Mitayo Potosi "Where was Winfred Byanyima. Was she not there in Luwero with the killers? Has she ever condmned Luwero? What about Besigye?" Winnie Byanyima was with Obote, then with the Okellos, then came the peace jokes, Toko thought that Byanyima was with him, only to realize that he was on the NRM side. Then Besigye came in very very late. As the 1st son was getting married, Besigye was getting married too. Besigye tried the If-you-can-do-it, I-can-do-it-too path, he failed in that bid, then he exiled himself sighting the usual, Winnie stayed home - do I hear more wedding bells?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mitayo Potosi Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 11:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: 'Congo Rebels Using Ugandan Child Soldiers' -East African 25/11/2... Ms Keitetsi thinks the ONLY villain is museveni. No. Where was Winfred Byanyima. Was she not there in Luwero with the killers? Has she ever condmned Luwero? What about Besigye? Winfred Byanyima, Besigye, Muniini etc... all keep on telling you that museveni is a hero gone bad. How can one look at Luwero and call the authors heros? What justification is there to spill the blood of a million people to remove one dictator and replace him with another? If anything mu7 should be commended for being a consistent man. Do these fellows have a quarrel with his actions? May be they are just enviuos of his stay in State House. And May be that is is why they now cry out about him. Have you heard them condemn his actions?. A few others lying to us that they were DP's also spilt the blood of these innocents. As Karoli Ssemwogerere has said loud and clear, DP is not and has never been a party of either thieves or killers. Never accept the nonsense that some of these killers were of the Democratic Party of our beloved Ben Kiwanuka. With all his failings it is A. M. Obote who has been consistent on this score of child soldiers. He wrote a book about it ( The concealing of a genocide ? ). How come that book has not had a wide circulation? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ivinicus factus sum veritabem diceus." ( I have become an enemy for speaking the truth ) St Paul! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mitayo Potosi >From: "Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: ugnet_: 'Congo Rebels Using Ugandan Child Soldiers' -East >African 25/11/2... >Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:06:04 -0600 > >Matek, > >Thanks for this. "A lie has short legs. The truth always catches up with >it," according to a Ma'di/Lugbara proverb. > >It's now Museveni's turn to see how even the most intricately manufactured >"realities" can evaporate like fog in the morning sun. But those who have >ruled or intend to rule (again) should always remember this, too, if they >haven't already learned any lessons in the past or the present. > >vukoni >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:57 PM >Subject: Re: ugnet_: 'Congo Rebels Using Ugandan Child Soldiers' -East >African 25/11/2... > > > > Fellow Citizens: > > > > Ms Keitetsi's book shows in very glaring picture some of the atrocities >the > > NRM committed and continues to commit against the people of Uganda; both > > during Yoweri Museveni's Bush wars of the 1980's upto the present day. > > > > Those members of the International Community who are interested in the >people > > and history of our country better take Ms. Keitetsi's book very very > > seriously. > > > > > > As a matter of fact, there are very many Ms. Keitetsis out there who, >given > > the opportunity, are very much willing to tell, rather, reveal all to >the > > world about the true nature of Yoweri Museveni and his NRM. > > > > In fact, I highly recommend Ms. Keitetsis book as a required reading >for > > most Ugandans, Friends of Uganda, and members of the International >Community. > > > > Keitetsi's book reveals the other side of the story, so to say. It does >help > > members of the International Community look at Museveni's politics from >a > > different angle. > > > > Matek > > > > > > > > In a message dated 11/25/02 6:21:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > << Regional > > > > Monday, November 25, 2002 Nairobi-Kenya > > --------------------------------- > > 'Congo Rebels Using > > Ugandan Child Soldiers'By KEVIN J. KELLEY > > SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT > > CHINA KEITETSI has a vision of a big room in Africa filled with >computers, > > books and paintings a place where former child soldiers can learn in >safety. > > Ms Keitetsi would also like psychologists to be in the room to reassure >the > > children, because, she says, "they get ashamed when they talk about who >raped > > them." > > It is Ms Keitetsi's dream to create rooms like this in Rwanda, Sierra >Leone > > and other war-ravaged African countries with the proceeds from a book >she >has > > written about her experiences as a child soldier in Uganda. > > She says she was abducted in 1984, at age eight, into the National > > Resistance Army commanded by then rebel leader Yoweri Museveni. For the >next > > 11 years, until her escape to South Africa, Ms Keitetsi says she was > > brutalised psychologically and sexually. > > "My childhood was taken from me and I can never get that back," she >told >The > > EastAfrican