RE: ugnet_: With multi-party talks on hold, let us do federo
Mr. Lugemwa, When did this piece appear in the Monitor? Original Message Follows From: Lugemwa FN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: With multi-party talks on hold, let us do federo Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 06:48:20 -0800 (PST) The Editor The Monitor Publication Kampala, Uganda With multi-party talks on hold, let us do federo by FN Lugemwa e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Working toward defining and establishing an "all-inclusive" federal system of governance is more pressing for Uganda at the moment than multi-party talks. Accordingly, a federo conference is urgently needed to discuss the future of our country. The specific focus of such conference, I suggest, would be to devise modalities for the devolution of power to, and defining the duties and responsibilities of, regional leaders. In short, defining a genuine and durable federal governance system and identifying key projects and drawing up a time-table for successful transition to such a system. Ugandans need to start serious discussions on genuine federalism whereby decentralized units would have autonomy and the attendant political and economic muscle in forms of powers and administrative tasks in such areas as raising revenue. History and it tends to repeats itself should be our teacher. Uganda had parties under Obote. No parties under the late Idi Amin. None of these two leaders was willing to hand over power peacefully and leave town. History could repeat itself in Uganda if there is truth to the talk around third term project, three more years, and the third way. Obote and the late Idi Amin ruled Uganda under a unitary system with multi-parties and no parties, respectively. President Museveni has ruled it for almost 20 years under a one-party [movement] system. Ugandans must ask, why did Uganda get the same 'results' under Obote and the late Idi Amin and is about to get the similar 'results' under President Museveni, men with different backgrounds and education? The least common factor among them seems to be a unitary governance system. It seems like the unitary system has failed Uganda. Parties need to realize that without changing the structure of government from unitary to federo parties or no parties--Uganda is bound to remain the same a country riddled with power struggle, capable of only re-cycling leaders, and moving several steps backwards instead of forward. Federo is needed to deal with the complex power structure(s) in a multi-ethnic society. Once the question of federo has been settled, as per both the Odoki and Ssempebwa Commissions, Ugandans will decide which party is fit to be the first custodian of federo. - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! Find high-speed net deals comparison-shop your local providers here. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
RE: ugnet_: Re: Re: With multi-party talks on hold, let us do federo
Thank you Mr Lugemwa! Original Message Follows From: Lugemwa FN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Re: Re: With multi-party talks on hold, let us do federo Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:22:29 -0800 (PST) Note: forwarded message attached. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ << message3.txt >> Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed experience. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: New Vision: UWA is exposing Ugandas integrity to risk, ridicule!
UWA is exposing Ugandas integrity to risk, ridicule! SIR After two decades of conducting chimpanzee research and promoting eco-tourism in Kibale National Park, I have acquired great admiration for the morality and vision of Uganda and its people. So it is with sadness that I see the controversy over the request from China for three chimpanzees. The Ugandan Wildlife Authority (UWA) says the question of sending chimpanzees to China is a decision for Uganda rather than her friends and advisors, especially when future economic, political and cultural alliances with China lie in the balance. Of course. But there remains a problem. Despite claims that the fate of three chimpanzees is a small matter in all conscience, as the UWA chairman, John Nagenda would have the world believe, it is actually Ugandas stature as a world leader in wildlife conservation and welfare that is at risk. Uganda has enormous respect as a leader of wildlife conservation and welfare. If the chimps are treated as political objects, in the eyes of many that moral leadership will be lost. And that doesnt seem such a small matter. Uganda has the finest record of ape conservation and care in the world. Her reputation brings tourists wanting to see both gorillas and chimpanzees, funds from donors supporting the orphan chimps, investment by NGOs and multi-lateral organisations, and invitations to host international conferences. All this could unravel if Uganda treats her apes as gifts of state to be distributed at will. Based on experience in other countries, there will be an international outcry. There will be fears of further export, or capture from the wild. Investors will likely scale down their funds, visitors will be fewer, and