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Okuva mu Ndagaano Okudda mu Nnyo: Engeri Abakulembeze b’Omu Ddokero lye Baabumbamu Ensi ya Ireland ey’Omu Mambuka
Ulster Unionsist Party (UUUP) kye kibiina kya gavumenti ekyasimbye mu Northern Ireland, mu 1905 okukuuma obufumbo wakati wa Great Britain ne Ireland. Emyaka 97 egyasooka mu Northern Ireland, UP yali afuga nga talemeddwa, era ng'akyusa buli kakwate k'abantu okussaawo. Obukulembeze bw'ekibiina bukiraze obutategeeragana obw'obumu obw'obumu: okulwana wakati w'abakulembeeze ba Protestanti abawanjufu ne bannaaw'okutumbula amayumba. Bwe beekenneenya abakulembeze ba Uup, tuyinza okunoonyereza ku ngeri gye baatwalamu obugatta abantu ne baleme okuwakanya obufuzi, okuyitira mu kiseera ekiwanvu eky'obuwayinjabi obubaawo mu kiseera nga banoonya mu nkyukakyuka mu Nzibu ez'entalo, ne mu ggwanga lya Ireland gye lyalina mu kukyusa mu nkyukakyuka y'enkyukakyuka ezibaawo mu ggwanga lya Northern Ault.
Abaatandikawo: Alaga Ekyo Kye Tuli
Sir Edward Carson: Ow’Oluganda eyakola Omugwa
Wadde Sir Edward Carson si ye mukulembeze wa UP eyasooka. Dublin-born ne MP for Dublin University, Carson yali mulwanyi wa Ulster Union. Obukulembeze bwe okuva mu 1910 okutuuka mu 1921 bwalagirwa olw'okugaana okukkirizibwa mu bufuzi bw'Abayirish Home. Carson teyawakanya Bufuzi bwa Third Home Bill; yateekateeka okuwakanya ekibiina ky'ekibiina. Endagaano y'obukulembeze ya 19122] yali nga ye eyakoosebwako omukono ku bantu be nga 500,000, ekirayiro ekyateekebwako omukono ku mateeka ga Irlands. Ekyo kyakyusa enteekateeka y'okukolagana ne bannaago okusobola okuwangula ab'omu maka gaabwe.
Carson yakola ku kkomo lya UUP mu ngeri ey'amaanyi. Yayamba ekibiina ekyo okutandikawo enzigi n'empaka ez'amaanyi okumala amakumi g'emyaka. Yateeka ekiwayi ky'obufumbo ng'omuntu anywerera ku Bbaali era ne Bungereza, mu kifo ky'okukilwanirira obuddukiro. Kyokka, Carson era yali agoberera amateeka ga gavumenti. Yayamba mu kutandikawo ekitongole kya Ulster Compive forweright foraset servet (bukulembeze) naye oluvannyuma n'asigala nga yeesigamya ku Palamenti ya Bungereza. Carson bwe yagaana okukulembera Northern Ireland, yagaana okusigaza ettuttle. Yeegaana okwo okwasooka kwali kumuyisa bubi nti yali tasobola kuwonya kizinga kyonna okutaagibwawo. Ekiwa kye kyayawuuzibwa mu ttulukuuni eyo gye kyamaliddemu wakati w'okulwanirira obugattiziganya amagye.
James Craig: Azimba Olukiiko lw’Abaprotestanti
James Craig, oluvannyuma Mukama Craigvon, ye yazimba UUP mu matwale ga Northern Ireland. Yaweerezaako nga katikkiro eyasooka ow'omu Northern Ireland okuva mu 1921 okutuusa bwe yafa mu 1940, Craig yavvuunula ebigambo bya Carson mu bibiina eby'obufuzi eby'amaanyi. Yakulemberanga nnyo okukolebwa kwa Ulster Consaculary, ne B-Speculary, era n'enkola y'amaanyi ey'okulonda abafuzi ab'okutuuze mu ttwale ery'omulembe. Craig yagamba nti mu Northern Ireland yalina "parlement ne mu Buprotestanti." Kino kyali tekiragirowo buteesoosa.
