[Ugnet] Kony Anti-War Pressure Group Formed in the US
Kony Anti-War Pressure Group Formed in the US Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The Monitor (Kampala) June 19, 2005 Posted to the web June 20, 2005 P. Nyanzi and AgenciesWashington, D.C. A pressure group has been formed in the United States to pressure the US government to advocate and support peace negotiations to end the 18-year- old conflict in northern Uganda, a war that has been largely ignored by the western world. The Uganda Conflict Action Network (Uganda-CAN) was launched yesterday by the Washington-based Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN). The grassroots campaign seeks to raise awareness among Americans to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict in northern Uganda as part of a greater movement to achieve peace in the Great Lakes Region. Relevant Links East Africa United States, Canada and Africa Conflict, Peace and Security Uganda "The US, through military aid and strategic alliances, has played a significant role in the persistence of this horrific war," Peter Quaranto, the founding director of Uganda-CAN, said. "We are launching this project to demand that the US plays a larger role in advocating and supporting peace initiatives on the ground." The 18-year- old war in northern Uganda has left more than 20,000 children abducted, tens of thousands of people maimed or killed and 1.6 million people languishing in internally displaced people's (IDP) camps. It has remained one of the most forgotten crises in the world. Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader
LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite New Vision (Kampala) June 20, 2005 Posted to the web June 20, 2005 Chris Ochowun and Justin MoroKampala THREE women were on Thursday hacked to death by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in Pader. The women were in their gardens in Latuu in Lapul sub-county, Aruu county. The northern regional police commander, P. K. Arinaitwe, identified the dead as Christine Lakot, Mary Atto and Sylvia. The northern army spokesman, Lt. Tabaro Kiconco, on Saturday said the army pursued the rebels, killing three of them on Friday. He said the army rescued eight captives. Relevant Links East Africa Women and Gender Conflict, Peace and Security Uganda Kiconco said two guns and 70 bullets were recovered from the rebels. The rebels have continued to wreck havoc on civilian positions despite the ongoing peace talks mediated by former minister Betty Bigombe. Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
RE: [Ugnet] Army stops FDC rally
Are there FDC MPs?!??!?!? Or are we talking other versions of unprincipled tripple crossing ...?! It is strange that FDC with their renegade former Army Officers who besides, did not renegade because of principled pacifical anti war conviction or solidarity with the plight of fellow Ugandan in the North but because the dinner table got sour suddenly expect that merely ideology laundering for the sake of our votes change everthing. It is still SOS (same old shit!!!) !! The same old trade goods; differnt trademark!!! Those renegade former army officers, si manyi oba Major aani oba...merely want free ride to celebrity beam!! Amen!!! noc'l --- On Mon 06/20, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 07:58:21 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] Army stops FDC rally Army stops FDC rally By Justin Moro and Chris Ochowun WHAT was supposed to be a rousing welcome party turned into a massive show of force as dozens of UPDF troops and Police blocked a Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) rally at Kaunda Grounds in Gulu on Friday. The army, backed by anti-riot Police, deployed Mambas and Buffalo fighting vehicles and prevented FDC MPs from addressing their supporters. The MPs, led by Reagan Okumu (Aswa) and Michael Nyeko Ocula (Kilak), had earlier received a rousing welcome from supporters at Layibi Corner in Gulu Municipality. Okumu and Ocula were lifted shoulder-high to celebrate their recent release from Luzira Prison where they were remanded on murder charges. They were accompanied by the FDC National Executive Co-ordinator, Sam Njuba (right), FDC vice-chairperson for the northern region, Prof. Morris Ogenga Latigo (Agago MP) and MPs Martin Wandera (Workers), Christopher Kibazanga (Kasese) and FDC National Youth Co-or dinator, Odonga Otto (Aruu). The MPs had earlier addressed rallies at Coo-Pee and Unyama IDP camps in Bungatira and Paicho sub-counties respectively. Okumu and Ocula missed a traditional cleansing ceremony organised by traditional chiefs because they were delayed at the camps. By the time they arrived at Kaunda Grounds for their final rally, dozens of soldiers had deployed there and a heated exchange ensued between the MPs and the Police. Odonga Otto said, I know human rights and laws more than you. Ask the President to tell you about when I led a student strike at Makerere University. There will be tragedy and bloodshed here if you continue to push these crowds. Kony is in the bush and there is no one following him yet the UPDF commanders are loitering in Kampala and Kaunda Ground waiting to block rallies. The MPs said they would take the matter to Parliament and push for the punishment of some of the police officers. Ocula said they had asked the Gulu mayor, Alex Ojera, to allow them hold thanksgiving prayers at Kaunda because the churches were too small. The mayor said, I see no reason why these MPs cannot hold prayers here. Ends Published on: Sunday, 12th June, 2005__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
RE: [Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader
Matek,So the LRA EXISTS, AFTER ALL?!--- On Tue 06/21, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:59:40 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) June 20, 2005 Posted to the web June 20, 2005 Chris Ochowun and Justin MoroKampala THREE women were on Thursday hacked to death by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in Pader. The women were in their gardens in Latuu in Lapul sub-county, Aruu county. The northern regional police commander, P. K. Arinaitwe, identified the dead as Christine Lakot, Mary Atto and Sylvia. The northern army spokesman, Lt. Tabaro Kiconco, on Saturday said the army pursued the rebels, killing three of them on Friday. He said the army rescued eight captives. Relevant Links East Africa Women and Gender Conflict, Peace and Security Uganda Kiconco said two guns and 70 bullets were recovered from the rebels. The rebels have continued to wreck havoc on civilian positions despite the ongoing peace talks mediated by former minister Betty Bigombe. Yahoo! SportsRekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.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] Ntungamo, Karamoja etc about to starve to extinction as we spend 30Bln on Referendum.
One wonders what the 30 Billions we are to spend on the Referendum could do in solving some of these, now Perpetual, food shortages. Ntungamo Prison runs short of food QUEST FOR FOOD: Ntungamo Prison inmates working at a private property recently By Chris AhimbisibweNTUNGAMO Prison has run short of food, the district chairman has said.John Karazarwe said the district had decided to let prisoners be hired to work for private developers to raise money for food.Saying the food given by the government was not enough, Karazarwe on Saturday said, We have decided to supplement on what we receive from the Government by allowing them to do public works that are payable.?He said the district did not have a farm where prisoners would have grown their own food like it is with other government prisons.Karazarwe defended the decision to hire out the prisoners, saying it kept them in good health and helped them to acquire new skills.Ends Hunger forces 6 schools to close in Karamoja RESCUE: Lolem By Nathan EtenguSix schools in nakapi-ripirit district have closed following a decision by World Food programme (WFP) to suspend the distribution of relief food.Seven people have also died of hunger-related diseases in the district, the Pokot county MP, Micah Lolem, has said.He said the dead included three women from Lomeria, Loro sub-county and two others from Ocoricor parish.Lolem named the schools as Arengesiep SS in Nabilatuk, Namalu Seed SS, Pokot SS and Cheptapoyo Primary School. Others are Alakas boys and Alakas girls primary schools.Some of the church-founded primary schools only retained candidate classes while the government-aided schools closed completely,?Lolem said.He said the schools, that heavily relied on relief food, closed at the beginning of the second term when their stores ran dry.State minister for karamoja affairs Peter Lokeris on Saturday said persistent theft of food from WFP stores at nabilatuk forced the UN body to suspend distribution.Published on: Tuesday, 21st June, 2005 \\\Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else.\ Njoki Paul University of Pretoria ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
RE: [Ugnet] 'Museveni is Worse Than Obote'
Let him swallow his garbage!! Now, dont let no body see stars at mid day. I do not know about the analogue or the variables used. It is not of interest to me just now. On the contrary, his fugitive fallacy is. If he were serious about his assertion and given the power positions he held, why did he not act to influence the development in positive direction? His Excellency President Musseveni is not on some solo drive. These categories of renegades are nothing but bluffs!! They eat while the going is smooth only to turn around and curse when the dinner table is halted. They did not even throw bones from the table while the feast lasted. They ate the meat, sucked and even chewed the bones!! And now they want us ordinary commonality electorates to take them as revelatory?!? Indeed, the Devil and the Saint is one and the same! The tormentor turns around after twelve and acts the SaviorMary Elisa, mercy!! It is only in Uganda that is possible! Rgds Nocla gaumoy--- On Tue 06/21, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: ugandanet@kym.netDate: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:55:10 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] 'Museveni is Worse Than Obote' 'Museveni is Worse Than Obote' Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) June 20, 2005 Posted to the web June 20, 2005 David MafabiKumi RTD. Maj. Ruranga Rubaramira has said President Yoweri Museveni is a dictator worse than exiled former President, Dr Apollo Milton Obote. Rubaramira, who is the Inter-party Coordinator, for the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), said the bush war audit revealed that they sacrificed their lives for nothing. "When we took to the bush to fight Obote, we knew we were fighting dictatorship, but only to learn today that Museveni is a dictator worse than Obote, and the late Idi Amin Dada," he said. Rubaramira was on Saturday addressing a rally at Kumi Township Primary School after launching FDC offices in the district. He said statistics showed that Ugandans are poorer today than 20 years ago. "The majority of the people are living below one dollar," Rubaramira said. Relevant Links East Africa Uganda He said they went to the bush to fight for democracy but Museveni had abused it and centered everything on himself. He said Museveni had failed to inspire commitment but wanted to command commitment and loyalty. Yahoo! MailStay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
