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Harbert Buhanga

Can you hold a rally in London without asking for permission and getting a permit from the city? Why is it important to apply for that permit? You have lived in UK long enough to know the answer to that question. When you Ugandans in London want to go to 10 Downing street, to march for you need to get Ssangalyambogo a place she can play No ball in Mutundwe, do you just wake up and show up at the address?

Well isn’t that your right as residents in UK?

EM Toronto

Thé Mulindwas Communication Group “With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy” Groupe de communication Mulindwas “avec Yoweri Museveni, l’Ouganda est dans l’anarchie”

[mailto:ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of HARBERT BUHANGA Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:48 AM note

Mulindwa

According to your knowledge of law, going to Kayunga had nothing to do with the National Constitution of Uganda. That implies that going to Kayunga or not going was outside the constitution of Uganda.

And that according to Edward Mulindwa, M7 can legally do as he pleases because some directives in the country can actually be outside the Constitution and if they are not followed, any action or reaction that arises from such does not breach any of the provisions of the Constitution of Uganda.

This is what Buhanga calls wacky reasoning.

Mulindwa: Do you know the key concepts that inform presidential directives or interventions?

Mulindwa: Do you know how the knowledge of law and constitutionalism is used to underpin any presidential directive or decision?

To me, you seem to be ignorant about law issues and the legality of decisions. My other observation is that you seem to think that M7 is the law of Uganda and that what ever he says means law.

For your information, English law has (in the case of Uganda) three sources i.e,

* Equity * Precedent and * Legislation – which includes statutes and Acts of Parliament * Common law

There is no way M7’s directive orders can be outside the constitution which is the supreme law. And M7 is not the source of law in Uganda.

When will you Ugandans wake up?.

Mulindwa, you are being blinded by hatred against Baganda. You are using this as a defensive mechanism to overcome your pain experiences of poverty, child neglect, lack of sense of purpose and inferiority complex which derives from identity conflict and confusion.

I’m yet to use the psycho-dynamic approach to explore these unresolved conflicts in your life and also to look into the symptoms that arise from your past dysfunctional relationships with others in your environment.

The symptoms of the pain which comes from the pain that you hold manifests itself in the hatred that you have against Baganda. Then you use irony to identify yourself as a Muganda so that your hatred can appear to be justified.

You are employing displacement as a defensive mechanism by redirecting your impulse, aggression and life disappointments to Baganda and Banyarwanda as substitutes. This is because the pain from your experiences in too threatening if you were to direct it to yourself.

My advice to you is to try and employ repression by keeping these disturbing and threatening thoughts from becoming conscious .You can do this by pushing them into the unconscious.

Please contact me for any further assistance.

Socrates worked to undermine the collective notion of “might makes right”. Socrates believed the best way for people to live was to focus on self-development rather than the pursuit of material wealth. He always invited others to try to concentrate more on friendships and a sense of true community, for Socrates felt this was the best way for people to grow together as a populace

Mulindwa   According to your knowledge of law, going to Kayunga had nothing to do with the National Constitution of Uganda. That implies that going to Kayunga or not going was outside the constitution of Uganda.   And that according to Edward Mulindwa,  M7 can legally do as he pleases because some directives in the country can actually be outside the Constitution  and if they are not followed, any action or reaction that arises  from such does not breach any of the provisions of the Constitution of Uganda.   This is what Buhanga calls wacky reasoning.   Mulindwa: Do you know  the key concepts that inform presidential directives or interventions?   Mulindwa: Do you know how the knowledge of law and constitutionalism is used to underpin any presidential directive or decision?   To me, you seem to be ignorant about law issues and the legality of decisions. My other observation is that you seem to think that M7 is the law of Uganda and that what ever he says means law.   For your information, English law has (in the case of Uganda)  three sources i.e,   

Equity Precedent and Legislation – which includes statutes and Acts of Parliament Common law     There is no way M7’s directive orders can be outside the constitution which is the supreme law. And M7 is  not the source of law in Uganda.   When will you Ugandans wake up?.   Mulindwa, you are being blinded by hatred against Baganda. You are using this as a defensive mechanism to overcome your pain experiences of poverty, child neglect, lack of sense of purpose and inferiority complex which derives from identity conflict and confusion.   I’m yet to use the psycho-dynamic approach to explore  these unresolved conflicts in your life and also to  look into the symptoms that arise from your past dysfunctional relationships with others in your environment.   The symptoms of the  pain which comes from the pain that you hold manifests itself in the hatred that you have against Baganda. Then you use irony to identify yourself as a Muganda so that your hatred can appear to be justified.   You are employing displacement as a defensive mechanism by redirecting your impulse, aggression and life disappointments to Baganda and Banyarwanda as substitutes. This is because the pain from your experiences in too threatening if you were to direct it to yourself.   My advice to you is to try and  employ repression by keeping these disturbing and threatening thoughts from becoming conscious .You can do this by pushing them into the unconscious. Please contact me for any further assistance.   Socrates worked to undermine the collective notion of “might makes right”. Socrates believed the best way for people to live was to focus on self-development rather than the pursuit of material wealth. He always invited others to try to concentrate more on friendships and a sense of true community, for Socrates felt this was the best way for people to grow together as a populace

