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  • in reply to: Abakyaala Nga temukyafumba??!! #28038
    MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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      Ekinyeebwa kinyiridde ekyo nekisukka. Maama Ndibassa ojja kutwelumya engalo!

      in reply to: Muk’omusuubuzi w’ewa Kisekka eyattiddwa alombojja #28016
      MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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        in reply to: UGANDA MONITOR’S YOGA ADHOLA IS BRAIN DEAD #27967
        MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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          Ekisinga okusaaliza ewabwe Adhola ne aditor wa Monitor bebasingayo obugezi. Twakoowa agalulu agasiru. Kati ani ayagala okutandika okusomesa?

          By Yoga Adhola – the zombie strikes again
          This matter of wrong troops was reported to Mutesa that same day: “The Uganda army is bad; it supports Obote. If you want to bring changes, you may need to try other armies.”

          Following this advice, Mutesa the following day (February 9) called two people: the British High Commissioner and the Chief Justice, Sir Udo Udoma (a Nigerian). He requested the British High Commissioner for military aid and the Chief Justice for advice on how to fire the Prime Minister, Apolo Milton Obote.

          As ceremonial president, Mutesa had no powers to do these things. About the approach to the British, Professor T.V. Sathyamurthy, the author of the encyclopedic book, “The Political development in Uganda,” had this observation to make: “But the Kabaka’s approach to foreign emissaries was born more out of foolishness than craft. For, it was the strongest card in Obote’s possession when it came to delivering the final blow.”

          In an attempt to vitiate the seriousness of this request for foreign troops, on March 4, 1966, the Private Secretary to Mutesa issued a statement in which he contended that the request was precautionary. To this Obote responded:

          “I have noted that it is now being explained that these were precautionary requests. The fact remains that there was no provision whatsoever in the Constitution for the President to make such requests. An attempt was made to justify this serious matter by allegations made in Parliament on February 4 that there were troops being trained in secret with a view to overthrow the Constitution.

          Mutesa places order for arms
          In addition to this, the reader should also remember that in December 1965, Mutesa placed orders for heavy weapons with a Kampala firm, Gaeily and Roberts. On this Obote was later to write in his pamphlet, “Myths and Realities — A Letter to a London Friend,”:

          “We have letters from a British firm which show that the firm was not happy with the orders on the grounds that the weapons ordered were too heavy for an individual and that the firm had always dealt with governments only. One of the letters from the Kampala firm states that President Mutesa had placed the orders on behalf of the Uganda Army and that, although the Kabaka’s Government was to pay for the arms, that only meant that the President, in his capacity as the Kabaka, was to have the first trial of arms before handing them over to the army.”
          When a police officer went on routine briefing to Mutesa on February 21, Mutesa asked him whether he knew that something was to happen on February 22. When the police officer answered that he didn’t know, Mutesa told him not to worry because it was one of those Kampala rumours. However, immediately after the visit, the police officer briefed Obote about the mysterious question. To Obote this was further confirmation that the coup was to take place on that date.
          Two days after the detention of the five ministers, Obote called a press conference on February 24 at about 7.00 pm and announced he had suspended the Constitution of Uganda. “Recently attempts were made to overthrow my government,” he explained, “by use of foreign troops, by persons who hold high posts by virtue of the Constitution. These requests were illegal but continue to be made. To safeguard our sovereignty we must take counter measures: suspending the Constitution and hence the posts of President and Vice President.
          Mutesa, as Kabaka of Buganda, issued an ultimatum for the Central Government to vacate the soil of Buganda before May 30, 1966. Although he later said this was a mere bargaining chip, both his friends and foes interpreted the ultimatum to mean de facto secession of Buganda from the rest of Uganda.
          As a response to the ultimatum, Obote, as head of the Government of Uganda, declared a state of emergency throughout Uganda. Subsequently, on June 1, in a move which treated the ultimatum as an act of rebellion, Obote ordered units of the Uganda Army to march on the Kabaka’s palace at Mengo. It had been reported that the Kabaka had amassed arms in the palace in readiness for war, and the troops were to search the palace.
          As the troops approached the palace, they were fired at. A battle ensued. Professor Mutibwa tells us the battle was stiff: “Although Mutesa, assisted by his lieutenants equipped with Lee-Enfieled riffles put up a stiff resistance and Amin forces were obliged to call in large contingent of reinforcements, it was not to be expected that Mengo could hold out for long against the Uganda army.”
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          Eventually, after 12 hours of fierce fighting, the Uganda Army established control. The Kabaka had escaped from the palace.
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          in reply to: Rajoy Not The Only One – Uganda Dissed Everywhere #27947
          MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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            Yes, Uganda is not Spain, but what do we see when we look in the mirror?