RE: [Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader
NOP! The Disgruntled UPDF could be "LRA". MKOkuto del Coli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matek,So the LRA EXISTS, AFTER ALL?!--- On Tue 06/21, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:59:40 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) June 20, 2005 Posted to the web June 20, 2005 Chris Ochowun and Justin MoroKampala THREE women were on Thursday hacked to death by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in Pader. The women were in their gardens in Latuu in Lapul sub-county, Aruu county. The northern regional police commander, P. K. Arinaitwe, identified the dead as Christine Lakot, Mary Atto and Sylvia. The northern army spokesman, Lt. Tabaro Kiconco, on Saturday said the army pursued the rebels, killing three of them on Friday. He said the army rescued eight captives. Relevant Links East Africa Women and Gender Conflict, Peace and Security Uganda Kiconco said two guns and 70 bullets were recovered from the rebels. The rebels have continued to wreck havoc on civilian positions despite the ongoing peace talks mediated by former minister Betty Bigombe. Yahoo! SportsRekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Town Clerk -made more sense
Fellow citizens - New Vision on June 5, 2005 curried a statistical photo exhibition of Kampala Roads potholes. They counted every pothole on every newly constructed and old constructed road. When I read this article I couldnt fail to see the illogic nature of the Afrikaans, incompetence, unseriousness, insincerity of our people, brunt liars, and sheer foolishness of KCC. a. As a first step to understand that KCC understand what they are talking about potholes, I challenge what is his name by the way, yes Ssegane to come up with a KAMPALA DETAIL ROAD MAP OF KAMPALA FULLY SPECIFYING TOPOGRAPHICAL, GEOMORPHOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL aspects. b. Such maps will be in place update every quarter of year. KCC does not even have a cartographic department Kampala City Council Uganda what an absurdity! c. A packed Matatu weights way above 4000 tonnes, therefore vibrations and constant pounding on road structures is what solely destroys roads in Kampala. d. Flyovers mbu is the solution for less than 10,000 vehicles! woo what planning nonsense. Kampala has a population of about 20,000 vehicles a small city in Europe of a smaller size will have about 250,000- 500,000 vehicles. e. Many roads are badly designed therefore subject to the full force of chemical weathering, garbage litter, water erosion on top of erratic hot tropical climate has KCC ever launched a study to find out how to mitigate these problems? KCC knows better! f. Kampala today is over 10 kilometres in radius on all sides - therefore the current transport infrastructure is not feasible in anyway to contemporary city planning - if a kilometre of a road cost shs 250 million what is the alternative? g. For KCC it is TINA formation (there is no alternative) Makerere University engineering faculty and KCC engineers taken to task to explain potholes, stupid. h. The British built a railway from Mombasa to Kasese why cant build a tram system on all 900 km of Kampala city roads and how much will KCC save from maintenance and road construction costs? i. Why has KCC not started a district bus service lack of money or matatu ownership?!! j. In fact the majority of Kampala people would be cycling to work, if there were any sort of structure in place i.e. cycling tracks on all roads. 4 wheel drive. k. Mark you garbage litter another debacle leaching roads, can generate electricity, income for KCC and for lighting of entire city at a very low cost than polluting Kitezi. l. There is what we call SPATIALITY (low technical solution) that is localisation and population spread over a wide area this will enhance decongestion, disorganisation, cleanliness, and of course solve all what is called Kampala traffic/road problems. m. Relocating all major commercial and trading activities will completely decongest the city- move owino market to Natete, Kawempe, move trade from Kikubo to Katwe or Kasubi move all taxis out of the city and reintroduce city buses or trams simple no potholes. n. Had KCC been competent enough today it will own broadband cable network all over the city breadth, to take services into the suburbs hence pushing the population to work outside the city. o. Does KCC have any development fund later all on investments to fund city development plans? LGDP stupid! p. All what was written up does not add up but a reflection of people lost into their own world, so arrogant to assume that every one of us is gyrating in the same mess. If you cant do it contact me I will help you at no cost what so ever, so long as you pay my professional experts for their lost income, doing the job. Me Bwanika @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.idrconstuling.com ~¨¨~¨¨ ~¨~¨~¨ ~¨ ¨¨ ~¨~~¨¨¨ Monday June 20, 2005 on page 49, The City Council of Kampala Town Clerks Office P.O. Box 7010 Kampala, Uganda Telephone 231446 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] arrogantly and what to me seems most stupid and rare breed placed a response on half page in New Vision. Note Half page 17.5 cm x 6 col/26cm x 4 col) New Vision New Advertisement rates effective 1 July 2005 2,580,000 compare with old rates. Here you go. 1. We refer to the article by Stephen Abili, which purported to portray our city of Kampala as full of nothing but potholes. 2. Whereas we appreciate the concern expressed by Sunday vision, we still think that your story would have made more sense if only your reporter had been professional enough to find out from us what the problem is, if any. (!) 3. Indeed, your reporter would have found out that we are more concerned about the potholes than any other person. Potholes have been the subject of many discussions both by the management committee and the executive committee of the council. During these meetings, we have taken our engineers (indeed!) to task to explain to us what plans they
RE: [Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader
Hallå, you say, "COULD BE", what is the matter?! Which is which? Are you riding on "Nyangole" stuff: "can you prove that you exist?"aha ha--- On Tue 06/21, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 06:56:34 -0700 (PDT)Subject: RE: [Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in PaderNOP! The Disgruntled UPDF could be "LRA". MKOkuto del Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: Matek,So the LRA EXISTS, AFTER ALL?!--- On Tue 06/21, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:59:40 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) June 20, 2005 Posted to the web June 20, 2005 Chris Ochowun and Justin MoroKampala THREE women were on Thursday hacked to death by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in Pader. The women were in their gardens in Latuu in Lapul sub-county, Aruu county. The northern regional police commander, P. K. Arinaitwe, identified the dead as Christine Lakot, Mary Atto and Sylvia. The northern army spokesman, Lt. Tabaro Kiconco, on Saturday said the army pursued the rebels, killing three of them on Friday. He said the army rescued eight captives. Relevant Links East Africa Women and Gender Conflict, Peace and Security Uganda Kiconco said two guns and 70 bullets were recovered from the rebels. The rebels have continued to wreck havoc on civilian positions despite the ongoing peace talks mediated by former minister Betty Bigombe. Yahoo! SportsRekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ Do you Yahoo!?Make Yahoo! your home page No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.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] Re: [Ugandacom] UPC in Stockholm
Yes, Ed, but there will always come sunshine after rain. Some day they will die and innate " Democracy in the marrow Ugandan" will take over.Thanxnoc'l--- On Mon 06/20, Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:From: Edward Mulindwa [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ugandanet@kym.netDate: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:27:59 -0400Subject: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] UPC in Stockholm And if we do that how will proffesional politicians like Ssemogerere, Mayanja Nkangi, Ruhakana Rugunda, Abu Mayanja, Eriya Kategaya on and on survive? It is a profession you know !! EmToronto The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: NOC´LADUMAS GEORGES To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Ugandanet@kym.net Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 5:53 AMSubject: RE: [Ugandacom] UPC in Stockholm You know! You are not that good at theatre! Weed out upc abac-abac!! And let all Ugandan political parties weed out their "Abac-abac bala Kwac" ( double crossing rats) and Uganda will evolve into genuine politics of participation rgdsnoc'lFrom: Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: ugandanet@kym.net, [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [Ugandacom] UPC in StockholmDate: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 07:44:10 -0700 (PDT)Again, need I remind you that there are no longer any UPC in Stockholm or Uppsala. These are just Obal-UPC. Now we hear that a prominent founder member of the UPC Stockholm Branch is now some kind of DIRECTOR GENERAL of some FDC project. AND, this at a time when the official UPC version is that the party is not undergoing any illicit paramour with the FDC. So, again which is which?!?!?I wonder if the UPC is not into some self destructive rush!?Rgdsnoc'lNoc'lThe constitution of the UPC ( and yes the UPC has a constitution) clearly stipulates that once you are a member of Uganda Peoples Congress, you CANNOT at the some time be a member of another political party or organization! So for us , in the UPC , we do not Know this FDC thing...and by the way who are this " Obal -UPC" in Stockholm?MK-Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football Planera solsemestern på MSN Resor. Klicka här Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ugandacom/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
RE: [Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader
