killing was one way in September 2001: Al Qaeda killed Americans and others in New York and Washington. Later in 2001 and in 2002, the killing was overwhelmingly in the other direction. Taliban soldiers, Al Qaeda members and Afghan bystanders were the victims, in uncounted numbers. This year began the same way, but now things have changed. Americans are no longer attacking Iraq from the unreachable sanctuaries provided by technological superiority and command of the air. They are on the ground, among 23 million Iraqis, the objects of elusive and unidentifiable attacks. This is what the U.S. Army has sought to avoid ever since the Vietnam War. There is no victory in sight, not even a definition of victory. If Saddam Hussein were captured or killed, Washington would claim a victory, but that isn't a victory over terrorism. A functioning democracy in Iraq, with a reconstructed economy, would be a form of victory, but the chance that this will be achieved is remote, even if the country can be pacified. This outcome was foreseen. It was dismissed in Washington because of the radicalism of the neoconservative project, taken up by President George W. Bush with seemingly little or no grasp of its sources, objectives or assumptions. The neoconservatives believe that destruction produces creation. They believe that to smash and conquer is to be victorious. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel is an influence, although one would think they might have seen that a policy of "smash and conquer" has given him no victories in Lebanon or the Palestinian territories. They believe that the United States has a real mission, to destroy the forces of unrighteousness. They also believe - and this is their great illusion - that such destruction will free the natural forces of freedom and democracy. In this, they are influenced by the Trotskyist version of Marxist millenarianism that was the intellectual seedbed of the neoconservative movement. But their idea is also very American, as they are credulous followers of Woodrow Wilson, a sentimental utopian who really believed that he had been sent by God to lead mankind to a better world. They resemble Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, who in 1997 expressed astonishment at the gangster capitalism that had emerged in the former Soviet Union, and which still exists. He said he had assumed that dismantling communism would "automatically establish a free-market entrepreneurial system." Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle and their neoconservative colleagues in Washington assumed that destroying Saddam's regime would automatically establish a liberal democracy in Iraq. But wrecking a society's structure produces wreckage, not utopian change. To believe otherwise leads one to conduct a foreign policy of global destabilization and disruption that creates political anarchy, human suffering and new foyers of violence and terrorism capable of overtaking Americans, as well as those people America intends to benefit. How is Iraq to be put together again? Washington doesn't want the United Nations, and America's prevailing insecurity deters other governments and international institutions from supporting the reconstruction effort. What is the exit strategy? There never was one. For the philosophers of chaos in Washington, who created this situation, there is an instinctual reaction to their failure: escalation, and the pursuit of elusive victory by mounting new attacks elsewhere. For Washington politicians, there is another possibility: Find and kill Saddam, and simply leave Iraq - whose turbulent and ungrateful people, Bush might announce, had shown themselves unworthy of America's efforts. Does this today seem unthinkable? If Iraq is still going badly in 2004, when the president is looking for re-election, it will be considered. Copyright © 2003 The International Herald Tribune "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for
ugnet_: A poor African provides a lesson in giving
A poor African provides a lesson in giving Dorothea Hertzberg NYT Monday, August 25, 2003 http://www.iht.com/articles/107553.html Aid to an American BOBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso It was an unforgivingly hot day, and I was leaving the village where I lived in northeastern Burkina Faso, which meant an 18-kilometer bike ride to the nearest paved road.It was April, and I was serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in this small, land-locked country in West Africa. I set off on my Trek 800 mountain bike, dreaming of the distant town where I could eat the pizza I had been craving for a month, when I hit a bump in the road.When I landed, my pedals spun around wildly with no resistance. I pedaled furiously, but like a guinea pig in a wheel, I was going nowhere.I stood there in disbelief. What was I going to do? I still had 12 kilometers, or 7 miles, to bike, in 46 degrees Celsius, or 115 Fahrenheit, of heat beating down on me and only half a bottle of water left."Great," I muttered in exasperation, and started pushing my bike down the deserted cow path.Minutes later I spotted a villager coming from the opposite direction. "Yaa boe tara fo weefo?" the older gentleman asked me in Moore, the language of the Mossi people. What's wrong with your bike?I explained what had happened, and he tried to figure out my 21-speed, Peace Corps-issued Trek - probably the first he'd ever seen.He flashed me a smile that said he couldn't fix it but we'd find some other way.Then he began to rearrange the strap on his bag that was attached to his bike rack. I had no idea what he was up to, but I had nothing but time, so I sweated and watched.When he finished, he had about a meter of thin but durable rubber strap left over, which he proceeded to tie to my handlebars.Like many times before in my Peace Corps service, I stood dumbfounded and awaited the all-important cultural clue that would tip me off to what was going on. He gave me one I couldn't imagine: he pointed to my seat and told me to hop on.I smiled, thinking he was joking but somehow al so knowing that he was serious. This older man was offering to tow me 12 kilometers in this unbearable heat? I started to shake my head in refusal and disbelief. He just smiled and stood there until I finally accepted my newest adventure in Burkina Faso.It turned out to be one of the most touching moments of my life. What a scene we must have been. This poor man vigorously pedaling and dripping with sweat as he towed the American princess through the barren desert.Every villager we saw along the way shrieked in surprise and called out "Ney Yibeogo!" (Good morning!) After a while, I began to feel terribly guilty, posed on my bike, waving like a Rose Parade float queen.I thought about pedaling as well, just so he would feel I was participating in our cause, but I didn't bother because he couldn't see me anyway. At least not until we got to the hills. Because our bikes were connected by the rubber strap, I would lag behind him on every hill we climbed, test ing the rubber for all it was worth.Once we began to descend down the other side, though, I was right next to him, waving, and it became my turn to shout a slow "bonjooouuur" as I gradually picked up speed and passed him completely. It never lasted long. Soon I would drift behind him again.We carried on this way like two horses on a carousel, rotating positions, each time with more laughter and amazement at our plight.An hour later we arrived at my destination. He was exhausted, I was giddy and in awe of his generosity. I took a long look at his face and those kind eyes, and I told myself never to forget it, because this man is the heart of Burkina Faso. This man is not an exception in his culture. He is the very essence of it.Two years ago, at the age of 27, I voluteered for Peace Corps service to "give back" to the world. Today, I realize I gained much more in return. I am no longer a volunteer, but I continue to work in the western part of the country.When I think back on that moment when I was stranded on that deserted cow path, there was a part of me that was calm, because I knew where I was. I was in a place where you never feel alone or abandoned because someone will always come along to help you; where a starving woman would give her last bowl of food to a stranger; where kids are elated to play with an old tire and a stick.I was in a place where family unity is everything and the guest is paramount.To the Burkinabe, these principles are more than just cultural values, they are a way of life. Burkina Faso means "the land of the upright and courageous people." It is one of the poorest countries in the world, but a place where I learned what giving truly means.The writer recently finished two years of volunteer service with the Peace Corps. Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. Previous | Next | Back to Messages Save Message Text Check Mail Compose Compose Text Msg
Re: ugnet_: Uganda: E-Business Takes Off With Young Innovators
The piece below talks about Hon Minister of Industry - Abel Rwendeire. This means it is a very old piece, as Rwendeire left such a long time ago. Give us the current picture. May be now typing speeds have been improved. May be people are no longer sleeping at their desk. We had a thorough discussion of the issues concerning this project, with Hon Johnson Nkuuhe, the in-charge of NRM science and Technology issues. Nobody hears from/about him anymore these days. I am afraid Ugandans have never applied the vigour and resolve necessary to enter this potentially lucrative field. May be they are more comforfatable growing flowers!! Maybe it is because of being suffocated by a criminal and mercenary regime. Mitayo Potosi From: Vincent Musubire [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Uganda: E-Business Takes Off With Young Innovators Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:25:20 +0300 _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ---BeginMessage--- Dear All, Two years ago we started a crusade of exploring the opportunities of knowledge exports of services by the exploiting the superhighway of the internet.Under our association of SMEs engaged in IT called Uganda ICT Outsourcing Services Association(UICTOSA) we have been running two pilots one for online book-keeping services whereby work has been sent by Canadian companies, processed in Uganda and sent back to Canada and another one on telemarketing in call centres.Both pilots have been promising and we are now looking forward to rolling out into commercial activities. We see this as an opportunity to give employment especially to our youth who would become global workers without having to leave Uganda let alone getting humiliated as they try to get visas to USA or Europe to go and look for jobs. This is an effort in which we would request our fellow Ugandans in the diaspora to get interested and support by getting us companies that can contract our people to render internet-based services to them. Regards Vincent Musubire Chairman, Uganda ICT Outsourcing Services Association, Vincent K.Musubire(MIPR) Senior Partner ML 2000 Ltd. P.O.Box 10078, Kampala,Uganda Tel.256-41-230385 Mobile: 075-646653 Fax:256-41-232716/255288 E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Maggie Atieno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Uganda: E-Business Takes Off With Young Innovators Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:44:09 -0700 (PDT) Saidi Doka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: Uganda: E-Business Takes Off With Young Innovators by Teresa Nannozi Kampala, Mar 28, 2002 -- At 11 p.m. on Monday, Kampala is just going to bed. But at Dastur Street in a single-room, second floor suite on Radio One Building, the day is just beginning for the young, night-shift sales team at Globenet Internet Cafe. As the town wakes up at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, and the company's daytime workers arrive, the night shift will be going to sleep. This has been going on since the second week of February, when Farid Jingo, 31, proprietor of Globenet Ltd as the company is called, signed a contract with an agent of the American telecommunications giant ATT. From its base in Kampala, Globenet markets ATT telephone packages to potential clients in the US states of New York and New Jersey. ATT sends a list of prospective clients - about 7,000 every two weeks. Globenet calls to convince them to subscribe to ATT. The Americans never even know that the person at the other end of the line is working out of an Internet cafe in Uganda, a whole time zone away. On Nkrumah Road, in a small single-room office of the Old UCB Building, another pioneer in this new-age line of exports is Cayman Consult Ltd, a data entry and book keeping operation that, for about the same time, has been working for Wall Associates of Canada. "The client sends his work in the evening as he goes to sleep," Cayman's young Chief Executive Officer, Abubakar Luwaga, 28, told an E-Business conference organized by the Uganda Investment Authority at Sheraton Hotel last week. "We promise that by the time he wakes up, it will be done." Luwaga has no computers in his office, so he and his team work night shifts out of Internet cafes, including Globenet. Accounting documents such as cheques, bills, invoices and bank statements are scanned in Canada by Wall Associates, and sent to Uganda via the Internet. The data is entered and organized by Ugandan operators using a specialized software package and sent back to Wall Associates accountants, who then prepare financial statements and analyses for their clients. E-Business. Smart, young professionals are turning Internet-based service exports into one of the most potent growth areas for cash-strapped, well
ugnet_: Uncle Sam, hatred and hypocrisyWhy Do People Hate America?
