Saturday, 19 September 2015
African Hard Talks: UGANDA WITH ALL THESE POPULATION HAS FAILED TO REA...
African Hard Talks: UGANDA WITH ALL THESE POPULATION HAS FAILED TO REA...: Ugandans can be classified into several broad linguistic groups: the Bantu-speaking majority, who live in the central, southern and western ...
UGANDA WITH ALL THESE POPULATION HAS FAILED TO REACH MIDDLE COUNTRY
Ugandans can be classified into several broad linguistic groups: the Bantu-speaking majority, who live in the central, southern and western parts of the country; and non-Bantu speakers who occupy the eastern, northern and northwestern portions of the country (who may in turn be sub-divided into Nilotic and Central Sudanic peoples). The first category includes the large and historically highly centralized kingdom of Buganda, the smaller western Ugandan kingdoms of Bunyoro, Nkore and Toro, and the Busoga states to the east of Buganda. The peoples in the second category include the Iteso, Langi, Acholi, Alur, Karamojong, Jie, Madi, and Lugbara in the north and a number of other smaller societies in the eastern part of the country.[1]
Bantu-speakers entered southern Uganda probably by the end of the first millennium A.D. and developed centralized kingdoms by the fifteenth or the sixteenth century. At independence, Bantu-language speakers made up approximately two thirds of the population. Their languages are classified as Eastern Lacustrine and Western Lacustrine Bantu in reference to the populous region surrounding East Africa's Great Lakes (Victoria, Kyoga, Edward, and Albert in Uganda; Kivu and Tanganyika to the south). Eastern Lacustrine peoples include the Baganda (whose language is Luganda), the Basoga, the Bagisu, and many smaller societies in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya.
The Buganda make up the largest ethnic group in Uganda, though they represent only 16.7% of the population. (The name Uganda, the Swahili term for Buganda, was adopted by British officials in 1884 when they established the Uganda Protectorate, centered in Buganda). Buganda's boundaries are marked by Lake Victoria on the south, the Victoria Nile River on the east, and Lake Kyoga on the north. This region was never conquered in the colonial era; rather, the powerful king (or kabaka), Mutesa, agreed to a British policy of giving Buganda protectorate status.
The Basoga make up about 8% of the population. Before the arrival of the Europeans, they were subsistence farmers who also kept cattle, sheep, and goats. They commonly maintained gardens for domestic use close to the homestead. The Bagisu constitute 5% of the population. They occupy the well-watered western slopes of Mount Elgon, where they grow millet, bananas, and corn for subsistence, and coffee and cotton as cash crops. This area has the highest population density in the nation, as dense as 250 per sq km. As a result, nearly all land is cultivated and land pressure has led to population migration and social conflicts.
The Western Lacustrine Bantu includes the Bunyoro, Batoro, and Banyankole of western Uganda. Their complex kingdoms are believed to be the product of acculturation between two different ethnic groups, the Hima and the Iru. In each of these three societies, two distinct are identified, the Hima and the Iru. The Hima are said to be the descendants of pastoralists who migrated into the region from the northeast. The Iru are are said to be descendants of agricultural populations that preceded the Hima as cultivators in the region. Bunyoro lies in the plateau of western Uganda, constituting about 3% of the population. The Batoro evolved out of a breakaway segment of Bunyoro that split off at an unspecified time before the nineteenth century. The Batoro and Bunyoro speak closely related languages, Lutoro and Lunyoro, and share many other cultural traits. The Batoro live on Uganda's western border, south of Lake Albert and constitute about 3.2% of the population. In pre-colonial times, they lived in a highly centralized kingdom like Buganda, which was stratified like the society of Bunyoro.
