[wanabidii] Corrupt Presidents’ vacating their Comfort Zone Create Buffer for Cushion which later live to haunt them

Friday, December 21, 2012

My fellow Friends,

 

It has been observed that, corrupt outgoing Presidents leaving after the end of their term of Office, in most cases, would make outrageous appointments to secure both their immediate and future interests.  It is because of fear of unknown when they have to leave their comfort zones being authority. This was clearly noted where in a show-case, President Kibaki unscrupulously used the current loopholes in the Judicial Service Commission, inclusively he did the same with the Electoral Commission, where he rushed to fill the vacancies in the High Court as well as the Court of Appeal, with his friends? 

 

It must be noted that Public Opinion is fundamentally important for the success of any Democratic Society. 

 

The fact remain that the Reform Accord Agenda was therefore not complied according to Oath of Office.  In which case, the Coalition Leadership did not uphold their Oath of Office.  The New constitution has been made toothless and inactive and it is the reason why there are extreme insecurity, mushrooming of explosive corruption with extreme poverty eating away the fabric of the society.  In the absence of proper Legislative Bills for Land Reform, Devolution Reform Bill, The Finance Reform Bill, The Police Reform Bill and the Civil Society Bill which are the core value for the Reform Accord Agenda, little has been achieved in the Kibaki's Regime.  Kibaki is therefore leaving Kenya Government dysfunctional with   the excesses and failures of why Kenya disintegrated to Civil Clashes of 2007/8 with an exception of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Willy Mutunga who was nominated according to the Reform Accord.

 

Although the Judicial under Chief Justice Willy Mutunga was formed according to the Reform Accord Agenda, there are evidence that the Legislature with the Executives continuously intimidated and manipulated Judicial operations sending fears in the Judicial leadership from acting independently as it should, for which it has failed to assert its independence as a result.  

 

Engaging in Free Business Trading

Trading in a Free Business Trading without bordering regulation in actual sense is robbing and infringing  the public off from Revenues, Wealth and Resources and is unfair way to balance the economy.  In reality it is a way to bankrupt the Country's economy to favor the rich who avoid paying their fair share in Taxes that supplement Revenues for Government Budgeting. It is a wrong notion to think that Business can provides a trickle down for people's livelihood and survival without a Government.  If this is allowed to continue, then the unscrupulous business community takes advantage to create private organized security that they expect to protect their Special Interest but which eventually turn to become a terror gang when it gets out of control from growing interests superseding those who engage them and forcing them to break away from the business control to become independent.  This Private Security in time grow in size and interest, proceed to connect with other international organized security companies with mercenaries, organized terror rebel groups and finally joins with drug and money exchange laundering with traffickers and pirates.

 

Organized Terror Gangs (The Notorious Educated and Professional Terrorist Grouping Networking for Special Interest Power Control)

Organized Terror Gang are successful in their Mission because they are Politically Correct aided Group by Politicians in collaboration with the Unscrupulous Free Trading Business Enterprises with NGOs both local and International but who collaborate to do business without complying with business Rules and Regulations as well as avoid paying Tax Revenues that support Government Function-ability to sustain Public mandated welfare.  This is a conspiracy to fail the reliable Government facility system from delivering public services effectively and efficiently so they are able to frustrate, assume and command the Authority of Government activities through Terrorism, manipulating, meandering and by intimidation, making the Government weaker from being able to be active in what it is suppose to facilitate.

 

Show-Case Creating Jobs the Wrong Way – Special Interest Idiology that Expound Corruption and Poverty

It has become a common knowledge and information is all around the villages that the educated terror gangs of politically correct special interest aided by the Local Government Administration Representatives are targeting the local village community; stealing their cows and loading them into Government police Lorries who are given police escort to Kenya Meat Commission in Athi River.  The Villagers Land are grabbed by force and Agricultural food are loaded into lorries and taken to Nairobi.  Woods are cut and taken to Nairobi.  I am a victim of circumstance and both my father's home and my home is a target where my mother's life with that of my brother is in serious danger as I speak.

 

Creating jobs the wrong way is unacceptable.  The Elite Terror group come in shapes and design and are approaching victims as Civil Rights Groups or as volunteer NGOs providing free services.  When cornered they claim they have created job opportunities and are hiring jobless people to earn a living.  This idea in real sense is robbing public Wealth and Resources sinking the economy into serious economic instability and are advancing poverty to a dangerous level.

 

Creating jobs the wrong way in the guest of Free Trading is definitely not balancing the economy in any way.  There is no GDP recorded in this manner nor the Tax Revenue is paid to the Government to be able to facilitate public programs.  In return it sinks the community and the general public into deeper poverty, joblessness and no record is left behind to track their wrong doings.  It is hurting the economy because there is no balance nor regulating legal procedure that moderates business activities.  Law subjects have also joined the frey and they act as legal advisors to the educated, organized and informed elite terror groups.  They are sophisticated with the International connection with whom they engage and collaborate their business.  To curb this theory of conspiracy, there must be a Consumer Welfare Commission that must investigate these groupings, Kenya Meat Commission in Athi River to ascertain their source of Cow supply including their market of supply.

 

Bad method of job creation have resulted in Government aided or Government shielded thieving from the Community which in addition involves organized stealing of cows from the local community assisted by Chiefs in the local community; forcing the community in an awkward way to release of their land to be used by these Politically Correct Special Agents to Trade with Communities local land for their special interest and this is forcing the Community into extreme poverty. 

 

Private and Government lorries found carrying cows with Agricultural commodities from the villages used by these organized gangs must be eliminated and charged.  Proper Cooperative Organizations must be established to create genuine jobs for the local peasant agricultural local farmers, where there will be a balance to provide food left over to eliminate poverty and sustain livelihood from falling down to poverty situation.  There must be laws protecting tree cutting and anyone found cutting trees without proper authorization must be charged.

 

Extreme poverty is more imminent from activities of organized groups of Special Interest who are politically correct educated gangsters who network to rob the community off meaningful and dignified livelihood and as a result, we have lost many prominent straight forward business men including many fishermen from Migingo and this behavior must be put to a stop.  This collaboration involved Uganda political networking with Rwanda and is expanding from the COMESA to other UN NGOs from North to South of Africa.

 

This is unacceptable commercial terrorism that should face common law legal justice against Human Rights as they have committed crime of driving people off their homes and making them homeless, they intimidate, obstruct and terrorize the local community from living a decent dignified livelihood and survival and are manipulating, oppressing, intimidating and terrorizing local from advancing development agenda for progressive development.  This is the reason why Millennium Development Agenda for meaningful survival and livelihood has failed to take off.  These groups are in collaboration networking with organized securities of mercinaries, rebels from the bushes spreading from the North of Africa, East, Central and South of Africa.  This behavior must end now……

 

Kindly connect the  dots to understand what is at stake……….

 

Why it is wrong to commercialize Public Infrastructure (Non-Profit Making undertaking for Public Service) transferred to Commercial Business for Profit-Making

This idea goes towards a defeatist philosophy of the Unscrupulous Special Interest selfishness for Greed which does not provide the needed fair balance for Public Utility and Facility sharing platform……and is therefore failing the original purpose meant for progressive expansion of PPP i.e. (Public-Private Partnership).  There is need to restructure and regulate the PPP program to provide sustained feasibility for public service mandate without conflicting destructive interest from the Unscrupulous Special Interest networking with Organized Terror Gangs which is now tearing apart well meaning fabric for Political, Social and Economic establishment and is failing and contradicting public mandated needs for Reform where Millennium Development Goals program is able eradicate corruption and poverty.

 

I am a victim of these sad and sorry soaring landscaping circumstances and with other voiceless who fear for dear life, it is our joint desire that we bring these terrorist behaviors that are dangerously expounding corruption and poverty to end.  These behaviors' are unacceptable and cannot be tolerated; they must be put to a stop.  These activities from Special Interest collaborative Networking of International connection are engaged in Crimes, Violation and Abuse of Human Rights; they are killing human livelihood and survival and are terrorizing peaceful community from enjoying Peace, Unity and Love……..They force everyone to bend and give in to serve their way of interest with oppressive pressure instead of working towards Reforming for progressive development agenda. 

 

These groupings must be investigated and prosecuted in the Just Rule of Law in a Functioning Government establishment or under a Transitional Caretaker Committee set up to prepare road for an improved Government Establishment. 

 

Structures that support Progressive Development Agenda in a society include good roads, Clean water supply, well functioning sewers, Electricity energy and telecommunications.  They can be defined as "physical systems providing commodities and services that are fundamentally essential to enable, sustain, or enhance societal living conditions.

 

The private sector is playing increasingly important roles in producing goods and providing services that were once considered "public" and therefore exclusively the responsibility of governments.

 

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) and other forms of business cooperation between the Public & private sector and local and national governments have now common amongs people in business around the world.  It is clear the business community engage in the scrambling to own Welfare Community Program & Public Corporations including Public Infrastructure and instead of being independently creative or engage in building their own business from ground up, they involve in monopolizing and controlling Government facilities, utilities and operations for Special Interest. Their purpose is to diversify through Organized Terror Groups to protect and expand their business to International ties amongst the illicit Unscrupulous NGOs of Special business interests for the control of Public-Private Partnerships Initiatives.  This is ultimately failing the purpose of PPP intended to improve efficiency to Government service delivery in all sectors of Government Departments including energy, Water, Environmental, Health, School, Police Security, Public Community Land Ownership and also, including Public utility for Financial services, improve telecommunications and transportation systems, construct and operate water, sewer, and waste treatment facilities, and provide health service needed effectively within a minimum time-frame.

 

The True Civil Society must embrace and protect Public Mandate to Reform

Justified and True Civil Society groups must conform to Reform Accord reality and those whose dealings are contrary and are against public mandate, the reality to Reform Accord must face people's threshold and rejection.

 

Responsibility with Integrity through Accountability with Transparency

Good people, connect the Dots and let us stand together to demand for leadership of Responsibility with Integrity and all contenders who are vying for public office must pass the test of Accountability with Transparency.  This is the only way we can reform and achieve the Reform we struggled to bring this far.

 

Casualties of judiciary reforms

Kenya's top judges fail vetting and were forced back to serve the Status Quo of Special Interest and this is worrisome as conspiracy wheel to excel Corruption and expound poverty will get a ticket to dangerous incorrigible level.  This is unacceptable.

 

Four sacked judges fought hard and appealed ruling that allowed them to keep their jobs after failing the vetting test.  The same judges will protect interests of the outgoing president Kibaki with its collaborative network terrorist gang of unscrupulous Special Business Interest while on the other side, Kenyans will continue to brave for a tag of war to put things right before the next Government is formed.

 

Casualties from Crime Against Human Rights, Abuse and Violation that affect People's Dignity, Livelihood and Survival by the Elite Well Informed Organized Thugs

Over 40 Police were brutally killed and bodies left to rot.  Extrajudicial killings of innocent people from Tana River, Isiolo, Madera, Garrisa, Turkana, Rift Valley, The Greater Nyanza, Migori and Siaya District; Trans Nzoia, fisher men from Lake Victoria and the Migingo island; Thuggery from Organized gangs; land grabbing by force with other sneaky illegal maneuvers from evicting people off their land and destroying hopes to their livelihood and survival; the destruction and pollution of the environment; push to excessive poverty with destruction of social fabric to responsible livelihood and survival has become a sore in everyone's mind except those connected in the corrupt deals of the selfish and greedy leaders.

 

Lesson Leaned

The election gone wrong in 2007/8 taught us a big lesson and we are not about to take any political chances or situation that will challenge and destroy our Reform gains for granted. We must stand for our rights and Embracing Common Law advocacy for Human Rights with Chief Justice Willy Mugunga and as a Show-Case, will help Transform our Legislative policies requirement for Reform we have struggled for this far. 

 

There is a sense of urgency to put Leaders to task and to account for Mandated Responsibilities with Integrity; in checks and balances, determine their participation on corruption, poverty with efforts they engaged to improve Environmental pollution.

 

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
 
 
 
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Kenya's Corruption breading Economic looming Crisis with extreme poverty

 

Corruption can refer to many different types of illegal acts, though they will usually all involve a person abusing their authority for their own benefit, or for the benefit of family and (political) friends. This can be government officials using public money for their own personal use, or corporate executives improperly awarding contracts or taking other decisions in exchange for bribes.

 

Incidents of corruption in Kenya are not limited to large corporations or government agencies. Bribe-taking is common among many lower-level officials, with the average city-dwelling Kenyan having to pay as many as 16 bribes each month just in the course of everyday life.

 

Africa's development agenda remained a high priority business interest in the world.  The group of Twenty (G20) reporting on African Development Bank (AfDB) does not present African Financial situation as is on the Ground.  Action plan intended for consultations by African leadership benefit their politically correct network of the selfish greedy the benefit that does not fizzle down to the grassroots; instead the urban poor with grassroots community are robbed through tax evasion by the unscrupulous Special Interest collaborative networks to extreme poverty and extermination.; thereby failing and handicapping advancements of Africa's progressive development Agenda.

 

African Development Bank initiatives, Equity etc., have gained and benefited from public funding through NEPAD the results to improve Millennium Development Agenda of people have not been realized because of the growing sophisticated corruption by the educated agents of the politically correct networking groups.  The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa, through the PPP program (the Public-Private Partnership) will not succeed as intended from United Nations facilitation funds to replenishment Infrastructure for the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), which involves Sokoni interactive platform for financing African infrastructure projects.

 

Africa's Showcased at the G20 as exemplary are secretly under-cover by politically correct and the information have not been made available as International Policy demands or put to public information to inform people of Africa the going ons. One such of these was the Inga dam hydropower project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hela Cheikhrouhou, the African Development Bank's director for energy, the environment and climate change, which outlined what the AfDB is doing in helping to prepare this project.

 

With wrong ways to creating job opportunities fostering  employment and social protection, building a more stable resilient international monetary system, in order to address food price and shortage instead is increasing Poverty, joblessness with organized terrorism and assassinations.  This is not a legalized way to fostering green growth and sustain development.  This is not the success story to open Free Trade for Africa in the Globalisation Free Trading Market for Africa people of Africa want for their Development Agenda.

 

In the absence of fair and just global Regulations and Rules, globalisation for Free Trading will cause worst-case-scenario the world will live to regret. 

 

The major multilateral institutions, the UN Agenda for Democracy and Millenium development to eradicate poverty, extra judicial killings with corruption will never realize its goals and heavy casualties of economic collapse will follow.  The World Bank, IMF and the WTO, have become major objects of attack by Reformist with other concerned International public interest Civil Society groups. They have instead perpetuation high rise of corruption with  poverty on an unprecedented scale and they must begin to re-structure their activities to conform with the majority public mandate and needs.

 

The Seattle meeting of the WTO was disrupted in December 1999, followed by that of Quebec in Canada, Gotenborg in Sweden, and the latest was the mass rally, organized against a World Bank conference in Oslo, Norway, in June 2002. What ordinarily was an academic gathering of development experts to an annual development conference of the World Bank attracted the wrath of the Norwegian and other European civil society groups. A coalition group by the name ATTAC organized an unprecedented rally of twelve thousand people in the city of Oslo against the World Bank conference. In addition, ATTAC also organised a counter or alternative conference at the University of Oslo on the theme, "The World Bank: Reform, Revolution or Cosmetic Change?"

 

Growing anger against the World Bank with partners continue to build unfavorable disagreement and concerns with the World Bank, IMF, UN NGO Agencies because Economic crisis affecting the world is fueled by these International World Financial Institutions putting Africa on cross-roads and Africa's livelihood and survival are on the verge of extinction with regard to unregulated Free Trading initiative for global development; more specifically considering specific areas of Free trade, unscrupulous investment, Equity Banking in finance trading, Hedge Funding etc., affecting Africa's agenda to Millennium Development progress.

 

We have observed dismal performance of the African continent progressive development and we must engage to resolve the problems.

 

African leaders have put forward various development agendas in the last four decades of the continent's post-colonial history with no good results and things must begin to change for better. The latest of it is the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) we must urgently resolve.

 

People, what this paper seeks to do is to underscore unscrupulous corrupt politics of the international Free trading that evade paying Tax Revenues as element to progress globalization trading with is unfair and has put Europe to economic collapse. It unravels the linkage collaborative special business interest network between the international Free trading but avoid paying Tax Revenues at any form of regulating institutions (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)/ the WTO).  This must be put to end because this political science killing the Third World countries development agenda as the invasion of scramble to Africa by the illicit unregulated and unscrupulous special interest is crazy for Africa's shoddy investments.

 

In conjuction to economic instability, political special interest and socio-cultural erosion, it has been realized that Africa's dignity, value and virtue is under threat and the conspiracy is destroying Africa cultural values including Africa's survival and livelihood and things must begin to be done differently to protect ways we know will work favorably in the right direction engaging public interest since peoples priorities have gone far out of order and we must engage Reform and be able to make this world a better place than we found it .…….which is why, things must change for the better.

 

Political class who are real to public mandate and peoples needs to balance must stand with us to protect the Reform Accord agenda.  The reform will give us the change we have been struggling for.  It is time that we join hands to improve our livelihood and survival to make life worth living with Responsibility and Dignity for the sake of Peace to thrive again under unity for common good of all which will be preserved under the generated Trust in love.

 

Before Kenya goes for election, let us make it our concern and make sure elections will be made free and fair, that the Reform Accord Agenda is complied with and that we must embrace ethics  that underline reality for checks and balances that offer and determine threshold for Responsibility and integrity to those who wish to undertake public office service delivery.

 

Corruption and Kenya's Presidents

 

Unfortunately, corruption played a role with all 3 Kenyan presidents up to now.

 

•Jomo Kenyatta

He was the first president of Kenya after independence in 1963. During colonialism, the European colonizers had stolen fertile lands from, among others, the Kalenjin tribe. After the independence (in 1963), Kenyatta did not return those lands to the former owners, but handed it over to members of his own clan and tribe (the Kikuyu). Kenyatta himself became one of the largest private land owners in the country.

 

 

•Daniel arap Moi

During Daniel arap Moi's presidency – Kenya's second president – corruption was widespread and involved Moi himself on many occasions. In the 1990s, he was part of the Goldenberg scandal, where smuggled gold was exported out of Kenya in exchange for high government subsidies. It's one of the largest corruption scandals to date in Kenya, which involved nearly the entire Moi government. Many officials from the Central Bank, and more than 20 senior judges have also been implicated. As of 2008, only a small handful small people have been charged with related criminal offense leaving out the masters who financed, organized and engineered  the crime, which some see as an example of the continuing problem of corruption and favoritism that has carried on till today.

 

•Mwai Kibaki

The third president, Mwai Kibaki, was elected in 2002 mainly on the promise to end corruption in Kenya once and for all. Admittedly, there have been quite some improvements in the country (among them press freedom, return of elections and introduction of free and compulsory primary education for all) but corruption had remained a big issue. To start with, his administration consists largely of Kikuyu, while this tribe is only 22 percent of the Kenyan population. From 2003 to 2006, Kibaki's cabinet spent 14 million dollars on new Mercedes cars for themselves. In late 2008, several members of Kibaki's parliament were found to have taken large "allowances", which were not legally part of their official compensation.  Kibaki is believed and suspected to have falsified the results of the 2007 election, leading to riots organized crimes who performed heinous act of extra-judicial killings.

 

The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission

 

Though legislation against corruption in Kenya has existed since 1956, with the Prevention of Corruption Act, the current anti-corruption agency has only been operating since 2003.

 

Under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes act, the KACC is mandated to fight and prevent corruption though all levels of government and industry. They publish a number of regular reports and newsletters, with the aim of promoting fair business practices and to expose those who engage in questionable operations.

 

Causes Of Poverty In Kenya

 

Despite some positive developments, poverty in Kenya has continued to be a huge problem. Even hunger in Kenya continues to rear it's head from time to time. This page looks at the facts, the causes and the remedies.

 

 

Extent of Poverty in Kenya

 

 

The dry poverty statistics in Kenya sum it all up. Somewhere between one quarter and half of the population earn less than $1 US each day (the annual GDP per capita is around $360 US). It was estimated in 1992 that half of all rural Kenyans were living below the poverty line. That represents approximately 9 million people. The situation is not quite as bad in the urban centers, where such poverty only effects a third of the population.

 

Kenya's World Ranking Regarding Poverty

 

 

A 2005 report by the United Nations ranked Kenya as 154th out of a list of 177 countries, in terms of life expectancy, literacy levels and overall gross domestic product. Just three years earlier, the country had ranked 134th. For comparison, Uganda was ranked at 144th, and Tanzania was 164th. Both are immediate neighbors of Kenya.

 

There are several factors contributing to the ongoing problem of poverty in Kenya, though the issue of Kenya's economic state is far more complex than a simple list of causes.

 

 

Limited Economic Diversity

 

 

Around three quarters of Kenya's population is dependent on the agriculture industry, but with its erratic weather patterns and vast regions of arid desert, it is a very unstable sector. Periods of drought can be crippling, not only in terms of food supply, but in jobs as well.

 

Even when crops have been sufficient, poor government policies and international trade terms hampered agricultural growth, leading to further declines in the industry through the 70s and 80s. Starting in 1991, further serious problems in the country's GDP became evident, leading to extended government action which has not proven to be successful at stemming the tide of poverty in Kenya.

 

 

Lack of Opportunity

 

 

Weak overall infrastructure for the country means that nearly all the rural population are forced to rely on their own subsistence farming for their own food as well as monetary income. Jobs are scarce, leaving people with little opportunity for employment. There are considerable obstacles for starting a small business yourself in Kenya as well. Micro credits may be one way to foster small entrepeneurs. They will be important when eradicating poverty in Kenya.

 

Another factor is education. School fees are often out of reach for poor families, leaving each generation to continue trying to find work while lacking the education to advance. Cultural biases towards women create further limitations for the growing number of female-led households.

 

 

Government Corruption

 

 

According to Transparency International, Kenya is one of the most corrupt nations in the world. It is difficult for the majority of the population to escape the poverty in Kenya, when government money is used improperly.

 

Bribes, fraud and tribal favoritism are common within the all levels of government, which hampers any attempt to improve conditions across the country. In the early 2000s, the Kenyan government began taking steps to reduce the rampant corruption. These reforms have inspired some confidence, and brought additional foreign investment back to Kenya, but at the core of the system corruption remains.

 

 

Unfair Tariff Walls By Rich Countries

Protection of their own economies through tariff walls poses another problem. An increase of international trade has proven beneficial for many developing countries – look at China, India and countries in South America. But often, it's useless for developing countries to export to rich countries because the latter have installed tariff walls. This way, products from developing countries are artificially made expensive for Western buyers. Rich countries (actually their governments) want to protect their own industries against competition this way.

 

For example, Kenya has a blossoming flower industry that's exporting to Europe, but recently a number of European countries have installed high new tariffs. It's obvious that they want to protect their own industries. Their citizens pay the price.

 

Often, progressive groups don't mention this as a cause of Kenyan poverty, because they are ideologically opposed to free trade and free markets.

 

Kenya's Notable Corruption

 The longest-running is the Goldenberg scandal [2], where the Kenyan government subsidized exports of gold, paying exporters in Kenyan Shillings (Sh) 35% over their foreign currency earnings. In this case, the gold was smuggled from Congo. The Goldenberg scandal cost Kenya the equivalent of more than 10% of the country's annual GDP.

 In 1998, political scientist Mutahi Ngunyi's NGO - Series for Alternative Research in East Africa (SAREAT) engaged John Githongo to edit a regional political economy magazine, East African Alternatives[3]. The magazine folded after an audit instigated by the lead donor Ford Foundation found suspected misappropriation and collusion on the part of Ngunyi, who was executive director of SAREAT and Dr Jonathan Moyo, who was the programme officer at the Ford Foundation in charge of disbursing the resources to the NGO. They have both been sued and the matter is still in court. It is known that the Ford Foundation has accepted Githongo's offer to be a prosecution witness in the case.

 A Sh360 million helicopter servicing contract in South Africa[4]. Military officers had argued that the contract was too extravagant and servicing the helicopters could be done locally. Kenya Air Force (KAF) went ahead to spend Sh108 million as a down payment for servicing the Puma helicopters, whose tail number is logged as 418 at Denel Aviation, a South African firm.

 In 2003, the military was split over plans to buy new Czech fighter jets[4]. The plan to buy the jet fighters would have cost taxpayers Sh12.3 billion.

 A Sh4.1 billion Navy ship deal [4]. A Navy project was given to Euromarine, a company associated with Anura Pereira, the tender awarded in a process that has been criticised as irregular. The tender was worth Sh4.1 billion. Military analysts say a similar vessel could have been built for Sh1.8 billion.

 Chamanlal Kamani had been involved in a supply contract, as Kamsons Motors. [5] Kampsons tendered for the supply of Mahindra Jeeps to the Police Department in the mid 1990s for close to Sh1 million (US$13,000) each, at a time when showrooms would have charged customers a sixth of the price. Moreover, the vehicles were being bought for a government department and were therefore imported duty free. Few of the more than 1,000 units that were imported over several years are in service today.

 The Kamanis were also involved in a deal to build a CID forensic laboratory. On June 7, 2004 an amount of $4.7 million was wired back. The payment was a refund against the money paid for the Criminal Investigations Department forensic laboratory. [6]. Another euro 5.2 million was paid back in respect of the E-cop project, which involved computerisation of the police force and the installation of spy cameras in Nairobi by Infotalent Systems Private Limited. [6]

 The Prisons department lost $3 million after contracting Hallmark International, a company associated with Deepak Kamani of Kamsons Motors, for the supply of 30 boilers. [5] Only half of the boilers were delivered – from India and not the United States as had been agreed.

 The construction of Nexus, a secret military communication centre in Karen, Nairobi [4]. The Government spent Sh2.6 billion (US$36.9 million) to construct the complex. Three years later, military personnel have not moved into the centre. A phantom company, Nedermar BV Technologies, which is said to have its headquarters in Holland, implemented the secret project situated along Karen South Road. Nedermar is linked to businessman Anura Pereira. However, Pereira has denied this. The tendering process for the Nexus project was circumvented as DoD's Departmental Tender Committee. Funding for the project was made through the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The complex is currently headed by Colonel Philip Kameru. Nexus was first meant to be an ammunition dumpsite before it was turned into a military communication and operations centre. Construction continued without any site visits by either the DoD staff or Ministry of Public Works officials. The Nexus project was implemented during the tenure of General Joseph Kibwana.

 In 2005 plans to buy a sophisticated £20 million passport equipment system from France [7] [8]. Here government wanted to replace its passport printing system. The transaction was originally quoted at 6 million euros from François Charles Oberthur of Paris - the world's leading supplier of Visa and MasterCards, but was awarded to a British firm, the Anglo-Leasing and Finance Company Limited, at 30 million euros, who would have sub-contracted the same French firm to do the work. Despite the lack of competitive tendering Anglo Leasing was paid a "commitment fee" of more than £600,000. Anglo Leasing's agent is a Liverpool-based firm, Saagar Associates, owned by a woman whose family has enjoyed close links with senior officials in the Moi regime. Company records show Saagar Associates is owned by Mrs Sudha Ruparell, a 47-year-old Kenyan woman. Ruparell is the daughter of Chamanlal Kamani, the multimillionaire patriarch of a business family that enjoyed close links with senior officials in the Moi regime. Anglo Leasing made a repayment of euro 956,700 through a telegraphic transfer from Schroeder & Co Bank AG, Switzerland on May 17, 2004.[6]

 The local chapter of Transparency International and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), a government body released a report in February, 2006, stating that between January 2003 and September 2004, the National Rainbow Coalition government spent about $12-million on cars that were mostly for the personal use of senior government officials.[9] The vehicles included 57 Mercedes-Benz, as well as Land Cruisers, Mitsubishi Pajeros, Range Rovers, Nissan Terranos and Nissan Patrols. The $12-million substantially exceeded what the government spent over the 2003/04 financial year on controlling malaria -- "the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Kenya", says the report.

 In late February 2006, the leading newspaper The Standard ran a story claiming that president Mwai Kibaki and senior opposition figure Kalonzo Musyoka had been holding secret meetings. On March 2 at 1:00am local time (2200 UTC on the 1st), masked gunmen carrying AK-47s raided multiple editorial offices of The Standard, and of its television station KTN. They kicked and beat staff members, forcibly took computers and transmission equipment, burned all the copies of the March 2nd edition of the newspaper, and damaged the presses. At KTN, they shut down the power, putting the station off the air. Initially, the Kenyan information minister claimed no knowledge of the raid, but it has since revealed that Kenyan police were responsible. The Ministry of the Internal Security later stated that the incident was to safeguard state security. "If you rattle a snake you must be prepared to be bitten by it," John Michuki said. Three journalists at The Standard, arrested after the critical story was printed, are still being held without charge. [10] [11] The story now also features the bizarre case of two Armenian businessmen, mocked in the press for their taste for heavy gold chains, watches and rings, referred to as Mercenaries, who the opposition says led the raid and had shady dealings with Kibaki's government.[12] [13][14]

 In November 2006, the government was accused of failing to act on a banking fraud scam worth $1.5bn involving money laundering and tax evasion, reported by whistle-blowers as early as 2004. Investigators believe sums worth 10% of Kenya's national income are involved. A recent auditor's report says the scale of the operations "threatens the stability of the Kenyan economy".[15]

 In November 2006, British Foreign Office minister Kim Howells warned, that corruption in Kenya is increasing the UK's exposure to drug trafficking and terrorism. "People can be bought, right from the person who works at the docks in Mombasa up to the government. (...) This weakness has been recognised by drug-traffickers and probably by terrorists too." Said Howells for the BBC.[16]

 On 31 August 2007, The Guardian newspaper featured on its front page a story about more than GBP 1 billion transferred out of Kenya by the family and associates of former Kenyan leader Daniel arap Moi. The Guardian sourced the information from the Wikileaks article The looting of Kenya under President Moi and its analysis of a leaked investigative document ("the Kroll report") prepared for the Kibaki government in 2004 in order to try to recover money stolen during Moi's rule.[17]

 On 2007-09-06 parliament passed the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, restricting investigations by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission to offenses committed prior to May 2003, excluding the Goldenberg and Anglo-Leasing scandals and other major cases. The move was condemned by anti-corruption campaigners; Mwalimu Mati, former chief executive of the Transparency International Kenya Chapter, declared that "grand corruption has swallowed the government and parliament that Kenyans elected to fight it in 2002". [18]. In response to public outrage generated by the move, President Kibaki announced that he would veto the bill.

 In September 2007, Wikileaks released documents exposing a 500 million Kenyan shilling payroll fraud at Egerton University] and subsequent cover up, now the subject of ongoing legal dispute in the High Court.[citation needed]

 On the 28th of September 2007, Wikileaks released 28 investigative documents] exposing a US$1.5 billion dollar money laundering fraud by Charter House Bank Ltd. Re-reported in the Kenyan Standard newspaper.[citation needed]

 In June 2008, the Grand Regency Scandal broke, wherein the Central Bank of Kenya is alleged to have secretly sold a luxury hotel in Nairobi to an unidentified group of Libyan investors for more than 4 billion Kenyan Shillings (approx US $60 million) below the appraised market value. Finance Minister Amos Kimunya negotiated the sale, and was censured in a near-unanimous motion by the Kenyan Parliament, though he vehemently denies the charges. This follows on the heels of the Safaricom IPO, overseen by Kimunya, which has been alternatively praised and questioned for possible corruption in the execution of the sale. Safaricom is the largest mobile phone service provider in Kenya, having operated with a near-government monopoly for many years. The government of Kenya sold its 50% stake in Safaricom in the IPO.

 
 

Kenya's Wealth in a Conspiracy Threat

Most Counties to the west of the Rift Valley fall under an expansive Gold Belt that stretches from Turkana to Kuria. In most of these areas, medieval mining methods, especially along river beds, have been going on for decades.

Most of these efforts are, however, exploited by middlemen who snap up the gold at throwaway prices and end up making super profits in the international market.

The global decline of stock markets has pushed the price of gold to record levels as investors turn to the precious stone to hedge their wealth.

An ounce of gold is presently retailing at $1,586 (about Sh134,000) up from $972 (Sh82,000) in 2009. Financial analyst Aly Khan Satchu says the price of gold has been on an 11-year rally, turning the commodity into an international currency.

And with neighbouring Tanzania continuing to rake in billions of shillings by commercialising its gold resources, Nandi, Siaya, Kakamega, Vihiga, Migori, Trans-Mara, Turkana, Kuria and Bondo are among the areas that await a major economic transformation when the government moves to create a framework for such activity to thrive locally.

Coal

Only a few years ago, a 500 square kilometre region cutting through Kitui and Mutito called the Mui Basin was declared one of Africa's most coal-rich areas.

Coal is a key component for the smelting of other minerals and is also used for generating power in most countries. Already, the Chinese have set base in Kitui, ready to extract the mineral whose quality has been passed as excellent.

As coal is a mass mineral, logistical arrangements are being sought to transport the product either to local ports or to areas where it can be used either in the mining of other minerals or for local power production.

While concerns have been raised over its environmental impact, coal remains a relatively very cheap power generation option, with countries like South Africa and China still heavily reliant on it.

Billions of tonnes lie buried in Eastern province, waiting to transform a largely laid back region into a vibrant economic zone.

Iron Ore

Iron ore is used in the manufacture of steel products and significant deposits have been discovered in Taita Taveta, Kitui, Meru, Kilifi and Samia.

In Taita Taveta District, extraction of the mineral has already commenced, while a local industrialist has declared intention to mine in the Mutomo area of Kitui.

With Kenya spending hundreds of billions of shillings every year to import steel for manufacturing, domestic as well as construction industries, exploitation of this local wealth would hugely boost the economy.

Conveniently, the discovery of coal, a major input in the mining of iron ore, in Kitui means a major industry is in the offing, with investors circling with intent.

Soda Ash

Kenya exports close to one million tonnes of soda ash, mined predominantly in the Lake Magadi area of Kajiado. But the potential to multiply that, according to the government, is massive.

The Magadi Soda Company is a perfect example of how minerals can be used as a major economic driver. The company employs about 500 people directly and is a major consumer of local production in the Lake Magadi area.

The company also drives development in the area with the awarding of scholarships and provision of water and other services to the local community.

Soda ash is used in the manufacture of glass, salt, preservatives, and dyes, among many other applications. The sad thing, however, is that most of the mined soda ash is exported raw, denying this country value added benefits.

Sad, also, is the fact that most of Kenya's glassware is imported from countries like China that import their soda ash from Kenya.

Flourspar

Found in abundance in the Kerio Valley, this is one mineral whose immense value has never been capitalised.

Fluorspar, or fluorite, is an industrial mineral largely used in the manufacture of lenses for microscopes and telescopes, fluorescent bulbs and for smelting.

The mineral also has aesthetic uses as ornaments are carved out of it. With average prices of pure fluorite at a minimum of $1.2 a gramme (about Sh150), Kenya could be sitting on at least a trillion shillings of this very valuable rock.

Limestone

This is perhaps the one mineral that Kenya is synonymous with. Virtually every corner of the country has limestone whose uses touch every day life.

From the manufacture of portland cement, chalk, paper and glass to medicines, floorings and farm conditioners, this is one mineral that can earn this country a lot of foreign exchange if the capacity of its exploitation is greatly enhanced.

Demand for cement, for instance, has over the last few years of a burgeoning construction boom exposed the lack of capacity at cement manufacturing plants.

Kenya only produces below 5 million tonnes of cement compared to the between 66 to 150 million tonnes done by China, India, the United States and Turkey — by that order the four leading cement producers.

Most countries are net importers of cement, led by China, India and the United States. Evans Osano, an industry analyst, says Middle Eastern countries are leading consumers of cement, as are some African countries like Rwanda, Djibouti, Burundi, Gabon, Congo and Botswana. Osano says cement has the potential to become a leading foreign exchange earner for Kenya.

Titanium

In 2011, Tiomin finally set base to start extracting titanium from mines in Kwale. The mineral is widely used as a base compound. Aircrafts, space ships and missiles' bodies are built with alloys that include titanium for corrosion resistance and tensile strength at low weight.

Most of titanium extracts, though, are used in the production of titanium oxide, which is used in the manufacture of cement, toothpaste, paper and plastics, among many other products.

Surgical equipment and body piercings are made with titanium as it is rust proof, while hip joints, ball joints and other human body internal bone interventions are done with titanium, which needs no replacement for 20 years.

Dental implants are also done with titanium, as are guns. If your laptop has a shiny top, or your phone, or car centre console, that is titanium as well. There are significant deposits of titanium in Malindi and Lamu as well.

Oil and Gas

Several months ago, Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi confidently claimed that oil would be struck in Isiolo in no time.

But later, miners hit a high-potential hydo-carbon belt, a drawback that nonetheless further confirmed the presence of oil in the area.

Energy specialist Eng Patrick Obath says all the ingredients for a major oil find are present in Kenya, adding that the presence of oil in western India shows that oil is available in plenty in Lamu, going by the similarity of the regions' tectonic plates.