"At the core of our relationship with America is the massive contradiction between what the US state publicly advocates in the way of justice and freedom, and its day to day political and economic practice around the world. " "We are taught to believe in Washington as the font of freedom and democracy, when the policy of successive US administrations has fostered the exact opposite." Uncle Sam, hatred and hypocrisyWhy Do People Hate America? By Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies Icon Books, $21 (pb) REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY If you have ever wondered why the United States (America) is hated around the world, then maybe you did come down in the last shower. This question has been asked more frequently and publically since the terrorist attacks on New York's twin towers in September, 2001. Many writers have been asking it. Gore Vidal has addressed this question; so too have Richard Neville and John Pilger. Everyone basically comes to the same conclusion as to why Uncle Sam is no longer the ant's pants. While these works analyse what the US government does offshore, they don't tackle the question of how it thinks. Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies' book, Why Do People Hate America?, does. Sardar and Davies try to expose the logic of US expansionism as it is embraced and rationalised within US cultural discourse. The authors' arguments are a little forced sometimes, but as an attempt to comprehend the ideology of the most powerful nation-state that has ever existed on Earth, Why Do People Hate America? has a lot to offer the novice objector. At the core of our relationship with America is the massive contradiction between what the US state publicly advocates in the way of justice and freedom, and its day to day political and economic practice around the world. We are taught to believe in Washington as the font of freedom and democracy, when the policy of successive US administrations has fostered the exact opposite. So we hate because we hate hypocrisy. Uncle Sam is anything but what he says he is. Let's not shy away from how sick everyone's relationship is with the vision the US promotes it is the quintessential capitalist ideal. We taste its fruits through television and films, we are offered its chattels as the doorway to happiness and, despite ourselves, we are recruited to the same addictions. We are all Americanised. This is an enticing argument. The package referred to as America is hated for as Sardar and Davies try to explain a variety of reasons that are ontological, existential and cosmological. So the US, in their assessment, ceases to be a thing a pattern of economic and social relationships driven by its own logic and becomes instead an archetype occupying people's heads. So when we hate, we hate for these reasons. Hatred of America is supposed to be a problem of thinking that we must try to transcend. Much as I appreciate the authors' rich insights into how the US orchestrates its own view of itself, we are left with nothing or no-one tangible to blame. If there is an America of ideas packaged for friend and foe alike, where does it live? What sustains it? What makes the America we have grown to hate tick? Maybe we should really be asking: Why America chose to be hated? From Green Left Weekly, August 27, 2003. Green Left Weekly "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state." - Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister
Re: ugnet_: Lutimba!: BEER LOVER!
Lutimba Matovu, The BEER LOVER (alcoholic?)! y From: "gook makanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Lutimba! Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:11:30 + Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.---BeginMessage--- PS!!! Lutimba, Am in your "neck of the woods", see if u can buy me that beer u once promised me! U know where u can find me. rgds gook Lutimba, I have been watching you deteriorate from a serious analytical fellow to now this childish and lackluster performance you put up these days. Look, if you have nothing to say simply shut up. Stop these personal attacks on your "enemies". If you have "Bwino" on the non insisting agreement btwn M7 and Buganda bring it out without going native on your opponentsbar habits. I know you as a beer loving fellow. I have even had a few bouts with you. This can never make me call you an alcoholic! If you are losing an argument..please accept it with grace and bow out. The little faith i once had in you as an NRA/M (wannabe) i could do business with is fast fading out. What a waste for such a potatial political mate! Rgds Gook "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcom X Original Message Follows From: Lutimba Matovu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ugnet_: Kasangwao, Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:55:52 -0700 (PDT) Bwambuga, The real Alcoholic is Mulindwa. Mulindwa is the man who really loves the bottle. I now have bwino on this guy. He loves the bottle like his hero AMO. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kasangwao, Your arguement is too cheap for me. I am very well learned and knowledgeable Uganda in case you did not know. I think you are doing total deservice to your nation, abd people by involving your self in "...he said she said." scheme. You are displaying mere ignorance and lack of information and ability to know what you are saying. God Bless your heart and children who God Willing, will grow up under your deceitfull environment. An behold you take pride in them. Bwambuga. "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: KasangwawoOn all accusations made, on all love Buganda has to her Kingdom, would Obote poison Muteesa and the person who knew about it decide to be anonymous except to you? Let us remember that what we are discussing today is both of great importance to a whole mass of people and the History of Uganda as a nation. So I would encourage every one to stick on the facts, for there are those who are going to read these facts and take them for whole truth and help you God. That is why I stated before that the cause of death of Mutesa was not by poison from Obot e. Can I back that claim? Yes the Post Mortem made in London and in a nation which was against Obote is available. I hope you can produce the evidence backing "that Some one", Secondly I stated that the funds which were sent to Mutesa and his family even after his death all way through to Amin, can be backed up by records in Bank of Uganda, which is in Uganda today. So let us not take these things that likely, for they are of great Historical importance.Em The Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: "jonah kasangwawo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:05 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Bwambuga, we also know that someone (identity known) put poison in Sir Freddie's drink, which led to his eventual death. This evidence comes from someone who spent the last few years of the King's life looking after him and was therefore very close to him. I therefore fail to see why you think that your allegations are stronger than what you call Matovu's "false accusations". On the other hand, you might be confusing your information with that about a known alcoholic in Lusaka. Kasangwawo From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 23:19:36 -0400 Matovu, We know that Kabaka Fred Mutesa (RIP) was a seroius alcoholic case. And he died from Alcohol Poisoning. My evidence comes from a cery good friend of mine, but he was sharing a girl friend with the Late Kabaka while he was still in power as President. This friend is a typical Muganda and big time supporter of the royalty. He says it was a well known fact among the late Kabaka's
ugnet_: Uganda Law Society has Lost It.(Could it be cheer leading?) With Kintu Nyago
Tuesday Reflections With Kintu Nyago Uganda Law Society has lost itAugust 26 , 2003 Last weekend saw the marking of 40 years of Rev. Martin Luther Kings world famous speech, I Have a Dream. It was a historic speech delivered one fine August morning, in 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in the US, to a civil rights mammoth rally of 250,000 people of all races and social backgrounds. This was at a time when in the United States the land of the free and equal, African Americans were denied the vote and were in practice second-hand citizens who could not share the same public amenities, such as schools, hospitals, toilets and restaurants with Whites. Part of this speech, delivered with Dr. Kings fine, truly moving oratorical skills, went as follows: I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self evident; that all men are created equal.Through their civil rights movement, African-Americans managed, with time, to cajole the American establishment to extend all the laid down constitutional rights to them. An important point to learn from this experience is that the use of calculated peaceful means, led by civil society, can lead to the extension of democratic rights in the struggle for democratisation. Actually, in Americas case, this was the pragmatic approach as any attempt to resort to an armed struggle would have proved suicidal, given the balance of forces at hand, if one challenged the worlds wealthiest and strongest state on its home turf. Indeed, the Black Panthers and other subscribers to the armed struggle were to find out. In contemporary Uganda, a number of leaders, most particularly the DPs Dr Paul Ssemogerere and his associates, including lawyers Joseph Balikuddembe and the youthful Erias Lukwago, have been at the forefront of championing the cause of broadening the political space through peaceful political action, constitutional petitions, memoranda and public dialogues. It is amazing, however, that in the same week that the entire world was celebrating the glorious legacy of King and the American civil rights movement, in Kampala the leadership of the Uganda Law Society turned back the democratisation clock when it gagged the constitutionally laid down freedom of speech and _expression_ of lawyers. A Sunday newspaper reported that the learned friends were denied the right to participate in radio talk shows, making public comments, writing articles or issuing press statements on legal matters without the Law Councils permission! This truly amusing saga began when the Law Societys president, Andrew Kasirye rebuked pro-opposition lawyer Lukwago, who was, rightfully in my view, educating the listening public on issues surrounding the ruling Movements not having organised elections for its leadership, in addition to its current status as a political system. Now, in an era most acclaimed for guaranteeing freedom of speech and _expression_, the Law Societys leadership opted to invoke a typically anachronistic and draconian Regulation 22 of the Advocates (Professional Conduct) Regulation of 1977! A relic put in place at the height of the Idi Amins dictatorship, who incidentally died this month! Invoking this regulation is perhaps the Law Societys way to mark the legacy of Aminism - at our expense! In the past, the leadership of the Uganda Law Society has mainly been the vanguard of our civil liberties. For instance, sometime in 1980, its then President Sam Kalega Njuba was detained, without trial, by the Military Commission regime, at the then dreaded Makindye Military Police Barracks for criticising its appalling human rights record. Elsewhere, lawyers have been at the forefront of the recent struggle for Africas democratisation, starting mainly in the early 1990s. In nearby Kenya, vivid examples are activists such as former vice president Michael Kijana Wamalwa (RIP), Paul Muite and Dr Willy Mutunga. Apart from the ability to interpret laws, their principled politics was mainly based on their ability to survive without having to subsist on the state, through their private legal chambers. Civil society, especially so this countrys legal fraternity, has to play its rightful role in safeguarding the Constitution and furthering the democratisation cause, through civil means. The current message from the Law Society is uninspiring and sad, more especially at this juncture in our history. © 2003 The Monitor Publications East African | About Us | Feedback | Site Map | License | Monitor MailWant to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
ugnet_: May God bless Amin's soul by F.D.R. Gureme