Nilotic-language speakers entered the area from the north probably beginning about A.D. 100. They were the first cattle-herding people in the area, but they relied on crop cultivation to supplement livestock herding for subsistence. The largest Nilotic populations in present-day Uganda are the Iteso and Karamojong cluster of ethnic groups, speaking Eastern Nilotic languages, and the Acholi, Langi, and Alur, speaking Western Nilotic languages. Descendants of Eastern Nilotic peoples also live in Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda, where the largest groups are the Karamojong. These include the Karamojong proper, as well as the Jie, Dodoth, and several small related groups, constituting about 12% of the population. The Iteso people are an acculturated branch of the Eastern Nilotic peoples. Constituting about 8.1% of population of Uganda, they are the nation's second largest ethnic group. The Teso territory stretches south from Karamoja into the well-watered region of Lake Kyoga. Their traditional economy emphasizes crop growing. Many Iteso joined the cash economy when coffee and cotton were introduced in 1912, and the region has prospered through agriculture and commerce. The Kakwa occupy a region of extreme northwestern Uganda that borders southern Sudan and northeastern Zaire. Those who live in Uganda constitute less than 1% of the population. Western Nilotic language groups include the Acholi, Langi, Alur, and several smaller ethnic groups. Together they comprise about 15% of the population. Most of western Nilotic languages in Uganda are classified as Low Nilotic, and are closely related to the language of the Luo in Kenya. The two largest ethnic groups, the Acholi and Langi, speak almost identical languages. The Alur, who live west of the Acholi and Langi, are culturally similar to neighboring societies of the West Nile region, where most people speak Central Sudanic languages.
Central Sudanic languages, whose speakers also arrived in Uganda from the north over a period of centuries, are spoken by the Lugbara, Madi, and a few small groups in the northwestern corner of the country. Central Sudanic languages are spoken by about 6% of Ugandans, most of whom live in the northwest. The Lugbara live in the highlands on an almost treeless plateau that forms the watershed between the Congo River and the Nile. The Madi live in the lowlands to the east. The two groups both speak nearly identical languages and have strong cultural similarities. Both groups raise millet, cassava, sorghum, legumes, and a variety of root crops. Chicken, goats, and, at higher elevations, cattle are also important. Corn is grown for brewing beer, and tobacco is an important cash crop.
Roughly 10,000 Ugandans of Sudanese descent are classified as Nubians in reference to their origin near the Nuba Mountains in Sudan. They are descendants of Sudanese military recruits who entered Uganda in the late nineteenth century as part of the colonial army employed to quell popular revolts. Their ethnic identities are various, but many spoke Western Nilotic languages similar to that spoken by the Acholi people, their closest relatives in Uganda. Many Nubians also speak a variant of Arabic, and are Muslims. The 1969 census numbered the Asian population in Uganda at about 70,000. Asians were officially considered foreigners despite the fact that more than 50% of them had been born in Uganda. By the 1970s South Asians had gained control of the retail and wholesale trade, cotton ginning, coffee and sugar processing, and other segments of commerce. President Amin deported about 70,000 Asians in 1972, and only a few returned to Uganda in the 1980s to claim compensation for their expropriated land, buildings, factories, and estates. In 1989 the Asian population in Uganda was estimated at only about 10,000.
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS OF UGANDA:
Source Kurian, George Thomas 1992. Encyclopedia of the Third World, fourth edition, volume III, Facts on File: New York, N.Y., pp. 2009-2010.
[1] Nyeko, Balam (compiler), 1996. Uganda, Clio Press: Santa Barbara USA.
Bantu-speakers entered southern Uganda probably by the end of the first millennium A.D. and developed centralized kingdoms by the fifteenth or the sixteenth century. At independence, Bantu-language speakers made up approximately two thirds of the population. Their languages are classified as Eastern Lacustrine and Western Lacustrine Bantu in reference to the populous region surrounding East Africa's Great Lakes (Victoria, Kyoga, Edward, and Albert in Uganda; Kivu and Tanganyika to the south). Eastern Lacustrine peoples include the Baganda (whose language is Luganda), the Basoga, the Bagisu, and many smaller societies in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya.
The Buganda make up the largest ethnic group in Uganda, though they represent only 16.7% of the population. (The name Uganda, the Swahili term for Buganda, was adopted by British officials in 1884 when they established the Uganda Protectorate, centered in Buganda). Buganda's boundaries are marked by Lake Victoria on the south, the Victoria Nile River on the east, and Lake Kyoga on the north. This region was never conquered in the colonial era; rather, the powerful king (or kabaka), Mutesa, agreed to a British policy of giving Buganda protectorate status.
