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IDI AMIN WAS FLAWN ON THE QUEENS FLIGHT IN JULY 1971

Three of his sons were by their unconscious father’s bedside. "His situation is very bad, we don’t expect him to last until tomorrow," a hospital official said.

So pleased was Britain at having rid Uganda of Mr Obote, an autocratic socialist, that it laid on official visits for Amin in Britain in 1971 and 1972. But he emerged as one of Africa’s most infamous dictators.

Amin was flown on the Queen’s flight in July 1971 from London to Edinburgh. He was taken for a spot of sea bathing before attending the beating of the retreat in Edinburgh Castle by the pipes and drums of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers.

"I like Scots best because they are the best fighters in Britain and do not practise discrimination," said the former NCO, who made himself a field marshal and awarded himself the Victorious Cross and a CBE (Conqueror of the British Empire).

grist for the mill for British comedy shows, was also the subject of Giles Foden’s novel The Last King of Scotland, which explored his strange relationship with the Scots.

The title came from one of Amin’s many "If the Scots want me to be their king, I will."

Amin learned to play the bagpipes, wore the kilt and put one regiment of his own army into kilts.

A Muslim with six living wives, thought to have murdered several others, he gave two of his sons Scottish names, Campbell and Mackintosh. In colonial times he had learned to sing Scottish ballads and dirty rugby songs with the "boys" at the Kampala Rugby Club,

What was good fun for British wits and newspapers Ugandans. Amin struck against Mr Obote on 25 January, 1971, while the Ugandan president was at a Commonwealth summit in Singapore.

Britain immediately recognised the new Ugandan ruler. The Daily Telegraph called him "a welcome contrast to other African leaders and a staunch friend of Britain".

But as Britain was congratulating him on becoming Uganda’s president for life, Bravo. oct. 27,2007.

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Updated Thu. Feb. 22 2007 10:13 AM ET

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The son of Idi Amin whose life is being revisited in a new Oscar-nominated performance says it's a compelling but inaccurate portrayal of the man he knew.

Jaffar Amin, a 40-year-old father of five, appeared on CTV's Canada AM from Uganda on Thursday to discuss the new film "The Last King of Scotland." Forest Whittaker is nominated in the best actor category for his portrayal of Jaffar's father Idi Amin. A Great Leader, also Founder of Economis Independence in Uganda. he kept the together, he joined all religious denominations together, a good father, a wonderful husband.

"I loved the shots and the countryside. Quite a lot of authentic stuff in that sense. I find it questionable about some of the themes in the film though," Amin said.

Jaffar said the performance -- hotly tipped to win the Oscar -- failed to capture the tall, powerful man he remembers as his father.

Jaffar, who is writing a book about his father, has ended more than two decades of silence since the Amin family vowed not to speak to the media when they fled Uganda in 1979.

"As a family, I believe all of them are like, let sleeping dogs lie. But I'm the type who feels that I am going to spend the rest of my life trying to explain my father's legacy. And I've set that as my own personal goal or agenda, so to speak."

Though the film portrays a gentle, sensitive side to the dictator, Amin said it also portrays his father as insecure and hot tempered, often shouting and becoming angry -- traits he never saw in his father.

"He was the type of person who knew his worth, his authority. He was very comfortable with that. In the film, it looks like a very insecure person. That's not the type of person my father was," Amin said.

He said his father wore his heart on his sleeve, was genuine about his feelings and had a simple way of approaching issues and people.

"There's a sense of paranoia in this character that Whittaker is trying to throw across that doesn't fit in with what I remember of my father. And he wasn't the shouting type, he was definitely not that."

He also said Whittaker didn't get Amin's powerful stride right, nor his fashion sense, noting that he would never have worn an army uniform with a cowboy holster, as he is shown to have done in the film.

Amin doesn't deny the atrocities attributed to his father during his reign, but he hopes to show a more human side of the man who had seven official wives and 40 children -- of whom he is the 10th.

Across the country, Amin said, there is a sense of anticipation for the film that has drawn so much attention to Uganda, but coupled with that there are rumblings that the film is one-sided and perpetuates a stereotype that Africans are cruel savages.

Despite his reservations about the film, Amin has no hard feelings toward Whittaker.

"I wish him well, but remember, he was acting, a fictitious character, not my father."

With a report from CTV's Africa Bureau Chief Murray Oliver

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REFLECTIONS BY TSHOMBE JAFFAR REMO AMIN ON THE NUBIANS OF UGANDA (EXCERPTS TAKEN FROM"REMBI’S MYSTICAL LEGACY: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CHRONICLE", "MY FATHER IDI AMIN WAS DADDY TO US: TSHOMBE JAFFAR REMO AMIN SPEAKS IN MEMOIRS, REFLECTIONS AND SPOKEN WORDS" AND "IDI AMIN: THE REAL BIOGRAPHY"

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Our Triad Cultural Heritage:

To Quote Karen Armstrong’s book titled ISLAM a Short History, “Islam thrives without Government support, indeed the only constant in a world of Political flux.” (End of Quote)

The Al – Qadriyah Tariqah at Bombo’s Masgid Noor should be discussed at length to give a full benefit and clarification to our long and misunderstood Triad Cultural Heritage.

I will personally champion the inclusion of arguably the 1st Brick and Mortar Mosque in Uganda to become a National Heritage Site.

A Brief History:

By the time Lord Lugard {Kapere} and Colonel Colville inherited Amin (EMIN) Pasha’s so called Nubian Troops, they (Nubians) having been approached by one Major A.B. Thruston, who met remnants of the Rebel Commander Salim Bey’s Battalion of approximately 1,500 Rifles strong had been abandoned on the shores of Vuta Nzige {Present day Lake Albert} by the Belgian Congo Administration, following the Lapse of the territorial Rights to the Lado Enclave in 1909-10.

A Truly Triad Cultural Society combining the Territorial Imperative of the ongoing scrabble for the so-called “Dark Continent” imposed by the Colonialists, Our Sufi Futuwah of the Al Qadriyah Order and our Individual Ethnic Origins eg. Aringas, Avukaya, Alur, Bari, Fojulu, Junam, Kakwa, Kuku, Lendu, Logo, Lugbara, Moru, Mundari, Nyagwara, Zande, etc came together in this unique melting pot under the Armed Forces of the emerging British Protectorate following the Demise of the Belgian Monarch Leopold II.

Major A.B. Thruston took the remnants of approximately 1,500 rifles strong plus 3,000 family members of Salim Bey a Giant Makaraka’s Battalion to Masindi.

