From: zurkov (Original Message) Sent: 4/23/2003 11:20 AM
The last few months have paid witness to a lot of maneuvers within the Movement to pave way for an ammendment of the constitution that would remove the two term limit. Is M7 and a third term good for Uganda or are these maneuvers the final nail in the coffin that has been Museveni's legacy as a new brand of African leader?
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From: zurkov Sent: 6/19/2003 10:45 PM
eh banange mwami Kakyama, u seem to have misconstrued my statement completely. I said it in a light-hearted way, no pun intended.(We all know u r war !)
Back to business: the Baganda say kamu na kamu, ke kakola ki ? Omugaanda. So for you to critique my using Mandela as an example may be a little ...
I dont see where his popularity figures into this equation though. So please enlighten me!
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From: zurkov Sent: 7/14/2003 9:19 AM
Some interesting reads from the Monitor.
MPs Plot to Give Museveni 3 More Years
http://allafrica.com/stories/200307130303.html
Can our Constitution stand the 3rd Term attack?
http://allafrica.com/stories/200307130279.html This is quite long but very well written. A must-read for anyone stimulated by intelligent debate! Here is an excerpt.
Supporters of the indefinite term, which has been misleadingly called the third term, have made novel arguments to back up their case. These arguments, however, cannot stand the barest scrutiny.
One justification famously made by Health Minister Brig. Jim Muhwezi was that because President Yoweri Museveni has been such a good and selfless leader, he should be allowed to contest for another term as a bonus - a token of appreciation by a grateful nation.
This argument, if it can rank as one, is absurd. Presidency is supposed to be for the purpose of service, not a gift given in gratitude to an illustrious hero. And since when did the presidency cease to be a serious business, a sacrifice, and became a retirement gift?
The president has himself in the past insisted that he is only doing a service to Ugandans by leading them and would be happier looking after his cows? How do you reward a great leader by imposing on his head a grinding stone - the famous lubengo?
The second justification has been equally untenable. That Mr Museveni should be allowed another term because he is still capable of doing some good. Gulu MP Nobert Mao calls this the Kikamulo argument - that you must not let a leader go until you have squeezed the last drop of utility out of him. Of course even the most senile of leaders will still have some value in him/her.
The third argument, which is voiced with a lot of hedging because of its insulting nature, is that there is no immediately available alternative. That other than Museveni no one in the Movement or the "opposition" is capable of keeping this country together. Of course this assertion is not proven.
Museveni's own presidential qualities were unknown until he became president.
Not even his own villagemates of Nyabushozi could trust him with the far easier task of representing them in parliament in 1980 when he lost, hands down, to Mr Sam Kutesa.
There is no institution in this country for practicing and mastering the art of presidency. Incidentally the very same sentiments pervaded UPC, the very same UPC which twice failed to hold on to power when the supposedly gifted Mr Milton Obote was president.
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From: zurkov Sent: 7/18/2003 8:20 AM
Meanwhile, Andre' what happened to our friend in high places? Was the Budonian lyrical barrage too much for him? Tell him to step up!!
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From: zurkov Sent: 10/12/2003 12:21 PM
THE LAST NAIL IN UGANDA'S COFFIN??
I dont mean to be sensationalistic or alarmist but dont you guys think we are destined for a pre-1986 situation? I have just lost all hope from a happy 2006 in Ug! Does anyone view M7's moves differently?
I will not retire, says Museveni
President Museveni has been in power since 1986
President Museveni has said he hasn’t seen anyone with the capacity to replace him, and as such will not retire.
The President was speaking to close to 200 East African Lawyers at the Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel in Entebbe on Friday.
He said he has looked around but has not seen anyone who can carry on with the vision he has for this country.
Renown City Lawyer Elias Lukwago who attended the conference told Radio Simba that Mr. Museveni who was responding to a question from a Tanzanian lawyer about his retirement said that he is irked by repeated talk on the third term and his retirement.
The President said he was likely to change his mind on retiring if the talk about the third term continues.
He added that as a freedom fighter, he will not retire until he finds someone who can carry on with the vision he has for this country.
He also expressed dissatisfaction with the law providing for habeas corpus.
Mr. Museveni says the law is against justice and his fight against terrorism.
The annual conference had a theme of "Globalization and Terrorism: the new challenges.