The southern coastal area most likely has natural gas, and with Tanzania making one big discovery after another in its coastal regions, Obath is convinced Kenya is most likely sitting on immense oil and gas wealth.

source: http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Kenyas+trillions+of+buried+wealth+/-/957860/1299662/-/item/0/-/60twclz/-/index.html

 

Kenya: Fast-Growing Kenya Facing Ground Water Depletion

17 December 2012
 
As demand for water rises and rainfall becomes less dependable, fewer Kenyans can rely only on rivers, springs or - for the lucky minority - a piped water supply. Many instead are turning to borehole water.
But increasing urbanisation, combined with the effects of climate change and the growing popularity of tapping into underground aquifers, is proving an unsustainable combination, experts say.
Kenya's traditional water sources are rapidly dwindling in volume due to overexploitation, erratic rains and the degradation of catchment areas. In response, the use of underground water is becoming widespread across this water-stressed east African country, whose population of 41 million has access to an annual renewable fresh water supply of only 647 cubic metres per person, according to government figures.
But some areas are already experiencing depletion of underground water as well. Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, has a rapidly growing population of around three million, and several satellite towns emerging on its outskirts. With no piped water, many residents of these new communities have turned to borehole water, resulting in increasing pressure on groundwater resources.
Daniel Juma, of Joska Township on Nairobi's outskirts, has dug a 30-metre (100-foot) borehole to supply his household with water. Already he worries about how long it will last.
"It was costly digging the borehole, yet many more are being (dug) in the neighbourhood and it might dry up in a few years," he says.
LACK OF PIPED WATER
Boreholes are widely used in Nairobi, given that 40 percent of the city's population is not directly supplied with piped water. Agatha Thuita, an official of the government's Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA), said that even those with access to piped water often supplement their supply with borehole water or harvested rainwater because the piped supply is unreliable.
The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company is among those drilling boreholes to improve the water supply to Nairobi residents and supplement the supply of water from dams on the outskirts of the city, Thuita said. Residents without piped water or a borehole buy water from the company's water tankers.
The problem is not confined to Kenya. Groundwater reservoirs are rapidly being depleted around the world. In August 2012, researchers in Canada and the Netherlands found that 80 percent of the world's aquifers were not being used sustainably, with heavy exploitation of water threatening livelihoods and lives of millions of people.
 

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Some 430 km (270 miles) west of Nairobi, in the Mundika area of Busia County, near Kenya's border with Uganda, people already have seen their boreholes dry up. Jackline Ajiambo is one of many residents who dug a borehole to ensure reliable access to clean water because of lower water levels in rivers and the drying up of springs and streams.
"This borehole was initially 28 feet (deep) and drawing water was much easier, but the water level has grown low, compelling us to dig it deeper," Ajiambo said.
DRYING BOREHOLES
Because drilling boreholes with machines is costly, the majority of borehole users rely on hand-dug holes, but they are not always reliable. Milton Onyango's borehole is 50 feet (15 metres) deep and was once a source of water for both domestic use and the watering of livestock. But it dried up two years ago, and with no source of running water, he now relies on the Sio river, 7 km (4 miles) away.
In a culture where fetching water is a woman's role, Onyango's wife and two teenage daughters must endure the regular long trek.
Officials point to several factors leading to the depletion of traditional water supplies. According to Musembi Munyao, an official with the water ministry in Nairobi, pollution of rivers is partly to blame for the increasing switch to groundwater in Kenya.
"If the Nairobi River (had not) been polluted, its water would still be fit for consumption thus reducing the need for drilling boreholes in the city and its environs," Munyao, a geologist, says.
Munyao also criticises the damage done to water catchment areas, such as the destruction of vegetation on mountains and hills. According to the WRMA's Thuita, rapid urbanisation also increases the amount of land covered in impermeable surfaces such as roads, while deforestation can also lead to more surface-water runoff during the rainy seasons. These factors make it difficult for water to percolate into the ground and recharge aquifers.
Although the government has not undertaken detailed monitoring, Thuita believes that two further factors contributing to increasing water stress are low precipitation linked to climate change, and overexploitation of groundwater.
"At the coast, heavy extraction of groundwater has led to seawater intrusion causing salinity in borehole water," she said.
Munyao notes that the country's exact groundwater availability is unknown, making it hard to determine which areas have enough water to tolerate increased exploitation.
 
 

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SOLUTIONS?
Addressing the problem, experts say, will require a range of changes, including more harvesting of rainwater to boost supplies and recharge aquifers, and rules to prevent housing estates being developed in water catchment areas where aquifer recharge takes place.
What Kenya needs is "an integrated water resources management system," Thuita says. "We need to develop wisely by not undoing what nature has provided us."
Demand for water, however, is driving action. Speaking at the opening of a recent workshop on developing a master plan for Nairobi's water resources, Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the government intended to meet the needs of the capital and its 13 satellite communities one way or another.
"The water available currently meets a mere 60 percent of the demands of the city and its satellite towns," said Odinga. In response - for better or for worse - the government plans to sink more boreholes.
  • Justus Bahati Wanzala is a writer based in Nairobi.
Read more at AlertNet Climate, the Thomson Reuters Foundation's daily news website on the human impacts of climate change.
 
Gang of thieves terrorize several villages in Nambale District

Written by Frankline Bwire
2012-03-16 15:50:00
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Nambale residents stare in shock after a gang of six raided various homesteads and wounded more than five individuals, before stealing commodities of unknown value. Below, a panga that was used by the gand when it raided several homes in three villages in Nambale district.[Photo/Frankline Bwire]

A six man gang invaded several villages in Nambale district, Busia County where they hacked and wounded more than five people before escaping with unknown number of assorted goods and money.

Confirming the incident, Busia deputy OCPD Francis Nguli said the six gangsters armed with pangas and rungus managed to rob two laptops, seven mobile phones and Sh 50,000, leaving some of the residents with serious injuries.

"The attackers went to Exodus, Okatekok, and Maduna villages where they attacked several residents of the area at around 8 and 9pm," he said, speaking to journalists in Busia.

Nguli said that among those affected was a woman with her two sons and a German national, a resident of the area who during the incident was seriously injured following deep cuts sustained on the head.

The deputy OCPD said they have launched investigations over the incident to ensure the involved individuals are arrested to face the criminal charges, adding that the motive of the attack has not yet been established.

"We have taken an immediate measure by combing the area and we will not relent on the issue until those involved are apprehended," said Nguli.

Speaking to West FM, Mr Dismass Okware a victim of the incident said the criminals stormed his homestead, claiming to be searching for some stolen cattle in the name of being police officers from the Nambale patrol base.

Okware who is a businessman, who sells cattle, revealed that during the incident, the six man gang hit him with a panga on the ear before parting away with sh 4,000 and his wife's mobile phone.

"Among the six men, two had police uniforms and a toy pistol which they used to scare us when they came at our home," he said, remarks that the Busia deputy OCPD said will form the basis of their investigations over the incident.

Gang of thieves terrorize several villages in Nambale District

Written by Frankline Bwire
2012-03-16 15:50:00
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Nambale residents stare in shock after a gang of six raided various homesteads and wounded more than five individuals, before stealing commodities of unknown value. Below, a panga that was used by the gand when it raided several homes in three villages in Nambale district.[Photo/Frankline Bwire]

A six man gang invaded several villages in Nambale district, Busia County where they hacked and wounded more than five people before escaping with unknown number of assorted goods and money.

Confirming the incident, Busia deputy OCPD Francis Nguli said the six gangsters armed with pangas and rungus managed to rob two laptops, seven mobile phones and Sh 50,000, leaving some of the residents with serious injuries.

"The attackers went to Exodus, Okatekok, and Maduna villages where they attacked several residents of the area at around 8 and 9pm," he said, speaking to journalists in Busia.

Nguli said that among those affected was a woman with her two sons and a German national, a resident of the area who during the incident was seriously injured following deep cuts sustained on the head.

The deputy OCPD said they have launched investigations over the incident to ensure the involved individuals are arrested to face the criminal charges, adding that the motive of the attack has not yet been established.

"We have taken an immediate measure by combing the area and we will not relent on the issue until those involved are apprehended," said Nguli.

Speaking to West FM, Mr Dismass Okware a victim of the incident said the criminals stormed his homestead, claiming to be searching for some stolen cattle in the name of being police officers from the Nambale patrol base.

Okware who is a businessman, who sells cattle, revealed that during the incident, the six man gang hit him with a panga on the ear before parting away with sh 4,000 and his wife's mobile phone.

"Among the six men, two had police uniforms and a toy pistol which they used to scare us when they came at our home," he said, remarks that the Busia deputy OCPD said will form the basis of their investigations over the incident.

 

Gang of thieves terrorize several villages in Nambale District


Written by Frankline Bwire
2012-03-16 15:50:00
Read 970 Times

Nambale residents stare in shock after a gang of six raided various homesteads and wounded more than five individuals, before stealing commodities of unknown value. Below, a panga that was used by the gand when it raided several homes in three villages in Nambale district.[Photo/Frankline Bwire]

A six man gang invaded several villages in Nambale district, Busia County where they hacked and wounded more than five people before escaping with unknown number of assorted goods and money.

Confirming the incident, Busia deputy OCPD Francis Nguli said the six gangsters armed with pangas and rungus managed to rob two laptops, seven mobile phones and Sh 50,000, leaving some of the residents with serious injuries.

"The attackers went to Exodus, Okatekok, and Maduna villages where they attacked several residents of the area at around 8 and 9pm," he said, speaking to journalists in Busia.

Nguli said that among those affected was a woman with her two sons and a German national, a resident of the area who during the incident was seriously injured following deep cuts sustained on the head.

The deputy OCPD said they have launched investigations over the incident to ensure the involved individuals are arrested to face the criminal charges, adding that the motive of the attack has not yet been established.

"We have taken an immediate measure by combing the area and we will not relent on the issue until those involved are apprehended," said Nguli.

Speaking to West FM, Mr Dismass Okware a victim of the incident said the criminals stormed his homestead, claiming to be searching for some stolen cattle in the name of being police officers from the Nambale patrol base.

Okware who is a businessman, who sells cattle, revealed that during the incident, the six man gang hit him with a panga on the ear before parting away with sh 4,000 and his wife's mobile phone.

"Among the six men, two had police uniforms and a toy pistol which they used to scare us when they came at our home," he said, remarks that the Busia deputy OCPD said will form the basis of their investigations over the incident.

 

Kenya

Evelyn Hockstein for The New York Times
Updated: Sept. 30, 2012
Kenya, one of the most developed and economically robust nations in Africa, descended into ethnic violence after a disputed presidential election in 2007 and has struggled to regain stability ever since.
The country's new constitution, which was put to a referendum vote in August 2010, seeks to address the flawed political dynamics that exploded after the 2007 election. The Constitution passed overwhelmingly, with 67 percent of Kenyans behind it.
But the election, and the violence surrounding it, persists as a symbol of Kenya's implosion.
Claiming Victory Over the Shabab in Somalia
In late September 2012, Kenyan forces captured Kismayu, the last major stronghold of the Islamic militant group Al Shabab in Somalia. Kenyan officials said their troops had staged a daring, midnight amphibious assault to storm the beaches of Kismayu, a vital port for the Shabab, with Somali allies in the boats alongside them. Casting confusion over the outcome, the Shabab claimed not to have withdrawn.
The invasion of Somalia is the most aggressive step that Kenya has ever taken against another country. Kenyan officials said they needed to go into Somalia to protect their borders after a wave of kidnappings, and the first troops arrived in 2011. But they have also acknowledged that Somalia's relentless chaos was hindering Kenya's fast-growing economy and that the invasion was a long-planned objective to secure the coastline and allow Kenya to move ahead with an ambitious, new, multibillion-dollar port on the Indian Ocean, not far from the Somali border.
Setting up an inclusive, widely accepted local administration for Kismayu will be crucial for any pacification efforts. But Kismayu has always been a tricky place to rule, with several powerful clans competing for influence and significant port fees to fight over.
The day after Kenyan forces overtook Kismayu, the Shabab rebels withdrew from the city under cover of darkness, abandoning their last major stronghold and vowing to take the war underground. Residents of Kismayu said the last Shabab fighters sneaked out of the city by dawn, opting to flee rather than face the better-equipped Kenyan Army. A message on Twitter, one of the Shabab's favorite communication tools, confirmed the pullout. But the Shabab warned that Kismayu "shall be transformed from a peaceful city governed by Islamic Shariah into a battle zone."

Under Threat of Attacks by Militants
For some time now, American officials have been deeply concerned about a major terrorist attack in Kenya. In June 2012, the American Embassy sent out a warning to American citizens about an imminent strike in the port city of Mombasa. A day later, a grenade attack at a Mombasa bar killed three people and wounded several others.
Kenyan security forces are widely considered weak and corrupt, and the country has had a history of attacks, including the truck bombing of the American Embassy in downtown Nairobi in 1998; that well-planned operation, carried out by Al Qaeda, killed more than 200 people, most of them Kenyans. So far, though, recent episodes have been relatively small-scale attacks.
There have also been a number of kidnappings, and in late June 2012, gunmen seized four foreign aid workers at a refugee camp near Garissa after killing a Kenyan driver. The gunmen, thought to be Somali militants, escaped with the hostages into the Somali desert.
But on July 1, 2012, simultaneous attacks seemed to mark a shift in tactics and ambition. Masked gunmen hurled grenades into two churches in northeastern Kenya and then sprayed gunfire at fleeing worshipers, killing at least 15 people in one of the worst terrorist attacks Kenya had suffered in years.
The attacks were thought to be retribution for Kenyan forces storming into Somalia eight months previously, when Somalia's fiercest militant Islamist group, the Shabab, vowed to wreak vengeance, saying it would topple Nairobi's skyscrapers and kill Kenyan civilians.
The skyscrapers are still standing, but militants believed to be connected to the Shabab have carried out more than a dozen attacks in Kenya, scaring off tourists and putting a serious dent in this country's economy and sense of security.
Officials Ordered to Stand Trial at The Hague
In January 2012, four prominent Kenyans, two of them presidential candidates, were ordered to stand trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity. More than 1,100 people are believed to have been killed in organized attacks and more than 300,000 were driven from their homes or fled in the violence.
The court's order reaches deep inside the political elite of a country where the wealthy and powerful have long counted on being untouchable. One defendant is Uhuru Kenyatta, the richest man in Kenya and the son of Jomo Kenyatta, the nation's founding president. He is the deputy prime minister and finance minister, and a leader of the Kikuyu, the country's dominant ethnic group. Also accused is his political rival, William Ruto, a former education minister and leader with a large following in his Kalenjin ethnic group. Both have stated they would run in the coming elections, regardless of any ruling by the court.
The other two suspects are Francis Muthaura, the cabinet secretary, and Joshua Arap Sang, an influential radio executive.
The court's order is expected to have an immediate impact on Kenyan politics. At the very least, it will cast a long shadow and complicate the presidential race. Elections are expected in late 2012 or early 2013.
Kenyan law does not ban someone facing trial from running for office, according to the chairman of the Law Society of Kenya, Kenneth Akide.
Politicians from the camps of Mr. Kenyatta and Mr. Ruto have denounced the court as biased, and almost all the accused said they would appeal.
A Country Destabilized
In late 2007, Kenya was in a position most of Africa would envy. Its economy had been humming along, with a growth rate around 7 percent and a billion-dollar-a-year tourism industry. The country was at peace — nothing to sneeze at in a neighborhood that includes war-racked Somalia, Sudan and Congo.
The country also had a democratic civil society that appeared to be in the first stages of bloom, a far cry from a near-dictatorship under President Daniel Arap Moi a decade ago. Vigorously covered by a free press, 2,548 candidates were running for Parliament, with genuine issues separating the leading parties, like strong central government versus federalism. Electoral politics in Kenya were not saddled by the deep cynicism that dogs Nigeria, Africa's most populous democracy, or the one-party rule of South Africa, the continent's most developed country.
But that was before the presidential election, the charges of vote rigging that greeted the incumbent's surprise victory or the sudden flare of violence along tribal lines that followed.
The contest pitted the incumbent, Mwai Kibaki, a man who has a reputation as a courtly gentleman and economics whiz but also as a tribal politician, against Raila Odinga, a rich, flamboyant businessman who rode around in a bright red $100,000 Hummer and championed the poor. Mr. Kibaki centered his campaign on education, having already delivered on his promise of free primary school education for all Kenyans.
Mr. Odinga led in pre-election polls, having tapped a strong current of frustration beneath the country's success. He explicitly challenged the balance of power between the country's ethnic groups — 37 million people split among some 40 ethnic groups. Mr. Odinga, a member of the Luo tribe, charged that the Kikuyus, whose members include both Mr. Kibaki and the country's founder, Jomo Kenyatta, have long gotten more than their fair share of government benefits.
Early returns suggested that Mr. Odinga's party was heading for a sweep. Then what Western observers called blatant vote rigging handed Mr. Kibaki a narrow victory. Within minutes of the official announcement, the country descended into tribal bloodletting. Some of the worst episodes of violence, including the burning of a church with dozens of women and children inside, occurred in predominantly Kalenjin areas. The death toll stood at more than 1,000, with much of the fighting, like the voting, along ethnic lines.
Initially, much of the violence seemed like spontaneous outrage. Later, though, it became evident that it had been at least partly organized by local leaders and village elders, and possibly by higher authorities. The tense standoff was broken in February 2008, when the opposing sides signed a power-sharing agreement splitting leadership posts between the government and the opposition. Mr. Kibaki served as president, Mr. Odinga as prime minister.
Tensions have persisted, even as a devastating drought swept across Kenya in late 2009, killing livestock, crops and children, stirring up tensions in the ramshackle slums where the water taps ran dry, and spawning ethnic conflict in the hinterland as communities fought over the last remaining pieces of fertile grazing land. Government officials were implicated in a scandal to illegally sell off thousands of tons of the nation's grain reserves as a famine was looming. The twin hearts of Kenya's economy, agriculture and tourism, were especially imperiled.
A New Constitution
Kenya has a long legacy of ethnic rivalries. It has more than 40 different ethnic groups and the British colonizers shamelessly typecast them: the Maasai were the guards; the Kikuyu the farmhands; the Luo the teachers; the Kamba the bureaucrats; and so on.
After independence in 1963, Kenya's ethnic divides were exacerbated under a winner-take-all political system that vested enormous powers in the presidency — and led to staggering levels of corruption.
In April 2010, the Kenyan government passed a new Constitution, which was later approved by 67 percent of Kenyans in a yes-or-no referendum in August. The new Constitution curtails the powers of an imperial-style presidency, paves the way for much-needed land reform and gives Kenyans a bill of rights. The combination could spell the beginning of the end of one of the most corrupt, deeply entrenched political systems on the continent.
The remarkably peaceful way in which the referendum was conducted was a much-needed boost of self-confidence for the country. It showed that Kenya could run a clean election without a violent aftermath, that the losers could graciously accept defeat, that their supporters could move on peacefully and that the police and security forces could be deployed to maintain stability throughout the country.
 

 

 Please Take Note:
 
People,
 
 
Tell me if the attached video of Mother taped singing is a display of jolly mood or
someone under durress.  To me mother looked liked was confined as hostage in
a cell-room in deep anguish.  My concern is, I paid for her health insurance at
Oyugis which takes 10 to 15minutes drive compared to someone driven to Nairobi.
It would have been logical for Mama to be given first aid and get some treatment at
her usual hospital with her records before going to Nairobi......Remeber, mama was
hijacked on her way to the hospital being taken by Gordon.  I am informed Lilian
Kajuga (the Rwandese relative of Kagame and a friend of Museveni who is married
to my brother Joshua) called Gordon just in time when Gordon is arrived in Ringa to
board a matatu to Oyugis and asked her to wait for her she is on the way.  When
she arrived, she took Gordon's cell phone away with a reason that Gordon keeps
calling me to inform me about Mama's health and condition.  Gordon my last born
brother is not suppose to call or inform me about Mama's health or situation at all.
Every thing in the home or the plannings must be kept exclusively secret.  Gordon
did not restrain but let mama go with Lilian and Joshua.  This is my biggest worry.
Mama seems have not gotten any medicine and as you look at the video, her legs
are covered and she struggles even to steady or dance.........
 
 
The neighbours in the village who assisted Gordon to dress mama are a witness to
all the saga.
 
 
I have not been allowed to talk to Mama and I haved tried calling both Lilians numbers
and Joshua's.  Their daughter Jolly who informed Sally my late sisters daughter that
both their parents and Mama Patricia are no where in Nairobi, now switched her phone
and she too could not be reached. 
 
 
Yes, they have posted this video on the facebook, but this video does not tell me
anything about Mama's health (being jolly tells me nothing about Mama's condition)
and it does not give me access to speak with mama as well.
 
 
Something must be done urgently to help my mother's situation.  I fear for my mother's
life.
 


Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

 
 
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:44:40 -0800
Subject: RE: [KOL] Why Won't Sungu and Oto Meet Gichaba?

 

Migosi Gichaba.
Warsama is a great peacemaker despite the wars,he called me endless times;even midnight causing my wife grief.In the interest of my marriage,I dropped the pursuit.Gichaba is safe.Infact,let me invite him for kuku choma at my place in Ruai.Kuria,tell him to catch me on 0729294743.We can have a drink at Pan Afric when he is back in town.Sungusungu wont harm him but he ought to leave chinkororo out lest we have a situation.Dont call my uncle,he comes in on weighty issues.
Sungu.

 
--- On Thu, 12/20/12, Henry Gichaba <gichabamob@hotmail.com> wrote:
 

 
From: Henry Gichaba <gichabamob@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Why Won't Sungu and Oto Meet Gichaba?
To: "wanakenya@googlegroups.com" <wanakenya@googlegroups.com>
Cc: "thelastwordtokenya@yahoogroups.com" <thelastwordtokenya@yahoogroups.com>, "kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com" <kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com>, "Kassdiaspora Debate" <kassdiaspora@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 12:41 AM

Brother-in-law,

I just woke up to the realization that Maurice Oduor has this obsession that I am not in Kenya. What's wrong with this idiot from Canada? I think all I need to do is declare a meeting with Makwiny.

Mobbi Gichaba, traveling to Keroka.

Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:22:30 -0500
Subject: Re: Why Won't Sungu and Oto Meet Gichaba?
From: kjmwangi@gmail.com
To: wanakenya@googlegroups.com
CC: thelastwordtokenya@yahoogroups.com; kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com; kassdiaspora@yahoogroups.com

My brother in law
It is a shame if they refuse to meet you. The hatchet would have been buried there and then. I will talk to Mitawia to talk to his nephew Sungu and summon him to the meeting.

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Henry Gichaba <gichabamob@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Maurice Oduor and Brother-in-law,

I've tried my best to meet Otieno Sungu and Odhiambo Oketch but I've failed. I really need to meet these guys here in Nairobi and get to take a cup of tea with them. In fact, contrary to what Maurice Oduor has been telling them, I neither smoke marijuana nor drink alcoholic beverages. I also never use sugar or any meat products except fish. I am not a Luo, though. Lest Maurice Oduor start thinking I am his cousin. And he would start imagining he is also a clever man.

Let me know, on a serious note, how I can apply for a chance to meet these two Luo prospective leaders - Otieno Sungu and Odhiambo Oketch.


Henry Gichaba,
 
 
 
[PK] Friends of KCDN; KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
--- On Sat, 3/17/12, Ericson Oduya <oduyaericson@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Ericson Oduya <oduyaericson@yahoo.com>
Subject: [PK] Friends of KCDN; KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
To: "VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com" <VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>, "progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>, "kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com" <kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com>
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Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 2:17 PM

Maurice thura,

Nancy Karega was the Dep Treasurer of NVK-M at the time when Sungu was the Juba Caucus Coordinator while Kombo was the treasurer. I guess with Kombo's departure, she may be the treasurer of the same organization.

She is quite progressive and a good friend of my friend Doc Shem. However, there are corruption clouds hanging on their heads. I hope the info helps!

Regards,
Eric.
 

 
From: otieno sungu <sunoti@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 12:54 PM
Subject: (VVM Forum) Friends of KCDN; KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Good people,

Accountability and transparency are understood differently in our Kenyan situation.Whenever we ask the same of public servants it takes the dictionary meaning but whenever the same is asked of us, things turn hey-wire.

I have seen with my own eyes and heard with my ears people fronting for reforms in this country refusing to account and be transparent with small finances for initiatives towards the goal.

How can such folks behave with a whole country's GDP? In my attempt to unmask such fellows, I may end up rattling their surrogates who are watching keenly on the forums to ensure that such matter do not come to the fore.

Let me just say that there are eggs and there are eggs.

This is a season for writing books, I have also decided to pen one on the State of the Nation, I think it ill bring out all my thoughts especially about the post election violence and the current state of affairs.

Otieno Sungu.
 
 
From: Elijah Kombo <komboelijah@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 12:09 AM
Subject: [PK] Re: [KOL] Re: (VVM Forum) Re: [wanabidii] Friends of KCDN; KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Maurice,

I think Oduya or Sungu or Oto can answer your question much better. They know what is happening around this backyard. Nancy should avoid making such comments based on her bad history on reforms.

Kombo Elijah

--- On Sun, 3/11/12, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
Subject: [KOL] Re: (VVM Forum) Re: [wanabidii] Friends of KCDN; KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
To: VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>, wanabidii@googlegroups.com, "Kiswahili" <Kiswahili@yahoogroups.com>, "KOL" <kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com>, "mailbox@nation.co.ke" <mailbox@nation.co.ke>, "Nation" <editor@nation.co.ke>, "newseditor@nairobistar.com" <newseditor@nairobistar.com>, "next_kenya@yahoogroups.com" <next_kenya@yahoogroups.com>, "opinion@nairobistar.com" <opinion@nairobistar.com>, "The Star" <letters@the-star.co.ke>, "uchunguzi online" <uchunguzionline@yahoogroups.com>, "YP" <youngprofessionals_ke@googlegroups.com>
Date: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 6:26 AM


Kombo,

Who is Nancy Karega? It sounds like a Ugandan name.

Courage






On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Elijah Kombo <komboelijah@yahoo.com> wrote:
Nancy Karenga should be careful before provoking rattle snakes. If i were HER i would let those that have been caught pants down fight their own wars since if the anti-corruption agents extend and lengthen the codes she will suffer untold damage with no point of escape.

I respect her personality and she should respect that the war against corruption must be won. Its corruption eat and not pay the bill.....

Kombo Elijah
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Elijah Kombo <komboelijah@yahoo.com> wrote:
Nancy Karenga should be careful before provoking rattle snakes. If i were HER i would let those that have been caught pants down fight their own wars since if the anti-corruption agents extend and lengthen the codes she will suffer untold damage with no point of escape.

I respect her personality and she should respect that the war against corruption must be won. Its corruption eat and not pay the bill.....

Kombo Elijah

--- On Sat, 3/10/12, Ericson Oduya <oduyaericson@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Ericson Oduya <oduyaericson@yahoo.com>
Subject: [wanabidii] Friends of KCDN; KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
To: "
VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com" <VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>, "progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>
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Date: Saturday, March 10, 2012, 11:26 AM

Maurice thura,

You are hitting your axe on a stone. Birds of the same feather flock together.

Did you forget that it is the same character is one of the two folks that who fleeced money from NVK-M and failed to account for it to date and that was the soul reason Kombo, Sungu among others were kicked for asking for accountability?

In fact, I would have been surprised if she said otherwise. Remember, she is just but a mouth piece; the must is busy listening!

Regards,
Eric.
From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
Subject: [KOL] Re: (VVM Forum) Re: [wanabidii] Friends of KCDN; KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
To: VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>, wanabidii@googlegroups.com, "Kiswahili" <Kiswahili@yahoogroups.com>, "KOL" <kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com>, "mailbox@nation.co.ke" <mailbox@nation.co.ke>, "Nation" <editor@nation.co.ke>, "newseditor@nairobistar.com" <newseditor@nairobistar.com>, "next_kenya@yahoogroups.com" <next_kenya@yahoogroups.com>, "opinion@nairobistar.com" <opinion@nairobistar.com>, "The Star" <letters@the-star.co.ke>, "uchunguzi online" <uchunguzionline@yahoogroups.com>, "YP" <youngprofessionals_ke@googlegroups.com>
Date: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 6:26 AM


Kombo,

Who is Nancy Karega? It sounds like a Ugandan name.

Courage
From: Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
To:
progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com
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Kiswahili@yahoogroups.com>; KOL <kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com>; Madaraka <madaraka-kenya@yahoogroups.com>; "mailbox@nation.co.ke" <mailbox@nation.co.ke>; Mwananchi <Mwananchi@yahoogroups.com>; Nation <editor@nation.co.ke>; "newseditor@nairobistar.com" <newseditor@nairobistar.com>; "next_kenya@yahoogroups.com" <next_kenya@yahoogroups.com>; "opinion@nairobistar.com" <opinion@nairobistar.com>; The Star <letters@the-star.co.ke>; uchunguzi online <uchunguzionline@yahoogroups.com>; Vugu Vugu <vuguvugumashinani@yahoogroups.com>; Wanabidii <wanabidii@googlegroups.com>; YP <youngprofessionals_ke@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:17 PM
Subject: (VVM Forum) Re: [PK] Friends of KCDN; KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Nancy,

No one is against the idea of doing clean-ups. Infact all of us support the idea and would like to see it expanded to every town in the country and even more frequently. The problem we have to very simple: How does KCDN spend money donated to it? What are the expenses associated with a typical clean-up? How many employees are there in KCDN? Any office? What is happening with the monies allegedly swindled from JaGem and Janet? Will we ever get answers to the 100k and the bales of clothes (7?) that OTO was to deliver to Mzee Orinda Ndege? There are just too many questions. Mtume !!!!

Either we have a case of a lot of unfortunate misunderstanding here or a lot of corruption.

Courage
Thank you Nancy.

We had a very successful meeting in Kisumu yesterday with several Stakeholders.

On Tuesday, we are hosting a similar Consultative Forum in Umoja in preparation for the World Clean-up Day scheduled for 24th March 2012.

At least, we have the confidence of Friends of KCDN- the main drivers of this Campaign.

Oto

--- On Sat, 3/3/12, Nancy Karenga <krunchygirl2008@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Nancy Karenga <krunchygirl2008@yahoo.com>
Subject: [NewVisionKenya] Re: [ProgressiveMinds] Friends of KCDN; KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
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ProgressiveMinds@yahoogroups.com" <ProgressiveMinds@yahoogroups.com>
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Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012, 4:22 AM

Dear All,
There are two types of people in these forums, those who make things happen and those who are always complaining and the like giving directives. I will support Oto anytime am able because he has a noble idea that is also bringing people together.

Sent from my iPad

On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:38 AM, odhiambo okecth <komarockswatch@yahoo.com> wrote:
Rose,

By virtue of these two great leaders leading in the Clean-up Campaign, they are Friends of KCDN. And this is a fact we do not want to contest.

And having been a very good Friend of KCDN, I want to share with you the list of our Friends in January and February 2012. This is just to show you that we are moving many people to The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign;

January 2012
  1. Mr. Hezbon Omondi- Kshs 1,300.00
  2. Ms Irene Wasike- Kshs 5,080.00
  3. Mr. Robert Oyiembo- Kshs 1,000.00
  4. Dr Abraham K Sing'oei- Kshs 6,000.00
  5. Mr. Ben Nyamweya- Kshs 1,000.00
  6. Mr. Lameck Siage- Kshs 20,000.00
  7. Cllr Kinoti- Kshs 7,000.00
  8. Mr. Richard Mogoko- Kshs 3,200.00
  9. Ms Selline Oketch- Kshs 2,000.00
  10. Mr. Elijah Agevi- Kshs 2,500.00
  11. Mr. Daniel Masetu- Kshs 2,500.00
  12. Mr. Stephen Ireri- Kshs 1,500.00
  13. Mr. Dorothy Otieno- Kshs 3,000.00
  14. Mr. Enock Odhiambo- Kshs 1,000.00
  15. Mr. Daniel Mogeni- Kshs 675.00
  16. Mr. Samson Olendo- Kshs 2,750.00
  17. Dr. Edwin Otieno- Kshs 2,000.00
  18. Ms Dorcus Alooh- Kshs 1,500.00
  19. Mr. Athaa Achola- Kshs 2,200.00
  20. A Better World- Switzerland- Kshs 42,054.00
  21. A Friend- Ezra- Kshs 1,750.00
  22. Mr. Eric Oyugi- Kshs 1,200.00
February 2012
  1. A Friend- Julie- Kshs 1,030.00
  2. Mr. Samson Olendo- Kshs 4,275.00
  3. A Friend- Stanislas- Kshs 2,000.00
  4. Ms Dorcus Alooh- Kshs 1,525.00
  5. Ms Patricia A- Kshs 35,000.00
  6. Mr. Norman Amugira- Kshs 630.00
  7. Mr. Thaedeus Ochieng'- Kshs 530.00
  8. Mr. John Olendo- Kshs 1,650.00
  9. Mr. Richard Mogoko- Kshs 3,750.00
  10. Mr. Timothy Muriuki- Kshs 2,000.00
  11. Mr. Athaa Achola- Kshs 2,500.00
  12. Mr. Lameck Siage- Kshs 3,710.00
  13. Mr. Nixon Otieno- Kshs 1,825.00
  14. Mr. Daniel Masetu- Kshs 3,100.00
  15. Mr. Hezbon Omondi- Kshs 2,500.00
  16. Dr Abraham Korir Sing'oei- Kshs 4,000.00
  17. Mr. Eric Oyugi- Kshs 2,030.00
  18. Mr. Jacton Hongo- Kshs 2,525.00
  19. Mr. Robert Oyiembo- Kshs 1,500.00
  20. Mr. Joshua Mbago- Kshs 1,500.00
  21. Mr. Isayah Bwana- Kshs 1,700.00
  22. Mr. George Ogutu- Kshs 2,025.00
  23. Mr. George Odollo- Kshs 1,000.00
And I am happy to inform you that none of these Friends of KCDN have complained to us that we have misused their support. Instead, their support to us for the Month of March is amazing. And I want to thank all our Friends for standing firm with us at the Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign.

We also want to thank all the Ministries, Government Departments, the Local Authorities and the People of Kenya whom we are working very closely with in this Campaign. You have been the pillar upon which this campaign has succeeded.

As usual, we will post the entire support we have received from September to date in our website at our convenient timing.

The good thing is, your support to us has not been in vain. We will soon be announcing some very serious partnerships that is going to turn this Campaign around. Watch this space!

'Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change we seek'- President Barack Obama of the USA.

A Clean, Green and Litter Less Kenya at 50 is possible and achievable.

Odhiambo T Oketch
CEO KCDN Kenya,
National Coordinator- The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign
Tel; 0724 365 557
Blog;
http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
Website; www.kcdnkenya.org
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Facebook; Odhiambo T Oketch

Odhiambo T Oketch is the immediate former Chairman to the City Council of Nairobi Stakeholders Evaluation Team on Performance Contracting and Rapid Results Management. He is also Chair to the Nyamonye Catholic Church Development Fund. He was also the Co-Chair and Coordinator of The Great Nairobi Walk against Corruption that was held in Nairobi on the 22nd October 2010 in partnership with KACC and he is the National Co-ordinator of The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign in Kenya.
.......Moving From Talking to Tasking........


--- On Fri, 3/2/12, ROSE KAGWIRIA <ikirimakagwiria10@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: ROSE KAGWIRIA <ikirimakagwiria10@yahoo.com>
Subject: (VVM Forum) Re: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
To: "
progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>
Cc: "
VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com" <VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, March 2, 2012, 12:04 AM

Guys
Thanks. I did not write to the forums for you to see how good or bad OTO is, but i wanted people to see the concept of national clean up. National clean up as you saw is not only collecting the garbage, but also includes other activities as you have seen. It does not belong to an individual but everybody owns it. Until our leaders believe its a job worthy it, people will continue having different perception about it. This is not the work of particular people but all are equal during national clean up. The senior, the junior poor and the rich join to make their environment a better place to live. If you think people don't contribute money, you are mistaken. Sometimes you are going far for planting trees and you want to move in a group, you contribute or use money for the concerned campony for food and accommodation. About money and OTO, i really dont know. Whoever gave him had a reason to give. If he/she wants it back, let them deal with him legally but not unaffected people to use the forum as a base for humiliation. National clean up is not a substitute for employees who clean as somebody tried to put it. As i have indicated above, its all about the community need to include helping the poor and and planting the trees where need be. Once people are aware of what is required of them, they are supposed to do it themselves. School, colleges, universities, banks, and other institutions clean or plant trees in their own compound
About OTO, i believe he is at the phase of creating awareness and since this issue has become a personal attack, I would advice him to ask only the friends of his organization and any other well wisher to assist him financially as am sure he cannot do it all by himself.
People are now talking about OTO just because he announces what he gets but they know very well how much people are getting especially the so called NGOs. Are human right activists left behind either, investigate how much they get for every fight they do. People, lets behave brothers and sisters. Am sure OTO has not done worse than the people who caused IDP problem in Kenya. Let those who feel OTO is so bad tell us what they have done for the community and free of charge. Personally, the little i have done is just assisting few orphans and a little contributions towards building of a school in my area, Am sure if i have somebody to give me little, I would do better but I am scared as i may end up in Indian Ocean with my head first. I am in Nairobi for the weekend. Enjoy your day and remember, I LOVE YOU ALL.

Rose
From: sang kip <kipjsang@yahoo.com>
To: "
progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Both M7 and Kagame are thugs!

From: otieno sungu <sunoti@yahoo.com>
To: "
progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>; Ericson Oduya <oduyaericson@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Vugu Vugu
Mashinani@yahoogroups.com" <VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Amen!!!

From: Dickens Mitawia <dmitawia@yahoo.com>
To: "
progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>; Ericson Oduya <oduyaericson@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Oto,

While we are still at it, why don't you go regional and join Kagame and Museveni
instead of going round in circles with us...we the heard-hearted , ungrateful and
obstinate Kenyans. You see, we have the penchant of shooting down very noble
initiatives just because a few shillings do not add up...all in the name of transparency
and accountability.

If you do that, you will be in good company and nobody within our borders will
bother you. Warsama will not call you names, Oduya will focus his attention (or
lack of it) elsewhere, Kombo will shift his accountability nonsense to VVM etc etc.

