ugnet_: Population control is a GOOD thing for Africa

[J Ssemakula]

Netters,
It is true that we Africans can be touchy when it comes to reproducing. 
For reasons that should be obvious, human beings cannot breed like
rabbits and expect to live very satisfactory lives. China has a 
brutally enforced 1-child policy as result of the reality that resources 
needed to live are not infinite. Also, the quantity  of children is
has a certain relationship to their 'quality'. Also, we should treat women, 
at least, a little better that baby-generating machines! 
 
Even as we are being hammered by HIV/AIDS in Africa, Uganda in particular,
we ought practice sensible family planning: if only by spacing children adquately,
relative to our individual means (income). Hopefully, we can get round 
to pre-determining the number of children too.This business of blaming 
God does not work anymore: 'Katonda yampadde omwana' -- when did He 
come to your bed or whatever? Which relatives have you reached an 
agreement with, before  hand, who will pay for their fees, medical care, 
education, etc, etc? Civilization has given us many ways to control human fertility (for the better). The least we can do is use them. God or nature gave us large brains, relative to anything else in the Animal Kingdom, so that we may use them to plan our lives, not only just so may use various parts of the head to hang our jewellery... 
In the case of Brazil, their problem is that they did not slam on the brakes 
soon enough! Their population was some 176 millions in 2000. At that time 
nearly 40% was under the age of twenty (20) years.
 
Another thing: ok, Brazil is poor, but compared to which country or countries?
 

Check o ut the dat for your self. Note their life expectancy, infant mortality rate,

% in poverty (note the level too), dereasing rate of population increase.
 
Demographic Indicators for Brazil:
                                                2000         
Births per 1,000 population....................   19           
Deaths per 1,000 population....................    6         
Rate of natural increase (percent).............  1.3          
Annual rate of growth (percent)................  1.3          
Life expectancy at birth (years)............... 70.3    !
; &
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Infant deaths per 1,000 live births............   35          
Total fertility rate (per woman)...............  2.1   
Period      Growth Rate (%)
1950-1960      2.9       
1960-1970                        2.9
1970-1980      2.5
1980-1990       !
; &
nbsp;               2.1
1990-2000                        1.5
Population  by Age in  2000:       
AGE         Population (Millions)  
0-4          17
5-9          17
10-14        17 
15-19        18
20-24 &n!
bsp;&nbs
p;     17 
25-29        16
30-34        15
35-39        13
40-44        11
45-49         9 
50-54         7 
55-59         6
60-64         5
65-69         4
70-74         3
75-79         2
80+           1
TOTAL                176 (may be a bit off due to rounding)
 
Economic Indicators for some S. American countries:

Population in Poverty (% below $60 per month)

Country                  circa 1980           circa 1989 

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Argentina (Buenos Aires)        3.0                    6.4 
Bolivia (Urban)                51.1                   54.0 
Brazil                         34.1                   40.9 
Colombia (Urban)               13.0                    8.0 
Costa Rica                     13.4                    3.4 
Guatemala      !
 &n
bsp;              66.4                   67.0 
Honduras (urban)               48.7                   54.4 
Panama                         27.9                   31.8 
Paraguay (Asunci�n)            13.1                    7.6 
Uruguay (Urban)                 6.2                    5.3 
Venezuela                       4.0                   12.9
 
For comparison, Uganda�s mean annual per capita income
 is about $300, or a �whopping� $25 per month. If it 
were $60 per month or $720 per annum, as it is for a 
few individuals, we�d all be dancing in the streets. 
 

Sooo, should Ugandans (Africans) breed irresponsibly as a national policy in the 21st Century?

----Original Message Follows----

From: Rehema Mukooza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Subject: Re: [FedsNet] Re: Moses Kigongo's Dramatic Statements: Who is the 'official' Govt voice?

Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:20:55 -0800 (PST)

Sempuuma,

Ohh, I didn't know about that. All I know is that Western/European Countries are scared of becoming the minority in the next millenium(3000). And they already are, population wise. They undermine Asia and Africa, but I will tell you that we are soo many to get rid of. But I have nothing against Western/European Countries or their people. They have helped other continents get on their feet. So, we don't want to lose them because they have helped us get rid of some dictators in Asia and Africa. They have helped us on some dictators like Museveni. They are liberating us inform of being "donors" so that our leadership accepts multi-partism.

Zakoomu R.

davis ssempuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

The Population controllers went to Brazil and conviced the Brazirians that,

in order to improve their standards of living families should have very few

kids etc, this did not work and today Brazil is one of the poor countries

with very few members of the families.

By the way do you know that, some UN official hate George Bush because he

stopped funding their poplulation control programs and Abortion?

From, Davis Costa Ssempuuma

>From: "zakoomu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

>Subject: [FedsNet] Re: Moses Kigongo's Dramatic Statements: Who is the

>'official' Govt voice?

>Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 03:29:58 -0000

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>Sempuuma,

>people have talked about how AIDS is going to finish off the entire

>continent of Africa. But, wappi, the population is continuing to

>grow. Actually the European population is declining, but Africa's

>is doubling. sooner Asia & Africa will be giganti population wise

>in the future. Until a certain level of development is achieved,

>our population will grow. Until we have a State Social Security

>System in Uganda, the population will grow. No matter how much

>family planning is campaigned. People need to have a security about

>how comfortable their old age will be before they have few

>children. Actually these people will need to have more childrent to

>look after them when they get old. I GET ANGRY WHEN THE GOVT OF

>UGANDA TELLS PEOPLE TO HAVE FEWER KIDS, YET THEY HAVE NO PLANS OF

>TAKING CARE OF THE OLD. What kind of trash is that?? THEY COMPARE

>DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO UGANDA. IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WHEN SOMEONE

>RETIRES THEY GET SOME STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOMETHING THE

>UGANDAN GOVT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT. Anyway, back to the original

>subject. These people dont care, that's it. I agree with you.

>

>Zakoomu R.

>

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