Obukulembeze bwa Craig bwatandikawo UUP ng'omubaka mu kifo ky'okussaawo ekibiina kya bannabyabufuzi eki bulijjo. UUP wansi wa Craig yagattibwako n'empandika za Orange Order, n'amakanisa g'Abaprotestanti. Okuziyizibwa tekwasibuka ku bannabyabufuzi, abaawebwa mu buyinza, naye okuva eri abatuutivu abavunaana es Craig olw'okuba yali mugonvu. Ekyawula kya Craig kyaleetawo embeera y'ekika kimu ekyakuuma obutebenkevu mu kufuga era, bwe kyali kyetaagisa,. Ekyokulabirako kino eky'obufuzi kyakolebwa mu magye nga emyaka nga ataano, naye kyasiga ensigo z'ensonga ezikwata ku bantu ezandizikirimu oluvannyuma ne kizisa enkola ya UUPUP, embeera ey'akabi mu ggwanga eryo bwe yajjawo mu kusoomooza ensonga.
Ekiseera ky’Omuyaga: Okulongoosebwa n’Okuzzibwamu Amaanyi
Sir Basil Brooke: Omuweereza Omuwanvu w’Obufuzi bw’Ekitundu Ekimu
Sir Basil Brooke, oluvannyuma eyaweereza nga Minisita wa Bulaaya Brookerough okuva mu 1943 okutuuka 1963. Tewali mukulembeze wa UP eyalina obuyinza obw'amaanyi era nga batono nnyo abaakuuma obuwangwa. Brooke yali musajja muwagizi okuva mu County Fermanagh eyalaba obugattini ng'obukulembeeze olw'ensonga z'Abaprotestanti. Mu lufulube lwe olusingayo olw’amaanyi yali ayogerako, yakubiriza abakwanaganya obutakozesa Bakatuliki, ng'abayita "abatukuvu" era n'abatiisibwa eri gavumenti. Brookee oluvannyuma bye yayogera byago byasiigimu ku nsonga ezikontana n'ensonga z'obukulembeze bwe.
Brooke yasookanga kutandika mu ggwanga lya Irish Taoissue errong, ekyavaamu emiganyulo egy'amaanyi mu Northern Ireland. Kyokka, yagaana okuleetawo enkyukakyuka mu by'obufuzi. Enziga z'omulimu, n'ensalo ezigattiddwa ku mirimu, n'enkyukakyuka ezigattiddwa ku ntegeka z'eggwanga. Brooke yagaana okusisinkana Ireland Taoissuch Éamon de Valera era n'akuuma emirembe egyazimbibwa ku ku kusosola okw'ekibiina. Obukulembeze bwe bwakakasiza UUP okusigala mu nvumbo yafugibwa mu kifo kyayo, oba obutasobola kumanyiira kukyusa nkyukakyuka mu myaka gya 1950 ne 1960. Entegeka z'obuwangwa z'abantu bwe zajjawo mu 1960, UUP yali tezirina kubaako kye zikolako olw'okumanyisaamu mu myaka ebiri emabega.
Terence O'Neill: Akatundu akataataaganyizidwa
Terence O'Neill yafuuka Minisita w'obukulembeze mu 1963 era yakiikirira okusattulukuka okw'amaanyi okuva ku bukulembeze bw'eggwanga. Yasomera mu Bungereza, era yaweereza mu Bakuumi ab'omu Ireland ow'omu Northern Ireland, era n'alaba n'obuteesitenzi mu ngeri ey'enjawulo era enkulaakulana ekyayinza okusikiriza abasuubuzi okuva mu mawanga amalala. O'Neill yakitegeera nti gavumenti y'obutuuze bw'obuwagizi teyinza kubeerawo emirembe gyonna nga tewalina kugonjoola bizibu bya ggwanga. Yakubiriza ttivi okukubiriza okukolagana obulungi n'abantu, n'okukyalira amasomero g'Abakatuliki, era mu 1965, yayita Taoissoisse Seach Seach Seont okusobola okufuna emboozi. Kino kye lukuŋŋaana olwasooka wakati wa Northern Ireland Prime ne mukulembeze w'ekibiina ky'omu Dublin okuva lwe kyagobetemu ku kuva lwe kyagobeego.
