ugnet_: The State , The Law Fate of the Commons
men and women not equal in face of the law USTICE PARTY http://www.idr.co.ug/dfwa-u/gallery.htm www.dfwa-u.tk 'Kyakabale niwe yaayokize Kasese' Maj. Gen. Kazini naashara omugaati aha Hotel Margarita Stephen Kasaija Abashuubuzi b'omu rurembo Kasese bahaire omuduumizi w'amahe omuganda bw'obusimenti 200 kwombeka hoteeri y'omurembe omu tauni Kasese nk'ekikorwa ky'okumusiima ahabw'okubahwera kurwanisa kandi akasingura abainazi ba ADF abaabaire banyangaraize abantu b'ekyanga ekyo. Kazini ataayaayiire Kasese bwanyima y'okwetwa abashuubuzi aha mukoro ogubaire omu Margarita Hotel omu rurembo Kasese. Kazini agizire ngu Lt.Col.Anthony Kyakabale niwe yaayokize etauni ya Kasese n'eitendekyero rya Kicwamba emyaka ehweire. Maj.Gen. Kazini niwe yaabaire naaduumira amahe ga UPDF obwire obwo agaabaire nigarwanisa abaheekyera ba ADF. Obwahati ADF esingirwe aba UPDF baagimaraho. Yawayo New vision Monday, 6th May, 2002 -- Plain-clothes security operatives with two white saloon cars picked Sarah Nabakooza just outside the Buganda Road Court premises. Nabakooza, who did not have any money, had been given sh1,000 by a police officer to whom she pleaded for assistance. She carried her child and a flask in a polythene bag at the time of the arrest. She had been released after the Police file of evidence against her went missing. She spent four years on remand. Nabakooza, 25, who comes from Mukatafali village, Kaliro in Rakai district had been released in the morning by Buganda Road Court Magistrate, Mafabi. She faces 20 charges of murder which she allegedly committed at Kichwamba Technical Institute in Kabarole district on June 6,1998. She is jointly charged with Yusuf Abdullah Kabanda from Bwera in Kasese. __ 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_: MPs REFUSE TO APPROVE MINISTERS
Netters This is where you know that a nation has reached the bottom of the pit. What should we consider when appointing ministers, where they are born or what they can deliver? I mean who cares whether these ministers are all from the same village, can they deliver or not? Surely at this time history should guide us and I will give you a chapter from it. Iddi Amin came to power and he decided to kill all Langis and Acholis, in the process, he was asked on Camera why he was against Acholis, Iddi Amin stood up and challenged them to give proof that he was against them, he called out for Cosmas Obura who was then from the North and a Police Commissioner, his next question was how can I be against theAcholis and yet put one in the position of Police Commissioner? But he killed thousands of them and yes Obura was in that position but Ali Towili was the true Police Commissioner, Obura was a show. People let us grow up. Em = MPs Refuse To Approve Ministers APPROVED: Bukenya (left) and his predecessor, Kazibwe hug at the parliamentary buildings yesterday By Joyce Namutebi THE approval of the newly nominated ministers has hit a snag. The parliamentary committee on appointments yesterday agreed not to go ahead to vet the ministers. The committee said they would not proceed until they meet President Yoweri Museveni to explain what they called the gross regional and tribal imbalances in political appointments, a source said. The nominees James Nsaba Buturo, Hope Mwesigye, Adolf Mwesige, Tarsis Kabwegyere, Namuyangu Byakatonda, Augustine Nshimye and Kirunda Kivejinja had assembled in the V.I.P. Lounge waiting to be interviewed. Jeje Odongo was approved in 2001. Namuyangu told The New Vision after the closed committee meeting that, For us, there is no problem. We are here to stay. The committee should take their time. Kivejinja said, With or without being approved, Uganda needs people who are devoted to work for it and that is my role, not necessarily pegged to an office. He added, Let the committee do its work. A source said the Speaker, Edward Ssekandi who is also chairperson of the committee, would meet the President and that the committee would meet again next Tuesday. The source said that when the committee was approving the National planning Authority the legislators decided that they would not proceed with any more appointments until the President meets with the committee to discuss national political appointments. There are imbalances and it affects our resource allocation, the source said. The source said the committee had directed the Clerk to Parliament to produce a list of political appointments so far done since the 7th Parliament. Sources said the new appointments introduce more imbalances. According to a copy of the research list which The New Vision saw, the north has three cabinet ministers, central eight, and western nine. Regarding ministers of state, northern has seven, central 10, eastern 12 and Western 16. Regarding constitutional bodies, the eastern region has 11 chairpersons, northern 12, western 16 and central 18. Meanwhile, Busoga Parliamentary Group has said they are supportive of Kirundas appointment. He is the only one we have in Busoga so far. We wish him well, James Mwandha (People With Disability, Eastern) said yesterday. He said the group had held a meeting arising from the accusations that the MPs were decampaigning Kirundas confirmation. The group asked the President to nominate more ministers from the region following the death of the Minister of State for Information, Basoga Nsadhu, and the resignation of ex-Vice President, Dr. Speciosa Kazibwe. Yesterday, a report of the standing committee on commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises dated May 1997 was being circulated at Parliament. The report had called for censure of Kivejinja the then Minister of Transport, regarding the operations of Uganda Railways Corporation. The minister failed to properly follow up the decisions of the inter-ministerial committee chaired by the Prime Minister in the disposal on non-performing assets to generate money for salary arrears. This led to a very chaotic handling of the exercise and possible corrupting of the political authorities themselves, the report. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: THE COMMUNICATION GROUP
