[Ugnet] To develop computers programmes for the state
vTo develop computers programmes for the state 1. Land registry computer programme 2. Computerised Driving permits 3. National Social Security Fund data base 4. Voters Register 5. National Identity cards 6. Fools, swines, biological substance, past leaders, colonialism, revolution, no change, bonna bagaggaware, microfinance, vision, East African Community, patriotism, kulembeka, idoits, clone coffee, indutrialisation etc. At 01:15 PM 10/10/98 +0100, Bwanika wrote: To Hon Dr. Nkuuhe Johnson (MP) To all Members of parliament and state ministers From: Bwanika [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Computer Communication and Information Technology centre - programme// Machine and Robotics design. (Revised version) Proposal to the parliament for an Independent Computer communication and information technologies Research and Development Centre in hard and software. Plus applied computer science in machine, information, Electronic and Robotics design. This institution should be independent in such a manner that we need to produce human capital in this field in most possible shortest time, as a priority area in regard to our technology poverty. This problem is creating a deep gap between adaptation of the new ways into this country. There what is called ELECTRONIC COLONIALISM; it\'s empty talk when we argue that we are developing when in the long run, we will still depend on foreign developed capital and human expertise to run our industrial base. There are persons on the ground in Uganda, whom I have talked to who have the knowledge and understanding of the intricate matters and necessity of IT and CC. The benefit is our economic developmental and organisation wise. Distribute widely sir to all concerned. .. Note: 1 point is equivalent to one study week. 1 term is equal to 5 month of study work = 4 week per month * 5 month = 20 weeks (20 points) Every end of 5 or ten points, an essay or practical work must be produce but more preferably practical work instead of written exams. The institution must be self sufficient in all aspects of its life, that is, can generate it\'s own income and survive within the first two years. __ Computer centre - programme for future industrial base Nakasongola Silicon Valley We need to start developing another node, or place on the northern axis from which we\'ll be able to attract as much more investment into the country as the case is in Kampala, Jinja, Mbarara etc. In order to archive that we need strategic institutions and infrastructure in place, as I\'ll explain below, as you read on. The traditional industrial locations mentioned above will of course increase in their propensity to attract the most traditional as well as modern industrial investment but only to the detriment of our economic future. We need to jump-start a new set of trade in Africa, besides the traditional industry to secure and grant continuity in the industrial establishment. Nakasongola is strategically well placed in Uganda. Now, with strategic academic institutions in the modern world setting, i.e. a computer research and development institution, the computer world will spread, as we can see with the use of the Internet in the region. Which in return can kick-start the most modern industrial development complex, in this part of the world and Uganda in general. We have to jump on this chance before the countries in the region move ahead of us. My choice is Nakasongola. Since there is direct electricity line, a telephone net work, which can be upgraded to a single fibre and digital net work. Using the present telephone infrastructure, and a good road net work, Nakasongola is well placed in the middle of the country, that we can draw on human resource from all regions. In my calculations, we have to atleast to start with 150 - 200 students right from High upper secondary level but also from secondary level students who have shown a high level of quick adaptation to new ideas strictly not grades. Some of these people, with consistent instruction and hard work at the institution, will disperse into the country to kick-start a whole new set of small-scale industry in computer design and machine on a small-scale level. Which will grant Uganda a future, secure from expensive transfer of such related technologies. These students should be recruited with immediate effect to this school as a mater of agency to secure a rhythmic industrial development, security of the country and rapid social transformation. Students must provide for themselves i.e. food, which should be part of their course i.e. rearing chicken, goats, and cows for food. Where there is no water they should devise means of getting water, using their knowledge in computer studies for irrigation purposes in crops farming, to help them maximise and optimise their study utility hours, as a starting point in their journey to be people well specialised
[Ugnet] June 06, 2006: New UN Special Envoy for Children in Conflict Visits Northern Uganda