Then we shall remain with our uncollected garbage and we will ensure our
dysfunctional civic authorities collect our levies but forget to collect our garbage. We
love our garbage, even God knows that. That is why He thankfully took away Mzee
Michuki so untimely.

I'm just thinking aloud................!

Mitawia Dickens.

From: Ericson Oduya <oduyaericson@yahoo.com>
To: "
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Subject: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Rose,

Do the leaders mentioned below raise money from the public, mismanage and fail to account and instead resort to arrogance that we witness in KCDN?

Thanks in advance for receiving my question in a positive way.

Regards,
Eric.
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Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012, 4:22 AM

Dear All,
There are two types of people in these forums, those who make things happen and those who are always complaining and the like giving directives. I will support Oto anytime am able because he has a noble idea that is also bringing people together.

Sent from my iPad

On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:38 AM, odhiambo okecth <komarockswatch@yahoo.com> wrote:
Rose,

By virtue of these two great leaders leading in the Clean-up Campaign, they are Friends of KCDN. And this is a fact we do not want to contest.

And having been a very good Friend of KCDN, I want to share with you the list of our Friends in January and February 2012. This is just to show you that we are moving many people to The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign;

January 2012
  1. Mr. Hezbon Omondi- Kshs 1,300.00
  2. Ms Irene Wasike- Kshs 5,080.00
  3. Mr. Robert Oyiembo- Kshs 1,000.00
  4. Dr Abraham K Sing'oei- Kshs 6,000.00
  5. Mr. Ben Nyamweya- Kshs 1,000.00
  6. Mr. Lameck Siage- Kshs 20,000.00
  7. Cllr Kinoti- Kshs 7,000.00
  8. Mr. Richard Mogoko- Kshs 3,200.00
  9. Ms Selline Oketch- Kshs 2,000.00
  10. Mr. Elijah Agevi- Kshs 2,500.00
  11. Mr. Daniel Masetu- Kshs 2,500.00
  12. Mr. Stephen Ireri- Kshs 1,500.00
  13. Mr. Dorothy Otieno- Kshs 3,000.00
  14. Mr. Enock Odhiambo- Kshs 1,000.00
  15. Mr. Daniel Mogeni- Kshs 675.00
  16. Mr. Samson Olendo- Kshs 2,750.00
  17. Dr. Edwin Otieno- Kshs 2,000.00
  18. Ms Dorcus Alooh- Kshs 1,500.00
  19. Mr. Athaa Achola- Kshs 2,200.00
  20. A Better World- Switzerland- Kshs 42,054.00
  21. A Friend- Ezra- Kshs 1,750.00
  22. Mr. Eric Oyugi- Kshs 1,200.00
February 2012
  1. A Friend- Julie- Kshs 1,030.00
  2. Mr. Samson Olendo- Kshs 4,275.00
  3. A Friend- Stanislas- Kshs 2,000.00
  4. Ms Dorcus Alooh- Kshs 1,525.00
  5. Ms Patricia A- Kshs 35,000.00
  6. Mr. Norman Amugira- Kshs 630.00
  7. Mr. Thaedeus Ochieng'- Kshs 530.00
  8. Mr. John Olendo- Kshs 1,650.00
  9. Mr. Richard Mogoko- Kshs 3,750.00
  10. Mr. Timothy Muriuki- Kshs 2,000.00
  11. Mr. Athaa Achola- Kshs 2,500.00
  12. Mr. Lameck Siage- Kshs 3,710.00
  13. Mr. Nixon Otieno- Kshs 1,825.00
  14. Mr. Daniel Masetu- Kshs 3,100.00
  15. Mr. Hezbon Omondi- Kshs 2,500.00
  16. Dr Abraham Korir Sing'oei- Kshs 4,000.00
  17. Mr. Eric Oyugi- Kshs 2,030.00
  18. Mr. Jacton Hongo- Kshs 2,525.00
  19. Mr. Robert Oyiembo- Kshs 1,500.00
  20. Mr. Joshua Mbago- Kshs 1,500.00
  21. Mr. Isayah Bwana- Kshs 1,700.00
  22. Mr. George Ogutu- Kshs 2,025.00
  23. Mr. George Odollo- Kshs 1,000.00
And I am happy to inform you that none of these Friends of KCDN have complained to us that we have misused their support. Instead, their support to us for the Month of March is amazing. And I want to thank all our Friends for standing firm with us at the Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign.

We also want to thank all the Ministries, Government Departments, the Local Authorities and the People of Kenya whom we are working very closely with in this Campaign. You have been the pillar upon which this campaign has succeeded.

As usual, we will post the entire support we have received from September to date in our website at our convenient timing.

The good thing is, your support to us has not been in vain. We will soon be announcing some very serious partnerships that is going to turn this Campaign around. Watch this space!

'Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change we seek'- President Barack Obama of the USA.

A Clean, Green and Litter Less Kenya at 50 is possible and achievable.

Odhiambo T Oketch
CEO KCDN Kenya,
National Coordinator- The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign
Tel; 0724 365 557
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.......Moving From Talking to Tasking........


--- On Fri, 3/2/12, ROSE KAGWIRIA <ikirimakagwiria10@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: ROSE KAGWIRIA <ikirimakagwiria10@yahoo.com>
Subject: (VVM Forum) Re: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
To: "
progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>
Cc: "
VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com" <VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, March 2, 2012, 12:04 AM

Guys
Thanks. I did not write to the forums for you to see how good or bad OTO is, but i wanted people to see the concept of national clean up. National clean up as you saw is not only collecting the garbage, but also includes other activities as you have seen. It does not belong to an individual but everybody owns it. Until our leaders believe its a job worthy it, people will continue having different perception about it. This is not the work of particular people but all are equal during national clean up. The senior, the junior poor and the rich join to make their environment a better place to live. If you think people don't contribute money, you are mistaken. Sometimes you are going far for planting trees and you want to move in a group, you contribute or use money for the concerned campony for food and accommodation. About money and OTO, i really dont know. Whoever gave him had a reason to give. If he/she wants it back, let them deal with him legally but not unaffected people to use the forum as a base for humiliation. National clean up is not a substitute for employees who clean as somebody tried to put it. As i have indicated above, its all about the community need to include helping the poor and and planting the trees where need be. Once people are aware of what is required of them, they are supposed to do it themselves. School, colleges, universities, banks, and other institutions clean or plant trees in their own compound
About OTO, i believe he is at the phase of creating awareness and since this issue has become a personal attack, I would advice him to ask only the friends of his organization and any other well wisher to assist him financially as am sure he cannot do it all by himself.
People are now talking about OTO just because he announces what he gets but they know very well how much people are getting especially the so called NGOs. Are human right activists left behind either, investigate how much they get for every fight they do. People, lets behave brothers and sisters. Am sure OTO has not done worse than the people who caused IDP problem in Kenya. Let those who feel OTO is so bad tell us what they have done for the community and free of charge. Personally, the little i have done is just assisting few orphans and a little contributions towards building of a school in my area, Am sure if i have somebody to give me little, I would do better but I am scared as i may end up in Indian Ocean with my head first. I am in Nairobi for the weekend. Enjoy your day and remember, I LOVE YOU ALL.

Rose

From: sang kip <kipjsang@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Both M7 and Kagame are thugs!

 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Amen!!!

From: Dickens Mitawia <dmitawia@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Oto,

While we are still at it, why don't you go regional and join Kagame and Museveni
instead of going round in circles with us...we the heard-hearted , ungrateful and
obstinate Kenyans. You see, we have the penchant of shooting down very noble
initiatives just because a few shillings do not add up...all in the name of transparency
and accountability.

If you do that, you will be in good company and nobody within our borders will
bother you. Warsama will not call you names, Oduya will focus his attention (or
lack of it) elsewhere, Kombo will shift his accountability nonsense to VVM etc etc.

Then we shall remain with our uncollected garbage and we will ensure our
dysfunctional civic authorities collect our levies but forget to collect our garbage. We
love our garbage, even God knows that. That is why He thankfully took away Mzee
Michuki so untimely.

I'm just thinking aloud................!

Mitawia Dickens.

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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:55 PM
Subject: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP

Rose,

Do the leaders mentioned below raise money from the public, mismanage and fail to account and instead resort to arrogance that we witness in KCDN?

Thanks in advance for receiving my question in a positive way.

Regards,
Eric.
 
 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:54 AM
Subject: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
From: odhiambo okecth <komarockswatch@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:54 AM
Subject: [PK] KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
Rose,

As we pay glowing tributes to the late Hon John Njoroge Michuki, this is one great news for us at KCDN and The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign. It is a real pleasure watching our Regional Leaders joining hands in the Clean-up Campaign.

In eulogizing the Late Michuki yesterday, President Kibaki had this to say of him; 'When he made a commitment he ensured that he followed it to the best of his ability', While the Rt Hon Prime Minister Raila Odinga had this to say of him; 'The politics of conservation is not for the faint hearted'. And we do agree.

In the course of driving the Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign, we at KCDN have made commitments we have ensured we follow to our ability as well. And in the politics of conservation, we are witnesses to the fact that it is not for the faint hearted. And this is why in respect of the Late Hon Michuki, and in response to the call by the Rt Hon Prime Minister, we will be planting 2,000 Trees at Kondele on Friday as our way of appreciating the virtues Hon Michuki stood for.

We also want to appreciate all our Leaders who have been with us in the trenches. You will all remember that the Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign was launched in Nairobi in September 2010 by the then Mayor of Nairobi Cllr Geoffrey Majiwa. It was then officially launched at Markinon Market by the Rt Hon Prime Minister Raila Odinga who was represented by Hon Amazon Kingi- the Minister for Fisheries Development.

We were later joined by Hon William Ruto in the trenches in Eldoret, Ms Janet Ongera in Kisii, the Mayor of Kisumu Cllr Sam Okello in Kisumu, the Mayor of Kakamega Cllr Sichele in Kakamega, the Mayor of Nyeri Cllr Muteru in Nyeri, the PC Nairobi Mr. Ndirangu Njoroge in Huruma Nairobi, and now, the Permanent Secretary Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government Prof Karega Mutahi will be our Guest of Honour during the World Clean-up Day in Umoja on the 24th March 2012.

This proves that our leaders are joining in the Campaign and soon, we will be having all our Local Authorities doing this all at the same time throughout the Country.

The campaign is gaining ground and we are happy that we are at least doing something that is transforming Kenya. We will remain committed to this Campaign and we will never be intimidated as we go about mobilizing and sensitizing Kenyans into action.

Fare thee well Hon John Njoroge Michuki.

'Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change we seek'- President Barack Obama of the USA.

A Clean, Green and Litter Less Kenya at 50 is possible and achievable.

Odhiambo T Oketch
CEO KCDN Kenya,
National Coordinator- The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign
Tel; 0724 365 557
Blog;
http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
Website; www.kcdnkenya.org
Facebook; Monthly Nationwide Clean up Campaign
Facebook; Odhiambo T Oketch

Odhiambo T Oketch is the immediate former Chairman to the City Council of Nairobi Stakeholders Evaluation Team on Performance Contracting and Rapid Results Management. He is also Chair to the Nyamonye Catholic Church Development Fund. He was also the Co-Chair and Coordinator of The Great Nairobi Walk against Corruption that was held in Nairobi on the 22nd October 2010 in partnership with KACC and he is the National Co-ordinator of The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign in Kenya.
.......Moving From Talking to Tasking........



--- On Mon, 2/27/12, ROSE KAGWIRIA <ikirimakagwiria10@yahoo.com> wrote
From: ROSE KAGWIRIA <ikirimakagwiria10@yahoo.com>
Subject: (VVM Forum) KAGAME & MUSEVEN JOIN NATIONAL CLEAN UP
To: "
progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>, "VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com" <VuguVuguMashinani@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, February 27, 2012, 1:06 PM

Kenyans
As we join those who are critizing those who want to show people how to live clean, lets know kenya is not the first to do this. Remember, national clean up does not mean only gabbage collection as some people want to put it, but also planting trees, helping the poor and doing any other activity like building schools or even building a house for the poor. The senior leaders are involved in national clean up. Nobody who is immuned. Lets see a shinning example from mr Kagame. please read through and follow the comments from people. Yes today OTO is trying to introduce this to kenya, but out National leaders are so proud to join the clean up. I was expecting Beth Mugo to be the one on the front line together with our president and Prime minister. More....
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI and his host Paul Kagame joined the residents of Kicukiro District, Rwanda to mop up the city in the monthly community work locally known as "Umuganda." Every last Saturday of the month all the people living in Rwanda are obliged to do general cleaning beginning 8:00am to mid day. Partly it's due to this manual activity that Kigali is shinning. The top brass in the army, police, government officials, diplomats participate in the bustle.
Umuganda was a popular idea in pre-colonial Rwanda. When the idea was rejuvenated in 2005, it got user resistance. This prompted the government to close markets, taxi parks, and block roads but after sensitisation everyone now does the activity at good will. On Saturday, the two Heads of State who were joined by the British Minister for International Cooperation, Andrew Mitchell to participate in the construction of classrooms for the 12-Year Basic Education at Groupe Scolaire Camp Kanombe.
President Kagame thanked President Museveni and Mitchell for the continued friendship with the Rwandan people, adding that both dignitaries are not just friends of Rwanda but also individuals who have contributed towards the development of the country. He noted that President Museveni has for a long time contributed to the development of Rwanda. President Kagame said that the monthly activity where citizens come together to work on different programmes, is a culture that is rooted in the African tradition. "Umuganda is not a tradition limited to Rwandans. It's a practice for all Africans. When a house catches fire, neighbours join forces to extinguish the fire. When it collapses, they rebuild it or construct a new one,"
"But this practice transcends economic activity to encompass joy and happiness. When a family is in joy, neighbours join that family, whether it's a wedding or any other kind of celebration, they partake of the joy," Kagame said. Kagame said that Rwandans apply Umuganda to address issues that concern them through joining efforts, observing that once the development targets are met, the same practice will be used to celebrate the achievements.
He promised that when the right time comes, he will visit Uganda and participate in the community activities. Speaking in a mixture of Kiswahilli, Runyankole and Kinyarwanda, the Uganda President commended Rwanda for applying an African traditional practice of Umuganda for modern economic development, a policy that has since paid off remarkably. Museveni said that Rwanda and Uganda share a lot in common in terms of language and cultural practices and Umuganda is one of those that existed in the two societies traditionally, though Rwanda has been able to modernise the practice.
"Am very happy to be here in Rwanda and to be part of this Umuganda, a cultural practice that is found across Africa," Meanwhile First Ladies Jeannette Kagame and her visiting counterpart and Minister for Karamoja Janet Museveni, participated in the monthly community service, Umuganda, contributing to the construction of six classrooms at Groupe Scolaire Nkanga.
Jeannette Kagame and Janet Museveni pose with students who performed cultural dance at Groupe Scolaire Nkanga, Gako
Museveni and Kagame participate in 'Umuganda' as British Minister for International Cooperation, Andrew Mitchell looks on
President Kagame and wife Jeannette welcome Museveni and Janet at Kanonbe Airport
Rwanda President Paul Kagame and Museveni inspect the Guard of Honour at Kanombe Airport, Kigali on Friday
Rwanda President Paul Kagame and Museveni inspect the Guard of Honour at Kanombe Airport, Kigali on Friday
Comments for "M7, Kagame Join Residents For 'Umuganda"
  1. Charles
    I hope the President learnt how Rwanda has managed to keep its city clean. Lets wait and see whether he will emulate it to clean the filth and stinking Kampala city
  2. paul
    wow , uganda as a whole should adopt such a culture of general concern.Its a nice and adorable heritage to pass unto so many generations.
  3. Atleast our two countries are at peace now. The presidents realised the danger of being at log heads now and then. Then let them stop supporting each others dissidents
  4. robin
    Mr President how can u do bulungi bwansi in rwanda and not in uganda
  5. joke
    During Amin;s regime, we used to participate in what was called keep Uganda clean. That should be reintroduced so that we keep our towns and villages clean.
  6. zimbe moses
    Wonderful activity ! Let us do the same in our place (Uganda)
    • James Mukwaya
      I agree! Ugandans especially those in urban areas need to revise bulungi bwansi. The president and traditional leaders should lead our people in this nobel endeavor
  7. kake
    Its good these two relatives have dropped the pretence and started talking (openly).
  8. Seriously with all due respect how does the President clean the city? PEOPLE STOP pointing fingers. whenever he is passing thru the city is when they clean, why not blame the Mayor
  9. Muhinda
    Kampala will be clean when it gets a Rwandan mayor. Gen. Kaiyihura can do better. Traditional leaders are busy scrambling for power instead of doing their traditional jobs including bulungi bwansi. If Uganda does not stop wasting time on useless ideas and embark on development, Rwanda will overtake us in every thing.
  10. fxxxxxxxxxk
    Kampala needs a serious mayor for it to be clean.those of Lukwago thr jst a gambleling
  11. Momo Manasseh
    I think a new nation like the Republic of South Sudan needs to emulate what is going on in Rwanda if it is to go far!Keep up that spirit guys! We admire you so much. Momo -Juba
  12. kaheeru godfrey
    not bad 4 our prsdent to copy frm rwanda cos it's very necessary & essential 4 d'pment.
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UN: Rwanda and Uganda arming rebels in DR Congo
Published on Oct 17, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish

A UN report says Rwanda's defence minister is commanding rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It's the second time UN experts have accused Rwanda of interfering in its neighbour's territory. The report also says Uganda is hosting the rebels political office in Kampala. in the past six months, the M23 rebel group has taken control of the mineral rich North and South Kivu provinces in eastern DRC. Al Jazeera's Peter Greste has more.

This is what you get for supporting the search for Konny.
congo is so crying now because the president of congo joseph Kabila is a foreigner and a murderer who killed billion of citizen, steal and giving to rwanda is what his doing right now

Indonesia wants to sell arms to Uganda, that was in April and not alot more was said. The British government give finical aid to both Uganda and Rwanda so you could speculate where that money is being spent. Also the guns in Africa move about where they are needed, like any other commodity. Its not like "Oh my there are guns in Africa!".

china, russia, the US

And who's arming Rwanda and Uganda?

Uganda Summit Pursues Political Solution to DR Congo

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Uganda: Govt Angered By UN Report


By Henry Mukasa, 17 October 2012
A UN report says Rwanda's defence minister is commanding rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It's the second time UN experts have ... ( Resource: UN: Rwanda and Uganda Arming Rebels in DR Congo
The Government has reacted with disdain to a UN Security Council's Group of Experts report that has accused Uganda and Rwanda of arming M23 rebels fighting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government.
In a rebuttal, Uganda now points to a ploy by Western countries with vested interests in DRC of peddling a stance that would derail the regional efforts chaired by President Yoweri Museveni to end the conflict.
Museveni, as the current chairman of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), has chaired four summits in a row since July aimed at defusing the resurgence of conflict in the DRC. The latest summit at Speke Resort Munyonyo approved the deployment of a Neutral International Force (NIF) to patrol disputed areas.
Uganda Gov't response on the false allegations by the UN Group of experts that Uganda supports M23 Movement

Uganda denies supporting Congo rebels

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA | Associated Press – Wed, Oct 17, 2012

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ugandan officials on Wednesday dismissed allegations in a United Nations report that Uganda supports rebels in eastern Congo, saying the claims are intended to undermine efforts by regional leaders to stem violence in the central African country.

Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister Okello Oryem said the claims were made "in bad faith and intended to cause mischief."

"It's a heap of rubbish," said Oryem, whose ministry received a copy of the U.N. experts' report, which has been leaked. "It's malicious and it's intended to undermine the efforts of Uganda to bring peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo."

James Mugume, the permanent secretary in Uganda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the report accuses Uganda of actively supporting the M23 rebels in eastern Congo, whose mutiny has caused more than 200,000 villagers in the province of North Kivu to flee their homes.

The allegations come as Uganda is leading a regional effort to resolve Congo's rebel crisis by deploying a peace-enforcement force in eastern Congo. The regional effort, called the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), has recently held a series of meetings in which a "natural international force" of 4,000 troops contributed by regional governments would be sent to police eastern Congo. But the force has not yet been deployed, as it lacks funding and its mandate is not clear.

Oryem said the regional efforts have exposed the unreliability of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Congo. He said there had been a "lull in the violence" since the ICGLR started meeting over the Congo crisis, even though the well-armed rebels still control a huge part of eastern Congo.

"They want to sabotage our efforts," Oryem said, referring to the U.N. "They have been there and they failed."
The U.N. maintains nearly 20,000 troops in eastern Congo, the largest peacekeeping force in the world.

The M23 rebels — the latest incarnation of a group of Congolese Tutsi rebels set up to fight Rwandan Hutu rebels in Congo — launched their rebellion in April after accusing the Congolese government of breaking promises made in a March 2009 peace deal that integrated them into the Congo army. The rebels are allegedly led by Bosco Ntaganda, a renegade general who is wanted for war crimes but whose current whereabouts are not known. The rebels, who now control hills within 30 kilometers (20 miles) of the eastern provincial capital Goma, have set up parallel administrative structures in the territories they control.

Rwanda, which faced allegations of arming the rebels in an earlier report by U.N. experts, has denied the charges.

 
 

Congo demands sanctions on Rwanda, Uganda over rebels

By Jonny Hogg | Reuters – Wed, Oct 17, 2012

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday demanded targeted sanctions against Rwandan and Ugandan officials accused by a U.N. experts panel of backing a six-month-old insurgency in its volatile eastern borderlands.

The U.N. Security Council's Group of Experts said in a confidential report seen by Reuters that both Rwanda and Uganda were supporting the M23 rebels, who are expanding their control of parts of Congo's mineral-rich North Kivu province, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.

Rwanda accused the head of the Group of Experts for "pursuing a political agenda". Uganda called the allegations "rubbish, rubbish, rubbish".

However, the report is likely to hurt regional efforts to end to the crisis through the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), currently chaired by Uganda.

The experts, who monitor compliance with U.N. sanctions and an arms embargo on Congo, singled out Rwandan Defence Minister General James Kabarebe as heading M23's de facto chain of command.
They also said that senior Ugandan officials had provided M23 with "troop reinforcements ... weapons deliveries, technical assistance, joint planning, political advice and facilitation of external relations."
Congo's government spokesman Lambert Mende said on Wednesday that those named in the report as backing the rebellion should be placed under U.N. sanctions.
"It's more important than ever, as now we have proof that the drama in North Kivu is being manipulated by criminals who hold positions of power," he told Reuters.
"We've taken note of this report which confirms what we already know about Rwanda and contains new information about Uganda ... We're in contact with our neighbors in Uganda over these very serious allegations," he said.
While Kinshasa has regularly accused Kigali of meddling in Congo since an interim report in June revealed Rwandan links to the rebels, Uganda has up to now played a key role in the search for a regional solution.
"The leaking of the report by the Panel of "Experts" can only be in bad faith and intended to cause mischief and undermine the regional efforts to find a durable solution to the conflict in Eastern DRC," said Okello Oryem, Uganda's deputy minister for foreign affairs.
Oryem complained that Kampala had not been given an opportunity to respond to the charges.
"EXTREMELY DAMAGING"
But Thierry Vircoulon, the central Africa project co-ordinator for International Crisis Group, said the allegations were "extremely damaging".
"We can expect the Congolese to become more suspicious of the current ICGLR mediation," he said. "It'll be difficult for (Congolese) President Joseph Kabila to stay on board.".
"(But) by shedding light on the relationship between M23 and Kigali this may force Kigali to reduce its support," he added.
But Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo rejected the findings.
"Rwanda will not allow itself to be dragged any deeper into this farce by responding to the Group's far-fetched but fact-free assertions," Mushikiwabo said in a statement.
A Congolese army spokesman said that M23 fighters allied with other armed groups attacked Congolese army positions near Kilolirwe, in Masisi territory, but were repelled.
Meanwhile the U.N.'s peacekeeping mission in the country said six of its Indian troops and a local translator were wounded late on Tuesday after being ambushed by unidentified armed men.
As regional efforts to resolve the latest bout of fighting stall, French president Francois Hollande has said he favored bolstering the 17,000 strong U.N. mission to patrol the border with Rwanda, which has fought two previous wars in Congo.
Rwanda has said interventions were needed to pursue Hutu fighters responsible for a 1994 genocide. But it is also accused of defending its a web of economic and ethnic interests [ID:nL5E8LHN12].
Uganda also sent troops across the border during a 1998-2003 war in the region that left millions dead.

(Additional reporting by Elias Biryabarema in Kampala and Jenny Clover in Kigali; Writing by David Lewis and Joe Bavier; Editing by Jon Hemming)

 
 

Mass graves found after tribal fighting in Kenya's Tana delta

Reuters – 10 hrs ago

MOMBASA (Reuters) - Two mass graves were found in Kenya's coastal Tana River region, police said on Tuesday, a week after at least 38 people were shot, hacked and burnt to death as two tribes fought over land and water.

The graves were discovered in Kilelengwani village, the epicenter of fighting that has killed 100 people in the last three weeks, including nine police officers.

The scale of the recent unrest has left many Kenyans convinced it was politically instigated and has raised fears of serious tribal fighting before elections next March.

President Mwai Kibaki imposed a curfew last week and sent extra security forces to the area to try to end the violence, intensified by an influx of weapons in the last few years.

"We don't know yet whether they are attackers who died while in confrontation with security personnel, or were just victims killed by attackers during the clashes and buried," regional police chief Aggrey Adoli said.

Settled Pokomo farmers and semi-nomadic Orma tribesmen have clashed for years over access to grazing, farmland and water in the coastal region. Dams along the Tana River, Kenya's longest, supply about two thirds of the country's electricity.

Police cordoned off the graves and said they had asked for a court order to exhume the bodies.

"We can't know how many bodies are buried in the graves until we exhume," Adoli said.

(Reporting by Joseph Akwiri; Writing by James Macharia; Editing by Louise Ireland)

 
 
 
 
--- On Thu, 10/18/12, maina ndiritu <litshooz@gmail.com> wrote:
From: maina ndiritu <litshooz@gmail.com>
Subject: [PK] Intelligence on President Kibaki of Kenya
To: "africa yahoogroups" <africa-oped@yahoogroups.com>, youngprofessionals_ke@googlegroups.com, "forum" <wanakenya@googlegroups.com>, progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com, "VVM Vuguvugu Mashinani" <vuguvugumashinani@yahoogroups.com>, "KENYA ONLINE" <kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012, 5:02 PM
 
 
Intelligence on President Kibaki of Kenya
President Kibaki's has pulled the rug under the feet of Western and European countries for a number of reasons which intelligence analysts depict as economic-political.

Kibaki has ensured his country has put a tight lid on Western investors direct foreign investment plans making it impossible for the West to make headway in the country.

The Kenyan presidency hardly engages in any bilateral, diplomatic, and military cooperation talks with European and American diplomats anymore leaving the lesser and keenly audited office of the Prime Minister to deal with the Americans and Europeans.

French Ambassador complained to the French government and the Kenyan foreign ministry about the unavailability of the president. Much diplomatic efforts are burdened to the foreign ministry.

French ambassador to Kenya Etienne de Poncins postulates that it is virtually impossible to reach the president of the republic of Kenya.

Analysis

President Kibaki is gradually growing tired of Western influence in Kenyan politics. It is certain that events that preceded the 2007-2008 elections violence and the outcome of Western and European political efforts to find a political solution to Kenya rather consummated to the ICC trials of Kibaki's key allies.

Why would the president snub diplomats whereas they represent the interests and close ties of the countries they represent? There are two key pointers to such outcomes and both are political with a bias on socio-economics of Kenya.

Politically, the president has realized the West and European has no love for him rather closely monitoring his political gains with the aim of destabilizing his tenure and the future of his economic gains besides any form of leadership he will leave behind to inherit his unique achievements in Kenya.

For a long time, European non governmental organizations have played an active role in shaping the socio-political sphere thus increasing their influence among local communities. The outcome of this influence is the increased dependence of Western and European governments spies on these NGO's.

ICC Prosecutor evidence on the PEV is dependent solely on NGO findings and other forms of firsthand reports obtained through NGO platforms on the 2007-2008 events making NGO's are a real threat to Kenya's national security.

Another political reason is the close knit relation between the European and American diplomats with Kibaki's prime minister Raila Odinga who the intelligence community views as a stooge of the West and Europeans. If Kibaki gives these diplomats audience, it is like giving Odinga audience and leeway to have his way in the politik.


Intelligence reports show that British, American, and French diplomats, European Union, besides Nordic countries envoys have constantly sought audience with the president but on all occasions their agenda had little economic significance rather full of politically inclined suppositions irking the president.

The recent international community foray about the general elections date and Kibaki's posture on the same exposed a rift between the Kenyan presidency and the International community.

Kibaki in his view finds the West and Europe as nosy, conspirators, and jealous of his development initiatives hence has elevated his position from one who gives audience to 'petty people with petty issues' to that of an astute leader ready to take Kenya to economic prosperity.

Kibaki has left the role of diplomacy to his foreign ministry and before he gives audience with these diplomats, the foreign ministry must vet them to avoid the president being engaged in a diplomatic talk of no economic value rather full of political jibe.

Outcomes

The election date fuss and recent evidence showing foreign hand in the ICC case against some of his key allies, indicate there is a cold war in the diplomatic theater between the Kibaki regime and the European countries.

In the intelligence community view, ICC under very good tutor-age is monitoring the political issues in Kenya with the intentions of disrupting the elections and ensuring the suspect Uhuru Kenyatta is cornered. Every ICC announcement coincides with a Kenyan political development.

Kibaki has used the Eastern countries beside engaging the BRICK countries to engage the country in real economic and military development.

In a reverse gear, Kibaki has used Odinga's previous communist doctrines to rally support, but in his strategy, Kibaki has not engaged subversive activity, rather communist economic-military development concessions. These efforts have massively paid off. On the ground, most middle class Kenyan's are now worried about post Kibaki era, besides wishing he could stay a-bit longer.

China has offered Kenya an economic lifeline with Russia opening a floodgate of military capability opportunities for Kenya. Russia is offering Kenya latest military technology .

Odinga who now embraces Western diplomacy is fiddling politically, making many political blunders and getting increasingly isolated by the middle class who find his Western-European friends as ill bent or rather Greeks bearing gifts.

Indeed, European-American efforts to stymie Kenyan political tradition is not getting headway, events playing out show Kibaki's NSIS, the intelligence outfit of Kenya, has set in motion military-economic strategies (regional cooperation, bilateral agreements and massive inter-country infrastructure-energy concessions/projects to economically unite regions in a symbiotic relation) that have very well pulled the rug under the feet of the European-American efforts.

Kibaki has written on the wall, that when he leaves office, the West will find institutions and regional ties that they will not be able to shake and make use of to their benefit.
 
 
 
 

September 18th, 2012
Sep 23, 2012 6:51pm 01:35 PM ET

Clips From Last Night: Jesse Ventura on Romney, super PACs and 9/11

On Monday, Piers Morgan returned from assignment across the pond, welcoming former professional wrestler, and Minnesota governor, Jesse Ventura for a primetime exclusive interview.

Speaking before a live studio audience, the man who describes himself as an Independent had some strong words for Mitt Romney. On the heels of the controversial comments caught on tape at a closed-door fundraiser, "The Body" concluded that the GOP presidential candidate was alienating voters who do not pay their income taxes:
"It shows me that Mitt Romney probably lives in a world that I don't live in," said Monday's guest. "He comes from wealth. And most people I find that are born with that kind of money truly don't know what it's like to be out there."
Speaking with his trademark brand of candor, Ventura went on to share his views on campaign financing, and super PAC's:
"Their entire political system is based upon bribery," said Ventura about the current M.O. in Washington.
"Who can bribe and give the most money to the politician and now, thanks to our illustrious Supreme Court that ruled that corporations have the same right as individuals and that money is free speech," he continued.
Engaging in spirited debate with Piers Morgan, Ventura also weighed in on 9/11, suggesting that the terror attacks were not a "failure of intelligence," but more so tied to the notion that the "Bush administration ignored the intelligence."
"We knew before. Condoleezza Rice's memo on August 6th when it stated right in the memo, [Osama] Bin Laden to steal planes and run them into buildings. And more stuff is coming out now," said the 61-year-old. "It was almost like they ignored it because they wanted it to happen."
Watch the clips, and listen to the interviews, as Ventura – with the studio audience hanging on every word – further challenges Morgan on specifics of September 11th.
Comments:
Sean Miller
Last night we saw what happens when you put a lamb in the coliseum with a lion. Piers truly showed last night with Mr. Ventura how brainwashed himself and a whole lot of people are in regards to politics and the world in general. I doubt very much you will have a field-day with this like you did the Robert Blake interview because last night you were truly put in your place by a better man. Maybe from now on just stick to the easier interviews like celebrities and leave the harder ones for your boss Ted Turner. I think next time he should interview Mr Ventura instead of yourself.
September 18, 2012 at 3:26 pm | Report abuse | Reply
AGREE BUT.....
Dear Sean Miller,
I agree with you regarding Mr. Venturas interview! Loved this interview, very intelligent , very Honest!!! But I have to mention that Ted Turner no longer has ANY control over CNN. Last I heard (2012) he was trying to buy back majority interest in CNN, since CNN has been performing soo..................Miserably.
September 23, 2012 at 4:20 am | Report abuse |
The Mac
Last night PM called Jesse a liar when he said the BBC was doing a report on building seven falling with building seven still standing in the background 20 minutes BEFORE it fell. MMmmmmmmm........This was a pretaped BBC report. How did the BBC know seven was to fall? THIS VIDEO IS ON YOU TUBE.
September 18, 2012 at 2:03 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Chut Pata
PM described BBC as the most trustworthy news agency. I will tell you of a similar broadcast. In 1965 war between Pakistan and India, BBC aired news report that Indian Army has conquered the Pakistani city of Lahore. People in India celebrated on this news, only to find later that Indian army was stuck on the other side of BRB river due to an unexpected blowing of the bridge. This is how credible BBC is.
September 18, 2012 at 5:07 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Paul Welch
Jesse: I was trained by Don Eagle and his father War Eagle. I spent many days on the reservation in Canada.
I watched you on Piers Morgan Monday nite. I see that he also has become one of the Paid Off news media liars.
I support you 110%. BRAVO!
Keep up the good work, we can eradicate these Marxist Fascists in Washington and wherever. Thank You
September 18, 2012 at 2:56 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Brad
Jesse Ventura is a nut, wouldn't vote for him for class clown. I too have a lot of questions about 9/11, but just don't see that our government was in on it. Read the Popular Mechanics report Jesse....
September 18, 2012 at 3:15 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Why?
Who gained from 9/11 not the poor one million Iraqs that Bush butchered ?
September 18, 2012 at 3:53 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Chat Pata
I believe those were real terrorist, but more like rogue CIA agents. Apparently they did not know that Bush administration was aware of what they were planning to do, but let them do it so that they can attack Iraq and profit the oil companies of George Bush, Condalisa Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney etc. These terrorist did not know they were acting on the agenda of Bush admin.
September 18, 2012 at 5:11 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Wake up!
Before you call any one a lier please check your facts.
How many times has Pierce or any reporter invited Alan Hart ( BBC reporter ) to tell us about his finding on 9/11 ? Why do we need foreign reports to tell us what happened ? The Patriot act was to suppress and scare Americans from questioning. Please wake up your country needs you.
Please check out Alan Hart on youtube or google him.
September 18, 2012 at 5:33 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Sally
How many of you have heard of Annie Machon of MI 5 whistle blower? How many have been silenced and why? Please see Annie Machon on YouTube, or read about her on google or Bing. Why won't CNN and other net works afraid to interview Annie Machon?
I tried posting her web page but CNN won't let me.
September 18, 2012 at 5:51 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Nancy
Because Netanyahu is the almost God of the Rupublican party.
September 18, 2012 at 8:43 pm | Report abuse |
Chat Pata
Jesse the Body Ventura body slammed PM. LOL.
September 18, 2012 at 5:11 pm | Report abuse | Reply
123pink
Piers Morgan was arrogant towards Jesse Ventura. It was offensive watching him attack Ventura and "put him in his place." I had been a Piers Morgan fan but after watching that interview and the interview of Chief Justice Scalia, I am convinced that PM lacks integrity and respect for others . All razzmatazz and no substance!
September 18, 2012 at 6:57 pm | Report abuse | Reply
sandra Daniella
No one can put A good man down- The real –un-programed will see the truth . Pierce is just another "Media Mouth " programed like millons to attack A decent man –As he speaks the truth –(Evil will always attack )
I like pierce –but he knows nothing but what pays his check. Sorry Old Boy "' but Jesse Rules in this interview.
September 18, 2012 at 11:17 pm | Report abuse | Reply
redintherainbow
I couldn't agree with you more. And Jesse was so gentlemanly in his treatment of PM. Piers fell to very low terms in my estimation. Boo HISS Piers
September 19, 2012 at 6:51 pm | Report abuse | Reply
bolognese47
MR JESSE VENTURA is americas next prophet......i sure hope he does run for prez in 2016 and wins he is esxactly what this country needs.......NO NONSENSE, INTELLIGNET AND RADICAL ENUFF TO GET OUR HONOR BACK U HAVE MY VOTE JESSE, I SURE HOPE I AM STILL ALIVE SO I CAN VOTE FOR U GOD BLESS U BROTHER
September 18, 2012 at 8:28 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  1. Allyn Nelson, Senior
  2. I am ready to vote for Jesse now! I thought he was great! I want to hear more from him on more subjects. The live people only added to the show. Please do it again!!! I loved it!
  3. September 18, 2012 at 9:25 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  4. bouree
    So Piers thinks Jesse has some crackpot ideas and is not afraid to say it to his face. Kudos Piers!! And Joel Osteen believes gays are sinners who will burn in hell. Piers does not call him on that. Skeered Piers?
    September 18, 2012 at 10:01 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  1. Laurel James
  2. This was great! Loved it! He sees things so clearly... Great Interview Piers. You were a fair and bright debate partner. Both of you were wonderful.
  3. September 19, 2012 at 2:46 am | Report abuse | Reply
  4. Bill
    I loved the look on Piers face when Jesse was de-bunking the official 9/11 story. Perhaps he should read 'Extreme Prejudice' by Susan Lindauer or 'Classified Woman' by Sibel Edmonds or listen to Steve Pieczenik on youtube to enhance his education about the 9/11 fable...which frankly you would have to be a kid to believe.
    September 19, 2012 at 7:34 am | Report abuse | Reply
  5. Dan
    Piers.
    Really when are you going to stop the comedy value, your a serious journalist, why oh why do you keep having this man on your show, save for the need of your audience to write in.
    Bar Mr Ventura the rest can be quite good.
    If I wanted to see that sort of thing there's the comedy channel on Sky, do I need to resort to that?
    I trust you'll agree that guest selection can be improved.
    My Regards.
    September 19, 2012 at 9:48 am | Report abuse | Reply
John
Admit it Piers Morgan, you got your ass handed to you by Jesse Ventura. It was so ovbious that you wanted out of the 9-11 topic that you immediately rushed into break. I'm sure you saw BBC's Jane Standley standing in front of WTC 7, claiming it fell and did not, and yet you had the nerve to dismiss this fact as fraudulent-with out any thought or constructive reasoning on your part. Your pathetic denial of what Jesse was telling the world was self evident, and to top it off, as usual Jesse was a total gentleman and PATRIOT. Like a frightened child you resulted to inappropriate name calling and shallow insults. Just following marching orders, right? You are an absolute propaganda SHILL for CNN; and if you were not a shill, you would have been exterminated from that CIA front operation the second you hit the parking lot. Your live audience was 100% more professional and HONEST than you were ever allowed to be. You failed your journalistic responsibility in America, and the evil of your ways is all over your face. You, along with the rest of CNN are nothing more that handlers of disinformation and mind control. Got to go, the NWO is calling.....
September 19, 2012 at 9:40 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Lanis
Piers Morgan demonstrated he has not spent any time studying 9/11 and as the majority of journalists, pundits and editors is FULLY VESTED in the government's narrative. This is to be expected because what would any of these people do if it were determined 9/11 was an inside job. If this concept became main stream who would want to hear from these many people in the profession of journalism WHEN THEY MISSED THE BIGGEST STORY OF THEIR LIFETIME.
Piers obviously believes that a group of independent Muslim terrorists with no support from a competent intelligence agency ran a complex operation that resulted in the 9/11 attacks getting past a dozen US and Foreign intelligence agencies.
The fact that he believes the above to be true given all of the evidence to the contrary is a bigger sign of the mainstream media's purposeful ignorance of 9/11. These same media people are not in the slightest way perplexed as to why all of these bamboozled intelligence agencies did not lift a finger to find out why and how they were made to look so incompetent. The government launched a political commission instead of a criminal investigation that resulted IN NOT A SINGLE PERSON BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. The US Joint Chiefs, CIA, NSA, DIA actually obstructed the investigation that was started a full year after the attacks. Think about that... the Pearl Harbor Attack on Dec 7 1941 had an investigation that began in Dec 1941 while 9/11's investigation started more than a year after the attacks. Also the Commission on Pearl Harbor resulted in an admiral and general being charged with dereliction of duty while 9/11 resulted in nothing.
I think Piers did a great job of demonstrating to the public his depth of study regarding the biggest history changing event of his lifetime. I took his not knowing about the BBC reporter (Jane Standley) stating Building 7 had collapsed with the building standing behind her the equivalent of Don Rumsfeld staying "what?" when he was asked about building 7 because he did not know what it was. I would guess Bush, Cheney, Rice etc.. never read any of the reports produced about the 9/11 or Anthrax attacks that took place on their watch. Why would they need to read a detailed report about what happened when they already know what happened because they are the perpetrators.
September 20, 2012 at 10:50 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  1. dewbert
  2. Piers needs to look at percentages of ALL types of murders when comparing England & Germany to the U.S, rather than total numbers gun murders only. Those countries are much smaller than us, therefore they have less murders, in general. And just because they have less guns in those countries, doesn't mean they don't murder in other ways (i.e. knives, billy clubs). That being said, we still probably haven more murders than they. But, then it becomes an issue of "why," not "how" these murders are happening.
  3. September 22, 2012 at 10:17 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  4. Kool James
    Piers Morgan is a liar and paid off puppet....i really hate this guy because today he proved that he can lie to save his job on a national TV and think he can make millions of people fool...Sorry Pier, people are very smart and yes we know that why we are in afghanistan and Iraq.....not to liberate anyone; not to kill terrorists, we are there for OIL (Iraq) and LEAD (Afghanistan)......
    September 22, 2012 at 10:36 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  5. Beth Peters
    Ventura is a brave and courageous man, not afraid to speak the truth. Wake up America.
    September 22, 2012 at 10:37 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  6. Robert Myers
    Did you see Pier's face when they started talking about 9/11....Ventura really surprised him...Piers could have lost his job if he would have revealed US gov behind it...
    September 22, 2012 at 10:46 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Lorne A.
Thank you Jesse Ventura for bringing up the gaps in 9/11 Truth on mainstream media.Someone with an inquisitive and open mind can discover some very troubling facts about 9/11 on the internet in a very short time. For instance, take a look at " 9-11: Explosive Evidence, Experts Speak Out" on You Tube. This is evidence given by highly credentialed architects and engineers. Also take a look at "Pilots for 9/11 Truth" which is evidence given by pilots of distinction, many who are high ranking officers in the U.S Air Force.
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Jesse Ventura Secret Societies Full Length
Published on May 12, 2012 by TheReturnofLurker15