Old mans Corner By F.D.R. Gureme May God bless Amins soulAugust 26 , 2003 Amins illness and death have generated debate and emotional utterances: restrained or rancorous. I was particularly astonished by reports of barbed remarks of our President about Amins death and burial, clearly bordering on the heartless. He would, he affirmed, have nothing to do with Amins burial; not even touch him with a long pole. That when Amin killed Ugandans, did he think he was immortal? Ironically, as overly lingering unpopular rulers move about, hemmed in by costly brigades of sharp shooters, they vainly feel unassailable! Since H.E. spoke in his official capacity, Ugandas views were a contemptuously cruel jolt to 13 mothers, 54 children, friends and relatives; and to Amins extensive geographical, ethnical, religious and commercial constituency that pervades the region; and certainly the god-fearing fraternity. H.E. spat at our embassy staff for visiting Amin in hospital. These officials will, in my view, and regardless of their individual feelings, have salvaged Ugandas image by offering this professionally humane public relations atonement. Earlier on, H.E. (fountain and custodian of the prerogative of mercy) affirmed his belief in the merits of the death penalty! I have read lustrously dispassionate analyses by Dr Muniini Mulera and Mr Timothy Kalyegira (The Monitor, August 18); yes, factual accounts of what they knew about Amin: without hurting the feelings of his kith and kin or of those related to victims of his misrule. That is as it should be. Just listen to what leading 19th Century British playwright, George Bernard Shaw says about The Difference Between Atonement and Punishment. I should add: and revenge.The primitive idea of justice is partly legalised revenge and partly expiation by sacrifice. It works out from both sides in the notion that two blacks make a white, and when a wrong has been done, it should be paid for by an equivalent suffering. It seems as a matter of course that this compensating suffering should be inflicted on the wrongdoer for the sake of its deterrent effect ; but a moments reflection will show that this utilitarian application corrupts the whole transaction. the shedding of innocent blood cannot be balanced by the shedding of guilty blood. Sacrificing a criminal to propitiate God for the murder of his righteous servant is like sacrificing a mangy sheep : it calls down divine wrath instead of appeasing it. In doing this we offer God as sacrifice the gratification of our own revenge and the protection of our own lives without cost to ourselves; and cost to ourselves is the essence of sacrifice and expiation ...The Baronets cousin in Dickenss novel, who, perplexed by the failure of the police to discover the murderer of the baronets solicitor, said Far better hang wrong fellow than no fellow, was not only expressing a very common sentiment, but trembling on the brink of the rarer salvationist opinion that it is much better to hang the wrong fellow The point is a cardinal one, because until we grasp it, not only does historical Christianity remain unintelligible to us, but those who do not care a rap about historical Christianity may be led to the mistake of supposing that if we discard revenge, and treat murderers exactly as God treated Cain: that is exempting them from punishment by putting a brand on them as unworthy to be sacrificed, and let them face the world as best they can with that brand on them, we should get rid both of punishment and sacrifice. It would not at all follow: on the contrary the feeling that there must be an expiation of the murder might quite possibly lead to our putting some innocent person to a cruel death to balance the account with divine justice. Incidentally, the hyped Human Rights Commission condemning Amin and Obote, was denied mandate to investigate the deeds of the NRM/A! I largely agree with Bernard Shaw: the reason I oppose capital punishment, and espouse forgiveness and reconciliation. I entirely condemn Aminisms beastly disregard of the rule of law. But, as a Christian and compassionate being, I unreservedly forgive Amin the departed. Some other time we may examine his silver linings. Meanwhile, May God bless his soul! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 077 401173 © 2003 The Monitor Publications East African | About Us | Feedback | Site Map | License | Monitor MailWant to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
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http://www.kentimes.com/editorials/comm1.htmlRwanda: A tragic history of ethnic tension spurred on by colonial lies By Fr. Joachim Omolo Ouko RWANDESE yesterday went to the polls to elect the president they think will best steer the destiny of a country scarred by the massacre of nearly one million people in a mindless genocide. While this will form a key plank to any decision individual Rwandese make as they enter the polling booth, what will also inevitably come to mind is whether the elections will end the ethnic conflicts and restore harmony and equity among the Hutus and Tutsis who inhabit the country. Accusations that authorities had harassed opposition supporters during campaigns which ended on Saturday are already sending worrying signals that this is not going to be as easy as supporters of President Kagame Paul would like to think. With large number of supporters throughout his campaigns, Kagame, a Tutsi rebel leader who ended the slaughter, and who also has the support of seven of the country's nine recognized parties is likely to resoundingly win the elections. Although yesterday's vote has been billed as a showcase for how far Rwanda has come in the nine years since extremist Hutus orchestrated a 100-day slaughter of a half a million Tutsi and politically moderate Hutus, the failure of Kagame's main rival, Faustin Twagiramungu, a Hutu to perform credibly may be a big blow to the majority Hutus. Tutsis may not be comfortable with Twagiramungu because this is the man, even though he pushed for the introduction of multiparty politics in the early 1990s served as prime minister in the first post-genocide government before a falling out with Kagame. A country of 26,338 square kilometers with about 8 million people, for centuries Rwanda has been established as a strong and organised kingdom. It had attained nationhood long before the arrival of the first European - the German Count Von Goetzen in 1894. For over 400 years kings of the Tutsi minority, who existed alongside the Hutu peoples until the late 1890's when the country was annexed as German East Africa, had successfully ruled Rwanda until 1916 when Belgian forces took control of the country under the post World War 1 settlement. During this time, the colonial government worked closely with the largely Tutsi ruling "elite", isolating the Hutus, thus leading to increasing political and ethnic instability in the country. Since then the violence and massacres have been recurring. Climax of it was in 1973 when the government was ousted by a military Coup that brought Major General Juvenal Habyarimana to power. In what looked like revenge, Habyarimana had to use his power, not only to defend his Hutu population but tragically also fuel hatred between the two ethnic groups, leading to ethnic cleansing that was to be witnessed on and off. This went on through the 1970's and 80's with increased frequency of sporadic massacres taking place, forcing greater numbers of oppressed Tutsis to flee across the border to the Democratic Republic of Congo. With the formation of Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) n July 1990, the Tutsi "Government in exile in Congo decided that they could not hope for a negotiated settlement with Habyarimana's government but to oust him. Fighting continued for three years until the Arusha Peace Agreement was signed in August 1993. Under the supervision of the United Nations, the agreement was supposed to have facilitated a transitional government of unity and the establishment of state offices within a period of 37 days. Habyarimana did not honor the agreement and continued with his detested ways of governance until he was assassinated in 1994. Instead of adhering to the agreement his agents were already preparing the next stage of their plan, with special sections of his militias, the interahamwe, being trained for the bloody task that was to unfold between April and July 1994. This explains why when Habyarimana was killed in a plane crash whilst returning from a summit in Uganda, propagandists used this to suggest that the Tutsi people were trying to re-assert power and the terrible wave of killing was unleashed. Within a few days, the UN withdrew all 2,500 troops from the country and only after Tutsi RPF forces again picked up their arms and fought their way to regain the capital Kigali, did the bloodshed end. One may argue that the formation of RPF following the cessation of violence in July 1994, and with his moto of Government of National Unity with four other parties, Kagame has won the favor of the vast majority of Rwandese. It is through this moto that Rwanda is now experiencing a period of hope and development. Although it will take many years for Rwanda to put this dreadful recent history behind them, the fact still remains that today things are improving, especially the process of Gacaca, the judicial "village council" approach
ugnet_: Amin in the Eye of his doctor
Amin in the eye of his doctor August 24 - Sept 1, 2003 Dr Stephen Oscar Malinga, the MP for Butebo, Pallisa was a Captain in the Ugandan army in 1970 when former president Amin Dada (RIP) was the army commander. Malinga, an obstetrician and gaenacologist told The Sunday Monitors Mercy Nalugo about the life of a soldier in Amins army. Malinga, an army doctor whom he promoted to the rank of Captain.In the beginning Amin was a pleasant person who demonstrated that he was a leader for the underprivileged, especially in the army. Soldiers with minor problems made appointments to see Amin and in deed they met him.Much as Amin was not educated, most Ugandans liked him; no wonder there was a lot of drumming when he took over power from Obote. One time I wanted to dismiss an army sergeant called Mulangira whom I found drunk while on duty. Mulangira went and reported me to Amin, who summoned me to the army house at Acacia Avenue. Mulangira was seated with Amin eating kalo and emolokony. Amin asked me why I was dismissing Mulangira and whether I was ready to look after his family. I dropped the idea immediately. Amin generally had a chain of contacts within the army which not only made him popular, but also earned him a lot of information and that is the reason it was easy for him to overthrow Obote. How Malinga became Captain I was recruited as an army doctor and straight away given the rank of Captain. I was actually taken into the army by the Ministry of Defence under Amins influence. How Amins grabbed power Before Amin became the president, there was suspicion in Obotes government that he had a hand in killing Brig. Okoya who was stationed in Masaka and was killed in Gulu and Lt. Col. Omoya who was murdered in Mbarara. When Amin took over power, we knew he would not be able to lead the country because he did not have the capacity to face up to the economic challenges. And as soon as he became president, he started to regard any body who opposed him as an enemy, the logical conclusion of which was death. The peak of it all was the murder of the Arch Bishop Janan Luwum, the Chief Justice Benedicto Kiwanuka and the then governor of Bank of Uganda in 1972. Somehow, I think Amin knew when and how these people were killed. Amin most of the time acted on rumours. In the beginning it was the Acholi, the Langi and the Uganda Peoples Congress supporters who suffered the brunt of brutality. But sooner than later, he spread out his net. When he called for an emergency parliamentary meeting immediately after taking over power, we advised him not to appoint army men into critical public service jobs. We told him to appoint educated civilians. No wonder Amins cabinet comprised a number of educated people. The peak of brutality When Amin got reports that Tanzania was planning to attack Uganda, he went wild. Most of the killings were done around this time. And I think most of the killings during Amins regime were caused by his intelligence network, the State Research Bureau (SRB) which was composed of men who did not care for human life. SRB agents not only killed civilians, but they also killed soldiers whom they thought posed a threat to Amins government. Actually some of the killings were born out of personal grudges. Amin the hunter Amin loved hunting very much. He called me on several occasions to accompany him to the bush. We would go hunting in Para or Kyobe. He distributed the game to soldiers and much as buffaloes were preserved, Amin had a license to kill them. He preferred eating antelopes and never killed engabi (Bushbucks) as it was a taboo to kill them. The rumour mill continued to work. This time round, it was catching up with me. I was then stationed in Masindi. Rumour had it that I was one of the people who were linked to Obote and was planning to overthrow government. Armoured Personnel Careers (APCs), were dispatched to Masindi to arrest collaborators and my name was in the list of people to be killed. Fortunately, I was on safari in Arua. The telephone operator informed me that all my colleagues had been arrested and killed. That is how I survived. The first thing I thought of was to flee to Zaire but on a second thought, I realised I didnt know anyone there. So I decided to go to Gulu via Moyo. Unable to proceed because of numerous roadblocks in Lira, Soroti and Mbale, I called a friend called Sgt. Meri in Masindi, who gave me some soldiers who escorted me to Kampala under the guise of travelling to collect supplies in Magamaga. I finally sneaked out through Busia border. I took a bus to Kisumu. I later got in touch with a friend who got me a ticket to Europe where I completed my post graduate course in Obstetrics and Gaenacology. Meeting in New York Amin came to Manhattan, New York for a workshop and I went to see him. When he saw me he said, My doctor why did you run away. I was going to promote you to Lieutenant Colonel. He gave me a first class ticket to return to Uganda,
ugnet_: Mother of all Holy-Grails ...
