Re: [WestNileNet] WestNileNet Digest, Vol 68, Issue 25
Hi Jimmy, Thank you very much for sharing General Moses Ali's accounts of our history. Looking forward to receiving other people's accounts of the same in future. Regards. Sam From: Jimmy Adriko jadr...@gmail.com To: westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 14:57 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] WestNileNet Digest, Vol 68, Issue 25 Dear West Nilers Find attached the History of West Nile that was presented by General Moses Ali during celebrations of West Nile@ 100 celebrations in Arua on April 21, 2014. I was one of the persons in the organizing team on the Media front. Many friends who believed it was good document that reflected accurate information contacted me for copy of the regions history as presented by Moses Ali. Please feel free to share it and also see where you can add for purpose of keeping true record of our region. God Bless Jimmy Adriko On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 3:03 PM, westnilenet-requ...@kym.net wrote: Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to westnilenet@kym.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to westnilenet-requ...@kym.net You can reach the person managing the list at westnilenet-ow...@kym.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest... Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: Job opportunity wth ICRAF Uganda (Bernard B. Obaa) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:02:18 +0300 From: Bernard B. Obaa obaa...@gmail.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Subject: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Job opportunity wth ICRAF Uganda Message-ID: cagtdwesyk-ffcjxi5u3h1xkayb8aota3o1crmv3vsthyd5m...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: Okia, Clement (ICRAF) c.o...@cgiar.org Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:28 AM Subject: Job opportunity wth ICRAF Uganda To: gaster kawuubye (gast...@yahoo.com) gast...@yahoo.com Cc: Gwali Sam (gwa...@yahoo.co.uk) gwa...@yahoo.co.uk, hiag...@yahoo.com hiag...@yahoo.com, okull...@yahoo.com okull...@yahoo.com, obaa...@gmail.com obaa...@gmail.com, uganda forestry association ufa (ug_for_as...@yahoo.com) ug_for_as...@yahoo.com, u...@uws.or.ug u...@uws.or.ug, a...@caes.mak.ac.ug a...@caes.mak.ac.ug Dear All, Kindly bring this job opportunity to the attention of those who qualify. Note that the deadline is 29th April and the Application has to be done on-line. Thanks. Clement A. Okia (PhD) [image: cid:image001.jpg@01CE4D9F.7D6912E0] *Country Representative* | Uganda Country Office |World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) P.O Box 26416 Kampala ? Uganda I Email: c.o...@cgiar.org | T: +256 414 220602 | Mob: +256 772 391311 | Web: http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ [image: cid:image002.png@01CE4D9F.7D6912E0] Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/worldagroforestry?ref=ts | [image: cid:image003.png@01CE4D9F.7D6912E0] Twitterhttp://twitter.com/icraf | [image: cid:image004.png@01CE4D9F.7D6912E0] Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/icraf | [image: cid:image005.png@01CE4D9F.7D6912E0] Youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/user/WorldAgroforestry | [image: cid:image006.png@01CE4D9F.7D6912E0] SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net/agroforestry *|* *The World Agroforestry Centre is a member of the **CGIAR Consortium*http://www.cgiar.org/cgiar-consortium/ -- *Bernard B. Obaa (Ph.D)* Department of Extension and Innovation Studies, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, P.O Box 7062 Kampala, Uganda Email: obaa...@agric.mak.ac.ug Phone: +256-772-660006 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20140422/c4364e21/attachment.html -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image006.png Type: image/png Size: 49476 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20140422/c4364e21/attachment.png -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image005.png Type: image/png Size: 606 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20140422/c4364e21/attachment-0001.png -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2044 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20140422/c4364e21/attachment.jpg -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.png Type: image/png Size: 526 bytes Desc: not available URL:
Re: [WestNileNet] Vaccine now coming!
Thanks, Richard for sharing this news with us. I join you in commending Charles, Christine and others who have consistently and persistently been advocating for an appropriate national response to this devastating disease until their views have found their way into national legislation that will soon translate into an action to save our people from the hepatitis carnage! That is how national policies and programs can be influenced through individual and group actions. Please keep it up! There is more to achieve. God bless you! Sam Andema From: Okuti Richard ok...@asili.co.ug To: westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Friday, 11 April 2014, 11:00 Subject: [WestNileNet] Vaccine now coming! The works of our own West Nile Foundation, Charles Draecabo and Christine Munduru cannot be ignored in this long journey. http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/654448-11-districts-for-hepatitis-b-vaccination.html Thanks to the contributions of members of our team. Asili Richlands – advertising, events, e-business, research strategy Mobile: +256772725252 Website: www.asili.co.ug ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. __ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] FW: [wougnet-l] 048/2014 Why Ugandans don't keep time....
Hi George, Thank you very much for bringing yet another perspective to the discussion. You have made me think about the concept of time even more. Regards. Sam From: George Afi Obitre-Gama gobi...@yahoo.com To: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk; A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 9:15 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] FW: [wougnet-l] 048/2014 Why Ugandans don't keep time Richard Sam, Thanks for the insights regarding time keeping in the African context. Many a time, we do not understand the concept of time or time management. The term Time Management is a misnomer. You cannot simply manage time and I don't think anyone can manage time - not even the best of the best. What we usually do is manage the events in your life in relation to time. How you use that time depends on skills learned through self analysis, planning, evaluation and self-control. Now, that is where Sam correctly brings in the concept of time being a commodity. I hope I have not brought in another angle!! Let the debate continue!! Regards, On Tue, 4/8/14, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] FW: [wougnet-l] 048/2014 Why Ugandans don't keep time To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net, 'St. Joseph's College Ombaci OB's Mailing List' ombaci...@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 5:35 PM Dear Richard,I wish to thank you for sharing with us the writer's views on why Ugandans don't keep time. However, the problem with the article is that it assumes that time is a universal concept which it is not. Time is a socio-culturally specific concept whose alleged management or rather mismanagement is dependent on the material conditions. In the Western World where I have spent the last seven or so years, time is mainly viewed as a private property that people own individually. It has a market value for which it can be sold or bought. This makes time a scarce commodity which had to be calibrated into hours, minutes and seconds to be put on office walls in form of clocks and on people's arms as watches. In Africa, time is not necessarily a private property. Not at all! On the contrary it is a communal resource which is best shared with others through social interactions ranging from family meetings, meal times, ordinary conversations, greetings, funerals, drinking places, marriage ceremonies, parties, to economic transactions. In Africa time is not an abstract concept symbolized by clocks and watches that exist independent of us. It is part and parcel of our being. It is fluid and it flows with you from one activity to another. Our time is marked by the end of an activity in which one has been involved. Once the activity has ended, it is time for the next activity. This makes the African rather elastic contrary to the Western concept of time. So, before one rashes to blame Africans for not keeping time, it would be advisable to first reflect on the assumed universality of time on the basis of which one would more meaningful arguments. Next time when someone blames you of not keeping time ask him or her which time or rather whose time and give them some food for thought. Thanks. Sam Andema From: Okuti Richard ok...@asili.co.ug To: 'St. Joseph's College Ombaci OB's Mailing List' ombaci...@googlegroups.com; 'A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile' westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Monday, 7 April 2014, 20:40 Subject: [WestNileNet] FW: [wougnet-l] 048/2014 Why Ugandans don't keep time I found this interesting to read…=“Why Ugandans don’t keep time….For those of us who studied in Church-founded schools, the question of time management was none you could dare compromise on. Reporting late to class or to church or to the assembly by a single minute carried a hefty punishment. From St. Joseph’s Vocational School, I joined the School of journalism at the Uganda Christian University, and in the first lesson, the professor emphasized the importance of time management in the communications industry. The media particularly works in a chain and if any member fails to adhere to their allotted schedule, the entire chain process is delayed.Fast-forward into the real Ugandan world, and time management is terribly a huge problem. Not only do people come late for meetings, but there’s not even a culture of sending [timely] apologies and some neither confirm nor show up at all. At the higher levels, it’s quite a norm for the senior officials to show up an hour or so late, and some believe it’s fashionable since they are busy people! And not only do high people come late, but they even leave early! And this abuse of schedules stretches to many other sections of society, in what has come to be known as “Ugandan time”.I have witnessed situations where some NGOs organize meetings
Re: [WestNileNet] FW: [wougnet-l] 048/2014 Why Ugandans don't keep time....
Dear Richard, I wish to thank you for sharing with us the writer's views on why Ugandans don't keep time. However, the problem with the article is that it assumes that time is a universal concept which it is not. Time is a socio-culturally specific concept whose alleged management or rather mismanagement is dependent on the material conditions. In the Western World where I have spent the last seven or so years, time is mainly viewed as a private property that people own individually. It has a market value for which it can be sold or bought. This makes time a scarce commodity which had to be calibrated into hours, minutes and seconds to be put on office walls in form of clocks and on people's arms as watches. In Africa, time is not necessarily a private property. Not at all! On the contrary it is a communal resource which is best shared with others through social interactions ranging from family meetings, meal times, ordinary conversations, greetings, funerals, drinking places, marriage ceremonies, parties, to economic transactions. In Africa time is not an abstract concept symbolized by clocks and watches that exist independent of us. It is part and parcel of our being. It is fluid and it flows with you from one activity to another. Our time is marked by the end of an activity in which one has been involved. Once the activity has ended, it is time for the next activity. This makes the African rather elastic contrary to the Western concept of time. So, before one rashes to blame Africans for not keeping time, it would be advisable to first reflect on the assumed universality of time on the basis of which one would more meaningful arguments. Next time when someone blames you of not keeping time ask him or her which time or rather whose time and give them some food for thought. Thanks. Sam Andema From: Okuti Richard ok...@asili.co.ug To: 'St. Joseph's College Ombaci OB's Mailing List' ombaci...@googlegroups.com; 'A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile' westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Monday, 7 April 2014, 20:40 Subject: [WestNileNet] FW: [wougnet-l] 048/2014 Why Ugandans don't keep time I found this interesting to read… = “Why Ugandans don’t keep time…. For those of us who studied in Church-founded schools, the question of time management was none you could dare compromise on. Reporting late to class or to church or to the assembly by a single minute carried a hefty punishment. From St. Joseph’s Vocational School, I joined the School of journalism at the Uganda Christian University, and in the first lesson, the professor emphasized the importance of time management in the communications industry. The media particularly works in a chain and if any member fails to adhere to their allotted schedule, the entire chain process is delayed. Fast-forward into the real Ugandan world, and time management is terribly a huge problem. Not only do people come late for meetings, but there’s not even a culture of sending [timely] apologies and some neither confirm nor show up at all. At the higher levels, it’s quite a norm for the senior officials to show up an hour or so late, and some believe it’s fashionable since they are busy people! And not only do high people come late, but they even leave early! And this abuse of schedules stretches to many other sections of society, in what has come to be known as “Ugandan time”. I have witnessed situations where some NGOs organize meetings and the organizers themselves arrive late! In other instances, participants trickle into meetings leisurely throughout the entire meeting duration. Various organizations are also battling with late-coming at work by their staff, and some require everyone to clock into a register on time. I have been keenly observant lately in trying to understand just why Ugandans do not keep time. The practice is usually to hound blame on the persons not keeping time, without analyzing the factors that facilitate this situation in the first place. Among other reasons why Ugandans in particular do not keep time includes: Disinterest- One sees no significant difference in keeping time or not as either or doesn’t make any significant change Lack of motivation- That keeping time is actually such a waste of time! Priority- Competing priorities also encourage people not to keep time. Someone wants to attend a meeting, but having her hair well done is equally important Short notice- It’s common in Uganda to arrange meetings at a very short notice. This presumes that the invited parties are free and therefore flexible, yet it’s not always the case Protest-Some people come late deliberately to frustrate progress especially on matters they do not quite believe in No value attached: That a minute reported earlier or later, is insignificant. Being present, late or absent =1. Resignation- That the last three times I was the first to report but
Re: [WestNileNet] Interesting tourist attraction in West Nile
Hi Richard, Thanks for the complement. That is how powerfully African oral tradition can influence written literature. Feel free to share my comments with Solomon and tell him am looking forward to reading his next article promoting another aspect of community tourism in West Nile. He might want to write something on aspects such as the sitting rocks of Adjumani, the Belgian built pyramids in Maracha, the travelers tree in Nimule/Moyo under which locasl and foreign travelers, colonialist, explorers, etc rested. This tree also acted as court for the prosecution of historical significance. Solomon might also want to consider Banyale's place on top of Wati mountain in Terego/Arua e.t.c. There is a lot to write regarding community tourism in west Nile. Solomon seems to have a special gift to explore that field. Let him use his potential to the maximum for his own good and for the good of the West Nile community. I really wish him well. He could have stepped on a gold mine without him realizing it! Thanks. Sam From: Okuti Richard ok...@asili.co.ug To: 'samuel andema' andema...@yahoo.co.uk; 'A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile' westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Friday, 10 January 2014, 0:24 Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Interesting tourist attraction in West Nile Hi Sam, Thanks for this wonderful piece it sounds like a nice piece of African Orchestra music when you read through it true talent cannot be missed Achebe was indeed a great writer, I will share your comments with the writer these kind of appreciations motivate our people. Kind regards R From:westnilenet-boun...@kym.net [mailto:westnilenet-boun...@kym.net] On Behalf Of samuel andema Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 8:28 PM To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Interesting tourist attraction in West Nile Hi Richard, What an exciting piece about this wonderful site with great potential for tourism and spirituality in Nebbi. Can you imagine people are coming to experience this place from all over the World but many of us who were born in West, grew up in West Nile have never visited it! This place will be on top of my list of places to visit when I get back to Uganda. Thank you for sharing this article with us. I would not have paid attention to it in the news paper screaming headlines catch our eyes first. Solomon's narrative techniques makes you experience the place as if you have physically been there! His ability to describe a scene is comparable to that of my favorite writer Chinua Achebe whose description of rain takes you right to the site: At last the rain came. It was sudden and tremendous. For two or three moons the sun had been gathering strength till it seemed to breath a breadth of fire on the earth. All the grass had long been scorched brown, and the sand felt like live coals to the feet. Evergreen trees wore a dusty coat of brown. The birds were silenced in the forest, and the world lay panting under the live vibrating heat. And then came the clap of thunder. It was an angry, metallic and thirsty clap, unlike the deep and liquid rumbling of the rainy season. A mighty wind arose and filled the air with dust. Palm trees swayed as the wind combed the leaves into flying crests like strange and fantastic coiffure ... When the rain finally came, it was in large, solid drops of frozen water which people called the nuts of the water of heaven. They were hard and painful on the body as they fell, yet young people ran about happily picking up the cold nuts and throwing them into their mouth to melt ... The earth quickly came into life and the birds in the forests fluttered around and chirped merrily. A vague scent of life and green vegetation was diffused in the air. As the rain began to fall more soberly and in smaller liquid drops children sought for shelter, and all were happy, refreshed and thankful. (Achebe, 1994, p, 130). Thanks. Sam Andema Thanks. Sam From:Okuti Richard ok...@asili.co.ug To: 'West Nile Forum' westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Thursday, 9 January 2014, 3:08 Subject: [WestNileNet] Interesting tourist attraction in West Nile http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/651183-world-s-tiniest-church-stands-in-nebbi.html Asili Richlands – advertising, events, e-business, research strategy Mobile: +256772725252 Website: http://www.asili.co.ug/ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. __ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet
Re: [WestNileNet] 4 aircrafts of Uganda shot in s.sudan
I have doubled checked and found the news article. It seems to contradict the information we watched on international media. The authenticity and accuracy of the story is questionable. See http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/650765-envoys-head-to-s-sudan-as-fighting-rages.html Thanks. Sam From: Peter Odama peter.od...@gmail.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Sunday, 22 December 2013, 3:14 Subject: [WestNileNet] 4 aircrafts of Uganda shot in s.sudan Read newvision online ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. __ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Attempted Coup in South Sudan?
