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Mwaami Ssemakula
Thanks for your response but I think you missed the
two major issues of this grave concern.
1) If Nabagagereka came on this function as any
Ugandan with her daughter there would be no body getting concerned. Let me as
well inform you that Nabagereka has actually participated in very many other
Buganda functions, and we all have nothing but thanks to her. However this was a
national issue on a national institution and on a function of UNICEF. Nabagereka
had and has and will never have a position on National issues. That is the
difference between her bringing the princess and my bringing my daughter. And
let me add that if she brings her daughter as a private person/parent, surely no
body will complain, but when she comes as Nabagereka bringing the Princess,
those are very dangerous grounds and Ugandans must ask why.
2) You state and I quote "The stamp promotes the
idea of childhood in Uganda" But Nabagereka stated and I again quote " The new
stamps are culturally important to Buganda and they would help to display its
vast heritage" Why do we have those two discrepancies, should we believe you or
Nabagereka? And I understand that you might have got your text from Radio Ssimba
which was abbreviated, but I happen to have got the entire transcript of her
speech.
Nabagereka's speech was about promoting Buganda's
culture, which she clearly does every day and I have no problem with that. But
when she gets a national institution to promote Buganda's culture, Ugandans must
first give her a go ahead. And you might not take this serious, but we as
Ugandans have very few institutions left in Uganda to identify as national, and
Uganda posta happens to be one of them.
And Mwaami Ssemakula, the way you have responded I
wonder one thing. Are you stating today that the Kingdom of Toro can name
Entebbe airport, The Ayo International Airport to promote the Toro
culture? Because they are people from Toro which happens to be part of
Uganda. Please clarify.
As I said before federalism can not build democracy
it is the other way around. And Nabagereka's hijacking of a national institution
and she uses it to promote Buganda culture is a clear example of why Ugandans
are afraid of your kind of federalism.
Em
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:55
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Subject: Re: ugnet_: Nabagereka launches
Princess Katrina stamp
Mr. Mulindwa,
You ask:
"I am going to start with Nabagereka, for
some reason she is right that Buganda has a vast heritage, but who told her
that she has a right to get a national institution like Posta
Uganda to promote the culture of Buganda?"
I see no problem here. Nnaabagereka, the most significant Lady in
Buganda, is a Muganda and therefore a Ugandan. Buganda is part of the nation
known as Uganda. The child in question, Omumbejja Ssangalyambogo, is a Muganda
and therefore a Ugandan child. The stamp promotes the idea of childhood
in Uganda.
Next time a national institution seeks a child to use as model for a
Ugandan child, please feel free to offer the services of your own
child(ren).
End of story.
Ugandans
On June 16th 2003 Posta Uganda launched
three new stamps honouring Princess Katrina-Sarah Ssangalyambogo of Buganda.
It is stated that the stamps were a dedication to all children of Uganda.
Nabagereka stated that the new stamps are culturally important to Buganda and
they would help to display its vast heritage. There are more of those details
in New Vision of June 17th 2003 if you want any more details. What I want to
do tonight is to look at this action which took place in our nation and to
wonder whether it was right.
I am going to start with Nabagereka, for some
reason she is right that Buganda has a vast heritage, but who told her that
she has a right to get a national institution like Posta Uganda to
promote the culture of Buganda? And I am going to base my argument from the
fact that I live in a nation with the greatest Federalism in the World.
Federalism to survive in any nation, it must start with respect of what you
have and what the rest of the people have. That is why you see that federalism
can never survive in a nation where there is no democracy. For what Nabagereka
did was to hijack a national corporation and use it to our own benefit,
including the population of Buganda. We can not practice Federalism in
Uganda when we do not have a clear line between Provincial and
national jurisdiction. With the same breath I must wonder who was in his/her
right mind to allow Ms Sarah Kiyingi Kaweesa, the Managing Director of Post
Uganda, to allow a national institution to be used in such a flimsy way. If
the culture of Buganda is very important to Nabagereka, she should have used
any other institution she has put in Buganda to promote the culture of her
region and I would have not interfered at all. But if Nabagereka has been in
Uganda this long, and the best she can get to promote the Buganda culture was
a national institution, then she owes Ugandans an apology accompanied with a
promise to respect national institutions the same way the nation respects her
culture.
