Gwokto
It is very true that age is pushing them to talk, but they are dying too.
Because they know themselves they see that their fellow screwies are dying
daily they are starting now to talk before they die. But I need to hear more
on who killed who than who contributed the money. What is surprising me is
why is it only women talking and not men yet men are dying more? I for
example need to hear from any man out there that was trained by Dr Kiiza
Besigye on how to open up a brain with bare hands, how did Besigye train you
in Luwero? Was he training individually or he had class sit ins?
UAH is an open forum let us hear from you all.
EM
On the 49th
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gwokto La'Kitgum
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 11:13 AM
To: ugandans-at-heart
Subject: Re: {UAH} Women of the liberation struggle - Full Woman -
monitor.co.ug
I would hate to know my mother or sister or aunt or any female relative were
a "rebel fighter" in the bush. These women werent fighters in any way and if
the history of Japan, China, Korea is of any help to us then we should know
that any woman serving behind the front line is a "COMFORT WOMAN". Comfort
women serve only one purpose - SEX with surviving fighters. They offer
sexual relief and nothing else.
To date the Koreans and Chinese are up the neck of Japanese condemning and
demanding compensations for the Comfort Women whom they forcefully abducted.
EM IS VERY VERY RIGHT about Njuba and them all. Thats why the majority never
want to be known except when the age factor is closing in and left with
nothing more to lose.
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Gwokto La'Kitgum
"Even a small dog can piss on a tall Building", Jim Hightower
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Dr.Edward Kayondo <[email protected]>
wrote:
Yiiiii Hern Mulindwa,
To much information, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas so what happens in
the bush stays in the bush too. Been there, done that, stories abound many,
skeletons in my childhood village bush closet.
Anyways its was the bush, no TV, no movies, no music or dancing, long
nights,covert bedroom discussions, so the only source of happiness available
in the Garden of Eden was used up to its utmost farthing with a probable
scare of death on their heads, who new what tomorrow will bring.The
dazzling, glaring ripe twin apples easily mistaken as hand grenades on
steroids needed a body search to secure the safety of the head of the
struggle and that moments feelings with joy of being alive called for proof
of manhood and happily acceptable proof of woman's viability scumming the
Anglicanism need of approval from a priest to officiate the beginning of the
bush 100 meters Olympics event.
He who has never witnessed a Shepperd eating from his flock should throw the
first stone. When you are drunk or in the bush, every woman looks like Julia
Roberts, I am told!
Those were the epiphany moments where the best advise ever given in any
struggle was followed, " Lets make love, not war". So whatever you say I
propose that, rebellious, jovial actions, those were the days co-creation
activities, should be counted as a bag of honor if so proved true.
Aluta Continua.
Eddie, M.D
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From: Herrn Edward Mulindwa <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: G_NET <[email protected]>; [email protected]; 'Oryema Johnson'
<[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 7:04 AM
Subject: RE: {UAH} Women of the liberation struggle - Full Woman -
monitor.co.ug
Ugandans
I was born a natural fighter never believing in oppression. During the
Milton Obote 11 regime, three of my children were killed by government
soldiers, and I promised to support any person who came out to fight Obote
Let us focus on Getrude Njuba just for a simple basic analysis of this
nonsense. Getrude Njuba abandoned her family, her husband and children and
walked into the Bush to undermine the government the intelligent people had
elected. While in the bush she not only killed or helped to kill Ugandans
but she slept with Yoweri Museveni and having a son out of him. A son that
never get talked about what so ever. Getrude came back to her family with
this child. Can we today define Getrude Njuba as a born fighter? Getrude has
a daughter that has written a paper in Monitor few days ago, suppose she
also abandoned her family and slept with a man out there having a baby and
showing up later to her family with such a baby, would Getrude Njuba define
her as a born fighter?
And just asking !!!!!
EM
On the 49th
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ocen Nekyon
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 6:49 AM
To: Ugandans At Heart At Heart
Subject: {UAH} Women of the liberation struggle - Full Woman - monitor.co.ug
http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Full-Woman/Women-of-the-liberation-strugg
le/-/689842/2159080/-/d2j1ukz/-/index.html
Women of the liberation struggle - Full Woman
In Summary
Tomorrow will mark 28 years since the National Resistance Army (NRA),
marched onto Kampala on January 26, 1986. Two women who were hands-on in the
war, illustrate with their experiences the role played by women in the
struggle.
I was born a natural fighter never believing in oppression. During the
Milton Obote 11 regime, three of my children were killed by government
soldiers, and I promised to support any person who came out to fight Obote.
When Museveni promised to go to the bush if the elections were rigged, I was
more than ready to join him.
I got into the system at first as a mobiliser, also doing clandestine work.
When I came to Kampala, my husband asked me to choose between living in the
bush or staying away from the rebels. I chose the bush because I would have
been hunted by the government as well as the rebels since I knew their
secrets.
Safeguarding the leaders welfare
By late 1981, we were only three women on the National Resistance council;
Gertrude Njuba, the late Joy Mirembe, and myself. Joy died in 1982 while
giving birth, leaving just the two of us. As a member of the NRC, I had no
specified roles besides sitting in the NRC meeting and deliberating on
issues.
The two of us were put in charge of Musevenis welfare and there was word in
the enemy camp that, Wherever you saw two women, there you would find
Museveni, so, just hit that place hard. Much as we never went to the
battlefield, the two of us ensured the leader of the struggle was safe and
healthy.