Okutu: Drunk again haa! with your stupid talk!. I have already told you that the so called "LRA" does not exist. My assertions are based on concrete analysis, Independent reasoning, and critical thinking.!! Okay. Npow if you are acting like a stupid jack-ass that is your issue and problem!! Your tomfoolary is unpreccidented!!Okuto del Coli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallå, you say, "COULD BE", what is the matter?! Which is which? Are you riding on "Nyangole" stuff: "can you prove that you exist?"aha ha--- On Tue 06/21, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 06:56:34 -0700 (PDT)Subject: RE: [Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in PaderNOP! The Disgruntled UPDF could be "LRA".MKOkuto del Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: Matek,So the LRA EXISTS, AFTER ALL?!--- On Tue 06/21, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:59:40 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader LRA Hack 3 Women to Death in Pader Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) June 20, 2005 Posted to the web June 20, 2005 Chris Ochowun and Justin MoroKampala THREE women were on Thursday hacked to death by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in Pader. The women were in their gardens in Latuu in Lapul sub-county, Aruu county. The northern regional police commander, P. K. Arinaitwe, identified the dead as Christine Lakot, Mary Atto and Sylvia. The northern army spokesman, Lt. Tabaro Kiconco, on Saturday said the army pursued the rebels, killing three of them on Friday. He said the army rescued eight captives. Relevant Links East Africa Women and Gender Conflict, Peace and Security Uganda Kiconco said two guns and 70 bullets were recovered from the rebels. The rebels have continued to wreck havoc on civilian positions despite the ongoing peace talks mediated by former minister Betty Bigombe. Yahoo! SportsRekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ Do you Yahoo!?Make Yahoo! your home page No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Marines win Iraq desert battle, war far from over
Marines win Iraq desert battle, war far from over By Peter Graff 2 hours, 25 minutes ago KARABILA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Marines claimed success on Tuesday in another battle against insurgents in the Iraqi desert but acknowledged that the war was far from over and that guerrillas would soon recover lost ground. After four days of bombardment and street-to-street gunbattles, the Marines cleared Karabila -- a strategic way station near the main border crossing where the Euphrates flows in from Syria -- of foreign fighters who made it a base. But U.S. officers and local people in the town, badly damaged by the fighting, said the insurgents would be back. "That is another in a string of successful operations that continue to disrupt and interdict insurgent activity in west Anbar province," said Colonel Steve Davis, who commanded the 1,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops involved in "Operation Spear." Battalion intelligence officer Captain Thomas Sibley pointed out, however, that any final victory was still some way off: "If this was the only thing we did, we would lose this war -- quickly. But it's not the only thing we're doing. "Yeah, in a couple of weeks they'll be back and they'll make up for these losses. But that's fine, because we're not beating them in two weeks. We're beating them in two years." Mohammed Solfeij, 33, whose house is on the outskirts of Karabila near where the Americans first entered the town, said the insurgents would be back "as soon as the Americans leave." "The people are suffering. Most of them have fled to live in the desert," he said. Relations between local tribes and both foreign Islamist fighters and the Americans can be hostile. Many of Karabila's 60,000 residents fled before the U.S. assault. And there are signs of fighting between Iraqis and foreigners. EBB AND FLOW Unlike the U.S. forces that seized in November and now largely hold the former insurgent bastion of Falluja, near Baghdad, the 20,000 Marines who patrol the vast desert remainder of Anbar province -- nearly a third of Iraq's territory -- lack the numbers to stay in areas after battles. The result has been a series of operations to clear insurgent strongholds along the Euphrates, from Syria to Falluja, after which the Marines withdraw to their bases. Karabila, close to Qaim, is just across the river from where the same troops mounted "Operation Matador" early in May. The Karabila assault, which began with air strikes and an advance into the town from the south early last Friday and lasted until dusk on Monday, was a success in military terms. Locals say much of the town had been under control of foreigners, who had even set up checkpoints in the center. Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Mundy said the U.S.-led forces killed 45-50 insurgents. A Reuters correspondent was shown five insurgents' bodies and heard detailed accounts from individual Marines of firefights in which more were killed. Four Iraqis were freed from a cell where they said they were tortured. Weapons, ammunition, explosives and bomb-making gear were discovered, in one case alongside a horde of passports from Algeria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Tunisia. Stuffed in one a boarding pass showing the bearer flew on Libyan Arab Airways to Damascus from Tripoli on June 1, buttressing Washington's complaints about Syrian indulgence. COSTS OF WAR There was a cost for civilians and the Americans too. One Marine was killed and six wounded, Mundy said. His forces killed three civilians and wounded two in a firefight and made no count of the number of civilians who may have been hurt from afar by air or artillery strikes, although much of the town was deserted before the battle. The chief doctor at the area's main hospital in Qaim, Hamdi al-Alusi, said on Tuesday he had counted 25 civilian dead and feared others lay buried in the rubble of their homes. Those figures could also not be independently checked. U.S. and Iraqi troops searched every house, often only after the front gate was blown off. Weapons caches were detonated on the spot bringing houses down around them. Whole streets were obliterated. Marines say the devastation is the price to pay to disrupt Sunni Arab insurgents responsible for a suicide bombing campaign that has worsened over the past two months since a new Shi'ite-led government was formed. And they hope that soon they will no longer have to abandon towns once they clear them. A company of about 100 newly trained Iraqi troops assisted the 1,000 Americans in Operation Spear -- all the local troops the Marines have to work with in their territory so far. "In two years, or maybe one year or six months, there will be Iraqi army or Iraqi security forces that come here and stay on the territory that we push the insurgents from," said Sibley, the intelligence office. "The locals will love it." Acknowledging that the going was still "tough" in Iraq, President Bush stressed again on Monday U.S. hopes that Iraqi forces would be trained
[Ugnet] U.S. Said Delaying Saddam Interrogations
Saddam Knows Alot of SECRETS alrights... SECRET involving the US Support of the regime during the Iraq /Iran war. The US is NOT about to let Saddam Spill the beans , so to say, if and when Saddam is allowed to testify in a court of law!!! Matek. U.S. Said Delaying Saddam Interrogations By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 10 minutes ago BRUSSELS, Belgium - Iraq's justice minister on Tuesday accused the United States of trying to delay Iraqi efforts to interrogate Saddam Hussein, saying "it seems there are lots of secrets they want to hide." . Justice Minister Abdel Hussein Shandal also told The Associated Press he was confident that Saddam's trial on war crimes charges would be over by the end of the year, underlining the Iraqi government's determination to try the ousted leader soon. "This trial will be accomplished within 2005 and this will only be in Iraqi courts," he said in an interview on the sidelines of an international conference on his country's future. U.S. officials had no immediate comment on Shandal's remarks, but the Americans privately have urged caution about rushing into a trial, saying the Iraqis need to develop a good court and judicial system one of the main topics of discussion at the conference in Brussels, Belgium. An official at the press office of the Iraqi Special Tribunal that is overseeing the court proceedings in Baghdad stressed it was an independent body and was not bound by the minister's comments. He said no date had been set for Saddam's trial. "The interrogation of Saddam is taking place regularly and almost daily and neither the justice minister, nor the Americans, have anything to do with it because the IST is an independent court," the official said. "Saddam's trial will start as soon as the investigation finishes." The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns, also said things are taking place in stages and as scheduled." Saddam, 68, has been jailed under American control at a U.S. military detention complex near Baghdad airport named Camp Cropper, which holds 110 high-profile detainees. But Shandal alleged that U.S. officials deliberately are trying to limit access to Saddam because they have their own secrets to protect, including funneling money and support to Iraqi leader during his rule. "It seems there are lots of secrets they want to hide," Shandal said. "There should be transparency and there should be frankness, but there are secrets that if revealed, won't be in the interest of many countries," he said. "Who was helping Saddam all those years?" Shandal said he was speaking with the authority of a Cabinet minister who personally nominated several of the judges on the tribunal and was in close contact with the investigators. Saddam has been interrogated by the Iraqi tribunal, which recently released a video of his questioning without sound. The tribunal, which was appointed by the now-defunct U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, has released a total of three such videotapes showing the ousted dictator and two others giving testimony and signing statements before the panel. The tribunal in the past has criticized government officials, including Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's spokesman, Laith Kuba, for suggesting that a timetable had been set. Kuba said in early June that Saddam's trial would start in two months. The tribunal also has sought to stress its independence from the government. "Any date to start the trials belongs to the judges," the tribunal said in a June 6 statement. U.S. officials say Iraqis will decide on Saddam's trial but there are concerns that a trial could interfere with the key process of writing a constitution and inflame sectarian tensions. The Iraqi government must finish a draft by mid-August so they can hold a referendum on the charter ahead of December elections for a full-term government. Shandal acknowledged Tuesday that no trial date would be set until interrogators complete their investigation and send their findings to the tribunal, which then will set a date. But he said he was confident it would be completed before the end of the year. Saddam was captured in December 2003. He and 11 of his top lieutenants will be tried by the tribunal, which was set up in late 2003 after Saddam was toppled. "Now we are in the process of interrogation. The process requires collecting evidence ... and we need a lot of evidence, a lot of interrogations," Shandal said. Saddam faces charges that include killing rival politicians over 30 years, gassing Kurds in the northern town of Halabja in 1988, invading Kuwait in 1990, and suppressing Kurdish and Shiite uprisings in 1991. Shandal said he also would face charges related to the destruction of Iraq's infrastructure. If convicted, he faces the death penalty. ___ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ___ Ugandanet mailing list
