[Ugnet] UGANDA: World Bank gives $4.2 million to resettle ex-rebels
" That which we have been looking for, the wind has brought to us"..somebody is beating the drum with the left hand!!! Matek UGANDA: World Bank gives $4.2 million to resettle ex-rebels 18 May 2005 12:56:29 GMTSource: IRINKAMPALA, 18 May (IRIN) - The World Bank has given Uganda US $4.2 million to fund a project to resettle an estimated 11,000 former rebel fighters, an official said on Tuesday. Moses Draku, spokesman of the Uganda Amnesty Commission, told IRIN that 4,000 other ex-combatants had already been integrated into communities of their choice. "We give them a minimum resettlement package that includes a mattress, a jerry can, seeds and some farming implements, and we implement the programme with other partners who have be handling the psychosocial counseling of these people since they came out of the bush," said Draku. A statement by the head of the commission, Justice Peter Onega, urged members of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, which has fought the government and terrorised civilians in northern Uganda for nearly 19 years, to engage in a genuine and meaningful dialogue with the government to bring the conflict to an end. In 2000, the Ugandan government enacted an amnesty law that granted unconditional amnesty to any Ugandan engaged in armed rebellion who surrendered and denounced violence Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Angop News agency: Angola :WB, OECD to cut aid to Uganda over political tension
WB, OECD to cut aid to Uganda over political tension Kampala, Uganda, 05/19 - Western donors for over 15 years have been describing Uganda as an African success story, citing Kampala as a role model in its economic management. But it seems the situation has now turned in the opposite direction as Kampala`s long term aid providers are withdrawing assistance, saying mismanagement of the East African country`s political transition. The latest to express displeasure at the regime of President Yoweri Museveni, once a darling of the West, are the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), who have threatened to pull the aid plug due to recent political developments in the country. The main sticking point is Museveni`s expressed desire to change the country`s constitution so he could remain in power indefinitely. The former guerrilla leader shot his way to power since 1986. Museveni`s tampering with the constitution has jeopardised the country`s development agenda, the two organisations have insisted. A World Bank-commissioned study headed by Joel Barkan of the University of Iowa, a senior consultant on Africa governance for the bank, recommended aid cut to Uganda over the next three years. The study is called "The Political Economy of Uganda: The Art of Managing a Donor-Financed Neo-Patrimonial State." It added: "We regret that we cannot be more positive about the present political situation in Uganda, especially given the country`s admirable record through the late 1990s." According to the study, the bank should plan for the possibility of a low case-lending programme in Uganda during the period of the forthcoming Country Assistance Strategy. Secondly, the bank and other donors must rethink the appropriateness of continued budget support, and especially, the appropriateness of increasing budget support. "Since the bank cannot weigh in explicitly on Uganda`s political process, this is the only mechanism at its disposal to signal its concern. "Conversely, the continued provision of high levels of budget support, especially when such support can be diverted into classified budgets and used for political purposes, indirectly involves the bank in the political process. "To continue budgetary support at present levels risks embarrassment to the bank, especially after it has been warned, not only by this report, but in what is common knowledge and discourse among leading members of the diplomatic community in Kampala," the confidential 74-page report stated. World Bank has been advised to only restrict its aid assistance to closely-monitored project lending in the ongoing three-year aid programme up to 2008, and humanitarian needs only. Kampala over the past two-years has been in talks with donors, impressing them to shift to budget support, where the government decides how to allocate funds. Bu t over the last five-years donors have been cagey, citing over spending on the army at the expense of social services. The bank warned of violence ahead of elections in June 2006, saying, "The next two years are likely to be years of increasing political conflict. Whether Uganda will be able to manage this heightened level of conflict is difficult to predict." "The uncertainty surrounding the political transition, the war in the north and the growing corruption mean that Uganda is facing a period of rising political uncertainty," the report warned. What started as a lone move by Britain to withhold aid over the pace and direction of Uganda`s political transition has become a wave rallying all the major donors who have now jointly issued an ultimatum to the government over the management of the country`s political transformation. The OECD, which comprises most of Uganda`s top donors, warned in its own report that the East African country`s aid is like ly to be slashed if Museveni`s government mismanages the transition to multipartyism. "While the Movement system under which parties were banned continues to dominate the political process, Ugandans are expressing a growing desire for greater pluralism in the political process," the OECD said in a report that will be launched Wednesday in Paris, France, and in Abuja, Nigeria, at a meeting of African finance and planning ministers. Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the Britain and the USA are among the OECD members. When contacted to react to the donor`s threats of aid withdrawal, Prime Minister and leader of government business, Apolo Nsibambi, said the donors` concerns were varied, saying the transition was moving on very well. "They could be taking away their aid for other reasons but not for political instability. There are usually other reasons which the donors do not tell us," Nsiba mbi insisted. First page | Politics | Economy | Social | Sport | Culture | Africa | International | Specials | 24 hours service © 1996-2003 Angop. All rights reserved.
[Ugnet] Western PR company to sell Uganda
Western PR company to sell Uganda Museveni was once the darling of western leadersThe Ugandan government is to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote its image abroad after growing criticism. Details of the move emerged a day after President Yoweri Museveni released a statement asking foreign donors to respect his country's sovereignty. The UK recently cancelled £5m ($10m) of aid, saying not enough had been done to establish fair multi-party politics. A growing number of critical reports have appeared in the western media. The foreign minister said on Wednesday that the government would be spending about $675,000 to improve their image. The London-based company, Hill and Knowlton (H & K), will also be working with the government to try and improve relationships with human rights groups like Human Rights Watch. The PR company itself been criticised in the past for aiding countries like Indonesia and Turkey, whose human rights records have also come under fire. Since President Museveni came to power 19 years ago, Uganda has operated a unique political system which severely restricted political parties. The political landscape will soon change, with multi-party elections expected next year. Critics accuse President Museveni of using these changes to push through other constitutional changes to allow him to run for president again. Rock star and Aid campaigner Sir Bob Geldof recently accused Mr Museveni of wanting to be president for life. Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Uganda cant survive without aid - Report
Uganda cant survive without aid - Report By David Musoke KAMPALA A New York-based international firm has cast doubt over Ugandas capacity to deal with significant cuts in donor aid.Fitch Ratings Limited said in its report released on March 22, It is doubtful whether Uganda could surmount such a shock in the manner that Kenya has, for example.The report came out the same month Britain withheld Shs17 billion of aid to Uganda because of the slow progress towards the return to multi-party politics. Ireland has also said it is considering to withdraw some of its aid to Uganda because of the governments failure to establish a level playing field for political parties and its campaign to lift presidential term limits.President Yoweri Museveni has reacted saying Uganda can do without aid.The Donor Governance Group, which comprises envoys of Ugandas major donors, also wrote a strong letter to Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi last week raising concer ns over the political transition, human rights violations and corruption.In a thinly veiled warning to the government not to take donor aid for granted, Mr Stig Barlyng, the head of the group and Danish Ambassador to Uganda said in the letter that the decisions that the government takes on the political transition, human rights, corruption and other governance issues agreed on with the donors in the past might influence our development partnership.The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report launched on Tuesday that the countrys aid was likely to be cut if President Musevenis government mismanaged the transition to multi-partyism.President Museveni had earlier said that Uganda could do without foreign aid if the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) could plug the leakages in tax collection.However many Members of Parliament called for caution saying the country still needs the donors. They argued that if donors turned of f the taps, the economy would be disrupted. A treasury official said recently that in case of a major problem, such as a complete aid freeze, Ugandas foreign reserves could run the country for up to six months. Uganda relies on donors to finance half of its budget. The Fitch Ratings report said unlike Kenya, Uganda would find it more difficult to deal with major cuts in aid.Kenya fell out with donors in the late 1990s during the reign of Daniel arap Moi. The donors took a unified position of strong condemnation of the neighbouring countrys human rights and corruption record. Kenya somehow survived the storm until 2003 when Moi left. A consultant attached to the Ministry of Finance, told The Monitor recently that Kenya survived mainly because of its more developed stock exchange market. It could easily mobilise funds by selling government bonds on the stock exchange. However, Ugandas five year-old stock exchange is still weak and is on ly starting to sell government bonds to the public. Fitchs 15-page report says that donor