I agree! Thanks. Sam On Thursday, 19 December 2013, 1:30, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: Akuma, this was a well thought piece, this level of debate is nourishing because of its originality and contextual narrative Sent from my iPhone On 19/12/2013, at 12.02 PM, moses akuma odims2...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Friends! As long as African leaders don't appreciate the beauty of our diversity and manage it well such bad and bloody history will be repeated and replicated. All Governments in Africa must harness deliberate efforts to manage the political, religious, cultural, ethnic, social and economic diversities of their countries as assets that birth new perspectives, ideas and genuine contributions that improve problem solving. If they do this, it will earn them respect and acceptance for creating a nation building environment. It is through such an approach that we can rise above differences and embrace the bigger picture of developing stable, peaceful and sustainable nations in Africa. This poverty of the mind that teaches our leaders greed and selfishness is shared by the citizens as long as the relationship between all stakeholders is not guided by selfless leadership, clear communication and acts of working for the common purpose. In my opinion the relationship between the State and the Society in Africa must change.. The society is what forms the state not the leaders exclusively.. Yes they set policy directions BUT without a vision community of citizens who genuinely support and own such visions, these will remain concepts that will never see and translate to change the reality of the citizen’s life. There is no justification what so ever for the leaders to maintain the colonial legacy of the state being a master of the society by use of violence and brutality for selfish interests. It is unfortunate the modern state still struggles to conquer the society which has no army, wallows in poverty and disease. Highly militarized yet continues in fear and suspicion that it is only safe in as far as the society is fully demilitarized. The state structures forget they are busy structuring the society just like the society is struggling to structure the very state structures as long as there are extreme imbalances. This is the nature of life and humanity that conflicts arise to regulate extreme imbalances that are created. It is foolishness to think that the world is safer without opposition and without conflicts such a desire is without knowledge and therefore folly. We need to prepare ourselves to deal with such oppositions and conflicts in a civilized manner. The harder you hit at opposition the Harder it gets this often drives to suicidal tendencies of permanent control by elimination of human life. It’s precisely crimes against Humanity and a gross violation of the social contract between the state and its Citizens. Thanks and Kind regards Akuma Moses Odims Regional Civil peace program officer MAYANK Development Association. Po.Box 1 Yumbe District. Tele: +256 773 887 704 Email: odims2...@yahoo.com On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 10:17 PM, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Thanks for the updates, Tabu. This situation looks very volatile. If indeed Machar is dead as some sources are speculating, I foresee total chaos and a lot of bloodshed in South Sudan, unfortunately. But we hope for the best. Thanks. Sam On Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 10:03, Peter Odama peter.od...@gmail.com wrote: Tabu You're right I was in Rumbek one of the 1st cities in SouthSudan in 2004. Garang had suspended salva kiir for indiscipline in 2000s: all his military ranks removed this too provocked his ethic groups in Toni where he comes from.By then kiir was Walkn he had financial problems even his children in Nairobi couldn't have tuition. This wasnt seen lightly by his tribemates it caused civil strive as such the 1st capital in Rumbek.was swifted to Juba as one of the reasons among others dry spell that couldn't end. Kiir and Garang made an open peace talk in Rumbek just two months before he's died and he said if he dies kiir will take over and he forgave kiir-this wasn't seen good by dinkas from Nuba mt.and equatorians as been one of the serious fighters of Khartoum. When Garang died it caused panic who will replace as kiir had been recently pardoned and todate in aspirations Marchar assumed he is suppose to replace Garang as he has been more popular than kiir ie why he marchar. Was accused of double stardard for crossing to khartoum and Garand refused to choose him, that he could cross to Khartoum and comes back to SPLM. In short it will take decades for SouthSudan to know life sustainability . As there is an eye for eye practiced.if u. Kill one. They have to hunt and kill one ie it.my only concern who pressuring East African community to accept SouthSudan to join at adolescent stage. Is it cause of dry blood dollars
Re: [WestNileNet] Attempted Coup in South Sudan?
Thanks for the updates, Tabu. This situation looks very volatile. If indeed Machar is dead as some sources are speculating, I foresee total chaos and a lot of bloodshed in South Sudan, unfortunately. But we hope for the best. Thanks. Sam On Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 10:03, Peter Odama peter.od...@gmail.com wrote: Tabu You're right I was in Rumbek one of the 1st cities in SouthSudan in 2004. Garang had suspended salva kiir for indiscipline in 2000s: all his military ranks removed this too provocked his ethic groups in Toni where he comes from.By then kiir was Walkn he had financial problems even his children in Nairobi couldn't have tuition. This wasnt seen lightly by his tribemates it caused civil strive as such the 1st capital in Rumbek.was swifted to Juba as one of the reasons among others dry spell that couldn't end. Kiir and Garang made an open peace talk in Rumbek just two months before he's died and he said if he dies kiir will take over and he forgave kiir-this wasn't seen good by dinkas from Nuba mt.and equatorians as been one of the serious fighters of Khartoum. When Garang died it caused panic who will replace as kiir had been recently pardoned and todate in aspirations Marchar assumed he is suppose to replace Garang as he has been more popular than kiir ie why he marchar. Was accused of double stardard for crossing to khartoum and Garand refused to choose him, that he could cross to Khartoum and comes back to SPLM. In short it will take decades for SouthSudan to know life sustainability . As there is an eye for eye practiced.if u. Kill one. They have to hunt and kill one ie it.my only concern who pressuring East African community to accept SouthSudan to join at adolescent stage. Is it cause of dry blood dollars promises into personal powerful politicians accounts? south Sudan's propoems are more than ordinary proplems kisirinya shouldn't rash to us for safety and Democratic party of uganda wrote a letter in monitor requesting uganda to send UPDFs to SouthSudan. That is risky venture and unwise for a country like uganda to do.how can you send our professional soldiers to fight ethnic tribes and cattle keepers On Dec 18, 2013 6:44 PM, Patrick Ezaga pez...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanx Tabu. These are the spill over benefits we get from the specialists like you. Lets brace for the spill over into northern Uganda, not with CAR at boiling point. Kony must be smiling. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From: tabua butagira tbutag...@yahoo.com; To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net; andema...@yahoo.co.uk andema...@yahoo.co.uk; Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Attempted Coup in South Sudan? Sent: Wed, Dec 18, 2013 3:08:44 PM The Associated Press is reporting that up to 500 people could have died, majority soldiers, but no confirmation of figures at this point. The US already ordered immediate evacuation of its citizens, underlining the magnitude of the rapidly evolving situation. The number of refuge seekers at UN bases in Juba has topped 20, 000. Other reports indicated 6 people were yesterday killed in Bor, indicating the potential of the unrest to spread beyond the capital and spiral into inter-ethnic cleansing. Pro-Machar fighters are reported to have overrun 3 military installations in Jonglei state. The UNSC heard in an emergency session that fighting is taking along ethnic lines, but overall information is sketchy. Diplomatic sources say Salva Kiir lost control over SPLM party months ago, was likely to be defeated in an internal party election, and that his opponents were making threatenning inroads into the military; his bedrock for power grip. No one, at least for now, knows how or when this will end. Tabu On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 2:28 PM, Benard Titre titreben...@yahoo.com wrote: -- On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 8:01 AM EET samuel andema wrote: Leadership in Africa! Mm! Sam On Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 20:49, George Afi Obitre-Gama gobi...@yahoo.com wrote: Whatever happened is just the tip of the iceberg. This situation was bound to happen and I predict that it shall happen again in the very near future. From: Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: Kobokonet Koboko koboko...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Attempted Coup in South Sudan? Very very unfortunate indeed. It seems the lessons abound in many African countries far and near are not enough . On 12/16/13, Kiggundu Mukasa kiggu...@gmail.com wrote: Gunfire has rocked Juba night and early morning Twitter is abuzz with news of attempted coup Airport closed Anyone with more news please post? Kiggs
[WestNileNet] Fw: Upcoming External Award Competitions
Hi all,Here are some opportunities worthfor further studies that might be of interest to some of you.Best of luck for those willing to try.ThanksSam Andema On Friday, 29 November 2013, 14:48, "Fernandez, Christopher" christopher.fernan...@ubc.ca wrote: Dear grad students, Please see below for external award opportunities: From: owner-grad-s...@interchange.ubc.ca [mailto:owner-grad-s...@interchange.ubc.ca] On Behalf Of Zimonja, Marija Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 2:46 PM To: grad-advis...@interchange.ubc.ca; grad-s...@interchange.ubc.ca Subject: grad-secs Upcoming External Award Competitions Please forward to your students, postdocs, and faculty. Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's institutions. Deadline: December 2, 2013 More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/hong-kong-phd-fellowship-scheme Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship The Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship (SNSF) Program, made possible by a generous grant from the Stanton Foundation, offers younger scholars studying nuclear security issues the opportunity to spend a period of twelve months at the Council on Foreign Relations’ (CFR) offices in New York or Washington, DC, conducting policy-relevant research. Deadline: December 16, 2013 More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/stanton-nuclear-security-fellowship Science Policy Fellowships The Science Policy Fellowships program gives health researchers and trainees the opportunity to gain real world experience in health policy making. Researchers from all areas of health can apply to spend six to twelve months in a policy setting where they will work as part of a policy team. Deadline: December 16, 2013 More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/science-policy-fellowships Graduate Student International Research Mobility Award These awards support UBC graduate students who wish to participate in research abroad at a leading institution outside of North America, and UBC faculty who wish to host an international graduate student at UBC from a non-North American institution. Deadline: January 10, 2014 – for travel May 1st or later More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/graduate-student-international-research-mobility-award UBC Biodiversity Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellowship As a part of the NSERC CREATE training program in biodiversity research, the UBC Biodiversity Research Centre is seeking applicants for a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship. Deadline: January 13, 2014 More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/ubc-biodiversity-research-centre-postdoctoral-fellowship Karl C. Ivarson Scholarship for Students in Soil Science and Related Studies Dr. Karl C. Ivarson Scholarship provides financial support to students entering second or subsequent year of graduate studies in soil science (in areas of agriculture, environment, geology, agro-ecology or other related disciplines). Candidates must hold Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residence status in Canada and be enrolled in their graduate program for at least one semester beyond the application deadline. Deadline: January 17, 2014 More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/karl-c-ivarson-scholarship-students-soil-science-related-studies London Goodenough Association of Canada Scholarship Scholarships are offered towards the cost of accommodation at Goodenough College, the pre-eminent residential college for international graduate students in London. Deadline: January 27, 2014 More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/london-goodenough-association-canada-scholarship Canadian Northern Studies Trust Awards The Canadian Northern Studies Awards support students undertaking research that includes northern or circumpolar fieldwork. Deadline: January 31, 2014 More info: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canadian-northern-studies-trust-awards Best wishes, Marija Zimonja Awards Analyst | Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus Phone 604 822 6417 | Fax 604 822 5802 170 – 6371 CrescentRoad| Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2 marija.zimo...@ubc.ca|www.grad.ubc.ca ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