facility standards will be jeopardised. Welfare organisations cannot be expected to continue spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on Ngamba Island Sanctuary knowing that the apes whose lives they are improving may at any time be shipped off to a zoo. Uganda is less likely to be invited to host UN meetings concerned with conservation. We might feel that such pressure reeks of blackmail. But it would come from the grassroots. Many people around the world, and surely in Uganda also, feel passionately about the great apes because the more we learn, the more similar their minds seem to our own. To many people, exporting three chimps from a forest sanctuary would be an immoral act, almost like exporting three orphaned people. So how might Uganda honour her friendship with China, yet keep faith with the moral principles that have brought so much respect? Ugandas people, rather than apes, offer a solution. China wants chimpanzees, but has little expertise about them. Uganda has much expertise, including not only field scientists but also vets skilled in ape care. Couldnt UWA ask Ugandan PhDs and DVMs to help? Ugandas national experts could contact zoos around the world with surplus chimpanzees, and facilitate a zoo-to-zoo transfer. They could help design a Chinese facility based on naturalistic principles, one that would respect the needs of the apes and thereby become the best chimpanzee sanctuary in China. Uganda has far more to offer than a trade in wildlife. Wouldnt Uganda gain more by parading her peoples skills than by offering captive apes? This would be a move for the 21st century, to export expertise rather than animals. It would bring honour and admiration from around the world. Professor Richard Wrangham Department of Anthropology Harvard University Co-Chair, Great Ape World Heritage Species Project Published on: Friday, 30th January, 2004 Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed experience. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
RE: ugnet_: "Kasita ffe twebaka ku tulo"
Ms. Nansikombi, You wrote, in part,: "I have never seen any President in Uganda who forced people in the Camps as if there not in their own country, Except Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Ugandas have suffered." This may very well be true, as I do not know how old you are. But here is a historical fact: Obote put hundreds of thousands of Ugandan in camps in the now infamous "Luweero Triangle" and his regime murdered at least 300,000 Ugandans -- mostly Baganda -- during his second misrule of 1980-1985. Other estimate put Obote's massacres at 500,000 victims, i.e. 100,000 per year or ca. 10,000 per month -- which is well over 300 Ugandans every single day that Obote misruled Uganda in the 1980s!! There is a lot of documentary evidence of Obote's tryranny and institutionalization of violence in Uganda as well as abuse of office & violation of human rights of citizens. This includes, but is not limited to: 1. Reports of organizations like Amnesty International 2. Minority Rights Group Report No. 66 3. A video shot in Luweero Triangle in the early 1980s showing people in camps, some massacres, etc. Several people have a copy of this video, including me. You can also get some of BBC's video footage of the same era. 4, Many articles in newspapers like New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, etc, etc. Additionally, you may refer to the U.S. Country Study for Uganda. Here is an excerpt: The Second Obote Regime: 1981-85 In February 1981, shortly after the new Obote government took office, with Paulo Muwanga as vice president and minister of defense, a former Military Commission member, Yoweri Museveni, and his armed supporters declared themselves the National Resistance Army (NRA). Museveni vowed to overthrow Obote by means of a popular rebellion, and what became known as "the war in the bush" began. Several other underground groups also emerged to attempt to sabotage the new regime, but they were eventually crushed. Museveni, who had guerrilla war experience with the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frente de Libertaçâo de Moçambique--Frelimo), campaigned in rural areas hostile to Obote's government, especially central and western Buganda and the western regions of Ankole and Bunyoro. The Obote government's four-year military effort to destroy its challengers resulted in vast areas of devastation and greater loss of life than during the eight years of Amin's rule. UNLA's many Acholi and Langi had been hastily enrolled with minimal training and little sense of discipline. Although they were survivors of Amin's genocidal purges of northeast Uganda, in the 1980s they were armed and in uniform, conducting similar actions against Bantu-speaking Ugandans in the south, with whom they appeared to feel no empathy or even pity. In early 1983, to eliminate rural support for Museveni's guerrillas the area of Luwero District, north of Kampala, was targeted for a massive population removal affecting almost 750,000 people. These artificially created refugees were packed into several internment camps subject to military control, which in reality meant military abuse. Civilians outside the camps, in what came to be known as