[Ugnet] *DHR* THE MAGIC BETWEEN H.E PAUL KAGAME and JACKIE JURA~
Dear neeters, I have never seen the President of Rwanda smiling to me this way.Never!!! The last i met him in Montreal on the 24th of April he was some kind of cold with me.He told me MURAHO in kinyarwanda.I responded to him in him in english.I told him that I was doing fine and was happy to see him among us.I had been informed before that he had met JACKIE JURA in London before to come here.As he entered in the hall.He looked where I was.Because he knew I will be there for him.Whatever happenned. I was told prior to meet him that he had met Jackie in London.I heard that the CHEMISTRY between the had gone realy well.RWANDA'S GOOD MAN KAGAME H.E PAUL KAGAME has lived well to his reputation and I am very glad that he has a truly friend on Jackie JURA. Sharangabo Rufagari sharangabo rufagari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 7. RWANDA LIBERATION DAY 2006 On Tuesday morning - July 4th, 2006 - we arrived by taxi at Amahoro Stadium shortly after nine o'clock and I posed at the front of the building for a picture: The beautiful sari I'm wearing was given to me by a Rwandan friend who lives in Canada but who was visiting Rwanda at the same time we were, and who rightly thought I would be thrilled and honoured to wear a traditional Rwandan dress for the special occasion of attending Liberation Day celebrations. When we got inside the stadium we presented our invitation which had been another wonderful surprise, dropped off at our hotel the day before by another friend I'd met through my writings about Rwanda. The usher took us to the section of the stadium that was allocated "invited guests" and we made our way up to the top row of seats where we could get a panoramic view. Immediately to our left was the section where dignitaries, diplomats and the President himself would be sitting upon his arrival at 10am, once everyone else was in place. I took advantage of our being early to explain to my husband a bit of the history of the Amahoro Stadium and how, although it was now filled with thousands upon thousands of happy people, it was once - not that long ago - filled with thousands upon thousands of thirsty, starving, injured, diseased and dying people. The Amahoro Stadium, during the Genocide, was one of the few places in Kigali where Tutsis could run to escape the massacre. It was safe here because the United Nations had their headquarters in the athletes' hotel behind the stadium and so the whole area was protected. Also, Amahoro Stadium was in the section of Kigali that the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) got control of early, after the resumption of the Civil War and Genocide which commenced on April 6th and ended on July 4th, 1994. In the 2004 documentary SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL Romeo Dallaire, commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda (which kept no peace) described the Amahoro Stadium: "When the war started the place filled up and at one point we were up to 12,000 in here. Twelve thousand people trying to live in here. So you get this latent smoke that hangs in here. All you see is people and clothes and so the place looks absolutely, totally out of control. It became, in probably the most pejorative way, something like a concentration camp. We were out there protecting them, but while we were out there, they were inside dying. And the stench, the stench was so powerul you actually had to force yourself not to puke or anything." But let's come back to the present (this twelve years later). Most of the 30,000 capacity crowd were already seated. From a door under the stands traditional native dancers marched onto the parade ground where they set up their drums. Then through the doors on the far right the military bands (in red and grey) came marching in, followed by an honour guard. I was curious as to why the section of seats near their entranceway was empty (and found out later why). They all took their places in the centre of the field, and the African music that had been playing over the loudspeakers was replaced with live music from the bands. By this time, all the seats in our section had been filled up by seemingly top brass of the military and their wives (most all of whom were wearing saris). We were obviously recognized as probably not fluent in the Kinyarwanda language and ushers kindly handed us head phones through which we could listen to the entire program with English translation. This was timely as introductions and speeches were now being made by the dignitaries and President Kagame and his entourage had arrived to much clapping and cheering. Now the parade started with representatives from dozens of businesses and organizations - including some schools - marching past carrying banners, preceeded by a band banging drums and blowing trumpets. Next came hundreds and hundreds of Rwanda's heroes, the soldiers of the Rwandese Patriotic Front & Arm
[Ugnet] *DHR* RECEPTION FOR H.E KAGAME.(Jackie JURA in Rwanda 2006)