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Hi Emmanuel, As Apollo and others have expressed, it would be nice to double check the accuracy of the information on the official opening time for public offices and banks in Uganda, if possible. Some of us have not been in Uganda for a while, and may not be in touch with some policy changes. Where an error has been made it does no harm to correct them so that people can receive reliable information. Thanks. Sam On Wed, 27/11/13, Onzoma Apollo apon...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] (no subject) To: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 27 November, 2013, 10:44 Thanks for this update. It clarifies a lot of issues. What isn't very clear to me is the time Government business starts and banks open (which appear to be 8.30am these days). The details have been very enriching for me bwana Alioni. On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 6:55 PM, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Emmnanuel,Thank you very much for your insightful piece. It is free legal education for which I can only thank you again! Your parents did good to send you to school. Keep it up, my brother. Sam On Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 7:27, Alioni Emmanuel Drajole drajole...@yahoo.com wrote: ANALYSIS OF THE LORD MAYOR'S IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS FROM A STRICTLY LEGAL POINT OF VIEW. Today I thought it prudent to look at yesterday's issue from a PURELY LEGAL point of view with a focus on both sides, and the possible way forward. Hopefully lessons can be learnt from the process, both by lawyers and non-lawyers. LORD MAYOR ARGUMENTS: We start with the Lord Mayor's arguments; 1. INJUNCTION: An injunction is merely a court order stopping a certain act from taking place. In this case, an Interim injunction was obtained from the Registrar of the High Court. Now, there are 3 types of injunctions, a) Permanent Injunction, which is issues after the trial, b) Temporary Injunction, which is issued to last as long as the trial, c) Interim Injunction, which is issued chap chap, in this case it was issued at 8:30am as a matter of urgency to prevent the Council meeting from going on at 9am pending the court process due to start at 10am to entertain another injunction hearing. This was a very bright move by the Lord mayor's lawyers and kudos to them for their quick thinking. 2. SERVICE OF THE COURT ORDER: Now to the controversial part, the service. Now, when an Injunction is got, it is supposed to be served to the other party. Service simply means delivering the order following the RIGHT PROCEDURE as prescribed by court. In this case, the order was taken to City Hall, by the Lord Mayor's Lawyers, who were barred from accessing the meeting venue while the meeting was taking place. A Councillor, who was in the meeting, then delivered this document to the chairman of the meeting but the Minister refused to accept. No matter how absurd it might seem, the Councillor was not the right person to Serve/ Deliver that order on the Minister, it should have been served by either the Lord Mayor, or his Lawyers. So legally, as far as the Law is concerned, the order was NOT duly served onto the Minister, who in ignorance then proceeded to conduct the meeting. The blame should go to the Police and other persons at the gates of City Hall for refusing to allow the Lord Mayor's Lawyers (in this case acting as officers of the court) from delivering that court order, hence obstructing justice and frustrating delivery of the order, but not to the Minister because legally, the Minister has a solid argument based on his ignorance of the existence of the injunction. 3. REMEDY: In the end, the meeting was carried out, and the Lord Mayor impeached. He still has a solid remedy, which is to appeal against that decision within 21 days. Now, if he appeals, then he still remains Lord Mayor for the duration of the appeal, if he fails to appeal or apply for Judicial Review, then elections will have to be carried out. PETITIONER ARGUMENTS: From what transpired yesterday, tough questions were raised by this side too which questions we cannot resolve, but we will endevour to shed some light accordingly because the Media will focus on these arguments for the rest of the year. 1. TIME FOR COURT BUSINESS: Court business officially starts at 9am countrywide, so questions are being raised as to how the Lord Mayor's lawyers managed to obtain a Court document before 9am. Now, if this is true the order was obtained before 9am, then any business conducted before 9am is void. However, courts also do have powers to conduct business longer than usual e.g late into the night. 2. COURT FEES: A court case, hearing etc is null and void if court
Re: [WestNileNet] WestNileNet Digest, Vol 63, Issue 12
There we are! Let the learned fellows have there thing as we watch. Thanks. Sam On Wed, 27/11/13, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] WestNileNet Digest, Vol 63, Issue 12 To: Alioni Emmanuel Drajole drajole...@yahoo.com, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: westnilenet@kym.net westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 27 November, 2013, 19:47 Does non payment of fees on a Court Order render it a nullity. Which law says so? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 27, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Alioni Emmanuel Drajole drajole...@yahoo.com wrote: It is practically unimaginable for one to obtain bank payment slit from Court, go pay in the bank, confirm payment with the court cash office, file the application, have it hard by a Registrar, then the Registrar gives a ruling. where after an order is extracted and the same procedure for payment of fees is adopted to pay fees on the order and again have it signed by the Registrar. All this I believe can not be done within such a minimal time lag thanks Alioni Emmanuel Drajole On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:46 AM, westnilenet-requ...@kym.net westnilenet-requ...@kym.net wrote: Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to westnilenet@kym.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to westnilenet-requ...@kym.net You can reach the person managing the list at westnilenet-ow...@kym.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: (no subject) (Deogratias Acidri) 2. Re: (no subject) (Onzoma Apollo) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 19:38:02 +0300 From: Deogratias Acidri acidrideograt...@yahoo.co.uk To: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] (no subject) Message-ID: cak+r1zkjx8-v6syld1o9axaymizrsbsd7ajju1+xfxq-ot_...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Thanks Emmanuel. Just two things, not from a legal point of view as such. 1. I am in Arua and I know Banks that start business at 8am and even 8:30am. So I do not really understand when you say Bans in Uganda start business at 9:00am. 1. I work for a local Government and I know the Standing Orders indicate 8:00am as official time for commencement of business. Where have you got your 9am from? Acidri Deogratias. On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 6:55 PM, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: Hi Emmnanuel, Thank you very much for your insightful piece. It is free legal education for which I can only thank you again! Your parents did good to send you to school. Keep it up, my brother. Sam On Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 7:27, Alioni Emmanuel Drajole drajole...@yahoo.com wrote: *ANALYSIS OF THE LORD MAYOR'S IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS FROM A STRICTLY LEGAL POINT OF VIEW. Today I thought it prudent to look at yesterday's issue from a PURELY LEGAL point of view with a focus on both sides, and the possible way forward. Hopefully lessons can be learnt from the process, both by lawyers and non-lawyers. LORD MAYOR ARGUMENTS: We start with the Lord Mayor's arguments; 1. INJUNCTION: An injunction is merely a court order stopping a certain act from taking place. In this case, an Interim injunction was obtained from the Registrar of the High Court. Now, there are 3 types of injunctions, a) Permanent Injunction, which is issues after the trial, b) Temporary Injunction, which is issued to last as long as the trial, c) Interim Injunction, which is issued chap chap, in this case it was issued at 8:30am as a matter of urgency to prevent the Council meeting from going on at 9am pending the court process due to start at 10am to entertain another injunction hearing. This was a very bright move by the Lord mayor's lawyers and kudos to them for their quick thinking. 2. SERVICE OF THE COURT ORDER: Now to the controversial part, the service. Now, when an Injunction is got, it is supposed to be served to the other party. Service simply means delivering the order following the RIGHT PROCEDURE as prescribed by court. In this case, the order was taken to City Hall, by the Lord Mayor's Lawyers, who were barred from accessing the meeting venue while the meeting was taking place. A Councillor, who was in the meeting, then delivered this document to the chairman of the meeting but the Minister refused to accept. No matter how absurd it might seem
Re: [WestNileNet] (no subject)
Hi Emmnanuel, Thank you very much for your insightful piece. It is free legal education for which I can only thank you again! Your parents did good to send you to school. Keep it up, my brother. Sam On Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 7:27, Alioni Emmanuel Drajole drajole...@yahoo.com wrote: ANALYSIS OF THE LORD MAYOR'S IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS FROM A STRICTLY LEGAL POINT OF VIEW. Today I thought it prudent to look at yesterday's issue from a PURELY LEGAL point of view with a focus on both sides, and the possible way forward. Hopefully lessons can be learnt from the process, both by lawyers and non-lawyers. LORD MAYOR ARGUMENTS: We start with the Lord Mayor's arguments; 1. INJUNCTION: An injunction is merely a court order stopping a certain act from taking place. In this case, an Interim injunction was obtained from the Registrar of the High Court. Now, there are 3 types of injunctions, a) Permanent Injunction, which is issues after the trial, b) Temporary Injunction, which is issued to last as long as the trial, c) Interim Injunction, which is issued chap chap, in this case it was issued at 8:30am as a matter of urgency to prevent the Council meeting from going on at 9am pending the court process due to start at 10am to entertain another injunction hearing. This was a very bright move by the Lord mayor's lawyers and kudos to them for their quick thinking. 2. SERVICE OF THE COURT ORDER: Now to the controversial part, the service. Now, when an Injunction is got, it is supposed to be served to the other party. Service simply means delivering the order following the RIGHT PROCEDURE as prescribed by court. In this case, the order was taken to City Hall, by the Lord Mayor's Lawyers, who were barred from accessing the meeting venue while the meeting was taking place. A Councillor, who was in the meeting, then delivered this document to the chairman of the meeting but the Minister refused to accept. No matter how absurd it might seem, the Councillor was not the right person to Serve/ Deliver that order on the Minister, it should have been served by either the Lord Mayor, or his Lawyers. So legally, as far as the Law is concerned, the order was NOT duly served onto the Minister, who in ignorance then proceeded to conduct the meeting. The blame should go to the Police and other persons at the gates of City Hall for refusing to allow the Lord Mayor's Lawyers (in this case acting as officers of the court) from delivering that court order, hence obstructing justice and frustrating delivery of the order, but not to the Minister because legally, the Minister has a solid argument based on his ignorance of the existence of the injunction. 3. REMEDY: In the end, the meeting was carried out, and the Lord Mayor impeached. He still has a solid remedy, which is to appeal against that decision within 21 days. Now, if he appeals, then he still remains Lord Mayor for the duration of the appeal, if he fails to appeal or apply for Judicial Review, then elections will have to be carried out. PETITIONER ARGUMENTS: From what transpired yesterday, tough questions were raised by this side too which questions we cannot resolve, but we will endevour to shed some light accordingly because the Media will focus on these arguments for the rest of the year. 1. TIME FOR COURT BUSINESS: Court business officially starts at 9am countrywide, so questions are being raised as to how the Lord Mayor's lawyers managed to obtain a Court document before 9am. Now, if this is true the order was obtained before 9am, then any business conducted before 9am is void. However, courts also do have powers to conduct business longer than usual e.g late into the night. 2. COURT FEES: A court case, hearing etc is null and void if court fees are not paid, and court fees are paid into the bank. Now, banks in this country open business at 9am. So, how were court fees paid before 9am? If no court fees were paid, then those proceedings too are a nullity based on this argument alone. However, in certain instances, court can order that the fees be paid later, and uphold the legality of the proceedings before the fees were paid. 3. CASES AGAINST GOVERNMENT: Now, the Government Proceedings Act does not allow cases against the government to go on Ex- Parte, (Ex- parte means with only Lawyers of one side represented). In this case, Lawyers for the Lord Mayor went for the Injunction in the absence of Lawyers representing the Petitioners which made it an ex-parte proceeding. Since the other side in the case was the Government i.e Attorney General, then if that order was granted Ex-parte, it might be declared unlawful if challenged based on this ground because matters against the Government cannot go on Ex-parte. 4. TIME OF SERVICE: Officially, government business in Uganda begins at 9am, which means any official documents to be served onto anyone in Government should be done after 9am. It is claimed by the Lawyers for the Lord mayor that the Injunction
Re: [WestNileNet] The Solar Eclipse at the Nile in Packwach
Sounds great, and please keep it up! By the way some work is already going on with regards to the celebration of the centenary anniversary of West Nile. The initiative is being spearheaded by MAYANK. They written a proposal and established a committee which is still being constituted. You may want to combine efforts for synergy. Thanks Sam On Thursday, 17 October 2013, 6:20, Okuti Richard ok...@asili.co.ug wrote: Thanks for the compliments, These are the kind of words of wisdom that keep us striving for the better with unreserved hope for a brighter future! I will take on your advice right away, in a larger initiative I am actually working with many more to a. Change the image of West Nile, sometimes even through unconventional ways like blogs http://okuti.blogspot.com/2013/08/this-is-west-nile-part-1.htmlb. attract investment tourism through various activities and events. If all goes well we shall unveil some activities to mark 100 years of West Nile as part of Uganda - again to increase visibility and eventually attract investment ultimately benefiting our entire community. Regards Richard -Original Message- From: westnilenet-boun...@kym.net [mailto:westnilenet-boun...@kym.net] On Behalf Of samuel andema Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 6:49 PM To: 'St. Joseph's College Ombaci OB's Mailing List'; ombaci...@googlegroups.com Cc: westnilenet@kym.net Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] The Solar Eclipse at the Nile in Packwach Richard, That is being very entrepreneurial, seeing opportunities where others can't! Well done and please keep it up! You should print posters for display at hotels, bus and car parks, restaurants, churches, schools and universities etc. You should also consider having an interview with some journalist to explain how you are promoting Uganda's image through the event. I really wish you all the best. Thanks. Sam On Wed, 16/10/13, Okuti Richard ok...@asili.co.ug wrote: Subject: The Solar Eclipse at the Nile in Packwach To: 'St. Joseph's College Ombaci OB's Mailing List' ombaci...@googlegroups.com Cc: westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 16 October, 2013, 17:11 Dear Brothers Sisters, Asili Richlands is part of an initiative to bring people to Packwach for the spectacular view of the solar eclipse like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lHb5ruGUyw - if you are interested please follow the instructions in the attachment. We shall be responding to individuals directly and you may write to oku...@gmail.com for any clarifications. Kind regards Richard Asili Richlands – e-Advertising, events, media ITM+256772725252 Website: http://www.asili.co.ug/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups St. Joseph's College Ombaci Old Boys group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ombaci-ob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ombaci...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Ombaci-OB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. __ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Maracha man who designed the national flag not recognised
