Re: ugnet_: MUSEVENI IN THE WHITE HOUSE (click on photos to enlarge)
Yaobang The film had ran out of the Camera or the other way around. 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: "Y Yaobang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:05 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: MUSEVENI IN THE WHITE HOUSE (click on photos to enlarge) > > > Mulindwa, > > So, where are the pics of the ceremony to award/crown dictator Museveni by > Bush? Nothing! > > > > y > >From: "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: ugnet_: MUSEVENI IN THE WHITE HOUSE (click on photos to enlarge) > >Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:38:52 -0400 > > > > > > > > U.S. President George W. Bush smiles toward first lady Laura Bush and > >Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (L) during a performance by the Watoto > >Children's Choir of Uganda in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 10, > >2003. The performance followed an Oval Office meeting between Bush and > >Museveni. The choir, consisting of children orphaned by HIV /AIDS or > >conflict, is touring the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom to > >raise money for housing for other orphans in Uganda. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque > > Reuters - Jun 10 5:55 PM > > > >-- > > > > U.S. first lady Laura Bush walks into the White House with children > >of the Watoto Children's Chior of Uganda, after they performed in the Rose > >Garden, June 10, 2003. Their performance followed an Oval Office meeting > >between President George W. Bush and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The > >choir, consisting of children orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict, is touring > >the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom to raise money for > >housing for other orphans in Uganda. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque > > Reuters - Jun 10 5:48 PM > > > >-- > > > > President Bush , right, and first lady Laura Bush, left, help seat > >the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, center, before the start of > >the performance of the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda in the Rose Garden > >of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo > >Martinez Monsivais) > > AP - Jun 10 5:41 PM > > > >-- > > > > President Bush , right, listens to the President of Uganda Yoweri > >Kaguta Museveni, left, before the start of their meeting in the Oval Office > >of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. Bush is letting > >Israel know he's not happy with today's Israeli attack in Gaza. Bush says > >he worries it will bring more violence. But, he says he's 'determined to > >keep the process on the road to peace.' Israel's attempt to kill a Hamas > >leader today has sparked fury among Palestinians. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez > >Monsivais) > > AP - Jun 10 5:41 PM > > > >-- > > > > A member of the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda reaches out to > >touch the flowers as he walk down the West Wing Colonnade accompanied by > >first lady Laura Bush after their performance in the Rose Garden of the > >White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. The choir consist boys and > >girls ages 6-12 who have been orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict. (AP > >Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) > > AP - Jun 10 5:41 PM > > > >-- > > > > First lady Laura Bush looks out into the Rose Garden of the White > >House as she waits for her husband's arrival before the start of the > >performance by the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda Tuesday June 10, 2003 > >in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) > > AP - Jun 10 5:42 PM > > > >-- > > > > U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with Ugandan President > >Yoweri Museveni in the Oval Office of the White House, June 10, 2003. After > >the meeting, the two leaders enjoyed a performance by the Uganda Children's > >Choir in the Rose Garden. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque > > Reuters - Jun 10 5:28 PM > > > >-- > > > > President Bush shakes hands as he greets the members of the Watoto > >Children's Choir of Uganda after their performance in the Rose Garden of > >the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. The choir consist boys > >and girls ages 6-12 who have been orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict. (AP > >Photo/Pablo Marti
ugnet_: Parties Reject Dialogue With President
"Records show that the president does not stick to what he says. He is a chameleon who keeps changing all the time," Mbabali said." Kaguta's Movementism should and must come up with a WHITE PAPER which stipulates in detail, if I might add, how Uganda is to be democratized the parties should not go for any Kicinicini Talks from under the table. Such talks are but a waste of time and efforts. matek Parties Reject Dialogue With President The East African (Nairobi) June 9, 2003 Posted to the web June 11, 2003 Wairagala Wakabi And David Kaiza Nairobi THE UGANDAN opposition has rebuffed requests by the Movement to hold talks with them over their polarised positions on several issues, including the country's democratisation process. Over the past few weeks the Movement secretariat has been telling leaders of political parties that they should meet and try to resolve their differences. However, the parties have so far snubbed the overtures reportedly made by the NRM's chief political commissar, Dr Crispus Kiyonga. Sources said last week that the government was genuinely interested in talking with the opposition to resolve their differences as soon as possible. The opposition has, however, refused. So far, President Yoweri Museveni has managed to meet only with the Reform Agenda (RA), a pressure group headed by Dr Kizza Besigye, who contested against Museveni in the 2001 election and is now in exile. Attempts by the Movement to organise another meeting between the two parties, at which the president was expected to reply to the issues raised in the first meeting by the RA, have so far failed. "After we had the meeting with them, they called to up propose more talks, but we told them to put it in writing," MP Reagan Okumu, an official of RA, told The EastAfrican. "Since then, they have not gotten back to us." The opposition said that they did not want to strike any deals with the Movement and that anything agreed on must be done openly and legally through parliament. They said it was the only way to avoid being manipulated by President Museveni. Jude Mbabali, the spokesman of the Democratic Party (DP), said President Museveni had a reputation of not sticking to his promises, therefore the opposition was cautious about meeting with him. "Records show that the president does not stick to what he says. He is a chameleon who keeps changing all the time," Mbabali said. A meeting held on May 12 by the DP resolved that the party would not meet the president the way the RA did unless the president guaranteed that he would stick to what they agree on. Officially writing to the opposition was one way in which the president could indicate seriousness about honouring the outcome of the talks. Dr Kiyonga is said to have telephoned DP officials in late April, proposing that they meet for talks. The DP declined, saying that they would only do so if the president put it in writing, stating what the meeting would be about. Some opposition officials are dismissing the proposed talks, saying that they not achieve much. "I don't think there is a need for talks between parties and government," said MP Aggrey Awori. "The only organisation that can change the political environment is parliament. Talks are not binding. What we want is a serious proposal from the government on how to have reforms." Party leaders said that if the Movement and President Museveni were serious about resolving issues on how parties should operate and whether the state would stop harassing their supporters, then the proposal for talks should be put in writing, clearly stating what the purpose of the meeting would be. Beti O. Kamya, spokesman of the Reform Agenda, has said that Museveni should talk to unarmed opposition groups in order to create a meaningful transition to multi-party democracy. Some quarters in the opposition have also suggested a national conference with various stakeholders, including all political groupings, to sketch a roadmap to the multiparty era. Over two months ago, the Movement's national executive committee endorsed a suggestion by President Museveni and a committee of the Movement that political parties be allowed to operate. It also resolved that the constitution be amended to allow a president to stand for any number of terms. Currently, a president can stand for a maximum of two five-year terms. The opposition has far refused to accept some of the compromises made by the government. The government has said that political parties can operate, but it has said they must register first. None of the major organisations, namely, the Conservative Party, UPC, the Reform Agenda and DP have registered. They say that by registering, they would be falling into a trap. "We want clarity on other laws which still oppress us," Dr James Rwanyarare, president of UPC's presidential policy commission, told The EastAfrican. "We want clarity on the Local Government Act, the Police Act and the Terrorism Act."
ugnet_: Another Ugandan murdered ( lynched ) in South Africa.
