ugnet_: One again a disclaimer

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
The articles I have posted do not in anyway reflect my opinion or the opinion of the Organisation (UPC) I represent.  The articles are posted AS-IS.  They are intended to trigger a thought process in you. ...to enable you to engage in CRITICAL THINKING! Peace and goodnight Beloved fellow citizens

ugnet_: Ugandan Women Called Upon to Spearhead Peace Talks

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
Ugandan Women Called Upon to Spearhead Peace Talks   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) November 11, 2003 Posted to the web November 11, 2003 Alice Emasu Kampala Gone are the days when issu

ugnet_: Uganda Railways Eyes Sudan

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
Uganda Railways Eyes Sudan   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) November 11, 2003 Posted to the web November 11, 2003 Abraham Odeke Kampala PAUL Etiang the new board chairman for the Uganda

ugnet_: Maj. Gen. Aronda in Kinshasa

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
Maj. Gen. Aronda in Kinshasa   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) November 11, 2003 Posted to the web November 11, 2003 Emmy Allio Kampala Army Commander Maj. Gen. Aronda Nyakairima is in K

ugnet_: Museveni, Kabila Settle Out of Court.

2003-11-11 Thread Edward Mulindwa
People   This is how much influence Western countries have on Africa and like wise they must be held responsible for the deaths we have in Africa. Surely Uganda invaded Congo, surely we have lost more than 4 million people in Congo, surely Uganda Government officials have looted minerals from

ugnet_: A Picture, it is often stated says more then words alone ...

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
.Felllow Citizens: See for yourselves what Northern/ Eastern Uganda has become under Yoweri Museveni's NRM  Military dictatorship Matek UN to Solicit $130m for Victims of Ugandan Civil War United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland annouced that the UN would l

ugnet_: UN to Solicit $130m for Kony Victims

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
UN to Solicit $130m for Kony Victims   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) November 11, 2003 Posted to the web November 11, 2003 Vision Reporter Kampala THE United Nations Under-Secretary Ge

ugnet_: "LRA Rebels" Kill 10 Civilians

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
LRA Rebels Kill 10 Civilians   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) November 11, 2003 Posted to the web November 11, 2003 Ali Mao Kampala THE toll of civilians killed by Kony rebels rose at t

ugnet_: Team Up Against Kony, Says Nankabirwa

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
Team Up Against Kony, Says Nankabirwa   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) November 11, 2003 Posted to the web November 11, 2003 Kampala THE state minister for defence, Ruth Nankabirwa, has

ugnet_: Let UN Organise Talks

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
Let UN Organise Talks   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) EDITORIAL November 11, 2003 Posted to the web November 11, 2003 Kampala WHEN HE arrived at Entebbe on Friday, United Nations under

ugnet_: UN Ready to Fund Talks

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
UN Ready to Fund Talks   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) November 11, 2003 Posted to the web November 11, 2003 Dorothy Nakaweesi & Agencies Kampala The United Nations is ready to fund p

ugnet_: Accept Outside Help On Rebels

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
Accept Outside Help On Rebels   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) EDITORIAL November 11, 2003 Posted to the web November 11, 2003 Kampala Suspected rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army ar

ugnet_: NGO wants dead rats as warning on cigarette packets.(Watch out Mitchell Rats and Smokers!)

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
NGO wants dead rats as warning on cigarette packets By Badru D. Mulumba Nov 12, 2003 KAMPALA - Images of aborted foetuses, impotent men, and dead rats have been proposed for cigarette packets. The Environmental Action Network (Tean) and 33 other anti-smoking groups and individuals suggested the

ugnet_: Simmering Tensions in Uganda's DP Spill Over

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
Simmering Tensions in Uganda's DP Spill Over By A.MUTUMBA-LULE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SIMMERING TENSIONS between the old guards and the young turks in Uganda's Democratic Party (DP) spilled out into the open last week when the secretary general of the Uganda Young Democrats accused organising sec

ugnet_: Fida is tackling domestic violence too frivolously

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
Fida is tackling domestic violence too frivolously Wife batterers, a female colleague once told me, are sadists with serious unresolved issues in their minds. When I observe the victims of these acts, I agree fully with these sentiments.  However, does this mean our grandfathers (in whose time,

ugnet_: Virginity is becoming chic once more

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
DOROTHY KWEYU / WAR AGAINST AIDS  Virginity is becoming chic once more Kenyans have been treated to two high-profile condom promotional events in recent weeks. First was the Condom Queen grabbing prime newspaper space. And now it is Tanzania's Lucas Mkenda (Mr Nice of Fagilia fame), the latest yo

ugnet_: Museveni colleagues at point of no return

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
Museveni colleagues at point of no return By Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda Nov 12, 2003 If numbers were all that is used to determine the success of a cause, then the Parliamentary Advocacy Forum's 'Dialogue on Life Presidency' held at Hotel Africana on November 7 is just that. The beginning th

ugnet_: Anglicans should let go(Politicians have always shown the way!)

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
GITAU WARIGI / Sunday View Anglicans should just let goFollowers of the Anglican Church worldwide should just accept the inevitable and split up. There's no use, as Western commentators are doing, to keep diluting the quarrel over homosexual priests to the simple level of "liberals" versus "conse

ugnet_: Gumo does us a service with his fist

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
PHILIP OCHIENG / Fifth Columnist Gumo does us a service with his fistIf brute power were what defined "superiority", we would have to say that rhinos are superior to humans. But we don't because these are some of the most stupid mammals. In that word "stupid" lies the solution. "Superiority" is a

ugnet_: Keeping the files secret beats purpose of wealth declaration(A Case of Public Declaration of Wealth in Privacy!)