Hi Aggrey, I agree with your suggestion. The starting point should be for a reliable journalist (probably Tabu Butatgira or Angelo Izama) to establish the authenticity of those claims and run a news paper piece on it to gauge the national mood/response before taking the next step, which could involve a team of lawyers who should be able to negotiate with Government and/or seek redress in courts of law depending on how Government responds. I believe issue is technically potentially a new material. Thanks. Sam From: aggrey adrale fetagrey2...@yahoo.co.uk To: atibuni kefa atibu...@yahoo.com; A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Sunday, 6 October 2013, 14:58 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Maracha man who designed the national flag not recognised Need thorough research of his claim and probably run authentic findings, if so, about it in The New Vision newspaper! Secondly, I hope he has copyright to the flag design. Aggrey From: atibuni kefa atibu...@yahoo.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Sunday, 6 October 2013, 22:16 Subject: [WestNileNet] Maracha man who designed the national flag not recognised Dear Folks, I have just heard from a friend that one Mr.Mateo Nyai Simen, 84,born of Maracha district who designed the national flag in 1961 has never been recognised by any government and is now grumbling at his residence in Mvara ward,Arua municipality. Then I thought about the story of late George Wilberforce Kakoma ,the man who composed the national anthem and had to fight many battles in demanding a token of appreciation from the government. How can this forum be of help to Mr Mateo? Have a good week, Kefa Atibuni ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. __ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) OGOLE BEATING WAR DRUMS
Charles you are right. When you take into consideration the ultimate price of war that ordinary people pay in terms of loss of lives, destruction of property, disruption of family life, breakdown of socioeconomic production, loss of opportunity to educate your children, the restlessness people have to endure when running around and the time it takes to recover from armed conflicts, our people should just ignore the war drums coming from European capitals and concentrate on rebuilding their lives and laying better foundation for the future of our children through education. In the past West Nile has been involved in fighting other people's wars since colonialism, none of which has brought about any significant benefits to the region. The number of young people West Nile has lost in all the wars in Uganda and beyond is more than any region has endured in the history of armed conflicts in Uganda. At the end of the day we have always been rewarded with coffins containing bodies of our young people who would have used their youthful energy to fend for their families. I grew up in war and have a pretty good sense of who suffers and who benefits from wars. They say a man bitten twice by the same snake on the same sport is a fool! Thanks. Sam From: Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net; Kobokonet Koboko koboko...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, 29 September 2013, 8:38 Subject: [WestNileNet] SEJUSA (TINYEFUZA) OGOLE BEATING WAR DRUMS Memebrs what do you think? This is serious and I hope WEST NILE REGION will not ONCE AGAIN be drawn into any thing -- Sejusa, Obote commander join forces Top Stories Sunday, 29 September 2013 18:04 Written by SIRAJE LUBWAMA AGENCIES 0 Comments Two longtime ‘enemies’, Gen David Sejusa and Col John Ogole have joined forces to fight President Museveni’s government. Sejusa is a veteran of the NRA bush war that ousted the Milton Obote and Tito Okello Lutwa regimes while Ogole was the linchpin in the Obote army that fiercely fought the NRA in the Luweero Triangle. Their union was announced by Gen Sejusa at the weekend, almost a week after he formed his ‘liberation’ group, Free Uganda, to oust his former boss, Museveni. It is not yet clear how Sejusa and his associates intend to oust Museveni. Announcing the formation of Free Uganda, Sejusa vowed to use all constitutional means. It’s not clear if armed rebellion is an option although seeking alliances with soldiers like him speaks volumes. Prior to agreeing a deal to work together to end “the current oligarchy” in Kampala, the two met severally over months in the UK, according to an email from Sejusa. In his weekend email, Sejusa said he and Ogole had been leading their respective teams of officers, drawn from inside Uganda and in exile. Although the details of their discussions remain scanty, both Gen Sejusa and Col Ogole have confirmed meeting and burying the hatchet, ostensibly for the “sake of Uganda”. Commenting on his monumental meeting with Colonel Ogole, Sejusa said, “…for the sake of Uganda, everything is possible, including admitting past mistakes and moving forward, as a way of atonement. Reconciliation of the Ugandan people is the only viable way to bring about sustainable peace in our country. Our mission is to secure the future of Uganda so we must not use the past to obscure the mission of today.” For his part, Col Ogole, as quoted in Sejusa’s email, said: “…it is true we have been meeting. Uganda is bigger than all of us. And everything that can bring peace and reconciliation in our country must be done irrespective of history both real and perceived. This is a historic opportunity to heal the wounds of our country. It will advance a sense of nationhood for all the people of Uganda. In the post-Museveni Uganda, we will all feel that we belong”. Last week, the army warned Sejusa that he would be crushed. “The UPDF is a powerful institution, we have defeated over 20 rebel groups since 1987 so whoever tries to destabilise the country is joking with fire and will be dealt with, with full force,” said Lt Col Paddy Ankunda, the army spokesman. Who is Ogole? Sejusa has been in the news headlines since April, when he fled the country. Shortly after, media reported his dossier in which he demanded an investigation into a rumoured plot to kill top army and government officials opposed to the alleged presidential ambitions of First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Brig Muhoozi heads the elite Special Forces Command, and both the government and the army have denied that he is eying his father’s job. Ogole, now in his 60s, rose through the ranks in the Uganda Army. Now head of the Lango Elders Council in the UK, he joined the armed forces in the mid 1960s and served in several positions that included Adjutant, Commanding Officer; Brigade Commander; Deputy Director of Records; and
Re: [WestNileNet] Leave no child behind
Hi Charles, Thanks for sharing with us your wife's critical analysis of Nigeria's education system and what needs to be done to fix the problems for the country to achieve its vision 2020. The article is relevant for education in any Sub-Saharan African country. I encourage others to read it. It makes a compelling argument for education as a prime mover for the socioeconomic transformation of a country! My regards to her. Thanks. Sam From: Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com To: Kobokonet Koboko koboko...@yahoogroups.com; A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Saturday, 21 September 2013, 7:24 Subject: [WestNileNet] Leave no child behind Dear all, I thought you might find the article written by Madam in the below interesting. Just subsitute the name of authorities/jurisdictions involved (country and government department) and you find this is exactly what happens in Uganda. http://sunnewsonline.com/new/specials/leave-no-child-behind/ - Leave no child behind Our Reporter September 3, 2013 No Comments » Another look at Vision 2020 and Child’s Rights Act 2003 BY LOLA FABOWALÉ This month (September 2013), Nigeria’s Child’s Rights Act, 2003 will clock 10 years of existence. That will be just seven years shy of the country’s Vision 2020 target to be an industrial powerhouse with the stature of membership in the G-20 Club by the year 2020. A key tenet of The Child’s Right Act, 2003 is that the country will furnish children with quality, culturally-rich education, irrespective of background. Achieving this aim will be core to an innovative, diversified and integrated economy. Yet, Nigeria’s educational system remains uneven in terms of accessibility, affordability and quality, especially, when factored against disabilities, gender, income and locale. Of the 60% of children between the age of 6 and 11 years who are in school, 80% attend public primary schools where at least 23% of teachers are unqualified to teach because they lack the basic National Certificate in Education (NCE). Remaining students divide roughly equally into: 10% who attend private primary schools that meet world standards; and another 10% whose schools’ rankings fall in the middle. Basic infrastructure such as classrooms, computers and constant electricity supply, are often lacking in the public schools. Interaction between classrooms and the immediate environment tends to be low. Government educational spending is consistent neither with United Nations guidelines nor with G-20 levels. Low status of infant and maternal health services means that many students are ill-prepared to learn from birth to age 18. Many children go to school hungry. Poor remuneration and ill-working conditions translate to brain drain from the education sector; few talented job aspirants want to teach. Observations The ensuing disparities run contrary to the goals of Child’s Rights Act 2003. Resultant differences also contradict Nigeria’s G-20 aspirations as seen–in a low literacy rate of 61.3%; in an under-diversified labour force that is skewed towards the arts rather than the sciences; in declining school and labour participation rates that are more pronounced for children from disadvantaged backgrounds (low-income, female, rural, or disabled) who experience acute deprivation best characterized as multiple jeopardy; in growing incidence of juvenile delinquency; in rising levels of under-skilled, under-employed and unemployed citizens. Lax standards, or high costs of quality education, or both, mean that some girls take on “Sugar Daddies” as financial sponsors, trade sex for marks, or face sexual harassment from teachers or fellow students. For many such girls, harsh realities may feature curtailed future aspirations arising from either early pregnancies, or single parenthood, or membership in polygamous homes. Reliable and consistent data reflect a society committed to monitoring progress in its structures and processes. The dearth of statistics on the status of persons with disabilities is quite telling in this regard. So too are prevailing societal attitudes which tend to treat persons with disabilities as objects of charity rather than as potentially powerful change agents in whom Nigeria needs to invest. Yet, all around the world, governments are envisioning how they can set better policies and provide better services for their citizens. Recognizing that they must compete internationally to improve the livelihoods of their population, they seek to groom all their citizens with top-notch, life-long education rooted from infanthood. Aspire forward With a view to holding periodic progress conferences (including in 2014/2015), stakeholders in Nigeria–governments, non-governmental organizations, donor agencies, faith-based institutions, teachers’ training institutions,
[WestNileNet] Fw: [Liu-Scholars] IDRC Doctoral Research Awards Posting
Hi all, You or someone you know might wish to take advantage of these scholarships. Read the email below for more details and Google the website provided for application forms and more. All the best. Thanks Sam Andema - Forwarded Message - From: jalia kangave jal...@yahoo.com To: Annet Tushabomwe atushabo...@gmail.com; Elizabeth Beatrice Namazzi enama...@interchange.ubc.ca; Sam Andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 19:22 Subject: Fw: [Liu-Scholars] IDRC Doctoral Research Awards Posting For you or someone you may know - Forwarded Message - From: ana vivaldi vivalan...@gmail.com To: liu-schol...@interchange.ubc.ca liu-schol...@interchange.ubc.ca Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 7:08 PM Subject: [Liu-Scholars] IDRC Doctoral Research Awards Posting FYI, sorry for cross posting IDRC Doctoral Research Awards Posting Deadline:02/10/2013 IDRC offers these awards twice a year in April and October to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing doctoral studies at a Canadian university. These awards are intended for field research in one or more developing countries. Candidates must conduct their research in areas corresponding to IDRC program priorities. Since 1982, IDRC has helped graduate students undertake thesis research in the field of international development. IDRC Doctoral Research Awards are intended to promote the growth of Canadian and developing-country capacity in research on sustainable and equitable development from an international perspective. Research proposals that include comparative research between a developing country and Canada, or that have a Canadian component even if it is not comparative research, will not be considered for this competition. For such research, candidates should apply for a Canadian Window on International Development Award. For more info go to: http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Funding/Competitions/Pages/CompetitionDetails.aspx?CompetitionID=60utm_source=ebulletin-82utm_medium=emailutm_content=enutm_campaign=bulletin Ana Vivaldi PhD Candidate - Anthropology University of British Columbia zipol...@interchange.ubc.ca___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Fw: HK PhD Fellowship on Social Entrepreneurship and ICT4D
Hi all, Here is an opportunity for anyone interested in scholarship for doing a PhD in Social Entrepreneurship, Hong Kong. Read the email bel;w for further detail. All the best. Thanks Sam Andema - Forwarded Message - From: ICT4D in Africa Group Members group-dige...@linkedin.com To: Sam Andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Monday, 16 September 2013, 2:10 Subject: HK PhD Fellowship on Social Entrepreneurship and ICT4D ICT4D in Africa September 16, 2013 New Discussions (1) HK PhD Fellowship on Social Entrepreneurship and ICT4D Started by Israr Qureshi (israr.qure...@polyu.edu.hk), Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University Like · Flag Stop inappropriate content the moment it is posted. Send me an email for each new discussion » Do you know anybody that might like this group? Invite others to join » You are receiving Group Digest emails. Unsubscribe. This email was intended for Sam Andema (Lecturer $ Teacher Educator (Primary Secondary), Lliteracy Instructor, E-learning Professional,). Learn why we included this. © 2013, LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct. Mountain View, CA 94043, USA___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Death Announcement - MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF MR. ISAAC PAUL AGELE
Hi Charles, This is so shocking! May the Almighty God give you and your family strength to endure this painful. My sincere condolences. Sam From: Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net; Kobokonet Koboko koboko...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, 13 September 2013, 18:19 Subject: [WestNileNet] Death Announcement - MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF MR. ISAAC PAUL AGELE After a short battle with cancer and a brief week in intensive care, my son Dominic Muki passed away at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 12, 2013. Funeral and burial arrangements will be communicated shortly. Condolences messages and donations to help with funeral expenses can be sent to: Ms. Raida Juan (Mother of Dominic) 4607 Fortune Road SE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T4A 2A7 1-403-903-7483 AND Mr. Isaac Paul Agele Originally from Ali'ba (Midia), Koboko District Currently resident of Washington, DC (USA) 1-202-607-5705 agel...@yahoo.com MAY THE ALMIGHTY FATHER REST DOMINIC'S SOUL IN ETERNAL PEACE! ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. __ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Great News --- Dr Onzivua is cleared!!!