Neters The server blessed by being our carrier has been experiencing problems since yesterday afternoon (Toronto time) This included every body ending with Look.ca, internet.look.ca, direct.ca, idmail.com, connect.ab.ca, junctionnet.com, idirect.ca, bconnex.net, idirect.com, dsuper.net, supernet.ca and all dial-ups with the same server. We have been however advised that every thing must be running okay by now. As a result of this some of the responses/postings, from yesterday have been messed up. This can result into double responses or non-responses at all. But we are regarding our selves as running untill advised otherwise. In the mean time if there is any abnormality with my email adress please let me know ASAP. Those who are old in the forum remember when we were faced with this kind of problem and the mess it created. So let me know as soon as anything abnormal happens, and we are watching it like a hawk. Those on Ugandacom list group, you shouldn't be affected by this. In the mean time aren't we glad to be back! You bet. 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"
ugnet_: KINSHASA BLAMES MASSACRES ON UGANDA AND RWANDA ARMY
The Monitor (Kampala)June 5, 2003 Posted to the web June 5, 2003 Frank NyakairuKampala The government in Kinshasa is blaming the massacres in the DR Congo on Uganda.The Congolese Information minister Kikaya bin Karubi told The Monitor yesterday that it was Uganda that armed and created the divisions in his country's Ituri region."All these warlords in Ituri were created by Uganda. The blame for the massacres squarely lies on Uganda and Rwanda," Mr Karubi said.The Congolese minister was reacting to allegations that Congolese government soldiers were involved in last weekend's massacre in Tchiomia near the Ugandan border.Chief Kawa Mandro, the leader of the Hema ethnic group, made the allegation but Mr Karubi has reacted angrily."That's totally false. The [Kinshasa] government does not have any troops in that part of the country," Mr Karubi said.Uganda's Minister of State for Defence Ruth Nankabirwa yesterday denied that Uganda had armed Congolese militia."That's not true. We instead stopped arms from coming into the region by capturing four airports," she said.She said that the arms were being air-dropped by another country in the region."The Congolese themselves are responsible for their own deaths," she said.Uganda's head of the External Security Organisation David Pulkol shifted the blame to the United Nations.Mr Pulkol was on Tuesday receiving some of the UPDF soldiers at Rwebisengo in the border district of Bundibugyo.He said that the UN asked the Uganda People's Defence Forces to withdraw from the DR Congo but the world body did "not meet its part of the promise. So the blame squarely goes to the UN."More than 1,000 Hema have been killed since April by suspected Lendu militia. The first massacre was at Drodro on 3 April when more than 900 people were reportedly killed.Three hundred others were killed last weekend at Tchiomia, near the Ugandan border. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
Re: ugnet_: Who is murdering UPDF officers?
J Ssemakula, I'll definitely do that next time. y From: J Ssemakula [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Who is murdering UPDF officers? Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 16:10:05 + _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ---BeginMessage--- It is good netiquette to quote one's sources, especially if they happen to be public. ESO? Use your imagination, if possible. Original Message Follows From: "Y Yaobang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Who is murdering UPDF officers? Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 02:51:06 + J Ssemakula, This was a letter to the editor of The Monitor of May 30th or 31st. For the record, I dont belong to dictator Museveni's UPDF - and never will - and thus did not 'pen it [the letter]'. Why, are you ESO? y From: "J Ssemakula" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Who is murdering UPDF officers? Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 20:07:33 + Mr. Y, what is the souce of this note: did you pen it? Original Message Follows From: "Y Yaobang" Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Who is murdering UPDF officers? Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 17:34:00 + Finally, some gallant officers are asking questions. What took you so long? Speak out louder, or else you'll be finished like ensenene, one by one!! y --- Who is murdering UPDF officers? We appreciate the efforts by the army leadership to investigate and expose the mysterious thefts, murders and scandals involving the army, especially the recently released reports on Commissions of Inquiry into the murder of Father Declan O'Toole, Junk Choppers and the Potter Commission on Congo. But there are other issues that the army and the public wish to know more. For instance, in March 2001, Tito Abiriga, formerly an officer attached to Military Police hailing from Arua, was shot by 'unknown gunmen' at Natete. Investigations into this incidence have never been conclusive, yet some of us seem to see much more that the ordinary eye can see. In 2001 again, Lt. Makoko, also of Military Police, was shot and killed at his home in Busega. To date, nothing is known about his killing, yet there indeed is a lot to be exposed. In the 1990's, Lt. Shalita, attached to ISO was shot in a pub in Bukoto. This was a very well publicised incident, but not much came out of the investigations. But more importantly, Lt.Atwoki Baguma, a close friend of the three dead officers, mysteriously disappeared, and his whereabouts are not known. Is it by coincidence that close UPDF officers are shot, killed and then one of them disappears? Can the army leadership come out and explain these situations? Concerned Army Officers, UPDF. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail message3.txt Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. ---End Message---
Re: ugnet_: Who is murdering UPDF officers?