8. RECEPTION FOR H.E. KAGAME We walked down the road from the Amahoro Stadium to the "roundabout" where we could find a taxi. Kigali, like England, has traffic "roundabouts" at major intersections, and all forms of taxis whirl around in all directions - bicycles with padded seats on the back fender; motorcycles which passengers sitting side-saddle and, of course, your average every day "car" in varying degrees of luxury. The fact that I was wearing an elegant sari drew some attention from passers-by and it wasn't long before a taxi had screeched to a stop with its driver reaching over to fling open the back door. We got in and said, in English, "to Urugwiro Village please" at which
point our driver turned around with a questioning look, obviously not understanding my pronunciation of "urugwiro", a Rwandan word which I think someone once told me meant "people". I repeated "urugwiro" saying it was where President Kagame was and that we wanted to go there to see him. The driver was still somewhat uncomprehending and, after negotiating a honking-reaction merge into the roundabout, he pulled over at his earliest convenience. At this point I opened by handbag and took out our invitation card with the seal of The Government of the Republic of Rwanda on the top under which were our names to attend a Reception for His Excellency the President at "Village Urugwiro" which is the name of the complex where the President and other members of his government have their offices. I handed it to the taxi driver and after reading it, he nodded his head, made a U-turn back to the roundabout and, it being a cacophony of congestion,
veered off down a back street which bumpily brought us close to the front gate of Village Urugwiro to which we could walk the rest of the way. After passing through the wrought-iron gates of Urugwiro Village (without setting off any beeps at the screeners) our invitation was taken from us (which shattered my plan of cherishing it as a memento). On the beautiful grounds of Village Urugwiro there were two tents opposite each other, one large one where all the guests were congregated and the other smaller one where His Excellency the President would soon be arriving and available for people to meet. It was great to see some of the people I had met in London, Ontario when President Kagame had made his first visit to Canada in April, and they introduced me to other people who I was interested in talking to in my capacity as a journalist seeking stories about Rwanda. Then,
before too long, a buzz vibrated through the crowd that President Kagame had arrived and I started making my way over to the reception area. The photos above show the beauty of the grounds of Village Urugwiro, with a view of some hills in the distance, of course. As soon as there was even a hint of a break in the long-line of people wanting to talk to His Excellency I, with encouragement from some of his entourage, built up my courage to step forward and introduce myself. We talked for a few moments about Canada and my perceptions of Rwanda, and then we posed for a photo: In front of our eyes the traditional dancers, known as the National Troupe, were once again performing and, after thanking the President for the pleasure of his company, I walked back to the big tent on Cloud Nine, having once again been in the presence of Rwanda's hero, and mine. Amani's wife, who along with her husband, had given me the beautiful book "Rwanda Nzizi" ("Beautiful Rwanda" in Kinyarwanda) was there and together we watched President Kagame and his entourage leave the tent, after which time the reception shortly broke up. It had been a wonderful day and one I will fondly
remember forever. back to index at DESTINY DESTINATION RWANDAJackie Jura~ an independent researcher monitoring local, national and international events ~website: www.orwelltoday.com & email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: Orwell Today
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[Ugnet] CEREBRATING THE LIFE OF OUR KID TIMOTHY C. OKONG
Fellow Ugandans and friends of Uganda The body of our son Timothy C. Okongo the son of Owor Kipenji has arrived this evening the 10th of August 2006, to Turner & Porter "Peel Chapel" 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 1M8. Timothy is going to lie in state at this chapel tomorrow Friday the 11th of August 2006, with a public viewing which will start at 5 pm to 9 pm. On Saturday the 12th of August 8.00 am, Timothy's body will be moved from the chapel and driven to The Sheridan United Church at 2445 Truscott Drive. (Truscott Drive runs between Southdown and Erin mills. South of The Queen Elizabeth Way.) Where the Funeral will take place. After the church service Timothy will be driven directly to Saint John's Dixie Cemetery and Crematorium, at 737 Dundas Street East, Mississauga where he will be Interned. If you have any problem reaching these addresses call Turner And Porter Peel Chapel on 905 279 7663 Let us join the family of Kipenji in cerebrating a life of this great son who we have lost at age 18. May Timothy rest in peace. Edward Mulindwa 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" (Kindly Repost on all Uganda forums) ___ 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] *DHR* 8.RECEPTION FOR H.E KAGAME.(Jackie JURA in Rwanda 2006)