December 30 2009 - Jesse speaks with Bilderberg expert, Daniel Estulin.

They're thought to be a group of the world's elite who meet once a year at a luxury hotel and decide how they will run the world. It's believed they plan to thin out the population through disease and vaccines. Jesse Ventura infiltrates the Bilderberg Group.

Jesse is hot on the trail of The Bilderberg Group, a collection of the world's elite who meet every year to, as the theory goes, decide how it will run the world. As Ventura tries to infiltrate this secret society he discovers a plot against him, but he is not the only one they are after. Jesse exposes some of the cabal's most well-known and powerful members, and you'll find out how both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are involved.

Their current alleged sinister plot is to dramatically thin out the world's population. Ventura and his team will reveal the cunning methods, involving disease and vaccinations, The Bilderberg Group may use to enact their "soft kill" plan. If you're wondering why you've never even heard of this secret society, it's because the people who control the mainstream media are heavily involved.

What else are they hiding from you?

 
 
 
 
DT Guest Lecture Series - Ian Fletcher on NAFTA & North American Integration
Published on Sep 20, 2012 by 001HR

This was our first ever live classroom interview with an expert and author, in this case, economist Ian Fletcher, back in 2011. We discussed NAFTA, North American Integration, trade issues as well as the undemocratic nature of interests like Bilderberg who have worked on integrating the continent for decades.

 
 
 
 
Illuminating Secret Societies: The Mind Control Agenda (Full Length Film) 1/2
Uploaded by WakeUpToTheNWO2 on Oct 2, 2011

Part 2 has been BLOCKED world wide - WATCH HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcgEPNKO-3o

This is a 3 hour (2 part) documentary film, which took almost a full year of my life to complete. It not only exposes the Secret Society networks that covertly run the entire world, but also the Mind Control and Propaganda used to subvert the every Human Being to their way of thinking. Topics covered in this film range from Secret Societies and Mind Control, to the deliberate dumbing down of the Educational System and finally, the birth of the New World Order. ENJOY !!!

 
 
 
 
Secret History of the Freemasons
Uploaded by TheNWOtruth on Sep 21, 2011

This video is NOT made by me, nor do I own any rights, this is a Discovery/History Channel episode!

This video is not a solution or an answer, it is uploaded for information or additional information, not as a conclusive theory

 
 
 
 
Why was John Kennedy Assassinated? Why Was He Killed?
Uploaded by bibleortraditions on Sep 5, 2008
In this video, we will take a look at the sinister powers in charge at the time of his death.

Kennedy was not killed by those who pulled the trigger, but by those who conspired and beneficiated from his death.

We also see this was a signal to other world leaders, 'If we can kill an American President in the middle of the day, in Dallas, TX, and no one goes to trial, we can get you too."
 


 
JFK Speaks out Against the New World Order
Uploaded by SilverShieldGrp on Aug 16, 2009

http://SonsOfLibertyAcademy.com
JFK speaks out against the NWO. Look up Executive Order 11110 it would have taken the strongest power away from the elite. This I believe is the real reason he was killed along with his brother RFK.
Educate yourselves and spread the world. Tough times are ahead and you can only prepare when you are aware.

he's right. the "new world order" was a term coined by President George Bush at the end of the Cold War. It did not exist in Kennedy's lifetime. Kennedy was not commenting of the New World Order.
The 4th Reich in America
Published on Oct 16, 2012 by DisclosureBubble

Journalist and author Jim Marrs discussed his new book The Rise of the Fourth Reich, which posits that Nazi ideology threatens to overtake America. This authoritarian ideology-- that the end justifies the means, is practiced by various secret societies" sometimes called the Illuminati, who function within the US as well as globally, he explained.

A number of powerful and wealthy families in America supported the Nazis leading up to WWII, and these same families own media conglomerates and corporate entities that exist today, he detailed. As many as 100,000 Nazis were brought over to the U.S. after the war-- some sharing their advanced technology in programs such as Project Paperclip, in exchange for immunity, said Marrs.

He described technology such as the Nazi Bell, a large conical shaped device with rotating magnetic fields which allowed for the manipulation of energy at both the atomic and subatomic level. This may have been the same technology used in the Philadelphia Experiment, he noted. The Nazis had flying saucer technology on the drawing board as well, he added.

Marrs estimated the Illuminati are about 75% on their way to executing their plan of microchipping and controlling the world's population. Rather than a one-world government, he suggested it was in their interest to keep factions warring, and eventually we could see a North American Union, the European Union and an Asian Union battling each other, like the three superstates depicted in Orwell's 1984. Individuals can avoid this fate by educating themselves and fighting back, Marrs advised.
Sunspot Update

First hour guest, James McCanney commented on the lack of sunspots. There have been about 400 days with little or no sunspots, which is unusual for the current solar cycle, he reported. This could indicate a cooling trend on the sun.

 
 
 
 
The Illuminati: Freemasonry and Zionism - The Master Plan To Rule the World
Uploaded by Joseph Blauman on Jan 2, 2012

The Illuminati: Freemasonry and Zionism - The Master Plan To Rule the World

Note -- The word "Illuminati" was the predecessor of the two terms Zionism and / or Freemasonry.

 
 
 
 
Mitt Romney Attended Bilderberg 2012: Charlie Skelton Reports
Published on Jun 6, 2012 by TheAlexJonesChannel
Four separate eyewitnesses inside the Westfields Marriott hotel in Chantilly Virginia told London Guardian writer Charlie Skelton that Mitt Romney was in attendance at Bilderberg 2012, suggesting the Republican candidate could be the elite's pick for the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

"Four eyewitnesses on the hotel staff told me Willard Mitt Romney was here at Bilderberg 2012. My four eyewitnesses place him inside. That's one more than Woodward and Bernstein used. Romney's office initially refused to confirm or deny his attendance as Bilderberg is "not public". They later said it was not him," writes Skelton.

The London Guardian writer adds that the fact Romney's name did not appear on the official list of attendees is meaningless. Numerous power brokers, including Bill Gates, were photographed arriving at the event yet were not included on the list of participants, as is routinely the case.

With speculation already raging that Romney's potential VP -- Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels -- was already being groomed by Bilderberg cronies, Romney's appearance at the secretive confab of global power brokers suggests that he is being favored by the elite, who have seemingly lost faith in Barack Obama.

As Skelton noted in a separate report, on Saturday afternoon a limousine arrived at the hotel surrounded by a police motorcade, signaling the arrival of a "heavyweight politician". Could this have been Mitt Romney? It's unlikely given the fact that he was appearing at fundraisers on the west coast all weekend, but Romney's schedule for Thursday, the first day of the Bilderberg meeting, was clear.

An invite to the Bilderberg conference has routinely proven beneficial to future Presidents and Prime Ministers.

Four years ago during a heated battle on the campaign trail, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton gave reporters the slip to attend the 2008 Bilderberg meeting at the same hotel. On precisely the same weekend as the confab was taking place, the Washington Post announced that Hillary was withdrawing from the presidential race and would support Obama.

Bill Clinton and Tony Blair were both groomed by the secretive organization in the early 1990′s before rising to prominence. Portugal's Pedro Santana Lopes and Jose Socrates attended the 2004 meeting in Stresa, Italy before both going on to become Prime Minster of Portugal.

Bilderberg also played a key role in selecting John Edwards and John Kerry's running mate in 2004 and Bilderberg luminary James A. Johnson also hand-picked Joe Biden as VP in 2008.

Confirmation that Romney attended Bilderberg 2012 may be hard to come by, but news that the former Governor of Massachusettes email account was compromised by a hacker could offer proof, although no emails have been leaked thus far.
http://www.infowars.com/eyewitnesses-mitt-romney-attended-bilderberg-2012/
by Paul Joseph Watson
 
 
 

ROMNEY was at BILDERBERG Global Mafia Confab Chantilly Virginia 2012
Published on Jun 7, 2012 by ricthuse
Mitt Romney Attended Bilderberg 2012

http://www.infowars.com/eyewitnesses-mitt-romney-attended-bilderberg-2012/

Four separate eyewitnesses inside the Westfields Marriott hotel in Chantilly Virginia told London Guardian writer Charlie Skelton that Mitt Romney was in attendance at Bilderberg 2012, suggesting the Republican candidate could be the elite's pick for the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

"Four eyewitnesses on the hotel staff told me Willard Mitt Romney was here at Bilderberg 2012. My four eyewitnesses place him inside. That's one more than Woodward and Bernstein used. Romney's office initially refused to confirm or deny his attendance as Bilderberg is "not public". They later said it was not him," writes Skelton.

The London Guardian writer adds that the fact Romney's name did not appear on the official list of attendees is meaningless. Numerous power brokers, including Bill Gates, were photographed arriving at the event yet were not included on the list of participants, as is routinely the case.

With speculation already raging that Romney's potential VP -- Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels -- was already being groomed by Bilderberg cronies, Romney's appearance at the secretive confab of global power brokers suggests that he is being favored by the elite, who have seemingly lost faith in Barack Obama.

As Skelton noted in a separate report, on Saturday afternoon a limousine arrived at the hotel surrounded by a police motorcade, signaling the arrival of a "heavyweight politician". Could this have been Mitt Romney? It's unlikely given the fact that he was appearing at fundraisers on the west coast all weekend, but Romney's schedule for Thursday, the first day of the Bilderberg meeting, was clear.

An invite to the Bilderberg conference has routinely proven beneficial to future Presidents and Prime Ministers.

Four years ago during a heated battle on the campaign trail, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton gave reporters the slip to attend the 2008 Bilderberg meeting at the same hotel. On precisely the same weekend as the confab was taking place, the Washington Post announced that Hillary was withdrawing from the presidential race and would support Obama.

Bill Clinton and Tony Blair were both groomed by the secretive organization in the early 1990′s before rising to prominence. Portugal's Pedro Santana Lopes and Jose Socrates attended the 2004 meeting in Stresa, Italy before both going on to become Prime Minster of Portugal.

Bilderberg also played a key role in selecting John Edwards and John Kerry's running mate in 2004 and Bilderberg luminary James A. Johnson also hand-picked Joe Biden as VP in 2008.

Confirmation that Romney attended Bilderberg 2012 may be hard to come by, but news that the former Governor of Massachusettes email account was compromised by a hacker could offer proof, although no emails have been leaked thus far.
 
 
 
 
Super rich are in a conspiracy to rule the world - G. Edward Griffin - 2007
Uploaded by freedomlawschool on Jun 11, 2011

A most renowned expert on Federal Reserve and the New World Order will share how the super Rich of the World have organized to create a New World Order that they will control. www.realityzone.com

Recorded at Freedom Law School's (
http://LiveFreeNow.org) 2007 Texas Justice, Peace, & Freedom Conference

I don't think antbody really knows the whole truth. One thing I do know is what men do when they have money/power. It sure is hell isn't help others, or live a humble and meek life. Most rich and powerful men get off on controlling something/somebody with it. Thats just my observation.
i dont THINK we need to know the " whole truth". for me, knowing that everything i ever have been tought in school has been a lie is good enough. knowing that everything sold to us is fake and bad for us is good enough for me. knowing that everything doesn't seem right in itself proves to me that someone is controlling everything and thats all we need to understand as a mass.
CORPORATE FASCISM: The Destruction of America's Middle Class
Uploaded by OriginalIntentDoc on Aug 30, 2011

A James Jaeger Film featuring RON PAUL, Congressman/Presidential Candidate; PAT BUCHANAN, Author/Political Analyst; G. EDWARD GRIFFIN, Author/Producer; EDWIN VIEIRA, Author/Constitutional Attorney and TED BAEHR, Founder of MovieGuide and Christian Film & TV Commission -- CORPORATE FASCISM explores a new kind of fascism: the merger of corporations and government whereby corporate power dominates. With the emergence of ever-larger multinational corporations -- due to consolidation facilitated by the Federal Reserve's endless FIAT money -- the corporatocracy has been in a position to literally purchase the U.S. Congress. As a result, many of the nation's "laws" have been re-configured to benefit WE THE CORPORATIONS, rather than WE THE PEOPLE. "Laws" like NAFTA and GATT resulted in the outsourcing of the U.S. manufacturing base and the destruction of the Middle Class. This is nothing less than the 1 Percenters abusing the 99 Percenters. Known as "monopoly capitalism," "crony capitalism," "mercantilism," "globalization," "the new world order," and/or "free trade" -- this is NOT your Grandfather's capitalism.

If you liked this film, help us make our new film "MOLON LABE - How the Second Amendment Guarantees America's Freedom". See
http://www.molon.us

Get this, and other James Jaeger films, on higher quality DVD at www.MoviePubs.Net/dvds. Donations and DVD sales are what make these films possible. If you can't afford a DVD, we understand, but please, at least refer this movie and its URLs to your list of family, friends and associates. You KNOW corporate mainstream media won't! Thanks.

Video won't work. Must be some good info cause they're censoring it. No error message, it just won't load, black screen. It's not my computer cause i can click on another video from the sidebar suggestions and it works fine. Tried it on a different computer with a different IP and it wouldn't load either. It's being censored. Only had this happen 1 other time in the thousands of YT videos I've watched and it was a Bill Cooper video. That is how you know the info is sensitive when they censor it.
NWO: Secret Societies and Biblical Prophecy Vol. 1
Uploaded by LeonardUlrich on Mar 19, 2011

NOTE: Please watch the second edition of this video on the LeonardUlrich channel, and transfer links to that edition. The second edition perfects the film's historical accuracy. I intend to pull the first edition in a few weeks. A separate four minute video on my channel discusses the changes between editions.

I am glad to see that you made such an informative effort in knowing the past and connecting it the present and as a consequence to what the future would be like. Thank you for sharing your work with us. I would also recommend to you to sincerely also read the Quran and understand its prophesies.
Amen Brother !
There's way to much evidence of that , first the grandfather prescott bush a germany simpathizer , the bush senior in the first war with iraq the the son on the same issue but bring down the towers why aren't these people in prison ! why if we know these things are they walking around free . we should set an example to the world and bring this family to justice
right. afterward comes this. 2 peter 3: 9, 10, 11,12,13
NWO, Secret Societies & Biblical Prophecy Vol 1 (Revised).flv.flv
Published on Apr 24, 2012 by Consumersave

("Revised": meaning, someone confronted Leonard Ulrich about a few errors in the first version; Leonard Ulrich corrected them, and re-released the movie.)

This movie is a real eye-opener; it is a short (relatively), but extensive history lesson; it covers three big ideas:
1. NWO
2. Secret Societies
3. Biblical Prophecy

I've been given permission by a YouTube user to download this video and re-upload it on my own channel. It shows how the elite are trying really hard to manipulate the world and force an N-W-O upon us. This documentary exposes the N-W-O, Secret Societies, and shows how all this was foretold in prophecy all thru' the bible along time ago. People need to wake up! Please copy this Documentary and put it on your own channel...Be sure to give Leonard Ulrich Credit for this wonderful work.

I'm putting a disclaimer here, although I don't feel I need to as I've been given permission to up load it.




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Disclaimer: The owner and operators of this web site user page do not engage in illegal activities, nor do they know any individuals who do. This web site user page is intended to inform the public about the NEW WORLD ORDER, We value all opinions. In our time online, no rebuttal has been had.

Special thanks to Leonard Ulrich for making such a wonderfully informative documentary and given people permission to download, and re-upload it.. Anyone downloading this ought to mentioned the above Leonard Ulrich. Peace to all watching.

 
 
 
 
NWO Secret Societies and Biblical Prophecy The Real Truth
"The scoffer seeks wisdom and finds it not" Proverbs
Check out this website: wwwDOTwhateverycatholicshouldk ­nowDOTcom
...despises the other. Ye cannot serve GOD and mammon'. ( Mathew 6:24 )
' For the love of money is the root of evil, wich while some coverted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows'. ( Timothy, 6:10 )
The LORD says, 'come out from among them, and be ye separate, ... and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and I will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, said the LORD ALMIGHTY'.
"The scoffer seeks wisdom and finds it not" Proverbs
Check out this website: wwwDOTwhateverycatholicshouldk ­nowDOTcom
...despises the other. Ye cannot serve GOD and mammon'. ( Mathew 6:24 )
' For the love of money is the root of evil, wich while some coverted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows'. ( Timothy, 6:10 )
The LORD says, 'come out from among them, and be ye separate, ... and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and I will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, said the LORD ALMIGHTY'.

' Those who stand under the blood-stained banner of Prince Immanuel cannot be united with the freemasons or with any secret organizations. THE SEAL of the living GOD will not be placed upon anyone who maintains such a connection, after the light of truth has shown upon his phathway'.
CHRIST is not devided and those who stay in this connection will lose their soul !
' No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despises...

' We hold upon this earth the place of God Almigthy'. ( Pope Leo XIII )
' A power from beneath is working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama, satan coming as CHRIST and working with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in those who are binding themselves together in secret societies',
( Testimonies, Volume 8, pag. 28 )
We are living at the very time of the close of Probation and will see it very shortly.

' Those who stand under the blood-stained banner of Prince Immanuel cannot be united with the freemasons or with any secret organizations. THE SEAL of the living GOD will not be placed upon anyone who maintains such a connection, after the light of truth has shown upon his phathway'.
CHRIST is not devided and those who stay in this connection will lose their soul !
' No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despises...
' We hold upon this earth the place of God Almigthy'. ( Pope Leo XIII )
' A power from beneath is working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama, satan coming as CHRIST and working with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in those who are binding themselves together in secret societies',
( Testimonies, Volume 8, pag. 28 )
We are living at the very time of the close of Probation and will see it very shortly.

Blackwater Worldwide

Ahmad al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Updated: April 25, 2011
Founded in 1998 by former Navy Seals, Blackwater Worldwide says it has trained tens of thousands of security personnel to work in hot spots around the world.
The company, now called Xe Services, was once the United States' go-to contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan. It has been under intense scrutiny since 2007, when Blackwater guards were accused of killing 17 civilians in Nisour Square in Baghdad.
The company and its executives and personnel have faced civil lawsuits, criminal charges and Congressional investigations surrounding accusations of murder and bribery. In April 2010, federal prosecutors announced weapons charges against five former senior Blackwater executives, including its former president, Erik D. Prince.
Nearly four years after the federal government began a string of investigations and criminal prosecutions against company personnel, some of the cases have fallen apart, burdened by legal obstacles including the difficulties of obtaining evidence in war zones, of gaining proper jurisdiction for prosecutions in American civilian courts, and of overcoming immunity deals given to defendants by American officials on the scene.
But in April 25, 2011, a federal appeals court reopened the criminal case against four former American military contractors accused of manslaughter in connection with the Nisour Square shooting in 2007.

The Baghdad Shooting
On Sept. 16, 2007, a convoy of four armored vehicles carrying Blackwater guards armed with automatic rifles rolled through Baghdad. Out on a day in which an explosion had the city on edge, a man was shot in the head while driving, yet his car kept rolling. The guards responded with a barrage of gunfire and explosive weapons, leaving 17 dead and 24 wounded.
The shootings, in the middle of traffic, set off an anti-American political firestorm in Iraq and an international debate over the role of private security contractors in modern war zones. The Blackwater guards were accused of firing wildly and indiscriminately from their convoy into other cars and at Iraqi civilians. The guards defended their actions, saying they were responding to fire from insurgents.
The Nisour Square shootings became a watershed event in the Iraq war, and led the Iraqi government to demand greater sovereignty and control over foreign contractors operating in the country. The Baghdad government later demanded and won the right to subject foreign contractors to Iraqi law, while the United States government grudgingly began to impose greater curbs on the freewheeling activities of the personnel guarding American diplomats in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The former employees of Blackwater Worldwide were accused of manslaughter after the fatal shooting. But the charges were dismissed in December 2009 by a federal judge in Washington, who criticized the Justice Department for its handling of the case and ruled that prosecutors had relied on tainted evidence.
In April 2011, however, an appeals panel ordered the case reopened. The three-judge appeals panel, disagreeing with the judge's decision, sent the case back, ordering Judge Ricardo M. Urbina of Federal District Court to review the evidence against each defendant individually.
The appeals court ruling was a victory for the Justice Department, which had been bruised by Judge Urbina's ruling taking it to task for an overzealous prosecution.
Blackwater itself never truly recovered from the shooting. It quickly became the subject of numerous Congressional and federal investigations and lawsuits for a broad range of activities in Iraq and elsewhere.
Shell Companies
After Blackwater was roundly condemned for its conduct in Iraq, Blackwater created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in American government contracts.
While it is not clear how many of those businesses won contracts, at least three had deals with the United States military or the Central Intelligence Agency. Since 2001, the intelligence agency has awarded up to $600 million in classified contracts to Blackwater and its affiliates.
The network of companies — which includes several businesses located in offshore tax havens — allowed Blackwater to obscure its involvement in government work from contracting officials or the public, and to assure a low profile for any of its classified activities.
Senator Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat who is chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has requested that the Justice Department investigate whether Blackwater officers misled the government when using subsidiaries to solicit contracts.
The settlement with the State Department followed lengthy talks between Blackwater and the State Department that dealt with the violations as an administrative matter, allowing the firm to avoid criminal charges. It does not resolve other legal troubles still facing Blackwater and its former executives and other personnel.
Those include the indictments of five former executives on weapons and obstruction charges; a federal investigation into evidence that Blackwater officials sought to bribe Iraqi government officials; and the arrest of two former Blackwater guards on federal murder charges stemming from the killing of two Afghans in 2009.
Relationship With the C.I.A.
In December 2009, The New York Times reported that private security guards from Blackwater participated in some of the C.I.A.'s most sensitive activities — clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of detainees, according to former company employees and intelligence officials.
The raids against suspects occurred on an almost nightly basis during the height of the Iraqi insurgency from 2004 to 2006, with Blackwater personnel playing central roles in what company insiders called "snatch and grab" operations.
Instead of simply providing security for C.I.A. officers, several former Blackwater guards have said they at times became partners in missions to capture or kill militants in Iraq and Afghanistan, a practice that raises questions about the use of guns for hire on the battlefield.
Separately, former Blackwater employees said they helped provide security on some C.I.A. flights transporting detainees in the years after the 2001 terror attacks in the United States.
Blackwater's partnership with the C.I.A. has been enormously profitable for the North Carolina-based company, and became even closer after several top agency officials joined Blackwater.
The C.I.A.'s continuing relationship with the company has drawn harsh criticism from some members of Congress, who argue that the company's tarnished record should preclude it from such work.
Nonetheless, in June 2010 the State Department awarded Blackwater a $120 million contract to provide security at its regional offices in Afghanistan, while the C.I.A. renewed the firm's $100 million security contract for its station in Kabul. At the time, the C.I.A. director, Leon E. Panetta, defended the decision, saying that the company had offered the lowest bid and had "cleaned up its act."
Company Founder Erik Prince
For a time, the company's founder, Erik Prince, had ambitions to turn Blackwater into an informal arm of the American foreign policy and national security apparatus, and proposed to the C.I.A. to create a "quick reaction force" that could handle paramilitary operations for the spy agency around the world. He had hopes that Blackwater's military prowess could be an influential force in regional conflicts around the world.
Mr. Prince, a former Navy Seal member and the heir to an auto parts fortune, has tried to shed his ties to Blackwater and its past activities. He overhauled the company's management in 2009, changed its name, and in later 2010 sold the privately held company. He also moved with his family to Abu Dhabi from the United States, a move that colleagues say was a result of his deep anger and frustration over the intense scrutiny he and his firm have received.
While Mr. Prince stepped down from any management or operational role, he was expected to have a financial interest in his former company's future. The company was subject to an agreement it reached with the State Department in August 2010. Under the settlement, the company paid $42 million in fines over hundreds of violations of United States export control regulations, permitting it to continue to compete for government contracts.
The new buyers hoped to recast the company as a military training organization instead of a private security service. The company's training center in Moyock has trained more than 50,000 United States government personnel and allied forces. The buyers hope to receive new contracts to train forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen, among other locations, especially as the United States withdraws troops and needs to train local forces.
Somalia Operation
In January 2011, Mr. Prince was said to be backing an effort by a South African mercenary firm to insert itself in Somalia's civil war. According to a report by the African Union, an organization of African states, Mr. Prince provided initial funding for a project by Saracen International to win contracts with Somalia's embattled government. The Somali government has been cornered into a small patch of Mogadishu by the Shabab, a Somali militant group with ties to Al Qaeda.
The company, with corporate offshoots in Uganda and other countries, was formed with the remnants of Executive Outcomes, a private mercenary firm composed largely of former South African special operations troops that operated throughout Africa in the 1990s.
According to a Jan. 12, 2011 confidential report by the African Union, Mr. Prince "is at the top of the management chain of Saracen and provided seed money for the Saracen contract." A Western official working in Somalia says he believes that it was Mr. Prince who first raised the idea of the Saracen contract with members of the Emirates' ruling families, with whom he has a close relationship. Mr. Prince could not be reached for comment.
With its barely functional government and a fierce hostility to foreign armies since the hasty American withdrawal from Mogadishu in the early 1990s, Somalia is a country where Western militaries have long feared to tread. This has created an opportunity for private security companies like Saracen to fill the security vacuum created by years of civil war.
Days after the disclosure of the African Union report, many of Somalia's biggest financial supporters, including the United States, have questioned the wisdom of the deal. Somali officials, in turn, cooled to the idea of working with Saracen.

Erik Prince

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Erik Dean Prince

Erik D. Prince
Born (1969-06-06) June 6, 1969 (age 43)
Holland, Michigan
Residence Abu Dhabi[1]
Nationality United States
Education graduate of Holland Christian High School, Hillsdale College
Occupation private military company executive
Known for founder of Blackwater Worldwide
Title chairman and CEO of the Prince Group and Blackwater Worldwide
Religion Christian; a convert to the Roman Catholic Church,[2] raised in the Calvinist Christian Reformed Church in North America[3]
Spouse(s) Joan Nicole Prince (deceased in June 2003); Joanna Ruth Prince, neé Houck
Children 7; 4 from his first marriage and 3 from his second
Parents Edgar D. Prince and Elsa Prince-Broekhuizen
Relatives Betsy DeVos (sister)
Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is a former U.S. Navy SEAL notable for founding the world's largest private military company, Blackwater Worldwide, in 1997. He served as CEO until 2009 and later as chairman until Blackwater was sold in 2010 to a group of investors. Prince currently lives in United Arab Emirates.

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[edit] Early life and career

Erik Prince was born in Holland, Michigan to Edgar D. Prince and Elsa Broekhuizen. Prince is the youngest of four children.[4] Both his parents share Dutch heritage (the family name, Prins, was at some point anglicized to Prince) He graduated from Holland Christian High School.[citation needed]
Prince and his father toured the world together, visiting the German concentration camp Dachau, a divided Berlin, and Normandy. According to his mother, these trips "made a big impression" on the young Prince.[5]
Prince attended the Naval Academy for 18 months, before receiving a B.A. from Hillsdale College[6]. During his time at Hillsdale, Prince served as a volunteer firefighter and as a cold-water diver for the Hillsdale County Sheriff's Department.[7] Prince eventually became an emergency medical technician.[8]
In 1990, Prince secured a low-level internship in the White House under George H. W. Bush,[9] but soon left to intern for California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, Reagan's former speechwriter and ex-freedom fighter against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Rohrabacher described Prince as "a bright, driven young man." At the age of 21, Prince volunteered to search for a mass grave in Nicaragua, to expose killings under president Daniel Ortega and later claimed in an interview in Men's Journal that he found "...a mass grave: bones sticking out of the ground, hands tied with wire at the wrists."[10].
After Hillsdale College, Prince was commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy via Officer Candidate School in 1992. He went on to become a Navy SEAL and deployed with SEAL Team 8 to Haiti, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He credits the SEALS for being an outlet for his entrepreneurial spirit.
Prince ended his Navy service prematurely in 1995 when his father died. Prince's mother sold the Prince Corporation for $1.3 billion in cash to Johnson Controls. He moved to Virginia Beach and personally financed the formation of Blackwater Worldwide in 1997.[11] He bought 6,000 acres (24 km2) of the Great Dismal Swamp of North Carolina and set up a school for special operations.[12] The name "Blackwater" comes from the peat-colored bogs in which the school is located.[13]

[edit] Family

Prince's father, Edgar D. Prince, began Prince Machine Corporation, an automobile supply company, in 1965. The business "exploded" and Prince began to invest some of the profits, through the Prince Group, into shopping malls and other types of car parts, creating a network of companies and real estate worth a billion dollars.[2] In the early 1970s, Edgar Prince's company patented a sun visor that could light up and sold 5,000 to General Motors. When the company was sold in the 90s, the company produced 20,000 a day.[14]
In 1995 after the death of his father, Erik assumed control of daily operations, which was eventually sold for $1.35 billion in 1996.[15][16] Prince is the brother of Betsy DeVos, a former chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party and wife of former Alticor (Amway) president and Gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos. [11]
Prince has seven children. His wife, Joan, died of cancer in June 2003.[17] His youngest, Charles Donovan, was named after William "Wild Bill" Donovan.[17]

[edit] Business

Prince credits the Rwandan genocide with his decision to start Blackwater. He told an audience in his native Holland, Michigan, "It really bothered me. It made me realize you can't sit back and pontificate. You have to act."[18]
Since 1997, the firm has been awarded more than $1.6 billion in unclassified federal contracts and an unknown amount of classified work.[19] It became the largest of the State Department's three private security companies, providing 987 guards for embassies and bases abroad.[20]
Since 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has awarded up to $600 million in classified contracts to Blackwater and its affiliates.[21] The Barack Obama administration awarded the company a $120 million United States Department of State security contract and about $100 million in new CIA work in 2010.[19]
Prince takes great pride in the work Blackwater has done and points to its successes. According to him, out of 40,000 personal security missions, only 200 involved guards discharging their weapons. "No one under our care was ever killed or injured. We kept them safe, all the while we had 30 of our men killed."[18]
Prince, according to Robert Young Pelton reportedly thinks of Blackwater's relationship to the military as something similar to FedEx's relationship to the U.S. Post Office "an efficient, privatized solution to sclerotic and wasteful government bureaucracy."[22] He credits his father's competitive streak in the automotive business with the inspiration to design a lighter, faster army.[23]
In recent years Blackwater has come under criticism, but Prince believes that much of this criticism stems from politics. "I put myself and my company at the CIA's disposal for some very risky missions," Prince told Vanity Fair for its January 2010 issue. "But when it became politically expedient to do so, someone threw me under the bus."[24]
Prince resigned as CEO of Blackwater on March 2, 2009 and remained as chairman of the board until he sold the company in late 2010 to a group of investors.[25]

[edit] Disclosure as part of a covert CIA task force

Prince was part of a secret CIA task force created to kill terrorists. The House intelligence congressional committee leaked his name to the press.[26] Prince compared himself to the target of the similar government leak of Valerie Plame:
"Valerie Plame's identity was compromised for political reasons. A special prosecutor [was even] appointed. Well, what happened to me was worse. People acting for political reasons disclosed not only the existence of a very sensitive program but my name along with it."[26]

[edit] Philanthropy and political views

Prince describes himself as a libertarian and practicing Roman Catholic.[24] He describes his political views as follows:
"I'm a very free market guy. I'm not a huge believer that government provides a whole lot of solutions. Some think that government can solve society's problems. I tend to think private charities and private organizations are better solutions."[27]
Prince credits his time as a White House intern with some of his views. He said that "Having that White House internship responsibility and badges, I walked around some of these other cavernous federal agencies, and you want to talk about depressing? Walk through HHS (Health and Human Services) or HUD (Housing and Urban Development) or Commerce, you name it. Leviathan realized."[27]
Prince serves as vice president of the Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation, which his family founded. Prince has donated heavily to both Christian and Islamic causes, building mosques at Blackwater's overseas bases, and supporting a Muslim orphanage in Afghanistan.[24] He financed the film The Stoning of Soraya M.[28] Salon reports that "between July 2003 and July 2006, the foundation gave at least $670,000 to the Family Research Council and $531,000 to Focus on the Family,"[29] headed by James Dobson. The foundation is a major donor to Calvin College,[30] a Christian institution in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Between 1998 and 2007, Prince donated over $200,000 to Republican and third-party causes.[31][32] In 2006 Prince contributed money to the Green Party of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.[33]
Prince has been an advocate of a leaner, more efficient military. He suggests several ways to make the military more efficient without compromising security. His suggestions are: greater accountability of costs, using appropriate equipment for each job, reduction of overhead, and operational and procurement reform.[34]
In a televised interview with Charlie Rose, Prince discussed his offer to George Clooney of sending a humanitarian mission to Darfur. Prince expressed disdain for Western inaction in the face of the Rwandan genocide: "Who can watch the movie 'Hotel Rwanda' and not wish it had a different outcome? Who didn't wish that the UN would have sent troops or yank those Belgian commandos back there to secure that hotel and provide some safe havens? You let almost a million people in a country about the size of Maryland get killed by farm tools over four months". [35]

[edit] After Blackwater

In January 2011, the Associated Press reported that Prince had taken on a new role training a force of 2000 Somalis for anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. The program is reportedly funded by several Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates and backed by the United States. Prince's spokesman, Mark Corallo, said that Prince has "no financial role" in the project and declined to answer any questions about Prince's involvement. The Somali force will also reportedly pursue an Islamist supporting warlord.
The Associated Press quotes John Burnett of Maritime Underwater Security Consultants as saying "There are 34 nations with naval assets trying to stop piracy and it can only be stopped on land. With Prince's background and rather illustrious reputation, I think it's quite possible that it might work."[36]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Risen, James (August 17, 2010). "Blackwater's Erik Prince Moves to Abu Dhabi". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/world/18blackwater.html.
  2. ^ a b Pelton 2006, p. 291
  3. ^ truthistreason.net
  4. ^ Ready for battle by Jim Schaefer, M.L. Elrick and Todd Spangler, The Detroit Free Press, October 7, 2007.
  5. ^ Simons 2009, pp. 11–12
  6. ^ "Erik Prince exclusive interview". http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/07/military_princeqa_071408w/.
  7. ^ http://www.hillsdale.net/stories/111207/news_20071112013.shtml
  8. ^ Simons 2009, p. 19
  9. ^ White-Collar Mercenary Under Fire by Marc Pitzke, Der Spiegel, October 3, 2007,
  10. ^ Pelton, Robert Young. "An American Commando in Exile". Men's Journal. Men's Journal. http://www.mensjournal.com/an-american-commando-in-exile/2. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  11. ^ a b The Virginian-Pilot, Hampton Roads, "Blackwater's top brass", July 24, 2006.
  12. ^ The Man Behind Blackwater." Newsweek, October 23, 2007, pages 36–39.
  13. ^ Simons 2009
  14. ^ Simons, Suzanne (2009) Master of War Harper Collins p. 10
  15. ^ Robert Young Pelton (November 30, 2010). "An American Commando in Exile". Men's Journal. http://www.mensjournal.com/an-american-commando-in-exile. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  16. ^ Pelton 2006, p. 291
  17. ^ a b Vanity Fair, January 2010.
  18. ^ a b http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/05/protests_outside_cheers_inside.html
  19. ^ a b Strobel, Warren P. (June 28, 2010). "Obama spares Blackwater on Sudan violations". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10179/1068767-84.stm.
  20. ^ Sengupta, Kim (June 9, 2010). "Blackwater founder to sell up as criticism takes its toll". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/blackwater-founder-to-sell-up-as-criticism-takes-its-toll-1994967.html.
  21. ^ http://www.mlive.com/grpress/frontpage/pdfs/A1_Saturday.pdf
  22. ^ Pelton 2006, p. 2
  23. ^ Pelton 2006, p. 3
  24. ^ a b c http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/01/blackwater-201001
  25. ^ "Blackwater Founder in Deal to Sell Company". The New York Times. December 16, 2010. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/blackwater-founder-in-deal-to-sell-company/.
  26. ^ a b http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/01/blackwater-201001?currentPage=1
  27. ^ a b Simons, 20
  28. ^ Simons, Suzanne (2009). Master of War: Blackwater USA's Erik Prince and the Business of War. New York City: Harper. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-06-165135-9.
  29. ^ The Bush administration's ties to Blackwater, by Ben Van Heuvelen, Salon, October 2, 2007.
  30. ^ http://www.calvin.edu/news/2001-02/fallboard.htm
  31. ^ Mike Barker, AP, "Testimony Lifts Veil on Blackwater Boss", October 2, 2007.
  32. ^ Grilled Blackwater chairman a major GOP donor by Andrew Malcolm, The Baltimore Sun, October 4, 2007
  33. ^ Grilled Blackwater chairman a major GOP donor by Andrew Malcolm, The Baltimore Sun, October 4, 2007
  34. ^ Beck, Glenn (2010). Broke: The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth and Treasure. New York, NY: Mercury Radio Arts, Inc.. pp. 405. ISBN 978-1-4391-8719-7.
  35. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GULPEzJJ6c&feature=related
  36. ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hAHZ9HxuT6KA1abfLIClhXK_ajuQ?docId=bdc6713a3eee4b46803879f8d75639dc

[edit] Further reading

[edit] External links

21.Jan.2011 Who Is Saracen International? What Is It Doing In Somalia?