[Ugnet] FDC to expose kisanja bribe MPs
Come to think about it, I think fellow citizens would like to know the names of this so called MP who allowed themselves to be compromised...and this would mark the end of their political carreer!!! believe me! Indeed, they will soon go to the villages to grow embatta!! Accordingly the so called FDC would be undertaking a great service to the people of Uganda ifg they would come up with the names of this Unpatriotic compromised MPs..Ugandans will make sure that they never hold any political office ever again!! Matek Matek FDC to expose kisanja bribe MPs HUSSEIN BOGERE KAMPALA MEMBERS of Parliament, who reportedly received cash to support the lifting of presidential term limits, may suffer international travel bans if the opposition Forum for Democratic Change gets its way with foreign governments."We shall send the list of all members who received the bribes to various foreign governments and explore the possibility of imposing travel restrictions on these members in an effort to fight corruption," the acting FDC chairperson, Ms Salaam Musumba, said in a statement yesterday. Her statement was read out by the party's deputy Executive Coordinator, Mr Reagan Okumu, at the FDC weekly press briefing. The names of MPs on "the list of shame and honour," as FDC preferred to call it, are published on the party's website. Campaign strategyThe party said it will decampaign corruption tainted MPs both in their constituencies and at the international scene.The issue of bribed MPs will also be introduced to donor governments, regional parliaments and the United Nations, party spokesperson Wafula Oguttu said.The FDC's move was prompted by Lyemiyaga MP Theodore Ssekikubo's revelation on November 24, 2004 that pro-third term MPs were each paid Shs5 milion at Mosa Courts Apartment.The money, whose source has never been revealed, was handed out by MPs Charles Bakabulindi, Anifa Kawooya and Hope Mwesigye.The infamous incident drew criticism from the opposition. Aruu County MP Odonga Otto and other Members of Parliament presented a petition to the Speaker, which condemned the act by the NRM to give "bribes" to MPs in order to support the lifting of term limits. But the NRM said the money was meant to facilitate MPs to explain the Government White Pa per on the Constitution amendments. Musumba said the act of receiving bribes by MPs in order to support the lifting of presidential term limits was unbecoming and unlawful not expected of legislators. "It brought the reputation of the 7th parliament into contempt," she said.The Weekly Observer reported last week that NRM MPs got more facilitation recently. "We believe that the silence about bribery and corruption going on in Parliament is an anathema of democracy in our nation," Musumba said. FDC says the movement is creating a system that propagates corruption and rewards those who abuse their positions. "We have therefore decided as a party whose core objective is to have zero tolerance to corruption to campaign extensively nationally and internationally to expose this tendency," she said. "We shall go further and send lists of all members who received the bribes to International and Regional Parliamentary Associations such as the Inter Parliamentary Union , the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Joint ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly and others using our network of external coordinators all over the world," Musumba said. But Ms Hope Mwesigye, the State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, said last week that the money that has been in question recently is meant to facilitate Movement MPs to transport registration cards, open up branch offices and party committees. "This is not money to buy off MPs or kisanja," she said. "It's only to facilitate them while they perform NRM work in their respective constituencies. There is no need to bribe people for kisanja now because we already have it. We are only waiting for the time. The question of money for kisanja does not arise at all. Money was given, but not for kisanja."But Okumu said Uganda should be expelled from the CPA because it has failed to live to the standards set. "If our Parliament starts flouting those rules and takes us back to the NRC days t hen we run the risk," he said. "This government should not survive for another day because it is the most corrupt we've seen since independence."Okumu said the NRM administration has been the most sectarian since independence. "Museveni is trying to use clan politics to cling onto power," he said. However, Okumu said it was wrong for Ugandans to think that all westerners had benefited from the current 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] Court rejects move to stop referendum
SET the fools UP...and the will take the bait!!! ..the fools do not even realise that they are pretty much destroying the very institution which should stand the test of time! MK Court rejects move to stop referendum SOLOMON MUYITA KAMPALAThe Constitutional Court yesterday declined to hear an application by members of the opposition seeking an injunction to stop the Electoral Commission from continuing with plans for the forthcoming referendum on the political system.The Deputy Chief Justice, Ms Laetitia Mukasa Kikonyogo, who chaired a coram of five justices, said the application was not necessary and would be a waste of time.However, the court agreed to hear the main petition in which the same members are challenging the constitutionality of the referendum.The ruling means that for the time being the Electoral Commission is free to go on with arrangements to hold a referendum in July as scheduled.The petition is seeking the nullification of the sections of the 1995 Constitution, the Referendum and other Provisions Act and the entire Movement Act. On the panel are Justices Amos Twinomujuni, Alice Mpagi Bahigeine, Ch ristine Kitumba and Stephen Kavuma.Opposition lawyers Peter Walubiri, Erias Lukwago and Moses Kajakol had argued that much as the petition challenging the referendum on change of political systems was an urgent matter, they needed to first apply for the injunction. Time factorThe court might not find time to give its verdict in the petition before July 28 when the referendum is to be held, Walubiri submitted.The petitioners are Hajji Badru Wegulo, the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) chairman and head of the partys Constitutional Steering Committee, Mr John Livingstone Okello-Okello, the vice chairman and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)s Beti Olive Kamya and Sam Njuba. Others are Lubaga South MP and Conservative Party Secretary General, Mr John Ken Lukyamuzi, Kyadondo South MP and Democratic Party member, Mr Issa Kikungwe and a lecturer at the Makerere University Law Faculty and Free Movement member, Prof. John Jean Barya.The Solicitor General, Mr Lucian Tibaruha, assisted by the Director of Civil Litigation, Mr Joseph Matsiko and Principal State Attorney, Mr Okello Oryem led the government side. Tibaruha said since the petition had been fixed for hearing yesterday, the applicatio n for an injunction was a waste of time. Kikonyogo ruled that the application be stayed for the hearing of the petition to proceed. If circumstances arise, you can bring back the application and the court will not hesitate to call the file and hear the application, she said.Seven key opposition members from the six main opposition political parties (G-6) petitioned the court saying allowing the holding of the referendum would give a green-light to dictatorship in Uganda, as the country is now under a one-party state. They said the referendum infringes rights and freedoms of the citizens.Court heard in Mr Walubiris two-hour presentation of the petition that there is nothing like a Movement political system in Uganda or anywhere in the world.This is a mere legal and political constitutional fraud and gimmick. The so-called Movement political system is a fully-fledged political party disguised as a political system.It was nurtured in Luweero Trian gle way back in 1981 when some Ugandans went to the bush as NRA and captured power on January 26, 1986, formed a National Resistance Council and Movement (NRC/NRM), with an army and a High Command, he said.Walubiri said NRC consisted of leaders from that one organisation who have since misled Ugandans to change the laws and turn their organisation into a political system.He said NRM or the Movement is something amorphous that has been camouflaging around as a political system, moving like an amoeba while confusing this country as well as trampling on the citizens rights and freedoms to participate in affairs of government.Walubiri said the Movements unconstitutional cover was unmasked in May 2003 when the court, in an earlier petition of Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere, declared it an organisation rather than a political system it claims to be.There will be no basis in a democracy and in a country that follows the rule of law to expose its citizens to a choice between democracy and dictatorship or a one-party state. That is no choice, he said.The petitioners said, being one of the poorest countries in the world and a highly indebted nation currently under approximately 52% budgetary support by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and other bilateral donors Uganda cannot waste billions of shillings in a futile exercise.Walubiri said money budgeted for the referendum is better off diverted to provision of social services in the country.The court was also asked to rule that it was unconstitutional for Parliament to pass a resolution for holding the referendum and for the Electoral Commission to proceed and organise the exercise.
