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Global Witness
2007-10-28 18:19:00
BE A GLOBAL WITNESSOften, when a conflict is described as ?forgotten? by onlookers, it is difficult to imagine what it must be like for survivors of the conflict in question. As human beings on a planet full of suffering and strife, at times all that we can offer is our capacity as compassionate witnesses. Be a witness, submit your letter, share your story.
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Kerry: Uganda's 2006 Elections "Marred"
2007-10-28 03:40:00
By Milton AllimadiOctober 30, 2007Uganda?s 2006 Presidential election was marred with violence and intimidation, Massachusetts Senator John Kerr y said in a letter to George Bush on the eve of his meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri K. Museveni in the White House today.The United States policy is to support democracy globally and the Senator asked President Bush in his letter dated October 29, to raise ?certain issues related to President Museveni?s 2006 reelection.? Senator Kerry, a past Presidential candidate, narrowly lost to Bush in the last US election.?I understand you will be discussing a number of important subjects with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during tomorrow?s meeting, including the escalating conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,? Kerry?s letter says. ?I also urge you to take this opportunity to raise certain issues related to President Museveni?s 2006 reelection.??Specifically, the first multi-party election in over twenty-five years, held in...
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Does US Really Seek Uganda Peace?
2007-10-28 03:36:00
By Carolyn EdsonOne really must question the motives behind the Bush Administration?s invitation to the President of Uganda , President Museveni, to the White House on October 30, 2007. The US Government would have the world believe that as the world?s super power it is interested in world stability, democracy, good governance and rule of law. We applaud it when it takes a stand against the dictatorships in Sudan and Myanmar. But in President Museveni we have a corrupt military dictator who has funneled billions of dollars into his pockets and those of his family and his elites, both military and political, even as hundreds of thousands of his countrymen in the north died and are still dying from the hideous conditions in IDP camps that were left unprotected and wide open to attack by the insurgent group known as the LRA. By every definition of the Rome Statute President Museveni is guilty of genocide of the Acholi people in the north and is responsible for the coming to being of th...
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Phone Script (Adapt for Letters and Emails)
2007-10-28 03:29:00
Hello, my name is _______ and I am calling from city, state to make sure Senator (or Representative) ______ has information regarding the October 30th scheduled visit by President Museveni of Uganda to Washington to meet with President Bush. (If press conference has been scheduled, invite member to attend.)Given the record of human rights abuse, the upcoming meeting should be focused on ending the long-standing genocide and disregard for human rights within Uganda. Pres. Museveni claims to be committed to democracy and human rights. Throughout his regime, he has instead engaged in directed hate-campaigns against certain ethnic groups, the forced displacement of Ugandan citizens into miserable camps and the failure to provide needed assistance for their resettlement.The U.S. continues to provide large amounts of financial assistance to Uganda, without insisting on full accountability for the use of funds. Adherence to human rights principles and full accountability for the use of fu...
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President Museveni of Uganda to Visit the White House on Oct. 30, 2007
2007-10-28 02:45:00
Bush to Meet Museveni Over SomaliaThe Monitor (Kampala) NEWS16 October 2007 By Peter Nyanzi US President George Bush has invited President Yoweri Museveni for a meeting at the end of this month. An October 12 press release from Mr. Bush's Press Secretary Dana Perino said Mr. Museveni is expected at the White House on October 30 to "discuss" a number of issues including the Uganda -led peace mission to Somalia. GA_googleFillSlot("AllAfrica_Other_Inset" ); "President Bush will welcome President Yoweri Museveni of the Republic of Uganda to the White House on October 30," Mr. Perino said. "[Mr. Bush] and President Museveni will discuss Uganda's leadership in Somalia, the LRA, and Mr. Museveni's development plan for northern Uganda, as well as their strong partnership to combat malaria and HIV/AIDS in Uganda." Uganda has set up a comprehensive three-year Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP 2007-2009) for the war-torn region for which Mr. M...

Glimpses of Reality
2007-10-27 21:27:00
Video shot in northern Uganda this past summer. Conditions in many of the modern day concentration camps have worsened as heavy flooding has severely impacted residents.
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Tour Guide to Corruption in Uganda
2007-10-27 19:15:00
?Corruption increases? ELIAS BIRYABAREMAKAMPALA (Monitor Newspaper) September 27, 2007CORRUPTION in Uganda n has escalated and is stifling the nation's struggle to eradicate poverty, according to a report released yesterday by Transparency International, the Berlin-based global anti corruption body.The country's ranking in the world Corruption Perception Index, CPI, has taken a fresh, disconcerting plunge, dropping 12 positions within one year. With a CPI of 2.8, Uganda is the 117th most corrupt nation in 2007 in a ranking of 178 countries.Notably, the sharp decline in accountability appears to mock efforts both of the government and its donors who have devoted ever-increasing amounts of scarce resources purportedly to fight corruption in public offices.The finance minister, Dr Ezra Suruma announced during his 2007/08 budget speech that the US government had granted Uganda $10.2 million (more than Shs18 billion) to strengthen "investigation, documentation and prosecutio...
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Xpose: Action No. 1
2007-10-27 04:53:00
Museveni Visit to White HouseOn Tuesday, October 30, 2007 President Museveni of Uganda met with President Bush at the White House. Museveni also gave a public address at the Mayflower hotel in Washington DC (1127 Connecticut Ave.).Advocacy surrounding his visit centralized with a letter, phone and email awareness campaign surrounding the visit.Action Steps: > WHAT YOU CAN DO: Expose President Museveni for committing crimes against humanity with impunity in Uganda, as well as in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Read the US State Department's press release regarding Museveni's visit below.)Ask President Bush to stop honoring a despotic leader like President Museveni by inviting him to the White House. Email the White House at comments@whitehouse.gov.Concerned readers can call The White House at 202-456-1414 and ask Spokesperson Dana Perino why Bush is hosting Museveni. Readers can also call: their Senator or Congressperson, Senator Joseph Biden, Chair of the Senate Foreign R...

Ugandan Opinions and Perspectives
2007-10-21 23:19:00
November 19, 2007 (Monitor, Kampala)Finally McKinnon replies to my letter, double standards: Beti KamyaI made a breakthrough to the Commonwealth Secretariat, when I received a response to my letter to the Secretary General Don McKinnon, published in Daily Monitor of 22 October, 2007.My letter was challenging his commitment to the Commonwealth principles if he could not acknowledge the FDC petition to him, seeking redress to the human rights abuse in Uganda. The letter signed by Mathew Neuhaus, Director of Political Affairs Division, in a typically evasive manner, assured me that ?the Commonwealth welcomes such exchange of views?? (ours was a petition, with specific proposals, not an exchange of views).He also said that FDC concerns had been raised with the Uganda government in various meetings between President Museveni and Mr McKinnon, blah, blah and that ?a number of initiatives are already taking place?. to try and address FDC?s concerns...? in other words, singing to us the lul...
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