the "Luwero Triangle," were presumed to be guerrillas or guerrilla sympathizers and were treated accordingly. The farms of this highly productive agricultural area were looted--roofs, doors, and even door frames were stolen by UNLA troops. Civilian loss of life was extensive, as evidenced some years later by piles of human skulls in bush clearings and alongside rural roads. The army also concentrated on the northwestern corner of Uganda, in what was then West Nile District. Bordering Sudan, West Nile had provided the ethnic base for much of Idi Amin's earlier support and had enjoyed relative prosperity under his rule. Having born the brunt of Amin's anti-Acholi massacres in previous years, Acholi soldiers avenged themselves on inhabitants of Amin's home region, whom they blamed for their losses. In one famous incident in June 1981, Ugandan Army soldiers attacked a Catholic mission where local refugees had sought sanctuary. When the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported a subsequent massacre, the government expelled it from Uganda. Despite these activities, Obote's government, unlike Amin's regime, was sensitive to its international image and realized the importance of securing foreign aid for the nation's economic recovery. Obote had sought and followed the advice of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF), even though the austerity measures ran counter to his own ideology. He devalued the Uganda shilling by 100 percent, attempted to facilitate the export of cash crops, and postponed any plans he may once have entertained for reestablishing one-party rule. The continued sufferance of the DP, although much harried and abused by UPC stalwarts, became an important symbol to international donors. The government's inability to eliminate Mus
ugnet_: Re: When the wife earns more - Anyomokolo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <> Let me respond to you by 'speaking' for myself. I am a single and educated woman. I don't have any kids. I am sexually, biologically, mentally and emotionally very fit. I am young, I work every day, I can cook for myself, I wash my own clothes and clean my own house. I make enough money to take care of three children by myself and still live large. Why in the world, in my right head, for God's sake, would I want to get married and lose my freedom to the kitchen where I would be confined to between four walls laboring myself like a horse to make a man, my husband, happy? A total stranger for that matter! Are you crazy? Let me mentioned that I was raised to believe that this culture of marriage, is the best way of life for me as a woman. I never asked "HOW" or "WHY" until three years ago. I refused to follow a culture that suppresses my freedom in exchange for a man's best interest. Why should I dedicate my life to caring for another woman's child? Becuase he is my husband? 'Flip' that! I would rather die without having a husband. A man who is old enough to be the 'head of the house' should get his lazy behind out of bed and cook his own damn food, and wash his own 'flipping' clothes. If he is strong enough to have an erection and have sex every day, he should be storng enough to do all the house work every day. How can a grown man be 'head of the house' when he can't do anything around the house? Please! Like I said, I was not raised this way. I was raised in an African home with very strong Luo/African culture. But three years ago, I examined this culture of marriage and realized that it serves me, a woman, no purpose in this world. Someone need to explain to me why I should lose my freedom by getting married. That is not all! On top of losing my freedom, I become a sex slaves to a man who could probably become so boring after just one or two years. That is not all! I would labor everyday like a horse; cooking, cleaning and all that. That is not all! On top of all that, this man would be controlling me, telling what to do and yet he wants me to care for him sexually, emotionally, physically and what not, as if he were my own child! Bullsh*t! A man who can't take care of his own @#$ better go back to his mother's house because I did not bring anyone into this world. My responsibilities are my own children and not another woman's grown up, old piece of .. To conlude, [EMAIL PROTECTED], I am a very happy woman. I am not lonely and I am not miserable. I live my life the way I want to. I go whenever I want, come back to my own damn mansion whenever I please, I spend my money however I want to, but most important, I have absolute mental freedom. This include freedom to hangout with the mail man any time I want. I express myself very eloquently without beating around the bush becuase I don't give a damn about my culture nor what men think of me becuase I don't need them, men, for anything. I got my sexual freedom and my own money and that is all that matters to me. I AM A LOT HAPPIER THAN MANY HOUSEWIVES; especially those who are financially dependent on their husbands. I need only one thing from men and I don't need to get married and go through all that bullsh*t in order to get it. The mail man delivers mail at least twice a week. If want to have a baby, all agotta do is take my money from the bank to the bank. I will get married when the advantages outways the disadvantages. For now, to hell with marriage. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals
