Charles you are right. When you take into consideration the ultimate price of
war that ordinary people pay in terms of loss of lives, destruction of
property, disruption of family life, breakdown of socioeconomic production,
loss of opportunity to educate your children, the restlessness people have to
endure when running around and the time it takes to recover from armed
conflicts, our people should just ignore the war drums coming from European
capitals and concentrate on rebuilding their lives and laying better foundation
for the future of our children through education. In the past West Nile has
been involved in fighting other people's wars since colonialism, none of which
has brought about any significant benefits to the region. The number of young
people West Nile has lost in all the wars in Uganda and beyond is more than any
region has endured in the history of armed conflicts in Uganda. At the end of
the day we have always been rewarded with
coffins containing bodies of our young people who would have used their
youthful energy to fend for their families. I grew up in war and have a pretty
good sense of who suffers and who benefits from wars. They say a man bitten
twice by the same snake on the same sport is a fool!
Thanks.
Sam
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From: Charles Male <cdm...@gmail.com>
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net>; Kobokonet
Koboko <koboko...@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 29 September 2013, 8:38
Subject: [WestNileNet] SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) & OGOLE BEATING WAR DRUMS
Memebrs what do you think?
This is serious and I hope WEST NILE REGION will not ONCE AGAIN be
drawn into any thing....
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Sejusa, Obote commander join forces
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Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:04 Written by SIRAJE LUBWAMA & AGENCIES 0
Comments Two longtime ‘enemies’, Gen David Sejusa and Col John
Ogole have joined forces to fight President Museveni’s government.
Sejusa is a veteran of the NRA bush war that ousted the Milton Obote
and Tito Okello Lutwa regimes while Ogole was the linchpin in the
Obote army that fiercely fought the NRA in the Luweero Triangle.
Their union was announced by Gen Sejusa at the weekend, almost a week
after he formed his ‘liberation’ group, Free Uganda, to oust his
former boss, Museveni.
It is not yet clear how Sejusa and his associates intend to oust
Museveni. Announcing the formation of Free Uganda, Sejusa vowed to use
all constitutional means. It’s not clear if armed rebellion is an
option although seeking alliances with soldiers like him speaks
volumes.
Prior to agreeing a deal to work together to end “the current
oligarchy” in Kampala, the two met severally over months in the UK,
according to an email from Sejusa.
In his weekend email, Sejusa said he and Ogole had been leading their
respective teams of officers, drawn from inside Uganda and in exile.
Although the details of their discussions remain scanty, both Gen
Sejusa and Col Ogole have confirmed meeting and burying the hatchet,
ostensibly for the “sake of Uganda”.
Commenting on his monumental meeting with Colonel Ogole, Sejusa said,
“…for the sake of Uganda, everything is possible, including admitting
past mistakes and moving forward, as a way of atonement.
Reconciliation of the Ugandan people is the only viable way to bring
about sustainable peace in our country. Our mission is to secure the
future of Uganda so we must not use the past to obscure the mission of
today.”
For his part, Col Ogole, as quoted in Sejusa’s email, said: “…it is
true we have been meeting. Uganda is bigger than all of us. And
everything that can bring peace and reconciliation in our country must
be done irrespective of history both real and perceived.
This is a historic opportunity to heal the wounds of our country. It
will advance a sense of nationhood for all the people of Uganda. In
the post-Museveni Uganda, we will all feel that we belong”.
Last week, the army warned Sejusa that he would be crushed.
“The UPDF is a powerful institution, we have defeated over 20 rebel
groups since 1987 so whoever tries to destabilise the country is
joking with fire and will be dealt with, with full force,” said Lt Col
Paddy Ankunda, the army spokesman.
Who is Ogole?
Sejusa has been in the news headlines since April, when he fled the
country. Shortly after, media reported his dossier in which he
demanded an investigation into a rumoured plot to kill top army and
government officials opposed to the alleged presidential ambitions of
First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
Brig Muhoozi heads the elite Special Forces Command, and both the
government and the army have denied that he is eying his father’s job.
Ogole, now in his 60s, rose through the ranks in the Uganda Army. Now
head of the Lango Elders Council in the UK, he joined the armed forces
in the mid 1960s and served in several positions that included
Adjutant, Commanding Officer; Brigade Commander; Deputy Director of
Records; and Chief of Personnel in the Uganda National Liberation Army
(UNLA).
Around 1983-5, after attending a military course at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, USA, he was deployed in the Luweero Triangle to fight the
rebel NRA led by Museveni.
It is said Ogole, who came to be known as “a brilliant battle
technician and chief strategist, commanded operations that gave NRA
fighters a bloody nose, leading to the guerilla group’s temporary
disintegration.
slubw...@observer.ug
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