The president said the law needs to be amended so that suspected terrorists can be tried secretly.
He said the LRA is not a simple war as people think attributing the struggle to the Sudan.
He said Kony was being supported by the Sudan and Arabs from the Middle East, reason the war is not ending.
[http://radiosimba.com/pages/114152.asp]
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From: MSN NicknameBALA_01 Sent: 10/13/2003 5:21 AM
History repeats itself I guess...
But DzB, you are over there, fighting your own war so that you can live a reasonably decent life and perhaps leave a few cents for your decendants. M7 also fought his war which ended in 1986 (I hope). Perhaps this is one of those times during which we should not ask ourselves what our country can do for us, but rather what we can do for ourselves.
Lets watch.
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From: ralph Sent: 10/14/2003 2:14 PM
Yes Bala history repeats itself but it's imperative that we learn from the mistakes made in history so as to avoid possible catastrophies!!
Its very sad the very things M7 went in the bush to oppose are the very things he is doing, not caring about all those good and well intensioned peasants in Luwero who lost their lives in the hope of a fair , corrupt free, democratic Uganda. The biggest problem with our leaders hs already caught up with M7 and that is ... convincing himself that his desires and wishes are exactly the needs of the nation... let it be flying her daughters on tax payers money to Germany in the Prestigious presidential jet for something as simple as giving birth.
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From: MSN NicknameBALA_01 Sent: 10/14/2003 6:34 PM
Man... we don't wanna lock ourselves in a stale-mate scenario like what happened in the Congo. I am concerned about the collateral damage that might snuff out the dreams of even the simplest child. No one can deny that M7 is a millitary genius... But then again, so was Hitler just before he invaded Poland. Anyways, God bless Uganda.
GM
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From: zurkov Sent: 10/14/2003 8:24 PM
Yeahp, our dear country needs a very RICH prayer!!
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From: Sajjabbi Sent: 10/15/2003 12:42 PM
Hello,
This topic is nteresting. I like te analogy with Hitler. I read "The Rise and Fall of the third riech" in 1992 and decided M7 wasnt the guy to support. I have travelled Uganda in the last year quiet extensively. I have spoken to a rich cross section of our motherland.....the picture is bleak. Listen, a special hire driver in Kabale told me he realise M7 was a sham when he carried a kid to Kabale hospital for emergency operation at 1 in the night. There was no resident surgeon because all the staff houses had been sold off not to doctors but to politicians. Why didnt they sell them to medical personnell? I could not answer.
In Rakai, a liter of kerosene costs three time a kilo of cofee the chief bread earner in an avrage home. In kinkinzi where Amama comes from, a tea company was forced to elect a political operative as chairman board of directors under armed protection as it was called. This guys first decision was to buy a Landrover defender instead of improving power supply. Now Kayonza tea is nolonger the second best tea at Mombasa.
In Fortportal, the best government primary school in the municipality has 1800 pupils. Between March and July 2003, the headmistress received 2,336,900 shillings to run the school! She expected the next disbursement in Novemebr but had to open for the third term.
NOW....AN OLD MAN ASKED ME IN MASINDI: OLOWOZA OMUSSAJJA BYAKOLA AKYABITEGELA????????
Cheers buddies.
Joel Musaasizi (1989-1995)
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From: zurkov Sent: 10/31/2003 11:44 AM
Sajjabi, great ground zero contribution!! Just read through this piece.
This exceprt is perhaps reason for us to start breathing a little easier!
I Won't Hang On to Power - Museveni
The Monitor (Kampala)October 31, 2003 Posted to the web October 30, 2003
Badru D. Mulumba Kampala
President Yoweri Museveni has given his strongest indication yet that he will step down in 2006.But in a lengthy statement e-mailed to The Monitor yesterday, Mr Museveni said he will make sure the National Resistance Movement stays in power "by all means" because the opposition groups have no vision for the country.
"Vacating power for Museveni is not a problem," the President wrote. "I can even resign today if I saw that my services are not required by the future of Uganda or the strategic future of Africa."
But Museveni left no doubts that the NRM will try to keep a tight grip on power in the country.
"NRM vacating power, however, is another proposition. NRM is the only Ugandan group that has evolved a vision for the country," he wrote.
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