The Basoga make up about 8% of the population. Before the arrival of the Europeans, they were subsistence farmers who also kept cattle, sheep, and goats. They commonly maintained gardens for domestic use close to the homestead. The Bagisu constitute 5% of the population. They occupy the well-watered western slopes of Mount Elgon, where they grow millet, bananas, and corn for subsistence, and coffee and cotton as cash crops. This area has the highest population density in the nation, as dense as 250 per sq km. As a result, nearly all land is cultivated and land pressure has led to population migration and social conflicts.
The Western Lacustrine Bantu includes the Bunyoro, Batoro, and Banyankole of western Uganda. Their complex kingdoms are believed to be the product of acculturation between two different ethnic groups, the Hima and the Iru. In each of these three societies, two distinct are identified, the Hima and the Iru. The Hima are said to be the descendants of pastoralists who migrated into the region from the northeast. The Iru are are said to be descendants of agricultural populations that preceded the Hima as cultivators in the region. Bunyoro lies in the plateau of western Uganda, constituting about 3% of the population. The Batoro evolved out of a breakaway segment of Bunyoro that split off at an unspecified time before the nineteenth century. The Batoro and Bunyoro speak closely related languages, Lutoro and Lunyoro, and share many other cultural traits. The Batoro live on Uganda's western border, south of Lake Albert and constitute about 3.2% of the population. In pre-colonial times, they lived in a highly centralized kingdom like Buganda, which was stratified like the society of Bunyoro.
Nilotic-language speakers entered the area from the north probably beginning about A.D. 100. They were the first cattle-herding people in the area, but they relied on crop cultivation to supplement livestock herding for subsistence. The largest Nilotic populations in present-day Uganda are the Iteso and Karamojong cluster of ethnic groups, speaking Eastern Nilotic languages, and the Acholi, Langi, and Alur, speaking Western Nilotic languages. Descendants of Eastern Nilotic peoples also live in Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda, where the largest groups are the Karamojong. These include the Karamojong proper, as well as the Jie, Dodoth, and several small related groups, constituting about 12% of the population. The Iteso people are an acculturated branch of the Eastern Nilotic peoples. Constituting about 8.1% of population of Uganda, they are the nation's second largest ethnic group. The Teso territory stretches south from Karamoja into the well-watered region of Lake Kyoga. Their traditional economy emphasizes crop growing. Many Iteso joined the cash economy when coffee and cotton were introduced in 1912, and the region has prospered through agriculture and commerce. The Kakwa occupy a region of extreme northwestern Uganda that borders southern Sudan and northeastern Zaire. Those who live in Uganda constitute less than 1% of the population. Western Nilotic language groups include the Acholi, Langi, Alur, and several smaller ethnic groups. Together they comprise about 15% of the population. Most of western Nilotic languages in Uganda are classified as Low Nilotic, and are closely related to the language of the Luo in Kenya. The two largest ethnic groups, the Acholi and Langi, speak almost identical languages. The Alur, who live west of the Acholi and Langi, are culturally similar to neighboring societies of the West Nile region, where most people speak Central Sudanic languages.
Central Sudanic languages, whose speakers also arrived in Uganda from the north over a period of centuries, are spoken by the Lugbara, Madi, and a few small groups in the northwestern corner of the country. Central Sudanic languages are spoken by about 6% of Ugandans, most of whom live in the northwest. The Lugbara live in the highlands on an almost treeless plateau that forms the watershed between the Congo River and the Nile. The Madi live in the lowlands to the east. The two groups both speak nearly identical languages and have strong cultural similarities. Both groups raise millet, cassava, sorghum, legumes, and a variety of root crops. Chicken, goats, and, at higher elevations, cattle are also important. Corn is grown for brewing beer, and tobacco is an important cash crop.