June 06, 2006: New UN Special Envoy for Children in Conflict Visits Northern Ugandain: International Community by: Peter William Bionx Akena, Uganda-CAN news correspondent in Gulu, reports -The United Nations Special Envoy for Children in Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy is visiting northern Uganda only two months into her appointment. Speaking yesterday at the UNOHCR offices in Gulu, she said that her visit to Uganda would help her to push for UN Security Council action to help end the conflict and protect children. She said demobilization and disarmament of child soldiers is the biggest issue facing her role as the UN envoy.In a meeting with her, James Otto, director of Human Rights Focus in Gulu, said the plight of children in northern Uganda has been largely ignored by the UN Security Council. Otto asked how the UN can ignore the continued rape, abduction and defilement of Acholi sons and daughters. Coomaraswamy said she would meet today with President Museveni to discuss effective UN action. __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/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
Re: [Ugnet] To develop computers programmes for the state
Why is this on the Net ? DMN [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: d b [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ugandanet@kym.net Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 1:50 PM Subject: [Ugnet] To develop computers programmes for the state vTo develop computers programmes for the state 1. Land registry computer programme 2. Computerised Driving permits 3. National Social Security Fund data base 4. Voters Register 5. National Identity cards 6. Fools, swines, biological substance, past leaders, colonialism, revolution, no change, bonna bagaggaware, microfinance, vision, East African Community, patriotism, kulembeka, idoits, clone coffee, indutrialisation etc. At 01:15 PM 10/10/98 +0100, Bwanika wrote: To Hon Dr. Nkuuhe Johnson (MP) To all Members of parliament and state ministers From: Bwanika [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Computer Communication and Information Technology centre - programme// Machine and Robotics design. (Revised version) Proposal to the parliament for an Independent Computer communication and information technologies Research and Development Centre in hard and software. Plus applied computer science in machine, information, Electronic and Robotics design. This institution should be independent in such a manner that we need to produce human capital in this field in most possible shortest time, as a priority area in regard to our technology poverty. This problem is creating a deep gap between adaptation of the new ways into this country. There what is called ELECTRONIC COLONIALISM; it\'s empty talk when we argue that we are developing when in the long run, we will still depend on foreign developed capital and human expertise to run our industrial base. There are persons on the ground in Uganda, whom I have talked to who have the knowledge and understanding of the intricate matters and necessity of IT and CC. The benefit is our economic developmental and organisation wise. Distribute widely sir to all concerned. .. Note: 1 point is equivalent to one study week. 1 term is equal to 5 month of study work = 4 week per month * 5 month = 20 weeks (20 points) Every end of 5 or ten points, an essay or practical work must be produce but more preferably practical work instead of written exams. The institution must be self sufficient in all aspects of its life, that is, can generate it\'s own income and survive within the first two years. __ Computer centre - programme for future industrial base Nakasongola Silicon Valley We need to start developing another node, or place on the northern axis from which we\'ll be able to attract as much more investment into the country as the case is in Kampala, Jinja, Mbarara etc. In order to archive that we need strategic institutions and infrastructure in place, as I\'ll explain below, as you read on. The traditional industrial locations mentioned above will of course increase in their propensity to attract the most traditional as well as modern industrial investment but only to the detriment of our economic future. We need to jump-start a new set of trade in Africa, besides the traditional industry to secure and grant continuity in the industrial establishment. Nakasongola is strategically well placed in Uganda. Now, with strategic academic institutions in the modern world setting, i.e. a computer research and development institution, the computer world will spread, as we can see with the use of the Internet in the region. Which in return can kick-start the most modern industrial development complex, in this part of the world and Uganda in general. We have to jump on this chance before the countries in the region move ahead of us. My choice is Nakasongola. Since there is direct electricity line, a telephone net work, which can be upgraded to a single fibre and digital net work. Using the present telephone infrastructure, and a good road net work, Nakasongola is well placed in the middle of the country, that we can draw on human resource from all regions. In my calculations, we have to atleast to start with 150 - 200 students right from High upper secondary level but also from secondary level students who have shown a high level of quick adaptation to new ideas strictly not grades. Some of these people, with consistent instruction and hard work at the institution, will disperse into the country to kick-start a whole new set of small-scale industry in computer design and machine on a small-scale level. Which will grant Uganda a future, secure from expensive transfer of such related technologies. These students should be recruited with immediate effect to this school as a mater of agency to secure a rhythmic industrial development, security of the country and rapid social transformation. Students must provide for themselves i.e. food, which should be part of their course i.e. rearing chicken, goats, and cows for food. Where there is no water they should