            By Daniel K. Kalinaki
            Thursday, June 14 2012 at 00:00
            In Summary

            Social media networks in Uganda have been buzzing with indignation this week in response to a snide remark made by Spain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy.

            Social media networks in Uganda have been buzzing with indignation this week in response to a snide remark made by Spain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy. The Spanish newspaper, El Mundo, reported that Rajoy sent a text message to his finance minister urging him to play hardball during negotiations over a bailout package from the Eurozone. “We’re the number four power in Europe,” Rajoy texted. “Spain is not Uganda.”

            The hashtag ‘SpainisnotUganda’ soon went viral on Twitter, followed not long after by one proclaiming the many things that show ‘UgandaisnotSpain’. Amidst the 140-character tirades of indignation, anger and summarised arguments about our economy not being as ill as that of theSpaniards, let’s step back and face some harsh realities.

            As far as making comparisons between the sizes of the two economies and their place in the world, Rajoy was speaking the truth, brutal as it might sound to our patriotic ears. The world would notice if Spain became bankrupt because of the size of its economy, which is several times bigger than ours, and its more central place in the international economy.

            That’s sad but true.
            I am concerned about the ill-advised rants by foreign leaders such as Rajoy. I am concerned about the snide references, from James Bond movies to American TV series, of Uganda as a war-plagued basket case. I am also concerned about the misrepresentation by opportunistic do-gooders like Jason Blair and his Invisible Children.

            What concerns me more, however, is our own indifference to the truths behind some of these lies.
            At Independence in 1962, Uganda had more impressive development figures, or at least relatively similar development figures with countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Ghana, South Korea, etc.

            Some 50 years later we import Samsung and LG goods from South Korea and send our children to prostitute themselves in Malaysia but cannot even produce a mobile phone battery or plastic case? Where is the outrage over that?

            We complain about the constant references to Idi Amin, despite him having left power over 30 years ago but remain silent when reminded that a third of our country, which was held hostage to war for over 20 years, is now held down in the unclenched fist of poverty. Where is the outrage over that?

            We gloss over newspaper stories that speak to the modern-day horrors of parents tying their ill children to trees because there is no proper medical care available for them from a government that spends Shs350 billion a year in sending its officials and cronies to foreign hospitals. Where is the outrage over that?
            We shake our hands in indignation when described as a basket case third world country led by a despot when we have a personality cult around a President in power for three decades, and have failed to develop and nurture institutions that work independent of individuals. Where is the outrage in that?

            How can we accept robber barons to steal from the poor and the sick, celebrate them as “heroes and celebrities”, and then go frothing at the mouth over homosexuals when many of us would not be able to name one even if our lives depended on it?

            How can we be so accepting of mediocrity in and around us, and yet be so ferocious in our criticism of those who peddle intellectual mediocrity and mendacity? We have been conditioned to settle for whatever crumbs of development we receive, never to ask what we deserve and what happens to the rest of the pie.
            Well, if patriotism saddles one with the responsibility to defend one’s country, then I imagine it also gifts one the right to question its misrule.

            I am proud to defend my country when our honour and genuine achievements are disparaged, but I am unable to find it within myself to ride the bandwagon of empty, predictable navel-gazing, played to a cyber gallery, while ignoring the potholed boulevard of our broken dreams.

            Spain is not Uganda. Uganda is not Spain. The two statements are as true as they are obvious. The Spanish have a load of problems with their debt, unemployment and lack of economic growth. We can spend all the hours we want pointing to our own positive economic growth rate, our mountain gorillas and all the beautiful things we have.