Roughly 10,000 Ugandans of Sudanese descent are classified as Nubians in reference to their origin near the Nuba Mountains in Sudan. They are descendants of Sudanese military recruits who entered Uganda in the late nineteenth century as part of the colonial army employed to quell popular revolts. Their ethnic identities are various, but many spoke Western Nilotic languages similar to that spoken by the Acholi people, their closest relatives in Uganda. Many Nubians also speak a variant of Arabic, and are Muslims. The 1969 census numbered the Asian population in Uganda at about 70,000. Asians were officially considered foreigners despite the fact that more than 50% of them had been born in Uganda. By the 1970s South Asians had gained control of the retail and wholesale trade, cotton ginning, coffee and sugar processing, and other segments of commerce. President Amin deported about 70,000 Asians in 1972, and only a few returned to Uganda in the 1980s to claim compensation for their expropriated land, buildings, factories, and estates. In 1989 the Asian population in Uganda was estimated at only about 10,000.
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS OF UGANDA:
| GROUP | % | GROUP | % |
| Baganda | 16.2 | Bagisu | 5.1 |
| Iteso | 8.1 | Acholi | 4.4 |
| Basoga | 7.7 | Lugbara | 3.6 |
| Banyankore | 8.0 | Banyoro | 2.9 |
| Banyaruanda | 5.8 | Batoro | 3.2 |
| Bakiga | 7.1 | Karamojong | 2.0 |
| Lango | 5.6 | Others (est.) | 20.3 |
[1] Nyeko, Balam (compiler), 1996. Uganda, Clio Press: Santa Barbara USA.
Friday, 18 September 2015
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Tuesday, 15 September 2015
WHEN WILL DICTATORS KNOW THAT OTHER REGIONS AND TRIBES ARE IMPORTANT? IN UGANDA
WHO CAN TELL ME MORE ANY DEMONSTRATION WHICH WAS STAGED IN
WESTERN UGANDA AGAINST AMAMA!.
Hard talk uganda has come up with analysis that we the
easterners and northern uganda are called as pipes to transport water from
karuma to Gulu and eastern is jinja to soroti.
why.
its only in eastern uganda and northern where people turned
like thieves and fools about amama like what i said last time here "To engage in conflict one does not need
to bring a knife that cuts- but a needle that sews".
Uganda must learn that other regions are important in
politics for example northern which are rubbers easterners are dance halls, mid-eastern
are public page for entry hence busoga are day dreamers.
Which were used to demonstrate against Amana yes they have
done their part but the question is where have they reached so far?
Uganda has four regions northern eastern , western and
central region in Uganda's politics its clear that kigezi sub region in west
are the strong hold in any government to enter to the seat {state house}
central are pillows for the rest at the state house.
Northern and eastern are jerricans to carry the task they
are in the struggle to protect the government in power for example they are in
military and police to see how to protect the government only if they are taken
in well.
Find more from animal farm book about leaders how the
animals chose pigs to lead them but with conditions set for them to follow.
I am happy that i do come from hated tribe in Uganda by this
government that is ITESO its only iteso who fought back museveni and this gave
him to loose many kadogo during that time because they were interested in good
governance according to the sources i have here just listen.
Uganda as a nation has many tribes and there is clear sects
that if you want to maintain power have teso people on the military, Acholi,
west Nile and don't promote them so much to generals for example Uganda today
has only east and north two generals since m7 came into power JEJE and Charles Angina
second in CDF of the army.
That shows you the level of untrusted to the other parts of
the country
Thursday, 3 September 2015
African Hard Talks: TEN PROGRAM POINTS USED TO LIE UGANDANS IN AFRICA ...
African Hard Talks: TEN PROGRAM POINTS USED TO LIE UGANDANS IN AFRICA ...: LEADERS lies for political offices imagine all this update they are not done 1.Democracy - # fighting opposition and silent them 2....
