Good night Mwaami Musaazi
Em
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 -----
From: "emmanuel musaazi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto
> Mr. Mulindwa, you always make a lot of statements without facts. Your
> opinions appear to be based on rumours and gossip. When you do put up
> articles to support your position, you immediately procede to put your own
> spin on them. You even deny historical facts. I would like to believe that
> Ugandans who log on to this site are intelligent and know the history of
> there country. You apparently don't believe so or are just ignorant about
> this fact. Hence all the postings highlighting the gruesome situation in
the
> north while they are accurate, tend to lose there significance because of
> the spin you attach to them and that offends me. Then if one does not
accept
> your opinion of the crisis, you procede to brand them as apologists of
what
> is going on. I want to remind you that their are many northerners in the
> UPDF who are in the north fighting to protect those innocent civilians in
> the north. Their are northern politicians IN Uganda who also support the
> government's approach to the crisis. I think it is very disingenuous of
you
> to use the abominable and catastrophic crisis in the north to score cheap
> political points. We refuse to by your VERY CHEAP DOPE.
>
>
> >From: "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto
> >Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 03:48:30 -0400
> >
> >When did Emanuel Musaazi arrive from Mars?
> >
> >Em
> >
> > 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 -----
> >From: "emmanuel musaazi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:34 PM
> >Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto
> >
> >
> > > ...as horrible as the northern crisis is, one can't help but notice
the
> > > silence and lack of outrage of notherners (particularly those on this
> >forum)
> > > towards Kony and his band of criminals and to me that is surprising. I
> >would
> > > hope that this tragedy is not being used by die-hard opponents of the
> > > government as a political trump card, because that would be a shame
and
> >a
> > > disgrace (petty politics at it's worst). We should also remember that
> > > hundreds of UPDF soldiers have died trying to protect innocent
civilians
> >in
> > > the north, they also deserve some sympathy.
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >CC: "Anne Mugisha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Subject: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Date: Sun, 3 Aug
2003
> > > >19:11:07 -0400
> > > >
> > > >Ugandans
> > > >
> > > >It is very interesting to see Dr Mulera writing this kind of
statements
> > > >today, but I think he is too late to join the rest of Ugandans who
have
> > > >condemned daily these kinds of killings in Northern and eastern. And
we
> > > >must as well remember that Ugandans who are in those areas know full
> >well
> > > >who have supported their being killed. For let us not kid our selves,
> > > >killing Northerners was not started yesterday, it has been going on
for
> >the
> > > >last 20 years, so I will not challenge my friend Mulera to go back
into
> > > >history very long ago, so I will ask him only two very simple
> >questions.
> > > >
> > > >1) In the early 80's when Yoweri Museveni stated "Northerners are
> > > >Biological substances, and many of these people are not fit to live
> >with
> > > >us" Can Dr Mulera produce where he publicly opposed that statement?
> > > >2) When Kiiza besigye stated "Acholis and Langis should be eradicated
> >from
> > > >Uganda" Can he produce where he opposed it?
> > > >
> > > >You see the danger is that today Northern Uganda has become a public
> >case,
> > > >and there is no one who has done this apart from the Northerners them
> > > >selves, and if today in 2003 people like my friend and neighbour Dr
> >Muniini
> > > >Mulera can come up with such sentiments, can you imagine if he stood
> >for
> > > >the population in Northern Uganda from 1984 when he was the best
seller
> >of
> > > >the NRM government in Canada?
> > > >
> > > >There is allot of blood that has been poured in Northern and Eastern
> > > >Uganda, but we must never delude our selves that it is Museveni alone
> >to
> > > >blame, for that will be the greatest delusion.
> > > >
> > > >Em
> > > >
> > > > 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 -----
> > > > From: gook makanga
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 6:16 PM
> > > > Subject: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Letter to A Kampala Friend
> > >
> >
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto
> > > >
> > > > Northern killings bring out racism of Ugandans
> > > > August 4, 2003
> > > >
> > > > Dear Tingasiga:
> > > > On July 22, 2003, a Uganda People's Defence Force [UPDF]
> > > >helicopter gunship killed nine civilians in Obalanga, Katakwi
District.
> >The
> > > >victims were attending a funeral ceremony.
> > > > Two days later, a military helicopter gunship killed 13
> >civilians
> > > >who were tilling their gardens in Acholi-Bur, Pader District. Many
> >others
> > > >were injured.