Jonah, I have already indicated to Ssemakula that indeed I should have referenced the article. In your previous case, the dates of references posted were embedded in the postings, but you never bothered to look carefully. Thank you for nothing! y From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Who is murdering UPDF officers? Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 16:44:05 + y, this is the sort of problem I was pointing out to you (in order to avoid confusion) when you were making funny remarks about my request to a netter to give details about an article. It seems you haven't learned a thing. Kasangwawo From: Y Yaobang [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Who is murdering UPDF officers? Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 02:51:06 + J Ssemakula, This was a letter to the editor of The Monitor of May 30th or 31st. For the record, I dont belong to dictator Museveni's UPDF - and never will - and thus did not 'pen it [the letter]'. Why, are you ESO? y From: J Ssemakula [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Who is murdering UPDF officers? Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 20:07:33 + Mr. Y, what is the souce of this note: did you pen it? Original Message Follows From: Y Yaobang Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Who is murdering UPDF officers? Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 17:34:00 + Finally, some gallant officers are asking questions. What took you so long? Speak out louder, or else you'll be finished like ensenene, one by one!! y --- Who is murdering UPDF officers? We appreciate the efforts by the army leadership to investigate and expose the mysterious thefts, murders and scandals involving the army, especially the recently released reports on Commissions of Inquiry into the murder of Father Declan O'Toole, Junk Choppers and the Potter Commission on Congo. But there are other issues that the army and the public wish to know more. For instance, in March 2001, Tito Abiriga, formerly an officer attached to Military Police hailing from Arua, was shot by 'unknown gunmen' at Natete. Investigations into this incidence have never been conclusive, yet some of us seem to see much more that the ordinary eye can see. In 2001 again, Lt. Makoko, also of Military Police, was shot and killed at his home in Busega. To date, nothing is known about his killing, yet there indeed is a lot to be exposed. In the 1990's, Lt. Shalita, attached to ISO was shot in a pub in Bukoto. This was a very well publicised incident, but not much came out of the investigations. But more importantly, Lt.Atwoki Baguma, a close friend of the three dead officers, mysteriously disappeared, and his whereabouts are not known. Is it by coincidence that close UPDF officers are shot, killed and then one of them disappears? Can the army leadership come out and explain these situations? Concerned Army Officers, UPDF. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail message3.txt _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
ugnet_: Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil
Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil. George Wright Wednesday June 4, 2003 Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2003 Oil was the main reason for military action against Iraq, a leading White House hawk has claimed, confirming the worst fears of those opposed to the US-led war. The US deputy defence secretary, Paul Wolfowitz - who has already undermined Tony Blair's position over weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by describing them as a bureaucratic excuse for war - has now gone further by claiming the real motive was that Iraq is swimming in oil. The latest comments were made by Mr Wolfowitz in an address to delegates at an Asian security summit in Singapore at the weekend, and reported today by German newspapers Der Tagesspiegel and Die Welt. Asked why a nuclear power such as North Korea was being treated differently from Iraq, where hardly any weapons of mass destruction had been found, the deputy defence minister said: Let's look at it simply. The most important difference between North Korea and Iraq is that economically, we just had no choice in Iraq. The country swims on a sea of oil. Mr Wolfowitz went on to tell journalists at the conference that the US was set on a path of negotiation to help defuse tensions between North Korea and its neighbours - in contrast to the more belligerent attitude the Bush administration displayed in its dealings with Iraq. His latest comments follow his widely reported statement from an interview in Vanity Fair last month, in which he said that for reasons that have a lot to do with the US government bureaucracy, we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on: weapons of mass destruction. Prior to that, his boss, defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, had already undermined the British government's position by saying Saddam Hussein may have destroyed his banned weapons before the war. Mr Wolfowitz's frank assessment of the importance of oil could not come at a worse time for the US and UK governments, which are both facing fierce criticism at home and abroad over allegations that they exaggerated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein in order to justify the war. Amid growing calls from all parties for a public inquiry, the foreign affairs select committee announced last night it would investigate claims that the UK government misled the country over its evidence of Iraq's WMD. The move is a major setback for Tony Blair, who had hoped to contain any inquiry within the intelligence and security committee, which meets in secret and reports to the prime minister. In the US, the failure to find solid proof of chemical, biological and nuclear arms in Iraq has raised similar concerns over Mr Bush's justification for the war and prompted calls for congressional investigations. Mr Wolfowitz is viewed as one of the most hawkish members of the Bush administration. The 57-year old expert in international relations was a strong advocate of military action against Afghanistan and Iraq.