"Saracen" is what the Crusaders used to call the Muslims, back in the day.
"Saracen International" is a trade name shared, coincidentally or not, by a number of private security companies across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and North America. These companies deny or downplay any financial or managerial relationships between them. A few, however, reportedly derive from the infamous (and pioneering) South African mercenary firm, Executive Outcomes.
Yesterday, both The New York Times and the Associated Press carried a truly mind-bending story on Saracen International, based on a "confidential" African Union report that had apparently been leaked to both news organizations.
The report claims that none other than Blackwater founder Erik Prince has been financing a "counter-piracy" mercenary squad in Somalia, through Saracen.
Somalia, a chaotic demi-state, was the scene of an iconic American military defeat 18 years ago, not to mention a one-time home base for Osama Bin Laden.
It appears that Prince, an evangelical American mercenary with longstanding ties to the Pentagon and the CIA, has partnered with a group of equally notorious South African guns-for-hire for a paramilitary mission in an Islamic nation, under a corporate banner harking back to the Crusades. But what does all that mean?

Mercenaries don't work for free

Is this an American war by proxy? Notably, this Somali "counter-piracy" mission is advised by a former White House lawyer and by a former CIA official. However, it is also bankrolled in large part by someone in the government of Prince's new home, the United Arab Emirates.
Reading between the lines of yesterday's news stories, the report connecting Prince and Saracen was most likely leaked by someone who felt, understandably, that the presence of mercenaries in Somalia undermines the African Union effort there, and persists on account of official corruption.
Uganda is supplying troops to the uniformed African Union force in Somalia. And, according to AP reports, Saracen is "associated with" the younger brother of Uganda's president, Salim Saleh. That curious phrasing suggests a mutually beneficial financial relationship. Other African media sources say Salim Saleh is an "investor" or "major shareholder" in Saracen (Uganda).
Salim Saleh's apparent conflict of interest highlights the key take-away from this incredibly complex story: The lines that separate government security officials and the leaders of private armies have become so fuzzy that you can never really be sure as to the motivations of any individual player. As mercenary forces become more and more prominent in armed conflicts around the world, the profit motive becomes difficult to separate from other casus belli.
In other words, it's almost impossible to know the real reasons driving any conflict in which mercenaries play a leading role.

Government connections

The Saracen-in-Somalia story started gaining notice after a Washington Times story revealed the role of a former George W. Bush administration official in coordinating Saracen's contract with the Somali government.
The former official, Pierre R. Prosper, is pictured here in a 2003 photo from his a former gig as an ambassador for "war crimes issues."
Prosper and Michael Shanklin, a former CIA officer stationed in Mogadishu, previously told the AP they were being paid "paid by a Muslim nation [they] declined to identify" to advise the Somali government on "legal" and "security" matters. That unnamed "Muslim nation," it now appears, is the UAE.
Late last year, the Washington Times and the AP reported that Prosper met with United Nations monitors over their concerns that Saracen may have violated a long-running (but ineffectual) arms embargo on Somalia. (Mogadishu, a city that has roughly the population of Houston, Texas, averaged 534 "weapon-related casualties" per month last autumn, according to the UN.)
Prosper told the Times "that so far, no arms were shipped to the training camp, to the best of his knowledge." He told the AP that "Saracen is doing the military training" in Somalia. Yet the same story quotes Saracen (Uganda) chief executive Bill Pelser as disclaiming the company's training role in Somalia.
Pelser denied being involved in the training program in Puntland…saying he merely made introductions for another company called Saracen Lebanon.
Sure. Got it.
Lebanese authorities have no record of a company called Saracen. Pelser did not respond to requests for contact information for Saracen Lebanon.
Yesterday's AP story features quotes from Saracen (Lebanon) executive Lafras Luitingh—evidently a distinct entity from the Ugandan company of the same name that is also led by former employees of Executive Outcomes.
Also, it's supposed to be completely irrelevant that Saracen (Uganda) goes around "ma[king] introductions" for Saracen (Lebanon).
In the AP story, Luitingh says "the company had sought to keep the project secret to surprise the pirates." (Because the pirates don't know they might be attacked?) He "declined to say whether [Blackwater founder Erik] Prince was involved in the project and said [Prince] was not part of Saracen."
Is your head spinning yet? If not, it will be soon. Keep reading.

Saracen International, Not To Be Confused With Saracen International

The AP turned up
at least three Saracens — the one registered in Lebanon, and two run by Luitingh's business partner and based in Uganda, where government office employees told the AP the registration papers have disappeared. An AP reporter in Beirut could not find the address Luitingh's company provided in the Somali contract. Lebanese authorities had no address listed for Saracen in Lebanon and said it is based in the United Arab Emirates.
Saracen (Uganda)'s website says the company has branches in South Africa, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hong Kong, Angola, Zambia, Sudan and Botswana.
My own research turned up two more "Saracen Internationals," not counting a Spanish real-estate firm with that name.
One, Saracen International Ltd, is based in Manchester, UK.
The corporate address of record is at the Towers Business Park in Manchester. The website registration, however, returns both that address and another, one shared with a café in the southern suburb of Stockport.
An email to the Yahoo account of the listed website registrant, Sira Yaqub, bounced back undelivered. The woman who answered the phone at the UK Saracen in Manchester office suggested calling back on Monday.
The other Saracen International I found is a limited-liability company based in Phoenix, Arizona.
This Saracen International is registered to William G. Lawrence and Tjaart Andre Van Der Walt, both of Phoenix. Lawrence returned a call placed to the company's listed phone number.
"I have no relationship to the UK company of the same name. I don't operate in Southern Africa," he says of Saracen (Arizona).
Van Der Walt, Lawrence says, is a "friend" who has "never been part of the corporation," although records show the LLC is registered at Van Der Walt's home address. Lawrence says Van Der Walt, whose first name is also spelled in public records as "Thaart," emigrated from South Africa 16 years ago and is now an American citizen.
I asked if Van Der Walt ever worked for Executive Outcomes. Lawrence says he doesn't know, and hadn't heard of that company.
He has, however, heard of the other Saracens. "I got a call from Somalia asking them to train their coast guard to fight the piracy threat. Only then I became aware that there was another Saracen International," Lawrence says.
Doesn't it seem strange, I suggested, that all these private security companies with an international client base—Lawrence's company has operations in Jordan and the UAE—seem content to share a business name, and aren't suing one another for copyright infringement? "I can't account for that except…[the name] has positive connotations in the Arabic world," Lawrence says.
Positive because, after all, they fought the Crusaders.
Lawrence says his company sells a Chevrolet Suburban outfitted with a concealed six-barrel gatling gun that can pop out of the hood and fire 50 rounds a second in every direction. The car, called the Raptor, costs upward of $300,000.
The Raptor is not something that you'd ever want to cut off in heavy traffic. You can watch its gunner blow up a hatchback on YouTube.
Is this the next must-have vehicle for Arizona's soccer moms?
"The people we do business with are national leaders. They are always subject to threats of one kind or another. King Abdullah [of Saudi Arabia] has had four assassination attempts on him," Lawrence says. "He doesn't ride in our car…but we're in his entourage."
(Unlike the other companies that share its name, Saracen (Arizona) does not have an up-and-running website of its own. However, the marketing video for the Raptor contains a plug for saracen.org. That domain is currently listed as for sale.)

Muddied (Black)waters

Yesterday's AP story on Prince's ties to Saracen (Uganda) connects another company to the dubiously funded "anti-piracy" mission there.
Afloat Leasing, which owns two ships that have been working with Saracen, said it was Liberian-registered, but an AP reporter didn't find it at the address given or in Liberian records.
I found an "Afloat Leasing Ltd" registered in South Africa.
Records show this company owns a ship called the Seafarer, which departed Durban, South Africa roughly one month ago and was due to call last week in the UAE, a course that would take it past the pirate-plagued Horn of Africa.
This may or may not be the same "Afloat Leasing" named by the AP.
And as long as we're in the caveats department, it should be noted that Prince, who recently abandoned his "redneck mansion" for the UAE, has denied, through a spokesperson, having any "financial role of any kind in this matter" with Saracen.
It should also be noted that Prince has ostensibly cut his ties with Blackwater, the company he built from nothing, although he's tight with the new owners, whoever they are.
Did I say Blackwater? Of course, I meant Xe. Or whatever it is now. It's hard to keep all these companies straight, sometimes. Odd, isn't it? Most companies try so hard to come up with a memorable name. But with these companies and their constantly changing, generic-sounding brands—not to mention the roving headquarters and opaque registration—it's almost as though they're trying to confuse people. Like they don't want people to remember who they are, or something.

Salim Saleh named in Somali 'mercenary' deal

President Yoweri Museveni's young brother Caleb Akandwanaho aka General Salim Saleh may be linked to possible involvement in mercenary activities in war-torn Somalia, Uganda Correspondent can exclusively reveal.

The details emerged after Saracen International; a company associated with Gen. Salim Saleh, lost a lucrative contract to undertake some work in Somalia. Our source in Mogadishu said the Transitional Federal Government [TFG] of Somalia declared last week, Thursday 27th January that it had severed its relationship with Saracen International.

The decision, we are told, came after a closed door cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in the capital Mogadishu. Somalia's Deputy Security Minister Ibrahim Mohamed Yarow confirmed that cabinet had indeed cancelled the agreement that the TFG government had signed with Saracen International to train Somali troops and to revive social services including building health facilities in Mogadishu.

The decision, he said, was reached after Somalia's TFG government landed on evidence which suggested that Saracen International may have been involved mercenary activities. "…The cabinet has today overwhelmingly voted against Saracen International on the basis of mercenary acts. So the cabinet has revoked the agreement with this company", Ibrahim Mohamed Yarow said.

The Deputy Security Minister added that while there is no doubt that his government requires assistance, as government, he said, the TFG will only enter into contractual agreements with distinguished and clean companies. He also said the cabinet's decision on Saracen International was "irrevocable".

The TFG's decision to revoke Saracen International's contract follows widespread expression of concern by several foreign governments including the US. Philip J. Crowley, a US State Department Spokesman, said in December that the American government was "…concerned about the lack of transparency" of Saracen's financing and plans.

According to a New York Times report of 20th January 2011, "…at least one of Saracen's past forays into training militias drew an international rebuke. Saracen's Uganda subsidiary was implicated in a 2002 United Nations Security Council report for training rebel paramilitary forces in Congo".

Is war a lucrative source of business for powerful men?

Other than Burundi, Uganda is the only other country in Africa that has contributed thousands of soldiers to the AU's AMISOM peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The same New York Times report identified one of Saracen Uganda's owners as Lt. Gen. Salim Saleh, the retired half-brother of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni.

Salim Saleh's possible conflict of interest also highlights some crucial things in this terribly complex story. One of the things is that the lines that separate government security officials and owners or leaders of private armies have become so fuzzy that you can never really be sure as to the motivations of any individual player.

As mercenary forces become more and more prominent in armed conflicts around the world, the profit motive becomes almost impossible to rule out. In other words, it's almost impossible to know the real reasons that fuel the conflicts in which mercenaries play a role. UPC party President Dr. Olara Otunnu for example, has accused some UPDF soldiers of having had vested interests in prolonging the Kony war in northern Uganda.

The UPDF of course denied Otunnu's claims. But the New York Times report also accused General Saleh and other top Ugandan army officers of using their ties to paramilitaries to plunder Congolese diamonds, gold and timber. But what exactly is Saracen International? Who really owns it? Our efforts to get a comment from Saracen International were futile by press time.

So for the time being, it may be fair to say that no one really knows for sure what Saracen International is, and who owns it. What one can say however is that Saracen International is definitely a murky trade name that is shared by a number of private security companies across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and North America. Whether that is a coincidence or not, no one really knows.

What we can confirm without fear of contradiction is that Saracen International is fully established in Uganda; see http://saracen.co.ug/index.php. Most of the other companies however deny or downplay any financial or managerial relationships between them. A few have however been linked to the infamous South African mercenary firm called Executive Outcomes; the same company that allegedly tried to send mercenaries to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea in order to tap into the country's oil and mineral wealth.

Saracen International has also been linked to a certain Erik Prince; the man whose company Blackwater is allegedly financing a "Counter-Piracy" mercenary squad in Somalia. Both the New York Times and Associated Press have carried similar allegations against Saracen International on the strength of "confidential" reports leaked from the African Union.

Somalia has been without a proper central government since 1991 when President Siad Barre was overthrown by armed warlords. That incident effectively condemned Somalia to decades of civil war. END. Please log into www.ugandacorrespondent.com every Monday to read our top stories and anytime mid-week for our news updates.

SARACEN INTERNATIONAL IN SOMALIA WHAT IS NEXT?
By Said Dualeh

24 dec 2010 (Mareeg.com) The TFG of Somalia is not achieving anything for the people of Somalia, it
is only adding to the miseries of the people of Somalia proper. I have been
a supporter of all types of governments in Somalia from The collapse of the
Siad Barre regime1991 to the present. In my previous articles I have
defended Sheikh Sharif and the parliamentary warlord Sharif Hassan thinking
that they had a little interest in their heart for our people the people of
Somalia who unfortunately do not know their rights as citizens of Somalia.
We need a bill of rights for Somalia to get out of this corrupt and failed
state status.

We as Somalis can be successful in business, education and professions any
other country in the world as proven by the Somali Diaspora except on our
own country-Somalia, why? Go figure the answer and you may have solved the
Somali Dilemma.

The Somali people do not know that they do not have to put up with corrupt
leaders, leaders who associate themselves with the enemies of the people of
Somalia, they do not need to put up with un educated and unenlightened
religious leaders who hide behind veils and brain washed youngsters who
never grew up as people with rights and never seen a just government who
cares about its people and their welfare. Somalis do not need to put up with
International organizations and Non governmental agencies who live off
destruction, mayhem and underdevelopment in less fortunate countries like
Somalia where they can test their new medicines and unorthodox, untested
theories of development and peacekeepers who look after their own interest.

At First in Somalia after 1991 it was unstable government getting in
contract with companies that dumped Nuclear Waste on our shores and
contracting with companies who took every piece of metal out of the country
and sold it as Salvage waste to Asian counties. We have seen Ambassadors
trying to sell off Somali government properties overseas, and then we have
seen presidents, prime ministers and regional authorities printing illegal
currencies in a clandestine ways that made people wonder if this poor
country had anyone who cares about it. We have seen where lack of
transparency and accountability can lead to misunderstanding of MOU's
memorandum of understanding which did not reference to the law of the sea-
regulations spearheaded by the United Nations. We have seen Ethiopia trying
to destroy Somalia using the old colonial adage (Divide them then Rule
them). If anyone ever thought Ethiopia wants to see a unified Somalia or a
strong Somalia think again as you may be living in a wonderland. The same
goes for all of our neighbors and our Arab brethren.

We have seen how corrupt the current Somali government officials are they
sold the .SO protocol bestowed to Somalia as a nation among 192 others. The
same people have contracted with Saracen International- one of the new
private military companies(PMC's) such Executive Outcomes(EO), Sandline Co,
Strategic Consulting International(SCI), KBR, Heritage Oil and Gas Co. The
name and their symbol of Saracen International looks like a middle ages
Templar Knight on horseback trying to show the "light"(Christianity) to
heathens in sub-Saharan Africa. The company is run by shady characters from
the former SADF- South African Defense Force and former employees of the now
infamous but defunct Executive Outcomes. The current TFG Finance minister
stated that the agreement was signed by Sheikh Sharif- through his trusted
then chief of Cabinet Abdulkarim Jama, the current Minister of information
and Post & Communication. On the other side it was signed by Lafras
Luitingh aka Louis Yssel- member of the notorious Former South African law
enforcement agency Civil Cooperation Bureau(CCB)- in some pulished reports
the finger was pointed to him during the truth commission hearings in the
new South Africa that he killed Dr. David Webster and Anton Lubowski (ANC
Activists in the former South africa).Lafras Luitingh aka Louis Yssel has a
checkered past that will scare anyone who reads about world intelligence
reports. He had dealing with characters such as Tim Spicer, Tony Buckingham,
Eeben Barlow and the late Former South Africa skin head chief of police
Henrick Van der Bergh, the creator B.OS.S and later the CCB where Lafras
Luitingh got his training in sabotage, political assassinations, and
intelligence gathering on dissidents. He was later recruited by (Executive
Outcomes) EO for their Angola, Mozambique, Malawi jobs and later Sierra
Leone.

The plane currently held in Hargeisa is the type used by these private
armies especially Saracen and they buy their weapons from the former Soviet
satellite countries. The two South Africans on the plane in Hargeisa were
released as fake Journalist but they were Saracen International employees.
They have connections with the British Foreign Office who called the
Somaliland foreign minister. Why did they not allow pictures to be taken or
invited the media to the kangaroo trail held in Hargeisa. South African
intelligence has some clout over Hargeisa for different a reason, that is
where the late Somaliland President Egal died in a hospital in South Africa.
The contact is Mohamed Ibrahim Egal's former wife Edna who was at one time
Foreign Minister of Somaliland and who owns a hospital that received
assistance from South Africa. Soon there will be another mock trial in
Hargeisa, Somalia Saracen will give the weapons on the plane to the
Somaliland administration formatting it as confiscation by their court and
they will release the plane and the crew intact. Saracen will once again
continue the operations they were hired for.

Sheikh Sharif of the TFG , Museveni of Uganda, Farole of Puntland, &
Sharif's Ala Shiekh group led by Abdulkarim Jama( former VA mosques
bookkeeper) and his prime minister (Formaggio) and his defense
minister(Fiqi) (2 former Somali embassy bookkeepers from Washington) the
Finance minister (Halane)& The Foreign Minister (Omaar) have no clue who
they are dealing with at Saracen International. Museveni's half brother is
just a cover up. This project is the deep throat of Somalia and we need
transparency in these dealings with select members of the Somali parliament.
Saracen guys and their friends have helped countries overthrew elected
officials and everything they do is for money. These guys were so powerful
at one time that they had The British navy servicing their Antonov and
soviet type helicopters near the coast of Africa. If a country like Somalia
does not have money these private military companies barter for oil and
fishing rights and sell those rights at a premium to the highest bidder.
They have close relationship with the leadership in the Emirates and even a
stronger one with current Sultan of Oman whom they assisted in overthrowing
his father off the throne.

Both the UN and the OAU despise these private military companies because
they want to put them out of business. Amisom is a cash cow for Uganda who
does not want the current situation to end and they sustain a weak TFG
government whose diplomatic failures include a drug dealing former
Ambassador in China and they keep recycling former diplomats to the UN
mission in NY who have publicly stated that he will join his clansmen back
home to kill people and destabilize peaceful areas. TFG are not bringing to
justice the ambassador who sold embassy property in Kenya. Will this
government survive without peace keepers? I do not think so.

Saracen International is a rented military company mostly comprised of
former special forces, formerly known as "dogs of war", mercenaries and now
they are known as security trainers and consultants (their sanitized PR
name). Their specialty is to loot poor African countries who are led by
corrupt individuals with no integrity.

The Somali people have a choice to change their leadership, or else if they
want to stand on the sidelines as always thinking that someone is going to
come to rescue them or should we as Somalis get our hands dirty and come
together and resolve our clannish divisions once and for all since we have
seen that no clan in Somalia is able to subjugate the others and live in
peace or wait for our destiny to be decided by organizations or private
military companies who follow their interest..



Best Regards,

Thank You,

Said Hersi Dualeh

*Freelance journalist*

Anaheim, California- USA
Erik Prince and Saracen International Doing Death's Business in Somalia
'Prince of Mercenaries' who wreaked havoc in Iraq turns up in Somalia

Blackwater founder sets up new force to tackle piracy

By Guy Adams in Los Angeles
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Erik Prince, the American founder of the private security firm Blackwater Worldwide, has cropped up at the centre of a controversial scheme to establish a new mercenary force to crack down on piracy and terrorism in the war-torn East African country of Somalia.

The project, which emerged yesterday when an intelligence report was leaked to media in the United States, requires Mr Prince to help train a private army of 2,000 Somali troops that will be loyal to the country's United Nations-backed government. Several neighbouring states, including the United Arab Emirates, will pay the bills.

Mr Prince is working in Somalia alongside Saracen International, a murky South African firm which is run by a former officer from the Civil Co-operation Bureau, an apartheid-era force notorious for killing opponents of the white minority government.

News of his latest project has alarmed, though hardly surprised, critics of Blackwater. The firm made hundreds of millions of dollars from the "war on terror", but was severely tarnished by a string of incidents in post-invasion Iraq, in which its employees were accused of committing dozens of unlawful killings.

Mr Prince, a 41-year-old former US Navy Seal with links to the Bush administration, subsequently rebranded the company "Xe Services" and sold his stake in it. But he remains entangled in a string of lawsuits pertaining to the alleged recklessness of the firm.

For most of the past year, he has been living in Abu Dhabi, where he has close relations with the government and feels better positioned to dodge lawsuits. In an interview with a men's magazine, he recently declared that the UAE's opaque legal system will make it "harder for the jackals to get my money".

The exact nature of his sudden presence in Somalia remains unclear. The Associated Press said yesterday that the army Mr Prince is training will focus on fighting pirates and Islamic rebels.

The leaked intelligence report which prompted the news agency's story was compiled by the African Union, an organisation of African nations. It claimed that Mr Prince's money had enabled Saracen International to gain the contract to train and run the private militia. But that element of the report was flatly contradicted by a spokesman for the Blackwater founder, who claimed that Mr Prince had "no financial role of any kind in this matter".

In a written statement, the spokesman, Mark Corallo, added: "it is well known that he has long been interested in helping Somalia overcome the scourge of piracy. To that end, he has at times provided advice to many different anti-piracy efforts." He declined to answer any further questions.

Whatever the exact details of Mr Prince's role, his presence in Somalia will inevitably lead to renewed soul-searching about the growing privatisation of warfare. Critics of mercenary organisations, which are often prepared to operate where traditional armies fear to tread, claim they are often trigger-happy and lack proper accountability. In Iraq, Blackwater employees shot dead dozens of civilians; 17 people were killed in one incident alone in Nisour Square, Baghdad.

Criminal charges were eventually brought in the US against five Blackwater employees. However, they were dropped in 2009 after a federal judge ruled that the defendants' rights had been violated during the gathering of evidence. Iraq's Interior Ministry subsequently expelled all contractors who had worked with the firm at the time of the Nisour Square shooting.

Somalia, where the country's UN-backed regime is fighting a civil war against al-Shabaab, a group of Islamic insurgents with links to al-Qa'ida, is, if anything, a more volatile country than post-invasion Iraq.

The government controls only a small portion of the capital, Mogadishu, where it has the support of 8,000 UN troops from Uganda and Burundi. It is training an army to extend its reach, but observers fear that its ranks will be weakened by the arrival of Mr Prince – who will pay his troops a far better wage.

Saracen's shady corporate structure has not inspired confidence in its accountability. In 2002, the UN accused its Ugandan subsidiary of training rebel paramilitaries in the Congo. Recently, the firm has claimed to be registered to addresses in Lebanon, Liberia, Uganda and the UAE, some of which seemed not to exist when reporters tried visiting.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...a-2191270.html

WHO IS SARACEN INTERNATIONAL? WHAT IS IT DOING IN SOMALIA?

"Saracen" is what the Crusaders used to call the Muslims, back in the day.

"Saracen International" is a trade name shared, coincidentally or not, by a number of private security companies across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and North America. These companies deny or downplay any financial or managerial relationships between them. A few, however, reportedly derive from the infamous (and pioneering) South African mercenary firm, Executive Outcomes.

Yesterday, both The New York Times and the Associated Press carried a truly mind-bending story on Saracen International, based on a "confidential" African Union report that had apparently been leaked to both news organizations.

The report claims that none other than Blackwater founder Erik Prince has been financing a "counter-piracy" mercenary squad in Somalia, through Saracen.

Somalia, a chaotic demi-state, was the scene of an iconic American military defeat 18 years ago, not to mention a one-time home base for Osama Bin Laden.

It appears that Prince, an evangelical American mercenary with longstanding ties to the Pentagon and the CIA, has partnered with a group of equally notorious South African guns-for-hire for a paramilitary mission in an Islamic nation, under a corporate banner harking back to the Crusades. But what does all that mean?

Mercenaries don't work for free
Is this an American war by proxy? Notably, this Somali "counter-piracy" mission is advised by a former White House lawyer and by a former CIA official. However, it is also bankrolled in large part by someone in the government of Prince's new home, the United Arab Emirates.

Reading between the lines of yesterday's news stories, the report connecting Prince and Saracen was most likely leaked by someone who felt, understandably, that the presence of mercenaries in Somalia undermines the African Union effort there, and persists on account of official corruption.

Uganda is supplying troops to the uniformed African Union force in Somalia. And, according to AP reports, Saracen is "associated with" the younger brother of Uganda's president, Salim Saleh. That curious phrasing suggests a mutually beneficial financial relationship. Other African media sources say Salim Saleh is an "investor" or "major shareholder" in Saracen (Uganda).

Salim Saleh's apparent conflict of interest highlights the key take-away from this incredibly complex story: The lines that separate government security officials and the leaders of private armies have become so fuzzy that you can never really be sure as to the motivations of any individual player. As mercenary forces become more and more prominent in armed conflicts around the world, the profit motive becomes difficult to separate from other casus belli.

In other words, it's almost impossible to know the real reasons driving any conflict in which mercenaries play a leading role.

Government connections
The Saracen-in-Somalia story started gaining notice after a Washington Times story revealed the role of a former George W. Bush administration official in coordinating Saracen's contract with the Somali government.

The former official, Pierre R. Prosper, is pictured here in a 2003 photo from his a former gig as an ambassador for "war crimes issues."

Prosper and Michael Shanklin, a former CIA officer stationed in Mogadishu, previously told the AP they were being paid "paid by a Muslim nation [they] declined to identify" to advise the Somali government on "legal" and "security" matters. That unnamed "Muslim nation," it now appears, is the UAE.

Late last year, the Washington Times and the AP reported that Prosper met with United Nations monitors over their concerns that Saracen may have violated a long-running (but ineffectual) arms embargo on Somalia. (Mogadishu, a city that has roughly the population of Houston, Texas, averaged 534 "weapon-related casualties" per month last autumn, according to the UN.)

Prosper told the Times "that so far, no arms were shipped to the training camp, to the best of his knowledge." He told the AP that "Saracen is doing the military training" in Somalia. Yet the same story quotes Saracen (Uganda) chief executive Bill Pelser as disclaiming the company's training role in Somalia.

Pelser denied being involved in the training program in Puntland…saying he merely made introductions for another company called Saracen Lebanon.

Sure. Got it.

Lebanese authorities have no record of a company called Saracen. Pelser did not respond to requests for contact information for Saracen Lebanon.

Yesterday's AP story features quotes from Saracen (Lebanon) executive Lafras Luitingh—evidently a distinct entity from the Ugandan company of the same name that is also led by former employees of Executive Outcomes.

Also, it's supposed to be completely irrelevant that Saracen (Uganda) goes around "ma[king] introductions" for Saracen (Lebanon).

In the AP story, Luitingh says "the company had sought to keep the project secret to surprise the pirates." (Because the pirates don't know they might be attacked?) He "declined to say whether [Blackwater founder Erik] Prince was involved in the project and said [Prince] was not part of Saracen."

Is your head spinning yet? If not, it will be soon. Keep reading.

Saracen International, Not To Be Confused With Saracen International
The AP turned up

at least three Saracens — the one registered in Lebanon, and two run by Luitingh's business partner and based in Uganda, where government office employees told the AP the registration papers have disappeared. An AP reporter in Beirut could not find the address Luitingh's company provided in the Somali contract. Lebanese authorities had no address listed for Saracen in Lebanon and said it is based in the United Arab Emirates.

Saracen (Uganda)'s website says the company has branches in South Africa, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hong Kong, Angola, Zambia, Sudan and Botswana.

My own research turned up two more "Saracen Internationals," not counting a Spanish real-estate firm with that name.

One, Saracen International Ltd, is based in Manchester, UK.

The corporate address of record is at the Towers Business Park in Manchester. The website registration, however, returns both that address and another, one shared with a café in the southern suburb of Stockport.

An email to the Yahoo account of the listed website registrant, Sira Yaqub, bounced back undelivered. The woman who answered the phone at the UK Saracen in Manchester office suggested calling back on Monday.

The other Saracen International I found is a limited-liability company based in Phoenix, Arizona.

This Saracen International is registered to William G. Lawrence and Tjaart Andre Van Der Walt, both of Phoenix. Lawrence returned a call placed to the company's listed phone number.

"I have no relationship to the UK company of the same name. I don't operate in Southern Africa," he says of Saracen (Arizona).

Van Der Walt, Lawrence says, is a "friend" who has "never been part of the corporation," although records show the LLC is registered at Van Der Walt's home address. Lawrence says Van Der Walt, whose first name is also spelled in public records as "Thaart," emigrated from South Africa 16 years ago and is now an American citizen.

I asked if Van Der Walt ever worked for Executive Outcomes. Lawrence says he doesn't know, and hadn't heard of that company.

He has, however, heard of the other Saracens. "I got a call from Somalia asking them to train their coast guard to fight the piracy threat. Only then I became aware that there was another Saracen International," Lawrence says.

Doesn't it seem strange, I suggested, that all these private security companies with an international client base—Lawrence's company has operations in Jordan and the UAE—seem content to share a business name, and aren't suing one another for copyright infringement? "I can't account for that except…[the name] has positive connotations in the Arabic world," Lawrence says.

Positive because, after all, they fought the Crusaders.

Lawrence says his company sells a Chevrolet Suburban outfitted with a concealed six-barrel gatling gun that can pop out of the hood and fire 50 rounds a second in every direction. The car, called the Raptor, costs upward of $300,000.

The Raptor is not something that you'd ever want to cut off in heavy traffic. You can watch its gunner blow up a hatchback on YouTube.

Is this the next must-have vehicle for Arizona's soccer moms?

"The people we do business with are national leaders. They are always subject to threats of one kind or another. King Abdullah [of Saudi Arabia] has had four assassination attempts on him," Lawrence says. "He doesn't ride in our car…but we're in his entourage."

(Unlike the other companies that share its name, Saracen (Arizona) does not have an up-and-running website of its own. However, the marketing video for the Raptor contains a plug for saracen.org. That domain is currently listed as for sale.)

Muddied (Black)waters
Yesterday's AP story on Prince's ties to Saracen (Uganda) connects another company to the dubiously funded "anti-piracy" mission there.

Afloat Leasing, which owns two ships that have been working with Saracen, said it was Liberian-registered, but an AP reporter didn't find it at the address given or in Liberian records.

I found an "Afloat Leasing Ltd" registered in South Africa. Records show this company owns a ship called the Seafarer, which departed Durban, South Africa roughly one month ago and was due to call last week in the UAE, a course that would take it past the pirate-plagued Horn of Africa.

This may or may not be the same "Afloat Leasing" named by the AP.

And as long as we're in the caveats department, it should be noted that Prince, who recently abandoned his "redneck mansion" for the UAE, has denied, through a spokesperson, having any "financial role of any kind in this matter" with Saracen.

It should also be noted that Prince has ostensibly cut his ties with Blackwater, the company he built from nothing, although he's tight with the new owners, whoever they are.

