tips, topics and talking points

LETTER WRITING TIPS

1. Choose an area which is important to you that needs be highlighted and write on that.
   
   
2. Keep letters and articles short. You will have a better chance of being published or for the piece of writing to reach its target.
   
   
3. Please read the XUG Coalition statement on CHOGM and the information provided on this website.
   
   
4. Time is of the essence. Seize the moment, do not wait!

(Pictured: a young girl carrying a sibling at Pabbo IDP camp. Source: Diocese of Northern Uganda, Willy Akena.)


TALKING POINTS

Read this op-ed from a Ugandan Minister of Parliament on the State of Uganda Today

Commonwealth Countries

1. Ask that Heads of Government or ministers who will be attending this meeting bring pressure to bear on the Government of Uganda to live up to its responsibilities as a member of the Commonwealth.
   
   
2. Encourage them to take the time to visit the north and see for themselves how donor money has been misused and misappropriated because of the corruption of the Museveni regime.
   

Donor Countries (51% of Uganda's Budget--Britain,United States, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, The Netherlands )

1. Ask that expenditure of your tax dollars be held accountable.
   
   
2. Ask your government to hold Museveni responsible for his poor governance and embezzlement of funds meant for: children's vaccination programs, HIV patients, and the rehabilitation and reconstruction of war-ravaged Northern Uganda.
   
   
3. Ask your government to support a peaceful resolution to the war between the Lord's Resistance Army and the Government of Uganda.