/ advertisement ---\ Explore more of Starbucks at Starbucks.com. http://www.starbucks.com/default.asp?ci=1015 \--/ Study Spurs Hope of Finding Way to Increase Human Life August 25, 2003 By NICHOLAS WADE Biologists have found a class of chemicals that they hope will make people live longer by activating an ancient survival reflex. One chemical, a natural substance known as resveratrol, is found in red wines, particularly those made in cooler climates like that of New York State. The finding could help explain the so-called French paradox - the fact that the French consume fatty foods considered threatening to the heart but live as long as anyone else. Besides the wine connection, the finding has the attraction of stemming from fundamental research in the biology of aging. However, the new chemicals have not yet been tested even in mice, let alone people, and even if they work in humans it will be many years before any drug based on the new findings becomes available. The possible benefits could be significant. The chemicals are designed to mimic the effect of a very low-calorie diet, which is known to lengthen the life span of rodents. Scientists involved in the research say human life span could be extended by 30 percent if people respond to the chemicals the way rats and mice do to low calories. Even someone who started at age 50 to take one of the new chemicals could expect to gain an extra 10 years of life, said Dr. Leonard Guarente of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the pioneers of the new research. The result was announced last week at a scientific conference in Arolla, a small village in the Swiss Alps, by Dr. David A. Sinclair of Harvard Medical School. It was published electronically yesterday in the journal Nature. The new development has roused the enthusiasm of many biologists who study aging because caloric restriction, the process supposedly mimicked by the chemicals, is the one intervention known to increase longevity in laboratory animals. A calorically restricted diet - including all necessary nutrients but 30 percent fewer calories than usual - has been found to extend the life span of rodents by 30 to 50 percent. Scientists hope, but do not yet know, that the same will be true in people. A similar mechanism exists in simpler forms of life, which has led biologists to believe that they are looking at an ancient strategy, formed early in evolution and built into all animals. The strategy allows an organism to live longer and postpone reproduction when food is scarce, and to start breeding when conditions improve. Two experiments to see if caloric restriction extends life span in monkeys are at about their halfway point - rhesus monkeys live some 25 years in captivity - and the signs so far are promising, though not yet statistically significant. But even if caloric restriction should extend people's life span, the current epidemic of obesity suggests how hard it would be for most people to stick with a diet containing 30 percent fewer calories than generally recommended. Biologists have therefore been hoping to find some chemical or drug that would mimic caloric restriction in people by tripping the same genetic circuitry that a reduced-calorie diet does and provide the gain without the pain. Dr. Sinclair and his chief co-author, Dr. Konrad T. Howitz of Biomol Research Laboratories in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., say they have succeeded in finding a class of drugs that mimic caloric restriction in two standard laboratory organisms, yeast and fruit flies. Mice and humans have counterpart genes that are assumed to work in a similar way, though this remains to be proved. Independently, Elixir Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, Mass., had found a different set of chemicals that mimic caloric restriction, said Ed Cannon, Elixir's chief executive. Because of testing and regulatory requirements, he added, his company is "8 to 10 years away from having an approved drug." After presenting his results for the first time, Dr. Sinclair said in an interview from Arolla, "I've been waiting for this all my life." "I like to be cautious," he added, "but even as a scientist it is looking extremely promising." So far Dr. Sinclair and his colleagues have shown only that resveratrol, the chemical found in red wine, prolongs life span in yeast, a fungus, by 70 percent. But a colleague, Dr. Mark Tatar of Brown University, has shown, in a report yet to be published, that the compound has similar effects in fruit flies. The National Institute of Aging, which sponsored Dr. Sinclair's research, plans to start a mouse study later in the year. Despite the years of testing that will be needed to prove that resveratrol has any effect in people, many of the scientists involved in the research have already
ugnet_: How Obote Amin, Two of Africa's Most Brutal Killers, Co-Evolved
Ugandans Why has Uganda deteriorated to where she is? Because a good number of its citizens have decided to live in utopia and have failed to move on. This disease is especially in Buganda which has decided to stay in its culture and customs of 1500, and they want to drag the nation into that age although this is 2003. Read this posting and tell me what new thing it has taught you this morning. And on the very important issues that are affecting our nation, why did Mwaami Ssemakula feel that this posting is of great importance today? It is the reverse thinking that is slowly but steadily eating Buganda. Last week Ssenyange lamented for other parts of Uganda have refused to bring their proposals of a kind of federalism they want to Uganda to Yoweri Museveni. For although many Ugandans are in Camps where there is the greatest sufferings, rapes, diseases, daily deaths, to Ssenyange those Ugandans must leave all those things and write proposals of the kind of federalism they want in their part of Uganda. Fellas, where are the brains in Buganda when one needs one? Em Toronto The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: J Ssemakula To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: ugnet_: How Obote Amin, Two of Africa's Most Brutal Killers, Co-Evolved David Martin 1974 General Amin. London, Faber Faber. Ch 1. The Rise of Amin. Pp. 11 26. (Excerpt from pp. 16 -20) Amins mixed background has given him a smattering of five languages. He speaks Kakwa and some Luganda, having been raised in the part of Uganda where those vernacular (sic) are spoken. From the army he learned Swahili which is the language of command, as limited English, which is laboured when he is reading prepared text, and somewhat better during his impromptu harangues. The only language he speaks reasonably well is a type of broken Arabic referred to as Nubian which is used by the West Nile Muslim colony in Buganda. Since coming to power, and for several months before that, Amin has made much of his Islamic beliefs. The Nubian-Islamic impact was felt most in West Nile, but at the time of the coup less than 6 per cent of Uganda were Muslims. Amins devotion to Islam has been particularly manifest publicly since he broke relations with Israel in 1972, but it is clear his beliefs are tailored to his political needs. The background of his four wives is revealing. The first, Sarah, also known as Mama Maliam, only converted to Islam in 1968 after ten years of marriage. The second, Kay, is the daughter of a Protestant clergyman and still a Christian. The third, Norah, is also a Protestant, and her parents are Balokoli (sic), which is the Uganda equivalent of Puritans. His fourth wife, Medina, whom Amin claims was given him in 1971, was the only Muslim at marriage. To marry three Christians in succession and to make little effort to convert them to Islam hardly smacks of a devout Muslim. A more interesting side of his nature is provided by his service record in colonial times. Africans who served with him in this period in the Kings African Rifles recount that he was frequently in trouble. One story hold that after Amin had become a sergeant he was caught in bed with a colleagues wife and pursued naked down Nakuru Street. A British officer, quoted in Sunday Telegraph, recalled: In 1955 there was only one blot on his copybook. His record showed that he had had venereal disease which made him ineligible for a good conduct stripe. But other stories are far less humorous. As a corporal fighting the Mau Mau in Kenya in the 1950s he established a sadistic record. In Uganda the north-eastern Karamajong tribe, who traditionally go about naked, were notable cattle rustlers who periodically had to be disarmed. Naturally, they were reluctant to surrender their spears and shield, and another British officer who served with Amin at the time has boasted that Amin was remarkably successful in persuading them. He claimed that Amin made them stand with their penes on a table and then threatened to cut of the organs with a machete unless they told him where their spears and shields were hidden. If these incidents were not an indicator to Amins true nature then certainly the Turkana murders in north-west Kenya were earlier in 1962. Like the Karamajong the Turkana are semi-nomadic herdsmen with a penchant for cattle rustling. But unlike the Karamajong, the Turkana use guns on their forays, and periodically, during the dry season, when there are only limited water-holes in the area, joint police-army sweeps were launched to disarm them. One of these sweeps