Thanks abbbey for your observations. We must play the hard to get woman. Now that the President has shot himself in the foot, the Kabaka should now sue the government for breach of his Majesty’s right to move within Uganda. The people of Kayunga must also sue the government for infringing on their right to associate with the Kabaka. Unless we take the government to court on these issues, the lunies in Kaampala will continue to misbehave. Abbey, I think you and I and members on this forum must take it upon ourselves and find a lawyer to take on this case for the people of Kayunga. The Kabaka knows what to do.

We must ram this M7 rhetoric back down his throat.

ARTICLE 29: Protection of freedom of conscience, expression, movement, religion, assembly and association.(1) Every person shall have the right to—

(a) freedom of speech and expression which shall include freedom of the press and other media;

(b) freedom of thought, conscience and belief which shall include academic freedom in institutions of learning;

(c) freedom to practise any religion and manifest such practice which shall include the right to belong to and participate in the practices of any religious body or organisation in a manner consistent with this Constitution; (d) freedom to assemble and to demonstrate together with others peacefully and unarmed and to petition; and

(e) freedom of association which shall include the freedom to form and join associations or unions, including trade unions and political and other civic organisations.

(2) Every Ugandan shall have the right— (a) to move freely throughout Uganda and to reside and settle in any part of Uganda; (b) to enter, leave and return to, Uganda; and (c) to a passport or other travel document.

OK! How do we reconcile these provisions, specifically, Article 29 (2)(a) with the recent blocking of Kabaka Ronald Mutebi’s visit to Kayunga?

And will Kayihuraa’s Police Force ever allow us to exercise the freedom in Article 29(1)(d) without invoking the infamous Police Act or some obscure municipal provision? On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:40 AM, abbey semuwemba wrote:

Friends,

There’s a lot at stake in the debate that involves president Museveni’s confirmation that Bugerere is part of Buganda – our freedoms of movement and speech and the future of this country. This is one we cannot pass up. My grandfather always told me that if you couldn’t say anything nice about someone, don’t say anything at all! He also told me that the most important thing about politicians was not what party they represented, but whether you could trust them. But I’ve been breaking his advice about saying things about people ever since I picked some interest in both Obote and Museveni presidency and their relationship with Buganda. Obote broke a lot of laws during the 1966 Buganda crisis as Museveni also did last year before and during the Buganda riots. As a result, we have ended up with a country where president Museveni is the top law. When he says, ‘don’t go to Kayunga, you don’t dare go there’. As a result, minister Kivenjinja was not afraid to tell us that the Kabaka must seek permission from Sabanyala or Sabaluli before going to Kayunga despite confirmations from the president at his rally in Kayunga yesterday that Bugerere was part of Buganda. Going by his constitutional interpretations at the Kayunga rally, then I can categorically say that Buruli is also part of Buganda and Brother Kivejinja was used. The point here is that without law, we have the rule of men who do the “right” thing and ignore the law in places like Bugerere and Nakasongola and get away with it.

The relationship between president Museveni and Buganda can be compared to a woman who tells a man in the face that ‘I’ve fallen out of love with you’ but the relationship just keeps going because either because they have got a kid together or the man is still in love with the woman and cant just let go. But the question I always ask guys in this situation is that ‘would you still love her if she cheated on you and ran away with another man and stole all your money? Museveni has been cheating on Buganda by having an open affair with Bunyoro, Baluli and Banyara against Buganda. That’s why sometimes I get astonished when I hear people who tend to love him or hate him without any complicating shades of gray. May be Museveni has got USA’s former president, Reagan, ability to make the people love him even as they hated their misery. Personally, I can compare Museveni’s rally in Kayunga to a rich man who rather take pictures with poor children than feed them.

All I know is that Buganda or Mengo adminstration loves political power not Museveni. For the time being Museveni’s a source of it though he won’t always be. That doesn’t require Buganda to love him in any way that that term is ordinarily used. All Buganda needs to do now is to be like our normal women in the world. A woman must make herself wanted, desired, hard-to-get- that’s the whole appeal of womanliness, that she’s not easy because she is the sought one; the final decision rests with her, not with the man. A woman who lets all these creeps do her is just an idiot.

Buganda’s assumed woman role will take her very far, after all – behind every great man there’s a woman telling him he’s wrong. Women know what irks and frazzles men, and they vote accordingly. It is a reasonable speculation; Bill Clinton would not have been elected President if Joey Buttafuoco had decided to run in the Democratic primaries.

