[Ugnet] Mkapa and the AU
Title: Mkapa bids AU farewell Mkapa bids AU farewell 2005-09-01 07:43:41 By Sihle Mavuso President Benjamin Mkapa has challenged African leaders to fight for the economic liberation of the continent before it is too late. President Mkapa made the remarks when he met with the Chairman of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konare, in Addis Ababa yesterday. He said there was no future for Africa in the current economic set-up, bearing in mind that the continent was currently being viewed solely as a source of raw materials for the developed world. Africa had experienced the horrors of the slave trade and colonialism for many years, he said, adding that the two eras laid the foundation for the continent’s inferiority on the global stage. ’If we want a better future for the continent and the coming generations, we must sufficiently be agitated to robustly fight the manifestly unjust economic relations in a global world. The two years I have spent as the co-chairman of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation convinced me that Africa is the loser,’ he said. President Mkapa added that Africa had to fight its insignificance in world trade and provision of services in the era of globalisation. ’There was once a suggestion from some quarters that Africa should be satisfied with aid and agree not to participate in the World Trade Organisation talks. The argument was that we were too insignificant as a player in the global market and a distraction when the big players talk.’ He said studies had shown that Africa lacked proper structures for kick-starting aggressive economic growth that would match international standards and the demands of globalization. The time had come for Africa to put all plans that have been conceived into action, the President added. We speak about these injustices in meetings and conferences, but we do not aggressively develop and implement the necessary strategies to deal with them as a continent. We must also work towards changing our direction in trade. We are concentrating too much on Europe and America, forgetting that there is Asia, another player in trade, he said. President Mkapa also bid Konare farewell ahead of the Tanzanian head of state’s retirement later this year. SOURCE: Guardian ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Bush abandons hurricane victims, protests break out
Bush abandons hurricane victims, protests break out UNITED STATES President George W. Bush and his government have come under heavy criticism, after they left thousands of Americans at the mercy of Hurricane Katrina that has ravaged the coastal city of New Orleans. Associated Press reported yesterday that fights and trash fires broke out, rescue helicopters were shot at and anger mounted across New Orleans as National Guardsmen in armoured vehicles poured in to help restore order across this increasingly desperate and lawless American city. "We are out here like pure animals. We don’t have help," Reverend Isaac Clark (68) said outside the New Orleans Convention Centre, where corpses lay in the open and evacuees complained that they were dropped off and given nothing. An additional 10 000 National Guardsmen from across the country were ordered into the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast to shore up security, rescue and relief operations in Katrina’s wake as looting, shootings, gunfire and carjackings spread and food and water ran out. But some Federal Emergency Management rescue operations were suspended in areas where gunfire broke out. Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke was quoted as saying: "In areas where our employees have been determined to potentially be in danger, we have pulled back." Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Cheri Ben-Iesan, who is the spokesman at the city emergency operations centre, said: "Hospitals are trying to evacuate. At every one of them, there are reports that as the helicopters come in people are shooting at them. There are people just taking potshots at police and at helicopters, telling them, ‘You better come get my family’." Police Captain Ernie Demmo said a National Guard military policeman was shot in the leg during a scuffle with a civilian for his rifle. The man was arrested. "These are good people. These are just scared people," Demmo added. The Superdome, where some 25 000 people were being evacuated by bus to the Houston Astrodome, descended into chaos. Huge crowds, hoping to finally escape the stifling confines of the stadium, jammed the main concourse outside the dome, spilling out over the ramp to the Hyatt Hotel next door — a seething sea of tense, unhappy people packed shoulder-to-shoulder up to the barricades where heavily armed National Guardsmen stood. Fights broke out. A fire erupted in a trash chute inside the dome, but a National Guard commander said it did not affect the evacuation. After a traffic jam kept buses from arriving at the Superdome for nearly four hours, a near riot broke out in the scramble to get on the buses that finally did show up. Outside the Convention Centre, the pavements were packed with people without food, water or medical care, and with no sign of law enforcement. Thousands of storm refugees had been assembling outside for days, waiting for buses that did not come. At least seven dead bodies lay scattered outside, and hungry, desperate people who were tired of waiting broke through the steel doors to a food service entrance and began pushing out pallets of water and fruit juice and whatever else they could find. An old man in a chaise lounge lay dead as hungry babies wailed around him. Around the corner, an elderly woman lay dead in her wheelchair, covered up by a blanket, and another body lay beside her wrapped in a sheet. "I don’t treat my dog like that," 47-year-old Daniel Edwards said as he pointed at the woman in the wheelchair. "I buried my dog." He added: "You can do everything for other countries, but you can’t do nothing for your own people. You can go overseas with the military, but you can’t get them down here," he moaned. Just above the convention centre on Interstate, 10 commercial buses were lined up, going nowhere. The street outside the centre, above the floodwaters, smelled of urine and faeces, and was choked with dirty babies’ nappies, old bottles and garbage. "They’ve been teasing us with buses for four days," Edwards said. People chanted, "Help! Help!" as reporters and photographers walked through. The crowd got angry when journalists tried to photograph one of the bodies, and covered it over with a blanket. A woman, screaming, went onto the front steps of the convention centre and led the crowd in reciting the Psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd). John Murray, 52, said: "It’s like they’re punishing us." The first of hundreds of busloads of people evacuated from the Superdome arrived early yesterday at their new temporary home — another sports arena, the Houston Astrodome, 560 kilometres away. But the ambulance service in charge of taking the sick and injured from the Superdome suspended flights after a shot was reported fired at a military helicopter. Richard Zuschlag, chief of Arcadian Ambulance, said it had become too dangerous for his pilots. The military, which was overseeing the removal of the able-bodied by buses, continued the ground