O'Neill yaleetera ekika ky'obufumbo okutaasa. Reverend Ian Paisley yalabika ng'omulabe ow'oku lukalu, n'anenya O'Neill nti yali atunda obufumbo obwo. Mu UP, backch MPs, okutya okukkirizibwa mu ggwanga. O'Neill' yalemererwa mangu nnyo okulwana abawagizi be era n'alwawo mangu nnyo mu nteekateeka y'eggwanga. Envanyumal Covil Rights Association mu 1968, O'Neill yatandika okutambula nga yeeraliikirira nti tewali muntu n'omu yali asobola kugifuna. Yavaawo mu Apuli 1969, ng'emyezi miramba nga waakabenje okutawaanya abo abawagizi bannaayo.
O'Neill's yakola ku UUP ekintu ekitakwatagana. Yalaga nti omukulembeze w'ekika kino yali asobola okusattulukuka, nti waaliwo obuwaze mu bumu obwali busobola okwenyigira mu mwoyo gwa ggwanga. Naye era yalaga nti omuti ogwo gwagala okusiikiriza enkyukakyuka ez'amangu. Buli mukulembeze w'ekika kya UP eyaddako okugezaako okutereeza enkyukakyuka yasobola okuwakanya ekiwayito. O'Neill yalemererwa okuteeka ekisiikirize ekiko.
Brian Faulkner: Minisita asembayo mu Kitongole ky’Eby’Obusuubuzi
Brian Faulkner ye mufuzi mu by'amagezi ennyo mu kiseera kya Squarnomt. Mu kusooka, gavumenti y'omunyiikivu eyava mu kaweefube w'Abakatuliki mu nkyukakyuka, Faulkner yafuuka kaweefube mu ngeri ey'enjawulo. Bwe yafuuka Minisita omukulu mu 1971, Ireland ow'omu Northern Ireland yali etandise okuddirira mu by'ettemu. Faulkner yatandikawo enkola eyayawukanya Abakatuliki ne yeeyongera okuleetawo obutategeeragana. Naye Faulkner yakitegeera nti amalwanyi tegaali matuufu. Mu mwaka gwa 1973, yagenda mu kaweredeko, yatandikawo endagaano y'amaanyi mu ggwanga nga mw'otwalidde n'omusaawule gwa Amerekaniany Alliance.
Faulkner yali ayagala nnyo okugabana obuyinza. Yakkiriza Olukiiko lwa UUP olw'enkambi gye lwali olw'omusalo ogwayitiddeko abafumbo. Sunningdale Guide yalwawo emyezi etaano gyokka nga tannaleetebwa kibiina kya Ulster Workers’s Council mu Maayi 1974, omulimu gwa bakungu ba Bungereza ogwalekerawo okulwana. Faulkner yayabulibwa ekibiina kye, ekyagaana obuyinza obwali obufuga. Yalekawo nga omukulembeze w'ekibiina kya UUpup ne atandikawo ekikankankano ky'ekitongole ky'eggwanga mu Northern Ireland, ekitongole ekiyitibwa pro-Sunningdalemp ekyafuna ekirabokisi. Akabiina ako kaa kanaatuukiriza bulungi omulimu gwe. Faulkner kaayoleka nti, omulimu gwe yawanjula UUP n'omukulembeze w'eggwanga eyayasaasaasaanya omu ku n'omukulembeze w'eggwanga.
Ebizibu n’Ekkubo E ddene Erituusa mu Mirembe
James Molyneaux: Embeera ey'ekyama
James Molyneaux yakulembera UUP okuva mu 1979 okutuuka mu 1995, ekiseera ekyali kimala emyaka egy'ekizikiza mu Bizibu era nga kyeyasooka okuleetawo emirembe. Molyneaux yali muyimbi mu lukiiko lw'eggwanga eyasalawo okukola kaweefube mu kifo kya kaweefube. Yali yeekengera endagaano y'Anglo - Irgy - Irish eyasayinibwa mu 1985, eyawa Republic of Ireland ekifo eky'okwebuuza ku nsonga z'omu Northern Ireland. Molyneaux yateekateeka okukajjanja naye n'okuziyiza okukajja kwa gavumenti ya Bungereza. Gavumenti eyo gavumenti ya Bungereza gye yateeka ku kiwandiiko ekyo mu 1985, era yagaana okukomyawo.