in a recent interview. > > The autobiography ranks high on bestseller lists in Germany, where it >was > > published under the title, They Took Away My Mother and Gave Me a Gun. > > In its English-language edition, published by Jacana of South Africa, >the > > book is called My Life as a Child Soldier. > > Ms Keitetsi, now 26 years old, is touring the United States to call > > attention to the desperation of children forced to fight in adults' >wars. >She > > says her advocacy is not aimed specifically at the Ugandan government >though > > she does accuse it of still using child soldiers but at "the child >torture > > that goes on in many parts of this world." > > The United Nations estimates that as many as 300,000 children may be >serving > > in armies in more than a dozen countries in Africa and Asia. > > During a trip to New York earlier this year, Ms Keitetsi met at the UN >with > > Secretary-General Kofi Annan and with two former presidents - Nelson >Mandela > > and Bill Clinton. > > She recently addressed an audience at Harvard University and will >travel >to > > Washington this week for meetings with a leading African-American >lobbying > > group. > > Ms Keitetsi tells Americans that "the United States should put pressure >on > > every rebel leader and every government that uses child soldiers." > > Her crusade is not being well received by powerful figures in Uganda. >They > > recognise that Ms Keitetsi's harrowing life story could tarnish the >generally > > positive reputation that President Museveni enjoys in the West. > > Perhaps especially vexing to the authorities is Keitetsi's claim that > > Ugandan children are still being forced to serve as soldiers "not just >by >the > > anti-government Lord's Resistance Army, but on behalf of a rebel group >in > > Congo supported by President Museveni's government." > > The government-owned New Vision newspaper has challenged aspects of Ms > > Keitetsi's account, quoting two officers in the Ugandan People's Defence > > Forces who charged that she never fought in bush battles on the side of > > Museveni's guerrilla force. > > Ms Keitetsi has not been to Uganda since fleeing the country in 1995, >and > > "I'm really scared to go back," she says. > > "My government has taken personally everything I've said. To go back >would > > be like putting my head in the mouth of a hungry lion." > > Not all Ugandans are critical of her book and her activism, however. >She > > says that some Ugandans who know about the situation" have sent e-mails >via > > her website - www.xchildsoldier.org - expressing support for her >efforts. > > "These are the words that make me go on," Ms Keitetsi says. > > Now that she has found her voice, it appears unlikely that Ms Keitetsi >will > > be silenced. > > She says that after taking up residence in Denmark three years ago as a > > UN-sponsored refugee, she was at first unable to talk with counsellors >about > > her experiences. But she did begin to tell her story privately on tape, >and > > it was those recordings that eventually became the basis for her book. > > It tells of how two members of the National Resistance Army happened >upon > > the eight-year-old girl after she had wandered from her village and got >lost. > > She was taken into the ranks of the NRA, which often used children as >spies, > > she says. > > She was given the name "China" by an officer who thought her eyes had >an > > Asian appearance. > > Ms Keitetsi says that she was taught to kill "and did so on more than >one > > occasion." She was also sexually abused by soldiers much older than her. > > In 1991, at age 14, she gave birth, Ms Keitetsi told a South African > > interviewer. The baby's father, whom she identified as Lt-Col Moses >Drago > > Kaima, sent the child to live with his family, she relates. > > But the officer soon died, and Ms Keitetsi said she has not seen her >son >for > > the past nine years. > > In 1995, having been promoted to the rank of sergeant, Ms Keitetsi says >she > > rejected a sexual advance by a soldier who, in retaliation, threatened >to > > report that she was selling guns to the enemy. She says her only options >then > > became either to escape Uganda or be killed. > > Using a false passport, Ms Keitetsi made her way to Kenya and on to >South > > Africa. Four years later, she was resettled in Denmark by the UN. > > Although she now uses a UN travel document, Ms Keitetsi remains a >citizen >of > > Uganda. > > The emotional scars inflicted during her years as a child soldier are >slow > > in healing. And habits she learned in the army have not yet been shed. > > "Because I was trained like a boy, I act like a boy in some ways," Ms > > Keitetsi says. > > "In Denmark, when I have an appointment with a girl, she might spend 45 > > minutes in the washroom. I spend maybe five minutes." > > Asked whether she may some day be able to carry on a loving >relationship > > with a man, Ms Keitetsi replies, "I have a Danish father now, but when I >feel > > myself loving him, I get scared. I'm on guard 24 hours a day. Every word >from > > a man makes me wary." > > Comments\Views about this article > > >> > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.404 / Virus Database: 228 - Release Date: 10/15/2002 _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. 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