Overcoming NRM Excesses

December 18, 2009 at 11:47 am (2009 -2011 elections, Diaspora, Genocides, KINGDOMS)
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Overcoming NRM Excesses

Given the forthcoming competition for the Presidency and the strategy in place to see the NRM part of Uganda’s history, it may simply be a joke for any one to assume that the NRM leadership will this time get cultured.  It is for this reason among others that we still call upon our friends in opposition to join forces to do away with the evil.  It is simply evil.  Many of these people are not concerned about the ills of others simply because they have command to use and misuse national resources!  Yes, many are to suffer the circumstances, but it is worth the cost.  At times one wonders whether some people cannot be concerned about their future.  You imagine an NRM leader out of office and watching what another Government is doing.  People do comment now but these guys are not bothered.  If one got into power, the truth is that at some point in time, he or she has to get out of power, but how are these people ready to learn how much some people know about their mis – deeds!

Anyway, hopefully, the good Lord will guide all of use to do with the evil which NRM is doing every other day with impunity.  That is he best strategy where all of us combine forces to see them go and real going this time.

We are simply tired.

Willy Kituuka

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DEATHS PER WEEK IN ACHOLI IDP CAMPS: 220 OR 1,000 ?

November 25, 2009 at 5:04 pm (Genocides, POLITICS, security)
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Dear readers,

Some people say that 1,000 people were dying in the IDP camps per day?  For about 10 years? This works out as 1,000 x 365 x 10 years…..3,650,000 souls!

They sometimes say 1,000 were dying per week for at least 10 years: 1,000 x 52 x 10 years…..520,000 souls!  And this is for a camp population that at highest was, according to the WFP, 57,000.

Let us now briefly step into the world of reality. I have with me a 2005 letter from the LC3 chairman of Atiak the county in Gulu that had some of the most dangerous IDP camps (…remember Barlonyo?).  In the letter , that chairman, Odong William George reported the deaths in the 14 Atiak IDP camps for the period 1-15 September 2005, i.e., 2 weeks, at 54 persons.  In other words, the weekly mortality rate was 27 persons.

As you may know, Gulu, Kitgum and Pader had 114 IDP camps.  If 27 persons died per week in 14 camps with the most adverse living and physical safety conditions, one can infer that on average about 220 persons died in all the 114 in Acholi region per week.  So, where did these people get their figure of 1,000 per week from (or 1,000 per day)?

The 10 years is the period over which the people of central Northern Uganda saw themselves being confined to IDP camps.  In fact one can even get it from the speech by their wonderful Dr Adam Branch…who refers to 1996 as the time when the camp policy was instituted.  Indeed they said that 1,000 people were dying per week, after being prompted to retract an earlier claim that those many people were dying per day.

They say they prefer Dr Adam Branch’s data to Mr Odong GW’s data…, and who in his wonderful paper refers to the Acholi as “our fellow citizens…”.  Yes. Dr Branch gives the figure of 1,000 and I wonder whether he remembers where he got it from, a source that actually stated that the Acholi region was experiencing a Crude Death Rate (CMR) of 1 person per 1,000 per week, which he and the rest of you then flew off with in the fantasy of 1,000 per week (or per day when our propensity for adding binzali takes the better of us).

One george Okello(UAH forumist working with IMF) remarked that “But even if I take your figure of 220 deaths per week in the whole of Acholi, is this not so repugnant to human sensibility?” is quite predictable.  Then why doesn’t he just say that many people have died in Acholi, instead of confidently bandying around 1,000; whose source you do not tell us and over which you vacillate, as per day, and later, per week?

Okello also said , “..playing games with figures…”: who is playing games with figures? ….is he the one who the other day was saying that the for the NRA to be a people’s army, it should have have had 98% Baganda in its Luwero days? What was his response when he was informed that Buganda has only about 54.9% Baganda?

Anyway, I have included here the picture of the wonderful Dr Adam Branch whose hot air of a speech is what they authoritatively refer us to…….