Therefore, between now and 2011 elections, Museveni is gonna pull all the tricks in the book to win Buganda’s hearts again but they should be on guard. Like they say, for some elected officials, winning an election is like an overdose of steroids. They suddenly feel all-powerful, invincible, and above the law. They believe churlishness and bullying prove their might. They treat other people with contempt. Since the current men in statehouse are wicked and will not keep faith with Buganda, you need not keep faith with them whatever they promise you.

Abbey Kibirige Semuwemba United Kingdom

NRM will get Buganda vote – Okurut

Mary Karooro Okurut (right) registering for the NEC meeting at the NRM Secretariat in Kyadondo ahead of a NEC meeting

BESIDE asserting that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) will get a landslide victory in the 2011 general elections, the party spokesperson, Mary Karooro Okurut, has said the party will defeat the opposition in Buganda. Moses Mulondo interviewed her.

Q: The NRM leaders are very difficult to get for press interviews. Do they fearthe press? A: Some may be difficult to get, but not all of them. And you can’t use the word fear. Why fear? Not everyone should be speaking to the media on each and everything, and even then, I don’t think it is right to media-monger just because you want media attention like some politicians, especially in the opposition, do. NRM leaders are always available whenever there is an issue to explain to the members and the public — and you will not find our objective explanations wanting. * Do your leaders behave like that because they think they are assured of victory in the 2011 elections?* I think some may be shy and do not want to speak for the sake of it, while others perhaps need more exposure and orientation on how the media works so that they appreciate the media as a major component of our struggle, democratisation and, therefore, an ally that one ought not to take for granted. The media has so much influence that it can either make or destroy you. So, we shall continue to discuss that matter internally. * Will the NRM win the 2011 elections? Yes, we are confident that the NRM will win the 2011 elections with a higher margin for the President and many more seats both at parliamentary and local government levels, regardless of what some critics may be saying.

Which prospects confirm your predictions? First, our record of good performance in all the major areas speaks for itself. We all live in this country and we know that the population of Ugandans and non-Ugandans believe in the credibility and ability of the NRM to offer better security, peace and stability throughout the country.

The LRA war in the north is completely gone, people are back from IDP camps to near-normal life, services like education, roads, water, health care and others are being delivered. Maybe not yet satisfactorily, but many people appreciate and will vote for the NRM.

Our assessment is that the NRM will make major political and electoral inroads in the north, northwest and Teso sub-region. The realignment can be seen from opposition leaders crossing and seeking to stand for NRM positions. In other parts of the country, the party is expanding and consolidating its gains — there are no major reversals.

Our landslide victory in most of the recent parliamentary by-elections and the local government elections is an indication of our strength. Our dominance in Parliament, which accounts for over two thirds of the total number of MPs, informs objective analysts that the opposition still has a very long way to go to have access to power.

After Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal Secondary Education (USE), which new programmes will you offer Ugandans in 2011? The NRM is not in the habit of promising for the sake of it. There is a manifesto review team, which is yet to come up with an objective assessment of our performance and what more needs to be done. However, we are going to consolidate the gains already made in all the other programmes under implementation. We need to improve the quality of education by training, equipping and remunerating teachers better and supervising management better. This will be done in the health, road and energy sectors, among others. We shall expand programmes like the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) and USE to cover more recipients.

Has the NRM fulfilled its 2006 election manifesto? Nearly everything that was promised in the manifesto is being implemented and is at different stages. We can’t say that all have been fulfilled. UPE, USE, Bonna Bagaggawale (Prosperity for All), rural safe water, electricity, trunk and feeder roads and security are all up. We have not abandoned any of the promises on account of either lack of resources or change in priorities. Everything is on course.

What became of the Bonna Bagaggawale programme, which was your campaign message in 2006? Is it also on course? The foundation for Bonna Bagaggawale, which is an integrated programme, is slowly and firmly being built. Focus, model and nucleus enterprises, like the six farmers in each parish, have been selected and are being funded. When you travel around the country, there is evidence that many people are making progress by tapping into the opportunity the NRM is providing. Our wish is that everybody who gets on board, even at the lowest level, would make a big difference.

q:The NRM leaders are very difficult to get for press interviews. Do they fear the press?

A:Some may be difficult to get, but not all of them. And you can’t use the word fear. Why fear? Not everyone should be speaking to the media on each and everything, and even then, I don’t think it is right to media-monger just because you want media attention like some politicians, especially in the opposition, do. NRM leaders are always available whenever there is an issue to explain to the members and the public — and you will not find our objective explanations wanting.

Do your leaders behave like that because they think they are assured of victory in the 2011 elections?

I think some may be shy and do not want to speak for the sake of it, while others perhaps need more exposure and orientation on how the media works so that they appreciate the media as a major component of our struggle, democratisation and, therefore, an ally that one ought not to take for granted. The media has so much influence that it can either make or destroy you. So, we shall continue to discuss that matter internally.

