Ernest I think for a more sober analysis, it helps if only we could get info! from UCC detailing how that money is to be spent and on what otherwise we r going to continue breeding speculation upon speculation.
As for the cars, true Uganda Govt as policy does not purchase second hand cars. So whether it is for data colection in an unknown village, a brand new Land Cruiser VX will be availed to the data collector :) Wire > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following on 07/05/2005 01:37 AM: > >> One of the hardest tasks in Uganda is to collect information from >> grassroots. It is a very expensive and messy affair involving >> reaching areas where no car has driven to in the past 20 years and >> probably only one bicycle exists which belongs to the vilage chief >> etc. > > yes, and i believe that the largest part of the budget must be > purchase of 4x4 cars to reach these grassroots, and I am very certain > that these cars must be 2005 Toyota LandCruisers or Nissan patrols, > with a purchace price of triple the usual amount. In fact, for 56 > districts with 3 cars per district, at 100,000$ per car, gives 300,000 > $ per district or 16.8 m $ for all the districts. > > still, thats way below the 56.0 m ;) > >> Do they appear realistic now? > > they still dont :) > > ernesto > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