[Ugnet] Congo army rebel threatens to overthrow Kabila
Wednesday 31, August 2005 Congo army rebel threatens to overthrow KabilaReuters KINSHASA, Aug 31 (Reuters) - A renegade Tutsi general who led an uprising in Congo last year has broken months of silence and said the time had come to overthrow President Joseph Kabila. General Laurent Nkunda rocked Congo's fragile peace process when he attacked and seized the eastern Congolese town of Bukavu in May last year, only pulling out under international pressure. Kabila's office dismissed Nkunda's latest threats, which were made in a letter written on Aug. 25 and seen by Reuters. "We believe that the moment has arrived to begin using all necessary means to overthrow this government and replace it with a power that is inclusive, non-conflictual and capable of restoring peace in the republic," Nkunda said in the letter. "Congolese lives are priceless. Every man killed, every woman held hostage, raped or sold in public, and every child burned or buried alive goes to justify the offensive against Kabila's plan and the dismantlement of his clan," he added, referring to what he says are rights abuses by army soldiers. Following a massacre of Congolese Tutsis in Burundi last year, Nkunda published a similar letter calling for military action but none was taken. Kabila's office dismissed the rebel's latest threat. "We are not going to waste our time worrying about Nkunda," said presidential spokesman Kudura Kasongo. Despite calls from donors and many Congolese for Nkunda's arrest, he remains at large in the North Kivu province, underlining the struggle Kinshasa faces in imposing authority over a country divided during a 1998-2003 war that sucked in six countries and killed nearly 4 million people. Officials in the U.N. peacekeeping mission, which was widely criticised for failing to stop Nkunda seizing Bukavu, said it was monitoring the situation, especially given the risk of ethnic tension over voter registration ahead of 2006 polls. "We are keeping an eye on things," a military source told Reuters. "He may not launch a big attack but he could try and spark a crisis so he is at the centre of attention again." Kabila heads a transitional government that is charged with leading Congo to elections after five years of war but the polls have been delayed and critics accuse the government of dragging its feet to stay in power longer. Congolese across the vast country are registering for elections, now rescheduled for mid-2006, but army integration has stalled and bands of armed men continue to roam the east, preying on civilians. ___ 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: [Mwananchi] DO AFRICANS EVER LEARN?
Professor George Ayittey The individual who said that the presidency of Rwanda was crafted in heaven was not a leader/elite he was an African the one you classify as a people. May be you would read my posting before you jump on it? Em Toronto 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: George Ayittey To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; ugandanet@kym.net ; rwanda ; Congo ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; africa-politics Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [Mwananchi] DO AFRICANS EVER LEARN? Edward, You should avoid using the term "Africans" and ALWAYS distinguish between African LEADERS/ELITES and the African PEOPLE. The PEOPLE learn but the LEADERS/ELITES don't seem to have anything upstairs. Another coconut election is being organized in Egypt.Care to comment on that? George Ayittey, Washington, DC Edward Mulindwa wrote: NettersI ask again do we ever learn? Look on a nation like Congo which has all its minerals flying to The States at a cost of its population, The Americans are mining it from the UN.But do you remember that Paul Kagame man, the one who was called a new leadership in Africa? Yes I am talking about the same Paul Kagame who has been pushed into our throat as the most democratic man in Africa, in fact one Rwandese stated it this way "Paul Kagame's leadership was created in heaven" Well guess what Rwanda is also not accepted in the council. How idiotic can we be? Just curious EmToronto== U.S. Tries to Exclude Some >From U.N. Group By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer Wed Aug 31, 4:38 PM ETWASHINGTON - The Bush administration is trying to exclude seven nations from a new U.N. human rights council, saying their own records make them unfit to sit in judgment of others. In a reform proposal, Sudan, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Sierra Leone and Rwanda would not be eligible to serve on a revised human rights council.The seven countries are subject to sanctions by the U.N. Security Council for human rights abuses and the United States wants to keep "some of the worst offenders off," Kristen Silverberg, assistant secretary of state for International Organizations said Wednesday. Forming a new human rights council to replace the "discredited" Human Rights Commission is an important part of the U.S. agenda for reform of the United Nations, she said. Besides excluding the seven nations, the United States is proposing that appointments to a new council have the support of at least two-thirds of the members of the U.N. General Assembly. That would be helpful in keeping some of the worst offenders off, Silverberg said. Other nations that also seek reform have other approaches, and all will be discussed by U.N. Ambassador John Bolton and other nations' U.N. representatives, she said. "We feel very good about our agenda and on progress we are making in persuading other member-states," Silverberg said. "There is a lot of support in the U.N. for this kind of thing," she told reporters. Reform is a key item on the agenda of the U.N. General Assembly session. President Bush is expected to touch on the problem in the annual presidential speech Sept. 14 and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will spend more than a week in New York holding talks on human rights and other issues. The Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" ___ 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] An ABC Guide To Trace The Stolen Global Funds
