Hey, Muchooliman....in Luganda say..Okwekuma-Ssibuti,.....so M7 is not coward like Dr. Obote who can not return to Akookolo as freeman......Mu7 drove to Sudan to pay respect ..to Uganda friend...his personal bushman.His calendar was over, hehad to go.Oba...bamuloga..or just air crush will never know . even if ,you come with Zillion theorys .....anti Omuganda teyeffira...''anti..bamuloze''.There have been about 4 air crush round the World in last week...anti..babaloze...or Kirevu.....yataddemu....kyomanyi...ekibwattuka!!!!! So my friends..you should see what Dr. Garang did for Sudan...and..Uganda...and let his soul rest in peace.God -bless him.God have hidden ,asecret of the date when we should die. thats why we are afraid of Dr Death. So,,,be happy...do the right..thing..joy you-self..try to have many friends and HELP those in need.If our calendar is over..is over. Oba..bamuloze...oba ..was Accident..!!oba ..yafunde..cancer,,,,babi ...yaffude.Thats life mwattu. Remember.. The..Calendar.Nothing-can STOP...IT. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, August 6, 2005 2:59 pm Subject: Ugandanet Digest, Vol 13, Issue 56
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It is strange how people conduct themsleves > when they think they are about to recieve the very medicine they > have been dishing out to other people ! ..now the man had to de > driven over 1000 Kilometers all the way to Sudan to attend > Garang's funeral. why, apparently the indomitable, Yosweri > Mucebeni Kaguta , one is fearing death!!! > > MK > > Museveni Drives All the Way to Sudan > > > Email This Page > > Print This Page > > Visit The Publisher's Site > > The Monitor (Kampala) > > August 6, 2005 > Posted to the web August 5, 2005 > > Andrew M. Mwenda > > > PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni travelled from his country home in > Rwakitura, Mbarara District to the Southern Sudanese town of Yei > by road on Thursday to pay his last respects to the late John Garang. > > Garang, the deceased first vice president of Sudan and president > of Southern Sudan died in a helicopter crash on Saturday last week. > > He was travelling aboard a Ugandan presidential helicopter to New > Site in southern Sudan when the plane crashed allegedly due to bad > weather. > The helicopter crash has now fuelled speculation that President > Museveni is wary of travelling by air, especially by military > helicopters. > Highly placed sources told Daily Monitor that Museveni left > Kampala on Thursday and stopped in the northern Uganda town of > Arua from where he travelled again by road to Yei on Friday morning. > > It is not clear yet whether the President's motor's motorcade will > proceed to the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba where Garang's > remains are going to be buried. > > There was massive troop dployment in Arua town on Thursday night > causing panic among residents until it emerged hours later that > the heavily-armed soldiers were escorting the President. > > Museveni surprised Ugandans when he decided to cover the nearly > 1,000kms from Rwakitura to Yei by road following Garang's death in > a helicopter crash. Garang died with seven Ugandans. It is not > clear whether the country has another presidential helicopter. > > According to security sources, Museveni had a brief stopover at > the presidential lodge in Anyafiyo on the outskirts of Arua town - > where he reportedly met a handful of security chiefs and > politicians before leaving for Juba at around 2am. His entourage > crossed Oraba border post into Sudan at around 3am. > > Arua Resident district Commissioner, Mr Alfred Omony Ogaba on > Friday urged residents not to panic over the heightened security > in the area. > > "It is good for civilians to be security conscious and vigilant by > reporting any suspicious troop movements. But as for now, there is > nothing wrong and everything is under control,",Ogaba, who chairs > the district security committee, said. > > Daily Monitor delayed to publish the story until the President had > safely arrived in Yei. > > Military sources, who declined to be named told Daily Monitor on > Friday that the President had ordered a technical evaluation of > all military aircraft, including the presidential jet. Sources > further said the President travelled with a "sizeable" military > escort team to Yei. > > Demand for bodies > > Meanwhile the Minister of Internal Affairs, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, > is in Sudan to ask the Sudanese government to immediately release > the bodies of the seven Ugandans who died in the plane crash with > Garang last weekend. > > The government spokesman and Minister of Information, Dr Nsaba > Buturo, yesterday told journalists at the weekly press briefing > that the government wants the bodies released immediately so as to > ease the agony of the bereaved families. > > "We have agreed that everything should be done quickly to reduce > the agony of the families. We want the country to move on," he said. > > Rugunda on Wednesday led a team of forensic experts from Uganda to > Juba to help in the investigations into the cause of the > presidential chopper crash. > > Rugunda visits site > > Buturo said Rugunda and his team have visited the site of the > crash and were working together with their Sudanese counterparts > in the investigation. > > The government on Tuesday appointed a team of aviation experts, > which includes Mr Ahmed Ssebuliba-Busuulwa, Mr Barry Kashambo and > Maj. Pascal Mangeni, to investigate the circumstances