> > > >
> > > > While these killings were duly reported by the Kampala news
> >media,
> > > >there has been little manifestation of our collective outrage at
these
> > > >massacres of unarmed civilians.
> > > >
> > > > I have scanned the newspapers from Kampala and around the
> >world.
> > > >The Kampala paers have told the story. The rest of the world's
scribes
> >have
> > > >been silent on the matter.
> > > >
> > > > I have read postings on UNAANET, an Internet Discussion
group
> >that
> > > >brings together largely sober-minded and empathetic Ugandans in North
> > > >America. Silence.
> > > >
> > > > Save for statements by a few Ugandan MPs and Prime Minister
> >Apolo
> > > >Nsibambi's statement to parliament expressing "the government's
> >sadness"
> >at
> > > >the news of the Pader incident, there has been little public
expression
> >of
> > > >outrage by regular citizens. It is business as usual.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps the explanation is simply that Ugandans have
murdered
> >each
> > > >other for so long that a few more deaths are neither here nor there.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps we have become a nation of hardened souls, immune
from
> >the
> > > >pain of losing fellow citizens, viewing violent death as part of
doing
> > > >government business.
> > > >
> > > > Yet I doubt that this is the explanation. After all, weren't
> > > >Ugandans rightly outraged by the killings of innocent Iraqi citizens
by
> >US
> > > >and British fighter jets during the recent war against Saddam
Hussein?
> > > >
> > > > Of course it could be that the deaths of Arabs in
Mesopotamia
> >at
> > > >the hands of Americans engendered deeper emotions than the death of
> > > >Africans at the hands of fellow Africans. Colonialism has had a deep
> >effect
> > > >on our self-image.
> > > >
> > > > However, I think that the major reason for the lack of
public
> > > >outrage over the massacres of fellow Ugandans in Katakwi [Teso] and
> >Pader
> > > >[Acholi] is racism. Uganda-style racism; the old north-south divide.
> > > >
> > > > The truth is, Tingasiga, the massacres in Katakwi and Pader
> > > >happened to "them," not to "us."
> > > >
> > > > They occurred "over there", in the land of "they" who did it
> >to
> > > >"us" in the Luwero Triangle and elsewhere before "we" overthrew them
> >from
> > > >power in 1986.
> > > >
> > > > That the vast majority of people of Acholi and Teso had
> >absolutely
> > > >nothing to do with the crimes committed by the pre-Museveni regimes
is
> >a
> > > >truth that must not be allowed to interfere with such prejudices.
> > > >
> > > > That the people of Acholi and Teso are our brothers, our
> >kinsmen,
> > > >fellow Africans, bound together by a history that we cannot undo,
fated
> >to
> > > >a common destiny, is a detail that must not be accorded room in our
> > > >consciousness.
> > > >
> > > > To do so would ruin the great illusion of being different
from
> > > >"them" who are from "over there." It would make it hard for us to
say,
> >with
> > > >a smile, that "they" deserve it.
> > > >
> > > > Whether it is the Kanungu massacre or the violence in
Bunyoro,
> >the
> > > >violent cattle-rustling in Karamoja and Teso or the abduction of
girls
> >from
> > > >Lango and Acholi, many Ugandans see these crimes as purely local
> >matters,
> > > >of concern to members of the relevant "tribes." It is "their"
problem,
> >not
> > > >"ours."
> > > >
> > > > This is the same attitude that has been shown by many people
> >from
> > > >the southern parts of Uganda, especially from Buganda and the Western
> > > >Region, in response to the long nightmare that has gripped the Acholi
> > > >people for nearly two decades.
> > > >
> > > > While few would openly admit to such racist attitudes, many
> >have
> > > >expressed in private conversations that the nearly one million Acholi
> >in
> > > >concentration camps deserve the dehumanizing fate that has been
theirs
> >for
> > > >more than a decade.
> > > >
> > > > This is the attitude that almost certainly informs the
> >reaction
> >of
> > > >many people from south of Lake Kyoga to the recent massacres in
Katakwi
> >and
> > > >Pader.
> > > > It is "them," not "us."
> > > >
> > > > Another possible explanation for this reaction is that these
> > > >killings were perpetrated by a UPDF gunship which was presumably
> >hunting
> > > >for anti-government rebels.