Mitayo Potosi, Let me make clear one or two issues. "Tell me that the last SA election was not not won on the backs of a campaign against 'makwerekwere'." You wrote. Mmmm, what is "makwerekwere"? My understanding, based on your writing is, it's a reference to non-black SA'cans in SA. These, to them(SA'cans), judging from your writing, are people taking away "money" and "jobs" from SA'can Africans. Would it be wrong to also think that the term "makwerekwere" also refers to "whites" in SA? After all during the Apartheid era, "makwerekwere" of African origin dominated no sector in the Country. I wouldn't want to convince myself that during Mandela's administration, four years wasn't it?, "makwerekwere" of African origin could and most definitely dominated many sectors in that country; I mean in terms of employment. Wouldn't you agree? "Whites can of course target blacks,." You again wrote. But, I didn't say that if you are trying to read me as having said so. Remember there were also non-white in the Apartheid regime. It is possible that some maybe longing for the old good days. Therefore, that some folks could be engineering such lynching in order to re-orient SA direction can apply to anybody or group who were then enjoying what SA has to offer. "At the minimum, brother Okello Oruk we have to push the positive." Mitayo Potosi, what is the "positive" that should be pushed? Don't get me wrong; I agree with you. But, positive in terms of what? "It could be that you put more stock than me in the ANC as a party. May be that is the origin of our diverging views." Again you wrote. If not the ANC then what other party(ies) are you looking at? I do not know much about there; SA I mean. You should let us know. I am done with Ciao --- Mitayo Potosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear okello oruk, > > I didn't mean to come off sounding like an apologist > of apartheid. It is sad > and shameful but it is only some whites that have > spoken out against the > killing of 'makwerekwere', though sometimes with > glee. Tell me that the > last SA election was not not won on the backs of a > campaign against > 'makwerekwere'. > > You ask " Could this (lynching) not be some kind of > underground work by some > (...? folks) in order to isolate the SA blacks (from > the rest of Africans ) > for a final kill so SA is once again, may be > permanently this time, back to > the past brutal era?! " > > Whites can of course target blacks, but why would > they want to go back to > the past when they are now minting more millionaires > than they ever did > under apartheid? > > First, what is "'makwerekwere' bogey."? > > Do you really think it is we the so-called > 'makwerekwere' who are taking > away all the money from SA? All the jobs? > > >My lord! So, it is the ANC with their anti > "makwerekwere" policy, poisonous > >of course, that has led to the current lynching of > other black Africans, > >isn't it? > > My answer is in the affirmative. That ANC utterances > are part of the > problem. And I also hope that you read my posting > rather give it a quick > glance, otherwise I think you are missing some gist > of it. > > > > >Shouldn't this kind of writings come from an > Apartheid apologist which I > >hope you are not? > > > > I am the farthest thing to an apartheid apologist. > At least I hope I am not > an apologist. The apologists are those who have left > the whole SA print > media save for one paper - Mail and Guardian - in > ownership by the same > apartheid forces, and all without exception with > white editorial desks that > are still pushing exclusively Eurocentric interests. > > After a decade ' in power', the new SA black elite > don't seem to see > anything amiss in this arrangement. > > Indeed they have spurned requests for some level of > joint efforts with the > black opposition parties like AZAPO - Azania Peoples > Organization, BCM - > Black Consiousness Movement and PAC - Pan-African > Congress. > > Instead they have invited the National Party of > apartheid (NNP) into govt. > You must be aware of all this Brother okello oruk. > > When Mbeki posed a few questions on AIDS the whole > media came down on him > calling him mad. They openly touted regime change in > SA by openly propping > up Cyril Ramaphosa, whom imperialism made deputy to > Senator Mitchell in the > Northern Ireland peace process, to build up his > stature. Regime change is > facing Thabo Mbeki right in his face. > > It is this same Cyril Ramaphosa who after the > assassination of Umkonto we > Sizwe commander, Chris Hani, that stood in Carlton > Centre in Johannesburg > and told the whole world that with Hani still alive > change from the old > older had come to a standstill. It is only after his > death that negotiations > started moving. > > Brother okello oruk, I dont know about you but if > this is the leader we are > going to have after Thabo Mbeki then I am really > scared. >
ugnet_: Goma Rebels Advance Northward
Goma Rebels Advance Northward The Monitor (Kampala) June 11, 2003 Posted to the web June 11, 2003 Frank Nyakairu Kampala The Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels of RCD-Goma have launched an offensive northwards toward Ituri Province in eastern DR Congo as 700 French soldiers deploy in Bunia town. Local sources told The Monitor yesterday that the RCD-Goma rebels were fighting forces of Mbusa Nyamwisi's RCD-Kisangani. Three main towns in North Kivu namely Kanyabayonga, Mbingi, Alimbongo and Bunyatenge, which had been under Mr Nyamwisi's control, fell to the Rwandan-backed rebels after two days of fierce fighting. RCD-Kisangani rebels allege the offensive is being carried out jointly with the Rwandan army. "It is true they have captured those towns from us because they have the backing of RPA forces [a reference to Rwandan army]. We know that there are 2,500 RPA soldiers in RCD-Goma rebels fighting us," said Mr Frank Lusambo, Mr Mbusa Nyamwisi's representative in Kampala. Rwanda denies its forces are in North Kivu. The clear toll of the fighting is still unclear. Lusambo said: "They are trying to take all towns including Beni, Lubero so that they can link up with Thomas Lubanga in Bunia." RCD-Kisangani is the only rebel group with direct link with the Kinshasa government. Reports say over 3000 Congo government soldiers have so far been flown to Beni, the RCD-Kisangani headquarters but Lusambo said the number had been exaggerated. "We have FAC soldiers but they are not three thousand as people are saying. We only have 1,000," said Mr Lusambo. Allegations that FAC soldiers are involved in the Hema-Lendu war have been rife though the Kinshasa government denies the claim.
ugnet_: Congo: Thousands flee fighting
Congo: Thousands flee fighting Wednesday, June 11, 2003 Posted: 9:32 AM EDT (1332 GMT) More than three million people have been killed in the conflict since 1998. Story Tools window. true;} if(!self.clickURL) clickURL=parent.location.href; KINSHASA, Congo (Reuters) -- As French troops were deployed in one part of eastern Congo to end bloody tribal clashes, tens of thousands of people were fleeing a different bout of fighting involving pro-government forces, aid workers said. Renewed battles in North Kivu between rebels from the Rwandan-backed RCD-Goma and the government-allied RCD-ML group erupted on Sunday, some 250 km (150 miles) south of Bunia, where a French-led international force is flying in with a U.N. mandate to end fighting between Hema and Lendu tribal militias. The North Kivu fighting has raged on and off for weeks and highlights the difficulties of bringing peace to a country riven by a multi-faceted war that has claimed an estimated three million lives since 1998, mainly from starvation and disease. "There are already over 100,000 displaced people in the area, 60,000 of whom have fled the fighting since Sunday," Kay Grulich of aid agency Agro Action Allemand (AAA) said Wednesday. "It's difficult to say who is in control in the villages under fire, but we know ... that thousands of people have fled," he said from Lubero, some 80 km (50 miles) north of the fighting. A U.N. Security Council delegation arrived in the capital Kinshasa Tuesday on a mission to the region. "The Security Council is asking for the fighting to be stopped between the relevant parties in Kivu and to move back to agreed-upon positions," spokeswoman Patricia Tome said. War in the former Zaire started in 1998 when rebels backed by Rwanda and Uganda took up arms against the government. At its height, the conflict drew in the armies of six foreign nations. Under a peace deal signed in April, all sides agreed to take part in a power-sharing transition government and to reintegrate former fighters in a new national army. But the swearing-in of the government has been held up by a row over who takes what job in the army, and the atmosphere has also been soured by the relentless fighting.
ugnet_: UGANDA: Landmine blows up bus, kills four
...meanwhile our friend John Nagenda, with a sense of utmost igonrance, tomfoolary perhaps one might add, seems to be suggesting that members of the clergy should not call for the Ugandan dictatorship to talk peace with "kony" ..meanwhile "Kony" attacks!! Matek UGANDA: Landmine blows up bus, kills four NAIROBI, 11 June (IRIN) - At least four people were killed on Tuesday and 25 others injured in Pader district of northern Uganda, when a landmine blew up the bus they were travelling in, news agencies reported. The anti-tank mine had been planted on the road by rebels of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), an insurgent group in northern Uganda, moments before the bus, which was travelling southwards to the capital, Kampala, passed by, the agencies reported. LRA fighters who were hiding in the bush reportedly shot at passengers who attempted to flee after the bus overturned, the agencies said. The injured were reported to have been taken to hospital in neighbouring Kitgum district. Deus Mutakirida, the Deputy Resident District Commissioner for Kitgum, told IRIN it was the first time a landmine had exploded in northern Uganda in at least 10 years. He said the army had been deployed to detect any more mines in the area. Mutakirida, however, noted that such an operation was too expensive and the army was short of mine-sweeping equipment. "This issue of mines is a bit complicated. Unless we deal with the right vehicles, we can't detect the mines. But we are doing what we can," he said. Pader is one of the districts worst affected by the LRA insurgency. The group, which uses civilians as its main target in its war against the government of President Yoweri Museveni, seeks to establish a government ruled according to the Biblical Ten Commandments. The insurgency, which began in the late 1980s, has displaced an estimated 800,000 people who live in several protected camps in northern Uganda. [ENDS] [This Item is Delivered to the "Africa-English" Service of the UN's IRIN humanitarian information unit, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations. For further information, free subscriptions, or to change your keywords, contact e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Web: http://www.irinnews.org . If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this item, please retain this credit and disclaimer. Reposting by commercial sites requires written IRIN permission.] Copyright (c) UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2003
ugnet_: Re: [AcoliForum] Acholi Faggots
Dear Brother "Wilibotek L'Pajule'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I got this in my mailbox. Was it for me or someone is sending me some insects? I have used [EMAIL PROTECTED] because of problems with <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Abrahamo wee, kwero lok mere pe bal. Ka in pe iyee ma acoyoni, that is understandable. But I will stick with the notion that Acoli "faggotry" is the least of my interest unless convinced otherwise. So far lakeyu has not made a case for why now the whole of Afrika should know about any real or perceived Acoli faggotry. Is it about Lulokka magulokko dud lutino Acoli metuku gini? Onyo gwok en beddo i kamp nidong aye okello kipwoolani? I hear there was onc` Mitayo Potosi From: "Wilibotek L'Pajule'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [AcoliForum] Acholi Faggots Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:40:45 -0700 << multipart1 >> _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
ugnet_: Re: John Nagenda - The Catholic prelates agitating for talks with Kony are on...