 

Adam Branch

 

Otto Patrick

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Parliament should investigate why Kabaka was stopped from going to Kayunga

October 15, 2009 at 3:12 pm (2009 -2011 elections, Genocides, Land matters, parliament)
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People:

There is a new and very credible angle emerging that the NRMO government or should I say some crooks (read land grabbers) within the corrupt regime stopped His majesty the Kabaka from visiting Kayunga because they had information that the Banyala whose land had been grabbed by Brigadier Tumukunde would call upon his Majesty the Kabaka to intercede on their behalf.

I have taken time to get to the bottom of the stupidity of the NRMO’s regime decision making and why IGP Kaiyihura responded the way he did.  Luckily, my elderly auntie lives in Kayunga and after talking to her briefly, she put her ideas in writing and off they got to me.

Since NRMO spin masters are reading they are likely to dismiss the new angle that it was not land grabbing but about Banyala. For the record and the media or Hon. Kirunda and Hon Atubo call tell parliament if it is not true that Brigadier Tumukunde grabbed land belong to the late Mzee Sajjabbi, a respected Munyala elder in Kayunga and left his children landless.

Let the Hon ministers all tell parliament and Ugandan whether it is also not true that General Tinyenfunza too grabbed land in Kayunga.   The word from elders in Kayunga is that this Captain Kimeze is a creation of forces loyal to Brigadier Tumukunde and those other land grabbers who have grabbed in Kayunga to ensure that the his land grabbing venture is covered up.

You folks in Uganda do your investigation and find out whether Mzee Sajjabbi’s land was not grabbed by Brigadier Tumukunde. You should also find out his standing among the Banyala.  My untie told me that the late Mzee Sajjabbi wanted to help Banyala take up business activities in Kayunga town.  You should also find out why Captain Kimeze’s siblings disagreed with him.

Parliament should get to the bottom of the Kayunga saga. Minister Kirunda lied through and through to parliament. He all along knew or should have known that the stand off in Kayunga was about Tumukunde’s land grabbing, particularly grabbing the late Mzee Sajjabi’s land.

Once again let MPs, parliament and the few courageous journalists still willing to risk get to know the story about Mzee Sajjabbi’s (RIP) land.  It becomes apparent that stopping the visit by his Majesty the Kabaka to Kayunga was a red herring masterminded by agents of land grabbing and their lackeys within security agencies.

Truth be said it Hon Kirunda was genuine; he would have ordered a very small faction of those security agents seen firing live bullets in Kampala to Kayunga and keep peace during his Majesty’s visit. The fact that the state kept on lying that there would be violence buy yet could not send a few soldiers to Kayunga to keep peace during the viist exposes the fallacy by Hon. Kirunda and Hon. Matsiko.

I call upon parliament to set up a select committee to investigate the roles played by Hon. Minister, IGP Kaiyihura, brigadier Tumukunde and General Tinyefunza is triggering riots in Uganda. MPs may want to investigate the relationship between Captain Kimeze and Brigadier Tumukunde and General Tinyenfunza.

These two have grabbed a lot of land, with Tumukunde grabbing massive Banyala owned land, land that belonged to the late Mzee Sajjabbi. People, a pattern is emerging here: where there has been massive land grabbing there is confusion, confusion created by land grabbers in military uniform.

To the Buganda caucus members, I am going to be refrained, but I would have called you names. Why did you not take time to get to the bottom of the issue? How could you easily buy into the fallacy and lies fed to you by Minister Kirunda and IGP Kaiyihura that it was the fear of His Majesty’s security?  You should have known that that was total baloney, but you swallowed it easily. Shame on you.

Now suppose it was fear of His Majesty’s security, how many soldiers or police or a combination would have it taken to keep the peace during his majesty’s visit Suppose it was fear of the Kabaka’ security, why did not minister Kirunda in his capacity as Minister of internal affairs offer to go to Kayunga with His Majesty (I know NRMO does not want to refer to him as His majesty) the Kabaka for the sake of keeping peace?