ugnet_: Kerry's dark days
Title: Message Vietnam stance irks veterans By TERRY GARLOCK Terry L. Garlock of Peachtree City was a Cobra helicopter pilot in Vietnam. FileJohn Kerry, who headed a veterans' group opposed to the Vietnam War, receives support from a gallery of peace demonstrators and tourists as he testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971. Forum:• Were John Kerry's protests against the Vietnam War inappropriate? Now that U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is claiming the veteran vote based on his war record, both sides of that story should be told. To appreciate the dark side of Kerry's war record, you should know a few things about Vietnam veterans. The public and the press make a mistake when they divide us into decorated veterans like Kerry and then all the others. We like to think of ourselves as brothers -- those who fought the enemy directly in combat and those who provided vital support in protected areas that were in many cases exposed to attack. Even today, when two Vietnam veterans meet for the first time, they might say, "Welcome home, brother!" because many were never welcomed home. They met the cold shoulder of an ungrateful nation on their return. Those of us whose job was combat feel an even deeper sense of brotherhood. We learned to trust our brothers on the ground, on the water and in the air to do the right things to protect one another, a bond that cannot be fully explained in words. We quietly feared dying in battle, but there was something we feared even more. We knew if we should panic under fire and fail to do our job, we might lose our brothers' trust or we might lose their lives, and this we feared more than anything. Like Kerry, I have a couple of medals, but who has what medal among combat veterans doesn't make a dime's worth of difference between us. What matters is that we are, for the rest of our life, brothers who kept faith with one another in a miserable war. A young Kerry, however, broke faith with his brothers when he returned to the United States. With the financial aid of Jane Fonda, he led highly visible protests against the war. He wrote a book that many considered to be pro-Hanoi, titled "The New Soldier." The cover photo of his book depicted veterans in a mismatch of military uniforms mocking the legendary image of Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi in the 1945 battle for Iwo Jima, holding the American flag upside down. Kerry publicly supported Hanoi's position to use our POWs as a bargaining chip in negotiations for a peace agreement. Kerry threw what appeared to be his medals over a fence in front of the Capitol building in protest, on camera of course, but was caught in his lie years later when his medals turned up displayed on his office wall. Many good and decent people opposed the Vietnam War. Many of us who fought it hated it, too. I know I did. But like Fonda's infamous visit to Hanoi in 1972, Kerry's public actions encouraged our enemy at a time they were killing America's sons. Decades after the war was done, interviews with our former enemy's leaders confirmed that public protests in the United States, like Kerry's, played a significant role in their strategy. Many of us wonder which of our brothers who died young would be alive today had people like Fonda and Kerry objected to the war in a more suitable way. Now that it serves his ambition to be president, Kerry reminds the public of his war record daily. But the dark side of that record is not being told. Many Vietnam veterans have taken notice, and many of us will vigorously oppose Kerry's election to any office. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.573 / Virus Database: 363 - Release Date: 1/28/2004
ugnet_: Bundibugyo mourns slain Nkayarwa
Bundibugyo mourns slain Nkayarwa The 18th NRM celebrations in Bundibugyo nearly flopped after residents leant that Major George Nkayarwa had died in a Pader rebel ambush, reports Frank Kibulya. Wananchi at the poorly attended celebrations at Boma Grounds struggled to contain tears as speakers paid tribute to Nkayarwa, describing him as a hero. The district chairman, Jackson Bambalira, told a crowd of bewildered women and children that Major Nkayarwa helped recapture Bundibugyo from ADF rebels in 1997. We have lost a courageous son of the soil. He selflessly fought to drive ADF rebels from this town. The rebels had temporarily captured it. Even now some of us have been channelling our problems to top UPDF leadership through him. I can tell you sincerely that I am reluctantly here and shaken, Bambalira said. District Woman MP Jane Alisemera said she was saddened by the death of Nkayarwa at such a tender age. She said women in Bundibugyo had lost a son who made them proud of giving birth. As mothers this is a terrible loss. It makes mothers proud to give birth to a son like major Nkayarwa. He saved us from ADF invasion. Where shall we get a replacement? We have only a few officers in UPDF, she said. Published on: Friday, 30th January, 2004 Email this article to a friend. Gook The strategy of the guerilla struggle was to cause maximum chaos and destruction in order to render the government of the day very unpopular Lt. Gen. Kaguta Museveni (Leader of the NRA guerilla army in Luwero)MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