Thanks for the breaking news! I can recall, during a church service that Dr. Onzivua attended at Christ the King Church in Arua just a week after being charged he had told the congregation that the truth would set him free and he on that day asked Christians to pray for him. Thank God his prayer and believe in sticking to the truth has set him free! However, we still need to pray for his safety because some overzealous people purporting to act on behalf of the state could still try to use other means to harm him. Unfortunately, the ability of our state to distinguish between unsanctioned individual actions from official government policy is increasingly becoming questionable in Uganda. Our friends in government need to help the state to care about its own image and the image of the country. This country is big enough to accommodate all of us if we all play by the same rules! Thanks. Sam From: Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 16:11 Subject: [WestNileNet] Great News --- Dr Onzivua is cleared!!! http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Dr+Onzivua+cries+in+court/-/688334/1978526/-/6ey1hhz/-/index.html Thank God ... you area a free man...we new you had never done anything illegal Dr Onzivua. Please go after them really hard.instruct teh lawyers to go for big money to teach them a lesson!!! ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. __ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Former VP Mustapha Adrisi dies
So sad to hear this! My sincere condolences to the family. We thank God for the productive life he lived and the service he rendered to the country and our local community. May God have mercy on the people he has left. Sam From: tabua butagira tbutag...@yahoo.com To: virtual West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: Ombaci OBs ombachi...@googlegroups.com; Sjocoba Alumni ombaci...@googlegroups.com; Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com; Patrick Ezaga pez...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, 28 July 2013, 3:04 Subject: Former VP Mustapha Adrisi dies Good people, Sad news: Gen Mustapha passed on this morning at Mulago Hospital, according to family and hospital administration. Tabu Butagira -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups St. Joseph's College Ombaci Old Boys group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ombaci-ob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ombaci...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Ombaci-OB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Do the Lugbara need a traditional Chief
Hi Caleb, Thanks for appreciating our humble opinions. I would also like to thank our brothers Mr. Acema and Hon. Okuonzi for initiating this debate. Let others feel free to give their perspectives to the issues being raised in order to enrich our understanding. Such debates are healthy because they help us to understand ourselves better. Thanks. Sam Andema From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com To: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk; A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Saturday, 20 July 2013, 14:29 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Do the Lugbara need a traditional Chief Sam and Aggrey, what a treatise, it is not only informative, since Ambassador Harold is on this forum, I request that he posts his two articles for further deliberations. We need to understand our past in order to appreciate the future. I would also appreciate further alternative views. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 20, 2013, at 8:21 PM, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Dear Caleb, Thank you for inviting us to respond to this very important subject regarding the institution of Agofe among the Lugbara. Unfortunately, I seem not to have read the articles by my elder brothers Mr. Acema and Hon. Dr. Okuonzi or if I did, I never paid much attention to them to be able to respond to the specific arguments they have made. I will therefore limit my response to their two claims that you have alluded to, namely: 1) that those seeking Agofe are self seekers, 2) that the Lugbara were egalitarian and believed in equality. In the first place the claim that those seeking Agofe are self seekers without providing sufficient evidence is disrespectful to people like Mzee Jason Avutia (Chairman, Lugbara Elders' Association) who played crucial role in averting a potentially serious armed conflict between National Resistance Army (NRA) and the soldiers who had retreated to West Nile and regrouped to resist the NRA under the leadership of Brigadier Go Wilson Toko. The soldiers were itching to fight but when Toko convened a meeting with the elders from Arua District to seek their approval and blessing a war against the advancing NRA, they insisted that war was not the best option. Instead the elders offered to go to the front line with white flags to negotiate a peaceful entry of NRA into West Nile. As a result NRA entered West Nile without a single bullet which saved us from bloodshed and destruction of property. Had the elders not intervened and had Toko not listened to their wise counsel, our situation would have been worst than the suffering that the people of Gulu have endured for decades. It was against such a background that the need for a more structured cultural institution among Lugbara elders arose to facilitate coordination and mobilization to respond to common challenges and threats. It is important to appreciate the historical context in which Agofe evolved to constructively discuss its merits and demerits. This is not to say that there can be no self seekers in such an organization. Definitely like any organization there will always be some individuals who would want to take advantage of such an institution to advance their selfish interests at the expense of a common good. With time such self seekers and their selfish schemes will be exposed. In my view, the question should be how we as young people can build on what the elders have done but not to tear it down for equally selfish reasons. We should be discussing how we can make the Agofe more democratic, transparent, and all inclusive. The constitution of Uganda recognizes cultural institutions as legitimate institutions to play complementary roles in promoting unity and service delivery. The Agofe can play an important role in resolving conflicts and fostering unity, preserving our institution memory through artifacts, promoting our cultural identity, promoting tourism, developing language etc. While I agree with Acema and Okuonzi that the Lugbara were generally viewed as an egalitarian society by the dawn of colonialism, I do not subscribe to the notion that social formation among the Lugbara communities was static and the institutions of leadership would not have grown beyond clans. In fact to the contrary, colonialism came in as a disruption to state formation among communities of West Nile as Ahluwalia (1995) and Leopold (2005) accurately describe in their books entitled Plantation and the Politics of Sugar in Uganda and Inside West Nile respectively which I encourage those interested in the history of our people to read. Copies of these books can be found in Aristock Bookshop in Kampala. Our challenge is that we have a poor reading culture which limits our ability to objectively examine documentary evidence to make plausible arguments. I would like to conclude
Re: [WestNileNet] Do the Lugbara need a traditional Chief
Dear all, One of the finest works on the people of West Nile, particularly the Madi is that of Blackings (2011) entitled Narrating our futures: Customs, rituals and practices of the Ma'di of South Sudan and Uganda. If you open the first page of that book you are not likely to put it down until you finish reading the whole book. The author's narrative techniques is comparable to that of Chinua Achebe in Things Fall Apart for those who love to read exciting novels. I would really encourage every one to find a copy of that book to read. For more details you can Google his name Mairi J Blackings search the book by its title. Nice reading. Thanks. Sam Andema From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Sunday, 21 July 2013, 4:56 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Do the Lugbara need a traditional Chief That is beautiful, do we have other natives, (not derivatively used as seen through the prism of colonialists) who have authored anything about the rest of the communities of West Nile. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 21, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com wrote: Caleb, I beleive Yosa Wawa's manuscript is on Kakwa proverbs. Wawa is on this group and can confirm. It is Juma Yuga Onziga who has authored a book and researched extensively about the Kakwa. His work can be viewed via his website: http://www.kakwa.org/ Enjoy, c == On 7/21/13, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: David, I think now you are talking, we may as a foundation in future fund a student to undertake her or his thesis preferable at a Masters level about the origin, social, political and cultural formation of the West Nile citizens. I know there are books about the origin of people of West Nile but most of them are whites writing about us. It's high time. I think Yosa Wawa has some book about the Kakwa, I do not know whether it has been published Sent from my iPhone On Jul 21, 2013, at 11:35 AM, David Olema davidol...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Dear all, this is a healthy discussion. Is it possible to involve the district Councillors in charge of community development involved? These representatives may help us put together some useful information to triangulate the two strong opposing opinions. On Sunday 14/07/2013, a colleague of mine and I were invited to address St. Joseph's College Ombaci students cultural group hailing from Terego county on, embracing a culture of hard work as the only way out of poverty, at Cilio Primary school and here we encountered an amazing who narrated to the audience the origin of the Terego and many other groups in West Nile. I personally asked the Councillor of Oriama sub-county (Mr. Saka) to organise to capture this story on vedio. At this point I also recalled my experience at the national museum where I noticed that many of our (Lugbara) artifacts were missing. To cut the long story short, I think we need to take a deliberate step to piece together our history and origin. This is good for us and our children. I now call upon anthropologists, sociologists and historians among us to take up challenge as a matter of urgency. Once again I want to thank all of you on this forum for this constructive debate. I appeal to all of us to keep it health and remain open minded. Thank you. From: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk To: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com; A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Sunday, 21 July 2013, 9:40 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Do the Lugbara need a traditional Chief Hi Caleb, Thanks for appreciating our humble opinions. I would also like to thank our brothers Mr. Acema and Hon. Okuonzi for initiating this debate. Let others feel free to give their perspectives to the issues being raised in order to enrich our understanding. Such debates are healthy because they help us to understand ourselves better. Thanks. Sam Andema From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com To: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk; A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Saturday, 20 July 2013, 14:29 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Do the Lugbara need a traditional Chief Sam and Aggrey, what a treatise, it is not only informative, since Ambassador Harold is on this forum, I request that he posts his two articles for further deliberations. We need to understand our past in order to appreciate the future. I would also appreciate further alternative views. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 20, 2013, at 8:21 PM, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Dear Caleb, Thank you for inviting us to respond to this very important subject regarding the institution of Agofe among the Lugbara. Unfortunately
Re: [WestNileNet] Do the Lugbara need a traditional Chief
Dear Caleb, Thank you for inviting us to respond to this very important subject regarding the institution of Agofe among the Lugbara. Unfortunately, I seem not to have read the articles by my elder brothers Mr. Acema and Hon. Dr. Okuonzi or if I did, I never paid much attention to them to be able to respond to the specific arguments they have made. I will therefore limit my response to their two claims that you have alluded to, namely: 1) that those seeking Agofe are self seekers, 2) that the Lugbara were egalitarian and believed in equality. In the first place the claim that those seeking Agofe are self seekers without providing sufficient evidence is disrespectful to people like Mzee Jason Avutia (Chairman, Lugbara Elders' Association) who played crucial role in averting a potentially serious armed conflict between National Resistance Army (NRA) and the soldiers who had retreated to West Nile and regrouped to resist the NRA under the leadership of Brigadier Go Wilson Toko. The soldiers were itching to fight but when Toko convened a meeting with the elders from Arua District to seek their approval and blessing a war against the advancing NRA, they insisted that war was not the best option. Instead the elders offered to go to the front line with white flags to negotiate a peaceful entry of NRA into West Nile. As a result NRA entered West Nile without a single bullet which saved us from bloodshed and destruction of property. Had the elders not intervened and had Toko not listened to their wise counsel, our situation would have been worst than the suffering that the people of Gulu have endured for decades. It was against such a background that the need for a more structured cultural institution among Lugbara elders arose to facilitate coordination and mobilization to respond to common challenges and threats. It is important to appreciate the historical context in which Agofe evolved to constructively discuss its merits and demerits. This is not to say that there can be no self seekers in such an organization. Definitely like any organization there will always be some individuals who would want to take advantage of such an institution to advance their selfish interests at the expense of a common good. With time such self seekers and their selfish schemes will be exposed. In my view, the question should be how we as young people can build on what the elders have done but not to tear it down for equally selfish reasons. We should be discussing how we can make the Agofe more democratic, transparent, and all inclusive. The constitution of Uganda recognizes cultural institutions as legitimate institutions to play complementary roles in promoting unity and service delivery. The Agofe can play an important role in resolving conflicts and fostering unity, preserving our institution memory through artifacts, promoting our cultural identity, promoting tourism, developing language etc. While I agree with Acema and Okuonzi that the Lugbara were generally viewed as an egalitarian society by the dawn of colonialism, I do not subscribe to the notion that social formation among the Lugbara communities was static and the institutions of leadership would not have grown beyond clans. In fact to the contrary, colonialism came in as a disruption to state formation among communities of West Nile as Ahluwalia (1995) and Leopold (2005) accurately describe in their books entitled Plantation and the Politics of Sugar in Uganda and Inside West Nile respectively which I encourage those interested in the history of our people to read. Copies of these books can be found in Aristock Bookshop in Kampala. Our challenge is that we have a poor reading culture which limits our ability to objectively examine documentary evidence to make plausible arguments. I would like to conclude by suggesting that the executive of this forum should consider organizing an event in form of a workshop or a conference in which people with strong views about the notion of Agofe can be invited to present alternative views based on research evidence. I would be willing to offer my own perspective to the discussions. Thanks. Sam Subject: [WestNileNet] Do the Lugbara need a traditional Chief Some time ago, Ambassador Achema Harold, opined in one of the dailies that those seeking Agofe are self seekers, that the Lugbara were egalitarian and believed in equality. Hon Dr. Okuonzi MP Vura rebutted the same, and supported the idea, it is not the most pressing issue we have, Sam Andema and father Ruffino and others what is your take on this matter. Sent from my iPhone ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is