Fardhl Al Mullah {Fodimulla} a 6’ 4” Terego Man had also camped at Bora following an intense attack on his 1,000 strong troops by his very own tribes mate of Terego who considered Amin (EMIN) Pasha’s troops as Muslims & foreigners at that!

He too like Salim Bey had refused to accompany Stanley & Amin (EMIN) Pasha’s evacuated contingent who had left for Mombasa following an intense and tragic attack by the Mahdist Army of Karmullah.

The above remnants were the Genesis of what would be amalgamated into the Kings African Rifles (KAR), then the Uganda Rifles (UR) and finally into the Uganda Army (UA) & Uganda Police (UP) by 9th October 1962 (the day Uganda attained “Independence” from the British).

The combined force of approximately 2,500 Rifles with their family of upwards of 3,000 strong where brought down near the lake side Port Bell Encampment which was later named Port Bell but resided in the Garrison which was eventually converted into the present day (Marchinson Bay) Maximum Prison Luzira. The place was initially heavily under forest cover and the Nubian troops remarked in Colloquial Arabic “Umon Jibu ina fil Ghaba” (“they have brought us into a forest!?”). The Name GABA ensued from this remark…..

They were then transferred near the seat of Political Power at a swampy locale called Kitigulu in Entebbe, the initial Colonial Capital.

The Nubian Troops were finally transferred to the Newly Installed Army Headquarters Barracks in Bombo, Luwero District.

The majority of The Triad “Creole” Nubians call them what you may, adhered to the Sunni Teachings championed by Imam Al- Ghazzali (Abu Hamid Muhammed).

Based on his influential writings “Ihyah Ulum Al-Din” whose endearing insight fostered and galvanized the tradition that only Ritual and Prayer could give Humanity a direct knowledge of Allah Subhana Wata Allah.

His teachings had urged the Muslim Ummah to practice the contemplative Rituals that were mainly associated with the Mystical Esoteric Movements which enhanced a Believer’s inner spirituality while encouraging a Believer’s outward rules of Shariah based on our five Pillars of Islam.

This Revolutionary concept propelled the Muslim Ummah to the extent that instead of Dhikir (Remembrance of God) being a solitary practice for Esoteric Sufi Muslims confined to the so called Religious Elite, the traditional chanting of the 99 Attributes of Allah Subhana Wata Allah became a group activity that indeed propelled Believers into an alternative state of awareness.

Two Unique Tariqah Schools excelled in spreading this Sufi Ritual in the African Great lakes Region.

From the Eastern Board came the Tariqah Al – Alawiyah which came with the Sea Faring Arabs searching for Slaves and Ivory as far a field as Oman,Yemen’s Hadral maut and down as far as Zan-Zibar. This Tariqah (route) had its greatest adherents at the Futuwah in Mambrui, near Malindi and Lamu in Kenya.

The Second Tariqah School is the main subject of this discourse - the Tariqah Al Qadriyah which had its strongest adherents the length and breadth of the Great Sahel Belt stretching from Mauritania on the Atlantic Coast right across through to Sudan on the Red Sea - the Most famous retreat being based in the State of Niger with annual Mawled Ziyarahs (visits) that attracted the Rich and Powerful Rulers from as far a field as the Magrib Kingdoms on the Shores of the Mediterranean.

This Tariqah came into Uganda with the Nubian Troops and they built arguably the 1st Brick and Mortar Mosque “Mosgid Al Noor" in Bombo in the early 1900s.

As mentioned above, Tariqah Al – Qadriyah had its strongest adherents amongst the Kings African Rifle Troops whose key base was the newly installed Bombo Military Headquarters in present day Luwero District in the Great Kingdom of Buganda.

Their contribution to Nation building or shackling the indigenous peoples of present day Uganda to Colonial dominion is much maligned by Parochial Historians who tend to focus most of the glory of the expansion policy on the figure of Ugandan Jew Semei Kakungulu (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/uganda1.html); (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abayudaya). Yet facts on the ground state that in fact the Baganda were only part of the war efforts as 15,000 spear wielding support staff who were used to consolidate British Colonial Territory.

The real action under the command of Colonel Colville were the much maligned Maxim wielding Nubians who made up the bulk and indeed the fulcrum of the real colonialist expansionist policy in the New Protectorate .

It is one thing to claim the Ugandan Jew Semei Kakungulu was expanding the ancient BugandaKingdom, while it is another for us to know deep down that we were riding Piggy Back on a colonialist agenda that shackled indigenous Africans to Queen Victoria’s Apron.

Semei Kakungulu’s 15,000 strong spear wielding Militia were the forerunner to today’s LDU militias.

Although he did a commendable job with the Masaza and Muluka chiefs posted into the captured areas when the Van Guard Nubian Soldiers were removed, alas they met up with protracted resistance from the locals as was witnessed in Dokolo county in the former Lango Province; to date The Ganda derisively call any tall dark & handsome fellows Omudokolo!

The Van Guard Troops of the New Protectorate Army under the Command of Colonel Colville, did indeed settle in Bombo under a donation from His Majesty Kabaka Daudi Chwa and they built the Magnificent Masgid Noor, arguably the oldest standing Brick & mortar Mosque in the country.

In fact the Late King Faisal was mesmerized and his confidence strengthened when he beheld this ancient structure in the most unexpected of places. When my father the Late Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada gave him a personal tour of the ancient structure in 1972, he also went on to introduce his former Madrasah classmates, amongst whom the most famous ones were the adepts Sheikh Abdul Qadr Aliga and himself Idi Amin Dada who were trained in the esoteric practices at this KhanQah where they won honors in their youth in Alim Al Qur-an (the Quranic Scholar), in the 1930s and 1940s under the guardianship of the Late Sheikh Al-Rajab.

This Futuwah Establishment was the bonding at Ummah (Muslim nation) level amongst the warriors in our distinct Dar-El Islam (house of Islam) where we are encouraged to ignore ethnic backgrounds. This TariQah Al Qadriyah thus became another source of unity apart from our elevated status as per what Lord Lugard had glowingly termed in 1891 “The best material for Soldiery in Africa” (End of Quote) in MOYSE-BATLET 1956:59.

Colloquial Arabic spoken by all and sundry in Junub Al Sudan ( Southern Sudan to date) became the de facto Linga Franca amongst a multitude of over 20 different Ethnic Groups in the then Lado Enclave brought together under Amin (EMIN) Pasha’s armed corps in the 1880s.

The Ganda could not pronounce Junub Al Sudan and with their renowned propensity to shorten names called the newly arrived soldiers “Ba-Nubi”.

Thus the Tariqah strengthened the faith of even the most uneducated Muslims who acquired an inner resonance and sense of Brotherhood that had once been the preserve of the Esoteric Elite.

