I believe Mulindwa's suggestion is to the point. We are living in the 21 Century. I do not think our country should continue decaying as is the case. Mu7's government and Mu7's army, the NRA, have committed too many atrocities not only in Northern, Uganda, but also Eastern Uganda, even Western Uganda, including neighbouring lands. For now that he is still in power, he can cage or will try hard to contain the issue. But once he is gone, these problems are going to haunt the country for many years. His close associates shall seriously be in deep trouble. For, problems of that magnitude can not just be wisked away. Sooner or later, after Mu7's regime is gone, Ugandan victims together with victims from the neigbouring lands shall without doubt, have an audience. Out of this, shall be borne many remedies.
Even if all these atrocities are to be forgotten, Mu7 does not and did not qualify to be the president of the land. If Uganda was not a third world country, Mu7 would have been prevented from this post the day he called people from North, names like "Biological Substances". If he didn't want to resign for these utterances then, he could have been removed by all and sandry means. But Uganda being a third world country, here we are, still have him in power todate. A terrible display of ignorance of a people indeed even if exposed to western democracy for donkey years!
Nonetheless, for these reasons plus many more, Mu7 needs to resign. His insistence to stay in power shall only lead to further bloodshed.
Mulindwa is therefore correct and to the point. The government of Mu7 needs to give way. He shall go anyways. Why not now?
Ocii
Lutimba Matovu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mulindwa,
I think you are being unfair on me. I have
consistently deplored the suffering of the people of
Northern Uganda and I totally agree with you this
suffering is unexcusable.
However you still back the wrong horse by shifting
blame away from Kony and his LRA. The one source of
this suffering is Kony. The government has made many
overtures to LRA rebels including an Amnesty, a
ceasefire, and proposed areas for them to assemble and
be facilitated with food, clothing and medicine while
peace talks start, all these have been shunned and
thrown back in the face of govt.
I do not agree with you that the government has to
step down before we achieve peace. There is no
guarantee kony will ceasefire. This government is the
best placed to bring peace as it has done in West
Nile.
Let Kony swallow his pride and agree to end ! the
suffering of the people. Kony war will not end unless
Kony ends it. He started it afterall so he has the
power and capacity to end it.
LM
--- Mulindwa Edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Matovu
> One of the solution on this never ending problem, is
> to assess where your
> government is coming from, is Northern Uganda better
> today than let us say 5
> or even 10 years ago? And I will say no. I one time
> wrote a piece that you
> laughed at which had a heading Northern Uganda a
> liability to Uganda. What
> are you sensing in this posting? There is no sign of
> light any where and
> there has never been any.
>
> So I think let us get out of the blaming game, I do
> not care whether it is
> Your Government or Konny, the fact of the matter is
> that the suffering in
> Northern Uganda is totally un-excusable and we all
> must find a solution f! or
> it. Personally I think you have started to do a ver! y
> ; great job for you have
> moved from the Lutimba Matovu who was scorning at
> every thing we posted
> showing the sufferings of the people in Northern
> Uganda, to now a new
> Madonna who actually accepts that there is human
> suffering in Northern
> Uganda, although 20 years down the road. That is a
> bold move.
>
> So why don't we take both Your government and Konny
> out of Uganda's picture?
> For if your government is not in power there can
> never be a Konny. Then we
> take these matters to Ugandans them selves and they
> elect a government which
> has the strength and good will of the population to
> stop this tragedy! For
> your government has lost both, and you and I know
> it. I think that if both
> of you take this step you can go in history as
> people who care about the
> sufferings of your fellow men. Just think about that
>! my fellow Ugandan.
> Em
> The Mulindwas communication group
> "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lutimba Matovu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:56 AM
> Subject: Re: ugnet_: LRA war a health disaster
>
>
> LRA war a health disaster
>
> Victims of war: Displaced children in a protected
> camp
> clamour for food. Overcrowding and malnutrition
> prevail
>
> By Caroline Lamwaka
>
> In 2002, the number of patients admitted at Lacor,
> Pabo and Opit health centres in Gulu exceeded
> 25,000.
> This was a sharp increase from 19,000 in 2001.
>
> Dr. Bruno Corrado, the deputy director of Lacor
> Hospital, attributes this increase to the Kony war.
> He
> says that due to insecurit! y, the living conditions
> of
> a large part of th! e popula tion in Gulu had
> deteriorated and more people got sick. Children
> constitute 64% of all admissions.
>
> The most common illnesses are malaria, diarrhoea,
> colds, coughs, malnutrition among children, and
> HIV/AIDS related illnesses. Most of these are
> related
> to poor hygiene, overcrowding and poor feeding.
>
> "The need for health services in the district is so
> great that not even two big hospitals can cope. When
> life becomes hard, the first to suffer are children.
> These children are vulnerable to disease,
> malnutrition, poor hygiene and displacement," says
> Corrado.
>
> At Lacor, children pay sh2000 for admission as flat
> rate, while adults pay sh25,000. This includes
> everything they might need during their stay in the
> hospital.
>
> Lacor, a missionary hospital, charges patients about
> 20% of the total cost of tre! atment. Government
> contributes 20% while donations, mostly from Italy,
> cover the remaining 60%.
>
> At the Gulu Government Hospital, patients are not
> required to pay. However, the Government funding is
> not sufficient to meet their requirements. The
> hospital has 250 beds but it has 350 to 400
> in-patients at any one time.
>
> Improvements were made on the hospital from the mid
> 1990s and it resumed carrying out major operations
> after services were disrupted by insecurity. With
> the
> coming of medical consultants in 1999, there has
> been
> tremendous improvement in the delivery of services.
>
> The medical superintendent, Dr. Felix Kaducu says:
> "Most of the diseases we treat are communicable and
> preventable. They are related to aspects of poor
> sanitation and hygiene, malnutrition due to poor
> feeding, poverty and poor s! ocial life."
>
> The hospital is understaffed and! over-lo aded. Kaducu
> says they have only half the recommended number of
> staff. This means the existing few are over-loaded.
>
> Because of the war, fewer medics are willing to come
> and serve in the district.
>
> "Those who are on the ground find that they are able
> to cope with the situation. They just need some
> support to be able to perform better," says Kaducu.
>
> The Gulu Independent Hospital, which opened in
> September 2001, has boosted health services in the
> district, with new services that did not exist there
> before. Matthew Lomoro, marketing manager, says they
> are introducing new technologies to help women who
> cannot conceive naturally.
>
> "We are expecting that anytime from January 2003. If
> the staff have completed the different phases of
> training, then we will start. Also, we are in the
> final stages of installing the mac! hines," he says.
>
> However, insecurity in Gulu is drawing back some of
> their plans. "There are so many specialists we have
> engaged who would wish to work with us, but fear to
> come to Gulu. They include expatriates and
> Ugandans,"
> Lomoro says.
>
>
>
>
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