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From: nockrach george [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Unfortunately Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:18:11 +0200 Unfortunately, Mate, art and science of this TRAGEDY (NOT WAR) are that of walking a tight rope character. And, more sadly so, it is permeated with PARTY political biasing. The situation is that Their Satanic Vampires are not fighting the NRM. Must you always refuse to see situations from the sufferer's point of view, how stubborn can a human being be, actually?! Who feels it knows it! Why do you not come with something new? Something tenable? This one (... Let the NRM/UPDF/ NRA fight its wars...), is not good enough! It is the same old proven shit from 1986; what you are suggesting, is what my people have been doing for the last 17 (!) years. Faced with the reality of un provided security, secularization, sufferance, destitution, annihilation, they are just saying they won't be doomsday bound. I do not know if you have ever been fighting or fought in your childhood (I have never been the cruel type neither), but I do not recall that in the course of FIGHTING / wrestling with OPONENTS we did banged some passer-by or anyone else's face and bragged that we have fought our opponent. Matek, you are a politician and a member of the UPCs so called PPC. We commonality depend on your sense of balance, epoch-making mood and leadership. You are not supposed to come with void sweeping statements at critical times like this. THE SITUATIONS HERE ARE: 1) THE LRAs INTENSIFIED BRUTALITY AND MAXIUM CRUELTY on innocent Ugandan commonality. 2) UNPROVIDED SECURITY AND STATE PROTECTION 3) UGANDAN WHO HAVE GUTTED UP TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, and, who are conditioned by de facto state of affairs to act in defence of their brothers, sisters and their motherland. THE ISSUE HERE IS: How do we go about it? HOW DO WE FACE THIS REALITY? That is what you politicians are supposed to be solving now. Not twiddling here and there. We are in a situation where the UPDF does not provide enough security guarantees for the Upcountry populace and the people NO LONGER want to be massacred passively. So, if the Ugandan government (rd. NRM regime and the UPDF) refuses or fails to comply with the constitution of the country and, the LRA continues to kill defenceless civilians instead of fighting the UPDF, you (rd. the UPC) recommends that the people do nothing while simultaneously you POLITICIANS (UPC AND OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES) are doing nothing to halt the killings?? Why do you not provide a concise account of the alternative so that we commonality can see the tenability in it. So that my people can see that indeed the LRA will stop maiming, abducting etc innocent Acoli and start fighting the UPDF instead? _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
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ugnet_: Fight Rebellion, Moses Ali Appeals
Title: Unfortunately, Matek, art and science of this crisis (NOT WAR) are that of walking a tight rope character Unfortunately, Matek, art and science of this TRAGEDY (NOT WAR) are that of walking a tight rope character. And, more sadly so, it is permeated with PARTY political biasing. The situation is that Their Satanic Vampires are not fighting the NRM. Must you always refuse to see situations from the sufferers point of view, how stubborn can a human being be, actually?! Who feels it knows it! Why do you not come with something new? Something tenable? This one ( Let the NRM/UPDF/ NRAfight its wars...), is not good enough! It is the same old proven shit from 1986; what you are suggesting, is what my people have been doing for the last 17 (!) years. Faced with the reality of un provided security, secularization, sufferance, destitution, annihilation, they are just saying they wont be doomsday bound. I do not know if you have ever been fighting or fought in your childhood (I have never been the cruel type neither), but I do not recall that in the course of FIGHTING / wrestling with OPONENTS we did banged some passer-by or anyone elses face and bragged that we have fought our opponent. Is that what you call fighting? Matek, you are a politician and a member of the UPCs so called PPC. We commonality depend on your sense of balance, epoch-making mood and leadership. You are not supposed to come with void sweeping statements at critical times like this. THE SITUATIONS HERE ARE: 1) THE LRAs INTENSIFIED BRUTALITY AND MAXIUM CRUELTY on innocent Ugandan commonality. 2) UNPROVIDED SECURITY AND STATE PROTECTION 3) UGANDAN WHO HAVE GUTTED UP TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, and, who are conditioned by de facto state of affairs to act in defence of their brothers, sisters and their motherland. THE ISSUE HERE IS: How do we go about it? HOW DO WE FACE THIS REALITY? That is what you politicians are supposed to be solving now. Not twiddling here and there. We are in a situation where the UPDF does not provide enough security guarantees for the Upcountry populace and the people NO LONGER want to be massacred passively. So, if the Ugandan government (rd. NRM regime and the UPDF) refuses or fails to comply with the constitution of the country and, the LRA continues to kill defenceless civilians instead of fighting the UPDF, you (rd. the UPC) recommends that the people do nothing while simultaneously you POLITICIANS (UPC AND OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES) are doing nothing to halt the killings?? Why do you not provide a concise account of the alternative so that we commonality can see the tenability in it for my people to see that indeed the LRA will stop maiming and abducting innocent Acoli and start fighting the UPDF instead? Assuming the situation is such that the UPDF does not want to fight. And that fight or no fight the regime will rule on (their mandate through). And the LRA is killing innocent people now. You as a politician, what is your advice to the people? Rgds Noc´l
ugnet_: RE: [Ugandacom] Fight Rebellion, Moses Ali Appeals
Unfortunately, Matek, the art and science of this TRAGEDY (NOT WAR) are that of walking a tight rope character. And, more sadly so, it is permeated with PARTY political biasing. The situation is that Their Satanic Vampires are not fighting the NRM. Must you always refuse to see situations from the sufferers point of view, how stubborn can a human being be, actually?! Who feels it knows it! Why do you not come with something new? Something tenable? This one ( Let the NRM/UPDF/ NRA fight its wars...), is not good enough! It is the same old proven shit from 1986; what you are suggesting, is what my people have been doing for the last 17 (!) years. Faced with the reality of un provided security, secularization, sufferance, destitution, annihilation, they are just saying they wont be doomsday bound. I do not know if you have ever been fighting or fought in your childhood (I have never been the cruel type neither), but I do not recall that in the course of FIGHTING / wrestling with OPONENTS we did banged some passer-by or anyone elses face and bragged that we have fought our opponent. Is that what you call fighting? Matek, you are a politician and a member of the UPCs so called PPC. We commonality depend on your sense of balance, epoch-making mood and leadership. You are not supposed to come with void sweeping statements at critical times like this. THE SITUATIONS HERE ARE: 1) THE LRAs INTENSIFIED BRUTALITY AND MAXIUM CRUELTY on innocent Ugandan commonality. 2) UNPROVIDED SECURITY AND STATE PROTECTION 3) UGANDAN WHO HAVE GUTTED UP TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, and, who are conditioned by de facto state of affairs to act in defence of their brothers, sisters and their motherland. THE ISSUE HERE IS: How do we go about it? HOW DO WE FACE THIS REALITY? That is what you politicians are supposed to be solving now. Not twiddling here and there. We are in a situation where the UPDF does not provide enough security guarantees for the Upcountry populace and the people NO LONGER want to be massacred passively. So, if the Ugandan government (rd. NRM regime and the UPDF) refuses or fails to comply with the constitution of the country and, the LRA continues to kill defenceless civilians instead of fighting the UPDF, you (rd. the UPC) recommends that the people do nothing while simultaneously you POLITICIANS (UPC AND OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES) are doing nothing to halt the killings?? Why do you not provide a concise account of the alternative so that we commonality can see the tenability in it for my people to see that indeed the LRA will stop maiming and abducting innocent Acoli and start fighting the UPDF instead? Assuming the situation is such that the UPDF does not want to fight. And that fight or no fight the regime will rule on (their mandate through). And the LRA is killing innocent people now. You as a politician, what is your advice to the people? Rgds Noc´l From: Ed Kironde [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Ugandacom] Fight Rebellion, Moses Ali Appeals Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 06:23:22 -0600 Just out of curiosity Why didn't Uganda Government send civilians to fight when the Batooros were attacking the Bakiga? Em The government uses a number of mechanisms to execute its objectives. The local people have a duty to protect themselves, the government strengthens their defense. If your Kony were to camp in Butambala, I will personally mobilize the butambala grenade group [bgg] to fight your hero or anything that appears to resemble LRA. God [read as UPDF] helps those who help themselves. Local vigilantism shown outside Buganda is clear testimony that Federo can be used to mobilize local people to defend their traditional sovereignty. When you dichotomize Ugandans into the Batooro or Bakiga, you are talking Federo. Konys motiveless thuggery has maimed or murdered more civilians than the UPDF personnel. To say that if local people are mobilized into groups to defend their regions will provoke Kony to attack civilians, you are either seriously insane or just dropped onto planet earth! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/2003 _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda.