inflows to Uganda have been both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, they have enabled Uganda to address a host of human domestic development shortcomings and on the other they have bred a culture of aid dependence and complicated macro-economic policy, the report says.Grant aid alone, the report says, now accounts for over 30 percent of government expenditure. Without it, the twin fiscal and current account deficits would be in deficit to the tune of 10 - 12 percent of GDP.Relative to other Fitch rated Sub-Saharan African countries, these deficits are worse than Ghana, but not quite on the same scale of Mozambique or Mali.Ugandas domestic revenue is however seriously deficient by any measure, amounting to barely 12 percent of GDP, reflecting the subsistence nature of much of the economy and poor governance, the report said.The Fitch Ratings r eport said that due to the high scale of aid financed expenditure, the Bank of Uganda has been forced to engage in expensive sterilisation operations (through the sale of Treasury Bills and foreign exchange) in order to absorb excess liquidity.This in turn has slowed the depreciation of the exchange rate leading some to argue that Uganda has started to display Dutch disease characteristics and has driven up the stock of domestic debt, simultaneously crowding out the private sector, the report said.Such factors help to explain why Uganda has found it difficult to make the structural leap to private sector/export driven growth of 7-8 percent.The report said Ugandas debt sustainability has remained elusive and the debt/export ratio has climbed to over 300 percent in net present value (NPV) terms.This outcome has been primarily due to valuation changes, reflecting declining international interest rates and the sharp fall in US dollar.Net borrowing has also contributed while arrears continue to accrue to save non-Paris Clubs pending agreement to comparable terms.Fitch Ratings calculation in nominal ratio indicate that Ugand
[Ugnet] Kampala Uganda: Media not patriotic, says govt
Media not patriotic, says govt By Hussein Bogere & Charles Mwanguhya Mpagi NAKASERO The media has come under strong attack from the government for inventing, manufacturing and engineering conflicts between the government and foreign missions accredited to Uganda.The government says the media lacks patriotism and its donor stories are politically driven. Government denounces this behaviour because such a practice by the known interest in the media undermines the Ugandan state. We call upon the media to change from the anti-state and provocative ways. If they refuse to listen to us we shall expose them, the Minister of State for Information, Dr James Nsaba Buturo, said yesterday. He was speaking at the cabinet weekly press briefing at Nakasero.Buturo said that authors of donor stories might be convinced that they are fighting a political battle against the Movement government, but in fact they are exposing themselves to a long-held view that Africas best enemies are Afric ans themselves. The media has run stories of donors like Britain cutting aid and Ireland threatening to follow suit. Government condemns such media attempts to cause fear and uncertainty among the population on the grounds that financial support from the countrys friends is going to stop, Buturo, who is also government spokesman, said. A World Bank-commissioned report published early this week warned of a civil war if President Yoweri Museveni pushes for a third term. It recommended a cut in aid to Uganda over the next three years, warning that extreme prudence is required because of the countrys increased political uncertainty. What is in the minds of people who dont write the truth? The idea that this report represents the views of the World Bank is absurd. These people have other motives. Government is the author of the new dispensation, Buturo said. Buturo also called on certain sections of the media to stop quoting individual rese archers findings about Uganda as the gospel truth. He was referring to Prof. Joel Barkan, the chief architect of the report. That man comes from God knows where and says that we are not interested in democracy. Those views dont represent the World Banks; that is why it disassociated itself from them. It is absurd that the print media spent days and days on a report rejected by the World Bank, Buturo said. Contrary to the researchers findings, Buturo said, the government is bent on democratising Uganda and civil authority is in control of the countrys leadership.The claim that the Presidential Guard Brigade towers over other security arms in the country has no foundation at all. The researcher further claims that Uganda is degenerating into repression. This man should be brought here to tell us what is repression. Instead Uganda is rapidly establishing herself as a bastion of democracy in the region.According to Buturo, government objects to indirect and f requent media references to war should the political process deliver results that are not to their liking. A well-calculated design by some individual politicians and certain sections within the media to sow seeds of fear and uncertainty about the future stability of the country is to be denounced in the strongest terms possible, Buturo said.The government also believes that as long as the political transition process is handled transparently, Ugandans will want to look to the future with hope for a stable and progressive Uganda. They are building up a situation and they want the people to buy it. The fear of a civil war is unfounded and only in the minds of those who dream Uganda should return to the past turmoil. The government will adhere strictly to constitutionalism, widening the political space in order to allow free _expression_ of alternative views. The problem is that its opponents will not believe this, he said. Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Diplomatic romance coming to an end?
Diplomatic romance coming to an end? May 20, 2005 When you see the donor community coming out to criticise a "darling" government in broad day light, know things are starting to fall apart.The donors, having spent almost two decades in President Muuseveni's "bed", are finally beginning to re-examine the relationship. For the donkeys years the relationship blossomed, many of them employed public diplomacy to shower him with all the rare pleasantries a single party-state president needs badly to cleanse his image.The donor community went too far with Museveni that some are finding it painfully hard to abandon bed twenty years later. In the 20 years of one party rule, the donors got Museveni used to the old-fashioned traditional diplomacy where hard talk is spared to private diplomacy. The dirty linen of the affair was never washed in the public.It is this departure in "diplomatic romance" that government is finding hard to come to terms with as t he donors increasingly employ public diplomacy to toss in the open the latter's bug-infested political rags. NO MORE ROMANCE: President Museveni posing for a photo with a German delegation at State House (File photo).Last week a senior minister was reported to have met donors over the matter. He reportedly asked donors not to use the media to express "strong" views.Information Minister Mr Nsaba Buturo echoed the same sentiments to the donors through the media, saying this was an international practice. But by talking through the media, he ironically reinforced the inevitability of using the media to communicate diplomatic affairs.In a modern era where almost every aspect of life is mediated, it is simply too difficult to lock out the media from diplomacy. It reinforces the values of public diplomacy as opposed to private diplomacy.Diplomacy or foreign relations is not only about relations between governments. It is at most an intercourse between states, the governments being actors that co me and go even after the so-called third terms.At most, diplomats represent values that their states espouse. This representation is, in a modern world, made even more critical by the universal values that the community of nations has so chosen.It would therefore be failure of representation if a diplomat kept quiet when the host government grossly violated the values his or her country and community of nations espouse. It would even be worse if that diplomat chose to resort to private diplomacy to communicate his or her response to government over such violations. Diplomats are supposed to stand up and be counted when it comes to defending values their states strongly espouse.This is not to say that private diplomacy has no place in foreign relations. It is simply making the case that if there are issues to be communicated through private diplomacy, values that nations espouse openly are certainly none of that restricted content.On January 9, 2002, The Monitor published a story under the headline 'US speaks out on UPC rally, backs right to assemble'. The police had brutally blocked a rally by the opposition UPC. A journalist student Jimmy Higenyi was shot dead by the police in the incident.The US embassy acted rightly in making this comment through the media. Even if the details of this reaction were communicated to the Ugandan government through private diplomatic channels, the Ugandan public deserved the kitu kidogo (small share) they got through the media. It also reminded the Ugandan public that the US government, besides treating the regime in Kampala as friendly, still cared about the helpless and innocent civilians like the late Higenyi whose human rights were violated.The above demonstrates that the media does have some impact in managing relations between nations. It democratises foreign policy and relations. To lock it out completely is to act undemocratically.Some people have argued that the medi a escalated the tensions between Uganda and Rwanda in the recent years. Both regimes, despite being both culprits (Amama Mbabazi and Rutazindwa engaged in "media warfare"), were often too quick to blame each other for acting undiplomatically by resorting to the media to air their differences. But what is rarely mentioned is that the media revelations helped manage the tension. The revelations, debate (public and government officials) and media warfare helped cool and manage the tempers and bloated egos on both sides. In doing so, they involved the public on both sides of the border to understand the issues underlying the tension.Whenever the battle-fields shift from the terrain to the media space, the population is much the safer. Media-war fare is far much better to gun warfare.The Ugandan media has had some impact in managing Uganda's foreign relations. By advancing use of public diplomacy, it connects the public on both sides of the diplomatic divide. It sounds early warning signals, and by involving the national and international public and governm
[Ugnet] Envoys to get weekly briefing on promoting Uganda image...