Further, suppose it was fear for peace, why could not IGP Kale Kayihura accompany his majesty or go to Kayunga to keep peace?  What would it have taken to keep peace from imaginary combatants in Kayunga?  Now suppose Minister Kirunda and Kale Kaiyihura were right that it was fear of security-they were lying on behalf of the land grabbers-and rather than blocking Kafu had offered to lead the visit from the front to ensure peace?  The fact that they chose to block the visit illuminates the fallacy.

Finally, regarding the hundreds of so called presidential advisers, a bunch of yes women and men, how come not a single one put forward a different view? Why it is that Minister Kirunda,  IGP Kayihura told lies when they knew or should have known the truth about Kayunga and the truth was not His Majesty’s security but protecting Tumukunde and Tinyefunza’s land grabbing?

Folks, if it was security Minister Kirunda and IGP Kaiyihura would have offered the necessary protection at minimal cost and damage to Uganda.  That they chose not too is exposes their fallacy.  They are liars.  period.

Bottom line: the Kayunga saga had nothing to do with fears about His Majesty’s security. Rather the blockade was concocted to protect one or two land grabbers in the names of Brigadier Tumukunde and General Tinyenfunza. Mzee Sajjabbi’s grabbed land was the issue not His Majesty the Kabaka’s visit to Kayunga. That is the truth folks about Kayunga.

Among the president’s advisors, cabinet, NRMO and yes Buganda caucus, there was only one firefighter who knew the folly of the Kirunda-Kaiyihura-Kimeze-Tumukunde-Tinyenfunza gang and tried rather late to stop the fire. As always it was the affable General Salim Saleh. The rest who advised the president were bifure period. Bifure because they feared to tell the president and country the truth: that land grabbing has now become a danger to national security.

It is time for a select committee of MPs to get to the truth about Kayunga and ensuing riots
WBK

USA Resident

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Kagame is killing Rwanda slowly

October 13, 2009 at 10:58 pm (Genocides, World history and politics)
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UAH members,
Do some of you really believe in what that ‘allocation of opportunities in Rwanda depends on [I do not remember the right word you used but you sounded to mean] ‘objective’ criteria? Can you mention those criteria? And then, as soon as possible, reflect on the following :
a) How many senior officers to we have in RPA/RDF? How many are Tutsi? The last time I made efforts to analyze this was last year and there were 93% Tutsi
b) How many Ministers do we have in Rwanda? How many are Tutsi? Last year around December the figures were 89% Tutsi
c) How many Permanent Secretaries do we have in Rwanda? How many are Tutsi? In effect, these were 2% Tutsi more than ministers then
d) How many senior officers in the National Police? How many are Tutsi? The figure was 93% Tutsi last year
e) How many ‘presidents’ of National Commissions do we have in Rwanda? How many are Tutsi? IT was 98% Tutsi last year
f) How many Ambassadors does Rwanda have? How many are Tutsi? It was 91% Tutsi last year
NB. You guys could cheat any other person but not me. Anybody who has ever lived in Rwanda knows that you do not need an ID to identify who is Tutsi, Twa or Hutu in Rwanda.
Did you know that it would lead to an RPF/RDF senior officer’s death or risk never being promoted again if he/she got married to a Hutu?we fought the war. Actually it was not a war that time, it was a struggle. But, take it from me, all our dreams were sacrificed at Kagame’s Egoistic tendencies!!!!
For your information, Kagame, Ibingira, Mubarak, Murokole, etc, are responsible for the death of many Tutsi!!!!They started with killing the youthful Tutsi from Burundi who came in to join the struggle. They were being accused of trying to possess RPF!!! They were killed by agafuni.
Secondly, they should never cheat you that all the Tutsi were killed by Interahamwe. There are many prominent Tutsi who were killed by RPF as a way of ‘waking up’ the Tutsi who were in Rwanda to join RPF!!!!! This is on record, Sir!!!!!! Bwana Mucyo was among the field commanders for this ‘job’!!!! Bwana Rukumbura, please, just accept one thing that there are so many ’secrets’ that you probably do not know yet about RPA/RPF/RDF!!! It would be risky for you guys to commit yourselves to this network if at all you have clean hands because days will come when all these will become public knowledge and you will be ashamed of having been a defender of this system.
By the way, tell me one single area in Rwanda where there was no genocide against the Tutsi? But did you know that prior ro the genocide RPF had captured so many territories? How come that even in the RPF controlled territories there was genocide? How did the government forces plan genocide with the RPF territories? Isn’t it a thought for the mind
Come on, being Tutsi does not mean supporting criminals!!!

