The Victims ------------------ "The victims of Obote’s genocidal massacres fall into three main categories: the Baganda, the "Banyarwanda” and West Nile.
Following Obote’s fraudulent return to power in 1980, it did not require a lot of effort for the Baganda to translate their longstanding and deep-seated abhorrence for the man and his UPC into open rebellion. The UPC sprang onto the political scene as a party to contain Buganda. Obote did his best to live up to that mission. In a 12 August 1980 secret memo, Obote laid out a UPC strategy of conduct before, during and after elections. Urging party adherents to remember “…how much the Baganda hate me personally,” further proposing that “the Baganda should be intimidated” because “there was no way their cooperation can be solicited.” Obote further states that "if necessary leaders of other parties should be eliminated.” Elsewhere, a witness quotes Obote as having warned the people of Soroti, saying, “I warn you people of Soroti, if you behave like a certain tribe you know very well, I shall not hesitate at all, I will send my boys to destroy both you and your property. I repeat, I will send my boys to destroy both your lives and property. I say this for God and my country... A good Muganda is a dead one” (Uganda Government, 1995). That was Obote’s hair-trigger readiness to mete out anguish on populations in Uganda." Extract: State-Inspired Genocidal Persecution in Uganda, 1980-85. -- _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________