Envoys to get weekly briefing on promoting Uganda image By C. Mwanguhya Mpagi & Hussein Bogere KAMPALA The government is leaving no stone unturned as it battles an increasingly unfavourable international image over its handling of the political transition.The latest innovation is a weekly briefing to ambassadors at their different stations in an effort to coordinate how they speak about and market the country. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Sam Kutesa, revealed yesterday that work plans had been drawn and embassies equipped to effectively conduct the business of defending and marketing the country. Kutesa said at the weekly cabinet media briefing at Nakasero that Kampala would monitor the output of the diplomats in the different missions.The minister said government has also hired a law firm, Hunton and Williams, to advise it on how to deal with donors and to counter negative publicity. The firm has in turn hired a major public relations firm Hill and Knowlton to clean the country s image. Uganda, once seen as a darling of the western donors, has recently suffered a major image backlash following sustained attacks on President Musevenis apparent desire to hang on to power beyond the constitutional two terms which expire in 2006.As a result major donors led by the former colonial power, the United Kingdom, are re-examining their aid packages to the country. A World Bank commissioned study has warned that the country was at risk of a civil war should Museveni push ahead with the third term project. What we have done is to hire a law firm (Anthony and Williams), which has also hired a PR firm, Kutesa said There is nothing to be ashamed about. In fact if I had money I would hire more. We have rejuvenated our embassies to promote Uganda, he added. The move comes as Uganda faces increased bad publicity in the foreign media over its handling of the transition to pluralism and President Musevenis perceived ambition to cling to pow er after 2006.Kutesa said other diplomatic efforts were being pursued to clear this image and promote the country. We have cordial relations with development partners, Kutesa said, adding that the media hype of them withholding aid was not a true representation of the countrys relations with donors, but a lack of communication. He however admitted that the various donors have raised concerns about several issues on the countrys political transition. The donors had expressed discomfort with the transition and the open voting system in Parliament, the omnibus Bill (which has since been withdrawn and replaced with two bills) and the progress on the roadmap to multi-party politics, Kutesa said. Parliament last month passed a motion changing its rules of procedure to allow open voting. The Nyombi Tembo motion attracted criticism as many, especially opposition members viewed it as a scheme to intimidate members into supporting Movement positions. Kutes a said the other cause of concern; the speed of implementing the roadmap to the transition was on course as a referendum to determine the political system is due by end of July.We are not under any pressure to open up. It is the government of the NRM which initiated the move to open up and we are going as a Movement to campaign for a Yes vote to allow parties operate. We are not under pressure to open up, he said. Kutesa also called for utmost good faith from the donors when dealing with the government. __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] We Don't Want War - Muntu..BUT
We Don't Want War - Muntu Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) May 19, 2005 Posted to the web May 19, 2005 Frank MugabiKampala THE Forum for democratic Change (FDC) does not believe in war but the Government should not create conditions that justify war, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Mugisha Muntu has said. "We do not believe in war as a way of resolving issues. A war is not like a tea party. We appeal to President Yoweri Museveni, the army and the government not to create conditions that justify war," Muntu said. Muntu, the FDC chief mobiliser, was addressing Arua residents at the launch of the district FDC office at the Police grounds on Monday. Muntu, who was army commander for about ten years, said Museveni had diverted from the original liberation goals of creating democracy and the rule of law. He accused Museveni of not taking advice from colleagues. Muntu said borrowing experience from the 18-year-long LRA war in the north, the consequences of another war would be devastating especially if it was waged by an experienced and organised group. "Kony (the LRA boss) with a ragtag force has almost bled us white as an army even by the time I was retiring. You can imagine if you created conditions that can justify war and it could be worse if there are people who are experienced and organised. The situation can be much worse," Muntu said. Present were party officials, Prof. Ogenga Latigo, Maj. (Rtd) Rubaramira ruranga, Kamala kanamwangi and Sulaiman Kiggundu. Muntu said Museveni had prepared the army for a possible war instead of addressing the issues that could lead to war. Relevant Links East Africa Post-Conflict Challenges Legal and Judicial Affairs Uganda Human Rights He said no soldier should die in a war that can be prevented. He said the best generals win wars without fighting them because they prevent them from happening. He said FDC would spend this and next year trying to influence the Government into organising free and fair elections.__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Bush Ties Trade Pact With Egypt to More Freedom (Uganda next?)
Bush Ties Trade Pact With Egypt to More Freedom By ELIZABETH BECKER WASHINGTON, May 18 - President Bush met with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif of Egypt on Wednesday and held out the possibility of a free trade agreement if Egypt continued its political and economic reforms. The two men discussed the recent pledge by President Hosni Mubarak to hold open presidential elections this fall, with the implicit understanding that a free and fair election would bolster Egypt's chance for a stronger trade relationship with the United States. Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman, said the administration was working with Congress on ways to push ahead with a possible free-trade agreement "in light of the reforms" that Egypt was undertaking. "The president has asked our United States trade representative and the prime minister has asked the Egyptian trade minister to look at ways to put in place the conditions necessary to advance that objective," Mr. McClellan said. Mr. Nazif said after his White House meeting with Mr. Bush that he "got really a very good response" on the idea of creating a free trade agreement. Mr. Nazif also said the president had given him some counsel: "His advice was that Egypt should be able to show the world that it can hold a free and fair election." While trade with Egypt has been under discussion for more than five years, Mr. Bush said Wednesday that he had asked his trade representative to press ahead with talks to remove obstacles to formal negotiations for a trade agreement. Egypt is one of the countries envisioned in a Middle East Free Trade Agreement - which includes the northern African countries of the Maghreb region - that Mr. Bush announced two years ago. Discussions about opening up trade hit a bump several years ago when Egypt dropped out of a lawsuit brought by the United States against the European Union over its policies restricting imports of genetically altered food. The case is still pending before the World Trade Organization. Since then, Egypt has taken steps to prepare for a free trade agreement by changing laws and regulations covering intellectual property rights, telecommunications and information technology. Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company Some ink: In 2004, USA exports to Egypt amounted to $3,104.5Million, while imports from Egypt amounted to $1,330.0Million, leaving USA with a balance of $1,774.5Million. But then again, USA gives Egypt about $1.3 Billion annually in aid and grants possibly since Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel. Egypt is the largest recipient of American aid in Africa and is second only to Israel in the world. Israel gets over $2Billion annually in US aid or 13% of the aid that USA gives to all countries. Egypt clocks in at 10%. And, for both countries this is in addition to 'debt forgiveness'. Iraq, Pakistan and Russia also get substantial U.S. aid. In comparison, Ugandas trade with USA is paltry mainly because we have little of value to sell (just look at our puny industrial output, our agricultural output for export is insignificant) and we have no money with which to pay for American made goods. In 2004, USA exports to Uganda amounted to $63.7Million, while imports from Uganda amounted to $25.8Million, leaving USA with a balance of $38Million i.e. a deficit for Uganda. It is against that sort of background that our fearless leader in his infinite wisdom, ordered a $40M Gulf Stream jet, a $300,000 plus Hummer, etc. from USA for himself. And you wonder why we are poor! Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Re: [FedsNet] Opondo Faces Arrest Over 1.5m/=
Mr. JB, On the contrary it is these kinds of people that despots like Museveni depend and thrive on to do their bidding. This is because they make good psycophants and are totally reliant upon the dictator for their very existence and they are easier to blackmail, if necessary. The same is true geopolitically: heads of weak governments make the best puppets. Just look at Museveni's actions at Cancun during Trade talks, or his comments on preventing HIV/AIDS in Asia, etc etc. Birds of a feather ... Need I mention that Museveni is totally dependent on the mercy of "donors" for over 50% of budget of Uganda. This is the same situation that drug-using prosititute find themselves in with their pimps. Pimps control them by controlling when and how much drugs they can get. In turn the prositutes fork over proceeds of their 'tricks' to their pimps. Simply put, like Mobutu, Marcos, etc Museveni has two powerful addictions: money and power. James Basudde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any clean president, who respects the citizens and his administration, would have forced this guy to take a walk long ago, proven guilty or not. Opondo must have tons of dirt on M7. What kind of veracity can possibly be in anything the Movement says if this paragon of truth--he's the Director for Information, after all--is indicted seemingly every other week on such trivials? JB Simon Nume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Opondo faces arrest over 1.5m/= By Monitor Reporter KAMPALA - The Director for Information at the Movement Secretariat, Mr Ofwono Opondo, faces arrest for failure to pay a debt of Shs1.5 million. The Commercial Court Division at the High Court on Friday issued a notice for Opondo (right) to explain why a warrant of arrest should not be issued against him. This followed an application by Pearl Advocates & Solicitors to have Opondo arrested for failure to pay the debt. "You are hereby required to appear before this court on the 26th day of May 2005 at 2:30 p.m. to show cause why you should not be committed to civil prison " the notice, a copy of which The Monitor has seen, reads in part. Opondo Opondo owes Pearl Advocates & Solicitors over Shs1.5 million in legal fees after the latter took him to court over failure to pay back a loan to Kenroy Investments, a Kampala money-lending company.Opondo owed Kenroy investments Shs6.5 million accruing from a Shs3 million loan he acquired at a rate of 15% per annum in October 2002."When he was served with court summons over this debt, he went and negotiated on the mode of payment with Kenroy investments," Evans Tusiime, a lawyer with Pearl Advocates said.After negotiations, Kenroy investments agreed that Opondo pays the principal of Shs4.2 million plus legal fees instead of the Shs6.5 million. "We agreed that he pays the money in three equal instalments and also meet the lawyers' fees, and he has already paid Shs1.9 million so far," said Mr Manzi Tumubweine of Kenroy Investments.Tumubweine said Opondo paid the Shs1.9 million last week. "On my side he is paying, I don't know what is ha ppening on the side of the lawyers," Tumubweine said by telephone on Tuesday.Tusiime said when he contacted Opondo by phone, he was not courteous. "He started saying we are trying to extort money from him and called us names," Tusiime said on Tuesday.Pearl Advocates then contacted Kenroy Investments, who advised them to file petition court to recover their fees, Tusiime said."Tumubweine advised us to file our bill in court and this we did and it was taxed," Tusiime said. "We then applied for execution by way of arrest and detention in civil prison but the registrar advised against it saying we serve him first with a notice to show cause."When contacted Tuesday evening, Opondo expressed ignorance of the court notice but did not say whether or not he was aware of the fees owed to Pearl Advocates. "I have not received the summons," he said.Opondo also denied owing Kenroy Investments any money. "I don't owe them any money," he said before hang ing up.Tusiime said if Opondo failed to honour the notice, they would be left with no option but to arrest him and have him committed to civil prison. Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Re: [FedsNet] Govt pays UK expert shs 1.2 bn in PR deal!