Owor The point of the piece was to show the structure which allows the stealing to go on. This structure as you can see was setup by M7 and the donors and both of them are aware of it. It is the global Fund which was caught by surprise, as it was never a signatory to the original MoU, which has spilled the beans so-to-speak. NumeOwor Kipenji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Simon Your piece is quite illuminating but the reality is that the so called MOH is just a White Elephant!. Those serving there are usually lambs that can be easily sacrificed when shave comes to shove. Mu7 actually know where all the said monies are because most of the so called AIDS Global Funds were directly under the control of the Office of the President who is none other than the Life-President and Ssebagabe Yoweri Museveni. To use his usual covert tactics,he even appointed an AIDS Control Commission/Directorate and he constantly puts their people who owe all to him and he can dispense them at will. The MOH is being used as a scape goat because a few fellas there might have found themselves inadvertently coming into contact with those secret documents and so some heads must roll from there to make his partners in crime in the Western Hemisphere believe that he is remedying the situation. That is the crocodilian nature of this accomplished Grandmaster of Crimes Inc. KipenjiSimon Nume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: An ABC Guide To Trace The Stolen Global Funds In the wake of the Global Funds Corruption Scandal, the Uganda government has vowed to identify and confiscate the properties of those who misappropriated the money. In order to be able to discover who took the money and where the money ended up, this investigation will have to study the structure especially of the Ministry of Health, to identify who authorised the expenditure of this money, and also identify the individual recipients in the NGOs private companies and sub-district commitees who received the meony. Any relationships between the authorisers of the expenditure and the recipients of the money should be established in order to follow the trail of the lost money. In order to unveil the trail of the Global Funds money one has to understand the structure of the Health industry in Uganda. A Centralised And Privatised Ministry Of Health In 2000, the health industry in Uganda was changed, when the government of Uganda (MOH) signed a fairly secret Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU), between itself and all the main donor agencies in the western world, under what is known in world bank speak as a Sector Wide Approach .(SWAp) Although there are SWAPs in Ghana, Zambia and the Phillipines, the Ugandan SWAp seems to be different. www.sti.ch/pdfs/swap351.pdf hhtp://www.sti.ch/pdfs/swap171.pdf Although the MoU is not a legal framework, and runs out in 2006, it provided the infrastructure which changed the MOH to support the decentralised levels in the implementation of the HSSP,. In the process the MOH became a centralised but privatised organisation ostensibly to improve the health benefits of Ugandans with the help of the donor countries. Maybe to reward the government for allowing the implementation of such a SWAp , the MoU agreed that the government monitors itself through a joint Supervision Mission, and report to the development partners (donors) every year. The government immediately realised that with the SWAp/ decentralisation, the donors would end up funding the NRM/Museveni government up to grass root level , thus ensuring the continuity of Museveni in power. The only price the Uganda government had to pay was to allow the donors own the drug procurement in Uganda, but as long as he had national Medical Stores, he could still get apiece of the procurement pie as well. A win-win situation for both sides. Under the SWAp, the MOH has redefined its role from one of service provider to that of policy making. The role of the MOH is now to provide guidelines, training and capacity building, to monitor the health sector, and co-ordinate the donors. How The SWAp works The best description of how the MOH works is to study and analyse the speech made by Brig Jim Muhwezi, the Minister Of Health, at the Seam Conference on Dec 10 2003 in Zanzibar. This conference was organised by three American pharmaceutical companies and the role Of Jim Muhwezi was to explain how the Ugandan SWAP works. www.msh.org/seam/confererence2003/Agenda/AgendaDay1 How to Use the SWAp Structure To Trace The Lost Global Funds Rigid Decentralisation Muhwezi explained that the government decentralised the provision of medical services by creating 56 local districts which are tasked with providing health services at the local level. Out of the 56 districts, the government set out to create 214 individual health sub-districts county wide. Appointments to these sub-districts are made by the MOH , and are under the control of the Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Dr Alex Kamugisha. Th
Re: [Ugnet] An ABC Guide To Trace The Stolen Global Funds
Simon Your piece is quite illuminating but the reality is that the so called MOH is just a White Elephant!. Those serving there are usually lambs that can be easily sacrificed when shave comes to shove. Mu7 actually know where all the said monies are because most of the so called AIDS Global Funds were directly under the control of the Office of the President who is none other than the Life-President and Ssebagabe Yoweri Museveni. To use his usual covert tactics,he even appointed an AIDS Control Commission/Directorate and he constantly puts their people who owe all to him and he can dispense them at will. The MOH is being used as a scape goat because a few fellas there might have found themselves inadvertently coming into contact with those secret documents and so some heads must roll from there to make his partners in crime in the Western Hemisphere believe that he is remedying the situation. That is the crocodilian nature of this accomplished Grandmaster of Crimes Inc. KipenjiSimon Nume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: An ABC Guide To Trace The Stolen Global Funds In the wake of the Global Funds Corruption Scandal, the Uganda government has vowed to identify and confiscate the properties of those who misappropriated the money. In order to be able to discover who took the money and where the money ended up, this investigation will have to study the structure especially of the Ministry of Health, to identify who authorised the expenditure of this money, and also identify the individual recipients in the NGOs private companies and sub-district commitees who received the meony. Any relationships between the authorisers of the expenditure and the recipients of the money should be established in order to follow the trail of the lost money. In order to unveil the trail of the Global Funds money one has to understand the structure of the Health industry in Uganda. A Centralised And Privatised Ministry Of Health In 2000, the health industry in Uganda was changed, when the government of Uganda (MOH) signed a fairly secret Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU), between itself and all the main donor agencies in the western world, under what is known in world bank speak as a Sector Wide Approach .