However this strong unity also fostered the prevalent unpleasant and negative superiority complex that the colonialists encouraged as part of their divide and rule strategy amongst the Nubians who considered all around them as “La-abi” {Rural/slave} as opposed to they whom they considered as Civilized Urbanites.

This sense of the rural Jahiliyah (period of ignorance) against the Urbanite Mumins (Believers) persists to this very day with derisive comments or even songs like one aimed at my paternal uncle Juma Kuri of the Piza/Go-diya Kakwa Clan, a former KAR Soldier when a Doluka Dance Troupe Started chanting “Juma Kuri La-abi mata chunga ana, chunga Apayi Yo” when he tried to stop evening forages by the Urbanite Nubian women in Arua town in the 1950s. They implied he should not look after them or restrict them urbanite ladies but should instead look after his very own rural sister Apayi.

The Tariqahs were not bound to a particular region passé. We have always had Ziyahrahs (Tours) of the Holy Men traversing the globe, more so as the British Empire spread and was consolidated in Africa under Fridriek Lugard’s recommendation as per to whom to utilize to spearhead the Van Guard, which fell on our shoulders, beating a trail blazing path into uncharted territory. We Nubians found ourselves as far a field as Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia & Malawi, in fact or rumors abound that possibly Bakili Muluzi just might, just might? be of Nubian Stock although not substantiated.

Tariqah Al Qadriyah’s Holy Men traversed the Great Sahil Region from as far a field as Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Tchad, Libya, Sudan and into Northern Uganda right through to Arua and onwards to Bombo’s Masgid Noor.

We also got welcome visits from the Tariqah Al Alawiyah order who traversed as far a field as Oman, Hadral mawt Yemen, passing through Somailia, Lamu, Mambrui, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Dar-es-salam, Arusha, Mbale, Jinja, Kibuli, Bombo, right through to far off places like, Soroti, Kumi, Lira, Gulu, Arua and right down the length and breadth of eastern Congo Via Warr.

The Riddle:

Alas when most western writers and journalists report or investigate my father’s much maligned figure, they search in vain for the evil cannibalistic savage in his Psyche, yet much to our amusement and reflection including facts on the ground, he was very much an Urbanite Muslim Born and Bred. His idea of an outing in the jungle was to set an impromptu picnic for his VIP guest the late King Faisal at a picnic site on the right hand side shoulder as you head for Jinja in the middle of the now endangered Mabira Rain Forest in 1972.

The King was so taken in by the wonderful surroundings that he remarked, “this surely must be how Heaven must look like, Allah!” My father was ecstatic with the praise showered on the beauty of his homeland by his illustrious guest.

Years later while reminiscing about his past at our Al safa residence, father once lamented the loss of what he claimed to have had - a beautiful voice! - which he claimed he lost following a brutal illegal Hook by an unscrupulous Zania ( South African) Boar frontlines man in a Rugby Match in the 1950s.

He was then the only indigenous Rugby player allowed to use the facility at the Jinja Rugby Club at the height of Colonial Segregation.

He claimed he never again regained that beautiful voice Hmmmm!

I have images of youthful Idi chanting the fantastic voyage of the Holy Prophet’s Mihraj (tour to heaven) to a transfixed audience filled to capacity with dignitaries from around the world on an annual Mawlid Ziyarah to Masgid Noor Futuwah in Bombo in the 1930s and 1940s.

Amonye (Father) was reputed to have attained by then the level of an adept and was aware and cultivated a sense of Alam Al Mithal the mystical world of pure images. Some even claim his intuition was legendary; a renowned seer to some for his Erie ability - a certain ability to foretell future events with amazing accuracy.….. a Mystical trait he both cultivated from his strong association with the Al Qadriyah Order and also having inherited the same ability from his Okapi/ Bura mother, who was by far the most revered and powerful member of the Yakanye Allah Water movement at the Fourth battalion Jinja Under KAR. This was later converted to the 1st Battalion Jinja under the UR and finally my Father as Head of State renamed the barracks Al Qadhafi Garrison following their (Bilateral Joint declaration on 14th February 1972) between the Great Peoples Jamahiriya of Libya and the 2nd Republic of Uganda.

Allah Water Movement:

As a footnote, the origins of the so-called Allah Water Movement ought to be given some form of clarification from an insider’s point of view so to speak, in light of the blinkered and arrogant way most Caucasian Researchers eg. Leopold’s Trash Thesis, tend to treat the subject matter.

These Quack Researchers have failed to appreciate the all pervasive nature of our unique Triad cultural ability to amalgamate different belief patterns into our so called Nubian melting pot.

A case in point: Traditionally/originally, Jahiliyah Arabs in the Arabian Peninsula had always given the Zam Zam spring water created at the agitated foot of a crying Baby Ismail, son of Abraham and his Betrothed Maid Servant Hagar, mystical powers against illness, infertility and physical prowess whether in war or virility.

The tradition and the water was brought over the Red Sea to Africa by returning Pilgrims into the Sudan.

It gained mystical prominence as a revolutionary tool amongst the Dervishes of the Mahdi, in Africa’s 1st successful revolution against Colonialism in the Sudan.

The distribution of Zam Zam as a portent medicinal drug was pivotal as a unifying factor in most of the administrative activity of the Mahdist revolt.

The name gradually changed to Allah Water amongst Amin (EMIN) Pasha’s so called Nubian Troops who also extensively picked up the tradition.

By the time it reached the Plains of Nilotic Kakwa under the Famous Indigenous Animist Kakwa Prophet Rembi (Rembe) they had given it the name Yakanye or Dede amongst the Lugbari, which corresponds to grandmother in Kakwa and Lugbari respectively.

The name reverted back to the basic Arabic name Mayi Mayi or the coastal Swahili pronunciation Maji Maji.

Whether it was still obtained from the Legendary Zam Zam spring in Makkah Al Mukaramah is open to conjecture, although amongst the Kakwa the location has turned to our Mystical Mount Liru in the Tara Area pronounced Taranga in the Bari Language. Moreover it is interesting even to date, to witness that whomsoever returning Muslim Pilgrim comes with either the ten litre or the five litre jerry can of Zam Zam water, is received with the very same reverence of old.

My grandmother Aisha Aate:

My Grandma cultivated an endearing relationship with the Nabageraka, Queen Drucilla the wife to His Majesty Kabaka Chwa of the Great Kingdom of Buganda, who was told of the exceptional skills of a certain Lugbara Holistic Medicine Woman in her kingdom. Alas she had spent the better part of five years without conceiving. Thankfully, both Prince Mawanda & Mutesa II were born as a result of having sought the services of Aisha Aate in the early 1900s.