Let's not trivialise such an issue by resorting to tribalism.remember that Obote and Amin were once presidents of Uganda and they never gave federalism a thought, and gauging from their policies, i think they were against federalism. Buganda and for that matter any region in Uganda has a right to make demands for federalism. The constitution of Uganda is not suspended, irrespective of the unfortunate situation in the North of the country, being caused by the LRA terrorists. From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda. Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:02:27 -0400 Mwaami Musaazi So you want them to take the time while in IDP Camps and write what they want from federalism. Do you really think that getting federalism is any where on the list of all most three quarters of Ugandans who have never got peace since you guys started to sleep? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:37 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda. ..but i think over and above everything else is the fact that the demand of the baganda for federalism is facilitating a debate and an important one at that. Federalism is the way to go particularly for a country like Uganda where there is a lot of uneven development country-wide. What shape it eventualy takes, i think will be a matter of negotiations mainly between the units and government. Right now it appears one sided because the other units are yet to appreciate the long term benefits of federalisms, they are letting there reactions to federalism be dictated by the baganda, instead of coming up with their own demands that benefit their regions under such a system. They are failing to realise that as long as buganda is the only region asking for federalism, then it is more likely to get most of it's demands through than if there were several units making demands, in which case compromises would have to be made. From: ssenya nyange [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda. Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:11:47 -0400 Mr. Mulindwa, You started your argument well but you sturbonely refused to apply your federal knowledge to Uganda's situation. When the President or ruling party wants to negotiate an issue, he should not start by specifically ruling out the BASIC FUNDAMENTALS of the negotiation. In other words NRM cannot say come and negotiate BUT NO TAX POWERS TO BE GIVEN under the federo. Thats not how its done in developing civilized countries. secondly, the govt cannot close out the rest of Uganda when some of the other parts wants it also. This shows that there are some monkey tricks behind. You asked: --...- For look at it this way, suppose Uganda government agrees today and Buganda collects taxes, Kasese will ask for Kilembe mines, and Jinja will ask for rights on River Nile. How will the central government run Uganda as a state? --- Look at Canada where you reside. Over 50% of Canadian economy is in Ontario. Alberta is the sole producer and exporter of oil in Canada. Do you want to tell us that the rest of the provinces are so poor because the federal govt gives tax powers to provinces? Do you want to say that the federal govt does not get enough from Ontario and Alberta to distribute to the have not because of tax powers? Mr. Mulindwa, the federal govt collects 7% GST from all provinces. Provincial govt have powers to levy their own taxes.e.g Ontario has 8% Provincial Sales Tax ( PST), Eastern provinces have the highest PST and Alberta does not charge PST at all yet it has the strongest economy in Canada. Many businesses run away from Eastern provinces and relocated to Alberta because of 0% PST and other taxes. Federal govt charges from 17% I.Tax above $7,400 p.a on individuals. Some provinces add on their own I.Tax e.g Ontario adds on 49% of the Federal Tax. Others like quebec add on higher % and Alberta adds on the lowest. In otherwords let the Uganda govt give federal states tax powers, demand and supplies will work out the rest. That does not remove the tax powers and the ability to reallocate funds from the have to the have not from the central govt. J. Ssenyange -- : Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ugnet_: DIS-FUNCTION EDUCTION UGANDA CASE
JUSTICE PARTY www.idr.co.ug/dfwa-u/Nymapp/justice.htm Date: 8/26/2003 18:13:58 +0300 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: DIS-FUNCTION EDUCTION UGANDA CASE All headers Dear Mr. Bwanika, This is in response to your mail specifically written for the attention of The Education Standards Agency. Thank you for pointing out the issues we are currently trying to address through our mandate of setting, defining and reviewing standards in education. The contents of your mail will be scrutinised further or further investigation. Please keep up with this kind of positive feedback. Best regards. Director Education Standards Agency Ministry of Education and Sports > JUSTICE PARTY > http://www.idr.co.ug/dfwa-u/Nymapp/justice.htm > gallery updated everyweek - real Uganda > --- > > HELLO- TO THE DEPARTMENT OF Department: Education Standards Agency > > > Investigating functional illiteracy and literacy- Uganda Education. > > LACKING INFRASTRUCTURE > > Quickly notice - there is total lack of policy guideline implementation > from the ministry of education on course literature and of course, on > course implementation. It is visible everywhere by the way see below > for examples from my own investigation. __ bwanika url: www.idr.co.ug Logon & Join in ug-academicsdb discussion list http://www.coollist.com/subcribe.html List ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your Email address: ~~ ~~ url: http://uhpl.uganda.co.ug http://pub59.ezboard.com/fugandamanufacturersassociationfrm1
ugnet_: RE: Mohau Pheko in Mexican gov't leaked enemies list of activists toward Cancu
Yesterday we received an email addressing the exclusion of Sister Mohau Pheko from the WTO Cancun meeting. The email read as follows: "This deliberate silencing of women's voices is worrying. What could Mohau possibly do which would threaten the WTO meeting really?" from "RE: Mohau Pheko in Mexican gov't leaked "enemies list" of activists toward Cancun", by Sister Bookie Kethusegile of the SADC It is our opinion that she was excluded because she is an articulate champion/advocate of Africa, African people; and in general Pan-Africanism. Such capabilities make her anathema to the powers that actually "own" and control the WTO and similar institutions. They have no interest in African people achieving a better quality of life, and their only goal is to continue us in a state of abject poverty and misery. Perhaps this excerpt from a recent article on Africa and the WTO by Apuko Nyandolo will put it in sharper context: "First, the WTO has not facilitated a level trading field as touted upon its formation. There is a clear imbalance in the trading system, where the developed world have employed the use of agricultural subsidies, thus putting at disadvantage, commodities from Africa, where such subsidies have been discouraged by World Bank and IMF policies." "While in Kenya alone, where about 60 percent of the population live on less than a dollar a day, in Europe, each cow receives US$ 2 a day in the form of subsidy, says Oduor Ong'wen of EcoNews Africa, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), and chairman of the NGO Council in Kenya . He alleges that half of European budget goes toward subsidies." "Under such circumstance, Africa, whose many countries depend on agriculture for economic growth, has as a result continued to experience devastating socio-economic crises." "Living conditions of its people have deteriorated dramatically, in spite of its nations being members of the so-called supranational institutions like WTO, among others. According to World Bank projection, about 30 percent of the poor in the world by the turn of the century was African." "Yet the continent is potentially the richest in the world. Diamond from Sierra Leone alone, earns the US and Europe US$50 billion a year. It is Africa that produces coltan, a mineral that is used for making parts of computers and cell phones. The same Africa produces uranium that US relies on to build its a military might. Clearly, the rules by WTO are unfavourable to Africa. One condition is that countries of the continent have to export goods in their raw form, and not as manufactured goods. That is why Ghana has to continue exporting cocoa and import chocolate, a product of cocoa." "Economic analysts question how Germany has become the leading exporter of manufactured coffee, yet the crop is not grown in the country." "Belgium is the leading exporter of diamond, which is not available in its land. The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which is marketed as an institution meant to offer opportunities to developing countries to access the United States markets in a bid to promote Africa-US trade relations, is beginning to raise suspicion. Analysts argue that AGOA has political strings attached to it. Countries enlisted under this privilege must align themselves toward US political interest." "For this reason, organisations sympathetic to the plight of Africa feel that the continent needs a revolution of perception, and build a strategy of collective self-reliance. This calls for a new way of doing things, which must be people driven, since government representatives appear to have failed championing the interest of their countries." "It is for this reason that Heinrich Boll Foundation, Oxfam Great Britain, and EcoNews Africa, resorted to creating awareness amongst the ordinary public on the goings on at the international institutions. At a workshop they organised in Kenya recently, they revealed how the WTO rules are designed and made by the rich countries, noting that the interest of the developing countries was not a priority at the institution." "For example, when a trade dispute occurs, not every member is involved. The powerful nations resort to the Green House, an inner unit within WTO, where only the privileged are allowed participation. This breeds suspicion among many members, but then, they are coerced into accepting the decisions made in the Green House. "`While lack of staff, capacity, and financial resources is a factor for many developing countries, the primary reason for this system of exclusionary consensus making is that the Quad countries assume that, as the main forces in the global economy, they have the right to formulate its rules,` says Aileen Kwa, a policy analyst with Focus on Global South, a Bankok-based policy and activist institute." "The scenario described indicates that the rule-based system of WTO is in fact based more on power than on rules, so that the powerful nations make the rules at the WTO, just
ugnet_: Federo is a fantasy
Editorial : newvision 26/8/2003 Federo is a fantasy CABINET HAS decided to push for the lifting of term limits for the presidency and a return to federo. However, a representative of the Buganda kingdom has responded that the two issues should be delinked. He is right. The two issues are both too complex to consider together. In particular the restoration of federo, or a federal kingdom, is risky. Firstly, the dominance of the Buganda kingdom at independence created a political imbalance that destabilised the country. Secondly, a federal kingdom is not the most progressive form of government. As head of state, the Kabaka will appoint chiefs, ministers and officials. What will happen to the authority of democratically elected LC5 and LC3 officials? Thirdly, is an additional layer of administration in Buganda even necessary? Fourthly, this administration will have to be funded either by local taxation or by increased taxation by the central government. If the central government pays, a peasant in West Nile might ask why his tax payments go to the Kabaka of Buganda. Fifthly, how many Baganda truly want federo? Many elected LC officials favour loose cooperation under a charter, as Busoga is attempting, but oppose the idea of an administrative federal kingdom. Federo has become a fantasy, a dream for a return to the 1950s and 1960s when people were more prosperous and society more orderly. But it is impossible to turn the clock back. If the kingdom returns, Baganda will still find themselves in todays Uganda where the world coffee price is lower than the 1960s and KCC cannot fix the roads. It is not worth changing the Constitution for the sake of an illusion. Published on: Tuesday, 26th August, 2003 Email this article to a friend. Mitayo Potosi _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda.