under which > the presidential helicopter crashed. Buturo said the team had > teamed up with an international probe team to look at the state of > the aircraft. He said the intention was that the outcome of the > inquiry should have international acceptance. > > Buturo said two other committees had been set up at Cabinet and > permanent secretary level to coordinate all matters related to > this national tragedy. > > "They should be finalising and by early next week everything > should be done. I think it will not go beyond Wednesday," Buturo said. > > Daily Monitor reported on Thursday that the Sudan government was > holding Uganda's bodies until investigations into the crash were > finalised. > The seven Ugandans whose bodies are Col. Peter Nyakairu, the > President's chief pilot; co-pilot, Capt. Paul Kiyimba; the chief > of protocol at State House, Mr Samuel Bakowa; the jet officer Lt. > John Munanura also the officer in charge of the helicopter and the > flight engineer, Maj. Patrick Kiggundu. > > The others were Ms Lillian Kabaije, an air hostess for the > President and Corporal Hassan Kiiza, a Presidential Guard Brigade > (PGB) signaller. > > The bereaved families together with relatives and friends have > kept vigil at their various homes since news of the death of their > relatives started trickling in. Buturo said the government was in > close contact with the families and "everything is being done to > support them." > > He criticised those who he said were "manufacturing lies" that the > crash was caused by the bad mechanical condition of the helicopter. > > He said the plane had just been serviced and equipped with modern > equipment and that it was in fantastic shape and there was no way > the President's helicopter could be in a bad mechanical state. > > "General Garang was a good friend of the President. Also on board > were some of the best pilots in the country in whom the government > has invested a lot of money in training for many years. You do not > send your best brains to their death just like that," he said. > > Buturo described the death of Garang as a shattering experience > for Ugandans. > > "It has been a tragedy of both national and regional proportions. > Dr Garang was a great man. Like Moses in the Bible who led his > people out of slavery to freedom and the promised land, Garang led > his people from a state of indignity to one of dignity," Buturo said. > > Meanwhile the formation of Sudan's national unity government - a > key plank of a landmark peace accord - is likely to be delayed > following the death of John Garang, an official said Friday. > > "A unity government will be formed... but it's simply impractical > to form a new government by the August 9 target date," the > official told AFP on condition of anonymity. > > Garang's successor Salva Kiir will be sworn as first vice > president following the funeral Saturday of the late leader of the > Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), although a date > has not been fixed, the official added. > > The official said that following the swearing in of Kiir, Garang's > successor of the leader of the SPLM/A, consultations "will be held > at the presidency with a view to forming a national unity government." > > The presidency includes President Omar el-Beshir, Second Vice > President Osman Ali Taha and Kiir, who was appointed first vice > president and head of the autonomous administration for southern > Sudan on Thursday. > > Riots between mainly Christian and animist southerners and Muslim > northerns that have rocked Sudan since Garang's death have > exacerbated fears for the future unity of Africa's largest country. > Relevant LinksEast Africa > North Africa > Sudan > Uganda > > Northern and southern commentators alike voiced fears that the > violence would unravel the landmark accord which ended the north- > south war that killed an estimated two million. > > Additional reporting by Peter Nyanzi, Adah Nanziri and Tabu Butagira > > > > > --------------------------------- > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://kym.net/pipermail/ugandanet/attachments/20050806/0e5e3ccd/attachment.html > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 14:45:20 -0400 > From: "Edward Mulindwa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Ugnet] Where Are You Ruvusha na Sharangabo [2] > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <ugandanet@kym.net>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > From: Human Rights Watch 2005 > > Patterns and Cases of Torture: > > In Uganda, government authorities frequently employ > torture against government opponents, ordinary > civilians accused of supporting rebel groups, as well > as suspected common criminals. Members of the > opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and > civilians in northern Uganda in particular have often > become victims of torture and ill-treatment. > > Victims have been severely beaten with rifle butts, > sticks, electric cables and other objects. Other > methods of torture include tying the hands and feet > behind the victim ("kandoya"), keeping detainees in > pits in the ground; exposing the victim with mouth > open to a water spigot, and inflicting injury to the > penis and testicles. Withholding or denying necessary > medical attention has resulted in more severe, even > permanent, injury. > > Human Rights Watch and FHRI have described a pattern > of torture and ill-treatment in Uganda in previous > publications.1 As of March 2005, torture and > ill-treatment continued in Uganda, as