Secondly I must comment on the logic of choosing
Ssangalyambogo to represent the Uganda children on this very vital day. And I
must start with a very simple question, What does Ssangalyambogo has in common
with Uganda children? This is a day which was established by UNICEF to
recognise the plight of children amongst our selves, to know the problems they
have, and a nation like Uganda which has millions of children who are
internally displaced in their own country, I think this was a very clear day
to let them speak out.
But who is Ssangalyambogo? Yes she is a princess
in Buganda by all means, but I want to look at her connection to the children
of Uganda. When Nabagereka reached the time to deliver this Princess, she
looked into the entire nation of Uganda even into her own territory of Buganda
and made a conscious decision that she could not find a single hospital which
would fit her standards. Although all her subordinates use Uganda hospitals,
she refused to use them and preferred to be flown to London. Yes she delivered
the baby but not only that but she even refused for a while to return to
Uganda with the newly born, for she feared that Uganda dust might
endanger the new born. Ssabasajja and Obuganda stayed single untill when Mengo
complained and bitterly then Nabagereka accepted to come back to Uganda with
the Princess. Let record as well show that due to Nabagereka's fear of
Buganda's hospital/s, Buganda ended up with a Princess with a British Birth
Certificate, there fore a British Citizen. Today Uganda children have a
British citizen representing them on a UNICEF day. It is sad for our children
are being forced into recolonisation by Nabakyaala her self.
My question to you today, what does Princess
Ssangalyambogo has in common with Uganda children?
I wonder whether Nabagereka knows the plight of
Uganda children or she is just a very insensitive person. For if she is not
insensitive Nabagereka should have looked in the entire spectrum, we have many
kids who would fit this occasion. let me remind Nabagereka that we have a
child in Gulu who was breast feeding, the camp was attacked and the mother was
shot and killed. This child stayed with the dead mother sucking for ten hours
untill when a red Cross worker came and plucked it off the breast of a dead
mother. We have some 3 girls who were sent home due to lack of school fees at
a time of final exams, these girls went to The Central Police Station in
Kampala, they ended up making their story public through Bukedde paper and
they got the school fees from caring Ugandans abroad, in the end they did
their finals. I can count very many of such.
And let me make clear one point, the
commemoration of the Children's day is a national issue, there for Nabagereka
and the entire Mengo sad story must have nothing to do with it. But if she had
decided to interfere with national matters, she should have respected Ugandans
and brought any child who knows the suffering of being a Uganda child today,
than bringing this brat and you tell us that it is a representation of all
Uganda Kids.
Nabagereka's action should give all Ugandans a
true picture of Buganda's position to Uganda as by Mengo's definition, and it
is us as Ugandans to set this record straight by doing exactly what I have
done today. And to me I think Nabagereka owes Uganda' children an apology for
she kidnapped their only chance to demonstrate their sufferings publicly, and
she used it to promote the British Brat.
In conclusion I am kindly requesting you to look
at the photographs I am going to post. Photograph (B) belongs to the princess
and photograph (A) belongs to a true Ugandan child who UNICEF was looking for
when they set up this day to commemorate children world wide. You be the
judge.
Ugandans this is the difference between the
princess of Buganda and Uganda children, it is sad that this Ugandan is not
recognised by Nabagereka. And I hope and pray that Nabagereka and Mengo its
self, can find it in their heart and apologise to Uganda children who have
suffered this long and who need the UNICEF, for she took their only chance and
decided to promote the British Brat instead.
Good evening
Edward Mulindwa
Toronto
The
Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in
anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas
"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est
dans l'anarchie"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 4:27
PM
Subject: ugnet_: Nabagereka launches
Princess Katrina stamp
Nabagereka launches Princess Katrina
stamp
![]() The Nabagereka Lady Sylvia Nagginda on Monday 16th
launched the princess Katrina-Sarah Ssangalyambogo postage stamp at Posta
Uganda General office in Kampala.
During the ceremony the Nabagereka
urged parents to always be at the forefront in fighting for the rights of
their children.
She said that if parents and guardians fail to show
their children the love and guidance they deserve, then Uganda’s future is
doomed.
The Nabagereka also called for care and love towards people
living with HIV/AIDS as well as appealing to parents to fully immunize their
children against the preventable killer diseases.
At the same
function the acting managing director Posta Uganda Sarah Kawesa Kiyingi said
that the Princess Katrina-Sarah Ssangalyambogo stamp is a dedication to all
children of Uganda and in commemoration of the princess’ second birthday.
http://www.simba.fm/pages/109000.asp
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