[Ugnet] LRA rebels strike in northern Uganda
LRA rebels strike in northern Uganda June 21 2005 at 09:12AM Arua - Insurgents from Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on Monday hacked to death four villagers and wounded five others after rounding them up from their fields, the army said.Army spokesperson Lieutenant Kiconco Tabaro said the rebels attacked a group of villagers who had gone to work in the farmlands in Oryang village in the northern Pader district early in the morning.The rebels used farm tools "to kill four of them and left five others unconscious and have since been rushed to Kitgum hospital where they are admitted", he told reporters.Relief agencies in Gulu confirmed the attack.Tabaro said the raid followed an incident over the weekend in Atanga in Aru County - about 40km from the scene of Monday's attack - in which the army claimed it killed six rebels and recovered guns and ammunition on Sunday. "This was a revenge attack on the innocent people after we killed six of them," said Tabaro, adding that the army was pursuing the insurgents.The LRA, which operates from bases in northern Uganda and southern Sudan, has been fighting President Yoweri Museveni's secular government since 1988, vowing to replace it with one based on the biblical Ten Commandments.They are best known, however, for atrocities against civilians and abducting villagers as bearers, child soldier conscripts and sex slaves.The conflict has displaced more than 1.6-million people, who are living in squalid camps in northern Uganda. - Sapa-AFP Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing & more. Check it out! Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ___ 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] Animal Farm : Some Pigs More Equal Than Others
Also, where does the NRM get monet to give to MPs, govt coffers? Simon Nume [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Movt MPs bitter over money RICHARD MUTUMBA AGNESS NANDUTU KAMPALA SOME of the Movement Members of Parliament have complained over the criteria used in determining their facilitation while on Movement assignments. The complaints come after some MPs were given varying amounts of money reportedly to facilitate them to deliver party registration cards and supervise formation of Movement committees in their respective constituencies.The party last week gave MPs between Shs1 million and Shs3 million each as refund for expenses purportedly incurred while supervising formation of party committees in their areas. But some of the MPs who received Shs 1 million or less argue that the method used favours some class of MPs.The MPs signed for the money at NRM headquarters on plot 10 Kyadondo Road on Thursday and Friday.One of the MPs, who had received Shs1million, said the method used was unfair."There are three categories: those officials of the caucus, who even receive regular salaries, then another class in b etween, and we the followers, who get peanuts," the MP who preferred anonymity said. The MPs are part of group of more than 400 party mobilisers currently assisting in establishing NRM committees from districts down to villages. The State Minister in charge of Parliamentary Affairs, Ms Hope Mwesigye, confirmed that indeed Movement MPs were receiving some money to facilitate them to transport party registration cards, open branch offices and party committees.However, she dismissed speculation that the money was meant to bribe MPs to support the ruling Movements position on Constitution amendments __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FedsNet/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __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] Re: SV: Re: [FedsNet] M7 is on the ropes and Rwanda has to pay
Mr. Ocaya, If your note an attempt to re-write history it is a resounding failure. Mr. Oryema is absolutely right: Mayumba Kumi was imported from Tanzania by Obote. Museveni then copied it in making his unpaid, but electedintelligence network, the RC system -- even though the fact that they are part of the intelligence network may have escaped an RC or two, here and there. Here is some ink: H. Birungi, B. Kwagala, N. Muwanga, T Onweng E. J. Trondsen 2000 "What makes markets tick?": Local Governance and Service Delivery in Uganda. Asian Review of Public Administration, Vol 12 wrote: "The Obote II regime, 1980-1985, did not effect any meaningful changes to the existing political structures at the local level. Attempts to revitalize community participation through the introduction of the "Mayumba Kumi" village system (Tidemand 1994) were unsuccessful. A commission of Inquiry on Local Government noted that the Mayumba Kumi system mainly played a security function " (also at: http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/eropa/arpa-janjun2000-birungi.pdf) The Tindemand document is: Tidemand, P 1994 The Resistance Councils in Uganda: A Study of Rural Politics and Popular Democracy in Afrika. PhD Dissertation, Roskilde University, Denmark. Prof. Nelson Kasfir also relies on Tindemand's work: Nelson Kasfir Guerrillas and civilian participation: The National Resistance Arm in Uganda, 1981-1986, (www.dartmouth.edu/~jcarey/KasfirGuer.pdf) Nelson Kasfir. Dilemmas of Popular Support in in Guerrilla War: The National Resistance Army in Uganda, 1981-86 (www.duke.edu/web/licep/6/kasfir/kasfir.pdf) (BTW: Museveni is busy expanding his intelligence network in the diaspora, in the guise of opening external NRM-0 offices. Again, this little fact seems to be lost on even the most ethusiastic participants.And although theFBI may not be amused with Museveni's machinations, there is a legal lacuna that'd enable them to operate in USA. All they'd have to do is register as 'Agents of a Foreign Government', a process that may attract quite a bit of attention from various agencies post-9/11.) Ocaya pOcure [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mw. Oryema, I belief it is known that you are an anti-Obote like a Leopard skin! But at time do justice to yourself if my history might have not gone stale. I hope you very well know that, the first President of Uganda after the late dictator AMIN (RIP), was Prof. LULE who came with the Manyumba Kumi or the Ten Cell system. It was not even BINAISA and, or the Military Commission led by both M7 and the late Paul MUWANGA (RIP)! How quick are you just to jump those leaderships up to OBOTE if you are not some sort of person who is anti Obote? Please check your history and correct some of us who are not your generations who happened to have read some of what we say from some rudimentary historical books! OCAYA pOcureOryema Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: Musamize: Good piece you have posted. The RCs project is based on the "Mayumba Kumi" project started during the Obote II regime which was based on Nyerere's Ujaama cell system. During Nyerere's time, almost every Tanzanian was an informer of some sorts. Tanzanians under the Ujaama system lived a communal life whereby everyne watched their backs and reported on anyone else around them. In the Western world, this is known as neighborhood watch. The difference between the Mayumba Kumi thing with neighborhood watch is, neighbourhood watch is a prevention of crime being committed in the area or protecting your neighbor's properties and not to spy on them and providing that information to the government. The truth of the matter is, every regime in Uganda in the last 40 or so years has found a way of controlling Ugandans and whatever name these various regimes have given themselves, they are no different from each other. They have all succeeded in fooling Ugandans and tragically divided the nation more than the Brits did. Common sense, under a normal circumstance, would dictate that, Ugandans, themselve as a people need to break away from all these false prophets and start afresh. Are there people (younger) who can tell the Ssemos thank you Mzee for your contribution to our nation, but we want to be free. Are there people in UPC (younger) who can tell Milton, thank you Mzee for your contribution to our nation, but we want to be free. Are there people in NMR (younger) who can tell Kaguta, thank you mzee for your contribution to our nation, but we want to be free. Once we are fred from these wazees, then we can face the new threats to our nation, such as the Kony saga, the threat of disease, poverty, corruption and other maladies facing our people. While we seem to disagree on many things, we are agree on one thing, our past and present are bad and need not be tied to our future! OryemaFrom: musamize [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]CC: ugandanet@kym.netSubject: Re: [FedsNet] M7 is on the
[Ugnet] Re: [FedsNet] Uganda's Auditor General Has No Right To Audit The Army
Mr. Nume, An excerpt from Chamonges Kericho 1997 Uganda: Hurtling Toward a Rwanda-like Crisis, Trafford, BC Canada ($20 at www.trafford.com), almost ten years ago: "What explanation does the NRA leadership have for all one tribe dominance of the NRA dept. of Finance. Is it the hidden agenda of siphoning pit (sic) public funds to the south west in this liberty spending ministry whose books of accounts are not subject to any critical audit under the cover of security matters!! Is it possible that in the entire NRA which until recently had 100,000 officers and men there was no one else who read (sic) accounts other than Banyankole? "Simon Nume [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Auditor blocked from army accounts FRANK NYAKAIRU CHARLES MWANGUHYA KAMPALA TWO teams from the Auditor Generals (AG) office were blocked from accessing accounts of the Uganda People's Defence Forces in the 3rd and 4th Divisions, according to a new report.In his report for the financial year ending June 30, 2004, Auditor General John Muwanga complained that his teams were denied access to all the accounts of the UPDF 3rd Division, which is based in Mbale and Gulu-based 4th Division.The AG queried a transfer of Shs280 million in salaries from a UPDF account in Nakasongola to Gulu."A sum of Shs268 million was deposited on the account from Nakasongola motorised Brigade Headquarters being salaries for their forces attached to 4th Division, the report says. The amounts were withdrawn for payment of the respective salaries but access to accountability was denied to the inspection team with the excuse that it had been submitted to Nakasongola. However, earlier inspection of Nakasongola complex had not traced the accountability." The report warns: "The accounting officer was informed that it is now a crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment to deny access of records to the Auditor General and his staff." In Mbale, the AG says the finance officer in charge of Arrow Group funds "was neither found at the Division headquarters nor at the tactical headquarters in Soroti." Under query in the division is over Shs4 billion. Muwanga says that although advance information notification had been given by the office of the assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS-UPDF) about the inspection team's visit, the officer was not available and accounts for Shs4.5 billion released to the group for the entire financial year could not be traced. The AG's report also queries an extra Shs45.4 million that was "undocumented" and adds that the "undocumented cash could not be explained either." The UPDF's 4th Division is at the centre of the ghost soldier scandal for which the former Director General of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Brig. Henry Tumukunde, and several others are facing trial at the Military Court Martial. Tumukunde was 4th Division Commander in 2001 and was withdrawn in early 2002, two years before the current queries were raised.Further queries out of the two divisions cover some Shs217.5 million in "unrecorded transactions/cash withdrawals unaccounted for," the AG notes. "It was however noted that Shs70 million and Shs162, 329, 000 was drawn implying that Shs14, 780, 837 remained unpaid. The Division Finance Officer could not account for this balance nor was it traced during the cash survey."The Auditor General's report is currently before Parliament where it is yet to be debated. The Defence and Army Spokesman, Lt. Col. Shaban Bantariza, yesterday said that the Auditor General could not be denied access to UPDF accounts. He said the AG does not deal directly with army units like divisions but through the Permanent Secretary of Defence. "I do not think the 4th Division Commander can deal with the Auditor General directly," he said.Anybody who wants to access those accounts goes to the Permanent Secretary because he is the accounting officer," Bantariza said. Yahoo! SportsRekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FedsNet/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Math without Words