[Ugnet] June 04, 2006: Italian Ambassador Vows Help to End War in Northern Uganda
June 04, 2006: Italian Ambassador Vows Help to End War in Northern Ugandain: International Community by: Peter According to a statement given by the Italian Ambassador in Uganda, His Excellency Umberto Plaja, the Italian government will give any support needed ti see that the conflict in northern Uganda ends. Plaja said he is pleased to see that the government has set up a Joint Monitoring Committee for Northern Uganda. He called on the newly elected Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi and the new government to continue the cordial relations between Uganda and Italy. Read more at the African News Dimension. __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/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] June 05, 2006: WFP Scales Back in Kitgum Due to Cholera
June 05, 2006: WFP Scales Back in Kitgum Due to Cholerain: IDP/Refugee Issues by: Paul The World Food Programme (WFP), announced last Friday that they will be suspending their school feeding project in Kitgum district due to an outbreak of cholera there. The WFP, a UN agency, provides food for many of the displaced persons in northern Uganda, and Kitgum is one of the districts most dependent on their aid. At least 594 cases of cholera, including eight deaths, have been reported in the epidemic, which has spread quickly due to the density of and inadequate healthcare in IDP camps. Social activities such as discos, funerals, and weddings have also been suspended to the epidemic, and schools have just recently reopened. Read more at The New Vision. __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/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] June 04, 2006: Uganda-CAN Country Director: Peace Talks are Worth a Try
June 04, 2006: Uganda-CAN Country Director: Peace Talks are Worth a Tryin: Peace Process by: Peter Stephen Okello, Uganda-CAN Uganda Director, writes that peace talks in northern Uganda between the LRA and Government of Uganda should be engaged in full. Military approaches to addressing the conflict have failed for the last two decades. With recent overtures by both sides and the mediation of the Government of Southern Sudan, there may be new hope for a robust process of dialogue to end the war. Click below to read Okello's most recent reflection on the situation. Two decades since this war began, conflict is still devastating the people of Northern Uganda, especially its children. The Government of Uganda has attempted through a military campaign to defeat the LRA rebels, yet such a campaign continues to be unlikely to yield results. LRA guerilla warfare and their ability to elude capture suggest a sophisticated communication, planning and tactical approach. Further, the LRA has been able to engage transnational players in order to replenish its supplies at the same time using forced abduction of children to replenish its army. The LRA is believed to be more than 80% abducted children.Military intervention to deal with such complexity has failed for 20 year; instead often precipitating the suffering of many innocent civilians. The use of violence in armed conflict has long been recognized as the key instrument of national policy. Yet, the most unfortunate thing about war is that it accomplishes nothing yet the cost are enormous. Norman Angell said of war: "it is a great illusion that it pays." In northern Uganda, the continued reliance on violence by all entities has resulted in millions displaced, thousands of innocent children raped, abducted and forced to kill.It is at this point when the status quo of violence reigns that all citizens need to build the profile for peace. Critical areas should be highlighted and supported to realize a sincere process for building peace in Uganda. Internetional donors need to develop aggressive mechanisms to check corruption for aid recipients .The opportunity is at the door once again, with Kony and the government of Uganda willing to consider a peaceful resolution of this conflict. This process will not be easy or simple, but that should not take away our hope in such a peace process. Conflicts are settled when some process arrives at an outcome acceptable to both parties; not that both parties are happy or the outcome fair, but neither party thinks it would be worth the effort not to change the outcome.We need to build on the positives emerging. Since the beginning of 2006, there has been some improvement in human security indicated by the increased number of IDPs security and less night commuting (although human rights violations, child abduction, rape and sexual exploitation, the arming of civilians to form largely male youth militias remain prominent). The Government of Uganda and the LRA are undoubtedly the big players and they have to tread in the most convenient means possible. Peace for northern Uganda is worth it; why not give it a try. __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/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] ACTION: child night commuters