Agents of foreign governments in USA are required to register with the US government and to file certain reports annually. Such reports may be available but I have not looked into it. In the meantime, if you are wondering "Just who is Hill and Knowlton (H & K) and what do they do?", here is something to pique your curiosity:- "Managing the Outrage is More Important than Managing the Hazard." (H&K) "Hill and Knowlton has transformed the leaders of Latin American death squads into agents of altruism, tobacco pushers into health nuts, toxic waste generators into saviours of the wilderness."-- Counterpunch Friendly governments are only part of making a successful team. The big obstacle to overcome is a potentially surly public. For this you'll need to hire the right PR firm to spin the story, sell the product and above all, do damage control when things don't go according to script. Let's look at Spin Kings Hill and Knowlton. They were hired to put the human face on the woes of Enron Exec Kenneth Lay. "The tears shed by Lay's latest trophy wife were scripted by public relations mavens from the powerhouse firm Hill and Knowlton." (Tears of a Clown, Counterpunch) And talk about "Wagging the Dog" in the Gulf War:"H & K's wartime propaganda on behalf of the Kuwait government-in-exile remains notorious, even within the PR trade. Buckmaster's (General Manager of H & K) firm engineered the infamous fraudulent testimony in which Iraqi soldiers were falsely accused of ripping Kuwaiti babies out of hospital incubators and leaving them on the floor to die." Source: http://adamsmine.f2o.org/bennett/hg/hg13.htm Comment: 'Shock and awe' -- and a deep sense of outrage In the ensuing weeks, a righteously angry President George H.W. Bush repeatedly referred to this outrage in his speeches. Some observers believe this atrocity was instrumental in persuading many of the more dovish members of congress to support the president's military plans. But there was a tiny problem with Nayirah's poignant tale: it never actually happened. As has been well-documented -- by news outlets such as the CBC, the Guardian and the Christian Science Monitor, and programs like 20/20 and 60 Minutes -- the incubator scam was concocted by international public relations giant Hill & Knowlton (H & K). The strategically vulnerable Nayirah, it turned out, was actually the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador. CounterPunch columnist Mitchel Cohen, and many other critics, have pointed out that H & K also created a group called Citizens for a Free Kuwait, which Cohen describes as "a phony 'human rights agency' set up and funded entirely by Kuwait's [leadership] to promote its interests in the U.S." H & K was ideally placed to help Kuwait's oligarchy, according to Peter Wirth, CEO of a PR firm called GW Associates. The CEO of H & K, Craig Fuller, "had access to the power elite in Washington, as he had served as the President's chief of staff when Bush was Vice President under President Reagan." Hill & Knowlton's sleazy machinations helped bring about a war which became an environmental disaster and produced an estimated 100,000 Iraqi corpses. The company has never been punished for these despicable actions; according to one report, they even bragged about it. I'm sure they are doing just fine, thank you -- probably selling used incubators in a city near you www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/na.cgi?nationalupdates/030403shock The Lies Our Government Tells Us The first Gulf War was brought to you by Hill and Knowlton (H and K) the largest public relations firm in DC at the time. They concocted the story of babies being ripped out of incubators and the Iraqi build-up of 250,000 troops and 1500 tanks on the Saudi border .all lies. H and K got $10 million for their services . www.wakingplanet.com/03-2004.asp www.xenu.net/archive/CourtFiles/occf31.html www.hillandknowlton.com If you still believe Museveni hired them for about $700,000, I have got a swell deal on a bridge in downtown Manhattan for you. The fact that Museveni could have spent that money on a project in Uganda instead of throwing it at a company whose principals are already obscenely wealthy speaks volumes about his oft touted "vision". I don't think it is Kaguta's "vision" we should worry about. Rather, it is his total blindness. Tet he is at the controls! Govt pays UK expert Shs 1.2bn in PR deal By Pius Muteekani KatunziWEEKLY OBSERVER Stung by an avalanche of bad publicity from foreign media and threatened with aid cuts and sanctions from major donors, the government has hired a London public relations firm to polish its image.The bill to be picked by the Ugandan taxpayer is $700,000 (Shs 1.26 billion), and to execute the mission is Hill and Knowlton (H & K), a renowned, aggressive public relations firm with headquarters in Washington, DC. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sam Kutesa, confirmed the deal to The Weekly Observer.Yes, it is true. But the mo
[Ugnet] Re: [UNAANET] God's other son found in Uganda
Ssemakula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mr. Mujungu, Here is Mama MJ's sermon. Weekly Observer, 19th May 2005. OPINION Anne Mugisha Mama Janet's sermon If anyone wanted evidence that Ugandans are under the disorienting grip of cult leadership, Mrs. Janet Museveni provided it last week when she wrote: The truth is that humanity has triumphed over evil for centuries because, every once in a while, there comes about a man or woman who is willing to walk an extra mile to serve humanity. God uses such a man or woman to empower good to triumph over evil. Without such people in life, everything is doomed... God is always looking out for such people that He may use them for the benefit of their countries. And believe me; she was not speaking about Ghandi! The danger of such spiritual manipulation was demonstrated vividly by Joseph Kibweteres doomsday cult (in Kanungu) but I prefer Cialdinis example because it makes the same point in a less tragic and rather hilarious manner. A group of social scientists infiltrated a secretive, doomsday cult based in Chicago that believed they were about to be whisked away on a spaceship because the end of the world was at hand. The scientists wanted to study the groups behaviour in its natural occurrence. The group sold or gave away its belongings, students neglected their studies, and people quit their jobs. When the time came to leave, the group made public the coming disaster, so the media came to watch. When the saucer didnt show up, an atmosphere of despair among the group prevailed. The group had given up so much (property, money, jobs, education) that they could no longer afford not to believe. Next came a revelation from the group leader that because the group had cast so much light upon the world, God had saved the earth. He instructed his followers to publicise the explanation. What had once been their secret; they now felt the need to publicise in the grandest scale. Perhaps you may have observed a similar pattern in the message being spread by President Musevenis supporters. In 2001, Museveni ran on the solid promise that he would step down in 2006 after preparing the way for his successor. His campaigners used the line, let us give the man his final term so he can go peacefully as the main selling point for their candidate. They described [2001 presidential candidate] Kizza Besigye as an impatient, overambitious man who wanted to jump the queue instead of allowing his benefactor to retire peacefully. A couple of years later, with no successor in sight, we started hearing whispers of the kisanja project and still many loudly proclaimed that it was inconceivable that Museveni could make such an about-turn and the rumour had to be opposition speculation. They argued that Museveni was an honourable man who would keep his word and adhere to the Constitution. By 2003, Musevenis supporters were in a pickle as it became clearer that he would not leave. Next came a revelation from the group that because Museveni had cast so much light upon Uganda, no one but Museveni had the vision to lead country. This was followed by a publicity campaign to explain why the Constitution had to be changed so that the only person with a vision could continue to lead in order for Uganda to remain a safe and habitable country. Cialdini explains: If they could spread the Word, if they could inform the uninformed, if they could persuade the skeptics, and if, by so doing, they could win new converts, their threatened but treasured beliefs would become truer. The principle of social proof says so: The greater the number of people who find any idea correct, the more the idea will be correct. The groups assignment was clear; since the physical evidence (manifesto) could not be changed, the social evidence (beliefs) had to be. Convince and ye shall be convinced! Ugandas new political philosophers drew our attention to the British system where there are no term limits. Others chose the less sophisticated approach of pointing to Musevenis youth and wisdom, which could not be wasted. After laying the philosophical basis for manipulating beliefs to create social proof, the masterminds of the kisanja project had to deal with the nuisance of constitutional restraints by building social evidence of Musevenis overwhelming support. First, they got rid of the dissenters tubegyeko; then they went out to spread the word to the people and in true cult-like-fashion, they chose essanja (dry banana leaves) - a symbol associated with death - as their campaign emblem. And so what started in whispers is now loudly proclaimed by spiritual warriors as The Truth with none other Mama Janet Museveni leading the sermon! [EMAIL PROTECTED] The author is FDC external coordinator in United States. Johnson Mujungu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Article Published on: 19th May 2005 God's other son found in Uganda By the AnalystWEEKLY OBSERVER
Re: [Ugnet] ] Critique of Obote's story (Ibingira & Obote)