Obukulembeze bwa Molyneaux bwayoleka kulabula okw'amaanyi era n'okugaana okuyingira mu gavumenti ya Irland. Yasigala n'enkolagana ennungi ne British Conservative Party naye n'aweebwa obugulumivu gavumenti ya John Major bwe yatandika okukebera emboozi ne IRA. Omukonooux kyeyava kyali kibi nnyo. Yaleka UP okusimbula nga ne DUP wansi wa Iisley etandikira ku nguudo. Mu 1995, UP yali akyawummula mu kibiina kya IRA ekyasinga obunene, naye nga ekyamukakaawe. Molyneaux yayisa omunyabirigimu eyali amuddiridde mu kifo kye nga yeeteeseteeseteeseteese enkyukakyuka ez'amaanyi ezaaliwo.
Dawudi Omuntu Omunafu: Eddagala ly’Emirembe era n’Okuddirira kw’Ebifo Ebitono
David Trimble bwe yali akulembera ekitongole kya UP okuva mu 1995 okutuuka mu 2005, kye kyavaako era n'okuleetawo enkaayana mu byafaayo by'ekikungu. Ekiragiro kino kyava mu kiwaawaatiro eky'amaanyi. Yawakanya endagaano y'Abangereza n'Abayirisi era yeegatta ku Ian Paisley mu kwekalakaabiriza mu lukusa olwa 1995 Orange Order e Drumcree. Wadde kyali kitonde kya magezi agaategeera nti omuliro ogwali gumaze okukolebwa mu 1994. Yayingira mu ndagaano y'e Sin Féin ne gavumenti y'omu Ireland, ekintu ekyakolebwa abakulembeze b'eggwanga eryali tesuubirwa mu 1995.
Obukulembeze bwa Trimble bwali bukulu nnyo. Yayolekagana n'okuziyizibwa okwali ku lukiiko lwe, okuva mu Dupu, era ne kuva mu nteekateeka ya Orange. Yasaba IRA aweerereze ng'omukulembeze ow'okugabanya obuyinza ne Sinn Féin, ekyaleetera okulwawo okutuukiriza endagaano naye nga bakyalina obwesige mu bannaabwo. Olukiiko olw'omwaka 2003 lwalaba UP nga lunyatte UP UP omulundi ogwasooka, ekyasaasaanyawo. Trime nga mukulembeze w'ekitongole UP yakendeebwa ku ntebe emu ey'oku Westmin.
Eky'okulabirako kya Trimpble kyesisiwa. Yayamba okumalawo obutategeeragana obwatta abantu abasukka mu 3,500, ekintu ekyatuuka ku byafaayo. Naye olw'okuba yali mwetegefu okuteeka obulamu bwe mu kabi mu mirembe, yagoba UP mu ggwanga lya Dupu ne Centrist n'alonda mu kibiina ky'e Alliance. Trimble yalaga nti UUP asobola okuteekawo abakulembeze abasobola okukola nga bannabyabufuzi. Era yalaga nti obuyinza obwo buyinza buyinza okufiirwa ekitongole ekivvubiddwa UP. Kino kye kikwata ku kibiina kya UP kikyayinza okukwatibwako oluvannyuma lw'emyaka ebiri.
Ekyasa eky’Aka 21: Nga Munoonya Okumanya Obupya
Leka Empey n’Ebyaddirira mu Maaso
Sir Reg Empey yatwala UUP mu 2005, nga afuna ekifo eky'ekiwandikiro eky'amaanyi. Empée yali mubuulizi mu bulungi mu kitundu kya Northern Ireland era yafuba nnyo okwogera ku bikwata ku biseera eby'omu maaso ebya kaweefube. Yagezaako okulaga nti UP yali mu kifo kya DDUUP mu kifo kya DDU, naye nga mu kiseera kye kimu agoberera PU wansi wa Ian Paisley ate oluvannyuma Peter Robinson n'afuga eby'obufuzi. Empey yalekawo mu 2010 oluvannyuma lw'okulemererwa okukola ebiruubirirwa eby'enjawulo. Eup yagezaako kutwala UPUP nga nnamba ey'okulonda eby'enjawulo. Enkumi zaali zikola mu kifo kyayo mu Ppost-Troublebles, ng'ekitongole ekitongole ekitongole ekitongole ekitongole ekipya ekitongole ekitongole ekifuzi obulungi mu ggwanga kya Bulungu.