ACTION: child night commuters A Defining Issue for African Americans:Saving the Child Night CommutersDear Friends of Black People World Wide:There are thousands of children that will travel 7 - 10 miles by foot tonight just to sleep in partial safety. Many of them will sleep on the ground. About 2 months ago, some college students were sleeping outside to bring attention to the "child night commuters in the northern region of Uganda. These college students were all white. So, I make this plea for your help in this most serious cause. Because these are African children, I believe African-American elected officials, media and activists must take action. And, regardless to race, we all should DO something.Please, take a moment to:1) Send an email and/or call the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (Rep. Melvin L. Watt) and ask that the Caucus take the lead and immediate action on this issue. You may email him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call (202) 225-1510.2) Send this email to your list of people who will forward it to others who care about Black people.3) Learn more about this (at www.Poli-Tainment.com) and mention it to one other person you know - in person.Rochell D. Ro Deezy Hartwww.rodeezy.com __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/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] Crises in Northern Uganda
MajadiWarriorLast Online : 11 Hours Ago 12:00 AM Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 143 Rep Power: 29 The Forgotten, Supposed To Be (For My Wife, Noni) This morning I am angry at the crises in Uganda and still you deliver me a breeze and God she is whispering your love to my fingers as they kiss this word processor the poem of hate I was about to write becomes your sweet embrace and my first seeing a hummingbird as a grown manWe have always lived in a poem you and I mine fierce and withdrawn manifesting in madness, insanity and soap opera proportions yours quiet rage and somber devastation sweetness and flames that warm the earth underfoot in tender hues of purple and that blue dress that reminds me of skyMy thoughts drift at the sound of ravens in flight black slender and eyeing you from above in my new nest this poem was a lion waiting stalking its prey waiting to kill preparing to hunt the beast in the field we call earth but now it is a love poem and a cup of the hot chocolate with whipped cream that you love so much I am searching for the rain a beautiful morning only made pretty because I did make love to you last night the silence allows me to hear your voice and definition has come to my life the trees are laughing at my silliness the fool I am no longer trapped in this two story four apartment pebble I am by your side not in your bed or my hard mattress but a billowy cloud of purple haze and time honored tradition like rain kissing and white sand love making or writing poetry from the great wall of china which doesn't seem as vast as the physical space separating you and I...this was supposed to be a let's get ready to rumble burn Babylon Armageddon poem but here you are in my mind this morning and your China Musk has enslaved my senses. __Until every Afrikan child has a meal tonight, tomorrow night and forever, I will fight for Afrikan liberation!!!__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/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] How to fleece the pizanti and get away with it
Get someagency of your government to file a law suit against your business partner/front. Then you get that agency to hire private lawyers of your choice. The lawyers get to charge exhorbitant fees, including a cut for you, naturally. The lawyers can even lose the case, thereby allowing your business associate to sue your government for inflated damages.Using this simple little device, you can raid the treasury at will, and you can raise money for the next election cycle, pay off or rewardlackeys and minions, etc -- all at no expense to yourself. As an added bonus, international donor agencies cannot scream "corruption" at you. And, you even get to claim that you are fighting corruption while laughing all the way to the bank. Oh, the hapless pizanti! URA hires mercenary to handle Sudhir caseSunday, 4th June, 2006By Hillary Kiirya and Peter Kaujju THE Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has got an external lawyer to fight city tycoon Sudhir Ruparellias sh36b suit before court. The suit follows a demand by URA that Sudhir pays sh36b in tax arrears on his properties held under Meera Investments. URA claims the areas which Sudhir disputes are from 1995 to 2000, but Sudhir counter claims that these are investment incentives granted by Uganda Investment Authority. URA has put aside its lawyer, Moses Kazibwe, who has been handling the case and hired Byamugisha Rwaheru Company advocates. It was not established how much the tax-collecting body paid the lawyers for the battle that starts on August 23. We felt we needed strong and experienced lawyers to handle the suit, otherwise if we let it go the way it has been, we might end up losing it, said a URA source. The firm also represented Museveni in the 2001 and 2005 election petitions, which they won. Nangwala and Rezida Company Advocates represent Sudhir in the suit. They, too, are senior experienced lawyers. Sudhir's Dubai moveSaturday, 27th May, 2006Last week property tycoon, Sudhir Ruparelia cut short his visit to Dubai after the Kampala rumour mill had it that he had skipped the country to avoid arrest. Immediately he got word of the rumour, he got the first flight out of Dubai and back to