ugnet_: How Their Big Lie Came to Be
How Their Big Lie Came to Be By Robert Scheer The Los Angeles Times Tuesday 03 June 2003 Leave it to a Marine to be blunt. When Lt. Gen. James Conway, commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was asked Friday why his Marines failed to encounter or uncover any of the weapons of mass destruction that U.S. intelligence had warned them about, his honesty put the White House to shame. We were simply wrong, Conway said. It was a surprise to me then, it remains a surprise to me now, that we have not uncovered [nuclear, chemical or biological] weapons in Iraq. And, he added, believe me, it's not for lack of trying. We've been to virtually every ammunition supply point between the Kuwait border and Baghdad, but they're simply not there. Now that the imminent threat posed by Iraqi chemical or biological weapons has turned out not to be so imminent, the question is: Did our gazillion-dollar spy operations blow the call, or was the dope they developed distorted or exaggerated by our political leaders? Either way, heads should roll. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is feeling real political heat for arguing before the allied invasion that Saddam Hussein has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes, a terrifying claim apparently now proved false. Yet the White House seems to believe nobody cares that its war was based on the same distortions pushed by our president. Paul Wolfowitz, one of the general's top civilian bosses in the Pentagon and a key proponent of invading Iraq, certainly seems unconcerned with the implications of making arguments for war based on convenience rather than facts. In a Vanity Fair interview released last week, the neoconservative Wolfowitz said, The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do with the U.S. government bureaucracy, we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on, which was weapons of mass destruction, as the core reason. He listed two others: to fight terrorism and Hussein's criminal treatment of the Iraqi people. However, Wolfowitz dismissed the last reason, saying the third one, by itself is a reason to help the Iraqis but it is not a reason to put American kids' lives at risk, certainly not on the scale [that] we did it. Of course, the marketing of policy spin is an established, albeit unfortunate, part of politics. However, it is unacceptable to misinform your troops going into battle or mislead your citizens about why you are putting their sons and daughters in harm's way. Bush and his band of hawks seem to believe the ends justify the means. Thus, the terror of 9/11 and the boogeyman of Iraq's supposed WMD stash became the key to pushing an ambitious plan to redraw the map of the Middle East. That was the pet project of a band of neocon missionaries who had failed to convince either the first Bush administration or the Clinton administration that such a campaign was plausible or desirable. For Wolfowitz and friends, the 9/11 attacks were almost a gift, an opportunity to play God. If you had to pick the 10 most important foreign policy things for the United States over the last 100 years, [Sept. 11] would surely rank in the top 10 if not No. 1, he told Vanity Fair. Knocking Al Qaeda's Taliban friends out of Kabul became only a warm-up for dethroning Hussein as part of the broader neocon agenda. In marketing this war, however, there was a little problem: Hussein, as loathsome as he was, didn't have anything to do with 9/11. Or, as Wolfowitz put it tactfully in his interview: That second issue about links to terrorism is the one about which there's the most disagreement within the bureaucracy. But they didn't let that stop them. They kept hyping the Al Qaeda connection and turning up the volume on the WMD alarm. After all, we knew Hussein had some scary biological and chemical weapons in the '80s because he was our ally in the war against Iran, and we supplied him with some of them. And though United Nations inspectors found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction, the Pentagon hawks found some Iraqi exiles in
ugnet_: No civilian president-UPDF man
No civilian president-UPDF man By Lajul Simon June 5, 2003 A UPDF officer recently shocked mourners at a funeral in Kitgum district when he said the army might topple any elected civilian president unless it is President Yoweri Museveni. Maj. Okot Wii-Lit, who accompanied Kitgum LC-V Chairman Nahaman Ojwee, was speaking at the funeral of the late Anthony Opwa, a teacher of Padibe Secondary School in Olebi Parish, Lokung sub-county in Lamwo county. "We have learnt that you the civilians are agitating for regime change in 2006; you forget. Whoever would like to be president of Uganda must fight for it," Maj. Okot said. He said Acholi commanders in the UPDF had requested President Museveni to deploy them home to fight the LRA rebels. © 2003 The Monitor Publications Gook "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcom X Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*
ugnet_: Bugiri is poorer today than 1985
The same is true for most rural and urban areas expect probably kla and Mbarara.gook Bugiri is poorer today than 1985By Wandera w'Ouma June 5, 2003 Bugiri residents are poorer today than they were 17 years ago, a survey has revealed. A study conducted by Isis-WICCE in the sub counties of Bulidha, Buyinja, Nabukalu, and Sigulu Islands in 2002 rates the district among the "poorest of the poor" with a majority having no enough food to eat. Isis-WICCE is a women's resource centre based in Kampala. The survey sampled 155 households, in addition to focus group discussions in each sub-county and interviews with district leaders. Bugiri has about 400,000 people. "A household wealth index of this research shows that the percentage of the 'poorest people' has increased to 56 percent from 19.9 percent since 1985," the study team leader said. Mr Joseph Tumushabe, who also is a lecturer at Makerere University, was launching the report at Bugiri Town Hall last week. The household wealth index shows that the rich group has dropped from 22 percent in 1985 to 13 percent in 2002. Ownership of bicycles, which is the most common means of transport in Bugiri, was down from 60.3 percent in 1985 to 56.4 percent. "The research also shows that ownership of radio and radio cassette recorders reduced from 30.1 percent in 1985 to 29.5 percent in 2002," he said. The report also indicates a drop in the households with cattle from 13 percent in 1985 to 6 percent in 2002; goats from 11 percent to 5 percent, pigs from 7 percent to 3 percent. However, there was an increase in sheep ownership from 7 percent in 1985 to 10 percent in 2002. The report says that 56 percent of the population, which has doubled, does not have enough food to eat. While 70 percent of the people depend on agriculture, there is shortage of food due to lack of farm labour because the majority of men move to the townships to drink and to play matatu (cards) and mweso. Other problems in the district include lack of improved seeds, shortage of drugs to control pests and diseases, infertile soils, uncontrolled population growth and low levels of education. Ms Ruth Ojambo-Ochieng, the director of Isis-WICCE, asked the district officials and the central government to use the data in planning. Bugiri district was one of the control areas for a study conducted by Isis-WICCE on 'Women, Armed Conflict and Food Security in Uganda'. Other districts covered were Kitgum, Kasese and Mbarara. © 2003 The Monitor Publications Gook "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcom X Protect your PC - Click here for McAfee.com VirusScan Online
ugnet_: A TORONTO COMPANY IN DRC
Banro reorganizing DRC gold
assetsTORONTO, May 30 /CNW/ - Banro Corporation
(TSX-V-"YBE") (the "Company"), announces it has commenced the reorganization
of its gold concessions in the Kivu and Maniema provinces of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo ("DRC").