Alas this special relationship with the Ganda Royal Family was to bring some misunderstandings when some unscrupulous Ganda & Nubians spread the rumor that the Kabaka Daudi Chwa fathered Idi Amin in the late 1920s.

This rumor was in part the reason for my grandparents’ separation when the then Policeman Amin Dada was transferred to the Kololo Police barracks in the 1930s from the Nakasero Police Barracks at Shimoni.

However the Kabaka built for Aisha a house in Kitigulu at a marshy site just as you approach Entebbe, following a short stint at Mengo with the infant Idi Amin in 1928.

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AFTER A MEETING AT W ERINAYO ORYEMAs HOUSE

After a meeting in the home of the Inspector-General of Police, Wilson Erinayo Oryema, the army's Quartermaster-General, Lt. Col. David Oyite-Ojok, had decided to take up the principal role of arresting Amin and keeping Uganda under control until the return of Obote from the Commonwealth summit in Singapore.

On the Sunday morning of January 24, 1971, Oyite-Ojok work up, had breakfast, and dressed up in an olive green shirt, olive green trousers, black shoes, and a green jungle hat.

Shortly after 4p.m, he entered his green Land Rover with a Fitted-For-Field radio (FFR) and his driver and headed to the Malire Regimental Base at Lubiri. The driver parked next to the pole hosting the Ugandan flag and Oyite-Ojok jumped out and walked to the Quarter Guard. Something seemed to be bothering him, as he looked angry and lost in thought.

He summoned the Guard Commander, a corporal, and told him to sound the fire alarm bugle. The corporal sounded the bugle and immediately soldiers, as they had been trained, started rushing to the scene. Soldiers who had been out of the barracks returned to base.

When the gathering of men was almost complete, the Regimental Sergeant Major Otuchi Ogwang ordered the soldiers into silence and to listen to Lt. Col. Oyite-Ojok. It was just past five O'clock. Oyite-Ojok then started addressing them-in Luo, which most soldiers could not understand.

When it was slightly past 7p.m, Oyite-Ojok told Captain Charles Nsumba to order all commissioned officers to report to the nearby Officers’ Mess (the present offices of the Joint Clinical Research Centre at Mengo that had once been the home of the Buganda prime minister).

He then jumped back into his Land Rover and drove away. The Acholi and Langi soldiers began assembling in the staff canteen, a hall occasionally used for dances and parties.

Captain Nsumba and other officers Lt. Abdallahtif, Lt. Elly Eseni, Lt. Dusman Sabuni, Captain Isaac Lumago, Lt. Kenneth Onzima, 2nd Lt. Juma Ali (later better known as "Butabika") and the Malire Paymaster 2nd Lt. James Obbo, refused to go to the Mess as Oyite-Ojok had ordered.

The mood was now changing and suspicion was growing. As the remaining soldiers who were not Acholi or Langi milled about, puzzled by the strange turn of events, one of them called Sergeant Major Musa Eyega, the deputy Platoon Commander of Malire's A Company, stood up and announced that if anybody was from West Nile, a Mukiga, Muganda, Japadhola, Munyankore or any other tribe, they should "join us or perish."

Eyega declared that, from what he could see, there was about to be a bloody purge of the army. It started dawning on the soldiers that this might have to do with the animosity towards the Army Commander Major General Idi Amin.

Eyega then selected a few men under him to get weapons. The A Company was the section of the Malire Regiment that manned the main battle tanks, Armoured Personnel Carriers (APSs), jeeps and missiles.

Lance Corporal Dralega, the section commander of the Reconnaissance Platoon, drove a jeep armed with a Vickers Medium Machine Gun (MMG) to the scene. Assuming that the Acholi and Langi troops would take over the armoury, Dralega led his hand-picked men toward the armoury where, to their surprise, they found a sharpshooter called Corporal Vincent Ogwang and five other soldiers already in battle positions. They had already been deployed there by Oyite-Ojok.

Ogwang and his men opened fire in self-defence at Dralega and his men. A Lugbara Corporal nicknamed "Ojwuku" (after the Nigerian Ibo secessionist leader) crawled on the ground to avoid the fire and seized a gun from one of Ogwang's men and used it to shoot another in the group.

Dralega then set the jeep in gear one, stepped onto the clutch, then leapt out of it, causing it to roar into the armoury, where it crashed. Dralega and his men then seized several rifles.

The action lasted close to two hours and then toward 9 p.m. Eyega and his men then stormed the staff canteen where they put all the assembled Acholi and Langi under arrest. They were overpowered and told to surrender whatever weapon, piece of metal, or anything as tiny as a pin to Eyega's men.

As the Malire men found out, Oyite-Ojok in his address in Luo, had told the Acholi and Langi that shortly before departing to Singapore for the inaugural Commonwealth Heads of State and Government meeting, President Obote had ordered Oyite-Ojok to arrest Amin and purge the army of soldiers thought to be loyal to the army commander.

Eyega then ordered all shooting to be halted immediately in order not to alert any other troops in Kampala to what was taking place at the Malire Regiment barracks. Meanwhile, the Commanding Officer of Malire, Lt. Col. Agustino Akwangu, had arrived at the barracks. On his way from the barracks and back to town, Lt. Col. Oyite-Ojok had dropped by Lt. Col. Akwangu's home not far from the barracks and told him to go and take charge of the situation.

Akwangu, a Langi, arrived in his green Land Rover covered with a weather proof tarpaulin cloth accompanied by two escorts. He was immediately seized and one of the mutinying soldiers immediately charged at Akwangu and cut off his head with a bayonet. Akwangu's adjutant, Lt. Francis Dhutho, an Alur, climbed over the wall and fled towards the Kabaka's lake.

Events now started getting out of hand and Eyega became worried about how the Luo soldiers in the other barracks in Uganda would respond to this most unexpected mutiny. He contacted some colleagues with better experience and training to come in and help him out. They agreed and came in to give the mutiny professional leadership.

The following junior officers came to Eyega's rescue: Second Lieutenants Muki, Juma ("Butabika") Ali, Mawa, Moses Ali, Juma Oris, Isaac Maliyamungu; Lieutenants Kenneth Onzima; Capt. Francis Ogubi, a Samia, Capt. Patrick Kimumwe from Busoga; the Commander of the A Company Capt. Isaac Lumago and Capt. Jackson Avidria both from West Nile; Capt. Sostene, Capt. Nsumba and Lt. Maliyamungu, the deputy commander of Malire's A Company.

They were to be joined later by Capt. Michael Kalyesubula and 2nd Lt. Francis Kakooza, both Baganda. Also involved in the mutiny at this stage was Capt. Mustapha Adrisi, the commander of Malire's Headquarters Company (later Vice President under Amin.) and Adrisi's deputy, Lt. Elly Aseni.