Will the NRM win the 2011 elections?

Yes, we are confident that the NRM will win the 2011 elections with a higher margin for the President and many more seats both at parliamentary and local government levels, regardless of what some critics may be saying.

Which prospects confirm your predictions?

First, our record of good performance in all the major areas speaks for itself. We all live in this country and we know that the population of Ugandans and non-Ugandans believe in the credibility and ability of the NRM to offer better security, peace and stability throughout the country. The LRA war in the north is completely gone, people are back from IDP camps to near-normal life, services like education, roads, water, health care and others are being delivered. Maybe not yet satisfactorily, but many people appreciate and will vote for the NRM. Our assessment is that the NRM will make major political and electoral inroads in the north, northwest and Teso sub-region. The realignment can be seen from opposition leaders crossing and seeking to stand for NRM positions. In other parts of the country, the party is expanding and consolidating its gains — there are no major reversals. Our landslide victory in most of the recent parliamentary by-elections and the local government elections is an indication of our strength. Our dominance in Parliament, which accounts for over two thirds of the total number of MPs, informs objective analysts that the opposition still has a very long way to go to have access to power.

After Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal Secondary Education (USE), which new programmes will you offer Ugandans in 2011?

The NRM is not in the habit of promising for the sake of it. There is a manifesto review team, which is yet to come up with an objective assessment of our performance and what more needs to be done. However, we are going to consolidate the gains already made in all the other programmes under implementation. We need to improve the quality of education by training, equipping and remunerating teachers better and supervising management better. This will be done in the health, road and energy sectors, among others. We shall expand programmes like the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) and USE to cover more recipients.

Has the NRM fulfilled its 2006 election manifesto?

Nearly everything that was promised in the manifesto is being implemented and is at different stages. We can’t say that all have been fulfilled. UPE, USE, Bonna Bagaggawale (Prosperity for All), rural safe water, electricity, trunk and feeder roads and security are all up. We have not abandoned any of the promises on account of either lack of resources or change in priorities. Everything is on course.

What became of the Bonna Bagaggawale programme, which was your campaign message in 2006? Is it also on course?

The foundation for Bonna Bagaggawale, which is an integrated programme, is slowly and firmly being built. Focus, model and nucleus enterprises, like the six farmers in each parish, have been selected and are being funded. When you travel around the country, there is evidence that many people are making progress by tapping into the opportunity the NRM is providing. Our wish is that everybody who gets on board, even at the lowest level, would make a big difference.

Won’t the standoff with Buganda cost you votes in 2011? There is no standoff between the NRM and Buganda. There is, however, a slight misunderstanding between some elements at Mengo, who want to spoil the otherwise good relations the NRM has with Buganda on account of partisan politicking. You can see that nearly all of them in dispute with the NRM are businessmen, DP or FDC activists trying to use the popularity of the Kabaka to antagonise our national politics by creating unreasonable demands. The NRM is very strong in Buganda and among the Baganda, including many within Mengo, but who may be lying low. We are sure they will come out when the time to look for votes comes. We are very sure that, as usual, the NRM will overwhelmingly win in Buganda. Just watch.

Supposing you lose the 2011 presidential elections, will your party accept defeat? Tell me where you think the NRM will lose in a big way and why. But we are in this election stripped to the butt and we intend to win it handsomely and transparently, although our competitors, especially in FDC and UPC, are trying to tell the gullible public mind that the NRM can’t win without cheating. So in the most unlikely event that the NRM loses, we shall hand over power to the party that wins.

Currently, the NRM has over 220 MPs, while the opposition combined has only 60 MPs. Do you think with the current challenges, especially the Buganda question, the NRM will retain the numbers in the 2011 elections? Firstly, the so-called Buganda question is the unrealistic demands by a small selfish group using Mengo. That won’t affect the NRM’s electoral fortunes. They are not entirely new issues in our most recent electoral politics, right from the days of the National Resistance Council, the Constituent Assembly, the two referendums, 1996, 2001 and 2006 elections in which NRM won each of the rounds hands down.

Mengo has been defeated politically before and the NRM is happy that these issues are brought back so that the people decide. The NRM is in touch with every important section of the people of Buganda on these matters.

Some analysts say it is dangerous for Parliament to be dominated by one party because it becomes a rubber-stamp Parliament? It would be dangerous only if Parliament was not democratically elected. But this one is elected like the ones elsewhere in mature democracies. Why should anyone fear the democracy of a democratic majority? This Parliament has enacted much liberal legislation to recognise the status of the opposition ceding important accountability committees to the opposition. There is no ample evidence it is a rubber stamp because it has rejected government positions before when there was good reason to do so. There is no single government Bill or resolution that has passed without amendment by Parliament.