Pursuant to Presidential Decrees issued by His Excellency President
Joseph Kabila, Banro will own 100% of 4 newly created companies; Namoya
Mining SARL, Lugushwa Mining SARL, Kamituga Mining SARL and Twangiza Mining
SARL. Banro's gold concessions will be transferred to the new companies
with each company owning 100% of its respective property. Each Company will also
enjoy the benefits of a 25 year Mining Convention first negotiated with the DRC
Government in 1997. This reorganization will allow flexibility to prioritize
future work programs while enabling the Company to consider joint venture
opportunities.
In addition, a new wholly owned company called Banro Congo Mining SARL
will own various infrastructure assets and hold a first right of refusal to
acquire properties previously known for indications of precious metals.
All future property acquisitions by Banro Congo Mining will be subject to the
DRC's new Mining Code developed in conjunction with the World
Bank.
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ugnet_: NOW THIS IS VERY ABSURD
Herald Reporter POLICE are looking for a Chinhoyi farmer, Mr Leith Bray, on allegations that he connived with three foreign journalists to video-tape a staged invasion of his farm this week. According to the police, Mr Bray, former owner of Meldon Farm, paid 32 farm workers to pretend as if they were invading the farm in a bid to mislead the international community. Police spokesman Superintendent Oliver Mandipaka yesterday confirmed receiving a report from some of the farm workers and said the force was now keen to interview Mr Bray. "The farm workers told the police that they were paid to pretend to be war veterans and Zanu-PF members invading Brays old farm," he said. Supt Mandipaka said the workers told police that they were video-taped in Zanu-PF T-shirts and chanting the partys slogans. Mr Bray was on December 2001 served with section 8 order under the Land Acquisition Act and had vacated from the farm. He only returned on to the farm on May 30 to facilitate the mock demonstration and their filming by journalists, police said. Police said Mr Bray planned the "invasion" with his three foremen namely Bynam Kumberi, Aaron Paul and Ben Kanongosha. After the videos were taken, the farm workers were told to return to the farm compound, police said. "We are frantically looking for the team involved in this criminal act and suspect that the journalists entered the country as tourists not journalists," Supt Mandipaka said. Those allocated land at Meldon Farm were given it under the Model A2 scheme. Two years ago, some white commercial farmers in Mashonaland West hired foreign journalists and cameramen to film stage-managed farm invasions from an air-craft. Their aim was to create an impression of lawlessness to tarnish the countrys image in the eyes of the international community. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: UNs inertia worsens DRC plight
sundaynews 1/6/2003 UNs inertia worsens DRC plight By Robert Mukondiwa FOR decades the Democratic Republic of Congo has been the subject of envy and controversy. The West, particularly Britain and the United States, have through their neo-colonialist imperialist machinery managed to possessively control Africas diamond bosom. Sensing the ascension of an independent, pan-Africanist and incorruptible mind in the form of Patrice Lumumba, US President Dwight Eisenhower ordered the assassination of the countrys first prime minister in 1960. CIA chief Allen Dulles sent a CIA scientist to Congo with a lethal virus. But before the plan could be activated, Lumumba was deposed. He was later captured with CIA help and killed by rebel forces, according to London-based political scientist David Pallister. In his stead they put their administrative harlot, Mobutu Sese Seko. This US-backed Mobutu dictatorship was blessed by the Congolese naivety, making a conducive atmosphere for American plunder, the effects of which are tragically visible today. Explaining Congos gradual plunder, international affairs analyst Antonio Figueiredo lays a great deal of the blame on the effects of the post-independence mental hangover and the masses ignorance, arguing that it doesnt take much imagination to realise that successive generations of the Congolese in the mining of strategic minerals such as uranium (used by the US for the Second World War atomic bombs) up to the present with coltan (used for mobile phones and computers), did not even know the value, the nature or the use of what they were (or are) producing! To this day, the Wests plunder of Congo continues. Armed with Congos background information, it is therefore easy for one to understand Americas alarm when she was caught flat-footed by the Sadc allied forces quick and decisive intervention in the Congo in 1998 as they, led by Zimbabwean forces, embarked on a military exercise meant to safeguard Congo from the threat of rebel forces, a campaign which the US saw as a threat to her interests. Hence Rwanda and Uganda, Americas traditional blue-eyed poodles in the region, joined the war to confront the allied forces on the farcical and preposterous pretext that they were merely safeguarding their nations security, which they feared could be compromised. The UN, whose shots are called by the US, is believed to have been coerced into standing back in the belief that the allied forces would falter, a dream which did not materialise. The US decided to use the financial aid trump card, tightening the screws, especially on Zimbabwes economy. No wonder therefore that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, widely deemed as extensions of the US administration, demanded the withdrawal of Zimbabwean forces as a prerequisite for financial aid. The call was ignored, resulting in the total withholding of funding to Zimbabwe. Their plans having failed, the US and the UK tried to divide and rule Sadc through the use of our (very beloved but unfortunately politically anachronistic) friend down South, Nelson Madiba Mandela. Though the ploy worked partially, it did not manage to succeed in the main agenda of halting the allies campaign of securing the Congolese peoples sovereignty. All ploys having failed, the neo-colonialists decided to fight their war from the battle front and started accusing the allies of plundering Congolese resources and looting diamonds in a character assassination plan which they employed concurrently with programmes of economic sabotage