RE: ugnet_: "Kasita ffe twebaka ku tulo"
Dear Ugandans: I salute to all of you and Happy New Year. Fellow Ugandans, I am replying to all those letters or people who were interviewed. I must say there is something absolutely wrong with Ugandans. May be because they have been under confusion for the last 18 years and they are just dummy, they can not remember anything in this world. You can sleep!!, Yes you can sleep. I am asking you one Question: Where did Yoweri Museveni fight in Gorilla War? In heaven! or In the Ocean? Museveni Kaguta Quarrel, Nasty killer, Layer he killed our children up to day in the North of Uganda. Lied the whole world and now the world has came to know him. he continued his killing by killing Hima in Rwanda, and Congo with his nottorious Government. Musveni is A Saddist, Hitla of the Mordern World. When they entered Uganda while fighing, What Uniforms where they wearing!!! not of those he had killed?? I am asking you these questions: Before Museven and his Nasty Government came to Power in Uganda. Did we have houses/buildings? My answer is We had very very beautiful, tall and clearn Buildings. Which I understand are full of corrupted click, family Tree. What happened to our beautiful Hospitals? Roads, Buses to help people for poor peoples transportation? Who killed people in Lweroro Not him? Where are Jobs for people to enjoy Uganda? Are the jobs for the people of Uganda or for the Family Tree? I have never seen any President in Uganda who forced people in the Camps as if there not in their own country, Except Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Ugandas have suffered. No have I seen people in thousands being burnt in Rail Wagons like fish. Except Museveni's Government. I have never seen many Uganda running out Uganda than during the Movement Government. There allot to write but I feel bad because My country as been robbed and denied life. Museveni has killed my people and the world is just looking as though it is Museven who owns Uganda. Fellow Uganda What did we do to deserve this time of Government? Please, Lord hear our prayers and remove this monster Museveni and His NRM/NRM-O. Only his family and Family tree are enjoying while ours are suffering and dying. Fellow Ugandans Weak up and remove that Monster. Let it go for good. Weak up Fellow Ugandans. Our Uganda is blooding Blood. their beloved Country more than I have seen during Museveni's Government. It is more than that We can work the whole night without anybody disturbing; soldiers who used to disturb us no longer do that. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mitayo PotosiSent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:00 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: ugnet_: "Kasita ffe twebaka ku tulo" "Kasita ffe twebaka ku tulo" 18 years of Movt rule By Mercy Nalugo and Patrick Onyango Jan 27, 2004 As Uganda celebrated 18 years under the rule of President Museveni and his Movement group yesterday, The Monitors Mercy Nalugo and Patrick Onyango went around Kampala streets asking about the best and worst of this government: - Mr Godfrey Kayongo, boda boda cyclist Best: We can work the whole night without anybody disturbing; soldiers who used to disturb us no longer do that. Worst: There are no jobs; even those who went to school are like us. We didnt go to school and everybody is crying no jobs, no jobs. Industries that used to offer employment to people have all closed down and the few that are remaining cannot accommodate everybody. Even coffee factories have all been closed and yet coffee is the major cash crop in Uganda. Now where do you expect people to get jobs? Mr Deo Ssengooba, trader Best: We have peace and there is nobody harassing us like in the past. Worst: High taxes have made matters worse for poor Ugandans. The little we get goes to government in form of taxes. We are only praying that government should either remove or reduce some of these taxes. Mr Derek Nkata, accountant Best: Museveni has stabilised the economy and brought peace in some parts of the country. Worst: What we earn is from hand to mouth; you cant save say Shs 5,000. If you try to save it, it will be in the bank for just three days then you go and you withdraw it. People came from the village thinking that they would make a better living in Kampala but all have gone back. Things are really bad for a poor man but there are those, of course, who are enjoying themselves to the maximum. Ms Zabeth Nansubuga, trader Best: During Musevenis regime, I have managed to build a house that means there are a lot of developments going on in the country. Soldiers no longer take our properties by force. UPE [Universal Primary Education] has made all our children to go to school. Worst: I dont have any problem with the regime. Mr Tom Kyeyune, spare parts dealer Best: President Museveni has achieved in restoring peace in the country and checking on the armys disc
Re: ugnet_: Sperm bank in fresh appeal for donors!.Men Where art Thou????