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
Keeping the files secret beats purpose of wealth declaration Mr Blair: Assets and liabilities made public By SUNDAY NATION Team  Kenyan Cabinet ministers, Members of Parliament and senior civil servants now have less than a week to declare their wealth or risk losing their jobs. President Mwai Kib

ugnet_: Of empty Opposition benches and snake meat

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
NJERI RUGENE / Week in Parliament  Of empty Opposition benches and snake meatIt is now a month since Parliament voted unanimously to extend Thursday's sittings to 8 pm to clear a back-log of important Bills, before breaking for the Christmas recess. However, the MPs hardly go beyond 6.45 pm – wi

ugnet_: Gado and the University Academic Union Staff Strike

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
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ugnet_: Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: In $87.5 Billion Bill, $2 Million Bounty for Exiled Liberian

2003-11-11 Thread J Ssemakula
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ugnet_: Can use of torture ever be justified?

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
Can use of torture ever be justified? H.D.S. Greenway The Boston Globe Tuesday, November 11, 2003 http://www.iht.com/articles/117101.html Ethics of interrogation BOSTON Early this year I found myself in a room full of highly intelligent and experienced citizens discussing torture. It was

ugnet_: Two priests decided to go to..

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
Two priests decided to go to..Category: African American Two priests decided to go to Hawaii on vacation. They were determined to make this a real vacation by not wearing anything that would identify them as clergy. As soon as the plane landed, they headed for a store and bought some really outrage

ugnet_: Globalization!

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
GlobalizationCategory: Zimbabwe Jokes What is the truest definition of Globalization?Answer: Princess Diana's death. Question: How come? Answer: An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk on

ugnet_: Why men lie!

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
Why men lie!Category: South Africa Jokes Why men lie! One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?" The woodcutter replied that his axe had fallen into the water, and he ne

ugnet_: A mother and her daughter(The Lies we have to Live with)

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
A mother and her daughter ...Category: African American A mother and her daughter were at the gynecologist's office.The mother asked the doctor to examine her daughter.'She has been having some strange symptoms and I'mworried about her,' the mother said.The doctor examined the daughter carefully an

ugnet_: MBA Lesson

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
MBA LessonCategory: Zimbabwe Jokes A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden

ugnet_: A crow was sitting on a tree (Management lesson)

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
A crow was sitting on a treeCategory: Zimbabwe Jokes A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and reste

ugnet_: The Umbrella

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
The UmbrellaCategory: African American The Umbrella A 90-year-old man said to his doctor, "I've never felt better. I have an 18-year-old bride who is pregnant with my child. What do you think about that?" The doctor considered his question for a minute and then said, "I have an elderly friend who i

Re: ugnet_: Re: Fw: newvision\ Ugandan women, is this true?

2003-11-11 Thread Owor Kipenji
Ssenyange,I do believe some of these reports are more for Entertainment and general info,than telling the truth. Why would a man in his right mind be forced to have sex?.Don't you see that they are using women as a scapegoat? Anyway,the story served its' purpose of making people get that best medic

ugnet_: SOLDIERS SCRAPE UP MONEY TO PAY

2003-11-11 Thread Mulindwa Edward
Soldiers Scrape Up Money To Pay For Supplies A local Army National Guard unit is mobilizing to go to Iraq without many of the essentials the soldiers desperately need.By KOMO Staff & News Services 11-11-3 LONGVIEW, WA - Specialist Brian Lange with the Army

ugnet_: REBELS WEAR UPDF UNIFORM!...60 Killed ...THE MONITOR

2003-11-11 Thread Mulindwa Edward
And the only un answered question remains, "Does Uganda Government want peace in Northern Uganda?" For any thing you do with out a blessing of Uganda Government is a total waste of time. And I will repeat what I said in 1986 even before this war became on a centre stage, there will never be peace i

ugnet_: from the AP...Ugandan Rebels Kill Over 100 Civilians

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
Ugandan Rebels Kill Over 100 Civilians By HENRY WASSWA .c The Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Rebels in northern Uganda have killed more than 100 civilians during five days of raids, the head of the regional government charged Monday. The Lord's Resistance Army has been raiding villages

Re: ugnet_: REBELS WEAR UPDF UNIFORM!...60 Killed ...THE MONITOR

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
In a message dated 11/11/2003 3:36:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That UPDF is failling in its responsibilities is not debatable since even the commander in chief himself has acknowledged the failure on several occations. The same could however also be said of the former

Re: ugnet_: REBELS WEAR UPDF UNIFORM!...60 Killed ...THE MONITOR

2003-11-11 Thread Matekopoko
In a message dated 11/11/2003 3:36:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Once again, the main issue is not what uniform the killers are putting on, it is that they are killers. I think there are more reasons to convince me that most of the killings are being done by the rebels n

Re: ugnet_: REBELS WEAR UPDF UNIFORM!...60 Killed ...THE MONITOR

2003-11-11 Thread Paul Njoki
Once again, the main issue is not what uniform the killers are putting on, it is that they are killers. I think there are more reasons to convince me that most of the killings are being done by the rebels not the government forces. It is our collective condemnation of these killings that may for