Re: [Ugnet] {UAH} A lot of diasporas aren't interested in politics back home!

[Herrn Mulindwa Edward]

Robert Atuhairwe

 

This discussion reminds me to ask you another question, Uganda receives 
millions of dollars in money sent by Ugandans in diaspora. That money is cashed 
in at a certain computerized location, so when I send money to Jaja Muwanga in 
Bweyogerere, one must report to a computer terminal to clear those funds. Why 
no one has ever targeted that computerized money exit point, and tax it? Do no 
take too much, but let us say a 2% or a 5% charge. What is the real damage that 
can be done on those transactions? Every country I have lived in has banks that 
charge a bank fee, and I have never seen anyone complaining about those 
charges, by the way they raise them almost every year. Why are these 
transactions going into a country tax free? 

 

And it is very interesting that the WBKs of today, defend poll tax, a taxation 
that was so unfair, to be levied on our parents for they own a coffee tree 
which we could never guarantee how much it would produce. A war against poll 
tax that I fought for years literary, yet the very same WBKs will never 
question why Uganda offers such freebies as money transfers. Wake up people, 
the soup is getting cold !!

Bonnes vacances à tous

 

EM -> { Trump for 2020 }

On the 49th Parallel  

 Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika 
machafuko" 

 

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Friends

 

How much time did Ugandans torch in arguing the value of dual citizenship 
again? I was supposed to burn my time to discuss it for I came from Uganda. 
Okay now based on the level this thread has reached, given what WBK posted 
yesterday, what is the value of me holding a Uganda passport? Why did that 
conversation take almost two or three years of discussing, when it was an empty 
discussion? No we do not hate the country, we look at the threads and just 
refuse to be a part of stupid discussions. We allow them to go by. And what is 
worse? Dr Munini Mulera was the flag bearer of “Ugandans in diaspora have every 
right to dual citizenship”. 

 

Personally I support Uganda government throwing a tax on all of us when we fly 
home, you want the country to have good roads, and good hospitals cough up the 
money to go in for you love the country. And pay good at the port of entry, I 
show my Canadian passport at entry you charge me $500 American per entry. I 
throw you my credit card you charge it, then you hand me a bottle of Uganda 
Waragi and a nice girl, I take care of the rest. -> Gee’eeZ   !!

Bonnes vacances à tous

 

EM -> { Trump for 2020 }

On the 49th Parallel  

 Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika 
machafuko" 

 

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WBK,

 

You have already explained so well that I really have nothing more to add! 
Ugandan diaspora should have sentimental attachment to home, come for holidays, 
have a break from hard work and bad weather and then go back like they are 
doing now. They should forget about influencing politics back home, when they 
cannot even influence politics in their adopted countries.

 

You know WBK, in 2006 one Ugandan Doctor in South Africa sold his house and 
gave the money to the Besigye campaign apparently sure that Besigye would win. 
He had apparently been promised the position of Minister of Health. He has 
never recovered from the shock up to today.

  _  

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Mr. Kademeri:

 

 

Tell them. I told them the same thing  several years back when some members of 
UNAA asked me to write a brief document as to

[Ugnet] RWANDA GRAND VISION LEAVES POOR ON THE CURB

[Herrn Mulindwa Edward]

Rwanda's grand vision for future leaves poor on the curb   


By Afp06:44 27 Dec 2019, updated 06:44 27 Dec 2019

 
 

Many of Kigali's poorest no longer feel welcome in a city that has undergone
a major facelift as part of President Paul Kagame's masterplan to turn
Rwanda into a wealthy nation by 2050

Slum dwellers in Kigali are accusing city authorities of razing their homes
without paying compensation, stirring anger among poorer Rwandans who feel
marginalised by a government-led push to modernise the capital.

This month, the first of thousands of homes slated for demolition in
Kigali's unplanned settlements were bulldozed, sparking protests from owners
and tenants told to move on.

City authorities say the homes were built illegally on wetlands, or areas
deemed at risk from landslides and flooding, and those evicted were being
offered lodgings elsewhere.

But many of Kigali's poorest no longer feel welcome in a city that has
undergone a major facelift as part of President Paul Kagame's masterplan to
turn Rwanda into a wealthy nation by 2050.

The capital has been the focus of a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure
blitz in recent years, with futuristic convention centres, five-star hotels
and modern flats altering the skyline.

The city has earned a reputation among African capitals for its unusually
ordered and clean streets, but the heavy-handed approach of local
authorities has caused alarm.

Rights groups have accused the Rwandan government of rounding up
"undesirables", including street children, beggars and prostitutes, and
holding them in a grim detention centres.

Critics say the poor have paid a steep price for Kigali's transformation.
But pockets of resistance have emerged as slums have been cleared to make
way for modern housing complexes or green areas.

 
 

The slums are disparagingly called "Bannyahe" -- a naming roughly
translating to "where I can defecate" -- and border some of Kigali's most
exclusive postcodes

In Nyarutarama, a neighbourhood hosting Kigali's largest informal
settlements, some residents have refused to make way for the wrecking ball,
defying state orders.

"We were told to move because the land was for public benefit," said
Antoinette Mushiyimana, whose home in Nyarutarama is among those marked for
destruction.

"We are being relocated to another small house in Busanza (a suburb in
Kigali). But they are not giving me the compensation I deserve. That is why
many people have refused to move," she told AFP.

These slums are disparagingly called "Bannyahe" -- a naming roughly
translating to "where I can defecate" -- and border some of Kigali's most
exclusive postcodes.

- Left out -

City authorities insist the evictions are for the good of the people.

"The city informed these people that the law does not allow them to live on
wetland areas. They were given letters and advice, but nothing was done,"
Kigali officials said in a statement.

 
 

In Kigali, rising condos and gleaming buildings have made life harder for
ordinary Rwandans, driving up rents and the cost of living

"This is even more important because of the heavy rain and floods, which
might cause deaths."

But some residents accused the local government of reneging on a deal to pay
for the land.

Emmanuel Bayahore said he agreed to vacate his home when city authorities
valued his property at Rwf 28 million (USD$29,500/26,600 euros) in 2017.

But when it was demolished in December, he was handed just Rwf 30,000 to
find new shelter for his wife and three children.

"They destroyed the house, and didn't even give me enough to pay rent for my
family," he said.

He vowed to take the matter to court -- an avenue being explored by others
who felt cheated and brushed aside in a city pushing them ever further to
the margins.

Kagame, who has been in power since 1994, says his "Vision 2050" for a new
Rwanda will drive economic transformation for all in the tiny, landlocked
country where close to 40 percent live in poverty.

 
 

Kigali has a reputation among African capitals for ordered and clean
streets, but the authorities' heavy-handed ways of protecting this image has
caused alarm

Few at home disagree with his plan, or the tremendous costs involved in
rebranding Rwanda as a destination for foreign investment, high-end tourists
and global conferences.

A shiny convention centre opened in Kigali in 2016 cost a reported $300
million, making it one of Africa's most expensive buildings. A new $1.3
billion international airport for Kigali is in the works.

The government also paid European football clubs Arsenal FC and Paris St
Germain to promote its "Visit Rwanda" tourism campaign