Did I say Blackwater? Of course, I meant Xe. Or whatever it is now. It's hard to keep all these companies straight, sometimes. Odd, isn't it? Most companies try so hard to come up with a memorable name. But with these companies and their constantly changing, generic-sounding brands—not to mention the roving headquarters and opaque registration—it's almost as though they're trying to confuse people. Like they don't want people to remember who they are, or something.

http://www.warisbusiness.com/feature...ional-somalia/

Military

Mercenary / Private Military Companies (PMCs)

Not all companies provide all services. Some of these companies are classical "merc" operations, while others are risk management firms that have nothing in common with privately contracted military support operations.
  1. ACS Defense
  2. AD Consultancy (UK)
  3. Aegis Defence Services Ltd
  4. AKE Limited (UK)
  5. AirScan (US)
  6. Alpha Five (Hong Kong)
  7. AMA Associates Ltd [UK]
  8. ArmorGroup (UK)
  9. Beni Tal [Israel]
  10. Blackwater Security Company (US)
  11. Combat Force (South Africa)
  12. Combat Support Associates
  13. Control Risks Group
  14. Corporate Trading Intl (Hong Kong)
  15. Cubic Defense Applications
  16. Custer Battles (US)
  17. Defence Systems Ltd. (UK)
  18. Diligence Middle East (US)
  19. DynCorp International(US)
  20. Erinys Iraq Limited
  21. Executive Outcomes (South Africa) defunct
  22. Genric (UK)
  23. Global Development Four
  24. Global Marine Security Systems Company
  25. Global Risk International
  26. Global Risk Strategies (UK)
  27. Group 4 Falck A/S (India)
  28. Gurkha Security Guards (Isle of Man, UK)
  29. Halliburton [KBR Engineering & Construction]
  30. Hill and Associates, Ltd. (Hong Kong)
  31. Honey Badger Arms and Ammo (South Africa)
  32. ICI of Oregon
  33. ICP Group Ltd (UK)
  34. ISI Group
  35. Investments Surveys (South Africa)
  36. Jardine Securicor Gurkha Services (Hong Kong)
  37. Joseph Patrick International
  38. Kas Enterprises (South Africa)
  39. Longreach Security (South Africa)
  40. Main Street Supply
  41. Meteoric Tactical Solutions (South Africa)
  42. Meyer & Associates (US)
  43. Military Professional Resources Inc. (US)
  44. Northbridge Services Group Ltd.
  45. Olive Security Ltd (UK)
  46. Omega Support Ltd. (Hong Kong)
  47. Optimal Solution Services (Australia)
  48. O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt
  49. Overseas Security & Strategic Information, Inc (US)
  50. Parasec Strategic Concept (Hong Kong)
  51. RamOPS Risk Management Group (US)
  52. Sandline (UK)
  53. Saracen International (South Africa)
  54. Securicor Hong Kong
  55. Shield Security (South Africa)
  56. Special Project Service Ltd. (UK)
  57. Strategic Consulting International (SCI)
  58. Sumer International Security Iraq [DynCorp]
  59. The Steele Foundation
  60. Triple Canopy Inc.[US]
  61. Vinnell Corporation (US) : A Northrop Grumman Company
  62. Wade-Boyd and Associates LLC

Scramble For Africa: Redux – Has Obama Just Kicked Off Another Oil War In Africa? This Time In Uganda?

In Uncategorized on November 11, 2011 at 11:13 am
Oldspeak:" 'African oil is of national strategic interest to us, and it will increase and become more important as we go forward.' - Walter Kantsteiner III, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, 2002. On this Veterans Day 2011, Meditate on the fact that our Nobel Peace Prize winning President has initiated another barely reported military incursion into another oil rich region of Africa. Allying our troops with another murderous dictator who tortures and kills his own citizens, unscrupulous oil and natural gas corporations and private military corporations to protect oil production/exploration efforts. Once again being explained as a "humanitarian mission" with the supposed purpose of' stopping human rights abuses and 'furthering U.S. national security interests and foreign policy'. Never mind that this effort is all part of the new "Great Game", of keeping oil away from China, and securing it for U.S. use. 'One of the rationales Obama gave for sending JSOC troops to Uganda, was that the LRA recruits and uses child soldiers'. Nevermind the unabated recruitment of child soldiers throughout the horn of africa who'll likely be armed with U.S weapons as result of Obama's repeatedly waiving restrictions on military aid to 'Chad, Yemen, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)–four countries with records of actively recruiting child soldiers…Any country even remotely close to the horn of Africa (like these distinguished four) is just too strategically important…So, for the time being, it's still guns for the kids' -Mother Jones. Nevermind the hypocrisy of partnering with maniacal dictators in Uganda, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria, but hunting and killing others in Iraq and Libya. In light of recent events, that guy should be very afraid. It's clear that when the U.S. no longer has use for you, you are very quickly cut loose, labeled a terrorist who kills and tortures your own people, and done away with exercising extreme prejudice. And the people of Uganda should be very afraid. When the U.S. deploys its military in your country, you can bet dollars to doughnuts, innocents will die at their hands. "Profit Is Paramount".
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By Steve Horn @ Alter Net:
On Friday, October 14, President Barack Obama announced he would be sending 100 Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) forces to Uganda to "remove from the battlefield" (meaning capture or kill) the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony. "I believe that deploying these U.S. Armed Forces furthers U.S. national security interests and foreign policy and will be a significant contribution toward counter-LRA efforts in central Africa," wrote Obama in a letter to U.S. House Majority Leader, John Boehner, R-OH.
The LRA, whose horrific deeds have been have been well-documented by scores of human rights reports and the documentary film, Invisible Children, can best be described as a Christian cult militia engaged in violent armed rebellion against the Ugandan government, located primarily in northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. An arrest warrant was issued in 2005 by the International Criminal Court against the LRA leadership for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Kony, the LRA ringleader, possibly has over 80 wives (i.e. sex slaves), according to a 2009 story by the Guardian, and has fathered over 40 children.
It gets worse.
According to a May 2009 article in Newsweek, "[H]e and the hundreds of forcibly conscripted children who serve as his killing squads are feared throughout the region for their horrific levels of brutality and the butchery of tens of thousands of defenseless civilians. Their swath of destruction has displaced well over 2 million people. Kony has forced new male recruits to rape their mothers and kill their parents. Former LRA members say the rebels sometimes cook and eat their victims."
The mainstream media, at least those who have covered this new U.S. military adventure, have taken the Obama administration at face value on its stated claim that JSOC troops are necessary in Uganda and neighboring countries, for the purpose of murdering the elusive and brutal war criminal-at-large, Joseph Kony.
But is this the true motive for sending JSOC troops into the region? A probe into the last several years of geopolitical posturing in Africa by the United States reveals another tale. It is the tale of a 21st century "scramble for Africa" for the procurement of oil, using imperial tools, such as drones, mercenaries and military bases, in a desperate effort to gain control of this valuable commodity.
An African Scramble for Oil
In October 2008, AFRICOM, the United States Africa Command, became the U.S. military's sixth regional Unified Combatant Command center, joining those already housed in South America (SOUTHCOM), North America (NORTHCOM), Europe (EUCOM), the Middle East (CENTCOM), and the Pacific (USPACOM). The Unified Combatant Command centers serve as regional strategic hubs for the U.S. military planners to plot and implement the ways in which the U.S. will dominate these various regions for whatever it might deem to be in line with the national interest or national security purposes.
AFRICOM, though, did not come out of the blue and was years in the making before its realization. Not long after 9/11, in early January 2002, a key symposium titled "African Oil: A Priority for U.S. National Security and African Development" took place in Washington, DC; it was hosted by the neoconservative think-tank, the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (IASPS).
IASPS is most famous for its authorship of a paper called "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm," a 1996 paper that, among other things, called for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, foreshadowing the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the neoconservative-lead Bush administration foreign policy team.
At the symposium, then Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Walter Kantsteiner III, stated, "African oil is a national strategic interest…[and] it's people like you who will…bring the oil home."
Later, in May 2004, Kantsteiner chaired a congressionally funded Africa Policy Advisory Panel report titled, "Rising U.S. States in Africa," in which he stated, "African oil is of national strategic interest to us, and it will increase and become more important as we go forward."
In the midst of these summits, the U.S. set up crucial military bases — in spring 2003 in Djibouti, a base called Camp Lemmonier, and in 2004 at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda.
The U.S. was now firmly implanted in the region to begin an African safari, featuring, most prominently, tours of prospective and already existing oil rigs and pipelines spanning every contour of the continent.
Oil Safari to Uganda
Not long after AFRICOM became a reality, multinational corporations also flocked into Uganda to search for oil.
The search was a flaming success story, with 2.5 billion barrels of oil now having been discovered, but still to this date, not yet procured. The royalties accompanying the oil's usage could reach up to $2 billion a year by 2015, reported the Economist in May 2010.
This oil is located off of Lake Albert in northwest Uganda, a lake shared by both Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Multinational corporations are required to sign something known as a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with the Ugandan government in order to drill for Uganda's oil. In essence, a PSA is a contractual agreement between a foreign corporation benefiting from a country's resources and the government of a country whose resources are being benefited from.
In October 2006, according to a WikiLeaks cable, Tullow Oil, a British company, and Heritage Oil, a Canadian company, signed a PSA with the Ugandan government, led by President Yoweri Musveni. This particular PSA, though, was no ordinary one, and indeed, could serve, in part, as an explanation for the logic of Obama's October 14 announcement.
For the first three years the PSA was signed, the details were kept secret from everyone but upper-level Tullow and Heritage executives and Museveni's inner circle. A February 2010 report written by PLATFORM, a British nonprofit organization, titled, "Contracts Curse: Uganda's oil agreements place profit before people," explains the PSA best and for the first time, made public its content.
The PSA, PLATFORM explained, "contain[s] no clauses covering security provision[s]…There is no public agreement setting out the relationship between the oil companies and the military or police forces. Thus it is unclear what promises and guarantees the Ugandan government has made to ensure security and what rights the oil companies have been awarded."
This raised numerous vital questions for PLATFORM, including, "Do oil company security or private military contractors have the right or authority to arrest, injure or kill those they perceive as a threat?" and "Is the Ugandan government incentivised to prioritise security interests over the human rights of local populations?"
That same report also included revelations by PLATFORM that the Ugandan government had constructed a "new military base on ten square miles" near Lake Albert, where the oil was located. The report also disclosed that Museveni had created something called an Oil Wells Protection Unit (OWPU), which amounted to his own security forces, or mercenaries, guarding oil rigs.
Concerned about the OWPU, PLATFORM wrote, "Apparently its mandate is 'to provide physical security for the oil and gas industry' and 'conduct strategic intelligence activities in all areas where oil will be processed and marketed.' However, the OWPU has no Web site and no clearly known structure or chain of command…In this context, the OWPU could easily be misused to repress opposition to oil extraction activities, further political gains by the government and commit human rights abuses without accountability."
Enter Heritage Oil and Ties to Private Mercenary Armies
Possibly the most crucial fact about the undisclosed clauses concerning security provisions in the PSA, was this vital detail: The Canadian oil company Heritage, which is owned by Tony Buckingham, who many credit for being the first innovator behind the modern-day private military corporation (PMC) (think Blackwater USA, now known as Xe Services), was formerly the main stakeholder in the Albertine Basin.
In 2010, Heritage sold its stake in the project to the British company Tullow Oil for $1.5 billion. Though Heritage is no longer exploring for oil in the hopes of drilling for it in Uganda, Buckingham's background and business connections are still crucial to grasp.
Buckingham is a former officer of the British Special Air Service (SAS) — a parallel to the U.S. JSOC forces sent into Uganda by Obama — according to a 1997 story. In 1992 Buckingham became the founder and CEO of Heritage Oil. A year later, in 1993, Buckingham founded a PMC called Executive Outcomes (EO). EO officially closed shop in 1998, but during its time of existence, it consistently followed in the footsteps of the locations that Buckingham took Heritage's oil rigs. And Buckingham's close ties to mercenary armies did not terminate with EO's fall. Instead, he formed a special relationship with a key figure, the half-brother of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Salim Saleh.
The special relationship between Saleh and Buckingham also goes a long way toward explaining the Obama decision to invade Uganda.
Salim Saleh, Erik Prince, and Guns-For-Hire in the Horn of Africa
Upon the eclipse of EO in 1998, rather than decay into oblivion, it instead morphed into a multi-tentacled machine of various PMC split-offs, the most crucial of which, at least as far as Uganda is concerned, is Saracen International.
Salim Saleh owns a 25-percent stake in Saracen. "[Saracen International] was formed with the remnants of Executive Outcomes, a private mercenary firm composed largely of former South African special operations troops who worked throughout Africa in the 1990s," explained the New York Times in a January 2011 article.
Saleh, now Museveni's military adviser, is a former high-ranking official for theUganda People's Defence Force, the military of the Ugandan government. He is also a well-connected mercenary, as seen through his ownership stake in Saracen.
Saracen, in turns out, also maintains an important relationship with Blackwater USA founder and CEO, Erik Prince.
The same article that revealed the ties between EO and Saracen International also revealed that Prince possesses an ownership stake in Saracen. The Times wrote, "According to a Jan. 12 confidential report by the African Union, Mr. Prince 'is at the top of the management chain of Saracen and provided seed money for the Saracen contract.'"
Blackwater, under Prince's leadership, has been involved in the game of guns-for-hire in the Horn of Africa since February 2009, according to a WikiLeaks cable. The cable reveals that Blackwater won a contract to operate an armed ship, called McArthur, from a port in Djibouti, the country which is also home of the U.S. military's Camp Lemonnier base.
The cable also reveals that McArthur "will have an unarmed UAV" (Unarmed Vehicle, aka a drone), "will likely engage…Kenya in the future," and that Blackwater "has briefed AFRICOM, CENTCOM, and Embassy Nairobi officials." In other words, this means the Prince and Blackwater mission had the blessing of top-level U.S. military and diplomatic officials.
Could Prince's and Saleh's guns-for-hire be teaming up with JSOC forces in the Albertine basin to guard oil rigs? History provides some highly relavant precedent.
Erik Prince, Blackwater USA and Oil: History Repeating Itself?
Prince's Blackwater has been involved in such engagements before. Rewind to Azerbaijan and Iraq, where Blackwater was tasked with guarding crucial oil pipelines and oil wells for the world's wealthiest oil and natural gas corporations.
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, in his book Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, revealed that "Blackwater USA was hired by the Pentagon…to deploy in Azerbaijan, where Blackwater would be tasked with establishing and training an elite…force modeled after the U.S. Navy SEALs that would ultimately protect the interests of the United States and its allies in a hostile region.
"Blackwater joined a U.S. corporate landscape [in the region] that included…corporations such as Bechtel, Halliburton, Chevron-Texaco, Unocal and ExxonMobil … Instead of sending in battalions of active U.S. military to Azerbaijan, the Pentagon deployed…Blackwater…that would serve a dual purpose: protecting the West's new profitable oil and gas exploitation in a region historically dominated by Russia and Iran, and possibly laying the groundwork for an important forward operating base for an attack against Iran," Scahill continued.
Azerbaijan, like Uganda, is home to a vast array of oil and natural gas, and also a key pipeline, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which, after reaching its respective coastal homes in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, ends up on the global export market.
In Iraq, as revealed by the Guardian in a March 2004 article, Blackwater, via a Pentagon contract, recruited Chilean "commandos, other soldiers and seamen, paying them up to $4,000 a month to guard oil wells against attack by insurgents…many of [them] had trained under the military government of Augusto Pinochet." Pinochet, many will recall, was the brutal dictator who came to power after the CIA-initiated 1973 coup of Salvador Allende.
Iraq, like Uganda and Azerbaijan, is home to vast amounts of oil. Major syndicates ranging from BP America, ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips have all flocked to Iraq in the mad dash for Iraq's resources since the 2003 onset of the ongoing U.S. occupation of Iraq.
WikiLeaks Cables Reveal Ugandan Oil Bid Corruption
ExxonMobil, teaming up with Tullow Oil, as seen through the lens of important Wikileaks State Department diplomatic cables, has also shown great interest in the economic opportunities surrounding oil exploration off of Lake Albert, as well as great concern over governmental corruption in the nascent Ugandan oil industry.
A key December 3, 2009 cable, titled, "Uganda: Corruption Allegations Accompany Arrival Of Major Oil Firms," reads, "Executives from ExxonMobil visited Uganda on November 18-19, and met with Ambassador (Jerry) Lanier (the U.S. ambassador to Uganda), Mission Officers, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), Uganda's Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD), and Tullow (Oil)…ExxonMobil representatives who traveled to Kampala said they were 'very impressed' with…the Ugandan government oil representatives…"
Roughly a month later, yet another important WikiLeaks-provided State Department diplomatic cable was produced on January 13, 2010, titled, "Uganda: Security Report Details Oil Sector Corruption," which discusses the impacts rampant corruption unfolding in the Ugandan oil industry would have on the U.S. if the ExxonMobil deal falls through.
"A corrupt…agreement would undermine a potential multi-billion dollar deal between ExxonMobil and Tullow, and have serious long-term implications for U.S….in Uganda in terms of…economic development," the cable reads.
The State Department's diplomatic cables make it quite clear that ExxonMobil and its partner, Tullow Oil, were both deeply interested in the Ugandan oil industry, but also gravely concerned about corruption.
Yet, Tullow and ExxonMobil had little to worry about, based on both Prince's ExxonMobil ties during his days at Blackwater USA, as well as a crucial March 2008 meeting between the Salim Saleh-led Ugandan military and high-level Tullow Oil officials, as exposed by Wikileaks.
Tullow's Mercenary Presence Long in the Making at Lake Albert Basin
Tullow, as revealed by State Department diplomatic cables leaked to Wikileaks, has been building up a mercenary army presence in the Lake Albert area for over three years.
A March 2008 State Department diplomatic cable reads, "…Tullow Oil, one of the four exploration companies operating in western Uganda, said that as the oil activity on Lake Albert increased, a security presence would be vital."
The cable also mentions that U.S. Ambassador to Uganda Steven Browning and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Rear Admiral Phillip Greene "met with representatives from Tullow Oil and the Ugandan People's Defense Force (UPDF), as well as local leaders…on March 4." The UPDF is lead by Salim Saleh, who also owns a 25-percent ownership stake in Saracen International, the private mercenary army also owned in part by Erik Prince.
During the meeting it was also "noted that oil exploration and production would raise the profile of the area, which could lead to increased incidences of violence between Ugandan locals and security forces…" and the meeting concluded with a request for "an assessment team…to provide the Ugandan military with an organizational, doctrinal, training, and equipment needs assessment for a future lake security force."
Toss into the ring the ongoing great power politics rivalry between the U.S. and China, and things become even more complex.
Great Power Politics Posturing in the Works?
Though ExxonMobil and Tullow Oil lost out on the corrupt oil bid in late 2009, while exploration has been done, drilling has yet to occur in Uganda. In that vein, 100 U.S. JSOC troops, likely teaming up with Erik Prince, Salim Saleh and Yoweri Museveni-backed mercenaries, have swooped into the Lake Albert area to secure the prize, oil, before its rival does.
The opponent? China.
On October 24, Tullow sold $2.9 billion worth of its shares of oil to France's Total Oil and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), though it has yet to be approved by the Museveni government and requires his approval.
Throughout all of this, it is vital to bear in mind the bigger picture, which is that the United States and China have been competing against one another in the new "African Scramble" for Africa's valuable oil resources.
Serge Michel and Michel Beuret, in their 2009 book China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing's Expansion in Africa, write, "China's advances in Africa's oil-rich regions have been viewed with concern bordering on paranoia in the United States….[It] could…deteriorate into a a head-to-head clash between China and the United States, prompting the kind of open conflict that some see as inevitable by 2030."
One has to wonder what will happen with regards to this recent oil deal, knowing the players involved, and seeing the geopolitical and resources maneuvering taking place in the Lake Albert region.
If the United States and its well-connected guns-for-hire have any say, Tullow Oil, Heritage Oil, ExxonMobil will take home all the royalties, and CNOOC will be sent home packing.
Another Piece of the Puzzle: Senate Bill 1067 of 2009
It appears that since the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009, Senate Bill 1067, a bill that called for, among other things, to "apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders from the battlefield…and to disarm and demobilize the remaining Lord's Resistance Army fighters," the United States has Lake Albert targeted in its crosshairs.
An important provision squeezed into the bill was a section mandating that an official strategy be written up to "disarm and demobilize" the LRA.
"Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy to guide future United States support across the region," the bill reads. "The strategy shall include…a description of how this engagement will fit within the context of broader efforts and policy objectives in the Great Lakes Region."
The Great Lakes Region includes Lake Albert and "broader efforts and policy objectives" translates into, based on State Department diplomatic cables and public statements made in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the control of precious oil resources in the Albertine Basin.
Signed into law by Obama in May 2009, it is crucial to put when the bill was written into proper historical context.
As revealed by State Department diplomatic cables, this was roughly a year after the special meeting between Tullow Oil representatives; U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, Steven Browning; and then head of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Rear Admiral Phillip Greene near Lake Albert. It was also roughly half a year after the launch of AFRICOM.
Some may have been surprised by this latest announcement to invade another country by the Obama administration, but based on recent history, there are no real surprises here. Still, despite evidence that seems to fly in the face of the reason offered by Obama to send troops to Uganda, it is still worth scrutinizing his rationale.
Humanitarian Intervention for Kony?
If there is one thing that is nearly for certain, it is that the Lord's Resistance Army and Joseph Kony, as awful as they are, likely have nothing to do with this most recent U.S. military engagement in Uganda.
In the end, it all comes back to oil, even if top-level U.S. officials maintain that this has "nothing to do with oil."
For one, days before this incursion, it was announced that the "the Obama administration quietly waived restrictions on military aid to Chad, Yemen, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)–four countries with records of actively recruiting child soldiers…Any country even remotely close to the horn of Africa (like these distinguished four) is just too strategically important…So, for the time being, it's still guns for the kids," wrote Mother Jones.
One of the rationales Obama gave for sending JSOC troops to Uganda, was that the LRA recruits and uses child soldiers, which, given this recent decision, made for the second consecutive year, is certainly not something high on the list of Obama's concerns.
Furthermore, if human rights were actually the chief concern, why did the United States show interest in Kony only after the discovery of oil in the region? Not only that, but Kony, as many have made clear, is nowhere to be found in Uganda and is on the run or in hiding somewhere outside of the country.
To top it all off, Yoweri Museveni and his brother, the gun-for-hire Salim Saleh, both have deplorable human rights records, and unlike the LRA, maintain state control over the people of Uganda. An article titled "Uganda's Tyrant," written in 2007 by the Guardian, sums up the human rights situation under Museveni:
"President Museveni's…regime is a constitutional dictatorship, with a rubber stamp parliament, powerless judiciary, censored media and heavily militarised civil institutions…Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International…confirm the harassment of Museveni's political opponents, detention without trial, torture, extrajudicial killings, suppression of protests and homophobic witch-hunts."
Abhorrent as his human rights record may be, the United States sent a $45 million military aid package to the Museveni-lead government in July 2011, which included four drones.
Do not be surprised if, months from now, ExxonMobil or another U.S. oil industry superpower walks away with drilling rights in the Lake Albert region and CNOOC, the current main possessor of Uganda's Lake Albert oil resources, is sent packing.
Also don't be surprised if Erik Prince and Salim Saleh lead Saracen International, working alongside JSOC troops, who work closely with the Central Intelligence Agency, are working as "security forces" off of the Albertine oil basin.
These are not only likely scenarios, but probable ones. Joseph Kony and his LRA allies might be taken down, but the people of Uganda, on the whole, will not benefit from this "humanitarian intervention."
Things, unfortunately, will probably only worsen for the people of Uganda as time progresses.
Steve Horn is a researcher and writer for DeSmogBlog. He lives in Madison, WI.
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The special relationship between Saleh and Buckingham also goes a long way toward explaining the Obama decision to invade Uganda.
Salim Saleh, Erik Prince, and Guns-For-Hire in the Horn of Africa
Salim Saleh owns a 25-percent stake in Saracen. "[Saracen International] was formed with the remnants of Executive Outcomes, a private mercenary firm composed largely of former South African special operations troops who worked throughout Africa in the 1990s," explained the New York Times in a January 2011 article.Saleh, now Museveni's military adviser, is a former high-ranking official for the Uganda People's Defence Force, the military of the Ugandan government. He is also a well-connected mercenary, as seen through his ownership stake in Saracen.
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The UPDF is lead by Salim Saleh, who also owns a 25-percent ownership stake in Saracen International, the private mercenary army also owned in part by Erik Prince.
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In that vein, 100 U.S. JSOC troops, likely teaming up with Erik Prince, Salim Saleh and Yoweri Museveni-backed mercenaries, have swooped into the Lake Albert area to secure the prize, oil, before its rival does.
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To top it all off, Yoweri Museveni and his brother, the gun-for-hire Salim Saleh, both have deplorable human rights records, and unlike the LRA, maintain state control over the people of Uganda.
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Salim Saleh in the UNLA in early days of the Obote regime before he deserted to join NRA. In 1987, Saleh contacted UPDA for peace talks.
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In 1997, President Museveni appointed Salim Saleh as overseer of military operations in the north.
Monitor Online
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President Yoweri Museveni has dissuaded his younger brother, General Salim Saleh, from standing for mayor of Kampala in next year's elections, Daily Monitor has learnt.
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Impeccable sources at State House told this newspaper that Saleh met the President at State House on Thursday night to discuss his candidature.
Nominations for mayor and LC III-LC5 chairpersons were set to end yesterday (Friday). Museveni reportedly told Saleh, who was officially discharged from the army last week, that his candidature would divide the NRM, which had already picked another candidate for Kampala.
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Observers say Saleh was the NRM's best chance of capturing Kampala from the opposition.
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During the last day of nominations yesterday, tensions were high at KCC headquarters as crowds anxiously waited for the arrival of Saleh. Saleh's philanthropic and controversial life has been dogged by a series of scandals and shady dealings. Earlier in 1998, Saleh resigned as senior presidential advisor on Defence and Security. At the time, his alleged opaque purchase of the Uganda Commercial Bank was in the limelight.
On November. 11, 1998, Museveni claimed Saleh had left the army and was no longer commander of the Reserve Force.
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Early in 2002, Saleh turned down an appointment as a minister. He was supposed to appear before the Parliamentary Appointments Committee for vetting.
In October, 2002, a report from the UN Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of the of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the DRC pinned him as one of the perpetrators of the plunder.
Saleh was last October, promoted to the rank of General and appointed senior presidential advisor for the reconstruction of Luweero Triangle, northern Uganda and the Rwenzori region.
He has also been the Commander of the Reserve Force.Saleh's retirement from the army usually coincides with moments when the UPDF is under the spotlight.In Dec 2003, Saleh resigned as one of the 10 army MPs in Parliament. His resignation came at the height of the ghost soldier scam in the army where billions of shillings were swindled.
Saleh who will be 46 years old, on January 14, has held high-ranking positions in the UPDF. He has been involved in several business ventures and once owned a company called Divinity Union.When it collapsed, Saleh claimed he was the poorest Ugandan. Saleh did not pick his phone yesterday when Daily Monitor called him.
New Vision Online : Gen. Saleh campaigns for Museveni
www.newvision.co.ug, 29 Dec 2005 [cached]
General Caleb Akandwanaho alias Salim Saleh formally retired from the army yesterday, and immediately said he would join the National Resistance Movement (NRM) campaign trail.
"One of my biggest plans in the outside world is to unify all NRM mobilisers so that we can deliver a big blow to the multipartyists in the general elections," said Saleh.
He spoke as the army brassband played military tunes. He was cheered by friends, family members, men and officers of the army.
Saleh, the senior presidential adviser on the construction of northern Uganda, Luweero and western Uganda, said his new job covers 35 of the 66 districts. He told the army, "I will be your face in the population, in the markets, capital markets, banks, etc.
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Saleh was retired with eight other soldiers: Capt. David Bashaija, Kooki county MP Capt. David Matovu, East African MP Capt. Richard Baker Dudu, MP for Kyotera county Lt.
New Vision Online : Gen. Saleh quits army
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Saleh quits army
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GENERAL Salim Saleh has retired from the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) after 25 years of service.
Sources said the army's promotions and commissions board, chaired by the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen.Nyakairima Aronda, cleared Saleh's application last week.
The sources said Saleh is expected to pick his retirement certificate yesterday.
"Formal send-off ceremony for Saleh will be organised later," sources said.Saleh is now the Senior Presidential Advisor for the Reconstruction of the Luweero Triangle, Northern Uganda, and the Rwenzori region.
Until recently, he was the Reserve forces commander in the UPDF. He was promoted to rank of General soon after a year's course in the Senior Command and Staff College in Kimaka, Jinja.
Saleh was quoted in the local press yesterday as saying he wanted time to carry out his new responsibilities and that he could not carry out his new responsibilities under military rules.
He said he wanted to be closer to the people.
Saleh was a member of a committee set up by the army High Command to probe the ghost soldiers' saga. In December 2003 he reigned as one of the 10 army MPs.
He first resigned in 1998 as senior presidential adviser on defence and security, but bounced back as the reserve forces commander.
Saleh, 45, was the first army commander between 1986 and 1989 and a member of the Government's peace team in the talks with LRA rebels.
by Doctor Masinde » Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:59 pm
All,
I have underlined/higlighted sections that you must read..
The new faces behind molasses plant.
By John Kamau
The name Antonio Teixeira may not ring any bells in Kenya. But in international circles, the chairman of Energem Resources, which bought a 55 per cent stake in the Odinga family's Spectre International –sends several alarms.

His entry into Kenya's business circles is expected to raise eyebrows because of past business links with "mercenary" companies hired to protect mining companies in some of Africa's bloodiest war zones, The Sunday Standard can exclusively report.

Four years ago, the South African Portuguese, also known as Tony Teixeira, was accused in the British Parliament of gun-running for Angola's Unita rebels and for defying United Nations sanctions by supplying oil to the rebel movement.

Now questions are being raised about the controversial man behind a Canadian company that purchased the troubled Kisumu molasses plant from the Oginga Odinga family.

Teixeira has been linked to Branch Energy and Executive Outcomes, two notorious private security-cum-paramilitary companies with a record of involvement in war wealth.

Branch Energy, which had mining concessions in Sierra Leone, is 100 per cent owned by Teixeira's Energem, is one of the pioneers in the provision of private security in return for mining concessions in war-torn nations. Executive Outcomes, on the other hand, was founded by a former Teixeira ally, Tony Buckingham, who recently sat on the board of Energem Resources.

Buckingham, a former South African soldier, was a member of the dreaded South African apartheid-era assassination squad, the 32nd Battalion, and was also behind the British mercenary company, Sandline, which in 1999 broke a UN arms embargo in Sierra Leone, allegedly with the backing of the British government.

Sandline, however, closed shop in April, this year, citing failure to get British support for its private military activities.

According to an Energem company profile obtained by the Sunday Standard, Teixeira's newly registered company, Energem Kenya Limited, is licensed to "import refined oil products" and "bitumen for the Ministry of Roads", headed by Raila Odinga. It is the award of an exclusive contract to a company associated with the Odinga family by a ministry headed by a member of the same Odinga family that sparked the row over the acquisition of the Kisumu molasses plant last week.

But Teixeira is not new to controversy.

Last year, another of Teixeira's companies, Trans Sahara Trading (TST), was stopped from supplying oil to Zambia by President Levy Mwanawasa, who cited "irregularities" in the award of the tender.

And now, Teixeira's ownership of the Kisumu molasses plant has thrust him to the centre of another dispute only eight months after he announced that his company had acquired a controlling stake in the moribund ethanol plant.

Bondo MP Dr Oburu Odinga, who is also the chairman of East African Spectre, which partly owned Spectre International, says the family has "no interest" in the ethanol maker after pulling out last November. ***WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A LIE BECAUSE TODAY THE ODINGAS OWN THE ETHANOL PLANT (KISUMU MOLASSES PLANT!)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!****

The current storm was kicked up by newly appointed Urban Development assistant minister Maina Kamanda, who accused the Odinga family of "grabbing" the land occupied by the plant, "failing to pay for it" and later selling it to Canadians.

Official documents now indicate that the land in question was offered to Spectre International by the then Commissioner of Lands, Mr S.K Mwaita, in a letter dated January 11, 2001.

The value of the entire land measuring 112 hectares was put at Sh3,699,750.
Twenty-three months later, Teixeira's DiamondWorks, renamed Energem, acquired a controlling stake in Spectre International and paid $2 million (Sh160 million) for a stake in the Odinga family-owned enterprise.

But the molasses saga deepened further after the Ministry of Lands and Housing issued a brief this week saying there "is no record of official valuation of the property by the chief government valuer".

Although the molasses plant was supposed to have been auctioned, the ministry's brief raised questions on the transaction: "What appears to have been processed for sale is empty land and there is no record of how the physical infrastructure investment on the stalled project (was) sold and for how much."

"The land deal was a direct allocation to Spectre International and there is no indication of other offers being sourced in the absence of official valuation".


Dr Oburu Odinga who sits on the board of Spectre International with his sister, Ruth, has denied any impropriety on the family's part.

With the matter now being investigated by a Cabinet committee, Kenyans have not heard the last of the matter.

It seems curious that the offer of the molasses plant land was made to Spectre International some five days after the Raila's National Development Party (NDP) entered into a partnership with then ruling party, Kanu.

Although Oburu denied that the Odinga family owns the molasses plant, he conceded that two family members sit on the board of Spectre International.***THE THIEF LIES AGAIN!

Texeira entered Kenya's business world through one of his subsidiary companies, Petroplus Africa Limited, which concluded a memorandum of understanding with the National Oil Company of Kenya (NOCK) and a separate "hospitality agreement" with the state corporation, Kenya Petroleum Refining Ltd, Kenya Pipeline Company and NOCK's Nairobi Terminal. ****These corrupt a-holes should explain oil/petrol problems/shortages to wananchi!

"These arrangements were entered into for purposes of enabling Petroplus's entry into the Kenyan market and to facilitate its ability to undertake a review of the mid-stream oil industry in Kenya aimed at its modernisation and development," the company said in a statement in November last year.

Under the auspices of NOCK, Petroplus imported two trial shipments of oil products in April and May and was awarded its own oil importation and trading licence for Kenya in June 2003.

"The test results were positive and supported the decision by DiamondWorks (now Energem Resources) to acquire control through Spectre of the Kisumu ethanol plant," the company said.

That entry, we have established, came after another of Energem's subsidiaries faced problems in the Zambian market where Teixeira reported "difficult trading conditions" in a statement he issued to shareholders in October last year.

Although Teixeira's name has not featured in Kenya, the allegations of gun-running made in Britain that his operations in Angola, Sierra Leone and Liberia made a fortune out of blood diamonds is bound raise a lot of heat. *** these are Raila/The Odingas business partners****

In its company profile, Energem Resources says it is "supplying bitumen and other products to the Roads and Energy ministries", an issue that could generate political heat in Kenya.

Texeira came to the board of DiamondWorks, now known as Energem Resources, in January 2000 when his Isle-of-Man registered company, Lyndhurst Limited, advanced $5 million to the ailing DiamondWorks. The loan was converted into shares.

But the company appears to have run into trouble with Canada's Ontario Securities Commission, which stopped the board from sitting in April 2002 and accused its members of "failing to file financial statements" and to "disclose" the affairs of DiamondWorks.

The company immediately changed its name to Energem Resources.