Fellow Citizens: Can somebody please inform our "learned" friend, John Nagenda, that it is but the role of the Government all through out the world to protect citizens from so called Rebels. If, as in the case of Uganda, the NRM military dictatorship has failed ( for now 17 years) to protect our people in Northern Uganda, it is incumbent upon the dictatorship to a) sort other avenue through which peace could be brought about in Northern Uganda or b) such "government"/dictatorship should resign from power and let somebody else who would bring peace to the people of Northern Uganda, take charge. It is with this in mind, that is why the members of the Clergy are calling upon Museveni's NRM military dictatorship to talk peace with "Kony". John Negenda stick to the world of Journalism . In as far as politics is concern , your attempt to engage in political reasoning is rather questionable and remains wanting... I suggest you do more reading! Matek In a message dated 6/11/2003 4:06:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where Is The Balance? TALK WITH KONY: Msgr Joseph Obunga --The Catholic prelates agitating for talks with Kony are one-sided One Man’s Week By John Nagenda ON Wednesday I read the announcement, via the internet, that a special envoy of the Pope, Crescencio Cardinal Sepe from the Vatican, had asked the Uganda Government to engage in talks with Kony, and bring about peace. Again! I have written with great favour of this Pope’s strong stand against those who would like to return Africans to a new kind of enslavement; this time by economic means. He (and Archbishop of Canterbury Runcie) said that the kind of future faced by the African countries because of crippling and unpayable debts was a new variation on the old Slave Trade. You can therefore imagine my unholy rage at the message delivered by the Cardinal, especially since the Pontiff could never have sent it in that form, at any rate if he was in possession of the facts, the full facts, and nothing but the facts! For if Kony’s foul acts are not an enslavement of part of Africa, what are they? We all want and pray for peace. But typically, in the way that these messages are consistently couched, there was no strong and unqualified denunciation of Kony himself. Therefore by implication the condemnation fell upon the Government of Uganda, for “not talking to Kony”. Where were these Pope advisers a few weeks ago when Kony announced a cynical ceasefire he never intended to keep? Uganda wearily announced its own ceasefire, knowing it had been fooled before, and would doubtless be fooled again. But this time when Kony never turned up for talks but instead continued his murderous actions, even General Salim Saleh, the most genuine peace seeker in the region (possibly the world) said he had had enough. But not so the likes of Archbishop Odama, of Gulu, who quipped: Let’s put the other movements aside but movement for peace.” Ho ho! His Vicar General Msgr Odong put it as bluntly: “Many people in northern Uganda have lost their lives; government should talk peace with Kony.” So there you are. What is the matter with people like this? And, in this case, why are they so keen to involve the Holy Father in their frolics by not giving him full information? I must say I fell on my knees in thanksgiving (I exaggerate a little!) when recently Kony showed his full contempt for such people by ransacking their mission and burning their vehicles. I hoped, in vain, that perhaps this time they would come to their senses and see Kony for what he is and condemn him unconditionally. Perhaps that will only happen when Kony boils them for supper. How odd that the church is playing such a leading role in this return of cannibalism! * * * This is being written at the Royal Commonwealth Society, also known as the Commonwealth Club, in London’s Northumberland Avenue off Trafalgar Square, and within spitting distance (almost) of our High Commission. Save for perhaps five years in the late sixties, I have been a member since 1963 and I very highly recommend it. Ask how you go about joining and I shall tell you. Anyway, being in England I should discuss the weather a little. Boy it’s hot! People say to me, “You brought it with you” as a compliment. But London, as opposed to the countryside, is most oppressive when hot and humid as it is now. The only consolation is that the girls compete in nearly shedding their clothes off; you wish you were younger! But in a light rain I strode down Whitehall, seat of government offices, a few days ago. Where you turn right into Downing Street, where the Prime Minister has his dwelling at Number Ten, walking people were asked to stop, although not cars. Reason? The “call me Tony” Premier might be coming out. This is the man who always wanted to be treated, true egalitarian as he would have you think, with no ceremony. In any case, if we loiterers might take a pot shot at the great man
Re: ugnet_: MUSEVENI IN THE WHITE HOUSE (click on photos to enlarge)
Mulindwa, So, where are the pics of the ceremony to award/crown dictator Museveni by Bush? Nothing! y From: "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: ugnet_: MUSEVENI IN THE WHITE HOUSE (click on photos to enlarge) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:38:52 -0400 U.S. President George W. Bush smiles toward first lady Laura Bush and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (L) during a performance by the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 10, 2003. The performance followed an Oval Office meeting between Bush and Museveni. The choir, consisting of children orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict, is touring the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom to raise money for housing for other orphans in Uganda. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Reuters - Jun 10 5:55 PM -- U.S. first lady Laura Bush walks into the White House with children of the Watoto Children's Chior of Uganda, after they performed in the Rose Garden, June 10, 2003. Their performance followed an Oval Office meeting between President George W. Bush and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The choir, consisting of children orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict, is touring the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom to raise money for housing for other orphans in Uganda. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Reuters - Jun 10 5:48 PM -- President Bush , right, and first lady Laura Bush, left, help seat the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, center, before the start of the performance of the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:41 PM -- President Bush , right, listens to the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, left, before the start of their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. Bush is letting Israel know he's not happy with today's Israeli attack in Gaza. Bush says he worries it will bring more violence. But, he says he's 'determined to keep the process on the road to peace.' Israel's attempt to kill a Hamas leader today has sparked fury among Palestinians. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:41 PM -- A member of the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda reaches out to touch the flowers as he walk down the West Wing Colonnade accompanied by first lady Laura Bush after their performance in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. The choir consist boys and girls ages 6-12 who have been orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:41 PM -- First lady Laura Bush looks out into the Rose Garden of the White House as she waits for her husband's arrival before the start of the performance by the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:42 PM -- U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in the Oval Office of the White House, June 10, 2003. After the meeting, the two leaders enjoyed a performance by the Uganda Children's Choir in the Rose Garden. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Reuters - Jun 10 5:28 PM -- President Bush shakes hands as he greets the members of the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda after their performance in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. The choir consist boys and girls ages 6-12 who have been orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:15 PM -- President Bush address members of the media before the start of his meeting with the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. Bush is letting Israel know he's not happy with today's Israeli attack in Gaza. Bush says he worries it will bring more violence. But, he says he's 'determined to keep the process on the road to peace.' Israel's attempt to kill a Hamas leader today has sparked fury among Palestinians. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:16 PM --
ugnet_: Another Ugandan murdered ( lynched ) in South Africa.