Mr. Kasangwawo: The issue of the late Grace Ibingira being Obote's enemy reminds me of a Luganda proverb: Gwewabbanga naye bwakulula emiryango tewebaka, which transliterates into something like: if your former co-thief stays at your house, you cannot sleep peacefully. 1. We all know it is a daily practice in courts of law to get one thief to testify against his former co-thieves. The fact that the fellow testifying is himself a thief has no bearing on his testimony. The issue is solely the veracity or truthfulness of that testimony period. After all, the testifying thief takes an oath to tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in such criminal proceedings. Therefore, whether or not Mr. Ibingira was Obote's "enemy" is of no import. What is relevant is whether or not he was truthful in his revelations of what Obote said and did. The late Ibingira was in very good position to know all of Obote's political shenanigans and machinations for he was UPC's Secretary General, legal advisor and Minister of Justice (Attorney General?), among other things, in addition to being Obote's one-time friend. Obote betrayed their personal friendship when he indefinitely detained Mr. Ibingira -- without trial. So much for Obote being democratic. Gen. Amin only rescued Mr. Ibingira, some five year into the detention. 2. Since when does having political ambitions, as the late Ibingira is alleged to have had, make one an "enemy" of the incumbent? I'd think that the term "political rival" would be adequate to describe the situation. With that kind of mentality, no wonder there are so many political killings, political prisoners and political refugees in addition to routine torture in Africa! jonah kasangwawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matek,intellectual or not, the fact is that, what we are presenting here are facts about what went on then. In fact, as the subject heading states, this was a reaction to Obote's side of the story which a lot of people found was not telling the truth. So it is not that I have not read both sides of the story. It is only that you were happy as long as we had only Obote's side of the story - as soon as evidence (none of it is from Ibingira) is produced to the contrary, you start saying its not objective. Talk of objectivity !Kasangwawo>From: Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net>To: ugandanet@kym.net>Subject: Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story>Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 06:24:46 -0700 (PDT)>>Jonah:>>Intellectuals ( if that is what yo u think you are) rigorously DEMANDS >that one exercise a high degree of Objectivity.>> If you are very subjective in your approach to interpreting Uganda's >political history ( as in Interpreting the History through the writings >of AMO's "enemies' like Ibingrira's) you cease to be an intellectual. You >become a demagogue .>>For us , we have read both sides of the story, like true intellectuals >should do; ..from AMO's point of view...and from the Ibingira's point of >view.>>Lokk, the suffering in Luwero then and now in Northern or Eastern Uganda, >and future suffering in Uganda ( believe me it is coming) was/is caused >by Museveni and Museveni alone. Museveni is the Common Denominator in All >this sufferings and future suffering .>>MK>>jonah kasangwawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:>Matek,>>what you have failed to understand is the role of History. We need to>acknowledge our History and learn from it, not just to revise it. Now you>are calling it MY History, which tells me that you don't accept the factual>evidence Musamize is providing. You don't even realise that what is>happening today in Uganda has a bearing on what Obote started all those>years ago. In actual fact, what you want is just a change of guards, the>potential result of which could be a replacement of the "two million of our>fellow citizens" in Northern camps by "two million" of our people in>Southern camps; and the continuation of the "Emergency".>>You are fond of stressing that the people in the South are saying they can>now sleep, but you forget that during Obote's times, it was the people of>Lango and Acholi who were saying: "ffe kasita twebaka otulo".>>Federalists like myself are saying that enough is enough, what we need is a>structu ral change. We have been under a unitary system for almost 40 years>and at no particular point during that time has there been peace in the>whole country. It is time for a re-think. I'm pleased MPs from outside>Buganda are finally beginning to see the light.>>Kasangwawo.>> >From: Matek Opoko> >Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net> >To: ugandanet@kym.net> >Subject: Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story...CORRECTION> >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 06:01:40 -0700 (PDT)> >> >In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are subject to immense degree> >of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even under> >Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering.> >> >> >> >Matek Opoko wrote:Jo
FW: Re: [FedsNet] Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story
Matek, here's one opinion from a FedsNetter. Kasangwawo From: James Basudde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FedsNet] Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 06:58:42 -0700 (PDT) Mr. Kasangwawo, I think the resistance from people such as Matek is due to their belief that, if we had Obote yet again, or people like him, Matek and co. would face less competition [if at all] from the other parts of Uganda. . He knows very well what Obote did to us--it's only the unborn who don't. But as long as Obote's massacres reduced our numbers, disrupted our ways, thus reducing the feared competition in the process, then all was well. It's all about fear turned into hatred, then denial, to soothe the conscience. JB jonah kasangwawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matek, what you have failed to understand is the role of History. We need to acknowledge our History and learn from it, not just to revise it. Now you are calling it MY History, which tells me that you don't accept the factual evidence Musamize is providing. You don't even realise that what is happening today in Uganda has a bearing on what Obote started all those years ago. In actual fact, what you want is just a change of guards, the potential result of which could be a replacement of the "two million of our fellow citizens" in Northern camps by "two million" of our people in Southern camps; and the continuation of the "Emergency". You are fond of stressing that the people in the South are saying they can now sleep, but you forget that during Obote's times, it was the people of Lango and Acholi who were saying: "ffe kasita twebaka otulo". Federalists like myself are saying that enough is enough, what we need is a structural change. We have been under a unitary system for almost 40 years and at no particular point during that time has there been peace in the whole country. It is time for a re-think. I'm pleased MPs from outside Buganda are finally beginning to see the light. Kasangwawo. >From: Matek Opoko >Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net >To: ugandanet@kym.net >Subject: Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story...CORRECTION >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 06:01:40 -0700 (PDT) > >In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are subject to immense degree >of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even under >Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering. > > > >Matek Opoko wrote:Jonah: > >I am not against you learning your History about Obote., As a matter of >fact you can learn all your one sided history about Obote until the cows >come home. > >We have an Emergency right now in Uganda. Close to two million of our >fellow citizens are living in squalid condition in the camps of Northern >and Eastern Uganda. War have been ragging in Northern Uganda for now 20 >years. > >In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are not subject to immense >degree of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even >under Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering. > >All this is going on thanx to Yoweri Museveni's twenty year rule which >he wants to extend to 30 or is it 40 years. > >Under the circumstances, many Ugandans really do not have time to think >about Obote this Obote that ...ooo Obote Y!! > >Good Day lady!! > > >jonah kasangwawo wrote: >Matek, > >c'mon man, be real ! Is/was Obote ever for presidential term limits ? >Wasn't >he himself trying to do the same thing that the incumbent is trying now ? >If >he had had his way, Obote would be ruling for life. What you call bull crap >is the history we need to learn from but which you are intent on >suppressing. You UPC people really do tickle me. > >Kasangwawo > > >From: Matek Opoko > >Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net > >To: ugandanet@kym.net > >Subject: Re: [Ugnet] RE: [FedsNet] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story > >Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:41:26 -0700 (PDT) > > > >Musamize: > > > >Museveni is busy trying to manipulate the Uganda Constitution so that he > >may rule for life!!! and instead of dealing with this fact, you are still > >dwelling on Obote and what Obote did or did not do some 35 years ago. You > >bull crap fixation with Obote is rather repugnant to say the least! > > > >Matek > > > >musamize wrote: > > > >Mr. Kibuka, > > > > > > > >Akena Adoko's article is on the web at: > >www.kituochakatiba.co.ug/archives.htm. > > > > > > > >This is the article that was quashed by Mr. Davies Sebukima (a.k.a. Steve > >Lino) -- an act rewarded by detention and accusations of sedition. The > >Steve Lino letter can be found at > > > > > > > >www.mail-archive.com/ugandanet@kym.net/msg00297.html. > > > > > > > >Mr. Abu Mayanja also reacted to the excesses of the 1967Constitution. Mr. > >Mayanja, too, was rewarded with detention and similar charges. The Chief > >Magistrate, Mr. Siaed, threw the charges, which were also pressed against > >Mr. Rajat Neogy as the editor of the Trans
Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story
Matek, intellectual or not, the fact is that, what we are presenting here are facts about what went on then. In fact, as the subject heading states, this was a reaction to Obote's side of the story which a lot of people found was not telling the truth. So it is not that I have not read both sides of the story. It is only that you were happy as long as we had only Obote's side of the story - as soon as evidence (none of it is from Ibingira) is produced to the contrary, you start saying its not objective. Talk of objectivity ! Kasangwawo From: Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net To: ugandanet@kym.net Subject: Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 06:24:46 -0700 (PDT) Jonah: Intellectuals ( if that is what you think you are) rigorously DEMANDS that one exercise a high degree of Objectivity. If you are very subjective in your approach to interpreting Uganda's political history ( as in Interpreting the History through the writings of AMO's "enemies' like Ibingrira's) you cease to be an intellectual. You become a demagogue . For us , we have read both sides of the story, like true intellectuals should do; ..from AMO's point of view...and from the Ibingira's point of view. Lokk, the suffering in Luwero then and now in Northern or Eastern Uganda, and future suffering in Uganda ( believe me it is coming) was/is caused by Museveni and Museveni alone. Museveni is the Common Denominator in All this sufferings and future suffering . MK jonah kasangwawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matek, what you have failed to understand is the role of History. We need to acknowledge our History and learn from it, not just to revise it. Now you are calling it MY History, which tells me that you don't accept the factual evidence Musamize is providing. You don't even realise that what is happening today in Uganda has a bearing on what Obote started all those years ago. In actual fact, what you want is just a change of guards, the potential result of which could be a replacement of the "two million of our fellow citizens" in Northern camps by "two million" of our people in Southern camps; and the continuation of the "Emergency". You are fond of stressing that the people in the South are saying they can now sleep, but you forget that during Obote's times, it was the people of Lango and Acholi who were saying: "ffe kasita twebaka otulo". Federalists like myself are saying that enough is enough, what we need is a structural change. We have been under a unitary system for almost 40 years and at no particular point during that time has there been peace in the whole country. It is time for a re-think. I'm pleased MPs from outside Buganda are finally beginning to see the light. Kasangwawo. >From: Matek Opoko >Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net >To: ugandanet@kym.net >Subject: Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story...CORRECTION >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 06:01:40 -0700 (PDT) > >In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are subject to immense degree >of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even under >Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering. > > > >Matek Opoko wrote:Jonah: > >I am not against you learning your History about Obote., As a matter of >fact you can learn all your one sided history about Obote until the cows >come home. > >We have an Emergency right now in Uganda. Close to two million of our >fellow citizens are living in squalid condition in the camps of Northern >and Eastern Uganda. War have been ragging in Northern Uganda for now 20 >years. > >In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are not subject to immense >degree of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even >under Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering. > >All this is going on thanx to Yoweri Museveni's twenty year rule which >he wants to extend to 30 or is it 40 years. > >Under the circumstances, many Ugandans really do not have time to think >about Obote this Obote that ...ooo Obote Y!! > >Good Day lady!! > > >jonah kasangwawo wrote: >Matek, > >c'mon man, be real ! Is/was Obote ever for presidential term limits ? >Wasn't >he himself trying to do the same thing that the incumbent is trying now ? >If >he had had his way, Obote would be ruling for life. What you call bull crap >is the history we need to learn from but which you are intent on >suppressing. You UPC people really do tickle me. > >Kasangwawo > > >From: Matek Opoko > >Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net > >To: ugandanet@kym.net > >Subject: Re: [Ugnet] RE: [FedsNet] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story > >Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:41:26 -0700 (PDT) > > > >Musamize: > > > >Museveni is busy trying to manipulate the Uganda Constitution so that he > >may rule for life!!! and instead of dealing with this fact, you are still > >dwelling on Obote and what Obote did or did not do some 35 years ago. You > >bull crap fixation with Obote is rathe
[Ugnet] Re: Ugandanet Digest, Vol 10, Issue 129
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Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story
Jonah: Intellectuals ( if that is what you think you are) rigorously DEMANDS that one exercise a high degree of Objectivity. If you are very subjective in your approach to interpreting Uganda's political history ( as in Interpreting the History through the writings of AMO's "enemies' like Ibingrira's) you cease to be an intellectual. You become a demagogue . For us , we have read both sides of the story, like true intellectuals should do; ..from AMO's point of view...and from the Ibingira's point of view. Lokk, the suffering in Luwero then and now in Northern or Eastern Uganda, and future suffering in Uganda ( believe me it is coming) was/is caused by Museveni and Museveni alone. Museveni is the Common Denominator in All this sufferings and future suffering . MKjonah kasangwawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matek,what you have failed to understand is the role of History. We need to acknowledge our History and learn from it, not just to revise it. Now you are calling it MY History, which tells me that you don't accept the factual evidence Musamize is providing. You don't even realise that what is happening today in Uganda has a bearing on what Obote started all those years ago. In actual fact, what you want is just a change of guards, the potential result of which could be a replacement of the "two million of our fellow citizens" in Northern camps by "two million" of our people in Southern camps; and the continuation of the "Emergency".You are fond of stressing that the people in the South are saying they can now sleep, but you forget that during Obote's times, it was the people of Lango and Acholi who were saying: "ffe kasit a twebaka otulo".Federalists like myself are saying that enough is enough, what we need is a structural change. We have been under a unitary system for almost 40 years and at no particular point during that time has there been peace in the whole country. It is time for a re-think. I'm pleased MPs from outside Buganda are finally beginning to see the light.Kasangwawo.>From: Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net>To: ugandanet@kym.net>Subject: Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story...CORRECTION >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 06:01:40 -0700 (PDT)>>In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are subject to immense degree >of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even under >Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering.Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:Jonah:>>I am not against you learning your History about Obote., As a matter of >fact you can learn all your one sided history about Obote until the cows >come home.>>We have an Emergency right now in Uganda. Close to two million of our >fellow citizens are living in squalid condition in the camps of Northern >and Eastern Uganda. War have been ragging in Northern Uganda for now 20 >years.>>In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are not subject to immense >degree of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even >under Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering.>>All this is going on thanx to Yoweri Museveni's twenty year rule which >he wants to extend to 30 or is it 40 years.>>Under the circumstances, many Ugandans really do not have time to think >about Obote this Obote that ...ooo Obote Y!!>>Good Day lady!!>>>jonah kasangwawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:>Matek,>>c'mon man, be real ! Is/was Obote ever for presidential term limits ? >Wasn't>he himself trying to do the same thing that the incumbent is trying now ? >If>he had had his way, Obote would be ruling for life. What you call bull crap>is the history we need to learn from but which you are intent on>suppressing. You UPC people really do tickle me.>>Kasangwawo>> >From: Matek Opoko> >Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net> >To: ugandanet@kym.net> >Subject: Re: [Ugnet] RE: [FedsNet] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story> >Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:41:26 -0700 (PDT)> >> >Musamize:> >> >Museveni is busy trying to manipulate the Uganda Constitution so that he> >may rule for life!!! and instead of dealing with this fact, you are still< BR>> >dwelling on Obote and what Obote did or did not do some 35 years ago. You> >bull crap fixation with Obote is rather repugnant to say the least!> >> >Matek> >> >musamize wrote:> >> >Mr. Kibuka,> >> >> >> >Akena Adoko's article is on the web at:> >www.kituochakatiba.co.ug/archives.htm.> >> >> >> >This is the article that was quashed by Mr. Davies Sebukima (a.k.a. Steve> >Lino) -- an act rewarded by detention and accusations of sedition. The> >Steve Lino letter can be found at> >> >> >> >www.mail-archive.com/ugandanet@kym.net/msg00297.html.> >> >> >> >Mr. Abu Mayanja also reacted to the excesses of the 1967Constitution. Mr.> >Mayanja, too, was rewarded with detention and similar charges. The Chief> >Magistrate, Mr. Siaed, threw the charges, which were also pressed against> >Mr. Rajat Neogy as the editor of the Transition maga