(SWAp) Although there are SWAPs in Ghana, Zambia and the Phillipines, the Ugandan SWAp seems to be different. www.sti.ch/pdfs/swap351.pdf hhtp://www.sti.ch/pdfs/swap171.pdf Although the MoU is not a legal framework, and runs out in 2006, it provided the infrastructure which changed the MOH to support the decentralised levels in the implementation of the HSSP,. In the process the MOH became a centralised but privatised organisation ostensibly to improve the health benefits of Ugandans with the help of the donor countries. Maybe to reward the government for allowing the implementation of such a SWAp , the MoU agreed that the government monitors itself through a joint Supervision Mission, and report to the development partners (donors) every year. The government immediately realised that with the SWAp/ decentralisation, the donors would end up funding the NRM/Museveni government up to grass root level , thus ensuring the continuity of Museveni in power. The only price the Uganda government had to pay was to allow the donors own the drug procurement in Uganda, but as long as he had national Medical Stores, he could still get apiece of the procurement pie as well. A win-win situation for both sides. Under the SWAp, the MOH has redefined its role from one of service provider to that of policy making. The role of the MOH is now to provide guidelines, training and capacity building, to monitor the health sector, and co-ordinate the donors. How The SWAp works The best description of how the MOH works is to study and analyse the speech made by Brig Jim Muhwezi, the Minister Of Health, at the Seam Conference on Dec 10 2003 in Zanzibar. This conference was organised by three American pharmaceutical companies and the role Of Jim Muhwezi was to explain how the Ugandan SWAP works. www.msh.org/seam/confererence2003/Agenda/AgendaDay1 How to Use the SWAp Structure To Trace The Lost Global Funds Rigid Decentralisation Muhwezi explained that the government decentralised the provision of medical services by creating 56 local districts which are tasked with providing health services at the local level. Out of the 56 districts, the government set out to create 214 individual health sub-districts county wide. Appointments to these sub-districts are made by the MOH , and are under the control of the Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Dr Alex Kamugisha. These sub-districts receive direct funding from the treasury, as well as the regional hospitals still owned by the government. An identification of the members of these health sub-districts would indicate where some of the stolen money ends up. Central Essential Medicines Credit Line The MoU encouraged the government to recognise and promote particular sections of the private se
[Ugnet] BUSH BLAIR AND SHARON THE TRIO
Bush, Blair And Sharon - Trio Of Death And DisasterBy Sam HamodAl-Jazeerah.com9-1-5 It is more than ironic that G W Bush, Tony Blair, and Ariel Sharon are spiritual brothers. Bush and Blair have created "Islamists out of thin air, out of lies, and now have joined in making war on the Muslim world"first in Afghanistan, now in Iraq and perhaps tomorrow in Iran, Syria or wherever Bush feels he can find an easy target. Sharon has opened Bush,s nose to order an attack on Iraq through false Mossad/Israeli intelligence, and now is pushing for an attack on Iran. In all cases, these men have bonded in their ways"all these men love to kill others, all these men see the world in absolute good and evil terms and they are always on the side of "good (even though the facts speak otherwise). Sharon, Bush and Blair have created more fantasy Islamists than existed in the world; now, because of their behavior toward the Palestinians, Afghanis, Iraqis and threats against Iran, they are making more and more radical Muslims who have no trust in the West and see Israel as the country that runs American foreign policy. At this time, I would be willing to guess, with some authority, that at least 95% of all Muslims in the world are fed up with Bush, Blair and Sharon and have lost trust in America as a moral leader. In fact, America is now seen as "the great satan"something that Ayatollah Khomeini had called America, but until Bush,s presidency, no one in the world believed such a label; now, with Bush in power, most of the world, especially the Muslim world, would agree with Khomeini. What is worse is that the American people have been lied to so much by Bush and by the major media that they no longer know the truth of what is going on in the world. The worst nightmares of Orwell,s, 1984 have come true"Bush keeps talking about the "Isalmist threat"while taking away American rights, freedoms of speech and assembly, arresting people without cause or data, and bombing innocent people and calling it "killing the enemy. At this time, A friend of mine said that Iraq and the debacle there would stop Bush from attacking Iran. I told him, "On the contrary, when you are losing in Iraq, what better thing to take people,s mind off the losses than to start another war with Iran! Unfortunately, that is what has happened with dictators in the past; they,ve yelled "wolf, then after a while, when the wolf doesn,t come, they change tactics and create another problem so as to take our minds off the failure on another front. Sharon is doing the same thing in Palestine; pretending to be pulling out of territories (which were illegal for Israel to occupy in the first place), but has reserved the right to invade and to attack Palestinians at any time, anywhere, so long as he wants. Bush has supported Sharon,s policies and funded them with our U.S. tax payer monies. The average Israeli gets at least $18,000 per year in U.S. subsidies. On the other hand, the rate of homeless, uninsured, unemployed and penniless in America is climbing at an alarming rate"so much so that even Alan Greenspan, the architect of much of this failed economic disaster, has now begun warming people about the financial bubble bursting in