The second lieutenants had been sent to Britain for officer cadet courses in 1968 at the RoyalMilitaryAcademy at Sandhurst and commissioned in July 1970 by President Obote. This group of junior officers then took over from Eyega and started directing the mutiny. This group of junior officers --- realising that what they had on their hands now was clearly a mutiny that was steadily turning into the beginnings of a coup --- decided to contact their colleagues in other units across Uganda.

They started with Jinja, the second most important military centre in the country after Kampala. A soldier dressed in civilian clothes was given a Vespa scooter and told to head to Jinja and deliver a secret message to one of the men there, Company Commander Capt. Charles Arube, a Sandhurst-trained officer and from the same Kakwa tribe as Idi Amin.

The soldier, Sgt. Juma Dralega, once in Jinja, called Arube from a public phone booth and told him he had an extremely urgent message that he needed to pass on. He then rode to the King George VI barracks and gave the message to Capt. Arube.

The officers and men of Malire in Kampala had switched off their military communication equipment and were observing strict radio silence. The army's daily newsletter called "Part One Order" that was usually distributed to all units in the country to keep officers and men abreast of news in the army, was also suspended.

Arube then took over in Jinja and sounded the bugle and all Acholi and Langi officers and men were put under arrest. A policeman from Jinja's central police station was told to bring dozens of handcuffs, which he later delivered in a sack, driving a Peugeot 404 car to the barracks. All the Acholi and Langi soldiers were peacefully locked up, as had been done in Kampala.

This procedure was repeated in other major military barracks across the country: Major William Ndahendekire in Mbale, Major Yusuf Gowan and Capt. John Simba, a Mukiga, took over the Simba Battalion barracks in Mbarara and immediately sent reinforcements to Kampala.

Two Iteso pilots, Capt. Emadit and Major Joseph Esimu, coordinated the coup at the Gulu Air Force base. All this activity of subduing troops potentially loyal to Oyite-Ojok went on between 5p.m. on Sunday January 24, 1971 and 6 a.m. the following day, January 25, 1971.

The facts above dispute the long-held belief that the coup that brought Amin to power was staged by illiterate and mostly Muslim soldiers from West Nile. A case in point: Far from being an illiterate officer as Henry Kyemba's book A State Of Blood describes Isaac Maliyamungu, the latter had attended BomboSudaneseSecondary School and later completed his O'Level at NamilyangoCollege before joining the army.

At the Nile Mansions Hotel in Kampala in February 1977 during the rally at which the Anglican Archbishop and two cabinet ministers were accused of being part of a plot to oust Amin's government, Maliyamungu stood just behind the shoulders of the alleged conspirators to ensure they did not omit a single line of the confession statements they were reading at the parade. Only a reasonably educated person can read and understand such complex statements in English.

By 10p.m. on January 24, 1971, Radio Uganda had been taken over by men in two APCs and the technicians on duty ordered to play martial music continuously. That was when most of the country realised that something dramatic was underway. The coup was by now also taking on an international dimension.

Major Robert ("Bob") Astles, a British national, long time resident in Uganda and friend to both Obote and Amin was in a secret location in Kampala handling the more complicated phase of the maneouvres.

Astles sent messages back and forth between Uganda and Kenya to unidentified British Major at the joint British-Kenyan army base at Nanyuki, a trading centre in central Kenya.

The messages between this British Major and Astles were sent to Amin and passed on to the Chief Signaller of the Uganda Army, Lt. Col. Michael Ombia who was based in Jinja and who, along with men under him, had changed the radio frequency used by the Uganda Army and the coup plotters communicated via a new frequency that only they could log onto.

At the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi, an Israeli General called Rabin had set up a temporary communication centre and was coordinating tactical information with the British via Colonel Baruch Bar-Lev. Bar-Lev, who was the head of the Israeli military training team in Uganda, coordinated the coup from his home along Princess Anne Drive in Bugolobi, a residential district to the east of Kampala.

A flurry of orders went from the British Major to Astles, Amin, Ombia, from Ombia to Capt. Francis Bakabulindi, the chief signaller at the army headquarters at Mbuya, then on to other army units along with the Malire Regiment.

It remains unclear to this day whether the General Rabin coordinating the Anglo-Israeli hand in the coup from Nairobi's Hilton Hotel was the chief of staff of the Israeli army, General Yitzhak Rabin, who later became Prime Minister.

After Radio Uganda was secured, the Chief Medical Officer of the Uganda Army, Col. Dr. Gideon Nsiiko Bogere drove to the Malire barracks. He said Amin, still in a secret location, had called him and asked him to check on the progress at Malire.

Seeing that the coup was progressing well, Col. Bogere asked the soldiers what they would explain to the world if they were asked why they had staged the coup.
That was when the Malire troops realised that they had succeeded but had not thought about a formal statement. They quickly set up a team of men to draft a statement to be read over Radio Uganda.

Although he was a Langi, the Chief Clerk of Malire, Sgt. Major John Ogole (later a Brigade commander in the in 1980s in the UNLA), was deemed reasonable and was brought from the room where the detained Acholi and Langi men were still locked up and requested to write a draft statement explaining why the army had overthrown Obote. Ogole, with the help of men under him like Corporal John Murangira, a Munyankore, Sgt. Isaac Bakka, Sgt. Shadrak Remo, Capt. Jackson Avudira, Capt. Abdul Kisuule, Capt. Stephen Amimi, thought out reasons for the coup.

Ogole, who had been taking down notes by hand then had the reasons compiled to 18 and typed using typewriters in the room as other soldiers watched. That afternoon, at 2:30 p.m, Amin --- who had not been seen in public since the day President Obote was seen off at EntebbeInternationalAirport en route to Singapore --- arrived at the Malire headquarters driving himself in an open jeep and seated next to him was a Malire staff officer named Capt. Valentine Ocima.

As Amin entered the barracks, soldiers stood up and applauded him, quietly chanting "Jogoo! Jogoo!" (Hero! Hero!). He then addressed them and thanked them for their part in the coup.

A junior officer from the army headquarters at Bulange called Warrant Officer Sam Wilfred Aswa was dispatched to Radio Uganda carrying the freshly typed 18-reasons statement. At 3:45 p.m., Aswa read a short statement on Radio Uganda:

"Here is a message from the soldiers of the Uganda Army....", whereupon he read out the eighteen reasons for the overthrow of the government of President Obote.

Just after 6p.m., the Inspector General of Police --- Wilson Erinayo Oryema, an Alur by tribe but whose family had settled in Acholi and who had done much to shield Amin from harm in the preceding few months --- came on the airwaves of Radio Uganda to endorse the coup.