Re: [WestNileNet] Just for laughs - from a facebook friend
Hi Bona, I really loved the joke! The old lady is my hero. She is the only person who can manage the learned fellow! Sam From: Maandera ibmaand...@gmail.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Friday, 19 July 2013, 13:19 Subject: [WestNileNet] Just for laughs - from a facebook friend Dear all. For the weekend . -Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer. In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She responded, 'Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you'll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.' The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?' She again replied, 'Why yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.' The defense attorney nearly died. The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said, 'If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you both to the electric chair.' . Enjoy Maandera ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. __ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] State of the Foundation Address
Ha ha ha ha ha... Kaleb, who told you we don't have leader of opposition in this virtual parliament? Do you remember father Rofino's piece about the conversation between a priest and a Christian whom the priest asked whether he ever prays and the man said yes he prays, and when the priest asked how come he had never seen him in the church the man replied that he is in the secret service! We might be having leaders of opposition who are in the secret service to use father's words. But on a serious note I wish to thank you and the executive committee for taking the time to respond to many concerns over lack of feedback from the leadership. I hope to read through the document carefully to be able to make an appropriate response. Once again thank you very much for your positive response. Sam From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 13:28 Subject: [WestNileNet] State of the Foundation Address Dear Colleagues, please find attached a state of the Foundation Address for your deliberations, comments, dissection. As the Virtual Parliament, your positive contribution will be appreciated. Note that since we have no position of Leader of Opposition, we hope for constructive criticism. May the Almighty God bless all of you Caleb Alaka LLB (Hons) MUK Diploma Legal Practice LDC MBA (ESAMI) LLM Doctoral Student President West Nile Foundation ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. __ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] stop me
True, the executive needs to be respectful to genuine concerns being raised and have the slighted courtesy to offer explanations. That is what civilization would demand. Sam From: Maandera ibmaand...@gmail.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 22:26 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] stop me Dear all, I do not know Winfred except in this forum, but considering her latest submissions, her request to be de-registerred seems to me a clear sign of frustration, disappointment, disgust . . . . Why is this executive so quiet??? Why? If you have decided it is the end of the game, why don't you say it openly so we can all call it a day? What's difficult about that? Why do you want people to make guesses and, perhaps come up with conclusions that may be a distance away from what's on the ground? You might think this is a mad woman blabbering away . . . You have the right to your opinion. The other side of the coin is I am expressing the same disappointment, which, I bet many in this forum also have. Please, and please, have the kindness to tell us it is over. Much appreciated. Maandera On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Winfred Adukule w.aduk...@gmail.com wrote: HI Kiggs please de-register me ASAP thanks. Regards, Winfred Adukule-Meuter ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. __ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Walking the talk (Muni University)
Hello Richard, Don't lose hope! Keep hope alive because it is the only thing that can sustain you in the most hopeless situation, man! I share your frustration and the frustration of many others on this forum for the endless talks without actions. Around 2009/20120 when the forum was taking shape there was a vigorous debate about who we are and purpose of our existence. Many constructive suggestions were made. Some people wanted this forum to be a development forum and others wanted it to just be a network forum. In fact the most popular name that emerged after a vote was West Nile Development Forum, if I remember well, but it seems the leadership was uncomfortable with that and the vote was ignored and more discussions went on until we became Westnile Net. The Bible says watch your tongue for in it lies the power of destruction or life. We don't pick names at random because a name is a signifier. They signify the identity of the object named. You will always be what you call yourself because your name means you. It is therefore not a surprise that West Nile Net is very active in virtual interaction on the net but completely inactive in development activities on ground. There is nothing in our existential identity that connects us to grass root activities so far. People should not expect too much from us in this forum because we doing well in what we can do best engage each other on the net. Kindly understand our situation, ladies and gentlemen! We are not actually doing badly in as far as our core identity and mission is concerned. We can support others in doing what you are accusing us of not doing which may technically be within our mandate as West Nile Net. (NB. The views expressed in this piece are not necessarily those of its founders or its leadership and they should not cause unnecessary disaffection.) Thanks. Sam Andema --- On Wed, 15/5/13, Okuti Richard ok...@asili.co.ug wrote: From: Okuti Richard ok...@asili.co.ug Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Walking the talk (Muni University) To: 'A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile' westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 15 May, 2013, 16:09 Hi all, I had lost faith and given up writing here because of the inherent weaknesses of our community in transforming discussions here into action. I have shared before from development perspectives how we can use for instance around table process (consultative meetings, concept paper, consultative meetings, intervention …) to translate ideas into action. I also wrote about teaching and coaching and the differences and how we can intervene, and many others have even written essays of more intellectual things that could be done. So guys the issue is how does this community mobilize itself off the net and on to the ground?? Richard From: westnilenet-boun...@kym.net [mailto:westnilenet-boun...@kym.net] On Behalf Of Aseamque Basilorum Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:08 PM To: Patrick Ezaga; A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile Subject: [WestNileNet] Walking the talk (Muni University) Patrick Onen Ezaga, I like you comment I have attached below. Let us wait to see how many of our people will be in Muni University in a few years to come. Already West Nilers are fewer than those from Across the Nile at the NTC just next door. Having the university there should not cause unnecessary excitement. Yet the NTC admits people with comparatively lower points compared to a public university. We need to address the core causes as to why our students are not competing favourably nationally. I have been invigilating undergraduate exams at Makerere University in the last two weeks. In a room of about 70 students u may get one or no West Niler. The numbers are miserable. The situation may even be worse in other colleges within the university. If we don't all go down to contribute to the development of education in our region, we shall just be making noise. The much acclaimed Muni university will benefit other people. Our students will continue to go to these universities whose papers need explanations. They are already many in the region. Let's do something. I hate this business of other people thinking that we are good at digging or security guards.. I am not willing and will not be happy to see our people employed as office messengers or watchmen, cooks...etc. Those are good but not good enough. ASEA BASIL 0714 655255. --- On Fri, 5/10/13, Patrick Ezaga pez...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Patrick Ezaga pez...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Walking the talk To: Winfred Adukule w.aduk...@gmail.com, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Friday, May 10, 2013, 7:39 AMWinnie, I am in with both legs on this one. This is what walking the talk means. Actually I have a few books on the shelf and I have seen my house helpers use some in the sigiri!! Kindly indicate a drop off/collection point so that those committed enough can pass
Re: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Fw: Re: [UAH] recent army promotions -
Yes, I can see very many on the list but they can't appear, my brother Ha ha ha ha ha ha. This is new Uganda my friend. You could be court-martialed for asking in disciplined question and expelled from civilitary with disgrace, man. Sam --- On Sun, 5/5/13, Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com wrote: From: Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Fw: Re: [UAH] recent army promotions - To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net, Kobokonet Koboko koboko...@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 5 May, 2013, 6:12 Is there any westniler among these? 2013/5/4 Pink Revolution pink.revolut...@yahoo.com Below is the full list of promoted officers. Former Name New Rank Rank COL STEPHEN RWABANTU BRIG COL MANONI P KATIRIMA BRIG COL CHRIS KAZOORA BRIG COL ERIC MUKASA BRIG COL YOWASI KIIZA BRIG COL SAM KIWANUKA BRIG COL GEOFREY KAKAMA BRIG COL MOSES DIBA SENTONGO BRIG COL DR AMBROSE MUSINGUZI BRIG COL DENIS ASIIMWE BRIG COL RAMADHAN KYAMULESIRE BRIG COL JOSEPH AROCHA BRIG COL JIM WILLIS BYARUGABA BRIG COL JOHN LOROT BRIG COL EMMANUEL MUSINGUZI BRIG LT COL SILVIO AGUMA COL LT COL HAM ATWOOKI KAIJA COL AG.LT COL SAMUEL MWESIGWA LT COL AG.LT COL HERBERT MAKANGA LT COL AG.LT COL BEDDA GATABI TUMUSHABE LT COL MAJOR ATENYI KASAIJA LT COL MAJOR MEDAD BAGAMBE LT COL MAJOR BANSON MONDAY LT COL MAJOR PETER NDIYOBO LT COL MAJOR ISMAIL SENDAGIRE LT.COL MAJOR SAM B TWINE LT.COL MAJOR ROBERT MUGABE LT.COL MAJOR ROBERT KATANAKA LT.COL MAJOR ROGERS MWANJUSI LT.COL MAJOR ALI KASAULI LT.COL AG MAJ WYCLIF MUHIMBURA MAJ CAPT ROBERT KORYANGAH MAJ CAPT KENETH HATEGEKIMANA MAJ CAPT SIMON OGWAR ONYINGE MAJ CAPT SAMUEL S SEKAMWA MAJ CAPT SIMON NUWAMANYA MAJ CAPT PATRICK S MUTOME MAJ CAPT ARMSTRONG NDUGGA MAJ CAPT JAMES BRUCE MUHUMUZA MAJ CAPT SIMON PETER OYOO MAJ CAPT MARTIN TAIKA SAMUKA MAJ CAPT DAVID AGABA MAJ CAPT JOHNSON MUHABWA BYABAKAMA MAJ CAPT MOSES IKIRIZA BISHUSHA MAJ CAPT HENRY MURANGIRA MAJ CAPT PATRICK MUKUNDANE MAJ CAPT ELVIS MASORO MAJ CAPT OSCAR K MUNANURA MAJ CAPT SAMSON OKELLO MAJ CAPT PATRICK OCIRA MAJ CAPT LIVINGSTONE TIBAMANYA MAJ CAPT ABRAHIM MUTABAZI MAJ CAPT AFRICANO ABASA MAJ CAPT JULIUS GODFREY AEREGE MAJ CAPT TONNY MILTON AKABWAI MAJ CAPT NASUR NAMALA MAJ CAPT SAUL NABIMANYA BISHUUSHA MAJ CAPT EDWARD NATUKUNDA MAJ CAPT GEORGE TWEKWASE MAJ CAPT RICHARD JEMBA SSEJEMBA MAJ CAPT GODFREY EVEN KATAMBA MAJ CAPT JAMADAH MAWEJJE MAJ CAPT BONAVENTURE NEEMA MAJ CAPT WESLEY RWENDANA MAJ CAPT HENRY ELVIS BURYOMUNDA MAJ CAPT SAM IMO EMOIT MAJ CAPT POLLY KAMWESIGA KIJONGOMA MAJ CAPT TOM ALAN KITANDA MAJ CAPT MARTIN MUJUNI MATA MAJ CAPT HOPE NATUKUNDA KANOTI MAJ CAPT ROBERT OUMA ODEKE MAJ CAPT CHRIS SERUYANGE DAMULIRA MAJ CAPT TOPHER AGABA MAJ CAPT JOSEPH B MWEBESA MAJOR CAPT RASHID KYALIGONZA MAJOR CAPT ROBINSON ABEKA MAJOR CAPT ABDU KHALIM GALINDI MAJOR CAPT BENARD MUSAMALI WAMBETE MAJOR CAPT MOSES OPEL MAJOR CAPT MOSES KAGGWA BABWETERA MAJOR CAPT GODFREY D NYUMA MAJOR CAPT NELSON TAYEBWA TARIYA MAJOR CAPT PETER KATUMBA MAJOR CAPT R B MUHANGIRWOHA MAJOR CAPT ILLIER WAKO AKAINE MAJOR CAPT RICHARD RUKAMA MAJOR CAPT JAMES MUNEZA MAJOR CAPT FRANCIS OSAMA MAJOR CAPT EMMY UZALIBARA MAJOR CAPT RICHARD BUTUNGI MAJOR CAPT DONALD RWABOONA MAJOR CAPT RICHARD NKWASIBWE MAJOR CAPT NOAH WAKOWERA MAJOR CAPT MARK WANYAMA MAJOR CAPT BENON JAGWE KATO MAJOR CAPT WILSON MUTAHI MAJOR CAPT EVARIST BYARUGABA GUYZ
Re: [WestNileNet] Learning the Lugbara Language - A bloggers 2 cents-a good read!
