Re: [WestNileNet] {UAH} Press Communiqué: Amnesty International...
I am still waiting for Amnesty International to respond to the above queries! On 8/31/14, Hussein Amin husseinjur...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Colleagues. I sent the email below to Amnesty International asking critical questions about information that they have turned into possibly the most distorted history of any country. We as a nation haven't been afforded any answers to these questions yet. So the Amnesty International silence in regards to my questions isn't only deafening, it is hypocrite. It would be appropriate that the Ugandan media in particular, take on this challenge. And if successful, publish impartially the simple answers to the Ugandan people for the sake of setting the record straight. My letter was as follows: Sir, I am interested in the alledged atrocities committed in Uganda. Particularly; - The Idi Amin regime (1971-79) - The post-Amin era from 1979-1986. From the preliminary information I have, Amnesty International is the organization that conducted research on Uganda to document atrocities. I would therefore be grateful if you could make available a response to the following: - Number of deaths during the Amin regime. - Who counted? - When? - How? (Methodoly) - Accuracy? - What is the evidence of the deaths? - Did you make requests for information or were you instead contacted with data? (this is important to weigh the impartiality of the information) - Who inside Uganda did Amnesty International contact to obtain the information? - Finally, what methods were used to determine the accuracy of the information that was published? I would be glad to talk to a knowledgable person within the organization to discuss the above. Kind regards, Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin. Kampala, Uganda -- UAH forum is devoted to matters of interest to Ugandans. Individuals are responsible for whatever they post on this forum.To unsubscribe from this group, send email to: ugandans-at-heart+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com or Abbey Semuwemba at: abbeysemuwe...@gmail.com. -- Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin Kampala, Uganda ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet 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. ___
[WestNileNet] Erinayo Oryema: A Death Still Disputed!?!
The reburial ceremony surely must bring back tears that had long dried. But we now all find ourselves recalling the late Former Minister/IGP Erinayo Oryema, his life and his death on 17th February 1977. There have been many versions about what happened on that fateful day. Books have been written and royalties pocketed by many individuals who sadly placed themselves as authorities on events that happened in Uganda back in 1977. I am sure that many Ugandans today would also have wanted to hear what Field Marshal Idi Amin had to say. Unfortunately that opportunity has passed. But until that fateful last meeting at Nile Mansions, Ministers Oboth Ofumbi and Erinayo Oryema were free persons. The late Archbishop Janan Luwum had been the main suspect until then. Had Luwum not mentioned the two ministers as his co-conspirators during that meeting, they would have gone back free men as they had come. But Janan Luwum pointed at them and he did so as all invited foreign diplomats watched. What I can confirm is two things. First, because the persons involved were senior figures in Uganda, my fathers last orders before leaving Nile Mansions was that they be taken to their individual homes and that they be brought back the next day for another meeting with him. Under no circumstances were they to be thrown in jail like common criminals because of their status. The other issue is that Amin dashed to the State Research Bureau and quarreled with the officers that had been responsible for taking the three individuals home. He did that the moment he heard that the three personalities were dead. Their argument took place in the open parking lot of the building. I watched from the fence as the officers tried to explain themselves to Idi Amin. He was clearly angry at them and kept on asking if they knew what trouble this meant for him and his government. He then abruptly left the SRB premises. I have asked myself many questions about that day. This reburial ceremony puts the topic back on the table. Questions about how the three individuals died will never cease as they continue to generate debate today. The subsequent governments after Amin have also never conducted an autopsy to clear fact from fiction. If Janan Luwum, Oboth Ofumbi and Erinayo Oryema had died by bullet shots to the head as is being rumoured, that would have easily been verifiable by forensic experts and would have brought some closure earlier to relatives. As for the weapons found at Namirembe Cathedral (the underlying matter that brought about the whole incident), I personally viewed them as they were on display on the front lawn. They lay next to a blue truck with a Pepsi sign from which they had been offloaded. In the book Sowing The Mustard Seed, President Museveni discusses the operation from the instigators perspective. If I recall correctly, the persons who actually drove the trucks are mentioned in the book. But the ceremony that the country is now holding for the late Erinayo Oryema is more about professional recognition. Whatever happened the day he perished is another matter yet to be fully established. Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin Kampala, Uganda ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet 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. ___
[WestNileNet] Daily Monitor Rubbish: That How Amin Killed Ben Kiwanuka.
