Re: {UAH} ABORTED SIGNING OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DELEGATIONS OF THE DRC GOVERNMENT AND THE M23 REBEL MOVEMENT

Fardson Karanga,



Which new rebel group? I don't think DR Congo needs rebel groups. They

need a peaceful transfer to democratic rule, something that has been

absent since independence. The Congolese actors need to go back and

start from where Patrice Lumumba left. The M23 and people like Nkunda

and Ntaganda are just careerists who have been misleading the

Banyamulenge people. They don't advance their interests at all. They

are just fighting for a bigger share of the carcass. Kabila is giving

them only the molokony and the offals, but they want a share of the

the rump, the beef.



George Okello



George Okello



On 11/12/13, nuwwahereza fardson kairanga <fanfardson@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Georgeee,

> If everything is put into this agreement, then what shall the new rebel

> group include in their MOU/agreement!

>

>

> ________________________________

> From: George Okello <opallog@gmail.com>

> To: ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com

> Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 17:15

> Subject: Re: {UAH} ABORTED SIGNING OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DELEGATIONS OF

> THE DRC GOVERNMENT AND THE M23 REBEL MOVEMENT

>

>

> Mr Muwanga,

>

> The draft agreement does not include three key elements:

>

> 1. Arrest and punishment of individuals suspected of having committed

> war crimes and crimes against humanity, including well known killers

> like Makenga, Bisimwa etc.

> 2. An end to interference in the DR Congo's internal affairs,

> including the permanent cessation of Rwandan aggression and Uganda's

> sponsorship and support of terrorist activities in the DR Congo.

> 3. A Permanent dis-armament of the M23 bandits and their repatriation

> to DR Congo to be offered programmes of rehabilitation, resettlement

> and re-integration  into civilian life. This would require a permanent

> closure of their training camps and sanctuaries inside Uganda and

> Rwanda.

>

> George Okello

>

> On 11/12/13, jim muwanga <muwangajim@gmail.com> wrote:

>> I read some where earlier that the DRC govt said they had crushed M23 and

>> therefore no need to sign.

>>

>> Who is fooling who?

>>

>>

>>

>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Hannah Ogwapiti <

>> hannahogwapiti@googlemail.com> wrote:

>>

>>> 12th /Nov/2013

>>>

>>> PRESS RELEASE

>>>

>>> ABORTED SIGNING OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DELEGATIONS OF THE DRC

>>> GOVERNMENT

>>> AND THE M23 REBEL MOVEMENT

>>>

>>> The signing of an Agreement between the government of the Democratic

>>> Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 Movement intended to end violent and

>>> armed conflict in the DRC that was due to take place yesterday November,

>>> 11, 2013 at 4.00PM in State House Entebbe did not take place as had been

>>> expected.

>>>

>>> While both delegations-DRC government led by its Foreign Affairs Minister

>>> on the one hand, and M23 led by Mr. Bertrand Bisimwa came and were

>>> present

>>> in State House, the DRC government delegation never (refrained) entered

>>> the

>>> conference room where the signing ceremony was to be conducted.

>>>

>>> After a long wait, the convener, President Yoweri Museveni left Vice

>>> President Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi to keep waiting for the DRC government

>>> delegation with instructions that if they came and were ready, the

>>> agreement be signed.

>>>

>>> All the major Observers-UN, AU, SADAC, ICGLR, and representatives of

>>> Diplomatic Missions accredited to Uganda such as the US, UK, France,

>>> Norway, Belgium and Rwanda were present.

>>>

>>> The DRC government delegation much later informally asked the facilitator

>>> for and was given the final text of the agreement document which they

>>> said

>>> they wanted to further study in detail to ensure it conforms to what they

>>> negotiated. This process of studying the document took quite a long time

>>> till 9.30PM and subsequently Vice President adjourned the signing

>>> ceremony

>>> indefinitely.

>>>

>>> The understanding is that both delegations will be in contact with

>>> Facilitator Uganda's Defence Minister Dr Crispus Kiyonga, and the

>>> Observers, and if and when they are ready to move forward, the

>>> Facilitator

>>> will give a new date for the signing ceremony.

>>>

>>> Ofwono Opondo

>>> Executive Director

>>> Uganda Media Centre

>>>

>>> --

>>> *H.OGWAPITI*

>>> -----------------------------------------------------

>>> *"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that

>>> we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic

>>> and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." *

>>> ---Theodore Roosevelt

>>>

>>