the near future. Of course, it was he and Henry Kissinger who led us into cheap paper money with no real support. What we have no is a trio of men who have led the world into a disastrous state"creating the clash of Israel, America and England against the Muslim countries of the world, and the rest of the world watching to see how long it will be before the three of them collapse from within, implode, or fall from an assassins bullet, or before their populations finally stand up and say, "That,s ; enough"it,s time for you to resign or be kicked out of office for the sake of sanity, peace and morality. At this point, I,m not sure how it will all end, but it must end soon, before Bush and his two allies do more damage to America and England than Bin Laden ever thought could be possible. Professor Sam Hamod writes on world affairs for several ezines and website; he is the former editor of Third World News in Wash, DC; professor at Princeton, Michigan, Iowa and Howard; and former Director of The Islamic Center in Wash, DC; he is also editor of www.todaysal
[Ugnet] Re: from the convention host
Ugandans "this is a convention with a big package; politics, elections, entertainment, beauty pageant, tradition, " How relevant are these issues to a Ugandan today in Diaspora? What about our children embroiled in crime/s? What about our kids on murder trials that now we even have a current one in New York? Just how about the North of our country which the UN stated that we are loosing a thousand Ugandans a day? Ssenoga do you realize that today Northerners are even beating the rest of population in Diaspora? Is our major problem today, politics elections entertainment and beauty pageant? And when you talk about tradition, tradition of whom? Acholis or Langis? We are truly screwed up society indeed and Museveni has every right to rule Uganda to death. Em Toronto 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: "Ssennoga, Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 2:07 PM Subject: from the convention host The convention preparation effort ends today. You have given us your support and your trust to host you, let's us give you one of the best convention experience in Minneapolis. Much as we are prepared to give you the best, we have to all realise that this is a convention with a big package; politics, elections, entertainment, beauty pageant, tradition, etc. Let us all ensure that all this happens in a harmonious way. Minneapolis has put in place measures to ensure your satisfaction but we shall expect that attendants remain calm even in heated campaigns or political discussion. Let us give each other an opportunity to be heard and stick with the issues at hand. Let us keep our debates civil and our goal will be accomplished. We have to all come together on this. Have a good stay in Minneapolis all of you who are travelling to Minneapolis Francis Ssennoga Publicity Director Minneapolis Candidate UNAA Secretary 2005 - 2007 ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] An ABC Guide To Trace The Stolen Global Funds
An ABC Guide To Trace The Stolen Global Funds In the wake of the Global Funds Corruption Scandal, the Uganda government has vowed to identify and confiscate the properties of those who misappropriated the money. In order to be able to discover who took the money and where the money ended up, this investigation will have to study the structure especially of the Ministry of Health, to identify who authorised the expenditure of this money, and also identify the individual recipients in the NGOs private companies and sub-district commitees who received the meony. Any relationships between the authorisers of the expenditure and the recipients of the money should be established in order to follow the trail of the lost money. In order to unveil the trail of the Global Funds money one has to understand the structure of the Health industry in Uganda. A Centralised And Privatised Ministry Of Health In 2000, the health industry in Uganda was changed, when the government of Uganda (MOH) signed a fairly secret Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU), between itself and all the main donor agencies in the western world, under what is known in world bank speak as a Sector Wide Approach .(SWAp) Although there are SWAPs in Ghana, Zambia and the Phillipines, the Ugandan SWAp seems to be different. www.sti.ch/pdfs/swap351.pdf hhtp://www.sti.ch/pdfs/swap171.pdf Although the MoU is not a legal framework, and runs out in 2006, it provided the infrastructure which changed the MOH to support the decentralised levels in the implementation of the HSSP,. In the process the MOH became a centralised but privatised organisation ostensibly to improve the health benefits of Ugandans with the help of the donor countries. Maybe to reward the government for allowing the implementation of such a SWAp , the MoU agreed that the government monitors itself through a joint Supervision Mission, and report to the development partners (donors) every year. The government immediately realised that with the SWAp/ decentralisation, the donors would end up funding the NRM/Museveni government up to grass root level , thus ensuring the continuity of Museveni in power. The only price the Uganda government had to pay was to allow the donors own the drug procurement in Uganda, but as long as he had national Medical Stores, he could still get apiece of the procurement pie as well. A win-win situation for both sides. Under the SWAp, the MOH has redefined its role from one of service provider to that of policy making. The role of the MOH is now to provide guidelines, training and capacity building, to monitor the health sector, and co-ordinate the donors. How The SWAp works The best description of how the MOH works is to study and analyse the speech made by Brig Jim Muhwezi, the Minister Of Health, at the Seam Conference on Dec 10 2003 in Zanzibar. This conference was organised by three American pharmaceutical companies and the role Of Jim Muhwezi was to explain how the Ugandan SWAP works. www.msh.org/seam/confererence2003/Agenda/AgendaDay1 How to Use the SWAp Structure To Trace The Lost Global Funds Rigid Decentralisation Muhwezi explained that the government decentralised the provision of medical services by creating 56 local districts which are tasked with providing health services at the local level. Out of the 56 districts, the government set out to create 214 individual health sub-districts county wide. Appointments to these sub-districts are made by the MOH , and are under the control of the Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Dr Alex Kamugisha. These sub-districts receive direct funding from the treasury, as well as the regional hospitals