ugnet_: UGANDA'S ANARCHY CONTINUES
No civilian president-UPDF man By Lajul Simon June 5, 2003 A UPDF officer recently shocked mourners at a funeral in Kitgum district when he said the army might topple any elected civilian president unless it is President Yoweri Museveni. Maj. Okot Wii-Lit, who accompanied Kitgum LC-V Chairman Nahaman Ojwee, was speaking at the funeral of the late Anthony Opwa, a teacher of Padibe Secondary School in Olebi Parish, Lokung sub-county in Lamwo county. "We have learnt that you the civilians are agitating for regime change in 2006; you forget. Whoever would like to be president of Uganda must fight for it," Maj. Okot said. He said Acholi commanders in the UPDF had requested President Museveni to deploy them home to fight the LRA rebels. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: UN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL BACKING OF POLITICAL PROCESS IN DR OF CONGO
UN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL BACKING OF POLITICAL PROCESS IN DR OF CONGO New York, Jun 4 2003 6:00PM Praising the relatively small and severely overmatched United Nations military force on the ground in war-torn Bunia, a senior UN official said today that the stand those troops had made against violent militia was a challenge to the international community to spare no effort to help end the atrocities being committed throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Just returned from Bunia, which he described as now a bit of a ghost town, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations, told a press briefing that the impressive efforts of the UN peacekeepers - chiefly from Uruguay - had changed the way the international community looks at the DRC. Suddenly people realize that the horrors that are occurring in the Congo must end, he said. That stand that has been taken in Bunia - a small place in a remote part of very large country - was sending a very strong signal way beyond Ituri [province]. It is of critical importance how the international community is now going to follow-up in the coming months. Mr. Guéhenno said the message he wanted to get across was that the wider international community now has to take a stand in Bunia and more broadly for the DRC and then has to support the political process. That message also goes beyond Bunia - if there was no national unity if the political process does not move forward then we'll be in trouble. Although it was tragic to see a once-vibrant town more or less emptied by violence, the UN Organization Mission (MONUC) force had been the difference between life and death - the only security the poor people of Bunia have. Still, their valiant efforts were not enough to stabilize the situation. To that end, the simple announcement of the Security Council's decision to deploy a multinational emergency force to Bunia had made a difference in the people's lives there, Mr. Guéhenno said. Earlier Wednesday, he introduced Secretary-General Kofi Annan's second special report on MONUC, in which the UN chief recommended that the mandate of the Mission be extended for another year, until 30 June 2004, and that its military strength be boosted to 10,800 troops. Mr. Guéhenno also briefed the Council on his recent trip to the region, where he held meetings with the Presidents of the DRC, Uganda and Rwanda to discuss the situation in the DRC. The Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Carolyn McAskie, also briefed the Council on the humanitarian situation in the country. Meanwhile on the ground, the UN has withdrawn its unarmed military observers from the eastern town of Kanyabayonga after they were informed by the local authority of threats against their lives. In Bunia, the situation remained unstable with kidnapping, robbery and raping a daily occurrence. The UN humanitarian agencies have assisted the distribution of food to 10,000 people in Bunia in the past two days. The food package will last 21 days. The number of dead bodies that have been collected by the local Red Cross now stands at 429. 2003-06-04 00:00:00.000
ugnet_: THE G8 PREDICTABLE DRAMA
G8 meeting proves a predictable drama Most of the action, at counter-conferences and demonstrations, took place in the shadow of the Evian summit, reports Gideon Burrows Tuesday June 3, 2003 The script for this year's G8 summit and surrounding protests could, just like the meeting's "final" communique, published today, have been written weeks before the event itself. It's the same script every year and it's getting boring. In act one, over 100,000 protesters gathered around the host city for the summit, mounting counter-conferences and colourful demonstrations in a largely peaceful way. Up to 200 "black block" protesters went on the rampage smashing windows and overturning cars, leading locals to call for a crackdown on protesters, and giving G8 leaders an excuse to dismiss every protester who had travelled across Europe for the event. Inside Evian, act two was just as familiar. Weeks before the summit, G8 leaders led by the French president, Jacques Chirac, promised that, this time, there would be real progress on tackling poverty and debt, an open ear to campaigners and concrete action - including funding - on issues such as fresh water, HIV/Aids and partnership with Africa. But as the summit got under way, it quickly became clear that campaigners' hopes would once again be dashed. Like last year, the world's most powerful leaders regarded the G8 summit as simply an expensive photo opportunity; a lavish dinner date with people they didn't much like, from which they could duck-out early. Much of the anti-G8 protests were upbeat and inspiring. Across the three cities close to where the summit was taking place - Geneva and Lausanne in Switzerland, and Annemasse in France - activists held packed counter-conferences, which the local media covered widely. I attended the Summit for Another World in Annemasse, where seminars took place on global citizenship, poverty in Africa, human rights, the arms trade and global security. Just as 100 people were massacred in another bloody battle in Congo, the Annemasse counter-summit heard from