Uganda. No sooner had he landed than he hit Kabira Country Club, then headed to party the night away at Rock Bar a source close to him said. However, despite the ongoing wrangles between him, the Uganda Investment Authority and Uganda Revenue Authority, for Sudhir at least, it is business as usual. He was in Dubai to oversee the opening of his mega procurement office Back off Sudhir, State House orders policeBy Edris KiggunduWEEKLY OBSERVER State House has instructed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Maj. Gen Kale Kayihura, to back off investigating property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia over alleged forgery and fraudulent dealings in two overseas companies. State House sources intimated to The Weekly Observer that police had nearly completed its investigations and was about to secure a warrant of arrest. State House intervention, sources close to the matter say, came after the panicky tycoon contacted State House and Kayihura reportedly from abroad, fearing that he would be arrested upon return. It was after this telephone call and orders from above that Kayihura instructed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Public Relations Office to issue a statement denying that Interpol was investigating Sudhir. Sudhir RupareriaMaj. Gen. Kale Kayihura The Weekly Observer has learnt that before Sudhir traveled abroad, police searched his premises and he made a statement to CID attached URA headquarters. Source close to CID said that police unearthed a lot and it would take the high-level intervention to save him from prosecution."The man is finished. He can only be saved by someone higher. Even himself, he knows it; that is why he is now panicking", a source said. The police investigations team is headed by detective superintendent of police John Ndugutse. Early this week the police spokesman Patrick Onyango said police was not investigating Sudhir because "he has no offence."Kayihura is alleged to have told his juniors to back off the mogul because he was an investor who had entered a deal with government to construct 60 presidential suites for the Commonwealth meeting (CHOGM) due in 2007. Kayihura has instructions to stay the investigations and likely arrest until CHOGM is ended. Kayihura's swift reaction, sources say, was intended to calm the tycoon who recently signed a $30 million hotel venture with government. Sudhir has since returned but he is keeping a low profile.Under the agreement, government shall own 25% shares in the 60 presidential-suite hotel to be constructed by the tycoon at Munyonyo. Kayihura is alleged to have contacted some media houses to cut down on publishing stories about Sudhir, although he denied it.
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A Glance at Airports OperationsTuesday June 6, 12:12 pm ET By The Associated Press A Glance at the Operations of Airports Around the World Airport operations across the globe are split between private companies and governments. A glance at who operates some of the world's major airports: --BAA PLC, the world's largest airports operator, owns and operates seven airports across Britain including London's Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. In the United States, BAA manages the Indianapolis airport and retail operations at Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Boston-Logan airports. It also has a stake in and runs airports in Budapest, Hungary, and Naples, Italy. --Grupo Ferrovial SA of Spain has a 60 percent stake in England's Bristol airport and 31 percent of Ireland's Belfast City airport. It also manages the Sydney airport in Australia and Antofagasta airport in Chile. Ferrovial last year acquired Zurich-based airport handling company Swissport, which operates at more than 170 airports in 40 countries. -- Germany's Fraport AG operates Frankfurt International Airport -- Europe's second-busiest airport after Heathrow-- as well as the smaller Frankfurt-Hahn, Hanover, and Saarbruecken airports in Germany, Peru's Lima Airport and Antalya Airport in Turkey. --The New York area's major airports -- LaGuardia, JFK and Newark -- are owned and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a bistate agency that also owns the Holland and Lincoln tunnels between the states, the George Washington Bridge and the World Trade Center site. --Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport by both number of passengers and takeoffs and landings, is owned by the City of Atlanta. The Department of Aviation, a city agency, operates and manages it. --Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, one of the world's busiest airports, is owned by the city of Chicago. The city also owns nearby Midway International Airport. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed legislation last month letting Chicago lease Midway to a private company if officials decide the move wouldmake financial sense. --Aeroports de Paris operates the two main Paris airports, Charles de Gaulle and Orly, and 12 other facilities within 30 miles of the French capital. It also has stakes or management contracts at airports in Belgium, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Guinea, Madagascar and Mexico. It is fully state-owned, but the French government launched an initial public offering last week in which it plans to sell almost one-third of the company's capital. --Hochtief AG has stakes in the Athens, Duesseldorf, Hamburg and Sydney airports. The company, based in Essen, Germany, also operates the Tirana, Albania, airport. --Schiphol Group, majority-owned by the Dutch government, owns Schipol Airport in Amsterdam. It also fully owns Rotterdam and Lelystad and has stakes in Eindhoven and Brisbane airports. --Los Angeles International Airport is owned and operated by the city of Los Angeles through an agency called Los Angeles World Airports. 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/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] HIGHER STAKES FOR LRA