"I, the Inspector General of Police. Mr E.W. Oryema, have met Major-General Idi Amin Dada, the Commander of the Uganda Army and Air Force. After discussion today, the twenty-fifth day of January 1971, I have agreed that from today the army has taken over the government and it’s now the military government..."

By then, one of the largest crowds ever seen in Uganda was taking shape in Kampala, with hundreds of thousands of hysterical men and women flooding the streets to welcome the military coup.

That same day, the British government announced that it had recognised the military government. The following day, the only two countries in Africa that were never colonised, Ethiopia and Liberia, became the second and third to recognise Amin's government.

Idi Amin was now in power.

SOURCE: Interview with Rev. Isaac Bakka, former Chaplain of the Uganda Army, 1976-79; material from the Uganda Argus (1971); The People (1972), and Voice of Uganda (1972) newspapers; Bravo. oct.18,2007.

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IDI AMIN DADA FOUNDATION

In order to hold effective discussions about events that occurred in Uganda during my dad’s regime, I strongly feel that it is necessary to trace the history of Uganda from the end of the Stone Age culture to the present. Consequently, I am pleased to present information I have gathered through archival, library and internet research and personal accounts, for consideration during discussions with Ugandans and other people interested in having discussions about dad’s rule in Uganda. I have taken some of the information from my book project titled “Rembi’s Mystical Legacy: An Ethnographic Chronicle” and share a few highlights below:

EONS OF PLUNDER; KI-KOLONI; 4TH BATTALION KAR:

These sections provide some history of Uganda from the end of the Stone Age Culture to 1922.

IDI AMIN AWONGO ALEMI DADA: A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS/ HIGHLIGHTS FROM MID 1940S TO JANUARY 25, 1971

This section provides a Chronology of events from the time dad joined the army to the time he overthrew Apollo Milton Obote in a Military Coup on January 25, 1971. Highlights include but are not limited to:

· The start of dad’s Military Career in the mid 1940s.

· The time in 1953 when dad was directed to fight the Mau Mau uprising of Kenya - at this time, he was viewed as “very quiet, well mannered, respectful and loyal” - one of several NCOs who show outstanding qualities of leadership, bravery and resourcefulness.

· The time in 1954 when Queen Elizabeth II opened the Owen Falls Dam in Jinja, Uganda - Dad and his 4th Battalion, were part of the festivities.

· The time in 1954 when dad joined a special training school in Nakuru, Kenya – he continued to show exemplary behaviour, gain a certain degree of formal education including a basic knowledge of English. He is promoted to Sergeant.

· The time in 1954 – when dad excelled in Athletics, including sprinting. He also won the heavy weight championships and National Title.

· The time in or about 1958, when one of dad’s British commanders Grahame wrote, “As a platoon commander, however, I found him (Idi Amin Dada) first-class.

· The time in 1958 when dad was promoted to Warrant Officer Platoon Commander.

· The time in 1959 when dad and other Ugandans were promoted to the ranks of Second Lieutenant by the British and Army Battalions were organized along Tribal Lines.

· The time on March 1, 1961 when dad was commissioned Lieutenant and served in “C” Company of the Uganda Rifles (formerly a company charged with disarming a section of the cattle rustling Turkana Tribe. Years later, dad was falsely accused of killing three Turkana tribesmen. During this time, dad also acted as Deputy Company Commander.

· The time between 1961 and 1964 when a series of events occurred in the Belgium Congo involving Tshombe, Lumumba, Cyrille Adoula, Kizenga, Joseph Kasongo, Colonel Mobutu, etc – Lumumba was killed, Obote attempted to help Congolese rebels avenge Lumumba’s death.

· The time in 1962 when Uganda attained Independence from the British and surrounding events. On October 9, 1962 Uganda attained Independence from the British. Ka’baka Mutesa, King of the Baganda became Uganda’s President - The Baganda rejoiced deliriously. Obote became the First Prime Minister of Independent Uganda.

· The time in 1963 when rifts emerged between Obote and Mutesa II and surrounding events. Dad continued to be an exemplary soldier.

· The time in 1963 when Major (later, Lt. Colonel Rogers) left Uganda and Dad arranged a cocktail party for him.

· The time in 1963 when Obote promoted dad to the rank of Major, goes to Israel and takes dad along. Dad demonstrated the African gift of silence, didn’t talk about the Israel arrangement (“Obote requested the Israeli government to send a six-man team from Israel, to carry out primary patrol training in Teso District”; Obote had turned down an arrangement for British officers to conduct the training).

· The time in 1963 when the Organization of African Unity (OAU) was born.

· The time in 1963 when a Mutiny was in the Brewing.

· The time in 1964 when Mutinies ran wild and surrounding circumstances. Obote called 450 Scottish Guards and troops of the Staffordshire Regiment to crush the uprising. Dad summoned some of the British Officers and the UR troops and addressed them. One British officer observed that “It was the most moving speech and a sincere one. “Amin dwelt on our [British-Uganda] traditional ties and fully expected us to rise to the occasion”. Dad was promoted to Lt. Colonel and demanded of the soldiers the behavior they learnt from the British. Dad helped calm things down and restored order. He was held in high esteem.

· The time in 1964 when Obote openly advocated a “one-party” state in Uganda – he needed the support of the Army and named dad commander.

· The time in 1964 when Bob Astles was Dad’s Pilot in the Congo. He was rescued by dad from a Congolese prison.

· The time in 1964 when Patrice Lumumba was killed and surrounding circumstances and events.

· The time in 1964 when dad was falsely accused of financial gain through corruption – this would continue in future years.

· The time in 1964 when Obote needed the army to advance his political goals and came to the aid of Congo rebels, assisted by dad. He increasingly turned to dad for help – he invited dad to state functions, ordered that he be given a Mercedes Benz by the state.

· The time in 1964 when refugees flooded Uganda from the Sudan.

· The time between 1965 and 1966 when Daudi Ochieng, Leader of the Opposition produced photocopies of dad’s bank account for February 1965, with deposits of up to £17,000. He alleged financial gain from corruption in Congo Operations and recommended that dad be suspended from the army. Obote was implicated too and opposed the motion to suspend dad from the army and he denied the allegations made against dad and him in a Press Conference.

· The time in 1966 when five Ministers were arrested and Obote assumed “all powers of Government”. Dad took over the command of the Army and Airforce and assured Obote of the loyalty of the Ugandan troops. There were Political Crises and dad found himself right in the middle of these crises.

· The time in 1966 when Obote assumed the power of President and Vice President. There was more trouble with the Ka’baka (King of the Baganda). There was also a Judicial Inquiry into the Congo Affair (allegations of corruption against dad, Obote and others).