Hi George you have just made my day with this hilarious piece by the dutch lady struggling with Lugbara. It is amazing! She really knows how to write reflections. I would be glad to access her blog if you don't mind. I would like to follow the discourse. Regards. Sam --- On Thu, 25/4/13, George Afi Obitre-Gama gobi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: George Afi Obitre-Gama gobi...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Learning the Lugbara Language - A bloggers 2 cents-a good read! To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Thursday, 25 April, 2013, 14:12 A new year, a new language, more confusionWhy can't everyone speak English? 16.01.2013 30 °CLearning a new language and culture is like discovering a new world, opening your eyes and mind to completely amazing and strange ideas, some shocking, some fascinating, most unexpected. Since the beginning of the new year, we have a new teacher, Eunice, who is hoping to make us into fluent Lugbara speakers within a few months… Lugbara is the local tribe in Arua, one of the 10 largest tribes in Uganda (out of a total of 34 ethnicities). The Lugbara are a tribe descended from Nigeria to settle here. Their territory extends around Arua and into the Democratic Republic of Congo, so families have been split by the arbitrary political boundaries drawn by the Europeans in Berlin in 1884. Disconcertingly, we seem to be a source of great amusement for most of the ex-pats when we tell them we are taking this time to study Lugbara. “Good luck”, they tell us. They then go on to tell you a story of someone who has been attempting the language for many years and haven’t gotten very far. Some compare the language to Chinese, saying it is one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn. It is quite depressing hearing this, obviously… Additionally, having grown up in Congo and learning Swahili there, having lived in Malawi and Kenya and trying to learn the languages there, while being exposed to various other African languages, it is frustrating to have to start at zero like a baby once again….those languages are nothing like Lugbara! Most whites don’t even bother to learn Lugbara especially since this tribe is only one of 5 in the close vicinity of one another. For example, the Alur are settled on the outskirts of Arua town. Their language is close to the Luo language which we were learning in Kenya. To make it even worse, there are sub-sections of the Lugbara tribe with variations in the way words are said. Whoopee to learning a difficult language which is only spoken by a few and which is nothing like any other language we have ever heard! Eunice, in action, confusing us Eunice is a good teacher, though, having patience with us as we sit on the veranda trying to repeat what on earth she has just said. As a Lugbara, she is also good at turning up late, demonstrating how a Lugbara should act. As Lilian, another Lugbara who works for us says, “Lugbaras is not following time, ha!” and laughs out loud. So, anyway, she is almost an hour late today, but since we live in Africa, you never know what may have happened. It could be a relative has just died and she has to go to the funeral. Despite the issue of time-keeping, which especially bothers Emma, Eunice has been effective at moving us on in the language. Emma and I already feel more confident using some simple phrases and greetings. For example, I was particularly proud when I asked for 10 eggs the other day in the local wooden duka close to our home. “Ife mani augbe mundri”. The word for egg 'augbe' is spoken as though you are swallowing an egg...One of the problems of learning Lugbara is that the same words can mean completely different things. So, for instance, the word for sauce, “tibi”, is the same word for ‘beard’, just with a different tone. Emma wonders if this has anything to do with someone’s long beard dragging in their gravy once upon a time. There are other examples, though the best so far is the word ‘ago’, which if intonated differently, can either mean ‘husband’ or ‘pumpkin’. A phrase like ‘my beautiful fiancée’ can also come across as ‘my beautiful warthog’, so any wannabe suitors need to be pretty careful in this town…Emma also uses a lot of imagination when it comes to remembering the Lugbara phrases or words. So, for instance, the word for peanuts is ‘funo’ (foon-oh). Emma thinks of little peanuts bouncing around and having a lot of fun. It can be a bit of a tentative or weird link at times. She is constantly whispering to me how I can remember a word. Awupi (A-whoopee) is the word for Aunt on your dad’s side. Obviously, this conjures up thoughts of playing a trick with my Auntie Barbara with a whoopee cushion…’Fetaa’ (feta) means gift and so it is remembered by thinking of giving someone a gift of cheese. I often wish I had
Re: [WestNileNet] Breaking News
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ... Their corrupt practices which go unpunished in Uganda has taken them too far. India is not Uganda where corruption is rewarded with promotion state security, my friend! Sam --- On Sat, 20/4/13, Kiggundu Mukasa kiggu...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kiggundu Mukasa kiggu...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Breaking News To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile WestNileNet@kym.net Date: Saturday, 20 April, 2013, 14:57 http://www.mumbaimirror.com/printarticle.aspx?page=commentsaction=translatesectid=2contentid=201304202013042016656b24b7c95subsite BREAKING NEWS--FORMER MINISTER ARRESTED-A former minister of state for foregn affairs, ISAAC MUSUMBA and two others, have been arrested in India after they tried to extort 20 million dollars, from a group of businessmen formerly based in Uganda.THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Fwd: SPEECH BY H.E. HON. UHURU KENYATTA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Robert, It has been a while indeed, though I have been quietly following all the discussions. I have been preoccupied by books that have turned all the hair on my poor head grey!!! Don't be surprised if you fail to recognize me when we meet because of the color of my hair. Ha ha ha... That is not to deny the fact that some us have eaten many X-masses. I too liked Uhuru Kenyata's speech but memories of similar speeches I have heard/read from several African leaders in the past deny me the excitement that should ordinarily come with such speeches. As others have pointed out time will tell. We can only wait and see. God bless. Sam --- On Wed, 10/4/13, Robert Ejiku ejikurob...@gmail.com wrote: From: Robert Ejiku ejikurob...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Fwd: SPEECH BY H.E. HON. UHURU KENYATTA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 10 April, 2013, 9:09 Sam, Greetings and it has been a long time. Your caution is just as much as mine but for once can it not be about abusing opposition but rather mobilizing the collective effort of your people towards a cause?!! Why this speech made me tick was mainly because of the care they took in its conclusion to throw the ball back into the hands of the Kenyans. Kenyans are too blame for the failure of this government. What a master piece!! Thats the easiest way to avoid responsibility and even get a second chance to run the country and 'correct' past mistakes. Time will surely tell and I even think next week is far for what you just predicted but remember its the 'Kenyans' who will make it fail. All the best bro. Ejiku On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:21 AM, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hello Robert, Never judge an African leader by the magnanimity of their speeches. Their actions don't take long to contradict their speeches. You will die of heart attack for nothing. Treat such speeches as entertainment to preserve your peace tomorrow, my brother!!! Sam --- On Tue, 9/4/13, Robert Ejiku ejikurob...@gmail.com wrote: From: Robert Ejiku ejikurob...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Fwd: SPEECH BY H.E. HON. UHURU KENYATTA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: westnilenet-requ...@kym.net westnilenet-requ...@kym.net Date: Tuesday, 9 April, 2013, 22:32 John, I listened to the whole speech. The speech was of a statesman in the making. I don't know when we shall have such a speech made in Uganda. When abusing opposition politicians will be shelved for the unity of a nation and common purpose?? All questions yearning for answers. Thank you though. Ejiku On Tuesday, April 9, 2013, Bahemuka John Toa wrote: Colleagues, Please find attached the inauguration speech of H.E Kenyatta for your reading pleasure. John Toa. -- Forwarded message -- From: Uganda Law Society ad...@uls.or.ug Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:56 PM Subject: SPEECH BY H.E. HON. UHURU KENYATTA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA To: memb...@uls.or.ug Dear Member, Kindly find attached the inauguration speech of H.E. Hon Uhuru Kenyatta, President Elect of the Republic of Kenya delivered at his inauguration and swearing in ceremony on Tuesday 9 April 2013 at the Moi International Sports Complex in Nairobi, Kenya for your perusal. Kind Regards, Admin You are a member of the Uganda Law Society Mailing list. If you wish to have your address removed from the list send an email with the subject unsubscribe to ad...@uls.or.ug ATTENTION. The information contained in this message and any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is not permitted. If you received this in error, please delete the material from your system and destroy any copies. Whereas Uganda Law Society makes all effort to ensure that this message is free of viruses, we shall not accept liability for any damages or loss occasioned by a virus or viruses. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http
Re: [WestNileNet] Fwd: SPEECH BY H.E. HON. UHURU KENYATTA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Hello Robert, Never judge an African leader by the magnanimity of their speeches. Their actions don't take long to contradict their speeches. You will die of heart attack for nothing. Treat such speeches as entertainment to preserve your peace tomorrow, my brother!!! Sam --- On Tue, 9/4/13, Robert Ejiku ejikurob...@gmail.com wrote: From: Robert Ejiku ejikurob...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Fwd: SPEECH BY H.E. HON. UHURU KENYATTA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: westnilenet-requ...@kym.net westnilenet-requ...@kym.net Date: Tuesday, 9 April, 2013, 22:32 John, I listened to the whole speech. The speech was of a statesman in the making. I don't know when we shall have such a speech made in Uganda. When abusing opposition politicians will be shelved for the unity of a nation and common purpose?? All questions yearning for answers. Thank you though. Ejiku On Tuesday, April 9, 2013, Bahemuka John Toa wrote: Colleagues, Please find attached the inauguration speech of H.E Kenyatta for your reading pleasure. John Toa. -- Forwarded message -- From: Uganda Law Society ad...@uls.or.ug Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:56 PM Subject: SPEECH BY H.E. HON. UHURU KENYATTA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA To: memb...@uls.or.ug Dear Member, Kindly find attached the inauguration speech of H.E. Hon Uhuru Kenyatta, President Elect of the Republic of Kenya delivered at his inauguration and swearing in ceremony on Tuesday 9 April 2013 at the Moi International Sports Complex in Nairobi, Kenya for your perusal. Kind Regards, Admin You are a member of the Uganda Law Society Mailing list. If you wish to have your address removed from the list send an email with the subject unsubscribe to ad...@uls.or.ug ATTENTION. The information contained in this message and any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is not permitted. If you received this in error, please delete the material from your system and destroy any copies. Whereas Uganda Law Society makes all effort to ensure that this message is free of viruses, we shall not accept liability for any damages or loss occasioned by a virus or viruses. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] CAN'T GET TO THE SUBSCRIBERS LIST
Moses, I think you are already on the West Nile Net mailing list. Otherwise we wouldn't receive you mail through the westnilenet@kym.net list serve. However the administrator or the Foundation chair is the right person to explain to you better. Thanks. Sam --- On Mon, 8/4/13, bayo moses biomo...@gmail.com wrote: From: bayo moses biomo...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] CAN'T GET TO THE SUBSCRIBERS LIST To: WestNileNet@kym.net Date: Monday, 8 April, 2013, 19:40 Dear, I was recently recommended to the this network by a close friend but unfortunately an' up to now get to the subcribers list to participate in the debates and so forth. My password in SK1E4H0 Please any one to help me out? Will be grateful. Thanks. Moses -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] 60 Arua prisoners have Hepatitis B
I would like than the Daily Monitor for breaking this news about the outbreak of this deadly disease called hepatitis B in Arua District to the Ministry of health, the Local Government, the World Health Organization must respond with urgency and effectiveness to contain the spread through massive vaccination. Hepatitis B virus is a deadly disease because it transmitted by contact with blood or body fluids of an infected person – the same way as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However HBV is 50 to 100 times more infectious than HIV according research. The GOOD NEWS is that you can protect yourself against hepatitis B by being vaccinated. The hepatitis B vaccine has an outstanding record of safety and effectiveness, and since 1982, over one billion doses have been used worldwide. The vaccine is reported to be 95% effective in preventing chronic infections from developing. Protection lasts for 20 years at least, no booster is recommended by World Health Organization as of today. Intermittent reports about the prevalence of hepatitis B in West Nile have been circulating at low key for a while. Many people in the villages have been reported to have died of the disease without the news hitting headlines in the national media. It is now time for government to intervene before the disease gets out of control! Considering the mobility of human traffic to and from Arua the disease will soon spread to other parts of Uganda and beyond. Sam Andema --- On Mon, 8/4/13, Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com wrote: From: Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] 60 Arua prisoners have Hepatitis B To: Kobokonet Koboko koboko...@yahoogroups.com, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 8 April, 2013, 2:24 Alumayou have said it all May it not fall on deaf eyes... We had a discussion on HepB on KKnet sometime last year and I beleive someoe indicated that the are vaccination programs available in Arua but the prohibitive factors were ignorance (lack of awareness) and cost. Dr Driwale, kindly update on the situation within your area of responsibility. Would appreciate other input from the health care/public health professionals... Charles ++ West Nile Youth Initiative coordinator Yahaya Aluma asked all the MPs hailing from the region to present a bipartisan position to the parliament about the plight of the condition. “The Ministry of Health should come out with an expeditious plan to combat the disease which should include a mass immunization exercise throughout the region,” Mr Aluma said. +++ ARUA At least 78 cases of the deadly hepatitis B disease have been confirmed at Arua Prison. The most affected are the male inmates, the staff and their families. According to tests which were carried out last week at the main laboratory at Arua Regional Referral Hospital, of the 633 male inmates, 62 were found to be positive for Hepatitis B. While in the female section, of the 53 inmates tested, one was found to be positive. But no death has so far been registered as a result. And the virus has not spared prison staff members. Of the 103 prisons staff tested, 15 were found to be positive. When contacted for a comment, the Uganda Prisons spokesperson, Mr Frank Baine, declined to give details although he admitted that “the disease has been there.” An inmate who had completed his sentence, but declined to be named in order to speak freely, said there was need for sensitisation on health in the prisons. “It is true some of our friends were tested positive but the living conditions should be improved,” he said. Recently, a group of youth from West Nile Youth Initiative against Hepatitis B threatened to petition the Speaker of Parliament over the disease which they said was silently killing the youths. West Nile Youth Initiative coordinator Yahaya Aluma asked all the MPs hailing from the region to present a bipartisan position to the parliament about the plight of the condition. “The Ministry of Health should come out with an expeditious plan to combat the disease which should include a mass immunization exercise throughout the region,” Mr Aluma said. http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/60-Arua-prisoners-have-Hepatitis-B/-/688334/1742204/-/53fxqh/-/index.html ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by
Re: [WestNileNet] The Hunt For J Kony
Ha ha ha ha ... Choka father Rofino also Don't make me laugh my useless rib off!! Sam. --- On Sat, 6/4/13, Ezama Ruffino ezama.ruff...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ezama Ruffino ezama.ruff...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] The Hunt For J Kony To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Saturday, 6 April, 2013, 4:04 Secret Service -- A young man was coming out of church one day, and the pastor was standing at the door as always to shake hands. The pastor grabbed the young man by the hand and pulled him aside. Young man, he said to him, You need to join the Army of the Lord! The young man replied, I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor. The pastor questioned, How come I don't see you except at Christmas and Easter? He whispered back, I'm in the Secret Service. On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Peter Odama peter.od...@gmail.com wrote: My Bro Kony is invisible, ie why thereare invisible NGOs formed for rehabilitation in Northern Uganda All complicated long range detectors have failed to locate him Thanks On 5 April 2013 16:54, George Afi Obitre-Gama gobi...@yahoo.com wrote: The US has offered USD 5million for information leading to capture of Joseph Kony. Guys. are'nt you gonna take leave and get the CAR visa to bounty hunt?? Brothers in the forces, you could be having some information - kindly let me know in camera. We shall share the spoils!! ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ -- “forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, Ipress on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil 3:13f). -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Scholarship Opportunities
Hi all, I have just received this communication that may be of interest to some people on the list serve: University Doctoral Studentships city.ac.uk Each year, City provides a number of fully-funded, full-time, three-year Doctoral Studentships to outstanding candidates as part of its ongoing investment in academic excellence. We are offering up to 30 University Doctoral... For more detail or to apply click the link below. http://www.city.ac.uk/citygraduateschool/fees-and-funding/university-doctoral-studentships Sam Andema (PhD Candidate) University of British Columbia Department of Language and Literacy Education Faculty of Education 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 Email: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Telephone: (604) 649 0956 Thanks. Sam Andema (PhD Candidate) University of British Columbia Department of Language and Literacy Education Faculty of Education 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 Email: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Telephone: (604) 649 0956 ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] The Hunt For J Kony
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ... George, what?? Blood money! Don't bring curse on us You rather die of poverty in peace than eat blood money and spent sleepless nights for the rest of you life. Ha ha ha ... Sam --- On Fri, 5/4/13, George Afi Obitre-Gama gobi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: George Afi Obitre-Gama gobi...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] The Hunt For J Kony To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Friday, 5 April, 2013, 17:54 The US has offered USD 5million for information leading to capture of Joseph Kony. Guys. are'nt you gonna take leave and get the CAR visa to bounty hunt?? Brothers in the forces, you could be having some information - kindly let me know in camera. We shall share the spoils!! -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] An article on our very own- Dr Ben Khingi
Hi father Roffino, Thank you very much for sending this piece. It is very inspirational and a real lesson of life! These are the kinds of stories one needs to read for encouragements in life. I encourage everyone in this forum to read the piece. Regards. Sam --- On Mon, 25/3/13, Ezama Ruffino ezama.ruff...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ezama Ruffino ezama.ruff...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] An article on our very own- Dr Ben Khingi To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 25 March, 2013, 6:08 A doctor with his finger in many pies Read from this link http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/A-doctor-with-his-finger-in-many-pies/-/691232/1729288/-/gv9s0z/-/index.html r -- “forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, Ipress on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil 3:13f). -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Fw: Great opportunity for Doctoral Aspirants: Scholarships for Doctoral Program in planning, engineering, space, social sciences, and humanities
Hi all,
Read the message below for details.