Dismas Kitengue, a Congolese human rights campaigner, who said the G8's refusal to provide debt relief to the regions was directly responsible for war in the region. "The current state of the world is terrorism against the people of Congo," he said. "It has killed many more people than terrorism has." The main protest on Sunday saw up to 150,000 people take to the streets in a lively, colourful and positive demonstration. But many came away disappointed because the march had been forced so far away from where the G8 summit was actually happening. Two huge marches left Geneva and Annemasse respectively, joined up at the French/Swiss border after an hour, and then continued to some non-place on the main road between the two cities. Many protesters had to amble the route back home, in the glaring sun, wondering what they were doing out there. As per the usual script, violence erupted in the evening. This time it was more pointless and indiscriminate than ever. I'm no supporter of violence against property but neither do I particularly shed a tear when exploitative multinational companies get their windows smashed, or their property spray-painted. But in Geneva on Saturday and Sunday night, newsagents, bread shops, community centres and recycling bins were attacked, indiscriminately and with no apparent purpose. The mainstream protest movement is beginning to deal with this problem, just as the mainstream media, for the most part, are now at least trying to draw a distinction between these idiots and the thousands of us whose cause they damage. As window smashing began on the demonstration on Sunday, most of the marchers quickly moved away, leaving the violent protesters without the public attention and the cover they seem to desire. The local police seemed savvier this year, too, staying low key and in the background until absolutely necessary, robbing the violent protesters of the running confrontations they like best of all. After the main days of protests, I ventured to the press centre at Evian, a mammoth three-hour coach and boat journey from Geneva, punctuated by three searches and security checks. Here the £2.5m summit can be experienced in all its glory. I now have my free G8 umbrella (not much use in the French sun), my Paris art book, and my unlimited supply of mineral water (can you guess the manufacturer?). But when I arrived, campaigners here were already expressing their disappointment. Stephen Turner, head of planning and development at WaterAid, was crushed that the G8's promises for action and sanitation had again come to nothing: in fact, water and sanitation had barely received a mention. "There was no suggestion of anything at all on water, they seem to have taken it off the agenda," he said. "They may not be another opportunity like this, but the G8 are not even inching towards meeting
ugnet_: GEN. BARILTO HELP BREAK THE DRC IMPASSE
UN to send Canadian on mission to Congo Canadian PressWednesday, June 4, 2003 - Page A12 t UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a Canadian to help break an impasse over the formation of a new Congolese army, and called yesterday for political and military action to get the peace process in Congo moving. Mr. Annan said he is sending retired General Maurice Baril, who was chief of staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, to Congo "to work with the government on the formation" along with his special representative, Mustapha Niasse. Gen. Baril, a 60-year-old francophone Quebecker, wrote a report for the Canadian investigation into last year's friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan in which four Canadians were killed and eight wounded by U.S. aircraft. He has much experience with peacekeeping, both its successes and its failures. He was deputy zone commander in Cyprus earlier in his career and later took over as chief of staff as the Armed Forces were recovering from a series of scandals that began in 1993 when Canadian soldiers on a mission in Somalia beat a teenager to death. In 1994, he was a military adviser to Boutros Boutros-Ghali, then United Nations secretary-general, when calls from Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire for more troops to avert genocide in Rwanda went unheeded. Gen. Dallaire's pleas included a cable to Gen. Baril. More than 800,000 people were slaughtered. In a report to the Security Council this week, Mr. Annan called for nearly tripling the number of peacekeeping troops in northeastern Congo to help end tribal fighting that has left hundreds dead near the town of Bunia. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: EURO-ARMY FORCE TO STOP CONGO KILLING
Euro-army force to stop Congo killingBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels(Filed: 05/06/2003) The European Union agreed yesterday to deploy the new Euro-army for the first time outside Nato command, taking charge of a high-risk United Nations mission to stop the slaughter of civilians in the Congo. The French-led force, authorised by the United Nations last week, will now come under the European Rapid Reaction Force. Most of the 1,400-strong force will be made up of French troops wearing EU insignia, backed by British specialists, and Belgian, Canadian and African troops. They will start moving into action next week, with artillery and fighter jet support, ready to fight pitched battles if necessary. Up to 400 villagers have already been killed in the Congo's eastern Ituri region over the last three weeks, many by roving rebel groups under the sway of neighbouring Rwanda. The feuding militias have overwhelmed the UN's lightly-armed garrison in Bunia, which is mostly cooped up in its own compound. Glenys Kinnock, a Labour MEP, said: "All the signs are that this could tip over into terrible bloodshed and become another genocide. "The French have been itching to go in but they're not the most loved in the region, so if it's an EU force, with the Brits on board, it has far less political baggage." The EU deployed elements of its 60,000-man rapid reaction force for the first time in Macedonia two months ago, but the mission relies on a Nato "extraction force" if anything goes wrong. Diplomats say the Congo is much more dangerous terrain. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: FRENCH MIRAGE 2000 WILL BACK UP THE FORCE