Egg Donation: Booming Baby Business?Is Donation Practice Turning Babies Into Commodity?http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/health/2667719/detail.htmlOver the past decade, egg donation programs have become mainstream [in theUSA]. They offer an option for interfile couples, most of whom waited toolong to have children. But with criteria like 1400 SAT scores, athleticbuild and beauty, some people worry the practice is turning babies into acommodity. Advertisements are popping up in college newspapers across thecountry that offer $20,000 or more to young, attractive, healthy, smartwomen willing to donate their eggs. While infertile couples consider ittheir best chance for a child, others worry it is turning babies into abusiness. Your complete pre-conception, pregnancy and parenting resource! http://www.thebabycorner.com/di.DI Chat -- Every Tuesday night at 9:00 pm Eastern at http://thebabycorner.com/boards/bcchat.php.Visit the DI Bulleten BoardS!DI Parents Board - http://www.thebabycorner.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?forumid=78Trying to Conceive with DI Board - http://www.thebabycorner.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?forumid=13.For more DI information and resources, go to http://www.angelfire.com/bc/donorinseminationOwor Kipenji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : Sperm bank in fresh appeal for donors By Obote Akoko The countrys first sperm bank, based at Kenyatta National Hospital, has sent a fresh appeal for donors to service a growing clientele. Project head, Prof Christine Kigondu, said the project is recruiting at least 100 regular sperm donors. "We have many clients on the waiting list and so our objective is to recruit and maintain a regular brigade of top quality donors." The project, she told Horizon, has been receiving many inquiries about their services, hence the fresh appeal for volunteer sperm donors. However, she was categorical that the University of Nairobi- KNH joint initiative does not purchase or trade in sperms but banks them for use in treatment of women unable to conceive. A close collaboration between the sperm bank is being forged with the recently acquired test-tube baby making technology at the Kenya Medical Research Institute. According Prof. Kigondu, the demand for infertility treatment using donated stored sperms has significantly increased in the country since her project was launched early last year. "Observations from our fertility clinics indicate that many couples need help because of male partners whom for one reason or another cannot sire children," she said. One segment that could benefit from the facility, she said, are Kenyan soldiers proceeding on foreign peace keeping missions. "They could take advantage to deposit their reproductive health seeds in the bank," she said. Before the US marines left for the Gulf Wars of 1991 and 2003, many banked their sperms together with their wills - just in case! Studies done at KNH a few years ago under the auspices of the World Health Organisation showed that the male factor was responsible for infertility in 30 per cent of the couples. Apart from genetic causes, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), environmental and other factors affect the ability of men to produce healthy sperms and in enough numbers to fertilise eggs produced by their wives. Affected men either produce very few or no sperms at all. Semen carrying sperms may also fail to deliver the male fertility seeds to cause pregnancy in a woman due to obstruction of the sperm duct. Men producing the so-called lazy sperms, deformed or abnormally shaped sperms also have reduced chances of impregnating women, hence the need to assist their partners sire babies using high quality donated sperms. "Even men who produce fewer numbers of sperms can benefit by donating their own sperms to be concentrated (or pooled), washed and then given to their wives without relying on other males," says Prof Kigondu. According to the University of Nairobi gynaecology professor, people with certain diseases like cancer can donate their sperms for storage before undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy to reduce the chances of destroying their reproductive health seeds. Such sperms are frozen in liquid nitrogen tanks for years until required by the donors partners. For this and other noble causes, many public and private sperm banks today exist in developed countries. Only wills are written to specify how the donated/stored sperms can be used or destroyed much later. During an interview recently, the KNH sperm bank boss said the younger men today suffer from infertility yet they neither go for medical check-ups nor seek help to enable their wives bear children. "In the majority of cases, men, more in rural areas, still blame women for childlessness when in fact they (the men) sometimes acquire infertility right from childhood," she said. She cautioned that early childhood diseases like mumps, coupled with STIs later in life, destroy the male reproductive germ cells, leading to infer
ugnet_: MPs boo SemakulaKiwanuka
MPs boo SemakulaKiwanuka By Felix Osike STATE minister for Luweero Triangle Prof. Semakula Kiwanuka was yesterday booed by MPs and forced to abandon his speech as he tried to defend the granting of more powers to the president to dissolve parliament in case of a stalemate. It was Kiwanukas second attempt to address the rowdy MPs at a National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi, retreat. Vice-President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya opened the meeting on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Kiwanuka was shut down as he tried to back the lifting of the presidential term limit which MPs, mainly from the movement caucus, are generally opposed to. The National Political Commissar, Dr. Crispus Kiyonga, admitted that there were some problems within the movement and appealed to members to resolve them before it becomes weak. People are throwing stones at us and even within the movement there are some problems. Some of the methods we are using are not correct. Theres rivalry and theres corruption. We must find a way of dealing with it otherwise we shall become weak, said Kiyonga, who presented a paper on the importance of cadreship in managing the transition. As the retreat entered its third day yesterday, only 69 MPs, all dressed in military uniforms, were in attendance. Published on: Friday, 30th January, 2004 Email this article to a friend. Gook The strategy of the guerilla struggle was to cause maximum chaos and destruction in order to render the government of the day very unpopular Lt. Gen. Kaguta Museveni (Leader of the NRA guerilla army in Luwero)Protect your PC - Click here for McAfee.com VirusScan Online This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: Re: Re: With multi-party talks on hold, let us do federo