Dear okello oruk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I didn't mean to come off sounding like an apologist of apartheid. It is sad and shameful but it is only some whites that have spoken out against the killing of 'makwerekwere', though sometimes with glee. Tell me that the last SA election was not not won on the backs of a campaign against 'makwerekwere'. You ask " Could this (lynching) not be some kind of underground work by some (...? folks) in order to isolate the SA blacks (from the rest of Africans ) for a final kill so SA is once again, may be permanently this time, back to the past brutal era?! " Whites can of course target blacks, but why would they want to go back to the past when they are now minting more millionaires than they ever did under apartheid? First, what is "'makwerekwere' bogey."? Do you really think it is we the so-called 'makwerekwere' who are taking away all the money from SA? All the jobs? My lord! So, it is the ANC with their anti "makwerekwere" policy, poisonous of course, that has led to the current lynching of other black Africans, isn't it? My answer is in the affirmative. That ANC utterances are part of the problem. And I also hope that you read my posting rather give it a quick glance, otherwise I think you are missing some gist of it. Shouldn't this kind of writings come from an Apartheid apologist which I hope you are not? I am the farthest thing to an apartheid apologist. At least I hope I am not an apologist. The apologists are those who have left the whole SA print media save for one paper - Mail and Guardian - in ownership by the same apartheid forces, and all without exception with white editorial desks that are still pushing exclusively Eurocentric interests. After a decade ' in power', the new SA black elite don't seem to see anything amiss in this arrangement. Indeed they have spurned requests for some level of joint efforts with the black opposition parties like AZAPO - Azania Peoples Organization, BCM - Black Consiousness Movement and PAC - Pan-African Congress. Instead they have invited the National Party of apartheid (NNP) into govt. You must be aware of all this Brother okello oruk. When Mbeki posed a few questions on AIDS the whole media came down on him calling him mad. They openly touted regime change in SA by openly propping up Cyril Ramaphosa, whom imperialism made deputy to Senator Mitchell in the Northern Ireland peace process, to build up his stature. Regime change is facing Thabo Mbeki right in his face. It is this same Cyril Ramaphosa who after the assassination of Umkonto we Sizwe commander, Chris Hani, that stood in Carlton Centre in Johannesburg and told the whole world that with Hani still alive change from the old older had come to a standstill. It is only after his death that negotiations started moving. Brother okello oruk, I dont know about you but if this is the leader we are going to have after Thabo Mbeki then I am really scared. In the meantime Mbeki must continue as their African running dog. Meaningless NEPAD, undermining the 'African Union', etc One would have hoped that blacks in SA learnt something in their tussle with the white liberals. i.e. South African white liberals had always been struggling against apartheid, may be for a 'kinder and gentler' apartheid. ( The liberal white homosexuals/lesbians made sure they took over the task of rewriting the new constitution and gave themselves the most generous rights anywhere in the world - was that our number one issue against apartheid? ) Nadime Gordimer, Prof. Coetier (sp) etc... have been pushing for a curriculum that represents a view of Africa of the settler colonists. In this case the blacks in govt have stood their ground for a curriculum in Literature that reflects the world view of the African. Literary icons, like Prof. Andrei Brink, who struggled so much against apartheid all their lives are so bitter and disillusioned that they have felt neccessary to emigrate from a now 'free SA' to Europe, America or Australia. At the minimum, brother Okello Oruk we have to push the positive. It could be that you put more stock than me in the ANC as a party. May be that is the origin of our diverging views. Mitayo Potosi From: okello oruk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mitayo Potosi, Please stop looking like an Apartheid regime apologist! Africans in general must be very careful indeed! Read this: "Indeed, people from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, DRC, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria etc... are being killed everyday in SA. And no official in SA seems to be cautioning people against these targeted murders. A few whites have spoken out, but sometimes with glee." Why "A few whites have spoken out, but sometimes with glee."? Could this(lynching) not be some kind of underground work by some (...? folks) in order to isolate th
ugnet_: [FWD: Jackson's finances take center stage in LA court fight - May. 29, 2003]
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ugnet_: Join us, UPC tell Reform Agenda
Join us, UPC tell Reform AgendaBy Samuel Wossita June 12, 2003 The Reform Agenda has been invited to join the Uganda Peoples Congress in order to defeat the Movement at the next general elections. The Chairman of the UPC Presidential Policy Commission James Rwanyarare invited the Reform Agenda to join hands during the weekly press briefing at the UPC headquarters at Uganda House yesterday. Mr Rwanyarare said that the Reform Agenda alone would not reform the Movement. He said that the UPC was the party that could defeat the Movement. He said that the Movement government has destroyed the infrastructure that the UPC had built. He cited the Uganda Commercial Bank and the Cooperative Bank that failed under the present government. 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_: A BOEING 727 IS MISSING FOR A MONTH NOW
Angola Plane Missing Since Takeoff in May Tue Jun 10, 8:52 PM ET WASHINGTON - A chartered Boeing 727 missing since it took off from an airport in Angola late last month probably is being used for criminal purposes and has not been linked to a terrorist plot, a government official said Tuesday. The plane was chartered from an Angolan company with a history of having planes vanish for insurance money or to be used for drug smuggling, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. State Department spokesman Lou Fintor said the plane left the airport in Angola without permission and authorities throughout Africa are searching for it. He would not speculate on its whereabouts. ABC News said the plane vanished on May 25 on a flight to either Burkina Faso, South Africa, Libya or Nigeria. 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_: Join us, UPC tell Reform Agenda
Join us, UPC tell Reform AgendaBy Samuel Wossita June 12, 2003 The Reform Agenda has been invited to join the Uganda Peoples Congress in order to defeat the Movement at the next general elections. The Chairman of the UPC Presidential Policy Commission James Rwanyarare invited the Reform Agenda to join hands during the weekly press briefing at the UPC headquarters at Uganda House yesterday. Mr Rwanyarare said that the Reform Agenda alone would not reform the Movement. He said that the UPC was the party that could defeat the Movement. He said that the Movement government has destroyed the infrastructure that the UPC had built. He cited the Uganda Commercial Bank and the Cooperative Bank that failed under the present government. © 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 Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.
ugnet_: Museveni is behind 3rd term - Kategaya
Museveni is behind 3rd term - KategayaBy Richard M. Kavuma June 12, 2003 The former deputy Prime Minister Eriya Kategaya has said that President Yoweri Museveni is behind the proposal to amend the Constitution to remove term limits on presidential tenure. Mr Museveni asked the Movement's National Executive Committee meeting in March to lift term limits for any president. Mr Museveni says that he does not want the so-called 'third term' for himself but for any future president. But Mr Kategaya, who was also the minister for Internal Affairs until he was dropped last month, does not buy into the president's argument. "That was ingenious but not correct," Mr Kategaya said on Tuesday. Mr Kategaya was speaking on the WBS Television show, Issues at Hand. He wondered how the then minister for the Presidency Gilbert Bukenya could campaign for the third term without the blessing of President Museveni. Mr Bukenya, appointed vice-president in the reshuffle that saw Mr Kategaya dropped, said recently that he was the one who started the third term campaign. Mr Kategaya was one of the three key ministers who had openly opposed Mr Museveni's attempts to remain in power beyond 2006, when the president's second elective term expires. The President sacked all three (Mr Kategaya, Ms Miria Matembe and Mr Bidandi Ssali) in the 23 May cabinet reshuffle. Looking relaxed in a flowered shirt, Mr Kategaya said that he might consider standing for president if the people so wished. "It is not for me to say that 'let me stand for president' or not. If people say so, then we can discuss it," he said. "It depends what comes out. If I find it necessary, I'll stand: if not I won't." Mr Kategaya also defended the bishops' right to guide their congregations on political issues. The bishops, as leaders of people and citizens of Uganda, have a stake in the affairs of the country, he said. President Museveni on Saturday warned bishops against getting involved in politics. This was after the bishops from all mainstream churches urged Mr Museveni to abandon his plans to amend the Constitution. Mr Kategaya, however, declined to answer questions whether he was 'in' or 'out' of the Movement. "I have not said 'I am out'," was all he said. For his last word on the show, Mr Kategaya said: "Let us remember that Uganda is bigger than any of us." The security and peace of Ugandans should prevail over personal interests, he added. © 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 Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8.