Dear all, Jackie is a very good friend to Rwandans.She knows very well the history of our country.And on top of that she is a good friend to the President.H.E knows about.She is one of the first person I heard of that every night she prays that no harm occurs to the man.The other person I have heard that she prays for him his her daughter. Out this bondage between two friends the true history of Rwanda is being told to The world. 8. RECEPTION FOR H.E. KAGAME We walked down the road from the Amahoro Stadium to the "roundabout" where we could find a taxi. Kigali, like England, has traffic "roundabouts" at major intersections, and all forms of taxis whirl around in all directions - bicycles with padded seats on the back fender; motorcycles which passengers sitting side-saddle and, of course, your average every day "car" in varying degrees of luxury. The fact that I was wearing an elegant sari drew some attention from passers-by and it wasn't long before a taxi had screeched to a stop with its driver reaching over to fling open the back door. We got in and said, in English, "to Urugwiro Village please" at which point our driver turned around with a questioning look, obviously
not understanding my pronunciation of "urugwiro", a Rwandan word which I think someone once told me meant "people". I repeated "urugwiro" saying it was where President Kagame was and that we wanted to go there to see him. The driver was still somewhat uncomprehending and, after negotiating a honking-reaction merge into the roundabout, he pulled over at his earliest convenience. At this point I opened by handbag and took out our invitation card with the seal of The Government of the Republic of Rwanda on the top under which were our names to attend a Reception for His Excellency the President at "Village Urugwiro" which is the name of the complex where the President and other members of his government have their offices. I handed it to the taxi driver and after reading it, he nodded his head, made a U-turn back to the roundabout and, it being a cacophony of congestion, veered off down a back street which bumpily brought us close to the
front gate of Village Urugwiro to which we could walk the rest of the way. After passing through the wrought-iron gates of Urugwiro Village (without setting off any beeps at the screeners) our invitation was taken from us (which shattered my plan of cherishing it as a memento). On the beautiful grounds of Village Urugwiro there were two tents opposite each other, one large one where all the guests were congregated and the other smaller one where His Excellency the President would soon be arriving and available for people to meet. It was great to see some of the people I had met in London, Ontario when President Kagame had made his first visit to Canada in April, and they introduced me to other people who I was interested in talking to in my capacity as a journalist seeking stories about Rwanda. Then, before too long, a buzz vibrated through the crowd that President
Kagame had arrived and I started making my way over to the reception area. The photos above show the beauty of the grounds of Village Urugwiro, with a view of some hills in the distance, of course. As soon as there was even a hint of a break in the long-line of people wanting to talk to His Excellency I, with encouragement from some of his entourage, built up my courage to step forward and introduce myself. We talked for a few moments about Canada and my perceptions of Rwanda, and then we posed for a photo: In front of our eyes the traditional dancers, known as the National Troupe, were once again performing and, after thanking the President for the pleasure of his company, I walked back to the big tent on Cloud Nine, having once again been in the presence of Rwanda's hero, and mine. Amani's wife, who along with her husband, had given me the beautiful book "Rwanda Nzizi" ("Beautiful Rwanda" in Kinyarwanda) was there and together we watched President Kagame and his entourage leave the tent, after which time the reception shortly broke up. It had been a wonderful day and one I will fondly remember forever. back to index at DESTINY DESTINATION RWANDAJackie Jura~ an independent researcher monitoring local, national and international events ~website: www.orwelltoday.com & email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: Orwell Today
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[Ugnet] Fwd: Peace Talks: Kampala Style
Sunday, August 13, 2006 Peace Talks: Kampala Style By John A. Akec* Last week, we saw how confidence-building measures turned into a fallout between Vincent Otti, the LRA deputy chief; and Dr. Riek Machar, South Sudan vice president and current peace chief mediator. Trust is like glass, once broken, it is extremely hard to put back together. No sooner did the LRAs guests leave Nabanga (LRA’s headquarter in DCR) than the host (LRA) packing and relocating. Furthermore, five LRA commanders who were supposed to join the delegation have been instructed to remain behind. All this was sparked by insistence of the chief mediator that LRA vice chairman, Vincent Otti, must accompany the LRA’s team to Juba as a precondition for a second round of negotiations. The other contentious issue that contributed to wrecking LRA confidence in the chief mediator was the request by Dr. Machar that LRA reveal the locations of their forces in Northern Uganda, Southern Sudan, and Democratic Republic of Congo. This request was seen by LRA as too premature to be asked since no agreement has been struck and the