June 20, 2005 Math without Words Numerical reasoning seems independent of language By Philip E. Ross Nineteenth-century German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss used to joke that he could calculate before he could talk. Maybe it was no joke. Recent work casts doubt on the notion that language underlies mathematical ability and perhaps other forms of abstract thinking. Writing in the March 1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, scientists from the University of Sheffield in England describe impressive mathematical abilities in three middle-aged men who had suffered severe damage to the language centers of their brains. "There had been case studies of aphasics who could calculate," says study co-author Rosemary Varley. "Our new take was to try to identify roughly parallel mathematical and linguistic operations." Varley and her colleagues found that although the subjects could no longer grasp grammatical distinctions between, say, "The dog bit the boy" and "The boy bit the dog," they could interpret mathematical formulas incorporating equivalent structures, such as "59 - 13" and "13 - 59." The researchers found ways to pose more abstract questions as well. For instance, to investigate the subjects' understanding of number infinity, they asked them to write down a number bigger than 1 but smaller than 2, using hand motions for "bigger" and "smaller" and a flash of the eyebrow, indicating surprise, for "but." Then they asked the subjects to make the number bigger but still smaller than 2 and to reiterate the procedure. The subjects got the answer by various means, including the addition of a decimal place: 1.5, 1.55, 1.555 and so forth. Although subjects easily answered simple problems expressed in mathematical symbols, words continued to stump them. Even the written sentence "seven minus two" was beyond their comprehension. The results show quite clearly that no matter how helpful language may be to mathematicians--perhaps as a mnemonic device--it is not necessary to calculation, and it is processed in different parts of the brain. The idea that language shapes abstract thought was most forcibly propounded 50 years ago in the posthumously published writings of American linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf. He argued, among other things, that the structure of the Hopi language gave its speakers an understanding of time vastly different from that of Europeans. Although Whorf's hypothesis continues to inspire research, a good deal of his evidence has been discredited. Much more widely respected is the proposal, associated with linguist Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that language, mathematics and perhaps other cognition all depend on a deeper quality, sometimes called "mentalese." Chomsky suggested that the key part of this deeper quality might be a quite simple and uniquely human power of "recursive" calculation. Recursion, he and his colleagues argue, may explain how the mind spins a limited number of terms into an infinite number of often complex statements, such as "The man I know as Joe ate my apple tree's fruit." Recursion could also generate mathematical statements, such as "3 (4/6 + 27)/4." Chomsky's theory may, perhaps, be reconciled with the new evidence. Some scholars have argued that the brain may build its mathematical understanding with language and that the structure may still stand after the scaffolding is removed. Indeed, the one subject in the Sheffield study who had had doctoral-level training in a mathematical science did no better than the others in arithmetic, but he outperformed them at algebra. Rochel Gelman, co-director of the Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science, says that the brain-lesion studies offer much clearer evidence than can be obtained from the more common technique of functional brain scanning. "Pop someone in a scanner and ask a question, and you may get a lot of activation in language areas," she points out. "But it could be just because the subject is talking through the problem--recruiting language, although it's not a crucial component."The recent work, together with studies of animals and of children, strongly supports the independence of language and mathematics, Gelman says. "There are cases of kids who are bad with numbers and good with words and bad with words and good with numbers, a double dissociation that provides converging evidence." Image: BETTMANN/CORBIS REGIONAL DIFFERENCES: The brain is not compartmentalized the way 19th-century phrenology maps showed, but it does process math and language abilities in different areas. __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
[Ugnet] RNA to the Rescue
May 23, 2005 RNA to the Rescue Novel inheritance patterns violate Mendel's laws By JR Minkel The central dogma of modern biology holds that genetic information is inherited in the form of DNA, copied into RNA and expressed as protein; pride of place goes to DNA. But the spectacular discovery that a species of plant can summon up genes its parents have lost highlights biologists' increasing recognition of RNA as a more versatile and important molecule in its own right. RNA already has a special place among biological molecules. It can store genetic information, as DNA does, but it can also adopt complex three-dimensional shapes and catalyze chemical reactions on itself, as proteins do. "RNA is DNA on steroids," says Robert Reenan, a geneticist at the University of Connecticut. "It can do just about anything." Life probably began as an "RNA world," in which concatenations of RNA molecules pulled double duty as genetic template and reproductive machinery. The mustard plant Arabidopsis thaliana may be revealing another way in which life exploits RNA's capacity for genetic storage. Susan J. Lolle and Robert E. Pruitt of Purdue University study Arabidopsis whose petals are fused. Such plants have two mutant copies of a gene called hothead, which differ from the normal gene by a single base pair. Strangely, in a few percent of the offspring of Lolle and Pruitt's mutants, one copy of hothead spontaneously reverted to the normal version, repairing its point mutation. Even one such event is statistically unlikely outside of rapidly reproducing bacterial colonies. The investigators systematically ruled out mundane explanations, such as cross-pollination of a mutant plant by a normal one, an extremely high mutation rate or the presence of another, hidden copy of hothead. Hothead mutants contained changes in other parts of their DNA, too, all of which matched the sequences of the plants' grandparents or great-grandparents but not their parents. This match suggested that a backup copy of the ancestral plants' genome was somehow being passed down, the researchers reported in the March 24 Nature. If true, such leapfrogging would circumvent the normal rules of genetics established by Gregor Mendel in 1865. Because the investigators could find no DNA to play the role, they have proposed that the backup template is double-stranded RNA (which ordinarily has just a single strand). "Double-stranded RNA is hot because that's what's needed for RNA interference," a common way of deactivating genes, says Richard Jorgensen, a plant scientist at the University of Arizona, "but there's no reason it couldn't be a DNA molecule either, and there's no reason it has to be double-stranded." RNA would be a convenient mechanism, however, because researchers have uncovered several ways in which it modifies the _expression_ or structure of DNA, and it might explain the mysterious production of RNA molecules that do not result in proteins. Several species, including Arabidopsis, rice, mice and humans, copy a surprising amount of RNA from the "wrong" DNA strand--that is, the strand opposite the one that specifies a protein. "Maybe this is where some of that template is coming from," says Joseph Ecker, a plant biologist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif. Plants have many enzymes capable of duplicating RNA, Ecker notes, as well as a system for transporting the chemical between cells. The Purdue group speculates that a separate genetic archive may serve as a hedge against hard times, such as an extended drought, by allowing a plant to access genes that helped its ancestors persist. In this sense, it would bear some resemblance to another strange property of RNA, called recoding. A next step is determining how widespread the effects are. Unexplained cases of spontaneous reversions also appear in human genetic diseases, although the natural frequency of such events is unclear. Pruitt, for one, would be surprised if the mechanism were exclusive to plants: "It's hard to believe something that general wouldn't persist in other organisms." Image: Susan J. Lolle Purdue University MUTATION of fused petals (left) disappeared in descendants, which appeared normal (right). __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] The 11-Year-Old Wife