I read with shock the Daily Monitor article titled How Amin killed Benedict Kiwanuka written by Mugabe Faustin. It made me realize that the history of Uganda in regards to the late Chief Justice is solely based on one Daniel Mulemezi's version. I asked myself what happened to impartiality in establishing justice and truth since it is clearly obvious that his story is completely unsubstantiated. First, it is quite unusual for such an important police investigation to be conducted by one individual. The standing procedure usually involves the matter being discussed with senior officers before the investigation is sanctioned. They would then assign the task to a designated detective officer with a team. But according to the inquiries findings, it seems we have one allegded officer going around on his own. Secondly, their appears to be no effort to cross examine witness Mulemezi or to require that he substantiates his claims. Shouldn't at least another third party corroborate Mulemezi's story? I would have expected Mr. Mulemezi's official police investigation reports to be tabled at the commission of inquiry as a minimum evidence proving if he indeed conducted any investigation at all or if he was a policeman as he claims. How does anyone know if he is telling the truth. Establishing the truth requires a robust process. But the story makes the inquiry look like we may have been dealing with a Kangaroo court. It is on record that Amin had ordered Ben Kiwanuka's release from jail after the 1971 takeover and appointed him Chief Justice. It is also known that when the Chief Justice disappeared, Amin clearly stated that the Ugandans in exile had most likely orchestrated an abduction. How is Mulemezi's story more credible than Amin? The Obote group in Tanzania was able to discredit Amin through killings and disappearances that were meticulously planned in Tanzania then. Some of whom are in the NRA government that established the inquiry on Benedict Kiwanuka's death. The book The Guardian Angel by Arnold Bisase discusses the rebels subversive activities that involved targeting senior government personalities for assassination. It also portrays the infighting and greed for power amongst the exiles. So excuse me if I find Mr. Mulemezi's story insufficient in substance/clout to be presented to Ugandans as the official historical account about the disappearance of the late Chief Justice Benedict Kiwanuka. May His Soul Rest In Peace! The article, especially Daniel Mulemezi's story, could easily be comparable to hot wolokoso served to the nation. Especially if the matter is scrutinized under strict, fair conventional judicial standards. Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin (You can read the Monitor story in this link below and judge for yourselves: http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/How-Idi-Amin-shot-Kiwanuka-to-death/-/689844/2459590/-/5a3itg/-/index.html ) ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet 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. ___
[WestNileNet] Archbishop Janan Luwum: Where Is Moses Okello???
After that last public meeting that saw Archbishop Janan Luwum indicate that Oboth Ofumbi and Erinayo Oryem were his co-conspirators in the coup plot, one Moses Okello is the person who then led them to his vehicle and took them from the venue. What did Moses Okello do with them? Where is he? Anyone knows? -- Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin Kampala, Uganda ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet 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. ___
[WestNileNet] Billie O'kadameri: A Clip For Your Amin Movie.
First, I wonder why the O disappeared from your name of late. Isn't it supposed to be Okadameri?!? A clip for your Amin movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vFyYggn1EUfeature=youtube_gdata_player -- Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin Kampala, Uganda ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet 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. ___
[WestNileNet] AGAIN: African Students Mobbed In India
African students attacked by Indians in a Delhi railway station. In this day and age, such nonsense is still happening!?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96sSr0y5 ASwfeature=youtube_gdata_player -- Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin Kampala, Uganda ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet 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. ___
[WestNileNet] Israels Licence To Kill: The Nazi Holocaust!?!