chances of renewed hostilities are real. The panic that gripped the LRA leaders to move camps is a result of deep mistrust that has accumulated over many decades of ethnically fuelled war that saw bout 2 million Eastern and Northern Ugandans (98% of population in those regions) forcefully moved from their ancestral homelands to squalid concentration camps that have been described as death trap. They were necessary as a counter insurgency measure to deprive the LRA of popular support among the population. United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland has described the situation in Northen Uganda as "the world’s worst neglected humanitarian crisis." In these camps, 3500 people die every month. About 1000 children die every week of preventable causes. The government track record of honouring agreements with various armed groups (about 22 of them) in the last 20 years is poor. Abel Alier’s famous book, “Too Many Agreements Dishonoured”, could easily apply to Uganda. In most cases, none of those agreements was implemented. And in most cases, the leaders of those groups that signed agreements were liquidated one-by-one. This week, 19 faiths leaders in the United States petitioned president Bush to support the current efforts in Juba (South Sudan) to bring a peaceful end to the conflict in Northern and Eastern Uganda. Those who signed the petition include the leaders of World Vision, Church World Service, American Jewish World Service, the National Association of Evangelicals, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, and the Episcopal Church. As a gesture of seriousness, LRA declared a unilateral ceasefire last week and asked the government of Uganda to do likewise. As the talks resumed on Thursday (10 Aug. 06), the government of Uganda rejected the LRA request of a ceasefire. As a result, the LRA team staged a walked out. The government of Uganda insists that any ceasefire must come within the framework of a comprehensive agreement. What is surprising is when one reads the terms of reference that have been forwarded by the government of Uganda, it is nothing like a “temporal” ceasefire such as one the SPLA/M and government of Sudan signed in 2002. The ceasefire that was signed by the warring parties in Sudan went on for 2 years, was renewed every 3 months, and did not request SPLA to declare the exact locations nor the number of their forces. The same applied to the ceasefire between SLA (Sudan Liberation Army) in Darfur and the government of Sudan. The chances of negotiations succeeding were very small, and hence it was understandable that SLA and SPLA were reluctant to show their cards in the middle of the game. The ceasefire model that is being advanced by the government of Uganda has been borrowed from the model of cessation of hostilities in Mozambique following the agreement between FRELIMO and RENAMO in October 1992. The part of the FRELIMO-RENAMO agreement related to cessation of hostilities dealt with: ceasefire, separation of forces, concentration of forces, and demobilisation. The last three items were there as part of a comprehensive peace agreement, and not as preconditions for a temporal ceasefire. In current GoU-LRA peace talks in Juba, we do not even know the issues of contention. For example, we do not know the government position on power sharing, wealth sharing, and devolution as demanded by the LRA. All we heard of is a “soft landing for LRA.” It is as if the government of Uganda is not ready to address the multifaceted root causes underpinning the conflict in East and Northern Uganda. Ceasefire should be a temporal measure to allow the parties to negotiate in an atmosphere of tranquility and trust. It would not help the LRA negotiators to continue to receive reports from the field that their men are being hunted and killed by the government forces on a daily basis. A case in point, just
[Ugnet] ON BEHALF OF THE KIPENJI'S FAMILY
Fellow Ugandans It is on a day like today any Ugandan must be proud to be a Ugandan, for with out being a Ugandan we would not have had such a good day like yesterday. For we raised up and high and we put our son to rest in such a very honorable manner, that in the more than 20 years I have lived in this country I have not witnessed. So I have no way or language to post this message that the Ugandans in North America can fell the greatness we fill today. Yes we are grieving for we lost Timothy C Okongo at age 18, but we have learned too that we have a family in North America, a family that shows up for we have simply called. I have no ways or means to put this into perspective, for if I start I have to mention every body, so that I will not do but I will take a second to recognize the very good ladies that cooked the best food I have so far eaten in North America. Mukyala Emijjo Kindly thank you, Bob your parent-hood into the society is the best thing we can ever have. George Okurapa thank you sir for all that you did which made this function such a success and we are glad to know that when trouble knocks on our door we can count on you. George thank you sir for every thing you did. Reverend Kawuki how can I thank you? To the Ugandans out of Toronto that have sent messages of condolences, comments by all means of communications, thank you for that. They are going to be very complicated days as we are going on, for this grieving is going to take very long, so to the people I have mentioned above we are going to keep on calling on you on future support. But all I can say today is a very simple word. Thank you. Edward Mulindwa 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" (Kindly forward to Acholi/UPC net) ___ 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] Baganda & Bakiga get ready of dying