Fwd: Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story
Note: forwarded message attached. Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.--- Begin Message --- Jonah: Intellectuals ( if that is what you think you are) rigorously DEMANDS that one exercise a high degree of Objectivity. If you are very subjective in your approach to interpreting Uganda's political history ( as in Interpreting the History through the writings of AMO's "enemies' like Ibingrira's) you cease to be an intellectual. You become a demagogue . For us , we have read both sides of the story, like true intellectuals should do; ..from AMO's point of view...and from the Ibingira's point of view. Lokk, the suffering in Luwero then and now in Northern or Eastern Uganda, and future suffering in Uganda ( believe me it is coming) was/is caused by Museveni and Museveni alone. Museveni is the Common Denominator in All this sufferings and future suffering . MKjonah kasangwawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matek,what you have failed to understand is the role of History. We need to acknowledge our History and learn from it, not just to revise it. Now you are calling it MY History, which tells me that you don't accept the factual evidence Musamize is providing. You don't even realise that what is happening today in Uganda has a bearing on what Obote started all those years ago. In actual fact, what you want is just a change of guards, the potential result of which could be a replacement of the "two million of our fellow citizens" in Northern camps by "two million" of our people in Southern camps; and the continuation of the "Emergency".You are fond of stressing that the people in the South are saying they can now sleep, but you forget that during Obote's times, it was the people of Lango and Acholi who were saying: "ffe kasit a twebaka otulo".Federalists like myself are saying that enough is enough, what we need is a structural change. We have been under a unitary system for almost 40 years and at no particular point during that time has there been peace in the whole country. It is time for a re-think. I'm pleased MPs from outside Buganda are finally beginning to see the light.Kasangwawo.>From: Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net>To: ugandanet@kym.net>Subject: Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story...CORRECTION >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 06:01:40 -0700 (PDT)>>In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are subject to immense degree >of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even under >Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering.Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:Jonah:>>I am not against you learning your History about Obote., As a matter of >fact you can learn all your one sided history about Obote until the cows >come home.>>We have an Emergency right now in Uganda. Close to two million of our >fellow citizens are living in squalid condition in the camps of Northern >and Eastern Uganda. War have been ragging in Northern Uganda for now 20 >years.>>In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are not subject to immense >degree of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even >under Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering.>>All this is going on thanx to Yoweri Museveni's twenty year rule which >he wants to extend to 30 or is it 40 years.>>Under the circumstances, many Ugandans really do not have time to think >about Obote this Obote that ...ooo Obote Y!!>>Good Day lady!!>>>jonah kasangwawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:>Matek,>>c'mon man, be real ! Is/was Obote ever for presidential term limits ? >Wasn't>he himself trying to do the same thing that the incumbent is trying now ? >If>he had had his way, Obote would be ruling for life. What you call bull crap>is the history we need to learn from but which you are intent on>suppressing. You UPC people really do tickle me.>>Kasangwawo>> >From: Matek Opoko> >Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net> >To: ugandanet@kym.net> >Subject: Re: [Ugnet] RE: [FedsNet] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story> >Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:41:26 -0700 (PDT)> >> >Musamize:> >> >Museveni is busy trying to manipulate the Uganda Constitution so that he> >may rule for life!!! and instead of dealing with this fact, you are still< BR>> >dwelling on Obote and what Obote did or did not do some 35 years ago. You> >bull crap fixation with Obote is rather repugnant to say the least!> >> >Matek> >> >musamize wrote:> >> >Mr. Kibuka,> >> >> >> >Akena Adoko's article is on the web at:> >www.kituochakatiba.co.ug/archives.htm.> >> >> >> >This is the article that was quashed by Mr. Davies Sebukima (a.k.a. Steve> >Lino) -- an act rewarded by detention and accusations of sedition. The> >Steve Lino letter can be found at> >> >> >> >www.mail-archive.com/ugandanet@kym.net/msg00297.html.> >> >> >> >Mr. Abu Mayanja also reacted to the excesses of the 1967Constitution. Mr.> >Mayanja, too, was rewarded with detention and similar charges. The
Re: [Ugnet] There are other sufferers in the North
Matek, where have you been ? How many times did I ask Mulindwa to produce the evidence and he failed ? I didn't hear you telling him off for wasting our time with these petty allegations while "two million of our fellow citizens" in Northern Uganda are suffering ! Kasangwawo From: Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net To: ugandanet@kym.net Subject: Re: [Ugnet] There are other sufferers in the North Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 07:24:23 -0700 (PDT) Musamizi: Instead of denying and dismissing Eddy Mulindwa's assertion that the UPC Government constantly and over a great deal of time remitted funds to Kabaka Edward Mutesa for his maintenance while the Kabaka was in exile in London, a better intellectual approach to challenge Mulindwa's assertion would be to call upon Mulindwa to provide evidence to prove his assertions. Mulindwa would then do some "digging" so to say, of the public records in the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Kampala or Finance, for that matter...and then bingo.. post his findings on this Uganda net for all to see !!! but no! ..instead you are shooting your mouth dragging in Obote.. I hear Obote living in Zambia..Obote this Obote that Obote Yoo!!! You people simply cannot reason..you can not in simply logical analysis!!! Matek musamize <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mr. Kipenji: I always think and identify as a Muganda before anything else - religion, politics, gender, education, inclusive. So, I do not find it strange, neither do I take offence, nor do do I feel slighted if anyone else does so. IMHO, to do otherwise would be putting the cart before the horse. The hogwash that "Let us talk about the 1966 problem with Mengo. Sir Edward Muteesa left Uganda for United Kingdom. Obote as the Uganda president instructed Bank of Uganda to send money to Sir Edward for upkeep. That is why Sir Edward did not end up on a welfare line in United Kingdom." is just that: unadultered Grade Z hogwash and sophistry generated by a singularly contorted mind. We all know that Obote was did not endup in a welfare line while in Tanzania. So, should we conclude that this was due to General Idi Amin's "generosity" in "instructing" the Bank of Uganda to send money to Obote for upkeep? From which account, and who was paying? Likewise, we all know that Obote did not endup on welfare in Zambia after being kicked out of power by the Okellos. We also know that Obote has never worked a day in his life in Zampia (and, for that matter, in Tanzania). Why then don't we sing the praises of Okello, and Museveni for similarly instructing the Bank of Uganda to send money for Obote's upkeep courtsey of the pizanti, aka "common man"? What is good for the goose ... Musamize Owor Kipenji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There are other sufferers in the north With due respect I found Yoni Okwera-Olok's letter: "Let the Government prove it does not hate the Acholis" very bothering and a true example of the problem we have in our nation today. Mr Okwera must remember to always be a Ugandan before he thinks as an Acholi. Many of his facts are not true and we need to throw away passion on this issue so that we can see through the web of Okwera's lies. Only then can we try to plant nationalism in our nation. Okwera must remember that Uganda has gone through very hard times during the Movement. Ombaci happened in West Nile, Mukura was in eastern Uganda, Kibwetere was in western Uganda. Yes, northern Uganda has had the largest suffering under the Movement. But northern Uganda is not only a land of Acholis, so let us not play a tribal game here. The last time I checked, Uganda had a people called Langis. Can Okwera tell us today that Langis are not in camps? It is quite wrong for us to get a problem in our nation and we tribalise it. The example Okwera-Olok uses of Obote and Buganda is equally false, for Buganda has never enjoyed power in Uganda than under both Obote's governments. Yes, Okwera has a right to hate Obote, but he must as well recognise that the most powerful ministers in Obote's government were actually Baganda. Okwera-Olok must remember the names of powerful Baganda like Eriya Babumba, Apolo Kironde, Luyimbazi Zaake, Kalule Ssetaala, Keefa Ssempangi, Sam Mugwiisa, Bidandi Ssali. Let us talk about Attorney Generals like G. L. Binayiisa or even Nkambo Mugerwa. Governors Bank of Uganda like Mubiru, Kikonyogo, Leo Kibirango. All these were very powerful Baganda during Obote's government. Let us talk about the 1966 problem with Mengo. Sir Edward Muteesa left Uganda for United Kingdom. Obote as the Uganda president instructed Bank of Uganda to send money to Sir Edward for upkeep. That is why Sir Edward did not end up on a welfare line in United Kingdom. Baganda did not organise any means for maintenance of their exiled King. What is interesting is that this money continued flowing into the same account through Amin's era, up to to
Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story
Matek, what you have failed to understand is the role of History. We need to acknowledge our History and learn from it, not just to revise it. Now you are calling it MY History, which tells me that you don't accept the factual evidence Musamize is providing. You don't even realise that what is happening today in Uganda has a bearing on what Obote started all those years ago. In actual fact, what you want is just a change of guards, the potential result of which could be a replacement of the "two million of our fellow citizens" in Northern camps by "two million" of our people in Southern camps; and the continuation of the "Emergency". You are fond of stressing that the people in the South are saying they can now sleep, but you forget that during Obote's times, it was the people of Lango and Acholi who were saying: "ffe kasita twebaka otulo". Federalists like myself are saying that enough is enough, what we need is a structural change. We have been under a unitary system for almost 40 years and at no particular point during that time has there been peace in the whole country. It is time for a re-think. I'm pleased MPs from outside Buganda are finally beginning to see the light. Kasangwawo. From: Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net To: ugandanet@kym.net Subject: Re: [Ugnet] ] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story...CORRECTION Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 06:01:40 -0700 (PDT) In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are subject to immense degree of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even under Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering. Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Jonah: I am not against you learning your History about Obote., As a matter of fact you can learn all your one sided history about Obote until the cows come home. We have an Emergency right now in Uganda. Close to two million of our fellow citizens are living in squalid condition in the camps of Northern and Eastern Uganda. War have been ragging in Northern Uganda for now 20 years. In Western and Southern Uganda, our people are not subject to immense degree of poverty, the level of which has never been seen in Uganda. Even under Amin the people did not experience this degree of suffering. All this is going on thanx to Yoweri Museveni's twenty year rule which he wants to extend to 30 or is it 40 years. Under the circumstances, many Ugandans really do not have time to think about Obote this Obote that ...ooo Obote Y!! Good Day lady!! jonah kasangwawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matek, c'mon man, be real ! Is/was Obote ever for presidential term limits ? Wasn't he himself trying to do the same thing that the incumbent is trying now ? If he had had his way, Obote would be ruling for life. What you call bull crap is the history we need to learn from but which you are intent on suppressing. You UPC people really do tickle me. Kasangwawo >From: Matek Opoko >Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net >To: ugandanet@kym.net >Subject: Re: [Ugnet] RE: [FedsNet] Re: News: Critique of Obote's story >Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:41:26 -0700 (PDT) > >Musamize: > >Museveni is busy trying to manipulate the Uganda Constitution so that he >may rule for life!!! and instead of dealing with this fact, you are still >dwelling on Obote and what Obote did or did not do some 35 years ago. You >bull crap fixation with Obote is rather repugnant to say the least! > >Matek > >musamize wrote: > >Mr. Kibuka, > > > >Akena Adoko's article is on the web at: >www.kituochakatiba.co.ug/archives.htm. > > > >This is the article that was quashed by Mr. Davies Sebukima (a.k.a. Steve >Lino) -- an act rewarded by detention and accusations of sedition. The >Steve Lino letter can be found at > > > >www.mail-archive.com/ugandanet@kym.net/msg00297.html. > > > >Mr. Abu Mayanja also reacted to the excesses of the 1967Constitution. Mr. >Mayanja, too, was rewarded with detention and similar charges. The Chief >Magistrate, Mr. Siaed, threw the charges, which were also pressed against >Mr. Rajat Neogy as the editor of the Transition magazine, out of court. The >judgmen t was published in Transition. > > > >Less well known is the fact that the 1967 pigeon-hole constitution was >Nkurumah's brainchild. Mr. Nkurumah "lent" Obote a Senior Parliamentary >Legal Draftsman, one C.V. Crabbe, who crafted that document. In those days >Uganda was in essence a colony of Ghana. The details are in KWAME >NKRUMAHS PRESENCE IN A. M. OBOTES UGANDA: A Study in the Convergence of >International and Comparative Politics by Opuku Agyeman, Transition 48 >(1975). Ill put this bwino on Fedsnet in a separate post. > > > >What befuddles me is why these articles are not at the web site of Kituo >cha Katiba, which is part of the Makerere Universitys Faculty of Law, and >advertises itself as East African Centre for Constitutional Development. >Id hate to think that an institution of higher learning is in the
[Ugnet] Economic vs Urbna Planning
Economic, Development Theory vs Urban Planning - I am heading to Kazo ANGOLA to wittiness a shriving sub urban filthy city sprawl! Why Angola?! I will discover. - I am through with Katwe and further inside after messing up my gumboots terribly bad. - Children here are to who it may concern do the pup in labyrinths snaking through muddy waters and ramshackle muddy houses going for houses. - It is terrible out there but it is also Kampala City. Good lord save our people from a piggy lifestyle. - We have now in place a rigorous and exhaustive Urban Plan ready for implementation; we have started with the central region, soon moving east and northwards, as resources are made available. - We do consult, study, develop and improve - I AM ALREADY UNLEASHING CONTEMPORARY URBAN PLANNING IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ON A MEGA SCALE THE FIRST EVER IN AFRICA. - To DEVELOP UGANDA ENTIRE URBAN REGIONS, IS A NECESSARY FIRST STEP IN TOTAL SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION (dfwa-U) currently our sole preoccupation. Delta. - Human beings as natural beings and by nature do not change it is appearance that changes. Revolutionaries. We are precisely focusing on that. - KCC how could Katwe deteriorate and expand to such a mega filthy piggy enclave into Makindye, Kibuli and beyond without the Kampala City Council counselling people into a better life? - We are very knowledgeable where the limits of politics particularly in African even, in countries like Senegal. We have transformed (Z) to doing. - After five months of intensive study in the villages and towns, I have come to a realistic grasp with the flux of socio-economic political trends in Uganda and an elitist mentality. - In fact we were written off as people who didnt know what we are after now they all know better. Those intimidating me dont waste your time. - Who by the way are the engineers of the most rare corruption establishment ever, past and current political impasse in Uganda. - Current socio-economic political trends will continue for sometime in this African country. - Unless administrative core politics at municipal and district level are guided, strengthened on implementation and supervision level under the laws- Uganda has no future. We are therefore setting the pace. Alfa - The alternative is to go fully-fledged federation based on current district socio-demographic configuration- hence harmonisation of social-economic and politic beliefs and the nexus of antagonistic ideologies. - It is however no solution. -Given to inherent weakness in these institutions, which are basically pedestal on organic solidarity not so much compatible with a modern medialised and marketised thought matrix. - People whove gained (now free radicals!) but also lost out in NRM 20 year socio-economic political stint are current opponents of the current government, to settle personal long socio-economic and political grievances, redundancy? (Diminishing returns) - They are the majority and more vocal even in the trends of pervasion of justice and the said rule of law they offer to re-establish. -Peasants and simple privatised government institutional workers have absolutely gained nothing and will gain nothing with the above arrangement. - The ontological status of the problem. - Implying losers to the next regime of politics and politicians will solve nothing, instead generate the next bout of political salvo and the impasse will continue. - The above category can be subdivided into two groups, a combination of economic and political power quest. - To solve such typically African political gridlock well have to come to terms with several issues some of which are being tackled like housing in Wakiso on a national scale. -Agriculture as elevated today is empty but not necessarily a useless tool. - However will bear nothing but further misery as high breed crops and commercialised intensive farming take root and collapses at the same time. - The peasant will be a peasant. - That will be the demise of the agriculture sector, as we have known it in Uganda economic history. Economics gone sour with cash crops. - Ive therefore developed a comprehensive matrix for physical planning and social planning we will implement nation wide. - To totally divert socio-economic politic development and trends. -Hence lessening the impact of politics on social and economic inclination to save the peasant from political garbage. - What it entitles is guidance of what should be done, how and when in form of rural and urban planning and transformation. - In essence it delimits stochastic political hearsay, tittle-tattle and individualised competition for resources i.e. corruption and synergies wasted on attain