EU leaders agreePeacekeeping mission a firstBy Thomas Fuller (IHT)Thursday, June 5, 2003 BRUSSELS: In what was described as an important political step for European defense cooperation, the 15 governments of the European Union agreed Wednesday to send a joint peacekeeping force to Congo to help contain ethnic violence. The 1,400-member force, which was authorized by the United Nations last Friday, will mark the first time that the European Union carries out a military operation without help from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is also the first EU military operation outside of Europe. "This is politically very important for the European Union," Javier Solana, the Union's foreign policy chief, told reporters in Brussels. Solana said France would lead the operation and that "the majority" of other EU members would contribute. But it was unclear Wednesday what kind of role these other European countries would play in the French-led initiative. A German government spokesman told Reuters that Berlin would not send combat troops because of commitments elsewhere. No other EU countries had announced their plans as of late Wednesday. Solana described the mission as an emergency "bridging" operation designed to help fill a gap in UN scheduling. "It will have a limited mandate, both geographically and timewise," Solana said. "Our objective is to help stabilize the situation." Formal EU approval of the operation will take place Thursday, Solana said. France plans to send 1,000 peacekeepers for the mission, which is scheduled to end Sept. 1, according to Michele Alliot-Marie, the French defense minister. Diplomats say other countries outside the EU may also contribute troops, perhaps including Canada and South Africa. "The French are keen to maximize the European side of this force," said Steven Everts, a defense expert at the Center for European Reform in London. The first peacekeepers are expected in the city of Bunia this weekend and are taking over from an existing force 750 UN peacekeepers from Uruguay. The EU troops will be backed by French Mirage 2000 aircraft as well as mechanized units. The European Union is currently debating its future plans for defense and foreign policy cooperation at the Union's constitutional convention; the Congo mission will provide a real-life test case for this closer defense ties. The EU sent about 400 peacekeepers to Macedonia in March, but that mission included planning and logistical support from NATO. Earlier this year the Union said its "rapid-reaction force" of 60,000 troops was ready for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. A spokesman for the EU's head office said the Congo mission involved "considerable risks" for the EU force. "The situation is anything but safe or stable at the moment," he said. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: BAKER IS COMMING BACK
Netters Do you remember your very good evangelist Jim Baker who was picked up with his wife by the long arm of the law? Reliable sources are informing us that the Lord has once again appeared to him and his wife. The information goes on that the Lord told them that he understands very well that they are both not perfect, but he knows how much they love him. So the Lord in all his powers has decided to re-call them back into his service. And they have accepted. These two have started to even register to several Television Stations in US and International ones, to help solicit funds for the Lord again. So if all goes as by the Lord's calling, Baker will be on a screen near you very shortly. Just that you know. 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"
ugnet_: Rebels club Ugandans to death-BBC
Last Updated:Thursday, 5 June, 2003, 14:56 GMT 15:56 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Rebels club Ugandans to death By Will Ross BBC, Kampala Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army have attacked a camp for displaced people in northern Uganda and killed 13 civilians. The army has been unable to end the LRA rebellionPresident Yoweri Museveni promised earlier this year that the rebels would be defeated by the end of the dry season. That was not achieved and now following considerable rainfall, the rebels have been taking advantage of the long grass attacking the civilians both in the villages and in the camps. The Ugandan army has been unable to prevent the attacks and the civilians are calling for international intervention. According to local officials the civilians were killed on Wednesday night when a group of LRA rebels entered Pabbo Camp which is 35 km north of Gulu town. Those killed were from Pawal village and Pabbo camp. Twelve were clubbed to death a few hundred metres from the camp, while a 13th was caught in crossfire between the rebels and the Ugandan army. Suffering According to local official Odoch Athii P'Obol Jok, as the deceased were being buried this morning, people in Pabbo were pleading for the international community to take action to end the war. The official said the rebels left a letter, addressed to the people in the camp. The letter says the killings were carried out because local officials and the military have in the eyes of the rebels incited the population to fight against them. The letter which was signed by a Lieutenant Okwera is similar to a letter sent last week threatening to mutilate those choosing to fight on the government side. Lieutenant Paddy Ankunda of the army's 4th division confirmed last night's attack had taken place. He told me that in a different incident last night government troops killed nine LRA rebels at Zambia-Achokara on the border of Gulu and Apac districts. Also last night the LRA attacked Opit trading centre and displacement camp some 20 km south-east of Gulu town. The rebels burnt 30 huts and looted and abducted an unknown number of civilians. While the army may be killing some rebels, frequent abductions of civilians means the rebels are constantly bolstering their force and civilians will continue to be the victims. Meanwhile in his state of the nation address, President Museveni said on Thursday that in addition to pacifying Karamoja region, wiping out the LRA's Joseph Kony is his main priority. E-mail this to a friend Printable version Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).