For instance, the UPDF deployment in Somalia was thrown out twice and so was the Partial Risk Guarantee to fund the Rift Valley Railways. Even the current Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) probe by the Public Accounts Committee disproves the rubber-stamp claim.

How do you rate the performance of NRM MPs in the 8th Parliament? Our performance has been good as most bills and proposals brought have been considered and passed. However, there is a need to improve the way the NRM caucus works by introducing rules of procedure and the whole House addressing the issue of quorum during the plenary because we sometimes fail on quorum.

What is the latest measure the NRM has put in place to resolve its internal wrangles? It has established disciplinary and arbitration committees at the district levels throughout Uganda. These will work more on arbitration and reconciling conflicting parties as a first step. We hope with transparent internal processes, especially in the party elections, many of the reasons for dispute will be minimised. Why have the Central Executive Committee (CEC) and the National Executive Committee (NEC) rushed to endorse President Yoweri Museveni as the flag bearer for 2011? Aren’t you suppressing internal competition in the party? The CEC and NEC never endorsed President Museveni as the presidential candidate for the 2011 elections. It is NEC which followed recommendations from all the 90 NRM district conferences without any exception that forwarded to the National Conference to consider President Museveni’s candidature, which is within the NEC’s mandate. The district conferences believe in his ability to continue leading both the NRM and Uganda.

The matter was never put to President Museveni for his acceptance or not, and so the question is still open for anybody who is aspiring to be the NRM flag bearer. When the time comes, the NRM electoral commission will call for nominations and those interested or their promoters will forward their names for consideration by the relevant NRM organs.

Some analysts say the conditions NRM has given for not opening CBS radio are so hostile and autocratic. What do you say? That is not a question for the NRM to answer. It should be directed to the Broadcasting Council, which revoked the operating licence of CBS. But in any case, if we are under the rule of law, all persons, including media houses like CBS, must obey the law and respect common political and social decency without inflaming sectarian feelings which CBS had gotten used to. In case of failure, they should face the fire CBS is facing.

What do you think is the NRM’s biggest challenge in the run-up to the 2011 elections? Updating its membership register and managing internal elections properly. The internal elections are going to be massive, more or less like general elections. We also need to start dealing with the false perception that the general election will not be free and fair as the opposition claims.

There are reports that some ministers are undermining the credibility of the NRM. Is the party considering sacking them for a good name? Appointment and disappointment of ministers is the prerogative of the President through numerous consultations.

What do you mean? We can all advise, but it is the President to make the final decision on such matters and he has already promised that the nation is about to see corruption casualties.

Is it true that the NRM parliamentary caucus always dances to the tune of the Executive? It is not true, but in any case, what is wrong with dancing to that tune, if it is a sweet and appropriate one from the NRM executive.

Shouldn’t there be a difference between the Executive and the party as it is in many other developed countries? Obviously there is a big difference, only that the caucus and Executive should enjoy a healthy working relationship. I think it is this cordial relationship which some critics say undermines the Legislature. There are some people who would want to see friction all the time and we are not giving them that drama.

Your last word? I would like to assure our supporters that in the 2011 elections, whether it is in the presidential, parliamentary or local council elections, victory will go to our beloved NRM party. I appeal to them not to be swayed by opposition politicians who fabricate lies to make political capital out of them.

I appeal to all Ugandans across the political divide to be peace-loving people by avoiding those who sow seeds of hatred, tribalism, violence and chaos. Let us all be devoted to national unity, development and consolidation of the peace which the NRM government has championed.

Published on: Saturday, 6th February, 2010 *

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:40 AM, abbey semuwemba < abbeysemuwemba@googlemail.com> wrote:

WBK,

Thanks for spotting this.You are right that Bill Clinton only picked interest to run when both Mario Cuomo and Gary somebody declined to run.I did not mean it in the contest of politics as it sounded. I was trying to show you the power of feminism or women in the modern world, a role which Buganda is assumed to be in with its relationship with the big men in state house.

Feminism can bury anybody as it’s has done with John Terry losing the England captaincy, and so was Tiger woods. Similarly,when Joey Buttafuoco had an affair with the underage girl(16 years old), some men felt sorry for him at the time just like some people feel sorry for the guys who go out with 16 year olds back home in comparison to homos. I don’t like this as a parent but I used to hear people in the villages say that ‘LUMONDE OMUTO AKULILA KUMOGO’. So yes, Joey was charged with statutory rape after these revelations in 1992 but it made him more popular than even guys like Bill Clinton who was running for democratic party primaries at the time. People were incensed with gay people who were fighting for their rights at the time and Joey Buttafuoco became a punching bag for both sides. Three movies were made out of him and i think he also did some acting.He again became a media punch bag when Bill Clinton-Lewinsky affair was revealed to the media.