            Or we can look in the mirror and see our tattered clothes and our lost dreams. Uganda is not Spain, but neither are we South Korea or Singapore. That is what should upset us.

            dkalinaki@ug.nationmedia.com

            in reply to: Abalabe Beyita Baganda Batunda Ettaka Lya Mujaguzo #27943
            MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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              in reply to: Abalabe Beyita Baganda Batunda Ettaka Lya Mujaguzo #27942
              MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoUKnsUG4ds&feature=BFa&list=UUbL0amMi8Ggvtzrmq5W_xTQ

                Nsereko atuukirire Mengo bajjewo ekizimbe, Omwooyo gwa Buganda guteeke. Kyeekyo kyokka.

                in reply to: 50BAGANDA LINED UP FOR DEATH IN CHINA OVER DRUGS #27930
                MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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                  Be bamu bebogerako wano bebagenda okutta oba eno list ndala? Mu monitor banamawanga bagamba babatte kubanga Abaganda babbi nnyo. Bebabwaamidde ku ttaka lyaffe nga abatalina waabwe kyokka bagamba ffe babbi. Tumbavu, twetamiddwa embwa zino.Zikozesa buli kimu okutukiriza genocide ku Baganda. Naye luliba olwo!

                  23 Ugandans to hang over drugs in China
                  By Don Wanyama
                  Saturday, June 2 2012
                  22 others serving life sentences while 27 cases pending judgment

                  Twenty three Ugandans have been sentenced to death for smuggling drugs into China, documents seen by Saturday Monitor indicate.

                  Information compiled by Uganda’s embassy in China shows that another 22 Ugandans are serving life in several jails scattered across China, while four others have been placed behind bars for a period ranging between 12 and 15 years.

                  The fate of 27 other suspects hangs in a balance as they wait judgement over their cases. Four other suspects held in Hong Kong—an annex province of China—thought to be Ugandans, have refused to divulge any information about themselves. Of those convicted, 23 are female while 26 are men.
                  Uganda’s Ambassador to China Charles Wagidoso says most Ugandans caught in the drugs trade, which is banned in many countries, are mere conduits of bigger players.

                  “Many times these Ugandans don’t even own the drugs,” Mr Wagidoso told Saturday Monitor this week in Beijing.

                  “They are just paid to transport the drugs. I have sent our officers to talk to several of those arrested and we have discovered that they are used mainly by Pakistanis and Nigerians.”

                  The diplomat said their investigations show that most of the mules (people transporting drugs) are paid an average of $5,000 (about Shs12 million) for each mission. Part of the money, Mr Wagidoso said, is paid before undertaking the assignment while the rest is offered upon successful delivery of the illicit drugs.

                  “We have passed all this information to relevant authorities who are now working with Interpol to try and track the perpetrators. We hope they can sort this out quickly.”

                  Sovereign state
                  The ambassador said much as they would want to intercede and probably get “lenient” sentences for the suspects, it is not possible.”

                  “China is a sovereign state and it must implement its laws as it deems fit. What we have done is let our Chinese colleagues know that many of these people arrested are victims of tough economic circumstances. They are not professionals. It is on that basis that some of those who had been placed on death row had their sentences reduced to life imprisonment.”
                  Uganda anti-narcotic fight
                  Several police reports show that Uganda is a convenient hub in the international drugs trade because of its weak laws.

                  If arrested with drugs in Uganda, one could pay a fine of not more than Shs1 million or get jailed for a term not exceeding six months.

                  The police insist the law must be amended to provide for tougher sanctions.

                  On deathrow
                  Bonitor Naggay
                  Jean Kirunda Ndawula
                  Lucy Amor Acen
                  Gertrude Ndagire Ssentongo
                  Bako Maria Paira
                  Lillian Nakungu Deborah
                  Sandra Nalumansi
                  Reagan Ssekajja
                  Anthony Kalule
                  Joseph Mukasa Mulindwa
                  Isaac Jagwe
                  Alfred Ssempewo
                  Charles Candia
                  Eddie Kasumba
                  Jason Mukiibi
                  Nassur Salim
                  Faridu Kalema
                  Peter Bogere
                  Felix Nsubuga
                  Madinah Kyalimpa
                  Susan Kakeeto
                  Betty Asiimwe

                  dwanyama@ug.nationmedia.com

                  in reply to: Ssipolingi Mayi Faaza Lubeeni… #27847
                  MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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                    Omunnyo

                    Empale ne skirt

                    in reply to: E Kololo waliwo limbo y’abazira ba Uganda #27846
                    MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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                      Limbo tebeera ya batamanyiddwako mayitire? Ndowooza mu Luganda ekyo oba bandikiyise kijja. Naye ate ssi kya Kiganda. Bizibu.

                      in reply to: BUGANDA BULI LUKYA BASUULAMU OBULABE #27845
                      MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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                        Plot erabika nnene ddala, buno bu Museveni buddu bwa baddu ba muddu. Takijja kubeera kyangu ekizibu kino okukyeyambula, naye mu kufuba okwa bangi atenga kungi tujja kuwangula.