still owned by the government. An identification of the members of these health sub-districts would indicate where some of the stolen money ends up. Central Essential Medicines Credit Line The MoU encouraged the government to recognise and promote particular sections of the private sector through which to channel the distribution of the bulk of the medical services in Uganda. There are four types of private sector organisations which the Ministry Of Health acknowledges and uses; Religious NGOs, Other Community based NGOs, Private Clinics, pharmacies and private hospitals, Traditional healers. These private health providers are funded by the government through a Central Essential Medicines Credit Line These private sector organisations (NGOs and private )are allocated money on credit to provide public health services, based on an allocation criteria determined by the MOH. These facilities receive credit to buy drugs using public grants and loans and the recipients are determined by the National Medical Stores which is run by Robert Rutaagi ( a close connection of Jim Muwhezi) and the Joint Medical Stores M.D. In the case of an NGO, the NGO must be cleared by the Presidents Office, while in the case of private facilities, they must belong stipulated trade bodies like Uganda Private Medica
[Ugnet] [abujaNig] THE VERY DIFFRENCE BETWEEN THEM AND US
Africans When we try to fight the problems we face in our continent we need to understand the diffrence we are treated especially by the Western nations. And here are issues that really make ones jaw drop. 1) France has made the deaths of Africans a daily joke. Yes we all know France has the worst building standards in Developed nations but just how many refugees have to die to end this night mere and secondly, suppose a single Jewish family died in France do you think a second one would have died in he same fate? 2) You know New Orleans has baffled many of us. To those who do not have much info on this city, it was built under sea level, and why? I have no clue. From time memorial there has been a system to monitor the movement of the waters around this city. Water pumps and tunnels that pump waters out. In about 1965 there was an almost attack on the same city by the water. The system around it was built to stand a category three, but after the Tsunami attack, plans were made to raise it to a category 5. But before we even go there, New Orleans is a city of mainly black and poor population. And one of the things that George Bush did recently was to shut down the program that has been monitoring the water raising of New Orleans. In fact those monies were dumped into the running of Home Land Security. barely less than two months ago, the leader of the organization looking at these water levels, made an interview where he stated how very un wise it was to stop this project hat has kept this city dry all this long. The waters of New Orleans must always be monitored as the waters around the Tokyo's new airport, to those who have flown into it. And here we are with a whole city destroyed and not even a chance to be rebuilt. Many streets have not even shown the power lines yet. The president can send in as much help as he can, and as late as he has, but did these people really have to die? Which sends your thoughts to nations like Angola which have been under the Americans all along yet lost the most population, or even The Iraqis that today have died of only being on the edge. As a person who has been in these forums very long, I wonder why Zimbabwe is the most undemocratic nation and Mugabe must go, but Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame who have killed literary millions of people are not an issue. The diffrence between us and them is that if 53 British die in London bombings they are humans, but as one of their agents commented on my outrage about Bob Astles, Pat Anderson called him a strange person. Africans wake up and today. Em Toronto The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" ** Share a Smile!!!* ++ "Share at Least a Smile with someone new this Season of Love!!" -- PJAdamz **Keep Hope Alive!!!* Internet Solution Learning Yoruba can register with Gotrain247 at www.gotrain247.com for a comprehensive lesson. From AfricaService. Let's Meet there, January!!! PJ Adamz Abuja Nigeria. SPONSORED LINKS Lagos nigeria Hotel lagos nigeria Flight to nigeria Abuja nigeria YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "abujaNig" on the web. 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 list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Quotes for Thought
Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive: Henry Steele Commager - (1902-1998) Historian and author=There are no boundaries in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, for a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory: Ernesto Che Guevara =Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder the working class who fight all the battles, the working class who make the supreme sacrifices, the working class who freely shed their blood and furnish their corpses, have never yet had a voice in either declaring war or making peace. It is the ruling class that invariably does both. They alone de clare war and they alone make peaceThey are continually talking about their patriotic duty. It is not their but your patriotic duty that they are concerned about. There is a decided difference. Their patriotic duty never takes them to the firing line or chucks them into the trenches. Eugene V. Debs === How much mail storage do you get for free? Yahoo! Mail gives you 1GB! Get Yahoo! Mail___ 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: [rwandanet] Re: U.S. Tries to Exclude Some From U.N. Group