President Yoweri Museveni Kaguta Professor Bukenya Balibasseka Professor Nsibambi Apollo Dr. Kibirige Ssebunya Hon. Mutagambwa Miria Hon. Omar Atubo Hon. Kibirige Ssebunya Hon. Jessica Eriyo Hon. Jennifer Namuyangu Drying Rivers, Mutilated Hills Buganda and Baganda get prepared to died of starvation. If you want to fully grasp the intent of this article please acquaint yourself first, with what happens in the eastern lift valley in Kenya. Why is it so dry? Why doesnt it receive huge amounts of rainfall? Those more scientifically inclined and would like to educated themselves on effects of human activities (Anthropogenic Mechanisms) in their local environments (Bio- Morphologies) please refer to the article at this link; http://w1.193.comhem.se/~u19317440/bild/Biology.rtf The paper offers an insight into human activities in unconscious or indirect self-annihilation. So destroy what you have and the consequence will be more devastating. Indeed many Africans are regurgitating commercialisation of agricultural, hybrid farming and so on, as if it is given root to heaven, it is not. Let me go straight to the issue. Agriculture Good, its happening in our lifetime. Rivers are drying up in the entire country, as the programme for modernisation of agriculture and national agricultural advisory services takes root. Uganda must abandon extensive commercialised agricultural prospects; its simply not suitable and sustainable in Uganda for two reasons; 1. Unique ecological mosaic that Uganda is. 2. Labour economics demands. Uganda has two climatic influences the micro and macro (global) but micro climatic influences are more noticeable and crucial to our environment, ecology and human temperament. How do you create employment for the working people, by extensive commercialisation? Moreover, developed nations are quickly abandoning extensive commercial agriculture and farming, Uganda government is foolishly embracing. Today the European parliament has set new rule for animal and crop farming. Uganda is moving in the opposite direction. Climate Uganda is not affected much by continental and global climatic factors. Uganda is rather a unique block of land, in the African interior. And it is exactly for this reason, Ugandans must be extremely careful, when they use their land anyhow. There are to types of climatic formations; micro and macroclimates. In a sentence, one can logically conclude, Uganda is far more affected with microclimatic factors rather than macroclimates. This fact is due to the; a. Distance from coasts (east and west), b. Relief and futures (rwenzori, western high lands, East, Western rift valleys) that form Ugandas landmass against continental and global influences. c. On the eastern , northern and southern fronts Uganda is boarded with massive land bodies, the size of Europe and more. Sudan and Congo (drc) are huge landmasses. If you follow then weather patterns, and forecasts on any of the international television channels youll realise this fact. Most rainfall into Uganda is either a formation of local factors or wind movements eastwards over the Congo forests. Since western Uganda is boarded with a massive land body Congo and is hilly, it is therefore logical, sufficient rainfall laden clouds, dont reach far into the middle of Uganda as the case is with Northern Uganda. The above leaves us with one option that generates a lot of water, namely local factors. These factors are the heights of hills that provide cooler climates and vegetation cover like forest that enables formation of rainfall through limited hydrological processes i.e. condensation and plant transpiration. Plants produce a lot of water bye the way as well as evaporation from Gods massive water bodies; the Kyoga, Albert, Victorian etc. Uganda therefore is endowed with a unique microclimatic formation. Indeed, Ugandas western mountainous hydrological systems are phenomenon and quite typical in Peru Mountains. The habitants in Peru for example, use simple hundreds meters of polythene bags, hanging on wires, extended over a long space, to generate a lot of water for; irrigation, domestic use and power generation from due and mist. The same technique, therefore will be the state of technology to produce clean and pure water in the entire mountainous north eastern, western and south western Uganda. Kazibwes valley dams, people dont see with their eyes, will be clearly visible then. What has happened? The Bakiga in western Uganda, have mutilated the entire hills and swept them clean of all alpine trees and instead planted; sweet potatoes (ebitakuri), millet (oburo), beans (ebihimbo) everywhere. It is a catastrophe of gigantic proportions, with devastating implications well realise sooner than latter. I really cant understand why President Museveni, unscientifically imposes restrictions on the national forest authority (NPA) and
