[Ugnet] "THANKFUL SPEECH" By H.E PAUL KAGAME to the PEOPLE OF UGANDA.(Mulindwa)

[sharangabo rufagari]

SPEECH BY PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME OF RWANDA, AT NTARE SCHOOL.

Mbarara, 30^th September 2006

"Thank you, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the Republic of Uganda.

I wish to also thank the Ntare School Old Boys’ Association and all the old boys who are here, and those who are not here.

Mr President;

For those of us who came from Rwanda, it was not just a matter of coming from Rwanda to Uganda. There is a special connection and, so to speak, it was a homecoming.

I will explain this connection a little bit. One, Ntare School provided a home for many of us, as well as education. As you alluded to, many of the people who came with me from Rwanda attended this school as refugees, from refugee camps.

That meant that we actually did not have a home, in terms of a country. Our country had rejected us because of bad political reasons. Yet Ntare School, more than any other school, I think, welcomed many of these young boys.

If one looked at the statistics, one would probably find that more of those young refugees passed through Ntare School than any other schools. So, Ntare gave us a home as well as an education.

And this also goes for Uganda. Uganda provided a home for many of us and, so, in a special way, coming to Ntare School and coming to Uganda is, as I said, like coming home.

The two provided a lot of opportunities to many of us, and these formed the foundation upon which we built to find the home that we had been denied for many years.

There is, therefore, a very strong bond between us.

The second connection is equally important. As we celebrate Ntare School’s golden jubilee, we note that there are two heads of state who are products of this school. I wonder if it has happened anywhere else before.

Allow me to remind you that in the tradition of Ntare School, the old boys used to look after the young ones. In the same spirit, within the old boys there are old boys and young boys, and the old boys look after the young ones.

That is how, in producing two presidents, Ntare School started with one. At one time, one president was president of the other. And for that reason, I refer to Mr Museveni as my president, because, as you know, he used to be my president and commander-in-chief.

In the old tradition of Ntare School, the old president looked after the young man and helped him to become president.

Therefore, we have many strong, common bonds. Those of us who are here from Rwanda have strong ties with Ntare School, but there is also the connection of many Rwandans, in a wider context, who were brought up, or sought sanctuary, in Uganda.

We all know that we were availed opportunities that we could otherwise easily have been denied, like we had been denied them in our country.

The people of Uganda provided us with opportunities on which we were able to build and become what we are today.

Of course, we deserved to have those opportunities in Rwanda, in the first place. We deserved to have back our country and we deserved to have all the rights as citizens, the way citizens of other countries have them.

In celebrating these 50 years of plenty for this still-very-strong lion, Ntare School, there could not have been a better way, for us, of making that homecoming.

To have come back to celebrate with you the Golden Jubilee of Ntare School is itself a very exciting event and moment for us.

In continuing to take forward the attachment we have to Ntare School and to Uganda, and making some contribution to the continued development of this 50-year-old wonderful school, we are really trying to give something back.

In a symbolic way, which is very important to us, we are trying to give something to the school and the people who gave us a lot more than we can be able to give.

No doubt there are challenges ahead, challenges to all of us to be able to continue taking this school and our countries to great heights. There are challenges also to the young boys of this school, to keep the spirit of Ntare burning.

My word of advice to these young boys is that they should work very hard, like the old boys did. We expect nothing less from them. In fact, they should work even harder so that in another 50 years, they produce three presidents!

Hopefully, the two of us, the old boy of Ntare and the old President and I, the old boy and the young President, can help you to bring up a few other presidents, who will be from Ntare School!

In conclusion, I wish to thank you very much and again thank the President, the headmaster of this school, as well as the Ntare Old Boys’ Association, for having had to shift this event to this date, just to accommodate me.

I am grateful because you did not have to do it, yet you did it and availed me the opportunity to come and celebrate with you this occasion, an occasion that is very dear and important to all of us.

Thank you very much and God bless all of us."

sharangabo rufagari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 Mulindwa,

 

       I appreciate the way you pointed out to Ssenyange that I was not Baguma.Neverthless we see things differentely.It is a fact that if it was not for peoples Like Kagame and his comrades Uganda will not be a stable and prosperous country by African standard as it is today.One thing for sure UGANDA is bettr of in nowdays than ever before.That country is doing well.Far much than when it was led by AMIN,OBOTEOKELLO etc..

 

     And thanks to those "REFUGEES" like Kagame.