ugnet_: MUSEVENI IN THE WHITE HOUSE (click on photos to enlarge)
U.S. President George W. Bush smiles toward first lady Laura Bush and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (L) during a performance by the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 10, 2003. The performance followed an Oval Office meeting between Bush and Museveni. The choir, consisting of children orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict, is touring the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom to raise money for housing for other orphans in Uganda. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Reuters - Jun 10 5:55 PM U.S. first lady Laura Bush walks into the White House with children of the Watoto Children's Chior of Uganda, after they performed in the Rose Garden, June 10, 2003. Their performance followed an Oval Office meeting between President George W. Bush and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The choir, consisting of children orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict, is touring the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom to raise money for housing for other orphans in Uganda. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Reuters - Jun 10 5:48 PM President Bush , right, and first lady Laura Bush, left, help seat the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, center, before the start of the performance of the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:41 PM President Bush , right, listens to the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, left, before the start of their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. Bush is letting Israel know he's not happy with today's Israeli attack in Gaza. Bush says he worries it will bring more violence. But, he says he's 'determined to keep the process on the road to peace.' Israel's attempt to kill a Hamas leader today has sparked fury among Palestinians. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:41 PM A member of the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda reaches out to touch the flowers as he walk down the West Wing Colonnade accompanied by first lady Laura Bush after their performance in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. The choir consist boys and girls ages 6-12 who have been orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:41 PM First lady Laura Bush looks out into the Rose Garden of the White House as she waits for her husband's arrival before the start of the performance by the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:42 PM U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in the Oval Office of the White House, June 10, 2003. After the meeting, the two leaders enjoyed a performance by the Uganda Children's Choir in the Rose Garden. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Reuters - Jun 10 5:28 PM President Bush shakes hands as he greets the members of the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda after their performance in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. The choir consist boys and girls ages 6-12 who have been orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:15 PM President Bush address members of the media before the start of his meeting with the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday June 10, 2003 in Washington. Bush is letting Israel know he's not happy with today's Israeli attack in Gaza. Bush says he worries it will bring more violence. But, he says he's 'determined to keep the process on the road to peace.' Israel's attempt to kill a Hamas leader today has sparked fury among Palestinians. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) AP - Jun 10 5:16 PM U.S. President George W. Bush meets members of the Watoto Children's Choir of Uganda after they performed in the Rose Garden of the White House June 10, 2003. The performance followed an Oval Office meeting between Bush and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The choir, consisting of children orphaned by HIV /AIDS or conflict, is touring the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United
ugnet_: THE CHILDREN SOLDIERS
Aid worker encounters Congo's child soldiers'Their parents are either dead or lost'Canadian helps refugees fleeing war PHILIP MASCOLLSTAFF REPORTER, TORONTO STARHeavily armed child soldiers are just one of the perils facing a Canadian aid worker in eastern Congo struggling to help the thousands of starving, homeless people displaced by tribal violence. "It's a scary place," Philip Maher said yesterday in a satellite telephone interview from the equatorial jungle near Beni in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The 47-year-old relief officer with World Vision is originally from Toronto, but now lives in Guelph with his family. "There are two things you see as you move around ... thousands upon thousands of displaced people and soldiers, particularly child soldiers. They are armed with AK-47s (assault rifles) and rocket launchers." Maher said the presence of United Nations soldiers enforcing a ceasefire between ethnic Hema and Lendu militias battling for control of Bunia, capital of the mineral-rich Ituri province has subdued the aggression of the child soldiers and their older colleagues. However, he had to pass through five checkpoints in the 45 minutes it took him to make his way from where he slept to the area where aid was being dispensed. The U.N. says 500 civilians have been massacred in inter-ethnic fighting around Bunia in the past month and 50,000 have been killed since 1999. That is just a fraction of the dead in the long civil war that has killed an estimated 3 million people, mainly from disease and starvation, since 1998 in the former Zaire. Maher said the current fighting has displaced close to 1 million people from the Bunia region. It took refugees, fleeing the fighting, two weeks to walk to Beni. People are using whatever they can to build shelters, he said. "Ten minutes away (from here) it looks like a housing development in the jungle. There are 60 or 70 shelters at each new location." He spoke of a 43-year-old mother of five, Francois Nyangoma, who fled with her five children after her husband was butchered as he tended his food crops. One of the children was with her husband in the field when he was slain, but escaped to warn his mother, who just grabbed her children and ran, Maher said. He met her through one of the children, aged 4 years, who was at one of the World Vision therapeutic feeding centres that give malnourished children under five a high protein milk mixture. "I found hundreds of children who are unaccompanied. Their parents are either dead or lost," Maher said. World Vision, based in Canada, has some 14 "kitchen locations" feeding some 6,000 people children and adults twice daily, Maher said. A small U.N. force, MONUC, already in the region, has been unable to stop the bloodshed in Ituri province in the northeast of the huge Central African nation. Yesterday, the first French combat troops leading an international force meant to stem the months of tribal violence flew into Bunia from Uganda, Associated Press reports. There are more than 700 French troops at Entebbe airport in Uganda waiting to be deployed. Several dozen French special forces troops have been at Bunia's airport, six kilometres west of the town, since Friday setting up base, but most of them will leave once the main force is deployed. Ten French Mirage jets based in Gabon, and Chad, will support the force. The composition of the remainder of the force has not yet been confirmed. But Canadian and Belgian forces are in Entebbe, where they will provide air and logistical support. Canada sent two Hercules transport aircraft to Congo earlier this month along with 30 to 50 Canadian Forces personnel. The air crew and some maintenance personnel were reassigned to Entebbe from their mission in the Persian Gulf supporting the war on terrorism. The new French-led force has a stronger U.N. mandate than the older force, but is not planning to disarm the fighters. It is only due to stay in Bunia until Sept. 1 to reinforce MONUC. The war in Congo erupted in August, 1998, after Rwanda and Uganda sent troops to back rebels attempting to oust then-president Laurent Kabila. Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia sent troops to support Kabila. The foreign troops have all withdrawn, but rebel groups and tribal militia in eastern Congo still are supported by Uganda and Rwanda. 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_: Another Ugandan murdered ( lynched ) in South Africa.
Mitayo Potosi, Please stop looking like an Apartheid regime apologist! Africans in general must be very careful indeed! Read this: "Indeed, people from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, DRC, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria etc... are being killed everyday in SA. And no official in SA seems to be cautioning people against these targeted murders. A few whites have spoken out, but sometimes with glee." Why "A few whites have spoken out, but sometimes with glee."? Could this(lynching) not be some kind of underground work by some (...? folks) in order to isolate the SA blacks(from the rest of Africans) for a final kill so SA is once again, may be permanently this time, back to the past brutal era?! "Apartheid always made sure that there was never any interaction between Black South Africans and the rest of us. And nowdays, every time the ANC feels like boosting their support, they flog the 'makwerekwere' bogey." First, what is "'makwerekwere' bogey."? Second, what does the quote above supposed to mean? That the "Apartheid" regime used to keep off black SA from killing other black Africans by "...always made(making) sure that there was never any interaction between Black South Africans and the rest of us(whatever this 'us')."? Read this again: "After Nelson Mandela failed to honour the promise of 'one million houses' to the poor, there was fear that Blacks would not show-up for the elections which brought Thabo Mbeki to power. Indeed some blacks had even started to join the old white political parties of apartheid. To reverse this trend the ANC mounted a big campain against 'makwerekwere' who 'are taking away all the money and the jobs '. It was Winnie Mandela who was mandated to drum up this poison into all the minds of South Africans." My lord! So, it is the ANC with their anti "makwerekwere" policy, poisonous of course, that has led to the current lynching of other black Africans, isn't it? What has "To reverse this trend the ANC mounted a big campain against 'makwerekwere' who 'are taking away all the money and the jobs '. " got to do with "After Nelson Mandela failed to honour the promise of 'one million houses' to the poor, there was fear that Blacks would not show-up for the elections which brought Thabo Mbeki to power. Indeed some blacks had even started to join the old white political parties of apartheid."?! Could it be I am missing something? Shouldn't this kind of writings come from an Apartheid apologist which I hope you are not? Please again read: "Apartheid had built a fence along the Limpopo River to stem the flow of people into SA. This electrified fence was never switched on during apartheid. It is those we call our own that have now switched it on." My goodness! Now the ANC government has "now switched" the "fence along the Limpopo River", built by the Apartheid regime of course, "on" so that the "makwerekwere" are electrified! Why are there so many non-SA Africans in that country then? I believe as I write now still more are crossing the border from other African States and into SA. Are they talking of being electrified as they cross over into the country? Sorry for this if so. Mitayo Potosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Another Ugandan murdered ( lynched ) in South Africa.News reaching us indicates that our beloved Brother and Dear friend, Mr Steven Musoke, was recently murdered in SA.We send all our heartfelt condolences to his wife, Dr. Faith Musoke, the children and the family at large.Unfortunately, Black South Africa has this extreme hate for all black people from North of Limpopo, i.e. the ' makwerekwere '.Indeed, people from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, DRC, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria etc... are being killed everyday in SA. And no official in SA seems to be cautioning people against these targeted murders. A few whites have spoken out, but sometimes with glee.Apartheid always made sure that there was never any interaction between Black South Africans and the rest of us. And nowdays, every time the ANC feels like boosting their support, they flog the 'makwerekwere' bogey.After Nelson Mandela failed to honour the promise of 'one million houses' to the poor, there was fear that Blacks would not show-up for the elections which brought Thabo Mbeki to power. Indeed some blacks had even started to join the old white political parties of apartheid. To reverse this trend the ANC mounted a big campain against 'makwerekwere' who 'are taking away all the money and the jobs '. It was Winnie Mandela who was mandated to drum up this poison into all the minds of South Africans. And indeed Mbeki came out with even more votes than those that had been garned five years previously by Nelson Mandela.Apartheid had built a fence along the Limpopo River to stem the flow of people into SA. This electrified fence was never switched on during apartheid. It is those we call our own that have now switched it on.Sometime ago
ugnet_: Another Ugandan murdered ( lynched ) in South Africa.
