NRA and the Aroma of Coffee: A Short Tale Unfolds | (एनआरए और कॉफ़ी की महक पर एक लघु कहानी )

Main Points In Hindi (मुख्य बातें – हिंदी में)

1. हमज़ा अब्बास का संदिग्ध मामला: हमज़ा अब्बास, एक हत्या के मामले में संदिग्ध है। उस पर UNLA (तथाकथित ओबोटे सेना) के एक सैनिक की हत्या का आरोप है, जो कि उसकी गर्लफ्रेंड को जबरदस्ती पकड़ने से संबंधित है।

2. सैन्य प्रशिक्षण और संघर्ष की पृष्ठभूमि: हमज़ा ने पहले वाकोम्बोजी के साथ एक सेना चालक के रूप में काम किया था और मार्शल आर्ट का प्रशिक्षण भी लिया था। उसकी पृष्ठभूमि ने उसे ऐसे संघर्ष में संलग्न होने में मदद की।

3. कॉफी की चोरी और एनआरए की गतिविधियाँ: कहानी में, हमज़ा का संबंध एनआरए विद्रोहियों के साथ जुड़ता है, और यह बताया गया है कि वह कॉफी स्टॉक की चोरी में शामिल था, जो बाद में रवान्डेक्स में गायब हो गए थे।

4. किगाली में अनुभव: 1994 में किगाली में हमज़ा का अनुभव और एनआरए के साथ जुड़े अन्य घटनाक्रम, उस समय के राजनीतिक और आर्थिक माहौल का एक महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा हैं।

5. कृषि मंत्रालय पर सलाह: लेखक ने कृषि मंत्रालय को कृषि विज्ञान को आगे बढ़ाने और कृषि व्यवसाय को निजी क्षेत्र पर छोड़ने की सलाह दी है, जो कि उनके अनुभवों और पर्यवेक्षण पर आधारित है।

Main Points In English(मुख्य बातें – अंग्रेज़ी में)

Here are the main points of the provided text:

1. Suspicion of Murder: The narrator’s cousin, Hamza Abbas, is a suspect in the murder of a UNLA soldier, who was allegedly killed after he attempted to assault Hamza’s girlfriend.

2. Conflict Background: Hamza, not willing to tolerate the soldier’s aggression, defended himself and reportedly caused the soldier’s death, leading him to seek refuge in an orphanage to escape the consequences.

3. Military Training and Identity: Having received military training and combat skills from an Italian engineer, Hamza is referred to as "Commando" in his hometown of Muhokya. Despite his Rwandan roots, he identifies primarily as Tanzanian.

4. Involvement with NRA: Following the fall of the Kasese to NRA rebels, Hamza becomes involved with the NRA, leading to illegal activities such as the theft of a school truck to support his former role as a military driver.

5. Coffee Theft Incident: While in Kigali in 1994, the narrator recounts an incident involving the disappearance of coffee stocks from a company called Rwandex, hinting at the NRA’s involvement in illegal activities surrounding coffee exports. He suggests that agricultural management should be privatized to avoid such issues in the future.

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Complete News In English(पूरी खबर – अंग्रेज़ी में)

Rewritten Text in Simple English:

My cousin Hamza Abbas was a suspect in a murder case. He was accused of killing a soldier from the UNLA (the so-called Obote Army).

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In a specific situation, the UNLA soldier had forcibly grabbed Hamza’s live-in girlfriend at a nightclub in Muhokya (my childhood hometown). However, the soldier was not satisfied with just that; he wanted to humiliate Hamza by beating him up. But Hamza, who was the son of a Munyarwanda mother and a Nyamwezi father, was not the type to take such things lightly.

In a flash, he disarmed the soldier and beat him badly (it is said the soldier died three days later). With a murder charge hanging over him, Hamza took refuge in our orphanage. During the 1980 general elections, my father, who was a DP (Democratic Party) activist and the elderly vice-chairman of the sub-county, fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo out of fear for his life. Hamza had gained some military training while working as a driver for Wakomboji (the Tanzanian occupying army). He had also learned martial arts from a ruthless Italian engineer who worked with Sterling Astaldi, a company that was building an airbase in Nakaseke in the 1970s.

In Muhokya, Hamza was known as "Commando." With a Tanzanian father and a Munyarwanda mother, he presented himself as Tanzanian, a claim no one challenged since his father, Abbas Juma, was from Tanzania.

It goes without saying that he was also involved in illegal poaching in Queen Elizabeth National Park, using a Sterling Astaldi dump truck. When the NRA rebels took over Kasese, Hamza disappeared from our home and returned a month later in tattered and sickly condition, now wearing military fatigues. He was now a soldier of the NRA, and he was passing by my home when he stole a truck from Mutanyavina Secondary School. I joined him.

So, my main involvement in Luwero things was participating in the theft of a school truck. With that truck, Hamza returned to his previous job as a military driver, and I was actually his informal conductor or turn-boy. My first task as a turn-boy was to steal coffee stock from the Nyakatongi Cooperative Union in Kasese. Yes, the NRA had a nose for coffee, and I heard it was common in many other places as well.

In 1994, I was in Kigali (Rwanda) for business. Kagame and his Inkotanyi forces were also working to stop the genocide. At that time, some NRA members were working in Kigali as well. While in Kigali with the NRA, I had the chance to witness another incident involving the scent of NRA coffee.

The story goes that Rwandaex had coffee ready for export in Gikondo (the industrial area of Kigali). As previously mentioned, NRA members were in Kigali for business. However, the problem arose when the NRA drew attention to the coffee prepared for export at Rwandaex. Suddenly, the coffee stock disappeared from Rwandaex. When the coffee stock from the Nyakatongi Cooperative Union also vanished, an NRA intelligence officer named Paul was in Kasese.

Paul, knowing about the smell of NRA coffee, immediately suspected that the NRA members were responsible for the missing Rwandaex coffee. So, when I heard that some Ugandans linked to the NRA were involved in a plan to steal Ugandan coffee from the Development Authority, I couldn’t help but smile knowingly, feeling a sense of déjà vu. My advice worth 10 Congolese francs is this: the Agriculture Ministry should focus on agricultural science and leave agricultural business to the private sector, while the UCDA should maintain its agency status for regulation.

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