Note: forwarded message attached. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/--- Begin Message --- Muky. Edith Kyeyune, When you get time visit www.federo.com and check out our FAQ. A response to your worries also follow. **Other UNAAnetters should check that site out because there are some candid answers there. Will federalism solve ALL Uganda's problems? No, federalism is not a panacea; it cannot and will not solve all problems. Indeed, it may sometimes create new ones or at least make them more obvious. Federalism however, has many virtues, not least letting people take more control over their own lives, better satisfying local preferences. Moreover, state governments can always utilize previously unused entrepreneurial and managerial resources and hence strengthen rather than weaken the overall level of administration and governance. "Small" may not always be beautiful, but it is more likely to reflect and yield what the local people really want. > But I would like to hear more, especially how Ugandans will be identified for each >"kingdom". For example if you are born in Fort Portal to Basoga parents, does that >make you a mutooro, for matters of identification? You are a Musoga by ethnicity, but a resident of Toro who shall be eligible to enjoy most benefits available to all Toro state residents. Should the person born of Basoga parents in Toro decide to stay and grow up in Toro, chances are that person will be eligible to run for certain offices. What those offices shall be is to be determined by the state constitution of Toro at the right moment by the people of Toro. >Here in the US, if you were born in California, you are a Californian.> Strictly speaking, there is no such as a thing as Californian but American. You are born an American citizen irrespective of where and most rights and benefits are portable from state to state. The residency requirement applies to those born out of state simply because one has to pay taxes before s/he can enjoy certain state benefits [residency requirements do not apply when it comes to federal matters]. For example, one can move from CA to IL and join the federal service right away or the military but not the state militia or state public service. That said, some states have reciprocal arrangements especially neighboring states and we hope that will be the case in a future federal Uganda. >If later you move to Georgia, you become a resident after living there for a year. >Residency .entitles to such things as in-state >tution fees, state-provided scholarships etc. To prove your residency, you >have to provide a mortgage note/security deed or a lease agreement; and also >power/phone bills for at least one year. How is federo going to handle this >critical issue? As of now there are no state schools in Uganda, but once federalism is fully implemented, these issues will be handled by the appropriate bodies. We can't say a priori how Toro, Buganda, Karamoja or Busoga will decide on specific issues. That is for the voters and leaders in those states to handle. Bear in mind why Federalism is being proposed: to move away from the one size fits all mentality. Issues of residency have much to do with paying taxes and enjoying attendant benefits. That is why Georgia imposes a year residency to those born outside of Georgia-you have to pay some taxes before you can start to claim state benefits. That is fair enough. It may as well be the case in Uganda with regards to certain services. There is nothing wrong with that because it is what federalism is all about. Obusingye, FN Lugemwa, http://successisthekey.tripod.com www.federo.com Kyeyune Kyeyune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mr. Lugemwa,After reading your posting below, I started thinking that if something is too good to be true, it probably isn't true. How can federo be a panacea for everything that ails our country? The only cure-all I know of is snake oil. But I would like to hear more, especially how Ugandans will be identified for each "kingdom". For example if you are born in Fort Portal to Basoga parents, does that make you a mutooro, for matters of identification? Here in the US, if you were born in California, you are a Californian. If later you move to Georgia, you become a resident after living there for a year. Residency entitles to such things as in-state tution fees, state-provided scholarships etc. To prove your residency, you have to provide a mortgage note/security deed or a lease agreement; and also power/phone bills for at least one year. How is federo going to handle this critical issue?Thanks,Edith KyeyuneMessage: 4Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 06:48:20 -0800 (PST)From: Lugemwa FN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: With multi-party talks on hold, let us do federoThe EditorThe Monitor PublicationKampala, UgandaWith multi-party talks on hold, let us do federob
RE: ugnet_: Remember what happened before when Uganda's Constitution was Changed by Obote? 2
gook, you cannot fool all the people all the time. I hope you are not suggesting that there were debates when on 15th April 1966, during a parliamentary session in which Obote was surrounded by troops, the constitution was overthrown and a so-called 'revolutionary' constitution was adopted by MPs who had not even seen it beforehand but had found copies of it in their pigeon-holes ! Debates indeed ! Kasangwawo From: "gook makanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ugnet_: Remember what happened before when Uganda's Constitution was Changed by Obote? 2 Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:10:23 + << message3.txt >> _ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband And some people tell us these things where never discussed? That there was no democracy then? What then is this? Ssemakula, thank you for exposing the lies of such people! Rgds 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 e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.
ugnet_: Did U.S. Intentionally Destroy Iraq's Water System in Gulf War I?