Abbey

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 3:50 PM, WB Kyijomanyi wrote:

Ms

Rehema:

Governor Mario Cuomo was the then Governor of New York whom many in the Democratic Party felt was the man to beat in 1992. He stayed out. He is the father of Mr. Andrew Cuomo, the current Attorney General of New York; was Housing Secretary in Mr. Bill Clinton’s cabinet.

Mr. Andrew Cuomo is likely to be the Democratic Party nominee for office of Governor, New York State this election year. He nurses ambitions for the White House in the future. He was married, but, has since divorced the late Robert Kennedy’s daughter.

WBK

WBK AND ABBY who is Joey Buttafuoco and Mario Cuomo?

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:46 AM, WB Kyijomanyi wrote:

Mr. Semuwemba:

You wrote “it is a reasonable speculation; Bill Clinton would not have been elected President if Joey Buttafuoco had decided to run in the Democratic primaries”.

Did you mean Governor Mario Cuomo?

Uganda’s politics with all its contradictions is about to overwhelm some of us. To tell you the truth, it is hard to believe anything these days from Uganda. And not just from NRMO, but also the opposition. Yee ne mu opposition mulimu “enkuchwa”/even within the opposition, there are sex addicts

Sadly, the Ugandan media that is supposed to take politicians to task sometimes looks the other way. We should all pray that the Ugandan media wakes up and does its job without fear or favor. Uganda will be the loser if the media decides to choose and pick which stories are reported or investigated depending on whether the central players are their buddies.

The Ugandan media’s impartiality and credibility is going to be tested big time and it remains to be seen whether the media will be up to the task. I lament because the media is a very important arm in the democratization struggle and therefore cannot afford “okwebakiira”/suppress stories just because the alleged offenders are their friends. That Kayunga story is yet to be fully told.

In this internet era, the truth will always leak out to the embarrassment of the media. And we are not just talking about Ugandan based media houses, but also foreign based internet media (radio especially). They must be ethical and above board. Right now they are wanting and have to pull up their socks.

WBK

Friends,

There’s a lot at stake in the debate that involves president Museveni’s confirmation that Bugerere is part of Buganda – our freedoms of movement and speech and the future of this country. This is one we cannot pass up. My grandfather always told me that if you couldn’t say anything nice about someone, don’t say anything at all! He also told me that the most important thing about politicians was not what party they represented, but whether you could trust them. But I’ve been breaking his advice about saying things about people ever since I picked some interest in both Obote and Museveni presidency and their relationship with Buganda. Obote broke a lot of laws during the 1966 Buganda crisis as Museveni also did last year before and during the Buganda riots. As a result, we have ended up with a country where president Museveni is the top law. When he says, ‘don’t go to Kayunga, you don’t dare go there’. As a result, minister Kivenjinja was not afraid to tell us that the Kabaka must seek permission from Sabanyala or Sabaluli before going to Kayunga despite confirmations from the president at his rally in Kayunga yesterday that Bugerere was part of Buganda. Going by his constitutional interpretations at the Kayunga rally, then I can categorically say that Buruli is also part of Buganda and Brother Kivejinja was used. The point here is that without law, we have the rule of men who do the “right” thing and ignore the law in places like Bugerere and Nakasongola and get away with it.

The relationship between president Museveni and Buganda can be compared to a woman who tells a man in the face that ‘I’ve fallen out of love with you’ but the relationship just keeps going because either because they have got a kid together or the man is still in love with the woman and cant just let go. But the question I always ask guys in this situation is that ‘would you still love her if she cheated on you and ran away with another man and stole all your money? Museveni has been cheating on Buganda by having an open affair with Bunyoro, Baluli and Banyara against Buganda. That’s why sometimes I get astonished when I hear people who tend to love him or hate him without any complicating shades of gray. May be Museveni has got USA’s former president, Reagan, ability to make the people love him even as they hated their misery. Personally, I can compare Museveni’s rally in Kayunga to a rich man who rather take pictures with poor children than feed them.

All I know is that Buganda or Mengo adminstration loves political power not Museveni. For the time being Museveni’s a source of it though he won’t always be. That doesn’t require Buganda to love him in any way that that term is ordinarily used. All Buganda needs to do now is to be like our normal women in the world. A woman must make herself wanted, desired, hard-to-get- that’s the whole appeal of womanliness, that she’s not easy because she is the sought one; the final decision rests with her, not with the man. A woman who lets all these creeps do her is just an idiot.

Buganda’s assumed woman role will take her very far, after all – behind every great man there’s a woman telling him he’s wrong. Women know what irks and frazzles men, and they vote accordingly. It is a reasonable speculation; Bill Clinton would not have been elected President if Joey Buttafuoco had decided to run in the Democratic primaries.

