Thank you David, Robert, Caleb and Sam for your responses. This was a premeditated, cold blooded murder committed in Koboko under the guise of revenue collection/smuggling prevention. No one condones tax evasion or smuggling or any cheating of anyone. But for URA to go to the extent of killing people is beyond reason. How many billions if not trillions of Uganda shillings are embezzled in Kampala and people are forgiven for it. And here in West Nile, people are killed for trying to avoid to pay 10,000 shs tax!!!
Caleb, this issue has been the main subject of discussion on Kobokonet since it happened and your name has been mentioned many times as someone to be approached. For some reason certain people thought you were on Kobokonet and actually requested your help. But your classmate/schoolmate Zachary Lomo did mention that he may get in tough with you. However, as you know, he is still in England. Mr. Stephen Todoko, Coordinator of Anticorruption Coalition Koboko and Chaiperson of the Board of Directors, Anti corrpution coalition of West Nile would be is in the best stead to funrnish you with the necessary details. He can also link you to the families. One thing we have to notice is that the reporter wrote a completely biased newspaper article which putting blame squarely on the victims as well as the people of Koboko. This is the problem when newspapers send reporters who have no allegiance to the area to report on atrrocities committed by people who do not come from the region. The reporter must be asked to retract his malicious article. There is the law and if any person of sound mind would speak about the supremacy of the law when someone is murdered for such flimsy reasons as tax evasion/smuggling rather than blamming the victims. The Government of Uganda must educate Ugandans nationwide about the importance of paying taxes or teh conssequences of smuggling and how it will affect the economy of the country. There is no need militariasing a government agency when government has not done its duty to fully educate people. besides, the multiple standards of treating people when it comes to abuse of funds must stop! Caleb, we look forward to your assistance in this matter. In fact, if it were possible, you and Todoko Stephen should for you to travel to Koboko over a weekend to start the process of gathering the facts and taking leagl action against the government. As I write, apparently one of the victims is still clinging to dear life in Arua hospital waiting to be transfered to Kampala. Charles On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Caleb Alaka <calebal...@yahoo.com> wrote: > "No person shall be deprived of life intentionally except in execution > of a sentence passed in a fair trial by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction in > respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Uganda and the Conviction > and sentence have been confirmed by the Highest appellate Court" Folks, this > is the wording of Article 22 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda. > This Article entitled Protection of right to life is in the bill of rights > and forms the gist of the fundamental and other human rights and freedoms. > These rights are inherent and not granted by the State. Under Article 20 (2) > of the Constitution, this right and others are to be respected, upheld, and > promoted by all organs and agencies of Government and by all persons. Indeed > what happened in Koboko was unfortunate. I have failed to decipher how one > can talk of smuggling in the middle of a town like Koboko and Arua. Besides > that How some trigger happy lumpen can deprive an innocent Ugandan of the > right to life under the flimsy guise of collecting taxes. Please any body > who has access to the family members of the deceased should link me up with > them and I will provide probono or free legal services to ensure that URA > compensates the family members. > > We should condemn such acts by URA > > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > WestNileNet@kym.net > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > >
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