Another Ugandan murdered ( lynched ) in South Africa. News reaching us indicates that our beloved Brother and Dear friend, Mr Steven Musoke, was recently murdered in SA. We send all our heartfelt condolences to his wife, Dr. Faith Musoke, the children and the family at large. Unfortunately, Black South Africa has this extreme hate for all black people from North of Limpopo, i.e. the ' makwerekwere '. Indeed, people from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, DRC, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria etc... are being killed everyday in SA. And no official in SA seems to be cautioning people against these targeted murders. A few whites have spoken out, but sometimes with glee. Apartheid always made sure that there was never any interaction between Black South Africans and the rest of us. And nowdays, every time the ANC feels like boosting their support, they flog the 'makwerekwere' bogey. After Nelson Mandela failed to honour the promise of 'one million houses' to the poor, there was fear that Blacks would not show-up for the elections which brought Thabo Mbeki to power. Indeed some blacks had even started to join the old white political parties of apartheid. To reverse this trend the ANC mounted a big campain against 'makwerekwere' who 'are taking away all the money and the jobs '. It was Winnie Mandela who was mandated to drum up this poison into all the minds of South Africans. And indeed Mbeki came out with even more votes than those that had been garned five years previously by Nelson Mandela. Apartheid had built a fence along the Limpopo River to stem the flow of people into SA. This electrified fence was never switched on during apartheid. It is those we call our own that have now switched it on. Sometime ago, I wrote about our other Brother, the late Engineer Kigozi, who was murdered by breaking every bone in his body. Ugandans in SA then had decided to have Foreign Affairs in Kampala raise this matter with their South African counterparts. One wonders whether this was ever done. So what do we do? Instead of hoping that we shall always send our people into ' kyeyo', we have to build our country to sustain us all. That is the only sure route; for Uganda is the only place we can call truely our own. " Kitalo nnyo Sseruganda Steve. Omukama akuwe ekiwummulo ekyemirembe !! " Mitayo Potosi _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
ugnet_: Actions on behalf of the struggling people of Zimbabwe
There are two correspondences inserted below pertaining to activities in support of the Zimbabwean people's just struggle to reclaim sovereignty of their/our land. The first is from the Dec 12th Movement is an open letter, the second is a call for action in support of the Land Struggle in Harlem NYC, Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 12:00 pm. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] respectively for information. Subj: Open Letter to Zimbabwean People Date: 06/11/2003 9:51:21 AM Central Daylight Time From: D!2M To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tinabooks, CSmall1926, ESLYJJ, MBWGED, Heavy Dread, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], HQ2600, BernieLogan, [EMAIL PROTECTED], TWall83137, NesiJa, Bendsteam, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lmbaron, RWalker949, Omuidnic, RWare10709, AATAfrica, DDrronaldfrye, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dohugh, Rfirewriter, PJASSOCIAT, BASHLEFI, AfricandtheWorld, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], CChris1054, [EMAIL PROTECTED], GloriaKimbrough, Keepingitshannon, YBrooks22, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], BlackTel4Justice, WEvans7, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], NABORS, SENABIYA, Caribqueen4 The following Press Release is being sent out worldwide to firmly plant African and progressive people's feet on the side of President Mugabe and the Zimbabwean people's right to land reform, and against the Western (Britain & US) led conspiracy to engineer regime change of the democratically elected government of Zimbabwe. To sign on write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE FORWARD THIS PRESS RELEASE TO ALL CONTACTS AND MEDIA. Press Release: June 10, 2003 New York City, New York Open Letter to the People of Zimbabwe First and foremost, our greetings to you must begin with a thank you Zimbabwe! Thank you for your leadership and courage in your land redistribution program. On behalf of the millions of Africans in the United States, we are proud and closer to freedom because of you. We are writing today to declare our full and continued support for your efforts to correct the historical and criminal injustices of British colonialism, which stole the lives, labor and land of the people of Zimbabwe. The Freedom Fighters of Heroes Acre have nurtured the Zimbabwean nation, its unity and its right to sovereignty. No one gave Zimbabwe its freedom, and no one has the right to dictate with remote control the path of its development or independence. Today, under the leadership of its democratically elected President Robert G. Mugabe, Zimbabwe has completed the largest return of indigenous land in the history of Africa and, in fact, of most parts of the world. AFRICA IS NOT AN EXTENSION OF EUROPE, BUT SOME AFRICANS ARE… President Mugabe declared that Africa is not an extension of Europe; however, it should be pointed out that some Africans behave as if they are in fact an extension of Europe and its policies for re-colonization of Africa. Zimbabwe's wars of national liberation against Rhodesia were for fundamental change --change from colonialism to sovereignty, indeed independence. The foreign enemies of Zimbabwean independence will continue to try to separate the Zimbabwean people from the elected government of President Robert Mugabe and its leading party, ZANU-PF. They have created and funded the Movement for Democratic Change to accomplish this mission. Similarly, we Africans in America have also seen some of our own people take up political, and even armed struggle against the interests of the many for their own selfish gains. We want to make it clear that those individuals and organizations wishing to align themselves with the foreign policies of Tony Blair and George Bush through propaganda films, articles and letters in many instancesY Have extensive relations with the US State Department, Council on Foreign Relations and intelligence agencies; Represent themselves, and not their organizations; they lack constituencies and have never represented the interests of the overwhelming majority; Receive funding from the US Government as well as from multinational corporations, private foundations or conduits for such. These individuals claim to have "a long history of work in the struggle for African Liberation." This claim is belied by their actions. However stated, they support the goal of Blair and Bush for regime change and for the intervention and destabilization of the Zimbabwean economy. It is no accident that these various forms of propaganda do not mention that MDC has openly called for the overthrow of the duly elected government of President Mugabe. By any national standard (especially that of the United States), this position is generally viewed as an act of sedition. Nor is there any mention of armed attacks, murder and the destruction of property in Zimbabwe. Factually, under the leadership of President Mugabe, it was the government that
ugnet_: Pensions, MPs & The Citizens
JUSTICE PARTY www.dfwa-u.tk click before you read below http://www.ugandanetwork.org.uk/photoalb/2kent_pro_im/kyeune_petero_hut_01.jpg MPs Start Pension Scheme PARLIAMENT is to start its own pension scheme to cater for MPs who leave the House Oyam North MP Ben Wacha yesterday moved a motion seeking to introduce a private members Bill to establish the scheme. The scheme is to consist of all MPs including ex-officio members. It excludes any member who is elevated to vice-president. Pension shall be paid to an MP who retires or leaves service on or after the attainment of 45 years, if he or she has served as an MP for a continuous period of 10 years or more, reads the draft Bill. A member who retires or ceases to be a Member of Parliament and whose age is less than 45 years shall be entitled to a refund of the contribution paid by him and interest. All the members of the current Parliament shall be deemed to have joined the scheme. Contribution to the scheme shall be by deduction from members emoluments. Government contribution to the scheme is calculated at a certain percentage. Contribution deducted from the members emoluments and government contribution shall be paid into the Provident Fund to be kept with Bank of Uganda. The Parliamentary Management Committee, chaired by the Speaker, will manage the scheme. __ 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_: DISGRACED NRA GENERAL JAMES KAZINI