dO NOT THINK!!! tALK OF FACTS. - Original Message - From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 4:04 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda. Let's not trivialise such an issue by resorting to tribalism.remember that Obote and Amin were once presidents of Uganda and they never gave federalism a thought, and gauging from their policies, i think they were against federalism. Buganda and for that matter any region in Uganda has a right to make demands for federalism. The constitution of Uganda is not suspended, irrespective of the unfortunate situation in the North of the country, being caused by the LRA terrorists. From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda. Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:02:27 -0400 Mwaami Musaazi So you want them to take the time while in IDP Camps and write what they want from federalism. Do you really think that getting federalism is any where on the list of all most three quarters of Ugandans who have never got peace since you guys started to sleep? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:37 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda. ..but i think over and above everything else is the fact that the demand of the baganda for federalism is facilitating a debate and an important one at that. Federalism is the way to go particularly for a country like Uganda where there is a lot of uneven development country-wide. What shape it eventualy takes, i think will be a matter of negotiations mainly between the units and government. Right now it appears one sided because the other units are yet to appreciate the long term benefits of federalisms, they are letting there reactions to federalism be dictated by the baganda, instead of coming up with their own demands that benefit their regions under such a system. They are failing to realise that as long as buganda is the only region asking for federalism, then it is more likely to get most of it's demands through than if there were several units making demands, in which case compromises would have to be made. From: ssenya nyange [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda. Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:11:47 -0400 Mr. Mulindwa, You started your argument well but you sturbonely refused to apply your federal knowledge to Uganda's situation. When the President or ruling party wants to negotiate an issue, he should not start by specifically ruling out the BASIC FUNDAMENTALS of the negotiation. In other words NRM cannot say come and negotiate BUT NO TAX POWERS TO BE GIVEN under the federo. Thats not how its done in developing civilized countries. secondly, the govt cannot close out the rest of Uganda when some of the other parts wants it also. This shows that there are some monkey tricks behind. You asked: --...- For look at it this way, suppose Uganda government agrees today and Buganda collects taxes, Kasese will ask for Kilembe mines, and Jinja will ask for rights on River Nile. How will the central government run Uganda as a state? --- Look at Canada where you reside. Over 50% of Canadian economy is in Ontario. Alberta is the sole producer and exporter of oil in Canada. Do you want to tell us that the rest of the provinces are so poor because the federal govt gives tax powers to provinces? Do you want to say that the federal govt does not get enough from Ontario and Alberta to distribute to the have not because of tax powers? Mr. Mulindwa, the federal govt collects 7% GST from all provinces. Provincial govt have powers to levy their own taxes.e.g Ontario has 8% Provincial Sales Tax ( PST), Eastern provinces have the highest PST and Alberta does not charge PST at all yet it has the strongest economy in Canada. Many businesses run away from Eastern provinces and relocated to Alberta because of 0% PST and other taxes. Federal govt charges from 17% I.Tax above $7,400 p.a on individuals. Some provinces add on their own I.Tax e.g Ontario adds on 49% of the Federal Tax. Others like quebec add on higher % and Alberta adds on the lowest. In otherwords let the Uganda govt
ugnet_: Fight Rebellion, Moses Ali Appeals
Brother NOC´LADUMAS GEORGES [EMAIL PROTECTED], I hear your cry. I have always opposed this militarism in solving our country's affairs. I start from the so-called 'liberation war' to help the poor helpless Ugandans against Idi Amin. The 1980 elections were a cruel charade, but still I opposed Luwero and the executioners of that so-called struggle against Obote. Now we have this holocaust in the Northern half of our country. But how come that our problem has not been solved once and for all after 'we' have fought each one of Amin, Obote and mu7? I have always said that if you want to fight Amin, arrange to shoot him and spare the poor innocent Ugandan. If you want to fight Obote and you feel you are really a man go and way-lay Obote with a bomb instead of killing a million innocents in Luwero. And if you want to fight Museveni then prepare for an air-tight assassination plan but spare the innocent people of Acholi. Instead some have castigated me and reminded me that they are proud of their struggles, whether in reference to Idi Amin or Obote etc Dont get me wrong I am not a pacifist at all costs. If Uganda as a nation is imperiled I would be the first one to pick up the gun. But my contention is that Amin, Obote, Museveni are just proxys for the real enemy. Instead of killing a million Acholis why not shoot ithe ambassodor of imperialism? Afterall whose machinations to impose each of Amin, Obote and Museveni? Ever since 1962, the blood of innocent Ugandans is being spilled, mayhem and incalculable pain has been visited on the helpless and we dont seem to have a clue about as to put an end to it all, and take the destiny of our country in our hands. Even federo will not help even the hardcore Bagandaists. How can you build a federo with a Kabaka who was put in place not by Baganda but by British machinationations (the throne - Namulondo was bought by Mitubitshi Corporation. Mitubitshi is a sub-contractor of Betchel ). It is all a cruel circus if you asked me. Mitayo Potosi From: NOC´LADUMAS GEORGES [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: RE: [Ugandacom] Fight Rebellion, Moses Ali Appeals Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:44:28 + Unfortunately, Matek, the art and science of this TRAGEDY (NOT WAR) are that of walking a tight rope character. And, more sadly so, it is permeated with PARTY political biasing. The situation is that Their Satanic Vampires are not fighting the NRM. Must you always refuse to see situations from the sufferers point of view, how stubborn can a human being be, actually?! Who feels it knows it! Why do you not come with something new? Something tenable? This one ( Let the NRM/UPDF/ NRA fight its wars...), is not good enough! It is the same old proven shit from 1986; what you are suggesting, is what my people have been doing for the last 17 (!) years. Faced with the reality of un provided security, secularization, sufferance, destitution, annihilation, they are just saying they wont be doomsday bound. I do not know if you have ever been fighting or fought in your childhood (I have never been the cruel type neither), but I do not recall that in the course of FIGHTING / wrestling with OPONENTS we did banged some passer-by or anyone elses face and bragged that we have fought our opponent. Is that what you call fighting? Matek, you are a politician and a member of the UPCs so called PPC. We commonality depend on your sense of balance, epoch-making mood and leadership. You are not supposed to come with void sweeping statements at critical times like this. THE SITUATIONS HERE ARE: 1) THE LRAs INTENSIFIED BRUTALITY AND MAXIUM CRUELTY on innocent Ugandan commonality. 2) UNPROVIDED SECURITY AND STATE PROTECTION 3) UGANDAN WHO HAVE GUTTED UP TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, and, who are conditioned by de facto state of affairs to act in defence of their brothers, sisters and their motherland. THE ISSUE HERE IS: How do we go about it? HOW DO WE FACE THIS REALITY? That is what you politicians are supposed to be solving now. Not twiddling here and there. We are in a situation where the UPDF does not provide enough security guarantees for the Upcountry populace and the people NO LONGER want to be massacred passively. So, if the Ugandan government (rd. NRM regime and the UPDF) refuses or fails to comply with the constitution of the country and, the LRA continues to kill defenceless civilians instead of fighting the UPDF, you (rd. the UPC) recommends that the people do nothing while simultaneously you POLITICIANS (UPC AND OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES) are doing nothing to halt the killings?? Why do you not provide a concise account of the alternative so that we commonality can see the tenability in it for my people to see that indeed the LRA will stop maiming and abducting innocent Acoli and start fighting the UPDF
ugnet_: Virus
I received the following mail which I suspect was a cover for a virus. From : George Okurapa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject : Basoga was down to earth Date : Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:48:56 -0700 (PDT) Attachment : Amosbusinesscard2.pub.scr (80k) Mitayo Potosi _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: If you have a high DBI, you may be LOBNH and have an oligoneuronal syndrome
Revealed: The secret world of doctors' slang
Fri Aug 22, 3:30 AM ET
PARIS (AFP) - The doctor purses his lips, looks at you pityingly over his half-moon spectacles and quietly writes something on his clipboard, something short, sharp and authoritative.
Fri Aug 22, 3:30 AM ET
(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad) He turns away to answer the phone and you seize the diversion to sneak a look at your case notes.
He has written: "Plumbum oscillans."
What disease can this be? It sounds contagious... maybe even fatal... Is it time to phone friends and family and say farewell? Is your will up to date?
Relax.
Plumbum oscillans is no threat to health -- it is Latin for "swinging the lead," and it is the doctor's discreet way of concluding that you are a malingerer, someone seeking a sick note to take time off work.
These and other terms are part of a secret language, indecipherable to outsiders, that doctors use with each other to convey a truth that is otherwise unsayable, especially to the patient.
The slang can be cruel, insulting and highly inventive, says Adam Fox, a specialist registrar at the Child Allergy Unit at St. Mary's Hospital in London, who has put together a dictionary of the terms.
They include British emergency-room acronyms such as UBI (for "Unexplained Beer Injury"), PAFO ("Pissed And Fell Over") and ATFO ("Asked To F... Off"), not to mention Code Brown, referring to a faecal incontinence emergency.
Then there is DBI, for "Dirtbag Index." This is a formula which multiplies the number of tattoos on the patient's body by the number of missing teeth to estimate the total of days he has gone without a bath.
Relatives of patients on the critical list may blanche if they knew what CTD, GPO or Rule of Five mean on their loved-one's records.
The first means "Circling The Drain", the second signifies "Good for Parts Only" and "Rule of Five" means that if more than five of the patient's orifices are obscured by tubing, he has no chance.
A patient who is "giving the O-sign" is very sick, lying with his mouth open. This is followed by the "Q-sign" -- when the tongue hangs out of the mouth -- when the patient becomes terminal.
General practitioners may use LOBNH ("Lights On But Nobody Home") or the impressively bogus Oligoneuronal to mean someone who is thick.
But they also have a somewhat poetic option: "Pumpkin positive", referring to the idea that the person's brain is so tiny that a penlight shone into his mouth will make his empty head gleam like a Halloween pumpkin.
If a doctor is stumped for what is wrong with his or her patient, they may record GOK, for "God Only Knows."
As for genetic quirks or inbreeding, FLK means "Funny Looking Kid" and NFN signifies "Normal For Norfolk," a rural English county.
Fox says he has a list of more than 200 terms used by medical practitioners in Britain but his collection shows that doctors around the world make up their own versions.
In Brazil, for instance, physicians use the acronym PIMBA for what can be translated as "swollen-footed, drunk, run-over beggar."
Fox agrees that some terms are offensive and even cause confusion to other doctors who are not in the know.
But he asks at least for critics to understand the stress that doctors face every day. And in any case, the colourful language is under threat of dying out because of fears of lawsuits.
"The use of medical slang helps to depersonalise the distress encountered in doctors' everyway working lives," Fox told the British Medical Journal (BMJ) last year.