                        in reply to: World Bank, government accused of aiding land grab #27844
                        MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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                          State House, police accused of land grabbing tendencies

                          By Joseph Miti

                          Posted Sunday, May 6 2012 at 00:00

                          When President Museveni signed the controversial Land Amendment Bill into law on January 6, 2010, many bonafide occupants jubilated, as protection from illegal eviction was guaranteed.
                          However, a year down the road, participants while debating issues of land grabbing in a public policy symposium in Kampala last week, cited State House, Police, Lands ministry, investors and government officials among key drivers of land dispute and illegal eviction.

                          This involves deliberate seizure of land or rights to land from the people.
                          Majority of the participants alleged that there is a syndicate played by government officials and the Lands ministry to grab land, an allegation the government strongly denies.

                          Mr Emmanuel Mate Aloro of Lex Uganda Advocates & Solicitors, said most of the land grabbers claim to be from State House and working on orders of the President.
                          “They carry letters with the President’s signature claiming they are sent by him. When the victims see State House-headed letters with the President’s signature, they succumb to the grabbers. Unfortunately, the President has never come out to distance himself from them. Now, people can’t tell whether he is involved or not,” Mr Aloro said.

                          Mr Anselm Ssebuguzi, the chairperson of Buwaya Bibanja Protection Association, shared similar sentiments. “We can’t deny their allegation that they are working for Mama Janet (First Lady) because they are always escorted by Wakiso RDC Dan Kaguta and police whenever they come to execute evictions,” Mr Ssebuguzi told the meeting that was organised by the Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI-U), Food Rights Alliance and Uganda Law Alliance.

                          But Ms Mariam Namayanja, who heads a desk which handles land issues at State House, said Mr Museveni has never written or ordered for any eviction. “The public should treat those letters as forgery. The President has never ordered for any eviction,” Ms Namayanja said.

                          Masqueraders
                          She said those claiming to be working on his orders to evict people are masqueraders who should be arrested and prosecuted. “People should ask for their identifications before accepting their claims. Our office only mediates among conflicting groups, but it doesn’t give eviction orders,” she added
                          According to Ms Bridget Mugambe, the SEATINI programme officer, loss of land has affected the country’s food production and triggered human rights violence. “In Uganda, land means future, diversity, cultural identity and survival. It has no connection to money. But due to power imbalances and unequal distribution of resources, land has been commercialised, which has caused poverty and death,” Ms Mugambe said.

                          Analysts also blamed the increasing land grabbing to speculation, bad laws and lack of land policies.
                          Meanwhile, Mr Emilian Kayima of Land Protection Police Unit denied allegations that the Police are compromised to oversee unlawful evictions. “Land evictions involve both legal and illegal evictions. Police only oversee legal evictions,” Mr Kayima said.

                          jmiti@ug.nationmedia.com

                          Monitor Uganda

                          in reply to: Hima clan And Tutsi Master Conspiracy Plan #27714
                          MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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                            Sununu webale emirimu!Okyatawaanya abazungu nga obwedda?

                            in reply to: THE DOWN FALL OF HITLER #27529
                            MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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                              Bino byebigenda mu maaso ne mu State House ku Museveni wetwogerera. Nabo batudde ku nkato. Omuyaga gujja. Okalya dda kadda dda.

                              in reply to: Uganda: Torture, Extortion, Killings by Police #27556
                              MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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                                Might be the reason Museveni thinks he’s next to God. He can torture and kill people like he wishes.
                                But below the sun, every dog has got it’s day.

                                in reply to: Abikuddiramu Tabinyumisa (Kazannyo) #27538
                                MusajjalumbwaMusajjalumbwa
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                                  Musisi emmotoka yagigula Japan

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