 

                                       Sharangabo

Edward Mulindwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Mwaami Ssenyange

And all that argument is very right in fact Kagame does not only owe Uganda
the equipment but the free education we gave him. Had Kagame stayed in
Rwanda he would not have got that education and for free, and all he can say
to Uganda is a simple thank you which he definitely does not.

Having stated that I agree too that we can make all these arguments with out
being abusive or making statements we can not back up, that is all I am
stating. We can be civil or it makes all our arguments weak.

Em
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"

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> Mulindwa,
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> How else can I describe him, a person who looks at whta pleases him and
> ignores the crimes Kagame did to others! Kagame is AN ARMED ROBBER. And
> because he was armed to kill, he killed whoever came in his way! Do you
> need proof on this? Have you, together with Arthur Baguma & Sharangambo
> forgotten that Kagame organized a gang of Rwandans, robbed our armeries(
> Loories, APC, guns, rockects etc) that were paid out of Ugandan Tax payer
> including us Bankubakyeyo?
> And now he's suggesting that Kagame should lead us Ugandans to rob more at
> gun point?
> A reasonable innocent person would have come back and thanked Ugandans by
> saying "thank you Ugandans for lending me your equipments...I took thme
> without asking because .........However, here is a cheque of $xxx to
> reimburse you for both your govt.equipment and civilan assets.." If Kagame
> did that, he would have become a clean statesman in the eyes of Ugandans.
> So, Mulindwa, stop your double standards.
>
> Ssenyange
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> rom: "Edward Mulindwa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: The First Virtual Network for friends of Uganda
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>>To: "The First Virtual Network for friends of Uganda"
>>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: [Ugnet] PRESIDENT KAGAME LIVES A SIMPLE LIFESTILE>
>>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:39:33 -0400
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>>Ssenyange
>>
>>Does he have to be paid?
>>
>>You know Ssenyange these are comments I find stack into Africans,
>>Sharangabo might just love Kagame blindly and he is entitled to it, I do
>>not support the man but such allegations are becoming a part of my
>>denouncing my Uganda citizenship, for can you prove under oath that he is
>>paid? And this nonsense is mainly from Baganda. You know there is a way
>>you can debate Sharangabo with out making such allegations. And you know
>>you as a man who has been abroad for a while one would expect better
>>surely.
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>>Unbelievable !!!!!
>>
>>Em
>>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 ----- From: "ssenya nyange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To:
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>>>Arthur Baguma aka Sharangabo,
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>>>We know you're well paid in $ to advertize your president Kagame. We dont
>>>have all that time to read your adverts. Yes we can always apply the
>>>"delete" button but its also an inconvinience. They are too many adverts
>>>worthy deleting.
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>>>Who ever gave you that name or nick name must be credited: "Mu
>>>salangambo" From that meaning who will trust your unfounded statements\
>>>roumers= ngambo
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>>>Ssenyange
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>>>>From: sharangabo rufagari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>Reply-To: The First Virtual Network for friends of Uganda
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>>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],ugandanet@kym.net,
>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>Subject: [Ugnet] PRESIDENT KAGAME LIVES A SIMPLE LIFESTILE>
>>>>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:20:38 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>
>>>>Uganda: President Paul Kagame Lives a Simple Lifestyle
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>>>> New Vision (Kampala)
>>>> COLUMN
>>>>October 24, 2006
>>>>Posted to the web October 25, 2006
>>>> Arthur Baguma
>>>>Kampala
>>>> ALONE, he strolls in, clad in a blue suit with a matching pair of
>>>> brown shoes and takes turns to give us a handshake.
>>>> "Sorry for keeping you waiting," he says. We had waited for a few
>>>> minutes. The president had been attending a cabinet meeting. The room
>>>> where we are meeting him is simple, with beautiful interior decor- a
>>>> big round table with armchairs around it, a gold-plated sofa set and a
>>>> coffee table on one side. There is no special seat for the president.
>>>> We sit on the same chairs and table with him.
>>>> var bnum=new Number(Math.floor(99999999 *
>>>> Math.random())+1); document.write("");
>>>> As I take a seat close to him, almost rubbing shoulders with him, the