LUSOKE WILLY
UAH forumist

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Video:’Civilians Will Be Shot’ Speech by Museveni

September 16, 2009 at 9:52 pm (2009 -2011 elections, Genocides, KINGDOMS)

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Live videos about the 11th september riots in Kampala

September 14, 2009 at 1:49 pm (2009 -2011 elections, Genocides, Police, security)

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Banyankole aren’t to blame for M7’s dictatorship

September 13, 2009 at 3:23 am (2009 -2011 elections, Genocides, PRESIDENCY)
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Good People,
Let us know our enemies! The worst traitors to Baganda are right in our midst. It is not, and it was not the Anyanyas (that is if such an ethnic entity exists); it was the Nsaba Buturos of this world who oversaw Panda Gali! As then, Today it is not the Banyankore, it is ALL people who are supporting and encouraging the rabid behavior of Museveni who we should redlist.
I appeal to all not to attack anyone because of where they come from. The current leader of Banyala was a proud Muganda NRA (UPDF if you want) officer until he was bribed (ordered) to take on the rank of Sabanyala, which has never existed in the history of Uganda.
The group which emboldened General Museveni to insult us the way he did Thursday night was composed of mainly Baganda MPs. These dishonorable lot of Museveni’s chorus singers should top the list of those we quiz when time and circumstances allow.
Ssemagulu Lawrence Mukasa
An Uncompromisingly Proud Muganda who loves Uganda

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Is Museveni responsible for Landlord murders in Uganda

August 20, 2009 at 1:52 am (Genocides, Land matters)
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Summary: Though M7and his henchmen like Tamale Mirundi and Kakooza Mutale are encouraging Ugandans to shed the blood of their countrymen because of their property, the killers are shedding innocent blood in vain because, they do not inherit he land of the victim. The killing does not give them ownership!!! The killers are pure and simple, political condoms. FULL stop.

 1/4. It is strange that the Monitor editorial [19/08/09]is asking irrelevant questions about the killings of property owners as though the cause of the mob-justice is unknown. The cause is the instigation from the government and its political activists and spokesmen, those who formed “Bibanja self-defence associations”, the ‘land Police’, etc.

2/4. But, as is always the case, the poor are being led into a blind alley. They are being used as “condoms” and the reasons are many. For example, do the Bibanja mobs no know that EVEN IF THEY SHED BLOOD AND MAKE OTHER PEOPLES’ CHILDREN ORPHANS, STILL THIS DOES NOT GIVE THEM THAT SAME LAND? Ownership of land does not transfer to the squatter simply because the owner has died!!!

3/4. Secondly, the original mile-owners are maybe 5% or so of the Buganda population. The rest are secondary buyers, third owners, etc and others are politicians, soldiers, civil servants, etc, who, when they want to evict the squatters, may come with Army platoons and no one will touch them. Only the poor descendant of a landlord, with no political connections, is roasted.

4/4. Lastly, it is now apparent that most of the mobs burning peoples, as though the law allows them to kill {they have been told so, though}, are not even squatters on the land of the victim landlords. It is political activism that some have made killing a pass-time, like Uganda has no state institutions????!!!!

 Christopher Muwanga,

Nakasero,Kampala.

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Are Bakiga being targeted in Bunyoro?

August 12, 2009 at 3:56 pm (Federalism, Genocides, POLITICS)
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Dear UAH,

I notice that other people who settled in Bunyoro have been elected to leadership positions there. Although The Monitor says Kibanda county MP Amooti Otada is Munyoro, he is actually a Paluo (derogatorily referred to at times as Chope).

His father Opio Owor is a big businessman in both Lira and Karuma areas. Some people there have Kinyoro names when they are Luo, such as former Obote II Prisons Commissioner Barnabas Byabazaire (Langi) or special forces chief Ahmed Ogeny (Paluo).