Mike Nesbitt: Okugezesa Okukwata Omulembe
Mike Nesbitt yaliko omukulembeze wa ttivi eyafuuka Omukulembeze w'ekibiina kino mu 2012. Nesbitt yaggyawo obukulembeze bw'ekibiina mu kifo kya bulijjo. Ebyafaayo bya UP yakigaana era n'agezaako okubikolako ng'ekibiina ekikolagana obulungi ne gavumenti, ekyatadde essira ku mirimu gya gavumenti, eby'enfuna okugaziwa, n'obuwagizi. Yagoberera ebigambo "Ginging Northern Ireland Work" era n'agamba nti ensonga y'omu mateeka yandigonjooleddwawo mu nsonga z'ebyobufuzi, ne kiba nti tekyetaagisa bya bufuzi okusobola okussaako ebirowoozo bye ku nsonga z'eby’ebyuma bya gavumenti.
Obukulembeze bwa Nesbitt bwalaba UUP nga yeetongoza ekifo eky'okwewalira ddala abantu ku bufumbo n'okuggyamu embuto, nga bubwawula ku DDUP eya bulijjo. Era yasaba "entandikwa empya" mu bya bufuzi bwa Ireland ow'omu Mambuka ga Irish, okuvumirira omukago ogw'oku bookisi n'okufuga kwa Sinn Fiéin. Engeri y'obukulembeze bw'Abafissimu yalaga mu kusooka. Okulonda kwa UP n'okulonda kwa 2016 kwasobozesa UP okwongerako ebifo byayo okutuuka ku 16. Kyokka, 2017 okulonda okugwa kw'Enkuŋŋaana kwagwa mu bifo 10.
Nesbitt kye yakola kyali okuleetawo ebibuuzo eby'amaanyi ebikwata ku UP. Omuntu oyo yandisobodde okuleka ensibuko ye ey'ekika ky'ekika kya UP n'afuuka ekiwandikiro ekya bulijjo ekiwanyisiddwako obuwangwa oba okuba nti obutuuze bwakyo bukwataganyizibwa na Bupolotesitanti? Nesbitt yalemererwa okulaga nti ekitundu kya UP kyali tekisobola kuleetawo nkyukakyuka eyo enkulu, naye yasobola okutandikawo obutategeeragana obutagonjola.
Robin Swann n’Enkyukakyuka Ezibaawo mu Kiwoodi
Robin Swann yafuuka omukulembeze w'ekitongole ky'eby'obulamu mu 2017 era yaweerezaako nga Minisita w'eby'obulamu mu kawumpuli w'ekitongole ekiyitibwa CHOVAD-19. Omukulembeze wa Swann yassibwamu ekitiibwa olw'obukkakkakkamu bwe yalina mu kunoonyereza okw'amaanyi. K'eddanga, abantu baateekangamu nnyo ekitiibwa mu kawere katale k'eby'obulwadde. Omuntu oyo bwe yabanga akyassa ekitiibwa mu bantu mu Northern Ireland mu kiseera ekyo, yaweerezanga ku bumpimpi essiraamu mu bya sayansi mu by'obufuzi. Swann'okumanyibwa kwalina okukyusiza obufukufukufu ku ku kunoonyereza okw'obuwapu, nga kiraga nti akakiiko kano kakyasobola okuwa abantu ekitiibwa nga keeyambisibwa mu buyinza obw'omulembe.
Swann yassaawo omukulembeze mu 2021, nga amaze okutereeza ekipande nga tagonjodde bizibu bye kirina. Obukulembeze bwe bwalaga nti UP asobola okuvaamu bannabyabufuzi abassibwamu ekitiibwa naye era nti kino kyali kimala okugoosa ekizimbe. Olukiiko lwa UP lwasikirizibwa wakati w'omukulembeze eyali afuga akalulu n'ekika ky'ekika ky'ekika kya Alliance era ne kisikiriza abavvunsi.