Therefore, between now and 2011 elections, Museveni is gonna pull all the tricks in the book to win Buganda’s hearts again but they should be on guard. Like they say, for some elected officials, winning an election is like an overdose of steroids. They suddenly feel all-powerful, invincible, and above the law. They believe churlishness and bullying prove their might. They treat other people with contempt. Since the current men in statehouse are wicked and will not keep faith with Buganda, you need not keep faith with them whatever they promise you.

Abbey Kibirige Semuwemba

United Kingdom

Mr. Semuwemba:

You wrote “it is a reasonable speculation; Bill Clinton would not have been elected President if Joey Buttafuoco had decided to run in the Democratic primaries”.

Did you mean Governor Mario Cuomo?

Uganda’s politics with all its contradictions is about to overwhelm some of us. To tell you the truth, it is hard to believe anything these days from Uganda. And not just from NRMO, but also the opposition. Yee ne mu opposition mulimu “enkuchwa”/even within the opposition, there are sex addicts

Sadly, the Ugandan media that is supposed to take politicians to task sometimes looks the other way. We should all pray that the Ugandan media wakes up and does its job without fear or favor. Uganda will be the loser if the media decides to choose and pick which stories are reported or investigated depending on whether the central players are their buddies.

The Ugandan media’s impartiality and credibility is going to be tested big time and it remains to be seen whether the media will be up to the task. I lament because the media is a very important arm in the democratization struggle and therefore cannot afford “okwebakiira”/suppress stories just because the alleged offenders are their friends. That Kayunga story is yet to be fully told.

In this internet era, the truth will always leak out to the embarrassment of the media. And we are not just talking about Ugandan based media houses, but also foreign based internet media (radio especially). They must be ethical and above board. Right now they are wanting and have to pull up their socks.

WBK

Friends, There’s a lot at stake in the debate that involves president Museveni’s confirmation that Bugerere is part of Buganda – our freedoms of movement and speech and the future of this country. This is one we cannot pass up. My grandfather always told me that if you couldn’t say anything nice about someone, don’t say anything at all! He also told me that the most important thing about politicians was not what party they represented, but whether you could trust them. But I’ve been breaking his advice about saying things about people ever since I picked some interest in both Obote and Museveni presidency and their relationship with Buganda. Obote broke a lot of laws during the 1966 Buganda crisis as Museveni also did last year before and during the Buganda riots. As a result, we have ended up with a country where president Museveni is the top law. When he says, ‘don’t go to Kayunga, you don’t dare go there’. As a result, minister Kivenjinja was not afraid to tell us that the Kabaka must seek permission from Sabanyala or Sabaluli before going to Kayunga despite confirmations from the president at his rally in Kayunga yesterday that Bugerere was part of Buganda. Going by his constitutional interpretations at the Kayunga rally, then I can categorically say that Buruli is also part of Buganda and Brother Kivejinja was used. The point here is that without law, we have the rule of men who do the “right” thing and ignore the law in places like Bugerere and Nakasongola and get away with it.

The relationship between president Museveni and Buganda can be compared to a woman who tells a man in the face that ‘I’ve fallen out of love with you’ but the relationship just keeps going because either because they have got a kid together or the man is still in love with the woman and cant just let go. But the question I always ask guys in this situation is that ‘would you still love her if she cheated on you and ran away with another man and stole all your money? Museveni has been cheating on Buganda by having an open affair with Bunyoro, Baluli and Banyara against Buganda. That’s why sometimes I get astonished when I hear people who tend to love him or hate him without any complicating shades of gray. May be Museveni has got USA’s former president, Reagan, ability to make the people love him even as they hated their misery. Personally, I can compare Museveni’s rally in Kayunga to a rich man who rather take pictures with poor children than feed them.

All I know is that Buganda or Mengo adminstration loves political power not Museveni. For the time being Museveni’s a source of it though he won’t always be. That doesn’t require Buganda to love him in any way that that term is ordinarily used. All Buganda needs to do now is to be like our normal women in the world. A woman must make herself wanted, desired, hard-to-get- that’s the whole appeal of womanliness, that she’s not easy because she is the sought one; the final decision rests with her, not with the man. A woman who lets all these creeps do her is just an idiot.

Buganda’s assumed woman role will take her very far, after all – behind every great man there’s a woman telling him he’s wrong. Women know what irks and frazzles men, and they vote accordingly. It is a reasonable speculation; Bill Clinton would not have been elected President if Joey Buttafuoco had decided to run in the Democratic primaries.

Therefore, between now and 2011 elections, Museveni is gonna pull all the tricks in the book to win Buganda’s hearts again but they should be on guard. Like they say, for some elected officials, winning an election is like an overdose of steroids. They suddenly feel all-powerful, invincible, and above the law. They believe churlishness and bullying prove their might. They treat other people with contempt. Since the current men in statehouse are wicked and will not keep faith with Buganda, you need not keep faith with them whatever they promise you.