June 21, 2005 The 11-Year-Old Wife By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF When Pakistan's prime minister visits next month, President Bush will presumably use the occasion to repeat his praise for President Pervez Musharraf as a bold leader "dedicated in the protection of his own people." Then they will sit down and discuss Mr. Bush's plan to sell Pakistan F-16 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons. But here's a suggestion: How about the White House dropping word that before the prime minister arrives, he first return the passport of Mukhtaran Bibi, the rape victim turned human-rights campaigner, so that she can visit the United States? Despite Mr. Bush's praise, General Musharraf shows more commitment to his F-16's than to his people. Now he's paying the price. Visiting New Zealand the last few days, he was battered by questions about why he persecuted a rape victim, forcing him to cancel interviews. Pakistani newspapers savaged him for harming Pakistan's image. And the blogosphere has taken up Ms. Mukhtaran's case, with more than 100 blogs stirring netizens to send blizzards of e-mails to Pakistani consulates or to join protests planned for Wednesday and Thursday at Pakistani offices in New York and Washington. Yet it's crucial to remember that Ms. Mukhtaran is only a window into a much larger problem - the neglect by General Musharraf's government of the plight of women and girls. Early this year, for example, a doctor named Shazia Khalid reported that she had been gang-raped in a government-owned natural-gas plant. Instead of treating her medically, officials drugged her into unconsciousness for three days to keep her quiet and then shipped her to a psychiatric hospital. When she persisted in trying to report the rape, she was held under house arrest in Karachi. The police suggested that since she had cash, she must have been working as a prostitute. Dr. Shazia's husband has stood by her, but his grandfather was quoted as suggesting that Dr. Shazia had disgraced the family and should be killed. On average, a woman is raped every two hours in Pakistan, and two women a day die in honor killings. While Ms. Mukhtaran and Dr. Shazia have attracted international support, most victims in Pakistan are on their own. Earlier this year, for example, police reported that a village council had punished a man for having an affair by ordering his 2-year-old niece to be given in marriage to a 40-year-old man. In another case this year, an 11-year-girl named Nazan was rescued from her husband's family, which beat her, broke her arm and strung her from the ceiling because she didn't work hard enough. Then there are Pakistan's hudood laws, which have been used to imprison thousands of women who report rapes. If rape victims cannot provide four male witnesses to the crime, they risk being whipped for adultery, since they acknowledge illicit sex and cannot prove rape. When a group of middle-class Pakistani women demonstrated last month for equal rights in Lahore, police clubbed them and dragged them to police stations. They particularly targeted Asma Jahangir, a U.N. special rapporteur who is also the head of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Ms. Jahangir says the directions to the police about her, coming from an intelligence official close to General Musharraf, were: "Teach the [expletive] a lesson. Strip her in public." Sure enough, the police ripped her shirt off and tried to pull her trousers off. If that's how General Musharraf's government treats one of the country's most distinguished lawyers, imagine what happens to a peasant challenging injustice. I've heard from Pakistanis who, while horrified by honor killings and rapes, are embarrassed that it is the barbarism in Pakistan that gets headlines abroad. A word to those people: I understand your defensiveness, for we Americans feel the same about Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. But rooting out brutality is a better strategy than covering it up, and any nation should be proud to produce someone like Ms. Mukhtaran. So while meeting the Pakistani prime minister, Mr. Bush could discuss not only F-16's, but also repeal of the hudood laws. And Mr. Bush could invite Ms. Mukhtaran to the Oval Office as well, both to hail a genuine Pakistani hero and to spotlight the goals of ordinary Pakistanis - not fighter aircraft but simple justice. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resources For more information about some of these issues, including the planned demonstrations outside Pakistani offices this week, see www.4anaa.org/projects/mukhtaran-mai.htm. That's on the Web site of the Asian-American Network Against Abuse of Women, run by a group of Pakistani doctors, and it's also the group that is arranging her visit to the U.S. To help Mukhtaran, don't send checks to me. Instead, you can find out about contributing at www.mercycorps.org . To find out more about repealing hudood ordinances, go to the Lawyers for Human Rights Legal Aid Web site and equalitynow.org. There is
[Ugnet] In Chess, Masters Again Fight Machines
June 21, 2005 In Chess, Masters Again Fight Machines By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN It has been eight years since Garry Kasparov, then the world chess champion, lost a match to the computer Deep Blue. In the wake of Deep Blue's victory, it would not have been surprising if elite players stopped competing against computers. After all, if the world's best player could not beat a computer, how could lesser ones? The possibility, even probability, of losing - and perhaps losing badly - to a machine could have particularly discouraged grandmasters, who are known to have egos that match their abilities and who sometimes have difficulty accepting defeat. But, rather than being the final word in the battle of man vs. machine, the Kasparov-Deep Blue match spurred the competition. More grandmasters are taking up the challenge posed by computers. Today, at the ABC studios in Times Square, Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan, who is reigning champion of the World Chess Federation and ranked 32nd in the world, will play a one-game match against a chess program developed by Accoona Corporation. Accoona is a Web-based search engine and its chess program is part of a tool bar that searches the Web and personal computers. Also today, Michael Adams, a British player ranked No. 6, will begin a six-game match against Hydra, a super chess computer developed by the Pal Group in the United Arab Emirates. The match is to take place at the Wembley Conference Center in London. Then, in early July, Jaan Ehlvest, an Estonian who once ranked in the world Top 10 but is now 103rd, will play a four-game match against a program called Zappa. That match is to be at Estonian House, 243 East 34th Street, in Manhattan. There are financial rewards for the human competitors, but they say that is not their primary motive. As reigning champion of the World Chess Federation, Mr. Kasimdzhanov was paid to play in a number of big-purse tournaments over the last year. For the match against the computer, he said he would receive a five-figure sum but insisted that he was playing to promote chess and that he was interested in the challenge as a sportsman. Mr. Ehlvest, who is being paid $500 and could earn an additional $1,500 if he wins or $750 if he ties, said that he also wanted to promote chess and that the timing of the match was convenient. Mr. Adams, like Mr. Kasimdzhanov, also regularly plays in tournaments in which he is paid to play. In his computer match, he has the most at stake. For each game he wins he will receive $25,000, and a draw is worth $10,000. Mr. Adams could come away with $150,000, if he wins all six games, or nothing, if he loses them all. Mr. Adams said he hoped "to show that it is possible to play against Hydra, and that it has weaknesses that can be exploited." These are not the first matches between men and machines since Mr. Kasparov faced Deep Blue in 1997. In 2002, Vladimir Kramnik, who beat Mr. Kasparov in 2000 to become world champion, played an eight-game match against a program called Deep Fritz. It ended in a tie. In 2003, Mr. Kasparov, still ranked No. 1, played matches against the computer programs Deep Junior and X3D Fritz. Both ended in ties. Also in 2003, Evgeny Bareev, ranked No. 12, drew a match against a commercial program called Hiarcs. The task before the men in the current matches is daunting. Computers are becoming faster and programmers keep improving their programs. Last October in Bilbao, Spain, three grandmasters - Vaselin Topalov of Bulgaria, now the world's No. 2 player, Ruslan Ponomariov of Russia, No. 19, and Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine, No. 63, who became the youngest grandmaster in history three years ago at 12 - played a tournament against three computers, Hydra, Deep Junior and Fritz 8, a commercially available program. The final scores: Hydra and Fritz, 3.5 out of 4; Mr. Topalov and Deep Junior, 1.5; Mr. Ponomariov and Mr. Karjakin, 1. So why are the grandmasters tilting at windmills? After all, the world's fastest runners and horses stopped racing cars years ago. All of the participants in the current matches admit that the odds are against them. Mr. Kasimdzhanov will face particular difficulties. Although Mr. Adams and Mr. Ehlvest will play under normal tournament conditions, which allow about three hours per player per game, Mr. Kasimdzhanov and the Accoona tool bar will have 60 minutes per player per game with 10 seconds added after each move. Experts and players agree that the faster pace favors computers, which calculate hundreds of millions of moves a second, and undercuts the human advantage of strategic planning. Still, the grandmasters say they think they have a chance. Mr. Adams said he appreciated how difficult it would be to play Hydra: "Kasparov is a stronger player than I am. And Hydra is stronger than Deep Blue. If I lose the match, it is not going to bother me that much." But he added, "Unless I completely lose it, it shouldn't be six-nil." Mr. Ehlvest expects to do
[Ugnet] US: Region Struggling Against New Slavery
US: Region Struggling Against New Slavery Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The East African (Nairobi) June 20, 2005 Posted to the web June 21, 2005 Kevin J. KelleyNairobi Angelina Atyam, co-founder of the Concerned Parents Association, "has worked tirelessly to provide support and assistance" to children victimised by the Lord's Resistance Army, the US State Department says in a new report on worldwide trafficking in persons. Kenya and Tanzania are also commended for what the US sees as their enhanced efforts to combat the ongoing enslavement of many of their citizens. The United States says that hundreds of thousands of women, children and men around the world are forced to work in their own countries or abroad as virtual slaves. They are transported against their will, "trafficked, by individuals and criminal syndicates, often for purposes of sexual exploitation." Mrs Atyam was reunited last year with her own daughter, Charlotte Awino, who had been abducted by the LRA eight years earlier. During her time as a sex slave, the young woman had two children of her own, both of whom also escaped LRA captivity. In keeping with her organisation's motto, "Every child is my child," Mrs Atyam continues to help Ugandan children who have been raped, mutilated and suffered other atrocities at the hands of the LRA, the State Department points out. Uganda generally receives high marks in the US report. "The government aggressively engaged in anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts" during the past year, the report says. It notes the arrests of more than 3,000 people on charges involving sex with minors, with 336 of them being successfully prosecuted. The report gives the impression that the LRA is responsible for most of the human trafficking that occurs in Uganda. But the State Department does note that "thousands of Ugandan children engaged in commercial sex." And it cites reports that Uganda is a destination for Indian women trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation. Kenya and Tanzania made significant improvements last year in their respective anti-trafficking efforts, the report adds. Both countries have been removed from a "watch list" of states that, in Washington's view, are making no efforts to strengthen their anti-trafficking capacities and could thus be subject to US sanctions. Law enforcement efforts were intensified and assistance to victims was increased in both Kenya and Tanzania, the US observes. Kenyan officials are said to be conducting investigations into 20 cases of trafficking, including one in which Kenyan children were allegedly trafficked into Tanzania. The investigations are being carried out by a 10-member Human Trafficking Unit established last year by the Kenya Police. Officials are also cracking down on a sex tourism industry that has taken root on the Coast, the report says. The Kenyan government now requires owners of tourist guest houses to register and to account for all their workers. Eight guest houses have been closed following trafficking investigations, which also resulted in assistance being provided to seven foreign children, the report indicates. In Tanzania, three trafficking-related cases were brought to court last year, the US says. It also cites the case of a Tanzanian man arrested in April 2004 for bringing Indian dancers to Tanzania on artist visas and then exploiting them in prostitution. The women were deported but the case against the man was withdrawn for lack of evidence. Tanzanian authorities last year rescued nearly 3,500 children who were being exploited as domestic labour, the report says. Nearly 4,000 additional children were prevented from being trafficked into similar situations, the report adds. To make further progress against human trafficking, the US urges Kenya to prosecute more suspects and to improve its protective services for children engaged in prostitution. The Tanzanian government should likewise do more to help child victims and should also launch a nationwide awareness campaign on the definition of human trafficking and the forms it takes in Tanzania, the report says. Trafficking in both Kenya and Tanzania remains widespread, according to the US report. "Kenyan children are internally trafficked for forced domestic servitude, street vending, agricultural labour, and sexual exploitation," while Kenyan women are trafficked to the Middle East, other African countries and Western Europe. Children from Burundi and Rwanda are meanwhile taken to Kenya for purposes of sexual exploitation and unpaid labour, the report says. Most Tanzanian victims are trafficked within the country, according to the report. Boys are made to work on farms, in mines and jua kali industries, while girls, especially from the Iringa Region, are trafficked to towns for involuntary domestic labour. Relevant Links East Africa United States, Canada and Africa Women and Gender Uganda Legal and Judicial
[Ugnet] Men in Uniform Still Rule the Uganda Political Fashion Parade
Men in Uniform Still Rule the Uganda Political Fashion Parade Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The East African (Nairobi) OPINIONJune 20, 2005 Posted to the web June 21, 2005 Charles Onyango-ObboNairobi The big stories in the Uganda media in recent weeks have been, in that order: The criticism of President Yoweri Museveni's government by Brigadioer Henry Tumukunde, Tumukunde's arrest, his court-martial and, now, his replacement as army representative in Parliament by Brig Andrew Gutti. Tumukunde had already been court-martialled earlier, following allegations that he padded the army payroll with "ghost soldiers" and, allegedly paid himself their salaries. The good Brigadier's latest round of trouble came after he suggested that Maj. Gen. Museveni was a dictator, and he announced presidential ambitions of his own. He was arrested on charges of "spreading harmful propaganda". Tumukunde went to court to block the "election" of another soldier to take his place. The court is to rule on June 23. It tells you what the army thinks of civilian courts, seeing as they didn't bother to wait for its ruling. Because the Movement has ruled as a one-party half-civilian-half-military junta since it took power as a rebel army in 1986, and soldiers are regular furniture in our politics, Ugandans don't always realise that this is an anachronism. Tumukunde was once Military Intelligence chief, head of the Internal Security Organisation, and many other things. He was a powerful and much-feared man. His recent metamorphosis into a democrat after he fell out with the powers that be, is a path well trodden by the men in uniform. Unlike in Kenya or Tanzania, Ugandan army officers are celebrities of sorts. Every Ugandan who follows the news even with a casual interest, knows the army commander. The chief of external intelligence, and the boss of internal security are as well known as the national flag. On a typical weekend, the army commander will be chief guest at a football match; the internal security boss will be the guest of honour at a beauty contest; and the external security top dog will be handing out prizes at the annual goat race. IN TANZANIA and Kenya, security chiefs, apart from police commissioners, live an anonymous life. If you stopped 10 people on a Nairobi street and asked them who is the head of the country's intelligence organisation, two might know. If you asked them whether Kenya has an external intelligence organisation, and who is the CID boss, you will draw a blank. Indeed, if you walked into a newsroom and asked 10 young journalists who is the head of the Kenyan Navy, you might get the same result. Pictures of Gen Joseph Kibwana, Chief of General Staff, tend to appear only at ceremonial occasions on national days and the like. Why the difference? First, neither Kenya nor Tanzania has seen any conflict on its soil since the late 1950s. Uganda, meanwhile, has lived with war and rebellions in regions of the country continuously since 1978. Also, it has never had a change of leader or ruling party through the ballot. It's always been by the bullet. However, because Uganda has been a de facto one-party state for the past 19 years, the only other institution that is organised enough to threaten the hold of the president on power is the military. In a multiparty system, if nothing else, the opposition's noise can keep the government fairly occupied. And the opposition too gets jealous when it sees the army eyeing the presidency. Relevant Links East Africa Uganda Arms and Military Affairs This history has distorted Uganda's politics considerably. The result is that even in the opposition, the most outspoken people are ex-security chiefs. The people who are thought to have some chance of beating Museveni, who is running for an unprecedented fifth term in 2006 are, you guessed right, former Army Commander Maj-Gen Muntu Mugisha and Col. Kizza Besigye - if he's allowed to return from exile. Charles Onyango-Obbo is Nation Media Group managing editor for convergence and new products. __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/
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did you get 16 pics..? Peter-Rhaina Gwokto Remember: Even a small dog can piss on a tall building Jim Hightowerhttp://www.ottawaocg.org/gpr-mantis -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Matek OpokoSent: June 22, 2005 1:18 AMTo: ugandanet@kym.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [Ugnet] Men in Uniform Still Rule the Uganda Political FashionParade Men in Uniform Still Rule the Uganda Political Fashion Parade Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The East African (Nairobi) OPINIONJune 20, 2005 Posted to the web June 21, 2005 Charles Onyango-ObboNairobi The big stories in the Uganda media in recent weeks have been, in that order: The criticism of President Yoweri Museveni's government by Brigadioer Henry Tumukunde, Tumukunde's arrest, his court-martial and, now, his replacement as army representative in Parliament by Brig Andrew Gutti. Tumukunde had already been court-martialled earlier, following allegations that he padded the army payroll with "ghost soldiers" and, allegedly paid himself their salaries. The good Brigadier's latest round of trouble came after he suggested that Maj. Gen. Museveni was a dictator, and he announced presidential ambitions of his own. He was arrested on charges of "spreading harmful propaganda". Tumukunde went to court to block the "election" of another soldier to take his place. The court is to rule on June 23. It tells you what the army thinks of civilian courts, seeing as they didn't bother to wait for its ruling. Because the Movement has ruled as a one-party half-civilian-half-military junta since it took power as a rebel army in 1986, and soldiers are regular furniture in our politics, Ugandans don't always realise that this is an anachronism. Tumukunde was once Military Intelligence chief, head of the Internal Security Organisation, and many other things. He was a powerful and much-feared man. His recent metamorphosis into a democrat after he fell out with the powers that be, is a path well trodden by the men in uniform. Unlike in Kenya or Tanzania, Ugandan army officers are celebrities of sorts. Every Ugandan who follows the news even with a casual interest, knows the army commander. The chief of external intelligence, and the boss of internal security are as well known as the national flag. On a typical weekend, the army commander will be chief guest at a football match; the internal security boss will be the guest of honour at a beauty contest; and the external security top dog will be handing out prizes at the annual goat race. IN TANZANIA and Kenya, security chiefs, apart from police commissioners, live an anonymous life. If you stopped 10 people on a Nairobi street and asked them who is the head of the country's intelligence organisation, two might know. If you asked them whether Kenya has an external intelligence organisation, and who is the CID boss, you will draw a blank. Indeed, if you walked into a newsroom and asked 10 young journalists who is the head of the Kenyan Navy, you might get the same result. Pictures of Gen Joseph Kibwana, Chief of General Staff, tend to appear only at ceremonial occasions on national days and the like. Why the difference? First, neither Kenya nor Tanzania has seen any conflict on its soil since the late 1950s. Uganda, meanwhile, has lived with war and rebellions in regions of the country continuously since 1978. Also, it has never had a change of leader or ruling party through the ballot. It's always been by the bullet. However, because Uganda has been a de facto one-party state for the past 19 years, the only other institution that is organised enough to threaten the hold of the president on power is the military. In a multiparty system, if nothing else, the opposition's noise can keep the government fairly occupied. And the opposition too gets jealous when it sees the army eyeing the presidency. Relevant Links East Africa Uganda Arms and Military Affairs This history has distorted Uganda's politics considerably. The result is that even in the opposition, the most outspoken people are ex-security chiefs. The people who are thought to have some chance of beating Museveni, who is running for