· The time in 1966 when Obote suspended the Uganda Constitution and declared himself President. He also declared a new Constitution and faced opposition from the Baganda. There was Political Trouble, popularly known as the Ka’baka Uprising. Obote ordered an attack on the RoyalPalace. During several of our regular chats with dad, he told us that in the thick of battle, he threw a smoke screen which shielded the Ka’baka and the Ka’baka escaped amidst a heavy shower by taxi where he and his ADC Captain Katende, drove away to the Congo and then to Bujumbura in Burundi. Following the escape orchestrated by dad, the Ka’baka lived in exile. Dad claimed that his action was in memory of the close relationship between the Buganda Royal Family and his Mother, my grandmother Aisha Aate, in the past.

· The time in 1967 when there were more events relating to Uganda’s politics and there was a continuing Anyanya rebellion in the Sudan. Obote announced a move to the left with a view to rapid Africanisation. He relied heavily on his tribesmen in the Uganda Army.

· The time in 1967 when the historic East African community was formed.

· The time between 1969 and 1970 when a) Obote visited Koboko with dad b) an assassination attempt was made on Obote c) there was Inflation in Uganda and the common man was becoming even poorer. Obote and Adoko had sought to divide the army along tribal lines. Obote and others falsely accused dad of being behind the assassination attempt on Obote. All parties were dissolved except Obote’s Uganda People’s Congress (UPC). There was Political trouble in Uganda. There was trouble in the Army and Murder. There were false allegations levied against dad for Murder.

· The time in 1970 when there were plans to hasten the Africanisation of commerce, trade and industry. There were over 40,000 Asians who held British passports in Uganda. Obote angered Ugandans by his Nakivubo Pronouncement relating to Socialism. Obote put the Indian tycoon, Jayant Madhivani, to be head of the new state-run Exports and Import Department. A new Immigration Act was due to effect relating to non-Ugandan Asians.

· The time in 1970 when there was an increasing rift between Obote and dad and other events. Obote placed dad under house arrest and planned against him.

· The time on January 25, 1971 when dad overthrew Obote while he was in Singapore attending a Conference of commonwealth Heads of State and Governments and events immediately preceding the Military Coup, including jubilation on Kampala streets.

· The time between 1971 and 1979 when dad ruled in Uganda and related events including dad expelling the non-Ugandan Asians.

· Events that unfolded prior to dad’s overthrow in 1979.

· The time in 1979 when dad was overthrown.

· Events that continue to unfold in Uganda from 1979 when dad was overthrown to the present, including the war in Northern Uganda (www.ugandarising.com).

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ALL THE ASIAN BRITISH CITIZENS THAT LEFT UGANDA IN 1972 WERE COMPENSATED BY AMINS GOVT

For your information, and your attention. to up date the ugandans and public worldwide that the Asians who were holding british passports in uganda, when uganda recieve Independence from british colonial rules in 1962. the constitution of uganda change. the new require all those asians who would like to remains and continue with their busunesses should all apply for to become uganda citizen. those aplied before and became uganda citizens remains in uganda & continue with their businesses,their properties were not taken from them. but those who still holding brtish passports were given three months to apply for the citizenships. they refused to apply. after three months expire, then govt. expelled them. it was ILLEGAL for them to stay. it is against the new law of uganda the same aplies to any country around the globe. the plan was iniciated by milto obote in 1970. then amin just emplements what is already writen by obotes govt. after that idi amin formed the asians custordians board. to look after those asians properties affairs, the were all compensated. check with the british authority and united nations records of payments to the asians from uganda government under Idi Amin dada. those asians who went back & reclaims their properties are thieves. they should not decieve the world airing false info. campaigning against Idi amin, sponsoring movies to create false about Idi Amin. they must be ashamed of themselves. fellow ugandans dont be decieved. epen your eyes. bravo.

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Happy Iddi Mubarak To All Worldwide

Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:05:00 +0100
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To: mfalemi@telus.net
Subject: Copy of: Re Iddi Mubarak To All.
This is a copy of the following message you sent to Connect Uganda Presenters via Connect Uganda

This is an enquiry e-mail via http://www.connectuganda.com from:
Majid Alemi Amomye Junior & Family

First of all, I& my wife & Family, would like to send A Special Iddi El-Fitre. Iddi ya mugisa, {Mubarak to all Fellow Ugandans Communities back home as well around the globe. we want to thank Mr. Mike & Queenie of connect uganda of sending our message last sunday. keep up the good work. I am now listening your programme live. we in Vancouver, BC. Western Canada. Celebrated Iddi Prayers as well, the Majority Of Muslims worldwide, oct.13,2007. the Message from our respected Imam Fuad Drame of zawiyah Masjid. in Vancouver, Bc. is of peace around the world, the dua prayer to our loved one who are not with us anymore. the sick, ETC. Iddi greetings to all my Family of Al-Haji Iddi Amin Dada Alemi, Especialy,my step mother, mama Madina Amin, Mama sarah in london, mama Mariamu, my sister, Maimuna Moding,in kampala, Mr. Hamid Andeku & Family in Vancouver, Bran Abe, in BC, Mahmoud Adebo in BC. and many check our home Page. wananch. http://wananchionline.com/ pse. fwd. mike & queenie. it has all ugandans links worldwide. peace,love,unity. my regards to all. we Enjoy your programmes. take care. play for us kaswida. from. Mr.Mrs. Mariam Majid Alemi, Junior & Family. in Vancouver, Western Canada. we are now listening, awaiting to hear our message in todays programme. oct.14,2007. I My Wife & Family extend A Happy Iddi Greetings to mama Arusu. the last wife of my dad, Al-Haji Iddi Amin dada Alemi, in Jeddah Saudi Arabia,my young brother. Rajab s/o Amin dada, Lwanga Amin, Aliga Amin all in Jeddah. Moses Amin, {Kenyi in France} respectively. to my Aunty Deiya Amin in Arua And lastly, To my brother Jaffar Remo & Family, in Arua, to all people in arua& koboko, yumbe, west nile at large. From, Mr. Mrs. Mariam Majid Alemi Junior,& Family. in Vancouver, Canada.