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RE: ugnet_: Federo is a fantasy
Very good advice. Gracias Lugemwa, F.N. Ed Kironde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once the editor of The New Vision separates federo from kingdoms andlooks at it as a way of sharing power with regions or states, he will becloser to unravel the complexity of federalism.Once federo is re-ushered in, the editor does not need to worry aboutthe democratically elected LCs at whatever the level - it will be a newleaf it will all be in the constitution. To answer he editor's questionas how many Baganda who want federo, I stand to be counted and theeditor can easily sponsor a survey of the Baganda ho want federo byputting the survey through Bukedde, feel it out and ask people to mailit back to him. Not all Baganda will read Bukedde or even respond, butcan use a number of models to test the survey.---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0. 510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/2003This service is hosted on the Infocom networkhttp://www.infocom.co.ug Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
Re: ugnet_: Federo is a fantasy
Whoever was responsible for this editorial, does not understand the concept of federalism. First of all how does he know that the final federal system agreed upon will take the shape he is outlining (talk about puting the cart before the horse). The final system will depend on negotiations which will involve a lot of tradeoffs and compromises, it's not about 'winner takes all'. Secondly, the Primeminister does not have to be the Kabaka (there doesn't even need to be a prime minister). Federalism will help spread development around the country, new city capitals will spring up and along with them jobs, institutions of learning and investements. Federalism will also help to reduce the concentration of power at the center which will on the long run enhance democracy. As for taxes, well a tax sharing and allocation formular will be part of the negotiations, this is why i said that the more the number of regions involved in the negotiations the better for the whole country. Right now everybody is only hearing the Buganda proposal because other regions have not formaly and in an organized fashion, put forward their proposals. The other regions should stop wining and come with ideas, that is what democracy is all about, isn't it, democracy lovers? From: Mitayo Potosi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Federo is a fantasy Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:35:19 + Editorial : newvision 26/8/2003 Federo is a fantasy CABINET HAS decided to push for the lifting of term limits for the presidency and a return to federo. However, a representative of the Buganda kingdom has responded that the two issues should be delinked. He is right. The two issues are both too complex to consider together. In particular the restoration of federo, or a federal kingdom, is risky. Firstly, the dominance of the Buganda kingdom at independence created a political imbalance that destabilised the country. Secondly, a federal kingdom is not the most progressive form of government. As head of state, the Kabaka will appoint chiefs, ministers and officials. What will happen to the authority of democratically elected LC5 and LC3 officials? Thirdly, is an additional layer of administration in Buganda even necessary? Fourthly, this administration will have to be funded either by local taxation or by increased taxation by the central government. If the central government pays, a peasant in West Nile might ask why his tax payments go to the Kabaka of Buganda. Fifthly, how many Baganda truly want federo? Many elected LC officials favour loose cooperation under a charter, as Busoga is attempting, but oppose the idea of an administrative federal kingdom. Federo has become a fantasy, a dream for a return to the 1950s and 1960s when people were more prosperous and society more orderly. But it is impossible to turn the clock back. If the kingdom returns, Baganda will still find themselves in todays Uganda where the world coffee price is lower than the 1960s and KCC cannot fix the roads. It is not worth changing the Constitution for the sake of an illusion. Published on: Tuesday, 26th August, 2003 Email this article to a friend. Mitayo Potosi _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda.
One Uganda, one Federo. My friend from Busoga friend would say, -twagala federo mulala (one and all-inclusive federo). http://federalworksinboston.tripod.com F.N. Lugemwa Owor Kipenji [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Emmanuel,thanks for your response on this issue of Federalism. In deed Obote and Amin were once presidents and I think no one really need to belabour that. The present stalemate or whatever one may prefer to call it has got nothing to do with those two former Ugandan presidents.It has got all to do with the way a segment of the Ugandan society wants to handle such matters that impact on every Ugandan. We on other fora discussed exhaustively on Federalism and there was a consensus within the fora that Ugandans would be better served if Federalism was to augment our governance. Mu7 and his cabal were very aware of this and what some of us suggested that time was that since we were all in consonance with the idea of federalism,we had better promote democracy and democratic principles first because as it has turned out to be true,Mu7 will use the per chant desire of some of us for Federalism and grant it on paper as a claptrap to perpetuate himself in power. What is being purported to be cabinet decisions is no surprise at all to me and those of us who have known Mu7 and his modus operandi.That is why I am personally wondering why some of us in Buganda never really want to learn from all the vast personal experiences that we have had with Mu7.Is it because we hate Obote more and therefore our hatred for and of Obote clouds the way we analyse Ugandan issues?. Mu7 has now exposed the few Baganda who may have been surreptitiously meeting him to offer Federo to Buganda by saying Buganda will get Federo and that is where the truth will emanate from not the multitudes of denials that is being put up as a face saving facade. This we had ably pointed out and I am sure , unless Mu7 is talking out of sync,it will come to pass. This is where our problem lies in having unity with people who are united for cross purposes. Ugandans need to unite to get their rights and without actually knowing what is happening in Northern Uganda ,I will reluctantly say Kony is the terrorist because there are many activities there that just do not add up. The best way to get to the truth is to make Mu7 accountable to the people of Uganda for what has been taking place there since 1986. Sometimes I am left wondering whether that was his plan to wipe out the people from the North that he and his ardent supporters from Central Uganda have often referred to as biological substances.Some of us would like emphatic opposition to Mu7's ways in these areas and not using Mu7's dupe to think the rebels are terrorists when it may be the state itself terrorising the people,since they have the monopoly of both the means of violence and spewing deceptive information. That my brother is the biggest problem. Thank you. Kipenji. === emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's not trivialise such an issue by resorting to tribalism.remember that Obote and Amin were once presidents of Uganda and they never gave federalism a thought, and gauging from their policies, i think they were against federalism. Buganda and for that matter any region in Uganda has a right to make demands for federalism. The constitution of Uganda is not suspended, irrespective of the unfortunate situation in the North of the country, being caused by the LRA terrorists. From: Mulindwa Edward Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Subject: Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda. Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:02:27 -0400 Mwaami Musaazi So you want them to take the time while in IDP Camps and write what they want from federalism. Do you really think that getting federalism is any where on the list of all most three quarters of Ugandans who have never got peace since you guys started to sleep? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: emmanuel musaazi To: Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:37 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: NRM's Federo has been rejected by Baganda. ..but i think over and above everything else is the fact that the demand of the baganda for federalism is facilitating a debate and an important one at that. Federalism is the way to go particularly for a country like Uganda where there is a lot of uneven development country-wide. What shape it eventualy takes, i think will be a matter of negotiations mainly between the units and government. Right now it appears one sided because the other units are yet to appreciate the long term benefits of federalisms, they are
RE: ugnet_: Federo is a fantasy
Once the editor of The New Vision separates federo from kingdoms and looks at it as a way of sharing power with regions or states, he will be closer to unravel the complexity of federalism. Once federo is re-ushered in, the editor does not need to worry about the democratically elected LCs at whatever the level - it will be a new leaf it will all be in the constitution. To answer he editor's question as how many Baganda who want federo, I stand to be counted and the editor can easily sponsor a survey of the Baganda ho want federo by putting the survey through Bukedde, feel it out and ask people to mail it back to him. Not all Baganda will read Bukedde or even respond, but can use a number of models to test the survey. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/2003 This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: Two suitors,one bride and a low libido(The case of a Repugnant culture)
Wednesday August 27, 2003 WEDNESDAY MAGAZINE HOME Two suitors, one bride and a low libido By BEAUTTAH OMANGA When she found herself with two marriage proposals, one from a wealthy but much older and allegedly impotent suitor, and the other from a younger but virile one, Emily Kerubo had no doubt about who she wanted. She chose the latter. It did not matter that the older man had already paid dowry to her parents, bought her a wedding dress and arranged for their honeymoon in the United States. When the 31-year-old primary school teacher in Kisii discovered that her husband-to-be had a low libido, she immediately called off plans for the wedding. The matter now threatens to split her family apart, with her parents threatening to curse her for refusing to marry a man whose dowry they had already accepted, and spent. But Kerubo is adamant. She has written to a church pastor and repeated her position to her parents, relatives and even a District Officer. She wants instead to be allowed to marry David Morang'a, a teacher who is six years younger than she is. Kerubo met the older man last year, after having heard about him from her aunt. He had just returned home from the United States, she was told, and was looking for a woman to marry. They met three months later in Kisii. "He discussed our wedding plans with my parents, but it was decided that there be further consultations after a month. In the meantime, my friends advised me to get to know better this man that I was about to marry. So I visited him in Nairobi, where he works," explains Kerubo. She had already heard rumours about his low libido from his relatives, and wanted to find out if this was true. She had initially planned to visit for two weeks but ended up staying longer. "I extended my stay to see if he would make a move like any normal man would. When he tried, my fears were finally confirmed. I went back home and confided in my mother about the mans biological problem and my reluctance to go on with the wedding plans." But if she had hoped for support from her mother, Emily was in for a rude shock. "She would none of it. Instead, she advised me to marry the man "even for three days and then go for a divorce". So she sought help from the pastor, who asked her to make a written statement, which he showed to her parents. She also cautioned her parents against accepting any dowry. But soon afterwards, Kerubo heard that the man had gone to her parents' home and paid Sh100,000 cash, two cows and a goat for dowry, and promised another Sh20,000. The church began to publish banns of marriage, and a pre-wedding party was planned for August 17. When Kerubo failed to attend the party, she was asked to go home and explain her position to her suitor. But she was suspicious that it was a plan to abduct her and decided instead to seek help from the provincial administration. Kisii DO 1, Mr Christopher Musumbu, summoned Emily's parents , who are elders at the Kisii Central SDA church. They accused her of being dishonest. "How can you refuse to marry a man who has paid dowry and bought an air ticket for your honeymoon in the USA, and instead go for one who is the age of your younger brother?" her mother asked. Her father was more concerned with moral issues. "How could have our daughter known about the mans impotence yet she was not officially married?" he asked. Eventually, the DO advised the family to call off the wedding and give each other time to calm down, then revisit the issue. But Kerubo insisted she had already made up her mind. She would return the dress and all the other things that had been bought for the wedding. Morang'a was delighted by the turn of events. "I am happy that the other man is impotent and he never tampered with her," he declared. She said she had no apologies to make blaming her parents for the debacle. The would have been bridegroom who works in Nairobi would not be reached for comment. Comments\Views about this article Site designed and hosted by Nation Media Group. Copyright 2003. Contact Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