In Kibanda county there is a big settlement of Luos from Acholi (who fled Kony and other Langi, just having fun). That was why Amooti Otada went through unopposed.

My question is: why is the impression being created that only Bakiga are being targeted? Is it not right to discuss President Museveni’s proposals with open minds, bringing on board all those issues?

I think the Bakiga have a right to stand for office anywhere though I doubt any of the people talking about this will allow Bakiga settler citizens to stand in Acholi, Lango, or Teso if they moved there.

Bakiga leaders Adolf Mwesige and Dora Byamukama (East African Parliament have been elected before in Kabarole and it is causing no problem there. Let us discuss why it is that the Banyoro are complaining. Bunyoro is a kind of melting pot for Uganda, much like Kampala and Jinja (Dr Ojok Mulozi, Freddie Ruhindi and Odaka and Harry Kasigwa come to mind).

I recently gave a call to a Lugbara friend of mine and he told me ‘I am at home in the village’. I asked him ‘how is Arua?’  He said ’no, no, my village is in Isimba, Masindi dsitrict!’.

A real melting pot indeed!

Just as the Igbo elder would say, ‘ahem’ to you. I have a village in my home district and I have another urban in in the Wakiso urban area bordering Kampala. I do not think our villagers in Wakiso will take on each other. I have seen them rise up and take on night robbers and thugs. That is their and our common challenge.

Billie Kademeri

Ugandan journalist based in France

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Death of Habyarimana didn’t cause the Rwanda genocide

July 10, 2009 at 11:17 pm (1980 elections, Genocides, Obote and UPC)
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Dear world citizens,

Sorry, President Museveni of Uganda was kept in the dark as far as the intent and date of our going home  were concerned. Ask the Ugandan forces that tried to stop our guys from leaving what they met. As for the death of  Habyarimana as the cause of the genocide against the Tutsis, please just read the Arusha testimonies of the designers to that genocide. You will learn as to when the pangas were bought, which was way before Habyara died and which meetings came up with the list of the Tutsis in Rwanda and how fast they can be killed. You have also to acknowledge the killings of Abagogwe that was way before the Habyarimana’s  death to mention the few who were killed because of being Tutsis.

The return of Rwandans to Rwanda was in Uganda’s national interest.  The Uganda People Congress (UPC)’s that are preaching pretentiously about the genocide in 1994 were the same ones subjecting those same Rwandans to ethnic cleansing in 1982-83 in South-western Uganda.

I do not know whether some UPC supporters understand clearly what they mean when they say “..what triggered the genocide was the assassination of Habyarimana..”.  Do they mean that the mass murders of Tutisis and moderate Hutus would never have taken place if that plane had not been downed?  Does he mean that all the previous waves of Tutsi massacres were preceded by mini-Habyarimana plane crashes?  Had Tutsi and moderate Hutus been dying before or not?  Were the machettes bought in anticipation for the Habyarimana plane crash?

Or for that matter, what is a “trigger”?  As a corporal, I know that where there is a trigger, there is a round of ammunition with an explosive charge, there is a corking handle, there is a magazine, there is a firing chamber etc.  Is it YK Museveni of Uganda that concoted the Rwandan explosive mixture?  If indeed UPC supporters fully understands what they means by “trigger”, is it the same thing as the structural and historical causes of that genocide?  And in crisis analysis, do we previlge triggers over structural causes?  Unless we are UPCs who, when it comes to analysis, they highlight the first four letters of the word.

Why didn’t President Samora Machel’s death in a plane crash in 1987 spark off a genocide in Mozambique?  Yet many of us are the same people that were constantly calling those same Rwandans names, and claiming that they were taking all the good jobs.  When someone helps to find a way of getting them back where they rightfully belong, we again turn up talking the same nonsense of the Otikas, the Mulindwas and the rest of the loud-sounding-nothing horde……..just like the peasant husband who tells his wife, “do not peel the food and do not cook it but I should find it ready”.

Lance Corporal (Rtd) Otto Patrick  and

Mr.John Rukumbura

UAH forumists

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