Sserwajja I totally agree with you but I would move it a step further, how about not being in position to even grade any one's human rights level? For if we condemn Rwanda for its autocratic government, so should we the American. Thank you for bringing a level into this discussion for some reason that part escaped me this morning. (My time) Em Toronto 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: "Serwaja Okwota" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:42 AM Subject: RE: [rwandanet] Re: U.S. Tries to Exclude Some From U.N. Group Whilst I agree with the arguments of the US on this,I think the US should be excluded from sitting on this council becoz of its human rights violation in Iraq. From: "ZERO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [rwandanet] Re: U.S. Tries to Exclude Some From U.N. Group Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:26:47 - Thank you Emmanuel for this information. Rwanda, under the current regime, should not get a seat in any human rights council. That country is indeed "unfit to sit in judgment of others". I than thank the Bush administration for that effort. Zero --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nyemera Emmanuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: U.S. Tries to Exclude Some From U.N. Group By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer Wed Aug 31, 4:38 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/news? mpl=story&u=/ap/20050831/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_un_reform_1 WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is trying to exclude seven nations from a new U.N. human rights council, saying their own records make them unfit to sit in judgment of others. In a reform proposal, Sudan, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Sierra Leone and Rwanda would not be eligible to serve on a revised human rights council. The seven countries are subject to sanctions by the U.N. Security Council for human rights abuses and the United States wants to keep "some of the worst offenders off," Kristen Silverberg, assistant secretary of state for International Organizations said Wednesday. Forming a new human rights council to replace the "discredited" Human Rights Commission is an important part of the U.S. agenda for reform of the United Nations, she said. Besides excluding the seven nations, the United States is proposing that appointments to a new council have the support of at least two-thirds of the members of the U.N. General Assembly. That would be helpful in keeping some of the worst offenders off, Silverberg said. Other nations that also seek reform have other approaches, and all will be discussed by U.N. Ambassador John Bolton and other nations' U.N. representatives, she said. "We feel very good about our agenda and on progress we are making in persuading other member-states," Silverberg said. "There is a lot of support in the U.N. for this kind of thing," she told reporters. Reform is a key item on the agenda of the U.N. General Assembly session. President Bush is expected to touch on the problem in the annual presidential speech Sept. 14 and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will spend more than a week in New York holding talks on human rights and other issues. > > > > > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/3QdolB/TM ~-> © RWANDANET 2005 == Abatabizi bicwa no kutabimenya. Nikozitambirwa. == "L'homme, à mon avis, se perfectionne par la confiance. Par la confiance seulement. Jamais le contraire." (Mustafaj) == Ne demandez pas de geste absolument gratuit. Psychologiquement, c'est irréalisable. Il y a au moins le plaisir de faire plaisir. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rwandanet/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandane
Re: [Ugnet] High Court to hear Brigadier Tumukunde petition in camera
Mr Nume Your analysis is on the money, and if M7 is not careful with Tukumunde it may lead to his political obliteration. M7 is presently juggling too many balls but he has forgotten he's no magician. The balls are going to start dropping one by one and he will be history and soon. Keep your eyes on the balls and you will see. From: Simon Nume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.netTo: ugandanet@kym.netSubject: Re: [Ugnet] High Court to hear Brigadier Tumukunde petition in cameraDate: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 02:52:34 -0700 (PDT) Mr Kiribedda A lot of people recently dismissed the Musolini story about the possible impending divirce bertwwen M7 and his wife Janet. Part of the story revealed that Tumukunde's arrest is closely related to his facilitating the affair of Janet M7 and her Eritrean/Swedish boyfriend. Could this be why his trail is in camera ?? .. Just wondering Nume Daudi Kiribedda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: High Court to hear Brigadier Tumukunde petition in camera SOLOMON MUYITA KAMPALA THE State yesterday convinced the High Court to hear Brig. Henry Tumukunde's application, challenging his military trial, in camera.When court convened to hear the matter yesterday, the acting Director of Civil Litigation, Mr Joseph Matsiko, asked for the hearing to be under closed doors "because it had issues concerning the (UPDF) High Command." He said all parties had agreed upon the issue.Tumukunde's team of lawyers, who included Enos Tumusiime, McDusman Kabega, Oscar Kambona and Ronald Oine, did not object to the application.Justice Richard Okumu Wengi subsequently ordered the press and public out of court. The High Court premises remained under tight guard by Military Police during the proceedings. Tumukunde faces was charged with spreading harmful propaganda before the General Court Martial chaired by Lt. Gen. Elly Tumwine, and has been on remand since May 30. He has separate charges of creation of ghost soldiers on the army payroll in which the UPDF allegedly lost over Shs120 million. This trial is also heard in camera.Tumukunde is challenging his Court Martial trial, saying the court was illegally constituted, as the Army High Command never appointed it. He claims that Tumwine cannot preside over his trial when he actively participated and chaired some of the meetings that recommended his prosecution. But the Army refuted the claims in an affidavit sworn by the Chief of Military Intelligence, Col. Noble Mayombo. Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ Don't just search. Find. MSN Search Check out the new MSN Search! ___ 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: You can never be too Careful: Drinking from Soda and beer cans
This incident happened recently in north Texas. We need to be even more careful everywhere. A woman went boating one Sunday, taking with her some cans of coke which she put in the refrigerator of the boat. On Monday she was taken into Intensive Care Unit and on Wednesday she died. The autopsy revealed a certain Leptospirose caused by the can of coke from which she had drunk, not using a glass. A test showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and hence the disease Leptospirosis. Rat urine contains toxic and deathly substances. It is highly recommended to wash thoroughly the upper part of soda cans before drinking out of them as they have been stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned. A study at NYCU showed that the tops of soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets i.e. full of germs and bacteria. So wash them with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident. Please forward this message to all the people you care about. DMN. ___ 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] Save UNAA From Self-Destruction!