TEN PROGRAM POINTS USED TO LIE UGANDANS IN AFRICA CASE IN POINT UGNADA UNDER MUSEVENI AND ITS CHANGES TODATE
LEADERS lies for political offices imagine all this update they are not done
1.Democracy -#fighting opposition and silent them2. Security-massive training of young people to defend the individual people and make others vulnerable
3. Consolidation of National security and elimination of all forms of sectarianism #increased discrimination from all forms begin from state house all authority bodies are headed by his tribesmen and friends and relatives
4. Defending and consolidating National Independence #remove and reject to honor the leader who received a country from the colonial powers
5. Building an independent, integrated and self-sustaining national economy #building the failed state by breaking the cooperative societies and looting Teso with cattle, forced northern in the camp for hopelessness
6. Restoration and improvement of Social services and the rehabilitation of the war ravaged areas #introduce divide and rule method to manage civil servants and demarcate according to tribes
7. Elimination of corruption and misuse of power #promote corruption and increased stealing from millions to billions provided i am around i will defend
8. Redressing errors that have resulted in the dislocation of sections of the population and improvement of others
9. Co-operation with other African countries in defending human and democratic rights of our brothers in other parts of Africa #spread the dictatorship up to the near by countries to gain political name but no honor example is Rwanda, congo and Somalia
10. Following an economic strategy of mixed economy #increased poverty for the poor and make the rich richer for power consolidation and buy votes at 1000shs for poor men in the villages #middle men at 5 millions mps to change the constitution in parliament #civil servants to steal to plough back the profits back to the man him self and more ugandans to become poor.
Read and analysis on your own i have made my observation since 1986.
good luck
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
UGANDA THE COUNTRY WITH BETTER POLICES IN PAPER AND FAILS TO IMPLEMENT
UGANDA THE COUNTRY WITH BETTER POLICES IN PAPER AND FAILS TO IMPLEMENT
Africa is my region my continent and my way of life i have read a lot about Africa but more so where i do come from that is east Africa specifically Uganda is my wonder full country where it was referred to as the pearl of Africa. but! it has never learn lesion from all aspects of life starting from political environment, climatic change i.e environmental aspects, education cultural areas and transportation. every sector its disorganized and corruption is the main author of the day i wonder when will Uganda in Africa becomes the 1st in good things every time i do read about Uganda its the last with corruption, and i am very sure one day we shall give away gold medal for those who have stolen much money and they have got a lot to build and make other businesses boom.
Uganda today its dividing sub counties into a county with more efforts to put village centers as municipalities just check the map of Uganda today and compare when Obote and Amin were the presidents of Uganda i wounder which country is this in Africa with such.
I am glad to say Africa for Africa
Africa is my region my continent and my way of life i have read a lot about Africa but more so where i do come from that is east Africa specifically Uganda is my wonder full country where it was referred to as the pearl of Africa. but! it has never learn lesion from all aspects of life starting from political environment, climatic change i.e environmental aspects, education cultural areas and transportation. every sector its disorganized and corruption is the main author of the day i wonder when will Uganda in Africa becomes the 1st in good things every time i do read about Uganda its the last with corruption, and i am very sure one day we shall give away gold medal for those who have stolen much money and they have got a lot to build and make other businesses boom.
Uganda today its dividing sub counties into a county with more efforts to put village centers as municipalities just check the map of Uganda today and compare when Obote and Amin were the presidents of Uganda i wounder which country is this in Africa with such.
I am glad to say Africa for Africa
PEACE CAN NEVER BE BOUGHT BUT ITS SACRIFICE
PEACE CAN NEVER BE BOUGHT BUT ITS SACRIFICE!
Uganda is found in east Africa but i wonder why leaders don't want to learn from the past just imagine this kind of work done what for and why are they doing when is near election time.
Museveni accused of preparing a Rwandan-style genocide next year.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is said to be preparing for a Rwanda-style genocide and the opposition Free Uganda is warning people in the country to prepare themselves in order to prevent ‘this sinister plot’ being realised
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is said to be preparing for a Rwanda-style genocide and the opposition Free Uganda is warning people in the country to prepare themselves in order to prevent ‘this sinister plot’ being realised
“Indicative reports of preparations by Museveni’s regime to commit state violence on a massive scale against innocent Ugandan citizens, continue to circulate not only via social networks but also in the local Ugandan media.
President Museveni’s refusal to publically-disassociate himself and state house from this dangerous trend of affairs can only serve to consolidate the belief in the minds of most Ugandans that statehouse and the man who heads state house are behind the sinister plot.
President Museveni’s refusal to publically-disassociate himself and state house from this dangerous trend of affairs can only serve to consolidate the belief in the minds of most Ugandans that statehouse and the man who heads state house are behind the sinister plot.
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