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MUSLIMS CELEBRATED EID EL FITRE TODAY IN BC AS WELL ACROSS THE GLOBE OCT 13 2007

The Majority of Muslims celebrated eid el fitre today oct,13, 2007. in BC as well around the world. in zawiyah Foundation Islamic, Masjid/Mosque prked up to outside. the programe started with takbir. Allahu Akibar, Allahu Akibar, Allahu Akibar. laillah hailallahu, AlahuAkir, Alahuakibaru walilahu Alhamndu. then, at around 8:30 am. the the MC/as secretary general of zawiyah. brothe. Mohamed Shafiq. narrated how the programes will be, after which he Introduced Imam Fuad Drame. who led Eid salah. then he tells the signifants of the month of ramadhan inter related the time almighty allah sent quran on earth. he made the dua for all our loved ones who are not with us anymore. the prayer for the sick worldwide, prayer for peace worldwide. the blessing to all. he asked for unity amoung muslims worldwide. after salah, the zawiyah students boys & girls sing the songs of the month of ramadhan. Fellow Ugandans in Vancouver Bc Join us in zawiyah today for eid prayer. to mention the. Mr. Hamid Andeku,& Family, Mr. Bran Abe. & Family, Mr. Mahmoud Adebo & the wife, myself & my Family, and many African muslims from virious communities all attended. followed by every one huge each other Greetings. refreshment was served. at one pm, the lunch was served. this followed by zuhur prayer at. 1:30 mor activities continues. at 8pm dinner was served. then Imam thank every one. the programe ended with Ishah Prayer. Eid Mubarak to all From Mr.&.Mrs. Mariam Majid Alemi Junior & Family. in vancouver western canada. Inshaallah I & Family will head to london to night for three day. to join Fellow Ugandans there. we will be back on wednesday to Vancouver. peace,love,unity.

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ZAWIYAH FOUNDATION WILL BE CELEBRATING EID ON SATURDAY OCT 13th 2007

Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh,

We hope this message finds you in peace and faith.

We would like to inform you that Zawiyah Foundation will be celebrating Eid on Saturday, October 13th.

The Eid Prayer will be at 8:30am sharp at Zawiyah Foundation.

JazakumAllah Khair
Wassalamu alaikum!

--
Zawiyah Foundation
http://www.zawiyah.ca
1330 East 66th Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5X2W3 Canada

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SUBJECT FWD AW NATIONAL DAY

From: Abuxiga@
> Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 06:23:03 -0400
> Subject: Fwd: AW: National Day
> To: bbaales@ Kiwwabk@ kiwwabk@
> cizzykz@ sarah_njuki@ ptende@
>
>
>
> --Forwarded Message Attachment--
> From: info@ugandacommunity.de
> To: Birgit.Rupprecht-Stroell@
> Subject: AW: National Day
> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 01:09:58 +0200
>
>
> Dear Mrs Rupprecht-stroell.
>
> Attached is the programme for independence day.
> VENUE.
> ASC BOXDORF (SPORT VEREIN9
> BOXDORFER HAUPTSTR. 37A
> 90427 NÜRNBERG
>
> THE HALL IS BEHIND A GREEK RESTAURANT. OPPOSITE THE RESTAURANT IS A BIG
> PARKING PLA
> PROGRAMME:
> 18:00 - 18:50 Children's Programme (Printing of buttons with
> digital photos, Face painting (Each 1,50 €)
> 19:00 - 19:30 Drumming lessons
> 19:30 - 20:00 Dancing lessons
> 20:30 National Anthem
> 20:15 - 20-30 Presentation from UKIHI (Regensburg)
> 21:30 - 21:45 Music Keith and Group
> 21:45 - 22:15 Musician from Uganda
> 22:15 - 22:35 Fashion show
> Musician from Uganda (Time to be fixed)
> 22:35 - 23:15 Ganda Cultural dance
> 23:15 00:00 Musician from Uganda
> 00:00 - 04:30 DISCO DJ T.T.
> FOODS AND DRINKS AVAILABLE RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.
>
> Hotels
>
>
>
>
> Reservations
> There are hotel rooms reserved at the Tourist-Information Erlangen.
> To book these rooms fill out the Word-document form and mail it directly to
> tourist@ekm-erlangen.de.
> List of Hotels
> The following hotels can be found in direct vicinity of the conference site:
> Albertinum
> Am Wolfsmantel 14
> 91058 Erlangen, Tennenlohe
> Germany
> Phone +49 (0) 91 31/60 70
> Fax +49 (0) 91 31/60 72 00
> Web: http://www.hotel-albertinum.de
> Tennenloher Hof
> Wetterkreuz 32
> 91058 Erlangen, Tennenlohe
> Germany
> Phone +49 (0) 91 31/69 60
> Fax +49 (0) 91 31/69 62 95
> Web: http://www.tennenloherhof.de
> Lachnerhof
> MÃ¤rterleinsweg 2
> 91058 Erlangen, Tennenlohe
> Germany
> Phone +49 (0) 91 31/7 70 70
> Fax +49 (0) 91 31/77 07 47
> Web: http://www.lachnerhof.de
> Golden Tulip Transmar Hotel Erlangen
> Wetterkreuz 7
> 91058 Erlangen, Tennenlohe
> Germany
> Phone +49 (0) 91 31/60 80
> Fax +49 (0) 91 31/60 81 00
> Web: http://www.transmar-hotels.de/erlangen/index.htm
> ETAP Hotel NÃ¼rnberg Nord Tennenlohe Am Weichselgarten 24a
> 91058 Erlangen, Tennenlohe
> Germany
> Phone +49 (0) 91 31/77 12 50
> Fax +49 (0) 91 31/77 12 58
> Web: http://www.etaphotel.com
> Note that the aforementioned hotels are located in the industrial area of
> Tennenlohe. Participants who prefer accomodation in the city area of Erlangen
> or Nuernberg can find more hotels under
> http://www.erlangen-online.de/hotels .
> Those are the hotels near the place where accommodation will take place.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Regina
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Uganda Community Nürnberg-Erlangen e.V. [mailto:info@ugandacommunity.de]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 28. September 2007 20:44
> An: Birgit Rupprecht-Stroell
> Betreff: AW: National Day
>
>
> Dear Mrs Rupprecht-Stroell,
>
> I was in Uganda on holiday for 4 weeks that's why I couldn't anser your Email
> earlier as today. I came back yesterday, 27 Sept. 2007.
>
> Kindly visit our home page you will find all details about the National day.
> In case of any questions dont hesitate to contact me.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Regina Ott-Magoba
> On behalf of
> UCNE.e.V.Executive
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Birgit Rupprecht-Stroell [mailto:Birgit.Rupprecht-Stroell@t-online.de]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. September 2007 15:15
> An: info@ugandacommunity.de
> Betreff: National Day
>
>
> Dear Mrs. Ott-Magoba,
>
> I got your address from Mrs. Rwankote from the Embassy.
>
> Could you please give me details regarding National Day event at Nürnberg?
>
> Thank you in advance -
> best regards from Munich
>
> Birgit Rupprecht-Stroell
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________

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