Daudi Compare the state of UNAA today with its state when we vehemently opposed Dr Munini Mulera's taking it to Uganda and handing it over to NRM. The very same words we used are here to hunt us today. Just for the record, UNAA is the only organization created to help build refugees in Diaspora that is managed and ran by a home government. That in its self is very bizarre. A word out now is that Yoweri Museveni him self will be in Minneapolis. Why should I burn my car at these kinds of fuel prices to go and listen to Museveni? Just curious !! Em Toronto 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: Daudi Kiribedda To: UGANDANET@kym.net Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:25 PM Subject: [Ugnet] Save UNAA From Self-Destruction! Our beloved UNAA may be doomed, the single most discussed topic among UNAA regular convention attendees is whether UNAA is really free from partisan politics as the organization's bylaws prescribe. Many Ugandans respected and admired UNAA in its early years because effort was made by the pioneers to keep the organization non-partisan. During the last couple of years, the political leadership in Uganda made concerted effort to infiltrate the organisation. I am sad to say that the NRM organization has finally succeeded in taking over UNAA. The Ugandan Dictator and President-for-life, Mu7 has of recent taken a front sit when it comes to UNAA affairs and activities. Perhaps inviting Ugandan government officials to participate in UNAA annual conventions was initially done in good faith, but as you might have noticed especially during the Seattle convention; M7's machinations through his NRM stooges in North America effectively took control of UNAA. Taking control of UNAA was no accident on the NRM's part, it was one of the key objective of Ambassador Sempala in Washington. The Ugandan dictator feels threatened by the economic muscle of the Ugandan diaspora in North America. To minimize this threat, the Ugandan dictator wanted to infiltrate the diaspora community - he thinks he has a better vision for UNAA, just as he claims to be the only one to have the foresight as to what is best for Uganda. It is disheartening to see an international organization of repute like UNAA, aligning itself with a dictator. It is a sad commentary as to how low UNAA has sunk. You may have asked yourself, why UNAA past officials and individuals campaigning for UNAA offices this year frequently go to the Presidents office when they are in Uganda? FACTS: Some UNAA past officials who attended the convention which was held at Hotel Africana in Uganda met with the President at his office. Two of these officials have kept contact with the President office. The first President of UNAA, Dr. Frank Matovu endorsed Margaret Musokes ticket and even agreed to be her running mate. That is well and good, but for his own reputation, it is highly recommendable that the good Dr. checks out the extent of his running mate's affiliation with the Presidents Office. MD Musoke was recently in Uganda and was seen on more than one occasion with security intelligence Officer, Kasirye- connected to the Presidents office and an official of the President office, Byaruhanga. Margaret Musoke should be open and frank with you about her activities and association with the Presidents office. Preparations for UNAA 2006 convention in New York will be led by Edward Wanda. Two years ago, Edward Wanda and Mrs. Kazibwe currently residing in Boston were appointed Commissar for NRM in North America by the NRM Secretariat in Uganda. Edward Wanda happens to be the current Chairman of an ineffective Uganda American Association of Greater New York (UAAGNY). The Ugandan Community of New York elected him UAAGNY chairman in good faith before the NRM secretariat appointed him an NRM commissar. The New York community was livid that Wanda accepted the NRM position, yet refusing to relinquish the chairmanship of UAAGNY. Since then, Wanda has expanded his NRM patronage network disguising it as UAAGNY work. He made sure that NRM associates in the area, Allan Katatumba and Amooti Kazinduka were appointed on the executive. The Uganda House Building Manager and ESO operative, Abraham Muhozi is also heavily involved in ensuring that Wanda accomplishes his mission for NRM in North America. These are the key people on different committees that will be organizing your UNAA 2006 convention. There are other sincere members on the various committees who do not seem t
Re: [Ugnet] High Court to hear Brigadier Tumukunde petition in camera
Mr Kiribedda A lot of people recently dismissed the Musolini story about the possible impending divirce bertwwen M7 and his wife Janet. Part of the story revealed that Tumukunde's arrest is closely related to his facilitating the affair of Janet M7 and her Eritrean/Swedish boyfriend. Could this be why his trail is in camera ?? .. Just wondering Nume Daudi Kiribedda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: High Court to hear Brigadier Tumukunde petition in camera SOLOMON MUYITA KAMPALA THE State yesterday convinced the High Court to hear Brig. Henry Tumukunde's application, challenging his military trial, in camera.When court convened to hear the matter yesterday, the acting Director of Civil Litigation, Mr Joseph Matsiko, asked for the hearing to be under closed doors "because it had issues concerning the (UPDF) High Command." He said all parties had agreed upon the issue.Tumukunde's team of lawyers, who included Enos Tumusiime, McDusman Kabega, Oscar Kambona and Ronald Oine, did not object to the application.Justice Richard Okumu Wengi subsequently ordered the press and public out of court. The High Court premises remained under tight guard by Military Police during the proceedings. Tumukunde faces was charged with spreading harmful propaganda before the General Court Martial chaired by Lt. Gen. Elly Tumwine, and has been on remand since May 30. He has separate charges of creation of ghost soldiers on the army payroll in which the UPDF allegedly lost over Shs120 million. This trial is also heard in camera.Tumukunde is challenging his Court Martial trial, saying the court was illegally constituted, as the Army High Command never appointed it. He claims that Tumwine cannot preside over his trial when he actively participated and chaired some of the meetings that recommended his prosecution. But the Army refuted the claims in an affidavit sworn by the Chief of Military Intelligence, Col. Noble Mayombo. Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it 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/