Once again, fellow citizens, we note how karniving Dictator Yoweri Museveni is. Son of Kaguta has succeeded in sacrificing Kazini on the alter of political expediency. The fact of the matter is that : Kazini was NOT the only one involved in the plunder and looting of DRC's natural resources. Museveni himself was deeply involved, so was Salem Saleh and many other NRM sycophants. Faced with international outcry, and UN's damning report about Uganda's involvement in the looting of DRC natural resources. Museveni had to sacrifice somebody. And that somebody had to be " Mavi Ya Kuku" NRM General Kazini.! He gets the hung man's noose. Dismissed with disgrace , Kazini man is now being told that he is going for further Military training abroad. Matek Profile: Major General James Kazini By Will Ross BBC correspondent in Kampala General Kazini denies any wrongdoing The Ugandan military have toned down the exit of Major General James Kazini from the top job by saying he has been sent to study at war college. But most will say it was the accusations of plundering the resources in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo that knocked General Kazini off the army's top perch. Following the allegations by the United Nations that General Kazini had been benefiting from the exploitation of resources in Congo, he was called to answer a few questions by the government-appointed Porter Commission. General Kazini wasn't overly keen to attend and on several occasions failed to turn up. When he finally appeared, it was entertaining to say the least. 'Flexible' The chair of the commission, Justice David Porter, accused General Kazini of telling repeated lies. When asked why he had disobeyed President Yoweri Museveni's orders forbidding him from helping Congolese businesses there, General Kazini replied politely, "I did not contradict the president, I was only being flexible your Lordship." In the 1980s, General Kazini was one of the early members of the guerrilla movement that brought Mr Museveni to power and he had a reputation as a fearless fighter. President Museveni took action after UN accusations General Kazini was in charge of the operation against the rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces, ADF, in the west of Uganda. The success of that task lead to him being put in charge of the Ugandan army's Operation Safe Haven in DR Congo. During that period, the Ugandan army's activities there were widely condemned when its forces clashed with Rwandan troops in the north-eastern city of Kisangani in 1999. Following the accusations of gaining personal wealth from the resources in Congo, he was sent home to Uganda. But then, far from being ticked off for alleged bad behaviour, he was promoted to commander of the army - militarily second only to the president himself. Footie mad Away from the military arena and the probes of plundering, General Kazini has a couple of well documented passions in Kampala. One is Uganda's top musical group the Afrigo Band. If he is not dancing at one of their live shows at Club Obligato, he may be living it up at Ange Mystique night club. >From the west of Uganda, General Kazini's other passion is football and specifically Sports Club Villa the current Ugandan league champions. He has even dipped into his pocket to help the team out - $2,500 to buy jerseys for the team. There's a dedicated fan for you. He is also well known for his personal business activities - and has recently been busy building hotels. And if you are wondering what he looks like - he has a moustache that is kept under control unlike some of his military colleagues and, well, let's just say he doesn't look as though he skips his meals.
ugnet_: A UPC LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH
UGANDA PEOPLES CONGRESS (Office of the Chairman, External Bureau Canada) 25 Thunder Grove, Unit 902 Toronto, Ontario M1V 3M2 Tel: (416) 633-5554 Fax:( 416) 636-6324 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] His Excellency President George W. Bush The Whitehouse Washington, DC U.S.A Fax: 1-202-456-1907 Your Excellency, Re: MEMORANDUM OF UGANDA PEOPLES CONGRESS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-JUNE 7, 2003. I am a Member of the Presidential Policy Commission (PPC), the Interim Executive of the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) , and I am also the Chairman of the Uganda Peoples Congress, External Bureau, Canada. The PPC is the Interim Executive of UPC because, the party which along side other political parties have been banned from carrying out any political activities in Uganda including elections of their leaders in accordance with the party Constitution, hence the Interim Executive. In February 1998 on the directive of the Interim Executive of the Party, I did circulate to all members of the Congress on the eve of President Clintons visit to certain African countries including Uganda, a document entitled: The Situation in Uganda: A Memorandum to the US Government and Western Democracies. In that document, very serious matters were raised for the attention of the US Government including very serious allegations of criminal activities, war crimes and serious human rights violations committed by the dictatorial government of President Yoweri Museveni. Among the allegations was the use by Dictator Museveni and his army, the National Resistance Army (NRA), of chemical weapons against citizens of Uganda in the Northern and Eastern regions of Uganda. This was contained in a letter written by the Uganda National Rescue Front (UNRF) to dictator President Museveni announcing its decision to end their partnership with the dictator on account of the serious violations of human rights, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the dictator and his army mentioned above and particularly referred to in paragraphs 12 to 14 of the attached Memorandum. For such a crime, the US and international coalition recently caused a regime change in Iraq. Now on the eve of President Musevenis visit to the U. S., I have been further directed by the Interim Executive of my party to submit to you the attached Memorandum as a follow-up of the previous one to which the former administration paid scant attention. The attached Memorandum highlight the following matters: The government of President Museveni is based on lies, deception, manipulation, greed for power and wealth, militarism and rampant corruption. It is a dictatorship with no intention whatsoever to move from a military cum one party cum one-man dictatorship to a multiparty democracy even though it has announced that it has changed its mind. Since coming to power through violence and wars, it has waged continuous and unceasing wars on its own people and neighbours causing untold suffering to the people of Uganda and neighbouring countries. And in all these wars, the dictator has recruited and deployed children to fight his wars. This is a serious abuse of children. One of the former child soldiers, China Keitetsi, has taken the matter public, which has alarmed and shaken dictator Museveni and his cohorts. The wars have subjected the people in Uganda especially those in Northern and Eastern Uganda to live in inhuman and degrading conditions in so called protected camps. Mr. President, the dictator has internationalized his military conquest by invading Congo with the sole aim to plunder the resources of Congo and although it claims to have withdrawn its army, in fact it surreptitiously through the porous border infiltrated at night nearly 7000 troops even as it publicly claimed it was withdrawing. The dictator has pitted one ethnic group against the other by arming both sides and inciting them against each other. In Uganda for example it armed the Karamojong ostensibly to protect themselves against cattle rustlers from Kenya and Sudan when in fact his aim was to use them to fight his perceived enemies the Iteso, Langi and Acholi. He therefore incited the Karamojong to attack them and rustled their cattle, and in some cases his army participated in the rustling, which was then blamed on the Karamojong. He has done the same thing in Congos Ituri region by distributing arms to both the Hema and the Lendu and inciting them to kill
ugnet_: THE FRENCH MISSION WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT
French say their Congo mission will have little impact on fighting James Astill in BuniaTuesday June 10, 2003The Guardian The French intervention on behalf of the UN in Congo will be short-lived and localised and will have a negligible impact on tribal conflict, according to a French military briefing paper obtained by the Guardian. The document confirms military analysts' pessimism about the likely success of the mission, which began on Friday, to rein in the latest outburst of violence in the civil war which has killed an estimated 4.7 million people in four years. France, Britain, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and Norway have agreed in principle to send a bridging force of 1,400 to the north-eastern town of Bunia, in Ituri province. The advance unit comprises about 100 members of the French special forces. The document says: "The operation in Bunia is politicaly [sic] and military [sic] high risk; very sensitive and complex. France has no specific interest in the area except solidarity with the international community." The end of the intervention, it says, has been "firmly established at Sept 1st 2003", by which time a contingent of Bangladeshi peacekeepers is expected in Bunia. The Bangladeshis are to relieve 700 Uruguayan peacekeepers, who have been humiliated by their failure to prevent a string of massacres. During a 10-day battle for control of the town last month they remained in their barracks, without the numbers or a mandate to stop the slaughter of hundreds of civilians. Two unarmed UN military observers were murdered, and seven peacekeepers taken to hospital after having nervous breakdowns. A European military planner who was issued a copy of the French document said: "This is the most cynical military briefing I've read in my entire life. Everybody is just laughing at it." François Grignon of the International Crisis Group writes in a forthcoming report on Congo: "This intervention is, on the face of it, totally insufficient to meet the needs of Ituri's pacification." A brief patrol by the French troops yesterday made the mission's modest ambitions apparent. Four jeeps packed with infantrymen drove 200 metres through the town centre, accompanied by as many western journalists. For 20 minutes groups of children sang for the cameras, then the troops rolled back to their airport base. There was no patrol on Saturday during a gun battle in central Bunia. "We are here to secure the airport for the arrival of the international force. It is not our mandate to intervene in fighting between armed groups, only in direct attacks on civilians," the colonel in command 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_: Re: [rwanda_revolution] Re: AFRICADAILY3 Kagame denies Kazini ' grudge'