OpEd: Israels Licence To Kill: The Nazi Holocaust!?! As I perused through Uganda's history, I found some interesting documentation about the Israeli hostage rescue in Entebbe, Uganda on 4th of July, 1974. A daring operation that ended with 5 Israelis dead. Most notable casualty? Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, the senior officer on the ground during the rescue operation. The hostages had been brought to Uganda by Palestinian hijackers who had commandeered an Air France plane. But I did get a surprising glimpse at the elation and welcome that Israelis gave their troops as they brought home the now freed hostages. The late Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, who is also the elder brother to current Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, is regarded as a hero in Israel. To them, he embodies a courage and determination that many Israelis complain has since disappeared in their army. They say he gave them victory over evil!?! Having grown watching the Middle East conflict continuously unfold like most people, I ask myself, how will the conflict ever be resolved if the lines have been drawn in such terms and on both sides? Palestinians will disagree with being called evil and increasing numbers of nations around the world today look differently at Israel. They seem determined to possess Palestinian land through their settlement policy regardless of the suffering generated, and therefore the desperate acts of retaliation like the Entebbe hijacking, isn't it? The growing intensity of the conflict as thousands upon thousands of Palestinian children die miserably from Israeli guns, missiles and bombs. Many suggest that Israel has been able to continue acts of barbarism with impunity because the west is reluctant to act. European countries are paralyzed by a political sympathy that finds it roots in Nazism during World War II when Jews where exterminated under Hitlers Final Solution. Western sympathy for those events is now Israels unwritten license to kill. Another possible factor is that many Christians consider themselves inferior to Jews. Do Christians regard Jews as closer to deity than themselves? Many do and will cite the scriptures to confirm their inferiority to the chosen ones. The Christian subconscious therefore finds it difficult to reprimand a Jew even when he is clearly in the wrong. Israelis though, might be inclined to take advantage of the situation by pushing the limits that might have already been surpassed in earnest today. Because they now need to engage international public opinion more robustly through a heavy media presence. They also lobby US Congressmen and scholars in world capitals in order to deflect blame and explain the overwhelming force they use when Israel wages war. If that's what is required for Israel to continue destruction, hasn't Israel therefore abused the sympathy capital afforded to them by the west for suffering under the Nazis? Honestly, their explanations for the death and destruction they cause sound increasingly disingenuous. Particularly with the large numbers of civilian casualties and the grim pictures of unarmed women and kids blown to pieces by American bestowed high-tech weapons. The growing xenophobia against non-Jews inside Israel has also reached alarming levels with persecuted African asylum seekers bearing the brunt of unjust deportations, Arab-Israelis seeing their freedoms curtailed and Ethiopian Jews treated as third class citizens after Eastern European Jews, and Western European Jews who reign supreme in Israel. These last Jewish immigrants (the Ethiopians) are reportedly highly discriminated against by white European Jews who even segregate their habitat inside Israel by sending them to populate all new settlements. It used to be Russian Jews and those from Eastern Europe during the cold war days. But today Ethiopians are the human shields for the Western Jews enjoying the capital Tel- Aviv and the other big cities? Yet we keep getting news about Ethiopians being subjected to sterilization without their knowledge so that their ethnicity is in check compared to the desired predominantly white Israel that European Jews want to maintain. White Jewish supremacists who literally hold all political, social, economic and military cards, have literally enshrined their racial dominance in the Israeli Constitution by making it a government duty to maintain the countries Jewishness. This means officials decide who can or cannot be in Israel based on an unclear criteria. Any individual not Jewish enough can summarily be refused entry. But surprisingly Europeans will always have the doors open in Israel. Not because of their religion or country, but possibly because they just look like white Jews. So for the supreme Jew, everyone is either a human stepping stone for white Jewishness or expelled like the African refugees/migrants, or dead like the Arabs Israel kills. The writer is an Independent Politician from Uganda. -- Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin Kampala, Uganda