>>>> other side of this renowned revolutionary starts emerging. His gestures
>>>> and speech make it difficult to trace the presidential authority in
>>>> him. He is calm, answering questions slowly, punctuated by
>>>> illustrations of clarity.
>>>> For close to one-and-half hours, he eloquently takes us through
>>>> Rwanda's history and what has made it the envy of the world today. He
>>>> gives a passionate view of his strong desire to have Rwanda and Uganda
>>>> sail in the same boat.
>>>> When I finish interviewing him about what protocol had accepted as an
>>>> official interview, I wonder if there isn't something more to this man
>>>> than just - a revolutionary-turned statesman. Several 'un-official'
>>>> questions linger in my mind. What kind of lifestyle could he be living?
>>>> Where does he do his shopping? What about rumours that he walks on the
>>>> streets of Kigali unescorted?
>>>> I am awakened from this deep thinking after being told to wrap up the
>>>> interview with two more questions
>>>> "Mr President, we have had a good interview about your vision and the
>>>> transformation of Rwanda. But there are things about your personal life
>>>> people would wish to know. People look up to you as a role model. Do
>>>> you mind sharing your personal life?" I ask.
>>>> Looking straight into my eyes, he taps his finger, sending me into a
>>>> marathon guess of what his answer will be. "Like what? That is fine,"
>>>> he replies.
>>>> Like a hungry hunter, I immediately reach out for my pen and
>>>> notebook. "Your excellency, people admire the presidency for the luxury
>>>> and prestige that come with it, but some think you have disappointed
>>>> them on this. That you live a very simple life-style, uncharacteristic
>>>> of a president..." I begin.
>>>> The towering president nodes his head and smiles. He goes on to
>>>> demystify this, citing the fact
>>>> that in his simple lifestyle, he probably lives a million times
>>>> better than he used to live.
>>>> "I don't care mine has been a life of refugee camps, bushes and
>>>> trenches .if I lived in trenches, why shouldn't I live in a simple
>>>> house?" Kagame asks. Officials from his office look on in amusement. My
>>>> colleague, Kyomuhendo Muhanga, is shocked by the president's
>>>> revelation; he falls short of throwing his hands in disbelief.
>>>> Kagame says he does not believe in living the larger-than life pomp
>>>> that comes with the presidency. There was no bodyguard in the meeting
>>>> room, only a pole on which the national flag hangs, stood behind his
>>>> seat.
>>>> Residents of Kigali say Kagame has been seen driving alone or
>>>> visiting neighbourhoods without 'adequate security'. Like one petrol
>>>> station attendant told us, "Kagame sometimes drives a convoy not
>>>> different from that of a successful businessman - two cars. His convoy
>>>> some times has only two cars, even at night."
>>>> But Kagame says he is not worried about his security. "In my country,
>>>> I do not think there is much to protect myself against. I am
>>>> comfortable with my people and who I am. I visit people in their homes,
>>>> just like any other citizen," he says.
>>>> Surprisingly, the president does not know of any fashion label. When
>>>> I ask him what label his suit is and what it cost, his answer is an
>>>> _expression_ of surprise.
>>>> "I do not know about designer labels. This is not a designer suit. I
>>>> shop here in Kigali and sometimes abroad when I travel on duty .
>>>> sometimes my wife or escort shop for me."
>>>> However, when his wife or escort shop for him, they sometimes buy
>>>> clothes that do not fit him.
>>>> "You see, I have a strange shape, it is difficult to get clothes that
>>>> fit me. May be that's where having a personal designer would come in
>>>> handy, but I have never thought about it," Kagame reveals.
>>>> He confers that to some extent, his childhood explains what he is
>>>> today.
>>>> As a refugee, he struggled to go to school and lived on handouts.
>>>> Little wonder, he wants to ensure that people do not go through his
>>>> experience - exposure to too much suffering for bad political reasons.
>>>> "Sometimes we would go without meals. For me, it has been a life of
>>>> struggling."
>>>> His advice and philosophy in life is, never to know what you want to
>>>> achieve as a person, but what you would want your society to achieve.
>>>> Relevant Links Central Africa
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>>>>Rwanda
>>>>Uganda
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>>>> When he is not busy with state work, he spends his time with his
>>>> family. "I give a lot of time to my family."
>>>> After an up close interaction, it was time to part company, but with
>>>> one message from him, "You are always welcome,"
>>>> Humble, down-to-earth and a realist, is the analysis I made about
>>>> Kagame. When I intimated these words to Ferdinand Muhawenimana our
>>>> chauffer, he laughed loudly and hit hard the steering wheel. "You have
>>>> studied him so well, that is the man . he is very easy and every one
>>>> here calls him the people's president," Muhawenimana said as we drove
>>>> out of State House.
>>>>
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>>>> Sharangabo Rufagari
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