All I am asking for is Ugandans who are alive to be given a chance to tell what they 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" - Original Message - From: Zephanie Byilingiro To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Rwanda Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:04 AM Subject: [rwanda_revolution] Re: AFRICADAILY3 Kagame denies Kazini ' grudge' Edward, Tell us who don't know. What our president, Kagame, did to you people in Uganda? ZB - Original Message - From: Mulindwa Edward To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Rwanda Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:14 AM Subject: AFRICADAILY3 Kagame denies Kazini ' grudge' Fellow Ugandans I think the matters of Great Lakes are more important than denials and acceptances especially between Uganda and Rwanda, I there fore think that these matters can only be solved by having a full public inquiry. For some of these issues include but not exclusively people's lives. Let us not forget that people like Kaziini Museveni Kagame Nyakayirima on and on operated in Uganda at a certain point and time, and they were operating in the Uganda population who among them some are still alive. If the genocide of Rwanda can call for a tribunal, Ugandans deserve nothing less than a public inquiry. For this is not about who has a grudge against who but this is who did what to Ugandans. 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: John Rukumbura To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:38 PM Subject: [rwanda-l] Kagame denies Kazini ' grudge' Kagame denies Kazini 'grudge'By Our Reporter June 11, 2003 President Paul Kagame of Rwanda yesterday denied that he holds a personal grudge against Maj. Gen. James Kazini, the former Ugandan army commander. Mr Kagame's spokesman Dr Emmanuel Ndahiro yesterday called The Monitor from Kigali to "strongly protest" our Tuesday story (Aronda was Kagame's Best Man) which said that the grudge against Maj. Gen. Kazini developed when both men still served in the NRA (now UPDF). According to our story Mr Kagame was bitter that Maj. Gen. Kazini had ordered the arrest of Mr Kagame's relative who was implicated in kidnappings and armed robbery. The man allegedly died shortly after. But in an angry response yesterday, Mr Kagame said that the allegations are inaccurate and had hurt the Rwandan presidency. Dr Ndahiro said that the Rwandan leader does not hold any personal grudge against Maj. Gen. Kazini. "Ask Kazini himself. He himself would not provide the name of such a relative of Kagame. This is the first time we are hearing that Kagame can protect a criminal or anybody involved in armed robbery," Dr Ndahiro said. He said that while Mr Kagame would never approve of the shooting of any criminals without the due process of the law, the incident involving Maj. Gen. Kazini and Mr Kagame's relative never happened. "Kagame and Kazini were never even involved in the same security operation. By the time Kazini was in the military police Kagame might even have already left Uganda. So that situation never happened and such a relative does not exist," Dr Ndahiro said. "So we protest very strongly. I do not deny that Maj. Gen. Aronda Nyakairima was my best man. That bit of the story is OK. But I strongly protest the paragraphs [about Kazini] that were meant to hurt, especially at this time [when our two countries are trying to normalise relations]," Mr Kagame said through his aide. The Monitor has apologised elsewhere for inadvertently suggesting that Mr Kagame might have attempted to protect a criminal. © 2003 The Monitor Publications Post
Re: ugnet_: Army Rescues 29 Captives
Does any body remember when Museveni went on BBC and stated "Man we massacred those chaps" what year was that again? Today Ankunda states "Diminishing" 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:41 AM Subject: ugnet_: Army Rescues 29 Captives Ankunda said, "Now there are indicators following all these daily achievements that the UPDF is diminishing the strength of the enemy. We are killing them on a daily basis."What indictators? You man stop decieving usThe so called "Kony rebels" have pretty much finished destroying most of the catholic church in Acholi region.. and you are telling us mambo jumbo story that Mbu "there are indictators blah..blahWhat nonsense is this?Matek Army Rescues 29 Captives New Vision (Kampala)June 10, 2003 Posted to the web June 10, 2003 Kampala Twenty-nine captives were rescued over the weekend and two LRA rebels killed by the UPDF 5th Division during a two-day battle at Abilo-Nino, Amyel, Agago county in Pader district.Dennis Ojwee reports that northern army spokesman Lt. Paddy Ankunda yesterday said the troops, who were commanded by Maj. Michael Ondoga of the 15th battalion, recovered weapons including a 60-milimeter motor gun and a light machine gun with 138 bullets.Ankunda said, "Now there are indicators following all these daily achievements that the UPDF is diminishing the strength of the enemy. We are killing them on a daily basis."Koyo Lalogi was one of the contact places where the Koyo Lalogi paramount chief, Joseph Oywak-Ywakamoi, reportedly met LRA commanders including Charles Tabuley for peace talks between the presidential Peace Team and the LRA rebels that flopped.Meanwhile, another group of LRA rebels infiltrated Alokolum villages near Lacor on Sunday night, broke into retail shops, looted merchandise and reportedly abducted an unspecified number of people.
Re: ugnet_: LRA Now Targets Catholic Church
"Do we have an actual organisation in Northern
Uganda called LRA, or all these banditry activities are carried out by UPDF from
day one"? This is where I would need a member of a Reform Agenda to help
me.
Em
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Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in
anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans
l'anarchie"
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Subject: ugnet_: LRA Now Targets Catholic
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Fellow Citizens:Engage, if you like, with
me in a little critical analysis with here!!. We have an organization
(the catholic church that is) which has been working tirelessly to mediate
between the so called LRA rebels and Museveni's NRA (or is it UPDF) .
Indeed we have witnessed on very many occasion Bishops of the Catholic
Church (such as Onono) and Priest risking their lives while
acting as peace mediators in order to resolve the conflict in northern Uganda
peacefully. ..and now KONY ignores all this good gesture on the
pat of the Priest and Bishops.Instead KONY decides to attack the
Catholic Church!... The question is: does this Kony act make any sense to
you?Could it be that it is UPDF troops attacking Catholic Church
premises and then claiming that the so called KONY rebels are the ones
carrying out such attacks.After all, is it not but a fact that the
UPDF is opposed to any peaceful resolution of the conflict in Northern
Uganda. Instead insisting on Military solution ?That
stated, one can therefore argue that it is precisely because the
UPDF is opposed to the Catholic Churches role as a mediator
between UPDF and the so called Kony rebels, that is why Museveni and his
NRA troops saw it fit to attack church property in Northern Uganda.,
Think about it!!!Matek LRA Now Targets Catholic
Church The
Monitor (Kampala)June 8, 2003 Posted to the web June 9, 2003
Frank NyakairuKampala Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army
have said they want direct talks with President Yoweri Museveni without any
mediation.The Missionary Service News Agency MISNA said on Friday that
the rebels who have declined any form of mediation are now targeting the
Catholic missions in the northern region.var bnum=new
Number(Math.floor( * Math.random())+1);document.write(""); "Rebels (LRA) are ready to negotiate with the
government, but they want to talk directly with Ugandan President Yoweri
Museveni," said MISNA. The statement also added, "the rebels decline any sort
of mediation on behalf of the local religious leaders."The message to
the president was given to Fr Alex Ojera, who was captured and then released
on Friday. Fr. Ojera is a parish priest of Alito 17km northwest of Lira. "Fr
Alex Ojera was ordered to read out the message given to him over the two main
radio stations present in the area: that of the Lira district and the BBC,"
MISNA said.The rebels are also said to have looted and destroyed the
mission and set 54 huts ablaze. This is the ninth time the rebels are
attacking mission in the region. The Churches in northern Uganda have been
mediating between government and the rebels for years.The minister of
State for Defence Ruth Nankabirwa said the rebels are welcome if they are
serious about peace talks. This is news you are telling me," said Nankabirwa
adding, "If they have written that letter let them give us the venue and other
details and we give it a chance. Talks have been held all over the world,"
said Nankabirwa.President Museveni declared an all out military
campaign against the LRA rebels after efforts to talk peace collapsed early
this year. The call for direct talk is the first in the 17-year LRA rebellion
in northern Uganda.