documented in > this submission. > > There is a confusing array of security organs in > Uganda that have detained and tortured suspects. In > many cases agents carrying out the arrest wear > civilian clothes with no identifying insignia. Under > Ugandan law, only the police are authorized to > routinely arrest and investigate crimes, and the only > authorized places of detention for civilians are > police and sometimes prison facilities. Among the > agencies against which credible allegations of torture > have been made are the following: > > - the Uganda Peoples' Defence Force (UPDF) and its > military intelligence branch, Chieftaincy of Military > Intelligence (CMI) > > - Internal Security Organization (ISO) and its > District Security Organizations (DISO) > > - Joint Anti Terrorism Task Force (JAT), a joint body > of CMI, ISO and other security agencies > > - Violent Crime Crack Unit (VCCU), a special unit > comprised of CMI, ISO, and other security agencies, > replacing Operation Wembley, tasked with stopping > common crime > > - the police and its Criminal Investigation Department > (CID) > > The most serious abuses seem to occur when suspects > are arrested and held by the army and its intelligence > service, the CMI, as well as JAT and the VCCU. The > regular police - i.e. police with no special military > or security brief - have a slightly better record and > do not seem to torture suspects as a matter of course. > However, the regular police and other security > agencies have also committed acts of torture and > ill-treatment. > > When suspects - such as political opponents or alleged > 'rebels' - are held by the army, CMI, JAT or VCCU, > they are often held in "ungazetted" or unauthorized > places of detention or "safe houses", where torture > can and does take place without any observers. The > government has repeatedly denied the existence of safe > houses. > > In a meeting with Human Rights Watch on April 14, > 2005, Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi stated that there > are safe houses which are used by security services to > do their intelligence work. He conceded that suspects > may be interrogated in safe houses but denied that > people are detained there.2 However, field research by > Human Rights Watch and FHRI has found that detainees > were frequently detained in safe houses for days, > weeks, and months at a time. > > For example, civilians have been and continue to be > held at an unauthorized JAT detention centre in the > Kololo neighborhood of Kampala and at other safe > houses. Civilians are also often held for prolonged > periods in army barracks in different parts of the > country, especially the north and west, although by > law the army is allowed to carry out arrests only in > emergency situations and should promptly transfer the > suspect to police custody. > > On some occasions in recent years, the security > agencies and CMI have transferred detainees for the > night in a police station and kept them all day at a > safe house where the interrogation and torture takes > place. This may be an effort to create a veneer of > legality. > > Human Rights Watch and FHRI have also found that the > army, CMI, JAT and VCCU torture or ill-treat suspects > frequently. As illustrated below, suspects are often > detained by one of these agencies incommunicado in a > safe house or barracks, and tortured or ill-treated to > make a confession or to punish them for refusing to > confess. Later, they are taken to a police station > where they often suffer less abuse, and where the > confession is taken again, sometimes in front of those > who conducted the torture. Suspects are then charged > by the police and produced in the Magistrate's Court > and judicially charged with treason or terrorism. > > Under the Ugandan constitution, treason and terrorism > suspects can be detained for 360 days without trial > and without bail. In many cases charges are dropped > when the suspects are released on bail after the 360 > days. In other cases, defendants seek amnesty for > treason or terrorism, which requires a confession of > guilt. The defendants sometimes seek amnesty because > of the extreme slowness of the judicial system and the > protracted time they must await trial. > > Human rights observers have been denied access to > unofficial places of detention. While the government > readily allows independent observers to visit regular > prisons and police stations, it is very difficult to > get access to military barracks, CMI facilities, and > other "ungazetted" and thus illegal places of > detention such as the JAT detention facility in > Kololo, Kampala, where many victims claim to have been > tortured. During a recent visit to Uganda, Human > Rights Watch was denied access by army officials to > the military barracks in Gulu and Makindye to > interview detainees in private.3 Human Rights Watch > was offered the opportunity to interview detainees in > front of their guards, but decided not to do so as > this is not conducive to an open discussion with the > detainee. > > END > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://kym.net/pipermail/ugandanet/attachments/20050806/70c46dbd/attachment.html > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ugandanet mailing list > Ugandanet@kym.net > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet > > > End of Ugandanet Digest, Vol 13, Issue 56 > ***************************************** > _______________________________________________ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