> > > >
> > > > Ours is a society where we ration condemnation of injustice
> >and
> > > >crime.
> > > >
> > > > Opponents of President Yoweri Museveni's government find it
> >hard
> > > >to condemn criminal acts by the regime's armed opponents. "The enemy
of
> >my
> > > >enemy is my friend."
> > > >
> > > > Some even celebrate the brutality of crazed fellows who
> >butcher
> > > >fellow citizens in the name of the Lord.
> > > >
> > > > On the other hand, supporters of President Yoweri Museveni
and
> >his
> > > >government feel duty-bound to remain silent in the face of the most
> > > >indefensible crimes of the state against the citizens of Uganda.
> >Citizens
> > > >massacred and terrorised by the state in Acholi, in Teso, in
Rukungiri,
> >in
> > > >Kinkizi. Silence from supporters of the regime. Solidarity even in
> >crime.
> > > >
> > > > That is why the latest high profile son of Teso, Minister of
> >State
> > > >for Health Mike Mukula, is unlikely to condemn the actions of the
UPDF
> > > >which killed "his people."
> > > >
> > > > Mukula, who has taken to playing an army officer complete
with
> > > >military fatigues and a bayonet, may even appoint himself chief
> >defender
> >of
> > > >the UPDF, in the mistaken belief that to do otherwise would be
> >unpatriotic.
> > > >
> > > > How one wishes that that other son of Teso, the highly
> >principled
> > > >Cuthbert Obwangor, was still active in politics! Not for him the
antics
> >of
> > > >the Mukulas of this world.
> > > >
> > > > The question for Mukula and other good Movement cadres is
> >whether
> > > >mass murder by the state is any less horrifying and less
reprehensible
> >than
> > > >mass murder by, say, Mr Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army [LRA.]
> > > >
> > > > Is mass murder by the UPDF somehow more tolerable than that
> >which
> > > >was committed by the "rogue armies of the buffoon regimes" which
> >governed
> > > >Uganda before 1986?
> > > >
> > > > Does this murder by the state, albeit unintended, not
warrant
> >the
> > > >same degree of anger and moral outrage that similar incidents would
> > > >generate if they occurred in, say, Buganda, Ankole or Busoga?
> > > >
> > > > God forbid, but if similar bombings occurred in Kyazanga,
> >Masaka
> > > >or Rushere, Nyabushozi, I bet you Tingasiga, all of you folks from
> >south
> >of
> > > >Lake Kyoga, would react swiftly and angrily.
> > > >
> > > > There would be very loud voices of protest and demands for
the
> > > >immediate resignation of the army commander and the minister[s]
> > > >responsible.
> > > >
> > > > People would demand the arrest of the trigger-happy pilots
of
> >the
> > > >bird-of-death?
> > > >
> > > > Yet when these massacres occur in Acholi, Teso or Lango the
> > > >citizens from the southern half of the country carry on with their
> >business
> > > >as if the country has not suffered terrible loss of lives.
> > > >
> > > > Likewise, one is not surprised that there has not been a
word
> >of
> > > >condemnation emanating from Ottawa, London or Washington D.C.
> > > >
> > > > Had the massacres occurred in President Robert Mugabe's
> >Zimbabwe,
> > > >the condemnations from these major western capitals would have been
> >very
> > > >swift and hard-hitting.
> > > >
> > > > It would have been Mugabe killing his people.
> > > >
> > > > But this is Uganda. Museveni's Uganda, temporary darling of
> >London
> > > >and Washington D.C. The dead civilian citizens are victims of
friendly
> > > >fire. Mere collateral damage in a fight against "terrorism."
> > > >
> > > > One is also not surprised that the church leaders in
Kampala,
> >the
> > > >same spiritual leaders who were quick to oppose Museveni's "third
term"
> > > >project, have been silent on the latest massacres of the peasants in
> >Teso
> > > >and Acholi.
> > > >
> > > > I think we should all hang our heads in shame.
> > > >
> > > > Our collective silence and the remarkable ease with which
our
> > > >business has continued as usual, even before the blood of Ugandans
has
> > > >dried in the killing fields of Katakwi and Pader, speaks volumes.
> > > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > © 2003 The Monitor Publications
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Gook
> > > >
> > > > "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at
> >peace
> > > >unless he has his freedom."- Malcom X
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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