Topic: Executive Outcomes

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Executive Outcomes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Executive Outcomes (EO) was a private military company, or mercenary company, founded by Eeben Barlow in 1989 and ceasing to exist in 1999.
The line between Sandline, Executive Outcomes, and associated companies was sometimes blurred by a complex web of interoperation, ownership, multinational holdings, and what may be deliberate obfuscation.
Executive Outcomes ceased trading on January 1, 1999, as South Africa passed an anti-mercenary law, though apparently its Pretoria, South Africa office remained open for some time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Executive_Outcomes (684 words)

The Truth Seeker - Executive Outcomes ties lead to London and Bush
Executive Outcomes is the mercenary arm of a vast network of British-South African corporations dealing in gold, diamonds, and oil, primarily, but not exclusively, in Africa, that come under the umbrella of Strategic Resources Corporation, headquartered in Pretoria, South Africa.
Executive Outcomes was incorporated offshore, on the Isle of Man, in 1993, by Anthony Buckingham, a British businessman, and Simon Mann, a former British officer, the {Observer} reported, based on a leak to it from British intelligence.
Executive Outcomes' presence in Uganda shows that it is key to the mercenary war waged by entities such as Barrick Gold and Anglo American Corp., to seize the mineral-laden eastern Zaire and the gold- and oil-rich south of Sudan.
www.thetruthseeker.co.uk /article.asp?ID=1606 (1387 words)

Sandline International - Links headings
Executive Outcomes' operations in Angola were paid for by the client state and not by Ranger or Branch Energy.
Executive Outcomes' services in Angola (and elsewhere) were remunerated in monetary form by their client governments and the suggestion that any commercial entity such as Branch Energy received mining concessions in payment is therefore entirely wrong.
Teleservices of Angola is not a subsidiary of Executive Outcomes.
www.sandline.com /comment/list/comment21.html (770 words)

Executive Outcomes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Executive Outcomes, the now defunct mercenary firm based in Pretoria, South Africa, that was manned mostly by former members of the South African Defense Force, proved to be a decisive factor in the outcome of some civil wars in Africa.
Executive Outcomes claimed that its sole purpose was to bring stability to the region by supporting legitimate governments in their defense against armed rebels.
Executive Outcomes: Mercenary Corporation OSINT Guide, by Robert J. Bunker and Steven F. Marin, July 1999.
www.fas.org /irp/world/para/executive_outcomes.htm (331 words)

Executive Order 8802 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Executive Order 8802
Roosevelt signed the executive order primarily to ensure that there would be no strikes or demonstrations disrupting the manufacture of military supplies as the country prepared for war.
Executive Order 8802 came about after Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, threatened to call for 100,000 fl Americans to march in Washington, DC, to protest about job discrimination in the armed services and the defence industry.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Executive+Order+8802 (251 words)

Conflict, Inc.: Selling the Art of War - Howe Interview
In Sierra Leone Executive Outcomes went in and forced a pretty bad rebel group to accommodate for a peace settlement, and very soon thereafter there were democratic elections and the new government came in.
Executive Outcomes apparently was involved in some human rights abuses in Angola but did fairly well in Sierra Leone, and much better than Sierra Leone in military or the guerilla insurgency, called the RUF (R-U-F).
Several months after Executive Outcomes left Sierra Leone there was a coup, and that country is probably in a worse position than it was during the war.
www.cdi.org /adm/1113/Howe.html (4326 words)

THE NEWS BLOG
The Kopassus troops, trained and advised by Executive Outcomes, were responsible for a deadly helicopter assault on the West Papuan village of Geselema on May 9, 1996, in which many civilians were murdered and numerous others wounded.
Eeben Barlow, the present CEO of Executive Outcomes, is a veteran of the Civil Co-operation Bureau, which allegedly assassinated antiapartheid activists.
Executive Outcomes made the news again in Angola where they swung the civil war in the early 1990s.
stevegilliard.blogspot.com /2005/04/part-iii-executive-outcomes.html (2488 words)

Lethal weapons
The military and the use of military force are subject to strict executive control, flowing from the head of state to cabinet to the minister of defence to the chief of the armed forces.
In short, Executive Outcomes' protestations of innocence and goodwill provide scant assurance because they cannot be scrutinised and checked by a proper authority.
Executive Outcomes and others who favour the privatisation of security in Africa insist that mercenaries fill a critical need in countries whose governments or armed forces are unable to provide even the most basic security to citizens.
ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za /archive/two/3/p10.html (1556 words)

Sandline International: Comment
Fact: I cannot speak for ECOMOG but, as far as Executive Outcomes is concerned, the company was called in by the government under specific contractual terms to remove the threat posed by the RUF which, as has since been widely reported, it successfully accomplished.
Fact: To lump Executive Outcomes in with the murderous thugs of the RUF is to present the company in an extremely disreputable light.
Thirdly, Executive Outcomes' payments were being underpinned by the IMF who were shocked when informed that the government had terminated their contract even before the promised but eventually cancelled arrival of an international peace monitoring group.
www.sandline.com /comment/list/comment43.html (2201 words)

Pacific Journalism Review 2000 East Timor
Van den Bergh declined to reveal who was paying for the Executive Outcomes training and advice as he wished to preserve the identity of his client, but he added he was satisfied with the operation and had been paid for his services in cash.
The company Executive Outcomes closed down in 1998, but some of its principals are understood now to be engaged in providing security services to resource projects in several African countries.
The coming to light of the involvement of Executive Outcomes mercenaries in Indonesia is another chapter in the record of the inglorious support given by Western governments to the notorious Kopassus troops of Indonesia.
www.asiapac.org.fj /PJR/issues/next/2000kopassus.html (1000 words)

"Conflict, Inc.: Selling the Art of War": Show Transcript
HOWE: Executive Outcomes went into Sierra Leone, where the government was really being pressed by a pretty nasty rebel group called the Revolutionary United Front, and it looked like the government was going to fall.
Executive Outcomes workers were flown in to help train the Angolan military and assist in combat.
Executive Outcomes is an incredible -- what we call "force multiplier." It can do all three of those.
www.cdi.org /adm/1113/transcript.html (3170 words)

Saving the Sum of Things for Pay :: I n c i t e
Executive Outcomes was contracted in April 1995 to provide military advisory and support services to Valentine Strasser's National Provisional Ruling Council.
Executive Outcomes belongs to a new breed of company known as 'Active Private Military Service Providers' or 'Active Private Military Companies'.
Executive Outcomes was, they claimed, committed to providing an independent, apolitical and well-trained peace enforcement unit, perfectly adapted to operational environments in Africa.
www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Square/6130/olvol03/michael1.htm (1788 words)

Executive Outcomes - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Executive Outcomes could be considered the progenitor of the modern private military company.
The operator of Ibis, Crause Steyl, was recently the operator of Air Ambulance Africa which provided air logistical support for the 2004 failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.
This is the nature of the legacy of Executive Outcomes.
www.disinfopedia.org /wiki.phtml?title=Executive_Outcomes (1129 words)

disinformation | war is hellishly profitable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While the South African office of Executive Actions was closed down in January 1999, the others are still going strong, with the US using MPRI and Dyncorp in the Balkans, and in Latin America.
This is an outdated look at Executive Outcomes (which possibly doesn't exist anymore), but goes into some detail regarding their past operations.
This is a breakdown of Executive Outcomes and what it had gotten itself involved in, who it worked with, and for.
www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/dossier/id442/pg1 (2223 words)

The New American - Privatized Warfare - September 4, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
At the center of this amazing story is Barlow's highly successful private corporate army, Executive Outcomes (EO), which is on the verge of securing victory in the nation of Angola for the Marxist MPLA over the anti-Communist UNITA forces of Jonas Savimbi.
Executive Outcomes provides a major connecting point in the strange relationship which has drawn together the Angolan Communist regime, leading corporate entities of the capitalist world, the Communist-dominated South African government, and former anti-Communist members of the SADF who now hire out as mercenaries to their former MPLA enemies.
Following that equation, regardless of the outcome, the victorious new regime would be compliant with the desires of its internationalist masters.
www.thenewamerican.com /tna/1995/vo11no18/vo11no18_unita.htm (4824 words)

Executive Outcomes: Arming for the post-nation state era
With its disbanding, elements went into the Executive Outcomes hiring hall data base, for potential service for the mining cartels, and others were used for the countergang teams that conducted the blind massacres in the early 1990's.
In a recent interview, Van den Bergh, spokesman for EO, poured out derision for the United States, lying that it was the U.S. who had replaced one dictator for another in Zaire, a blatant falsehood which covers for Britain's central role in the Great Lakes genocide.
Executive Outcomes' famous contracts in Angola and Sierre Leone were coordinated by SAS veteran Tony Buckingham with EO's Eeben Barlow.
www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/nebraska/1386/execoutcome2.htm (829 words)

Executive Outcomes
Executive Outcomes, the mercenary firm based in Pretoria, South Africa, and manned mostly by former members of the South African Defense Force, has proven to be a decisive factor in the outcome of some civil wars in Africa.
These claims are denied by all parties, and the South African government has tried to restrict Executive Outcomes' business ventures.
At any rate, Executive Outcomes has proven to be a sound investment for the governments of Angola and Sierra Leone.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/executive_outcomes.htm (384 words)

Outcomes! Executive Coaching
Business executives are faced with the challenge of navigating an uncharted river…you better know your destination… unexpected boulders, rapids and waterfalls are a certainty…it takes more than technical skills and individual competence…as a leader you need to motivate individual and team effort..
Executives today are facing overwhelming challenges like never before.
Executive Coaching helps you get what you want.
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Executive Outcomes
Spicer's (defunct) company, Sandline International took over from Executive Outcomes (EO) which was disbanded after South Africa made it illegal for South African nationals to engage in mercenary activities.
The starting point is Executive Outcomes (EO) (now defunct but not before morphing into Sandline International and then ending up as Aegis Defence Services, with a few stopovers inbetween).
Executive Outcomes was involved in Sierra Leone, Angola, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Canada.
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Kathryn Cramer: Executive Outcomes => Northbridge Services Group?
Executive Outcomes is perhaps the original Private Military Corporation and now defunct.
After Eeben Barlow's original EO disbanded in 1998, their name was adopted by a US firm, Executive Outcome Inc. [1], whose web site http://www.executiveoutcome.com now immediately redirects the user to Northbridge Services.
I'm glad to see that I'm still featured in this article, even though I don't have any connection to Executive Outcomes (the original) except for a domain name that sounds the same - but isn't even the one that was used by them when they were operating (their old domain was eo.com).
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War Business
Executive Outcomes - A new kind of army for privatized global warfare
Mann, a former SAS officer and co-founder of security group Executive Outcomes, admitted trying to buy assault rifles, grenades, anti-tank rocket launchers and other weapons from Zimbabwe Defence Industries...
One of Mann's former associates at Executive Outcomes, Nick du Toit, is currently on trial for his life in Equatorial Guinea for his part in the alleged plot.
www.sonoran-sunsets.com /warbusiness.html (5985 words)

ParaPundit: Private Military Services Companies For Peacekeeping
Deploying a battalion-sized unit of assault infantry (numbering in the low hundreds), who were supported by firm-manned combat helicopters, light artillery, and a few armored vehicles, Executive Outcomes was able to defeat the RUF in a span of weeks.
Curiously, while the Executive Outcomes home page still exists in Google Cache if you click thru to the ExecutiveOutcomes.com web site you now are redirected to an organization that sounds like it offers the same kinds of services: Northbridge Services Group Ltd.
The Executive Outcomes site that jumps the surfer to Northbridge is a complete rip-off - even down to the logo - and has nothing to do with the original company or its owners.
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Executive Outcomes ties lead to London and Bush
Executive Outcomes is the mercenary arm of a vast
For its services, it demands a lien or franchise on the exportable raw resources, particularly mineral wealth, of the client country--in the same fashion as the British East India Company of the 18th and 19th centuries, which in turn functioned as the ``advance guard'' of the British monarchy.
Preliminary investigation by {EIR} has further determined that Executive Outcomes lies at the heart of the British monarch's raw materials cartels and secret intelligence operations, in conjunction with Bush's rogue apparat:
www.aboutsudan.com /action/geopolitical/executive_outcomes.htm (1362 words)

Drillbits & Tailings: June 7, 1998: Page Four (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1996 Executive Outcomes, the South African mercenary company, won diamond mining concessions after it helped oust the military government of Valentine Strasser.
Strasser's ouster in 1996 paved the way for elections that brought Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to power but his presidential career was cut short by a military coup after the mercenaries left.
Last year Sandline, which is affiliated with Executive Outcomes through a number of jointly held subsidiaries, sent a Indian banker named Rakesh Saxena, who is on the run from Thai authorities, to Vancouver, Canada to arrange for the shipment of Bulgarian arms.
www.moles.org /ProjectUnderground/drillbits/980607/98060704.html (552 words)

Arianna Online Forums - Executive Outcomes: the full story of African oil coup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Preliminary investigation has further determined that Executive Outcomes lies at the heart of the British monarch's raw materials cartels and secret intelligence operations, in conjunction with Bush's rogue apparat:
The ideology of the personnel of Executive Outcomes is doubly noxious.
In the 1980s Mann founded Executive Outcomes, one of the world's most successful mercenary outfits, which was involved in controversial operations in Sierra Leone and Angola.
www.ariannaonline.com /forums/showthread.php?t=714 (5446 words)

Bloodsong!: An Account of Executive Outcomes in Angola
Executive Outcomes was the title of the most successful private army of modern times, but were its motives completely humanitarian?
Jim Hooper followed Executive Outcomes on operations all over Africa.
Be the first to write a review of "Bloodsong!: An Account of Executive Outcomes in Angola"
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Executive Outcomes: Mercenary Corporation OSINT Guide
"Comment by Executive Outcomes on a Conference 'Profit and Plunder- the Privisation of War and Security in Africa' held at the CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa on 5 March 1998 and jointly hosted by the Institute for Security Studies and the Canadian Council for International Peace and Security," EO Press Releases 1998.
"Comment by Executive Outcomes on an Article 'Britte help glomet 30t wapens vir coup' in Afrikaans Newspaper 'Beeld' by William Pretorius on 12 May 1998," EO Press Releases 1998.
"Comment by Executive Outcomes on a Report in the South African- Pretoria News: 3 August 1998," EO Press Releases 1998.
www.williambowles.info /spysrus/eo.html (2977 words)

BBC NEWS | UK | Profile: Simon Mann
During the 1980s, Mr Mann sold computer security equipment and ran a business providing bodyguards to wealthy clients.
In the early 1990s, he set up Executive Outcomes, a security consultancy, with his associate Tony Buckingham.
Executive Outcomes developed a formidable reputation delivering advice - and armed guards - to protect businesses operating in conflict zones.
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Executive Outcomes: An Elite Mercenary Company

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Mercenaries have been around since the dawn of time. They have been loyal combatants to the country or person that employed their expert services in the area of combat so long as their share of money is constantly rolled in. They have, in fact, been used in recent years, though recent history often discredits their abilities. This is most accurate for the majority of mercenaries but there is one company that is considered to be well funded, and quite impressive in force and equally effective. The company that I speak of is Executive Outcomes.
In early 1989, South Africa was in a state of unrest. The state was in complete chaos with racism and neighboring civil war. During this tragic period, a man by the name of Lieutenant Colonel Eeben Barlow began to fund a private military unit of the South African Army known as Executive Outcomes. Eeben Barlow then became the commanding officer of the unit and began to branch out to other parts of Africa. [1]
Lieutenant Colonel Barlow's timing could not have been better. Soon after his funding of Executive Outcomes, the South African government broke down their special forces units. The government no longer had the need of these men, who specialized in assassination and guerilla warfare. Like most Special Forces units, the South African, were highly specialized and trained. These men were immediately recruited by Executive Outcomes, giving them expert action in all areas of combat: sea, air, and land.[2]
The mission of Executive Outcomes was simple: provide strong and professional military support to recognized governments only and provide them with expert military training of their troops. This mission statement was often argued by bystanders, saying that Executive Outcomes focused more heavily on the larger corporations in the countries because they were funded by them heavily. Many mine sites in Africa employed Executive Outcomes with the material they mined for protection. This earned Executive Outcomes a terrible reputation worldwide, and was a hot topic of debate for the United Nations during the 1990s.[3]
Perhaps the most well known job performed by Executive Outcomes was the aiding of Sierra Leone in 1995. They were employed by the recently reclaimed Sierra Leone government to rid out the former and ineffective Revolutionary United Front (RUF), or the then rebels. This was something the Sierra Leone forces could not do on their own because of the RUFs funding from their diamond fields, which brought up "blood diamonds." The professional manner in which Executive Outcomes conducted itself allowed the majority of the RUF forces to be destroyed within a month but the funding of Executive Outcomes the Sierra Leone government stopped and they returned back to South Africa.[4]
Executive Outcomes continued in operation throughout Africa for several more years. On January 1, 1999, South Africa issued a new military policy that prevented mercenaries from being funded. This act official dismantled the unit Executive Outcomes, the elite force of mercenaries.[5]
[1] Executive Outcomes - Against all Odds, Eeben Barlow, 28
[2] Executive Outcomes - Against all Odds, Eeben Barlow, 45
[3] Executive Outcomes - Against all Odds, Eeben Barlow, 102
[4] Executive Outcomes - Against all Odds, Eeben Barlow, 127
[5] Executive Outcomes - Against all Odds, Eeben Barlow, 182

Executive Outcomes

Executive Outcomes, the mercenary firm based in Pretoria, South Africa, and manned mostly by former members of the South African Defense Force, has proven to be a decisive factor in the outcome of some civil wars in Africa. Involved in forcing rebels to the negotiating table in Sierra Leone and more well-known for contributing to the Angolan government's success in forcing UNITA to accept the Lusaka Protocol in 1994, Executive Outcomes reportedly has a web of influence in Uganda, Botswana, Zambia, Ethiopia, Namibia, Lesotho and South Africa.
Even though the firm's expertise lies in fighting bush wars, it has diversified and reportedly operates 32 companies, whose interests range from computer software to adult education. The firm's tactic of quickly regaining control of a client country's mineral-rich regions is well-documented. Within a month of Sierra Leone's hiring of Executive Outcomes in May 1995, government forces had regained control of the diamond-rich Kono district, which produces two-thirds of Sierra Leone's diamonds. In Angola, oil- and diamond-producing regions were the first areas secured by government forces trained by Executive Outcomes. The firm also reportedly mines gold in Uganda, drills boreholes in Ethiopia and has a variety of interests in the other countries noted above.
Executive Outcomes claims that its sole purpose is to bring stability to the region by supporting legitimate governments in their defense against armed rebels. Nevertheless, rumors persist that the firm is connected to either the South African DeBeers Diamond Corporation or the South African government. These claims are denied by all parties, and the South African government has tried to restrict Executive Outcomes' business ventures.
The intermixing of paramilitary and commercial ventures makes it difficult to determine the number of mercenaries involved in various countries. Most reports indicate there were between 150 and 200 in Sierra Leone, while reports from Angola vary, indicating between 500 and 4,000 members in that country. At any rate, Executive Outcomes has proven to be a sound investment for the governments of Angola and Sierra Leone. Those successes may help to persuade other countries in the region to employ the firm's services. Increased involvement in regional security problems and an expanded portfolio of affiliated businesses suggest that Executive Outcomes will play a periodically visible role in sub-Saharan African affairs.

Executive Outcomes

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Executive Outcomes
Type Private military security firm
Industry Private military and security contractor
Founded 1989–1998
Founder(s) Eeben Barlow
Area served unknown
Products law enforcement training, logistics, Close quarter training, and security services
Services Security management, full-service risk management consulting
Revenue Unknown
Operating income Unknown
Net income Unknown
Employees 3000+
Executive Outcomes was a private military company (PMC) founded in South Africa by former Lieutenant-Colonel of the South African Defence Force Eeben Barlow in 1989. It later became part of the South African-based holding company Strategic Resource Corporation.[1]
Executive Outcomes (EO) provided military personnel, training and logistical support to officially recognized governments only. Where assistance was given to corporations in conflict areas, EO had the host government's approval to provide such assistance.
Mission statement
Executive Outcomes' mission statement was described by the company as:[2]
"
To provide a highly professional and confidential military advisory service to legitimate governments.
To provide sound military and strategic advice.
To provide the most professional military training packages currently available to armed forces, covering aspects related to sea, air, and land warfare.
To provide advice to armed forces on weapon and weapon platform selection.
To provide a total apolitical service based on confidentiality, professionalism, and dedication.
"

[edit] Background

In 1989, following the conclusion of South African Border Wars in Angola and Namibia, the apartheid regime in South Africa was beginning to dissolve. The South African Defence Force was looking at broad cuts in its personnel. African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela demanded that then South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk dismantle some of the South African and South-West African Special Forces units such as 32 Battalion and Koevoet. One of these was the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB), a unit that carried out covert operations which included assassinations of government opponents, and worked to bypass the United Nations apartheid sanctions by setting up overseas front companies.
Only Koevoet — being part of the South West African Police (SWAPOL) — was disbanded as part of independence negotiations for South-West Africa (now Namibia). Many members of the other units, or simply former national servicemen, were recruited by Executive Outcomes (EO).

[edit] Formation

Eeben Barlow, formerly in charge of the Western European section of the CCB,[3] established Executive Outcomes (EO) in 1989. Its aim was to provide specialised covert training to Special Forces members. Barlow was also awarded a contract by Debswana to train a selected group of security officers to infiltrate and penetrate the illegal diamond dealing syndicates in Botswana. When Debswana discovered EO was training the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), it promptly cancelled EO's contact.
Many of Barlow's Special Forces students would later join him at EO after he started recruiting men to assist with the training of the Angolan forces Say's Walter Halicki one of Eeben's associates in the FAA.
The company also went on to recruit many of its personnel from the units President F. W. De Klerk disbanded. Within a short period, EO could boast of having 500 military advisers and over 3000 highly-trained military personnel at its disposal. Although EO was approached by many foreign soldiers for work, it only recruited men from South Africa who had either served in the SADF, Koevoet or the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).
Barlow registered Executive Outcomes Ltd in the UK on the insistence of the South African Reserve Bank.

[edit] Activities

Executive Outcomes initially trained and later fought on behalf of the Angolan government against UNITA after UNITA refused to accept the election results in 1992. This contract was awarded to the company after EO had assisted Ranger Oil with an equipment recovery operation in the harbour town of Soyo. Dubbed by the South African media as an attempt to assassinate the rebel leader Dr. Jonas Savimbi, EO found itself under constant UNITA attacks where it lost three of its men. This action saw EO as being recognised by the FAA and a contract to train its forces was duly awarded. In a short space of time, UNITA was defeated on the battlefield and sued for peace. The Angolan government, under pressure from the UN and the USA, were forced to terminate EO's contract. EO was replaced by the UN's peacekeeping force known as UNAVEM. Angola returned to war shortly thereafter.
In March 1995, the company contained an insurrection of guerrillas known as the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone, regained control of the diamond fields, and forced a negotiated peace.[2] In both these instances they are credited with rescuing the legitimate government in both countries from destabilizing forces. In the case of Angola this led to a cease fire and the Lusaka Protocol, which ended the Angolan civil war — albeit only for a few years.[4] In Sierra Leone, however, the government capitulated to international pressure to have EO withdraw in favor of an ineffective peacekeeping force, allowing the RUF to rebuild and sack the capital in Operation No Living Thing.[5]
As is characteristic of one of the first Private Military Companies (PMCs), Executive Outcomes was directly involved militarily in Angola and Sierra Leone. The company was notable in its ability to provide all aspects of a highly-trained modern army to the less professional government forces of Sierra Leone and Angola. For instance, in Sierra Leone, Executive Outcomes fielded not only professional fighting men, but armor and support aircraft such as two Mi-24 Hind and two Mi-8 Hip helicopters, the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle and T-72 main battle tank.[6] It also possessed medevac capabilities for the wounded to airlift out of combat zones via Boeing 727 aircraft. These were bought from sources in the worldwide arms trade within Africa as well as Eastern Europe.[7]
Executive Outcomes had contracts with multinational corporations such as De Beers, Chevron, JFPI Corporation, Rio Tinto Zinc and Texaco. The governments of Angola, Sierra Leone, and Indonesia were also clients.

[edit] Key personnel

Apart from Eeben Barlow, other senior Executive Outcomes personnel were Lafras Luitingh and Nic van der Bergh.Col.Hore,of the R.B.M.

[edit] Dissolution

Executive Outcomes actively encouraged the South African government to enforce a regulation of PMCs as several South African and international companies were masquerading for work under the banner of Executive Outcomes. Additionally, Executive Outcomes was actively engaged in providing input into the formulation of the bill which became known as "Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act" in 1998.
Executive Outcomes was duly provided with a license stipulating that it met the requirements of the newly introduced Act.
Executive Outcomes was dissolved on 31 December 1998.
The aim of the Act was to stop mercenary activities by the dual actions of:
  1. preventing direct participation as a combatant in armed conflict for private gain including the training, recruitment and use of mercenaries; and,
  2. requiring approval of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee for offering of military assistance overseas.[8]

[edit] Sandline International

Executive Outcomes was often loosely linked with the United Kingdom private military company Sandline International, but in 1997 Sandline directly subcontracted Executive Outcomes for their operation in Papua New Guinea to oust the rebels holding the Pangua mine on Bougainville Island which led to the so-called "Sandline affair" when news of the government's intention to hire mercenaries was leaked to the Australian press.
The Commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Jerry Singirok – who reversed his support for the operation – ordered the detaining of all the mercenaries on their arrival, and forced the Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan to resign with Papua New Guinea coming close to a military coup.[1]

[edit] Sterling Corporate Services

A UN report from July 2012 criticised the South African security company Sterling Corporate Services for assembling a "private army" in defiance of international agreements and also of Somalian sanctions.[9] The report was conducted by the UN's Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea (SEMG) and revealed strong links to Executive Outcomes.[9]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Privatisation of Violence: New mercenaries and the state Christopher Wrigley CAAT March 1999
  2. ^ a b The New Mercenaries and the Privatization of Conflict Thomas K. Adams Parameters, Summer 1999
  3. ^ Eeben Barlow's autobiography: Executive Outcomes – Against all Odds
  4. ^ "Conflict, Inc.: Selling the Art of War". Center for Defense Information. December 7, 1997. http://www.cdi.org/adm/1113/transcript.html.
  5. ^ "The vagabond king". New Statesman. http://www.newstatesman.com/africa/2012/01/sierra-leone-strasser-war. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  6. ^ "Sierra Leone, 1990-2002". Acig.org. http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/printer_462.shtml. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  7. ^ Forsyth, Al J. Venter ; foreword by Frederick (2006). War dog : fighting other people's wars : the modern mercenary in combat (1. ed.). Philadelphia, Pa.: Casemate. ISBN 9781932033090.
  8. ^ Chapter 2 — The Private Military Companies' Perspective Select Committee on Foreign Affairs August 1, 2002
  9. ^ a b Ivor Powell and Bianca Capazorio (1 September 2012). "UN slams SA's 'private army'". IOL News. http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/un-slams-sa-s-private-army-1.1373943#.UFNFz8jdGnQ.

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The idea that Mu7 and his fellow dictator in Ethiopia (Zenawi) have the audacity to make negative assessment about K.d.f is laughable.Zenawi last real war against eritrea saw Ethiopia in a stale mate with a country 10 times smaller both in resources,manpower and equipment.Ethiopian army is a giant glass wall that will come crumbling if a precise fire is directed on it.Their operation in Somalia saw them act like the pre-historic dinosaurs that trampled everything in their path.You cant fight rag tag militia this way.No wonder their army men have been defecting en mass to Kenya.
Mu7 on the other hand is a former Bush fighter who understands unparalleled level of violence.To this day he has used his former rag tag militia to entrench himself down the throats of poor Ugandans.To this old man who wont even admit his age an army is "bad" if it metes unknown violence against unarmed civilians the way u.p.d.f does.That's his valuation and because K.d.f has not done that they are a career army according to him.Lets face it.The only decent equipment in Uganda inventory is the new jets and 6 jets wont threaten anybody.Any country is Eastern Africa has the capacity to make sure they don't leave the ground incase of confrontation.The T55s Uganda has in its inventory are museum lyrics and would be of better use in a history class for exhibits.The few helicopters cant even fly.Does Uganda have a helicopter gunship flying?For your information Kenya has 40 declared and some are in the war front against al shabab who happen to be the unlucky target because these gunships were obtained to lay to waste the inflow of soviet scrap metals like t55 and t62 both in ug and ethiopia.The fact that kenya has executed this operation so precisely and decisively,some in U.p.d.f are saying that Americans are the ones doing it.I have a word for them:In mog Ugandans and Burundians with their U.N provided gear are being slaughtered left to right.Its them who need help.No wonder Americans just shipped i to help fight a fight that Ug has failed to finish 20 plus years.Hai watch this space.Sit back and see how quickly Kenya army will be served Kenyan tea in Kismayo.
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well,am not gonna be selfish with knowledge here.Md 500 gunship was manufactured with the same tank killing ability as any other gunship.What they had in mind was a light less expensive machine for average countries that would find it extravagant and outrageous to spend millions of dollars on monstrous ineffective Gun ships like Mig 24s.(ug had 5 of those where are they?reliable info say none of them cranks.)Anyway to make a long story short we are not arming these Gunships with Maverick missiles for killing tanks coz al shabab has none.Information is floating free out there check what our wz-9s are doing and the havoc and disarray they have caused.This strategy K.d.f has used attacking from several fronts including the sea ensures al shabab are spread out thus difficult for them to regroup.thats why they melting like ice in hot water.
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Wednesday, 26 January 2011 22:07
Written by David K. Mafabi
A number of presidential candidates, including Dr Olara Otunnu, who are performing particularly badly in the many opinion polls, this week announced they now want a summit of presidential candidates because of a "polls crisis". Incredible!
Dr Otunnu has tried everything to remain relevant. In early January, he resurrected his tired charges of genocide in northern Uganda. Below, I repeat what we said to him in October 2006:
"Someone should ask Olara Otunnu and company to slow down on their charges of genocide in northern Uganda. Mr Otunnu has been deliberately and systematically churning out these charges … to an end that is difficult to comprehend."
This unfortunate campaign is the most reckless, irresponsible and immoral in recent times - and seeks to piggyback and play on the deepest feelings and sensitivities of the Acholi people of Uganda, to achieve an incomprehensible end.
In a despicable sequel, others, who had never thought of making the charges before, are now falling over themselves to celebrate Otunnu's "incisive mind."
Last Wednesday, the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague sentenced Momcilo Krajisnik, the former head of the Bosnian Serb Parliament, to 27 years in prison. He was convicted for a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Bosnian Muslims and Croats during the Bosnian war.
The judge, Alphons Orie, found Krajisnik guilty of murder, extermination, deportation, persecution and forced transfer of non-Serb civilians.
He, however, said that it had not been proved that Krajisnik intended to commit genocide, i.e., the wiping out of the Bosnian Muslim and Croat ethnic groups.
One would not like to be misunderstood on a subject that evokes such deep emotions. Death of any human being is regrettable.
Any Ugandan who dies amidst war is one too many and must leave a deep scar ... One hopes that one day African people shall conclude a process of atonement and restitution regarding all those who have died as a consequence of conflict in our homeland.
In the meantime, we should be extremely careful when using the term "genocide." The critical element in defining genocide, as in the case at The Hague quoted above, is the presence of an "intent to destroy", which can be either "in whole or in part", - groups defined in terms of nationality, ethnicity, race or religion.
This can be clearly discerned from Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by Resolution 260 (III) A of the UN General Assembly on December 9, 1948.
The point here is, whatever the omissions or commissions of the government - and whatever the levels of human rights violations documented or otherwise - do we have a situation where the government is deliberately working to wipe out the Acholi people - because they are Acholi? Obviously not.
Some commentators, who are in agreement with Otunnu, have cited reports of what they describe as "reputable international organisations" like Human Rights Watch, to support the Otunnu genocide claims.
What is striking is that however bad or negative, there is no single Human Rights Watch report that talks of genocide unfolding in northern Uganda. Conversely, I commend the Human Rights Watch report of March 1999 to these commentators.
Titled 'Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda', it is the graphic and detailed anatomy of a genocide. Genocide cannot be mistaken for anything else.
Finally, there is an interesting addendum made in April 2004 to that 1999 report. It might help us locate Otunnu, and his fellow travellers, in the scheme of things.
It says: "If Rwanda genocide had positive consequences elsewhere in spurring action to avert genocide, its impact in Rwanda and the surrounding region has been devastatingly negative.
Since 1994 there has been widespread conflict in Central Africa. In all, nearly four million civilians have possibly died as a direct or indirect result of military activity in the region since 1994.
The genocide has cast its shadow over all these conflicts, spinning actors in directions they would not otherwise have taken and colouring the analysis of events by the international community.
Both local and international actors' claim [of] genocide or the need to prevent genocide [are] a cover [for] other political and economic objectives.
In local Congolese conflicts, such as that in Ituri, contenders, seeking foreign support, charge each other with genocide, an accusation that would not have been made before 1994."

The author is the Private Secretary/Political Affairs, State House.
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Sunday, March 05, 2006

THE JEWISH AND ACHOLI EXPERIENCE.
The debate between General David Tinyefunza and Olara Otunnu on whether genocide is unfolding in northern Uganda or not, deserves to be subjected to historical comparison for better understanding. Otunnu's charge that conditions of genocide exist in northern Uganda drew evidence from the Government of Uganda and Non-Governmental Organizations reports that catalogued, among others, the deliberate policy of demonization, forcing people into concentration camps, abetting and encouraging rape by HIV/AIDS infected soldiers, and the prolongation of the conflict. The dynamics of the conflict has led to targeting unarmed civilians by both the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF). These conditions, taken as a whole, Otunnu argues, meet the threshold of genocide.
General David Tinyefunza of the UPDF denies perpetrating genocide against the Acholi people, without disputing the core sources of evidence presented by Otunnu. He argues that what exists in northern Uganda is not genocide but death caused by a situation of war. He adds that President Museveni has neither the will nor the desire to exterminate the Acholi, but protect them in the so-called "protected villages."
What is clear from the debate is that both Otunnu and Tinyefunza agree that there is mass death in Acholiland. However, they differ in their explanation about the mechanics of mass deaths, and whether the mass deaths should be characterized as genocide or collateral death. For a nuance understanding, a historical comparison of the mechanics of mass death is necessary. I would like to compare the case of the Jews during the Third Reich (Germany) under Adolf Hitler with that of the Acholi in Uganda under General Yoweri Museveni.
Leadership and Genocide: Hitler and Museveni

The path to consolidation of political and state power by Hitler and General Museveni are similar: First, both leaders began with creating environments where genocide would be seen as justifiable. Museveni ran a one-party state, where he and his associates conceived and meticulously planned genocide in broad daylight. Similarly, Hitler ran Germany as a one-party state. Both leaders excoriated democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law, preferring bellicose militarism.
Second, both leaders demonized their victims and proceeded to whip xenophobia and the fury of the population, initially as means to prosecute a war and eventually as a final solution in itself.
For Hitler in Germany, the progressive conversion of Jews into enemies was later formalized by an executive decree in 1933, which pointed out that there was a Jewish problem. This graduated to the Nazi slogan that Jews were a misfortune.
In Uganda, Museveni's coming to power was based on explaining national crises as caused by northerners, who came to be mostly identified with the Acholi population. This was formalized by the NRM/A intellectuals that there was a northern question; and the derogatory NRM/A slogan became Acholis are "Abanyanyas" [read as equivalent to the Nazis' justification - Jews were a misfortune]. The "Abanyanyas" referred to non-citizens, in fact, to southern Sudanese.
In both instances, the leaderships denationalized and transformed victims into enemies of the state deserving neither mercy nor reason. The logical solution was the so-called final solution.
Constructing and Articulating the Intellectual basis of Genocide

For genocide to occur with the apparent connivance of the population, an intellectual basis needs to be created and masqueraded as critical research. This is often used to brainwash the gullible.
In Mein Kampf, Hitler vented out his hatred and xenophobia against the Jews by blaming the Jews for the humiliation that Germany suffered during World War I. Once Jews had been presented as the source of the problem in Germany, the extermination project could be justified as the final solution. But it was not only Hitler; the Nazi intellectuals also legitimated the extermination project against the Jews. They misrepresented the deaths by blaming the victims as responsible for their own destruction.
In the case of Uganda, to understand the background to the tragedy in Acholiland, we need to examine Museveni's activities during his youthful days in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
While a student at the University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Museveni wrote his thesis entitled, "Fanon's Theory and its Verification in Liberated Areas in Mozambique", where he stated that:
"to transform a human being into an efficient, uncostly and completely subservient slaves, you have, as a pre-condition, to completely purge him of his humanity, manhood and will. Otherwise, as long as he has some hope for a better free future, he will never succumb to enslavement. To become an efficient instrument of oppression, you have to radically dehumanize yourself by foregoing many qualities that are normally found in balanced human beings. You purge yourself of compassion, altruism, consideration for other people's sufferings and the capacity to restrain your greed. Failure of the oppressor to get rid of such undesirable feelings - like compassion - will mean inability to be a successful exploiter."
Museveni followed his thesis by remarking that "Hitler was a smart man. ...What he did in Germany, we will also do it here" (Uganda). To reinforce his admiration for mass murderers, Museveni boastfully approved the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, in spite of the fact that about 50 million Africans were killed. During interview with Atlantic Monthly, Museveni said, "I do not blame white people for slave trading. If you are stupid, you should be enslaved." Blaming the victims of this form of genocide for their own extermination is the most pitiful and bigoted utterance. Yet no outrage was registered at home and abroad.
In his book, Sowing the Mustard Seed, Museveni presented the Acholi, as a group, as responsible for the atrocities committed in Luwero. But let us consider the facts: the report of the commission of inquiry into the Luwero deaths have never been made public. Former fighters with Museveni have pointed a finger at Museveni for the Luwero deaths in their articles to the Monitor newspaper. Museveni promptly reacted by issuing injunction against retired National Resistance Movement/Army (NRM/A) military officers from continuing to publish the Luwero war memories. Museveni's fear is that his complicity for deaths in Luwero will be exposed.
Demonizing the victims: the Acholi and the Jewish Experience
There are similarities between the two leaders in favouring and promoting hatred that would lead to the crimes of genocide.
Killings that lead to the crimes of genocide are usually preceded by psychological preparations. Museveni effected it through a vilification of the Acholi, as a group, by presenting them as responsible for the atrocities in Luwero. This provided justifications for "revenge" killings of the Acholi by the predominantly southern NRM/A soldiers. To continue stoking the flame of hatred and xenophobia against the Acholi, as a group, Museveni skillfully resorted to the indignity of displaying, for partisan reasons, human remains and rattling human skeletons as a political campaign ploy.
The various derogatory remarks about the Acholi people made by Museveni and his associates were interspersed by dehumanizing references of the Acholi people as inferior, primitive, backward and savage. In 1986, the NRM/A political commissar, Commander Karusoke Kajabago, referred to the Acholi people as biological substances, implying that they were deserving of extermination.
The domestic internalization of the demonic ideology consigned the Acholi people to enemy status, within their own country, upon whom acts of debasement and genocide are acceptable. Thus, what is aroused in the population is not so much hatred, although hatred is part of it, but indifference.
The Strategy of Genocide: Implementation and Ruses

[a]. Concentration Camps:

If we examine the phenomenon of concentration camps, we find that it is characteristic of most genocide. First, the concentration camps were created through a great deal of ruses and deception throughout Germany and Uganda.
The infamous concentration camps in Treblinka and Auschwitz were presented by the Nazis' as industrial centers rather than what they really were. To effect the deception, the gate of Auschwitz still bears the infamous inscription, "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Brings Freedom). Although some Jewish victims might have thought that the violence was part of Hitler's repressive measures, they had no idea what Treblinka and Auschwitz, among others, signified for them.
The extreme success of German propaganda was evident from the German murderers themselves who witnessed that, "down to their final moment before liquidation, they (Jews) believed they were going to be transported to some other place."
Museveni's ruse in moving the Acholi population into concentration is similar to the Nazis. Initially, the unarmed civilian populations were encouraged to run for sanctuary to UPDF detaches, to churches and to police stations during UPDF and LRA firefights, but they would return to their homes after the hostilities. But soon, the UPDF innovators and architect of the final solution saw this as a strategic blessing. The Acholis were to move into the concentration camps for protection from combat hostilities.
When the Acholi's realized that those camps were death camps, they resisted and stayed in their homes. A victim cried, "we were told that these camps were for our protection, but we are brought here to be killed." The UPDF made mandatory that the unarmed civilian population must relocate permanently to designated concentration camps and those refusing would be deemed LRA sympathizers. Within 48 hours, the UPDF air force strafed those unarmed civilians who were reluctant to move, militia groups killed whoever remained to collect food and property, villages were burnt and artillery units fired live shells indiscriminately into unarmed civilian communities.
[b]. Some Deceptive Linguistics of Genocide: "Work" and "Protection"

The language used by the Nazis and the UPDF are comparable and similar. The Nazi concentration camps were mostly referred to as "work camps" and never as death camps, which was what the camps were in practice.
The UPDF spoke of the concentration camps as "protection villages" and never as death camps, even when the reports of the Government of Uganda such as Suffering in Silence (January 2005); Health and Mortality Survey Among Displaced Persons in Gulu, Kitgum and Pader Districts, Northern Uganda (July 2005), and Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reports describe conditions, which evidently meet the threshold of genocide.
Who is fooling who here?

