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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Help Uganda's Sandalwood
Sandalwood is the name is of an expensive tree from
the family of genus Santalum.
The woods of this tree are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and unlike many
other aromatic woods, they have retained their fragrance for decades. In
Uganda, Sandalwood is commonly found in Karamoja region most especially in
Areas of Moroto,Nakapiripiti,and Kotido. Because of the fact that, this tree is
similar to Gold and Diamonds in terms of its value, it is being harvested excessively
by the local community for firewood and the business personnel are hunting it for
commercial values and it is, also, being smuggled from Uganda to other parts of
the world. After when our neighbors in Kenya learnt about this tree, there is now
a very big effort in the Kenya government to see to it that this endangered
tree is being protected. It takes years and decades to groom this tree. This
tree has been and is still used for medicinal purposes and also, Sandalwood
oil is highly valued. Am now calling
the international community to come and join me in my effort of Whistle blowing
to see to it that, we pressure the Government of Uganda through its Ministry of
Lands and Environmental protection and its concerned bodies like NEMA to come
up and conserve this treasure of Uganda. You can write to Uganda’s MP’s and
policy makers about this issue now. If we join hands, we shall be able to win
like the way we did to Mabira forest.
Yours Faithfully
Davis Costa Ssempuuma
Member, Green Peace International
Member, Clean Up the World
Member, Environmental Evangelists of Uganda
Member,350 Org
Member ,Sefa Organic National Foods and Herbal Growers manufactures
Association
Friday, January 3, 2014
Let us change our continent name from "Africa" to Hannibal
Lets us petition against
the name Africa so that, African Union former Organization of African Unity
changes its name (Africa)to Hannibal because of the fact that, the word Africa
was a humiliation of our continent by
the Romans and their allies, when actually Hannibal fought for the dignity
of Our continent which is presently
called “Africa”.
Bellow is some of the historical events which can support my
argument;
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (236–183 BC), also
known as Scipio the African, Scipio the Elder, Scipio
Africanus-Major, and Scipio the Great[1]
was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman
Republic. He was best known for defeating Hannibal at the
final battle of the Second Punic War at Zama,
a defeat that earned him the agnomen Africanus, the nickname "the Roman
Hannibal", as well as recognition as one of the finest commanders in
military history. An earlier great display of his tactical abilities had come
already at the Battle of Ilipa.
Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca[n 1]
(247 – 183/182/181 BC)[n 2] was a
Punic Carthaginian
military commander, generally considered one of the greatest military
commanders in history. His father, Hamilcar
Barca, was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First
Punic War, his younger brothers were Mago
and Hasdrubal, and he was brother-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair.
Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the Mediterranean,
when the Roman Republic established its supremacy over other
great powers such as Carthage, the Hellenistic kingdoms of Macedon, Syracuse, and the Seleucid
empire. One of his most famous achievements was at the outbreak of the Second
Punic War, when he marched an army, which included war
elephants, from Iberia over the Pyrenees and
the Alps into
northern Italy. In
his first few years in Italy, he won three dramatic victories—Trebia,
Trasimene, and Cannae,
in which he distinguished himself for his ability to determine his and his
opponent's strengths and weaknesses, and to play the battle to his strengths
and the enemy's weaknesses—and won over many allies of Rome. Hannibal occupied
much of Italy for 15 years, but a Roman counter-invasion of North
Africa forced him to return to Carthage, where he was decisively defeated
by Scipio Africanus at the Battle
of Zama. Scipio had studied Hannibal's tactics and brilliantly devised some
of his own, and finally defeated Rome's nemesis at Zama, having previously
driven Hasdrubal, Hannibal's brother, out of the Iberian
Peninsula.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Subject matter; Grass hoppers are facing extinction, oohh Lord!
Grasshoppers
are insects belonging to the order of Orthoptera.
These insects are commonly known as “Nsenene” in Uganda. A number of Ugandans
have been and some are still feasting on these delicious insects at least two
seasons a year. It is said and believed that Grasshoppers breed on shores of
our East African fresh water lakes and rivers. The swam of grasshoppers normally used to
be seen in mid year between the month of May and June and then also towards the
end of the year between the month of November and December. The change of
weather patterns in our region and the excessive hunting and trapping of these insects
has caused the irregularities of these insects and it is also a clear indicator
that one time in future these delicious insects shall face extinction.
I recently interviewed some of our members from the
Environmental Evangelists movement and they have raised their voices on this
subject matter listen to Teadeo Nsubuga from Buganda in Central Uganda, and
Grace Bagoole from Busoga region Eastern Uganda.
Open this link bellow and listen to their voices:
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