Doug Beattie: Omulwanyi wa Kika ky’Obufuzi Kiriwo Leero
Doug Beattie yafuuka omukulembeze mu 2021, era nga yafuuka omu ku abo abaali baweerereza mu Afghanistan ne Iraq. Beattie mulwanyi muwagguufu, eyaweebwa ekitongole kya Arlward Cross, era nga yeeyanjudde mu bantu era nga yeewaze okugatta ku bantu. Awagira obufumbo bw'okwetaba mu bugwenyufu n'enkwaso ez'okuggyamu embuto, era n'enkola ezimu ezimulemesa okukolagana n'abafumbo abangi. Bettie agezezzaako okuggya "obufumbo obunywevu," , ng'agamba nti obufumbo buteekwa okuba nga buli wakati w'Abakatuliki, ab'ebiwangwa ebitono, n'abo abatategeera n'obulombolombo obuwaayi.
Obukulembeze bwa Doug Beattie bwitegerezeddwa olw'obwesigwa n'obulagirizi[ era n'okuyisibwa obubi. Ekitongole ekyakuba akasannyalaze ekya 2022 kyalaba UP nga kigudde ku butebe 9, ebivuddemu ebisingako. Beattie ayolekaganye n'ebibuuzo ebimala nga okukakasa obanga UP erina ebiseera eby'omu maaso eby'okwefuga. Awo akakwak'okulonda n'okulonda ku nviiri kwago, era nga wabaddewo ekitongole ekigamba nti, pro-Agreece kye kiresembyewo.
Okwo kukomekkereza: Enkomerero y’Obulimba
Ebyafaayo by'obukulembeze bwa Ulster Union Party bye byasooka mu mambuka ga Ireland. Ekibiina Edward Carson ne James Craig kye baazimba kyategekerwa abantu abatakyaliwo. Abaprotestanti abasinga obungi abaawagira obukulembeze bwa UP beeyongedde era okubala okw'Abakatuliki okwa 2021 kwakakasa nti Abakatuliki be basinga obupolotesitanti mu bukiika kkono. Amawanga gaawumbise, era omuwendo gwa Thuupu ne gunywera ku nnyinyonyinikiti y'obutuuzeeko obuvanyuma.
Abakulu ba UUP baayolekagana n'okusalawo okutasoboka. O'Neill yazikirizibwa nga bagezaako okutereeza enkola eyagaana enkyukakyuka. Faulkner yazikirizibwa mangu nnyo n'asaasaana mu kibiina kye. Emirembe gye yaleetawo. Nesbitt yazikirizibwa ng'agezaako okukola UP ekintu ekitabangawo. Omukulembeze buli omu ayoleka endowooza eyawukana ku y'obufunze: abslutist, omuvuzi wa Pragmatist, project, projective, . Tewali n'omu kuzuula ekiyinza okuzzaawo UPUP.
Ekiragiro UUP kye kirina okulonda obuwanguzi obw'obumu obw'omu nvanjuba wa Ireland. Omuntu alina okusalawo obanga ye mulwanyi wa Protestanti, kampasi wa Union, oba omuwagizi wa gavumenti ey'ekitongole ekikkirizibwa. Tekiyinza kubeera buli mulundi gumu. Abakulembeze abaakwata eby'obukaba mu UP mu biseera ebyayita baalekawo ekintu ekiva ku ebyo bye batuuseeko ne bye balemeredde naye nga bonna bategeera ekintu kimu: Obumu buteekwa okumanyisa oba okufa. Ekyo kye kikyabeera eky'amangu nga bwe kyali mu kiseera kino nga Trice O'Neill asoose okukulembera ekibiina kye ekibadde kituuseeko mu biseera eby'omu maaso.
UUP eyinza obutaddamu kuba na buyinza busingawo mu kyasa ekya 20. Naye ebyafaayo by'ekibiina ekyo, omulimu gwe kikola mu kutandikawo n'okuwanirira embeera y'ensi ya Northern Ireland, n'obukulembeze bwayo mu ngeri ey'emirembe bikakasa nti eddiini eyo esigala nga muzannyi wa kitano. Omukulembeze wa UP addako ajja kusikira ekitundu eky'empisa ez'amalala naye nga tekijja kumanyibwa bulungi mu biseera eby'omu maaso. Ebyo bye basalawo bijja kukyusa ekibiina ekyo era n'ebifo ebirala eby'ebyobufuzi eby'omu Northern Ireland gye bijja okubaamu okumala emyaka mingi.