Abbey Kibirige Semuwemba United Kingdom

Friends,

There’s a lot at stake in the debate that involves president Museveni’s confirmation that Bugerere is part of Buganda – our freedoms of movement and speech and the future of this country. This is one we cannot pass up. My grandfather always told me that if you couldn’t say anything nice about someone, don’t say anything at all! He also told me that the most important thing about politicians was not what party they represented, but whether you could trust them. But I’ve been breaking his advice about saying things about people ever since I picked some interest in both Obote and Museveni presidency and their relationship with Buganda. Obote broke a lot of laws during the 1966 Buganda crisis as Museveni also did last year before and during the Buganda riots. As a result, we have ended up with a country where president Museveni is the top law. When he says, ‘don’t go to Kayunga, you don’t dare go there’. As a result, minister Kivenjinja was not afraid to tell us that the Kabaka must seek permission from *Sabanyala* or *Sabaluli *before going to Kayunga despite confirmations from the president at his rally in Kayunga yesterday that Bugerere was part of Buganda. Going by his constitutional interpretations at the Kayunga rally, then I can categorically say that Buruli is also part of Buganda and Brother Kivejinja was used. The point here is that without law, we have the rule of men who do the “right” thing and ignore the law in places like Bugerere and Nakasongola and get away with it.

The relationship between president Museveni and Buganda can be compared to a woman who tells a man in the face that ‘I’ve fallen out of love with you’ but the relationship just keeps going because either because they have got a kid together or the man is still in love with the woman and cant just let go. But the question I always ask guys in this situation is that ‘would you still love her if she cheated on you and ran away with another man and stole all your money? Museveni has been cheating on Buganda by having an open affair with Bunyoro, Baluli and Banyara against Buganda. That’s why sometimes I get astonished when I hear people who tend to love him or hate him without any complicating shades of gray. May be Museveni has got USA’s former president, Reagan, ability to make the people love him even as they hated their misery. Personally, I can compare Museveni’s rally in Kayunga to a rich man who rather take pictures with poor children than feed them.

All I know is that Buganda or Mengo adminstration loves political power not Museveni. For the time being Museveni’s a source of it though he won’t always be. That doesn’t require Buganda to love him in any way that that term is ordinarily used. All Buganda needs to do now is to be like our normal women in the world. A woman must make herself wanted, desired, hard-to-get- that’s the whole appeal of womanliness, that she’s not easy because she is the sought one; the final decision rests with her, not with the man. A woman who lets all these creeps do her is just an idiot.

Buganda’s assumed woman role will take her very far, after all – behind every great man there’s a woman telling him he’s wrong. Women know what irks and frazzles men, and they vote accordingly. It is a reasonable speculation; Bill Clinton would not have been elected President if Joey Buttafuoco had decided to run in the Democratic primaries.

Therefore, between now and 2011 elections, Museveni is gonna pull all the tricks in the book to win Buganda’s hearts again but they should be on guard. Like they say, for some elected officials, winning an election is like an overdose of steroids. They suddenly feel all-powerful, invincible, and above the law. They believe churlishness and bullying prove their might. They treat other people with contempt. Since the current men in statehouse are wicked and will not keep faith with Buganda, you need not keep faith with them whatever they promise you.

*Abbey Kibirige Semuwemba*

*United Kingdom***

I’d also let the President Visit so the peasants know exactly the extent of his lies. Don’t forget the President is trying to do a public relations excercise after the Kayunga crisis. His visit will not make a difference to any of them

There is no way you can block the peasants from seeing the man who can say give this one a pick up and he gets it. The peasants need to talk to the President and among other things request him to re- open CBS unconditionally.

Willy Kituuka

Is there any leader around the world who traverse his/her country on no apparent reasons like Mu7?

Mu7 is always moving around the country. Yet there are no results absolutely to show for it. 23 years has gone by and Mu7 has been moving around the country around the clock!!

When does the man sits and work in his office as the president of the country like every other presidents do?

These kind of itineraries show clearly lack of skills, as a president. Only a guerilla armyman travels like that. Today you are here; tomorrow you are there; the next day you are somewhere else. Then you start all over again! All for no apparent reasons.

Ugandans need to question these aimless, wasteful, and useless travels by the president.

OpaA

Museveni to tour Kayunga district

Monday, 28th December, 2009

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By Joyce Namutebi

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to visit Kayunga district early next month, leaders from the area have said. He is scheduled to meet MPs from the area at State House, Entebbe today over his two-day visit, which is planned for January 7 and 8, sources said.

Among the issues the President wants to be briefed about is the NAADS programme and Capt. Baker Kimeze, the controversial cultural leader of the Banyala.

In september, riots erupted in several parts of Buganda when the Government opposed the Kabaka’s visit to Kayunga, citing security reasons. About 27 people died in the riots and over 80 others sustained injuries.