Higher stakes for Uganda's LRABy Steve Paterno June 5, 2006 - At long last, one will say for the first time the usual low profiled issue of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has acquired some prominence on international scene-bringing into the forefront to the international communities the resolutions of the LRA's longed ignored problems. The stakes in arresting and prosecuting the leaders of LRA by the international communities, the International Criminal Court in particular, is increasingly getting higher. Meanwhile the efforts by the autonomous government of the Southern Sudan to appease the LRA in defiance of the international communities' Protocols are gaining momentum. This seemingly awkward situation set the newly created autonomous government of the Southern Sudan and the international communities in a collision course. For two decades, the LRA has been accused of killing, kidnapping, rapping, torturing, and looting of the civilian populations. The victims of LRA stretch into three different countries of Uganda, Sudan, and Congo. And the victims are not just limited to the nationals of those countries but also include the humanitarian aid workers who operate in those countries. The violence acts of LRA have already killed up to tens of thousands of civilians with many more dying of diseases and malnutrition as a direct result of LRA's activities. Thousands of civilians are estimated to be kidnapped, and approximately over thirty thousand of those kidnapped are alleged to be the children. Little school girls make the bulk of the LRA's rapped victims. The chopping and hacking of its victims' body parts becomes LRA's trademark in torturing adventure. Looting, vandalizing and burning of properties defined LRA's means of survivals. The LRA's brutal activities have forced nearly two million of civilians off their homes to live in displaced camps, street corners and public spaces in larger towns. Despite all these horrible facts, the issue of the LRA remained a low profile in the international communities circle and drew little to no media coverage. It is only until recently that the issue begins to take a different shape. In the year 2003, by the virtue of its membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC), Uganda was able to make a referral of the horrific criminal violations of the LRA's to be investigated and prosecuted by the ICC. After finishing its investigation and compiling strong case against the LRA's leadership, the ICC delayed in making public any indictment with the hope of giving peace a chance as the 2004 peace talks was promising to end the conflict peacefully. However, the peace that was supposed to be signed between the Ugandan government and the LRA in the end of 2004 was stalled in a last minute hitches. The LRA's chief negotiator, brigadier Sam Kolo, surrendered to the Ugandan government dashing out all the hopes of imminent peace deal. His defection also dealt an embarrassing defeat to the LRA leadership. As a result, the business resumed as normal with many more killing, kidnapping, rapping, torturing, and looting inflicted among the civilians population in the years that followed. Then in October of 2005, the ICC went ahead in unsealing its indictment of five LRA leaders who include Joseph Kony, his deputy Vincent Otti, and LRA commanders Raska Lukwiya, Okot Odiambo, and Dominic Ongwen. (Brigadier Dominic Ongwen is reported to have been killed in a combat operation that involved the Ugandan People Defense Force (UPDF) in year 2005). This indictment put an end into any negotiation with LRA as it calls on immediate arrest of those leaders of the LRA. Nonetheless, the ICC has no military or police of its own to enforce its arrest warrant. Instead, it relies on its member states and others to carry out its arrest warrant. In this case, it has served both of the countries that the LRA is operating in with a warrant to arrest the indicted leaders of the LRA. Of those countries, Sudan is not a member that ratified the charters of ICC, but yet it made a commitment to the ICC to comply with the arrest warrant to arrest the indicted leaders of LRA. However, recent development indicates that the autonomous government of Southern Sudan is in no way complying with the ICC arrest warrant. It has thus far conducted several negotiations with the LRA leaders, provided the LRA with food supplies, issued the LRA with stacks of cash money, and designated an area for LRA to roam freely in an effort to secure long term peace mediation between the LRA and the Ugandan government. The authorities in the government of Southern Sudan are completely ignoring the ICC arrest warrant. The Vice President of Southern Sudan, Riak Machar called the ICC's justice as "European Justice" and that the South Sudan is not the "police of the world" to carryout an international arrest warrants. The president of the South Sudan who is also the