Apparently this story was censored by the media for some reason. # 5 U.S. Intentionally Destroyed Iraq's Water System
Source:The Progressive
September 2001
Title: "The Secret Behind the Sanctions: How the U.S. Intentionally Destroyed Iraq's Water Supply"
Author: Thomas J. Nagy
www.progressive.org
Faculty evaluator: Rick Luttmann
Student researchers: Adria Cooper, Erik Wagle, Adam Cimino, Chris Salvano During the Gulf War the United States deliberately bombed Iraq's water system. After the war, the U.S. pushed sanctions to prevent importation of necessary supplies for water purification. These actions resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians many of whom were young children. Documents have been obtained from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which prove that the Pentagon was fully aware of the mortal impacts on civilians in Iraq and was actually monitoring the degradation of Iraq's water supply. The destruction of civilian infrastructures necessary for health and welfare is a direct violation of the Geneva Convention.
After the Gulf War, the United Nations applied sanctions against Iraq, which denied the importation of specialized equipment and chemicals, such as chlorine for purification of water. There are six documents that have been partially declassified and can be found on the Pentagon's web site at www.gulflink.osd.mil. These documents include information that prove that the United States was fully aware of the costs to civilians, especially children, by upholding the sanctions against purification of Iraq's water supply.
The primary document is dated January 22, 1991 and is titled, "Iraq Water Treatment Vulnerabilities." {js: the doc is at http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/declassdocs/dia/19950901/950901_511rept_91.html}. This document predicts what will take place when Iraq can no longer import the vital commodities to cleanse their water supply. It states that epidemics and disease outbreaks may occur because of pollutants and bacteria that exist in unpurified water. The document acknowledges the fact that without purified drinking water, the manufacturing of food and medicine will also be affected. The possibilities of Iraqis obtaining clean water, despite sanctions, along with a timetable describing the degradation of Iraq's water supply was also addressed.
The remaining five documents from the DIA confirm the Pentagon's monitoring of the situation in Iraq. In more than one document, discussion of the likely outbreaks of diseases and how they affect "particularly children" is discussed in great detail. The final document titled, "Iraq: Assessment of Current Health Threats and Capabilities," is dated, November 15, 1991, and discusses the development of a counter-propaganda strategy that would blame Saddam Hussein for the lack of safe water in Iraq.
The United States insistence on using this type of sanction against Iraq is in direct violation of the Geneva Convention. The Geneva Convention was created in 1979 to protect the victims of international armed conflict. It states, "It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless, objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population such as foodstuffs, crops, livestock, drinking water installation and supplies, and irrigation works, for the specific purpose of denying them for their sustenance value to the civilian population or to the adverse Party, whatever the motive, whether in order to starve out civilians, to cause them to move away, or for any other motive." The United States, for nearly a decade, has "destroyed, removed, or rendered useless" Iraq's "drinking water installations and supplies."
Although two Democratic Representatives, Cynthia McKinney from Georgia and Tony Hall from Ohio, have spoken out about the degradation of Iraq's water supply and its civilian targets, no acknowledgment of violations has been made. The U.S. policy of destroying the water treatment system of Iraq and preventing its re-establishment has been pursued for more than a decade. The United Nations estimates that more than 500,000 Iraqi children have died as a result of sanctions and that unclean water is a major contributor to these deaths.
Update by John Nagy
"The Secret behind the Sanctions" gives Americans an ax to break out of the cocoon of denial enveloping the genocidal intent and effects of nearly 12 years of economic sanctions against the people of Iraq. This ax is equipped with three blades:
*Blade 1 summarizes partially declassified documents showing that in 1991 the U.S. devised a plan for the total destruction of the water supply; that the U.S. knew in detail the lethal consequences of the plan for the children of Iraq and the U.S. and even assessed the most probable impacts of disease throughout 1991.
*Blade 2 furnishes instructions for accessing the named documents from the Department of Defense's own website.
*Blade 3 gives evidence ranging from Rep. Hall's letter to Sec. of St