In 1982, the structure was formalised. Museveni, who had by then been
nicknamed Chairman High Command (CHC), got a chief bodyguard, and his chief
cook was Lusigazi. Gertrude and I were to supervise issues pertaining to the
CHCs welfare. The day we witnessed his cook dip a finger in his tea to
check the temperature and serve him half-cooked tea, we requested to
personally prepare his meals.
I survived the firing squad thrice
There was an incident when a leaf of mujaja (basil) was left in the only
kettle we had and appeared in CHCs cup. He had been warned by his auntie
who was in the bush that he could be bewitched through mujaja.
Coincidentally, he fell sick after that cup of milk, complaining of
something walking along his spine.
We were thought to have been a threat to his life and we were threatened to
be put on firing squad. When Dr Bata examined him, however, he said he was
suffering from an amoebiasis. I remember taking turns with Gertrude to stay
awake at night to ensure he took his medication and got well. This would be
one of the three times I survived a firing squad during that war. From then
on, we ate the same food we prepared for him from the same plate, including
his chief bodyguard.
Life in the bush
Our meal conprised four banana fingers, one for each of us, and a piece of
meat the size of a fist. This was for both lunch and supper. I would cut
each banana finger and piece of meat into two to have a piece for lunch and
another for supper. We were not the only women in the struggle.
The other women
There were other women like Proscovia Nalweyiso, now a brigadier, who
started out as a mobiliser looking for food. She scouted routes for the
rebels to ensure there were no enemies. When she joined the bush full time,
she became the head of the first female military camp.
There were other female colleagues who have now passed on like Naduli and
Night in the military wing and many others whose names I do not recall.
Maria Bata was part of the medical team, among whom was one popularly known
as Mukyala Kawempe who helped raise Gen Tumwines son while in the bush.
There was an old woman called Malita a traditional healer, and some Catholic
nuns. I dont know whether they are still alive.
I served in the first NRM Parliament for nine years until 1995 when a new
Constitution was promulgated. I bowed out and passed the baton on to
others . Im contented with what God has given me, I do not need to shout to
get what God has not planned for me. What I wanted in the beginning I have
achieved.
Earning her pips
One day when the rebellion had just started in our village in Gombe, my
children came at around 10am saying thieves had attacked the village. We
picked stones and hid in a bush near the house. We threw stones at the
house, and drove the thieves away. Word spread to the rebels that I had
single-handedly driven thieves out of my neighbourhood and that is how I
gained popularity with the rebels (NRA).
Eventually, I was summoned by Museveni for the first time at the Mondlane
camp where he told me, You dont know me but I have heard about you, I want
you to be part of my delegation going to meet Kayira. That is how I joined
the struggle as a senior officer and member of the NRC, then the rebel
Parliament.
Capt Gertrude Njuba
When I joined the struggle, I was under the supervision of Matayo
Kyaligonza, now Ugandas High Commissioner to Burundi. I started out as a
courier within Buganda region based in Kampala. Besides taking information
to and from the bush, I was responsible for recruiting government deserters
into our camp. For those who deserted with guns, I had to find a way of
ensuring that those guns got to the bush.
I was responsible for publishing the letter declaring war against the Obote
government in 1981, and distributing it to different embassies in Uganda and
other strategic locations. Because of the sensitivity of the letter, I used
a cyclostyler to publish it.
When panda gari started in Kampala, I was asked not to come back to Kampala
by the Chairman of The High Command for my safety. That was how I changed
from being a courier to Personal Assistant to the Chairman High Command.
My duties in the bush
I was responsible for ensuring that his food, water and anything he ate was
safe. There had been a rumour that Obote had sent people to infiltrate our
camp and poison him. I was also responsible for the struggles little
finances and all the documentation until 1984 when I went out of the country
on other assignments. Nairobi became my base as I took on the role of a
mobiliser, spreading word of the struggle among Ugandans in the diaspora and
other nationals we thought could be of help to us.
I also solicited for arms, guns and ammunition since in the bush, the guns
were not enough for the trained men we had. The chairman sent me out to
deliver letters to Samora Machel of Mozambique, to Kenya, Tanzania Sweden,
Denmark, England among other countries, soliciting support for the struggle.
Hardships in the bush
Bush life was not easy. Many times, men had to raid hospitals and health
centres, not necessarily for medicine but to get cotton wool for us for that
time of the month. At some point, nature seemed to accept that we could not
meet the needs of a normal life and the system blacked out, only to get back
to normal when we left the bush, without any medical intervention.
Remembering fellow women in arms
One of the instrumental women in the struggle was Joy Mirembe. She had been
involved with armed struggle since the FRONASA days. She was the one who
took on the new women and inducted them into bush life. Other women
specialised in finding herbs used to treat wounds which were the biggest
problem.
They also knew herbs for different ailments like malaria, headache,
stomachache among others. This being Africa, there was also a group of women
that specialised in healing spiritual afflictions whenever our boys
complained of being disturbed by spirits.
Women like Dora Kutesa led the mission which rescued now General Salim Saleh
from prison. Proscovia Nalweyiso, now a brigadier, left her teaching job and
joined in active military. Captain Oliver Zizinga was another great woman,
some of whose children were killed during the struggle. I worked with her as
the most senior women in the bush. Winnie Byanyima joined the struggle at
the point of the peace talks in Nairobi as part of our delegation, where she
was appointed to take minutes of the deliberations.
Some of the women who were actively involved the NRA bush war. Winnie
Byanyima, and Brigadier Proscovia Nalweyiso, who headed the first NRA female
battalion in the bush.
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