The Nazi's fooled nobody but themselves because, after the war, they were brought before the Nuremberg Tribunal and convicted. One of the problems in Germany was that most Germans were in a state of denial as illustrated by their attitude of silence and indifference. The UPDF are also fooling themselves. General Tinyefunza confirmed that only 15 soldiers are posted to protect a population of over 50,000 concentration camp inmates from the LRA attacks. Whereas, he agreed that Museveni, an individual, is protected by over 12,000 soldiers (1 Division of troops), consuming over one-third of the national military budget. Clearly, the concentration camps are not meant to provide protection.
We must be clear that the UPDF language of offering "protection" in villages and the Nazi language of "work camps" are similar. They are effective veil to cover the unfolding genocide.
[c]. Denials and Maligning of Victims

In both Germany and Uganda, propaganda played a central role in shaping the course of genocide.
The Nazi propaganda purported that the Jewish people killed themselves while the Nazis were mere onlookers.
This is similar to Yoweri Museveni propaganda that the Acholi's are killing themselves while the NRM/A are offering protection and safety.
Preposterous as Hitler and Museveni's allegations are, the main purposes of the denials and maligning were to blame the victims for their extermination. This shifted the guilt onto cousins or kin and kinship of the exterminated.
The Donor Community and Accountability

There have not been any clear pronouncements about the tragic human catastrophe in northern Uganda from foreign donors, who finance up to 52 percent of Museveni's administration budget. The donors have procured arms, trained and equipped the UPDF and the police force and continuously provided positive propaganda. It is this complicity that has made the donor community overlook the unfolding genocide in northern Uganda.
We should all be ashamed about our failure or, even connivance with, the perpetrators of genocide by giving material and moral support. Many western donor diplomatic missions have regularly visited the concentration camps, signed the visitor's book, but made no public complains against the unfolding genocide.
The silence and support by western donor community for Museveni's regime must be construed as giving tacit accent to continue perpetrating the unfolding genocide against the Acholi people.
How come that the tragic humanitarian suffering in Darfur that is nonetheless less severe in intensity and magnitude, than the situation in Acholi, which Jan Egeland, the United Nations Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), described as the world's worse and forgotten humanitarian catastrophe been denied the status of genocide? How come that the tragedy does not also capture the sympathy and attention of the donor community?
The Acholi genocide remains unparallel in terms of the ferocity sustained over time by several participating perpetrators and by the complicity of the donor countries.
This is genocide where the ideological matrix of denial is among the most developed of any genocide in Africa; and, is actively propagated by donor community and agencies.
This is genocide where deniers such as General David Tinyefunza, Herbert Ogwal, Ambrose Murunga and Kintu Nyago, have called it "war" and often resorted to personal attacks, which are unrelated and distracting to what Otunnu actually charged.
This is genocide occurring in broad daylight in spite of copious indicators: the Government of Uganda official reports, Non-Governmental Organizations, Humanitarian and Human Rights Agencies reports documenting atrocities, Museveni's published philosophical justifications of mass murders and systematic demonizations of the Acholi people, and explicit dehumanization by NRM/A political commissars, meeting the threshold of genocide.

Army denies atrocities against civilians

Thursday, 22 September 2005

http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/6775.html

"Human Rights Watch documented four negligent or willful killings of civilians by the UPDF in three weeks in February 2005 alone. This does not include one other person suspected of being summarily executed by the army and two people who reported being shot and badly injured," says the HRW report covered in the previous article on this page. The UPDF ignores all claims.

Museveni inspecting government soldiers 2005.jpgThis article, written by Joyce Mulama for Inter Press Service, first appeared on the IPS website 20 September. It has been shortened and edited for republication here.

President Yoweri Museveni inspecting UPDF soldiers earlier this year. Photo: Radu Sigheti / Reuters
"The abuses are not only committed by the LRA but also by UPDF. UPDF lacks a disciplinary system. Instead of it protecting citizens, it is contributing to abuses and this is increasing animosity between the people of northern Uganda and the central government," Jemera Rone, a researcher for HRW, said Sep 19. She was speaking to journalists in Kenya´s capital, Nairobi, during the launch of a report titled ´Uprooted and Forgotten: Impunity and Human Rights Abuses in Northern Uganda´.
UN accused of laxity
The army has been accused of committing atrocities such as rape, arbitrary arrests and detention, as well as beatings and killings in the camps. Attempts by the HRW to get explanations from the government have been frustrating. "If complaints are made, there is no action taken or whenever there is feedback from the government, it is always in favour of the army," Rone said. HRW wants the United Nations, which it is accusing of laxity, to step in and help resolve the conflict, once described by the UN undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland as the world´s worst humanitarian disasters.
-In the shadow of Sudan, Northern Uganda has been ignored
"The UN has not been interested to find a solution for northern Uganda. Of course, there has been UN relief; but at the political level, the UN has been almost silent," Rone remarked. The UN Security Council meeting held in Nairobi Nov. 2004 never touched on northern Uganda, but put pressure on Sudan to end its conflict. The pressure culminated into a peace agreement between the warring Sudan People´s Liberation Movement/Army and the government early this year, bringing an end to the country´s 21-year old war, the longest in Africa. The HRW urged the UN to put pressure on the government to prosecute all perpetrators of human rights abuses in northern Uganda, including its own army.
Shaban Bantariza.jpg-We have taken stern action. We have executed two and imprisoned one
But UPDF maintains that it has always taken action on its soldiers who have disrespected human rights. "Our history shows that we have taken stern action against our officers who misbehave. In 2002, we executed two soldiers after they killed an Irish priest and robbed him in northern Uganda. In 2004, a captain was sentenced to life imprisonment for failing to protect a camp in the area. He went drinking and in the process, the camp was attacked by LRA," Lt-Col. Shabaan Bantariza, (left), UPDF´s spokesman, told IPS in a telephone interview from Kampala, Uganda´s capital.
-The soldiers are paid to protect these people
"There is no single day we have failed to protect the people. There are more than 100 internally displaced persons´ camps in northern Uganda and each has a battalion of UPDF soldiers protecting them. The soldiers are paid to protect these people," he stressed. Bantariza says the government is equally concerned about the crisis, and has put in place measures aimed at bringing calm to the area including an amnesty law. Enacted in 2000, the law seeks to encourage LRA combatants to lay down their arms and surrender in exchange for amnesty packages of cash and other supplies to help them restart their lives.
-These are crimes that should not go unpunished
More than 50 percent of the LRA combatants are reportedly children aged six to 17 years. According to the United Nations Children´s Fund (UNICEF), more than 20,000 children have been abducted to serve as child soldiers and sex slaves since the start of the conflict that has seen more than 1.9 million people uprooted from their homes and forced to live in internally displaced person´s (IDP) camps. So far 15,000 people have taken advantage of the amnesty, an exercise the HRW opposes. "We do not oppose an amnesty for people who have not committed crimes against humanity, but we oppose an amnesty for people who have committed human rights abuses. These are crimes that should not go unpunished," Rone said.
-We´re innocent. Don´t blame us, says Sudan
Analysts say for peace to return to northern Ugandan, Sudan should be engaged. Sudan has for a long time been accused of backing the LRA, in retaliation for an alleged support that Uganda offered Sudanese rebels. Despite a 1999 agreement between the two countries to stop supporting each other´s rebel group, the Sudanese government has continued to accommodate the LRA, according to HRW. "Clearly the government of Sudan has not been willing to take the necessary steps to get the LRA because many times Kony has reportedly been spotted in Khartoum (Sudan´s capital)," Rone said. Sudanese government has denied the HRW allegations. "Definitely, it´s not the Sudan government. We are trying to push away the LRA from our region. I do not think the government is involved," Neimat Bilal, spokeswoman at the Sudan embassy in Nairobi told IPS.

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Byanyima threatens to reveal Museveni's scandals

Winnie Byanyima, wife of Colonel Kizza Besigye, threatened on February 7 that if Museveni did not stop harassing Colonel Besigye, she will disclose the names of the many children Museveni has fathered and those he has neglected.
Byanyima was speaking at the headquarters of the FDC party at Najjanankumbi on Entebbe Road.
gI am giving President Museveni two days to clean up his act!h she declared.
State House has embarked on a vicious smear campaign against Besigye which began with the rape claims by Joanita Kyakuwa and now the claims that Besigye falsified his names in his P.7 class in 1967.
The smear campaign has backfired so far and the public has seen it largely as politically motivated. Most Ugandans in the last few days have been lukewarm or indifferent to the claims about Besigye's papers first published by the Sunday Vision on February 5.
If Byanyima goes ahead with her threat, Museveni's reputation will be finished among respectable society.
Museveni has fathered so many children that he will soon have as many children as the late military leader, Idi Amin.
Two months ago, a son of Museveni's called Yoweri was baptized. Museveni has a child with the sister of Prince John Patrick Barigye's sister and a child with Mrs. Gertrude Njuba, wife of FDC's Sam Njuba.
When he was in Tanzania in the 1970s, Museveni fathered a son who is now in his late 20s who used to come to State House Entebbe from time to time to get money from his father.
Sources knowledgeable about what takes place in State House say Museveni strictly does not use condoms when he has sex and that explains why he has been getting so many children, including children with women staff members at State House.
Sources and gossips in Museveni's PGB entourage say that whenever Museveni is going out of the country without Janet, a woman or girl is brought to accompany him and give him pleasure in foreign capitals.
In Uganda when he is going on his secret missions to sleep with his women, he wears shorts and sometimes State House would arrange to shut off the power supply of the places Museveni was visiting so that he could approach the woman's house unnoticed.
In 2002, Janet Museveni discovered that Museveni was sleeping with his long-time aide, Amelia Kyambadde. She ordered Major Muhoozi Kainerugaba to get her out of State House and she fled to a brief exile in London before returning in 2003.
One day around Easter in 1995, Museveni told Gertrude Byanyima, Winnie's mother, that he has special genes and he feels that if he does not produce many children the world will be cheated of his genius.
The Red Pepper tabloid reported in August 2004 that Winnie Byanyima was writing a book that contained sensitive secrets about Museveni's personal life and scandals.
One of the most embarrassing scandals of these scandals was around 2002 when Museveni brought a woman into State House and went on to have sex with her in the room of his daughter, Diana.
Diana came to the room, only to find it locked from inside. She insisted that it is opened and an embarrassed half-naked woman opened the door.
Diana checked under the beds and then in the wardrobe, where to her shock she found her father, General Yoweri Museveni, Commander in Chief of the UPDF, hiding himself.

--- On Sat, 11/24/12, Ali Rashid <kakaali200096@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Ali Rashid <kakaali200096@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [uchunguzionline] ###Urgent: 45,000 IDPs, near Goma November 21, 2012.
To: "uchunguzionline@yahoogroups.com" <uchunguzionline@yahoogroups.com>, "KISWAHILI yahogroup" <kiswahili@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, November 24, 2012, 4:10 PM

AHASANTE KWAKUTUJULISHA

Ni hii habari hapa ambayo inatatiza.

The UPDF of course denied Otunnu's claims. But the New York Times report also accused General Saleh and other top Ugandan army officers of using their ties to paramilitaries to plunder Congolese diamonds, gold and timber. But what exactly is Saracen International? Who really owns it? Our efforts to get a comment from Saracen International were futile by press time.
So for the time being, it may be fair to say that no one really knows for sure what Saracen International is, and who owns it. What one can say however is that Saracen International is definitely a murky trade name that is shared by a number of private security companies across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and North America.
A few have however been linked to the infamous South African mercenary firm called Executive Outcomes; the same company that allegedly tried to send mercenaries to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea in order to tap into the country's oil and mineral wealth.
Saracen International has also been linked to a certain Erik Prince; the man whose company Blackwater is allegedly financing a "Counter-Piracy" mercenary squad in Somalia . Both the New York TimesandAssociated Press have carried similar allegations against Saracen International on the strength of"confidential" reports leaked from the African Union.

From: Judy Miriga <jbatec@yahoo.com>
To:
Judy Miriga <jbatec@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 10:02 PM
Subject: [uchunguzionline] ###Urgent: 45,000 IDPs, near Goma November 21, 2012.



Ali Rashid,
 
 
Museveni has a case to answer at the ICC Hague......and with all these evidence
we must begin to push forward the cases of Crimes, Violation and Abuse against
Human Rights........It is time the ICC Hague to catch up with Museven, Kagame
and Kabila. Meles is dead but we know Meles and Somali Salim Saleh with Team
including Kibaki, Moi with Team must follow suit.
Museveni is a bully, he took Migingo by force and killed many Luo fishermen and
confiscated their fishing tools. He brought his brother Saleh Somali Pirates to take
and control Migingo, Lake Victoria and the sorrounding lakes; ready to enleash
lethal attack to wipe out Luo Nyanza with his Somali Al-Shabaab joined with the
Mungiki which is why Kibaki has to do some explaining at the ICC Hague why the
2007/8 he used Museveni to target and wipe out the Luos from Nyanza....it is what
is under conspiracy why Al-Shabaab is in the offensive to create instability by
killing people from Garrisa, Tana River, Mombasa, Eastleigh in Nairobi and Kisumu.
ICC Must begin to engage these investigations while they are behind bars.....and
this cannot wait any longer. Evidence are crystal clear and there is no excuse to
wait for another day.......
Museveni with the Somali Brother Salim Saleh with Kagame, engaged in extreme
commando with Kibaki to destroy stability of East Africa and through COMESA took
pride in distabilizing the region with utter invasion of Lake Victoria with the surroundings,
killed and destroyed livelihood and survival of many. They forced people to a forceful
re-location because they planned an illegal OCCUPATION. This is unaccepted. The
Law must take precedence and ICC Hague must take the lead to create favorable
and stable habitation of people in the region. Legal Justice is the way to peace in the
Greater Region of COMESA and this cannot wait.
How could the Rebel training go on in Congo and Kibaki, Kagame, Kabila and Museveni
are quite pretending to be dumb. They must pay for the lives lost, human livelihood and
survival that are destroyed. They must pay for the forceful Migration of of Victims of
Circumstances. They must pay for causing insecurity because of illegal occupation
there.
No one is above the law.........!!!
Connect the dots people and everybody to push for ICC Hague to take up this matter
with the urgency it deserve........!!!
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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what the hell are you talking about?
you make no sense...
how do the africans "grow up and decide for themselves" when they are uneducated, exploited and massacred daily. please, you need to grow up
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the jews were behind it i assure you
Regional security:Military contigent for DR Congo
Published on Sep 9, 2012 by NTVKenya
http://www.ntv.co.ke
The Great Lakes Leaders meeting in Kampala has agreed to send a 4000-man joint force into Eastern DRC to fight rebels there including the M23. Tanzania pledged to contribute troops to be part of the proposed regional force at the conclusion of the two-day meeting. The size of the forces that Tanzania will commit to help fight the rebels in the vast mineral-rich country will be discussed at the regional ministerial meeting scheduled for next month. NTV's Chris Ochamringa reports.
 
 
Wealth and politics in Congo
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Wayne Madsen: Will Obama change Congo policy or will it be business as usual? Pt 3 of 3
Congo 20million dead the role US and its allies played
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CONGO 20MILLION DIE AND THE WORLD SILENT: The role that the America/Isreal and its allies, Rwanda/Uganda, have played in the greatest humanitarian crisis at the dawn of the 21st century..
The footprints of the West are also quite prominent in some of the worst cases of misrule in Africa. The West killed Lumumba and installed Mobutu. How many years and people did the Congo lose? It decapitated Nkrumah's regime. How many years

and the people did Ghana lose? It waged a war against Angola through UNITA. How many years and people did Angola lose? It prolonged Apartheid in South Africa. How many years and people did South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe lose? It Installed Idi Amin in Uganda. How many years and people did Uganda lose? It installed Kagame in Rwanda and Kagame has plunged the Great Lakes Region into war with 8million dead. How many years and more people will that region lose? We have yet to know how Libya turn out. But Libya was one of Africa's best countries if not the best. Gaddafi's head is barely on his shoulders. How many years will Libya lose? The west invaded Ivory Coast and installed pupet as a leader how many more people will Ivorians lose?,U.S train military to tople democratic goverment in Mali for Al quida to invade mali how many people Mali will lose?What exactly is the monetary value of these costs to Africa?
 
 
Secret Mining in the Congo
Published on May 3, 2012 by Willy Vangu
UK urged: 'keep your aid but stop the raid'

Professor Willy Vangu, International Spokesperson for the UDPS - DRC Opposition Party

It is absurd that a country with more forests than Brazil, more minerals than Australia, more oil than Norway and more hydro-power potential than Finland can be home to over 52 million people (70 per cent of the population) who live on less than 80 pence a day. The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country with vast natural wealth and it suffers this paradox.

Secretive mining deals left unchecked by the international community are a major factor in the Congolese people's enduring misery.

Why does this happen? Who is behind it? Why does it matter to the UK and what can we do to stop it? Using evidence gathered from the Congo, and from off shore tax havens, Professor Willy Vangu, will explain to the world over the next few weeks the detailed workings behind BVI shell companies.

Failure of the UK and the IMF to enforce existing transparency obligations on the DRC Government is wasting taxpayers' money and political capital. As a result, the opposition party of the DRC is calling on aid and loans direct to the DRC Government to be cancelled in return for renewed focus on tackling secretive mining deals, which keep the Congolese people poor and make a few within the DRC very wealthy.

The background:
In December 2011 a UK Member of Parliament released details of 59 shell companies, mostly registered in the British Virgin Islands and overseen by a Gibraltar trust, that have been involved in purchasing DRC mineral and oil assets. Backed by Global Witness, the MP's analysis of just four of these transactions -- all occurring in the last two years - showed a loss to the Congolese people of over $5.5 billion.

This was supposed to change as part of a 2009 loan from the International Monetary Fund. This $551 million loan was conditional upon the DRC government implementing broad transparency and governance reforms in the mining sector: mining contracts were to be published, along with the details of those individuals who are behind companies that own mineral assets and state assets would be put up for public tender. None of this has happened, and the IMF has turned a blind eye. All four of the transactions resulting in the $5.5 billion loss -- 10 times the amount of the IMF loan - occurred after the IMF loan was made. That is, at the time when the IMF was supposed to be closely monitoring the DRC government's promised reforms.

Cancellation of aid and loans to the DRC Government:
Professor Vangu said recently, "UK Ministers should work to suspend all direct aid and loans to the Congolese government through the IMF and World Bank until it has fully complied with its obligations to the IMF. We are calling on all governments to suspend direct support of the DRC Government, including through futile transparency programmes like PROmines. UK Ministers should also seek guarantees from the DRC that secret sales of state assets to offshore 'shell' companies will be properly investigated."

Furthermore, summon the will to clamp down on matters connected to your jurisdiction. This will be cheaper for the British taxpayer and more beneficial to the Congolese people than continuing to pour aid into an unaccountable government. In short, keep your aid but help end the raid. The significant impact it will make to improve the lives of the Congolese is not to be underestimated."

Conservative MP and member of the International Development Select Committee, Pauline Latham has called for the suspension of direct loans to the DRC government through the IMF. She has said, "Until the IMF start enforcing the transparency caveats attached to their massive loan to the DRC Government, British taxpayers should stop their support of this regime."
 
 
Rwanda defence chief leads DR Congo rebels, UN report says
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Rwanda's defence minister is effectively commanding a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN experts say.
The confidential report, leaked to Reuters agency, says Uganda is also backing the M23 rebels, who have been fighting the DRC's army since April.
The document builds on a UN report published in June which accused Rwanda of supporting the insurgents.
Rwanda and Uganda strenuously deny supporting the rebellion.
The BBC's Barbara Plett, at the UN, says that during the past two decades Rwanda has backed armed groups in the east of DR Congo as a way to fight Hutu rebels who fled there after the genocide of the 1990s.
Some accuse Rwanda of using militias as proxies in an on-going battle for the region, which is rich in minerals, our correspondent adds.
'Co-ordinated the rebels'
The latest report by the UN Security Council's Group of Experts provides more details of Rwanda's alleged continued involvement.
It says M23 leaders "receive direct military orders" from Rwanda's chief of defence staff, Gen Charles Kayonga, "who in turn acts on instructions from the minister of defence", Gen James Kabarebe.
It also says Kigali has supplied the M23 with heavy weapons and stepped up recruitment for the group.
Both Rwandan and Ugandan officials have strongly denied the accusations made in the report.
Olivier Nduhungirehe, a senior Rwandan diplomat at the country's UN mission, said the United Nations experts had been "allowed to pursue a political agenda that has nothing to do with getting at the true causes of conflict in the eastern DRC".
Uganda's foreign minister, Henry Okello Oryem, told the BBC that the UN was seeking to blame others for the failure of its own peacekeeping force in the eastern Congo.
But the the DRC's ambassador to the UK, Kikaya Bin Karubi, said the UN "must act" on the basis of the report.
He told the BBC's Newsday programme: "When the chief of staff of an army, a minister of defence of a country creates a rebellion, supplies weapons, sends troops to fight against a legitimate government across the border, I think this is serious."
The report - seen by Reuters news agency on Tuesday - says army units from Rwanda and Uganda have helped M23 expand its control of territory in eastern DR Congo.
"Both Rwanda and Uganda have been supporting M23," according to the 44-page report.
Thousands have been displaced by fighting between troops and rebels
"While Rwandan officials co-ordinated the creation of the rebel movement as well as its major military operations, Uganda's more subtle support to M23 allowed the rebel group's political branch to operate from within Kampala and boost its external relations," it said.
The UN report says former Congolese General Bosco Ntaganda controls the rebellion on the ground and M23 leader Col Sultani Makenga is in charge of co-ordination with allied groups.
But it says M23's de facto chain of command culminates with Rwanda's defence minister.
Gen Ntaganda, who is known as "the Terminator" and is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes, has fought for various militias over the years.
The rebellion started in April, when a militia that had been absorbed into the Congolese army mutinied and went on the rampage in the eastern part of the country.
Since then nearly half a million people have been displaced by fighting between the M23 and the army.
The violence has drawn international condemnation and the US and some European countries have withheld aid from Rwanda.
 
 

Personal

Birth 14 January 1960, Masaka ( Birth name is Caleb, adopts Salim Saleh in 1978)
Tribe Ankole. / Christian-Possibly Born again according to 1998 African News Article
Other Affiliations Brother of President Allegedly his mother is President's mother (Rwandese Tutsi disent) and his father was of Somali origin.
Marriage Status Married to: Joviah Saleh Currently expecting 2 grandchildren.
Hobby

Civilian Education

Kako Secondary School, Masaka-left at age 16 to fight with FRONASA
2006 Receives "A-Level" certification the minimum requirement to serve in parliament

Military Education and Training

Late 1970s trains in Mozambique with borther in FRONASA
2005 Uganda Senior Command and Staff College (pioneer class)

Promotional History

In 1976 he first joined the Front for National Salvation (FRONSA)- group led by brother out of Tanzania
Joins his brother in the "bush war" until 1986

Appointments Held

PL Leader of a Uganda National Liberation Army Unit in the late 1970s in the Moroto District
1986 Commands NRA assault on Kampala-led to the demise of Tito Okello's regime Museveni becomes President
Commanding officer of NRA
1987-1989 Becomes Army Commander succeeding Elly Tumwine--sacked by brother because of allegations of corruption
1996-1998 Senior Presidential adviser on defense and security
1999-2001 Commander of the Army Reserve Force
2006 Minister of State for Micro-finance.


Awards


Views of US

According to a 2002 report in African News his daughters attend school in the US. (Africa News 21 October 2002)

According to Mr Johnnie Carson, senior Vice President at the National Defense University in Washington D.C., Museveni is only running for a third term to protect Saleh from prosecution. (4 May 2005 Africa News Uganda; Kisanja is for Saleh, Muhoozi-U.S. Envoy)
In response Saleh called Carson ignorant.(Ugandan general raps ex-US envoy over presidential term remarks source The Monitor web site, Kampala, in English 6 May 05 )

Involvement in Politics

Member of Parliament-in 2003 he left because he felt members did not discuss "real people's issues".
Senior Military Adviser to President
Minister of Micro-Finance


In August 2010 The Ugandan Observer reports the President ordered him to NOT run for a newly created Parliament seat in the Nakaseke South district. President Museveni. ordered him to stand down because the district is in a Buganda area at a time when Bganda nationalism is at a high and Saleh is from Ankole.


In the News

In 2006 prior to being named minister of micro-finance President Mus. warned his younger brother to stay out of trouble and to follow the law.

2009 Story alleges he one of the wealthiest men in the country,; tabloids report he earns sh150m/month and that he is the proprietor of a private security firm,Saracen, Spencon Construction, Techno Relief Services and Effort Corporation. He denies the allegations and claims he has property including: 6sqm of land in Mbarara, 3sqm in Bulemezi, 10 acres in Njeru and 32 acres in Wakiso "I also have an external account in HSBC Bank in the UK, which has been holding £2,000 since 2001. I do not own any credit card Saleh also dismissed reports that he holds shares in The Red Pepper.

allegations that his personal aid Cpt. Juma Seiko smuggled in 300,000USD worth of narcotics from Pakistan; thus the US DEA is looking into both Saleh and his aid.

"The article further excoriated Salim Saleh for his involvement in privatization in Uganda, saying that he took a $1.5- million commission on a recent purchase of defective army helicopters. "

1996 "General Salim Saleh, half-brother of President Museveni, was appointed special military advisor to the president. There is growing resentment within the military amongst the Baganda, Tesso and other groups from Eastern and Central Uganda. They claim they are sent to the front lines of the war against the LRA and that Museveni's tribe, the Ankole, are never sent to the front."

Owns 25% of Branch Energy in Uganda.

Controversy



In 2002 a high profile Muslim accused Saleh and MoD. Dr. Crispus Kiyonga of hating Muslims. The accusations came after the two interfered with a Muslim venture in the country. (African News 10 December 2002)

In 2002 the UN wanted him blacklisted for his involvement with the DRC. 22 October Africa News

In 2008 a former aid was arrested in the UK on drug smuggling charges, no direct link to Saleh however given reports of his involvement in illegal drug trafficking it is interesting. (Africa News 2 march 2008)

Uganda Commercial Bank

In 1998, Saleh resigned from his post as presidential adviser following allegations that Greenland Investments, a company in which he was a major stakeholder, had used the Malaysian company, Westmont Land, to illegally purchase shares in Uganda's's largest bank, the now defunct Uganda Commercial Bank (UCB).
His brother, President Museveni, later said he'd sacked Salim Saleh, not for his involvement in the scandal, but for "indiscipline and drunkenness" in the army.
As one of the consequences of the UCB deal Greenland Bank would later be closed by the government under still controversial circumstances.
Before this debacle, Saleh had controversially been involved in the privatisation of Uganda Grain Milling Company in which it was reported that the public interest was not served.

"Major-General Salim Saleh, who is a joint owner of "Efforte Corporation", which allegedly improperly took over in-flight catering services. The Uganda police have since opened files on the individuals mentioned in the parliamentary report to see if they "contravened the law". In a related report, the same Major-General Salim Saleh resigned from his post as presidential security adviser for using a Malaysian company, Westmont, as a front to buy the Ugandan Commercial Bank (UCB). In a three-page statement, he confessed that Greenland Investments, a company of which he was a major shareholder, used Westmont as a front to buy a 49 percent share in UCB after he failed to secure the deal through Greenland Investment directly because of long standing liquidity problems. Then he persuaded Westmont to sell the shares to Greenland Investments after which Greenland Investments received US $44 million in loans from UCB to bail it out of its liquidity problems of which US $1.8 million went to Efforte Corporation. The parliamentary select committee has ordered his investigation and prosecution for his illegal take over while several members of parliament have called for his imprisonment for corruption. Saleh has maintained that he acted without the knowledge of the president. Uganda's Central Bank has placed Greenland Bank under statutory management and is attempting to formalise its irregular loans. Saleh has since disclosed that he will sign a multi-million-dollar business deal contract in Burundi concerning the export of beef. The timing of Saleh's confession and the parliamentary probe is linked to the upcoming foreign donors' conference in Kampala, which has corruption high on the agenda. Meanwhile, President Museveni has reiterated his commitment to fighting corruption."

Junk Helicopters

In 1998, acting as individual, Saleh helped in the procurement of attack helicopters for the army, for which it is alleged that he received a commission of $800,000. The helicopters turned out to be junk. As the scandal unfolded, Saleh confessed taking the commission to his brother.
A subsequent commission of inquiry on this junk chopper scandal and a Cabinet white paper recommended that all persons involved in this deal be prosecuted. However, in 2005 the Director of Public Prosecutions dropped all charges citing lack of evidence. The middleman in deal, businessman Emma Katto was momentarily charged and held before the matter was quietly settled.

Involvement in DRC

Saleh was specifically implicated in a UN Security Council report for being involved in the illegal exploitation of natural resources from DR. Congo during the second Congo war.
The government of Uganda dismissed the report, and no punitive actions were taken against those involved. A commission of inquiry set up by the Uganda government and chaired by Justice Porter exonerated him of any wrong doing.

Saleh illegally exported cotton and gold from the DRC.

Saleh is a shareholder in Catalyst Corporation (Canada) which holds (held) substantial gold reserves in North East Uganda and has taken over adjacent concession from Branch Energy. And there are links Between Saleh and Barrick Gold which subcontracted Caleb International to export the gold .

Salim Saleh is a shareholder in Catalyst Co. of Canada, who has a 100% interest in Uganda's Kaabong gold fields; and is part owner of Saracen, a private military company created by the mercenaries-for-hire firm Executive Outcomes. The U.N. Panel of Experts on Illegal Exploitation of Congo Mineral Resources recommended Salim Saleh be put on a travel ban and have his assets frozen, but nothing was done. Further reports indicate Saracen is a subsidiary of Executive Outcomes (EO) a South African Private security company founded by Eeben Barlow a former LT-Col in the South African Army. Saleh owns 45% of Saracen.

SlideShare Presentation on Saracen International

Other Significant Links

Biographical and controversial information: http://www.monitor.co.ug/-/691150/858764/-/c671o9/-/index.html

Wealth Declaration from African News 8 September 2009P
"President Museveni's brother, Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho, yesterday declared what he called his modest wealth, referring to himself as "broke". Addressing a press conference he called yesterday afternoon to dispel media reports that he is among the top 10 richest Ugandans, Gen. Akandwanaho, who is more popularly known as Salim Saleh, said amassing of wealth by a few individuals in "a poor" country like Uganda was "dangerous".
Gen. Saleh, a senior presidential advisor on defence, castigated what he described as "primitive accumulation of wealth" and said listing him among the country's richest individuals was "not only unfair, but also ridiculous"
"I am a poor man. I am just Gen. Saleh. I am not super rich like people have said. I am a lumpen," he told journalists at the Media Centre.
Gen. Saleh however admitted that he belonged to the "super rich" class between 1994 and 1999. "But I got saved. It [the quest for riches] almost swallowed my revolutionary background. I was involved in many companies including ENHAS (Entebbe Handling Services) and others but I took a declaration to go back to my revolutionary background," he said.
He said reports had insinuated he was corrupt. "I am not corrupt. I am a revolutionary. In fact over 90 per cent of corruption is among the intellectuals - those who speak good English, not in the military. It's wrong to put me in the group of Sudhir (Ruparelia), Karim (Hirji) and Patrick Bitature," he said.
His declarations yesterday included nine square miles of land in Bulemezi and Kiruhura, 42 acres of land in Njeru and Entebbe and £2,000 in HSBC a UK bank, shares in security company Saracen. He said he earns a consolidated salary of Shs9.5 million as a presidential advisor.
While Gen. Saleh denies owning mansions in Kampala and investments abroad, Daily Monitor could not readily verify whether the former microfinance state minister's public declaration is in conformity with what he declared to the Inspector General of Government.
He said yesterday: "I am oscillating between peasants and middle class. For those who say I have a lot of riches, I don't. I even rent in Kampala. In terms of liquidity, I have an account that has been running at HSBC bank with only pounds2,000 since 2001".
However, Gen. Saleh's wife Jovia is known to be a wealthy businesswoman. Gen. Saleh is no stranger to controversy. In the late 1990's Gen. Saleh's string of businesses ranging from real estate to aviation, raised a lot of controversies as he got involved in several corruption scandals.
In 1998, he was forced to resign his position as presidential advisor, following allegations that Greenland Investments, a company in which he was a major stakeholder, had used the Malaysian company, Westmont, to illegally purchase shares in Uganda's largest bank, the now defunct Uganda Commercial Bank.
In 1998, Gen. Saleh was named in the junk helicopter scandal that the army purchased from Russia at $12 million. President Museveni later said Gen. Saleh had confessed to him that the suppliers of the junk helicopters had promised Gen. Saleh a commission of $800,000.
In 2001, Gen. Saleh was also one of the several Ugandan military officials implicated in a UN Security Council report for being involved in the illegal exploitation of natural resources from Congo."




http://kjohnah.instablogs.com/entry/president-musevenis-brother-declares-wealth-calls-self-poor/ blog site but some interesting things on his finances

Biographical Information Source: http://salimsaleh.com/about.php

Who is Gen. Salim Saleh?


Posted Tuesday, February 9 2010 at 19:24
Gen. Salim Saleh whose real names Caleb Akandwanaho was born on January 14, 1960 is an adviser to President Yoweri Museveni on military matters. Most recently, minister of state for Microfinance. Before that, he was a high ranking officer in the UPDF. Gen.Saleh has featured in controversies regarding corruption, including being implicated by the United Nations Security Council for allegedly plundering natural resources in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Military Career
In 1976, aged 16, he left Kako Secondary School in Masaka to join the Front for National Salvation (Fronasa) based in Tanzania, a rebel group formed and led by his brother to fight against the regime of Idi Amin.
He trained together with his friend Fred Rwigyema and his brother Museveni in Mozambique with Samora Machel's Frelimo rebels. It was there that he adopted Salim Saleh as his nom de guerre . In 1978, Fronasa merged with other anti-Amin groups in Tanzania and formed the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), who together with Tanzanian forces captured Kampala on April 11, 1979, sending Idi Amin to exile.
Saleh was later made a platoon commander of a UNLA unit in Moroto district. Following the bitterly contested December 1980 elections Museveni declared an armed rebellion against the UNLA and the government of Milton Obote.
Saleh joined his brother's National Resistance Army (NRA) and the guerilla war known as the "Busy War" that would last until 1986. In January 1986, Salim Saleh commanded NRA's assault on Kampala which eventually led to the demise of Gen. Tito Okello regime, with Museveni becoming President.
NRA became the national army, with Salim Saleh as commander. Saleh was the first Commander of the new army of Uganda.
Saleh proceeded to command the army against rebel groups that were remnants of the UNLA, including Uganda People's Defence Army (UPDA), in northern Uganda.
He was instrumental in working out a peace deal with the UPDA. In 1989, following accusations of corruption, he was sacked from the army by his brother. He later became the senior presidential advisor on defence and security (1996 – 1998).
Controversies
While still in the army, Saleh ventured into private business and philanthropy setting up a string of businesses ranging from real estate to aviation and reportedly becoming one of Uganda's wealthiest businessmen (a claim he has contested), but also accused of getting involved in several corruption scandals.
Uganda Commercial Bank
In 1998, Saleh resigned from his post as presidential advisor following allegations that Greenland Investments, a company in which he was a major stakeholder, had used the Malaysian company, Westmont Land, to illegally purchase shares in Uganda's's largest bank, the now defunct Uganda Commercial Bank (UCB).
His brother, President Museveni, later said he'd sacked Salim Saleh, not for his involvement in the scandal, but for "indiscipline and drunkenness" in the army.
As one of the consequences of the UCB deal Greenland Bank would later be closed by the government under still controversial circumstances.
Before this debacle, Saleh had controversially been involved in the privatisation of Uganda Grain Milling Company in which it was reported that the public interest was not served.
Junk helicopters
In 1998, acting as individual, Saleh helped in the procurement of attack helicopters for the army, for which it is alleged that he received a commission of $800,000. The helicopters turned out to be junk. As the scandal unfolded, Saleh confessed taking the commission to his brother.
A subsequent commission of inquiry on this junk chopper scandal and a Cabinet white paper recommended that all persons involved in this deal be prosecuted. However, in 2005 the Director of Public Prosecutions dropped all charges citing lack of evidence. The middleman
in deal, businessman Emma Katto was momentarily charged and held before the matter was quietly settled..
Involvement in Congo (DRC)
Saleh was specifically implicated in a UN Security Council report for being involved in the illegal exploitation of natural resources from DR. Congo during the second Congo war.
The government of Uganda dismissed the report, and no punitive actions were taken against those involved. A commission of inquiry set up by the Uganda government and chaired by Justice Porter exonerated him of any wrong doing
Latest developments
In 2005, Saleh, then a Lt. Gen., was one of the pioneer classes to graduate from the new Uganda Senior Command and Staff College at Kimaka in Jinja. Following that course, he was promoted to the rank of General in the UPDF. Prior to the 2006 general elections , Saleh went back to school and obtained an A –level certificate , the minimum requirement to become a member of parliament in Uganda or President of Uganda Following the elections, he was appointed Minister of State for Microfinance and then subsequently Senior President5ial Adviser on Defence a post he holds today.
Saleh, a generally like-able person known to be popular with the common man and the rank and file in the army, left Cabinet in a huff protesting that he was being frustrated by the bureaucracy.
Saleh has also been pivotal in ongoing discussions behind-the-scenes negotiations between the government and Buganda Kingdom in the hope of reaching an understanding over the closed Central Broadcasting Service radio owned by the kingdom.

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