Sam Andema
--- On Thu, 21/3/13, Uganda Doctoral Network Group Members
group-dige...@linkedin.com wrote:
From: Uganda Doctoral Network Group Members group-dige...@linkedin.com
Subject: Great opportunity for Doctoral Aspirants: Scholarships for Doctoral
Program in planning, engineering, space, social sciences, and humanities
To: Sam Andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thursday, 21 March, 2013, 21:58
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Re: [WestNileNet] Border
Hee Man, That's baptism by error!! Ha ha ha... Sam --- On Tue, 19/3/13, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Border To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Tuesday, 19 March, 2013, 18:23 Angelo my boss, when did I become Candia, Eh he slip of the finger Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Angelo Izama izama.ang...@gmail.com wrote: Counsel, Candia, Thank you so very much for your well considered views. On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Izama, The Uganda-Congo boarder at West Nile is one of the artificial boarders drawn devoid of sense and insensitive to the pre-colonial African societies. It is for that reason that we have the same counties, people and language permeating through the communities across the boarder divide. We have Lugbara, Kakwa and Alur divided by the Congo - Uganda boarder. The level of development has been uneven. Whereas the Lugbara, Alur or Kakwa of Uganda boasts of a health center 1V or medical services, good road network, electricity, school facilities, peace and security, his or her counter part in Congo, lacks good roads, has no good schools, no banks, no electricity, is living in fear and is insecure. These communities expect to gain from each other, for instance most of the Lubgaras in Congo get treatment from Arua, they buy essential commodities from Arua and some of them get education from Arua. This means that inspite of the boarder, these communities are one. With oil prospects in the next ten years, there is need for investment in the culture of the boarder communities in terms of community libraries, preservation of language, their is need to invest in infrastructure, schools, modern farming methods, issues which allow normal trade, and improved welfare and standard of living. In the event that Governments and oil companies abandon either communities, expect a level of conflict and insecurity which will make oil business a night mare for the companies. I think their is direct relationship between wars and poverty. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2013, at 10:22 AM, aliti candia alit...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Izama, The issue especially along our borderline fundamentally is poverty. Programmes to eradicate poverty among the communities in Congo and Uganda would be key to peace and prosperity in the region. Poverty eradication should go hand in hand with public social services provision and community environmental conservation. Railwayline to congo uganda border is a facilitating factor. Candia Tom Aliti Principal Finance Officer Budget and Finance Division, Planning Department, Directorate of planning and Development,Ministry of Health. P O Box 7272,Kampala. Mob Tel. +256772574789. Email: alit...@yahoo.com. In justice and moments of decision, do not maintain attitude of indifference. From: Angelo Izama izama.ang...@gmail.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 1:57 PM Subject: [WestNileNet] West Nile/Border Good people, I have an assignment to develop a paper on important issues concerning border communities at our common border with DRC. Its basically meant to feed into a discussion of what communities are interested in when and if oil exploration and production take off in the next 5-8 years. I will be very appreciative of your views or if you think of persons I should talk to. Don't be afraid to be candid with your views. Thank you in advance. -- Angelo Izama Writer, journalist, analyst, consultant +256 712 666 999 angeloizama.com Skype: opiaiya Twitter: @opiaiya aiz...@stanford.edu ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including
Re: [WestNileNet] Rural Electrification in Arua
Hi Ismail, Thanks for the update. I have a plot in Onzivu, along the Muni road. Whom can I connect with on ground to make payment. I am out of the country at the moment but could find I means to do the needful. Any contacts? Regards. Sam --- On Mon, 11/2/13, banduga ismail bani...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: banduga ismail bani...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Rural Electrification in Arua To: Patrick Ezaga pez...@yahoo.com, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 11 February, 2013, 9:13 Dear All,For the community of Onzivu (i.e. from Academy cell to the road that goes to NTC Muni opposite white castle), each household is paying UGX 100,000 (one hundred thousand). The community formed a committee from among themselves for the electricity project and opened an account with Housing finance bank, Arua branch. This community needs to raise UGX 39,000,000 (thirty nine million shillings). This is the 30%. There are about 400 households that have expressed interest to have electricity. Ismail--- From: Patrick Ezaga pez...@yahoo.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net; leku joel lekuj...@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, 10 February 2013, 0:44 Subject: [WestNileNet] Rural Electrification in Arua Yea, very useful info indeed from ODM, but the subject confused me kabisa, so i decided to change it a bit. Patrick Onen Ezaga Cell: +256-77-2511472 +256-70-1511947 God never makes mistakes ... you are therefore not a mistake” From: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk To: leku joel lekuj...@yahoo.com; A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Acting Presidency Hi Moses, Thanks for sharing this with us. It's useful information. Regards. Sam Andema (PhD Candidate) University of British Columbia Department of Language and Literacy Education 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 Email: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Telephone: (604) 649 0956 --- On Fri, 1/2/13, moses droma droma...@gmail.com wrote: From: moses droma droma...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Acting Presidency To: leku joel lekuj...@yahoo.com, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Friday, 1 February, 2013, 11:31 Hi colleagues, Find attached a document that details the planned electrification of Arua Town and its environs under the Rural Electrification Agency(REA).Its being championed by the communities listed, where households pay 30% of the cost while REA foots the 70%.The amount payable varies from one location to the other and can be calculated by dividing the community contribution by the number of households.For more info call Adrapi Joseph on 0772633674 or your area LC 1 in Arua. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Rural Electrification in Arua
Thanks Caleb, for the advice. Will try to link up with Ismail privately. Regards. Sam --- On Mon, 11/2/13, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Rural Electrification in Arua To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 11 February, 2013, 18:06 Sam, give details of your plot if it still exist to Ismail and he can assist you Sent from my iPhone On Feb 11, 2013, at 2:59 PM, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Ismail, Thanks for the update. I have a plot in Onzivu, along the Muni road. Whom can I connect with on ground to make payment. I am out of the country at the moment but could find I means to do the needful. Any contacts? Regards. Sam --- On Mon, 11/2/13, banduga ismail bani...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: banduga ismail bani...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Rural Electrification in Arua To: Patrick Ezaga pez...@yahoo.com, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 11 February, 2013, 9:13 Dear All,For the community of Onzivu (i.e. from Academy cell to the road that goes to NTC Muni opposite white castle), each household is paying UGX 100,000 (one hundred thousand). The community formed a committee from among themselves for the electricity project and opened an account with Housing finance bank, Arua branch. This community needs to raise UGX 39,000,000 (thirty nine million shillings). This is the 30%. There are about 400 households that have expressed interest to have electricity. Ismail--- From: Patrick Ezaga pez...@yahoo.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net; leku joel lekuj...@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, 10 February 2013, 0:44 Subject: [WestNileNet] Rural Electrification in Arua Yea, very useful info indeed from ODM, but the subject confused me kabisa, so i decided to change it a bit. Patrick Onen Ezaga Cell: +256-77-2511472 +256-70-1511947 God never makes mistakes ... you are therefore not a mistake” From: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk To: leku joel lekuj...@yahoo.com; A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Acting Presidency Hi Moses, Thanks for sharing this with us. It's useful information. Regards. Sam Andema (PhD Candidate) University of British Columbia Department of Language and Literacy Education 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 Email: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Telephone: (604) 649 0956 --- On Fri, 1/2/13, moses droma droma...@gmail.com wrote: From: moses droma droma...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Acting Presidency To: leku joel lekuj...@yahoo.com, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Friday, 1 February, 2013, 11:31 Hi colleagues, Find attached a document that details the planned electrification of Arua Town and its environs under the Rural Electrification Agency(REA).Its being championed by the communities listed, where households pay 30% of the cost while REA foots the 70%.The amount payable varies from one location to the other and can be calculated by dividing the community contribution by the number of households.For more info call Adrapi Joseph on 0772633674 or your area LC 1 in Arua. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted
Re: [WestNileNet] Acting Presidency
Hi Moses, Thanks for sharing this with us. It's useful information. Regards. Sam Andema (PhD Candidate) University of British Columbia Department of Language and Literacy Education 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 Email: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Telephone: (604) 649 0956 --- On Fri, 1/2/13, moses droma droma...@gmail.com wrote: From: moses droma droma...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Acting Presidency To: leku joel lekuj...@yahoo.com, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Friday, 1 February, 2013, 11:31 Hi colleagues, Find attached a document that details the planned electrification of Arua Town and its environs under the Rural Electrification Agency(REA).Its being championed by the communities listed, where households pay 30% of the cost while REA foots the 70%.The amount payable varies from one location to the other and can be calculated by dividing the community contribution by the number of households.For more info call Adrapi Joseph on 0772633674 or your area LC 1 in Arua. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Fw: Request by your OB, Baguma Mahfouz Dye to join West Nile Net.
Great! Thanks for the prompt response. Sam --- On Mon, 7/1/13, Kiggundu Mukasa kiggu...@kym.net wrote: From: Kiggundu Mukasa kiggu...@kym.net Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Fw: Request by your OB, Baguma Mahfouz Dye to join West Nile Net. To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 7 January, 2013, 6:57 done On Jan 6, 2013, at 8:54 PM, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Dear Kigundu, This gentleman whose address am forwarding would like to join us on the West Nile Net. Kindly consider including him in our mailing list. Regards. Sam --- On Sun, 6/1/13, Baguma d bagu...@gmail.com wrote: From: Baguma d bagu...@gmail.com Subject: Request by your OB, Baguma Mahfouz Dye to join West Nile Net. To: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Sunday, 6 January, 2013, 17:57 Gdevenining Sam? i met u yestaday n tried 2 share few things about Malaria fight project. U suggested i join West Nile Net. i shall appreciate it if u enable me join fellow great minds of the region worldwide. I work with YOUTH HEALTH INITIATIVE- YHI WEST NILE i shall soon avail u with what YHI does. I also have a Company with fights MALARIA thru. Indoor Residual Spraying IRS/ Fumigation using Insecticides recommended by Ministry Of Health n World Health Organization including cleaning services, rat,bat,bee control, treating/supply of mosquito nets. All necessary information shall be availed to u soon. bye saya baguma dye MAHFOUZ. ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Fw: Request by your OB, Baguma Mahfouz Dye to join West Nile Net.
Dear Kigundu, This gentleman whose address am forwarding would like to join us on the West Nile Net. Kindly consider including him in our mailing list. Regards. Sam --- On Sun, 6/1/13, Baguma d bagu...@gmail.com wrote: From: Baguma d bagu...@gmail.com Subject: Request by your OB, Baguma Mahfouz Dye to join West Nile Net. To: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Sunday, 6 January, 2013, 17:57 Gdevenining Sam? i met u yestaday n tried 2 share few things about Malaria fight project. U suggested i join West Nile Net. i shall appreciate it if u enable me join fellow great minds of the region worldwide. I work with YOUTH HEALTH INITIATIVE- YHI WEST NILE i shall soon avail u with what YHI does. I also have a Company with fights MALARIA thru. Indoor Residual Spraying IRS/ Fumigation using Insecticides recommended by Ministry Of Health n World Health Organization including cleaning services, rat,bat,bee control, treating/supply of mosquito nets. All necessary information shall be availed to u soon. bye saya baguma dye MAHFOUZ. ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Sylvestre Onzivua arrested over MP Cerinah Nebanda postmortem
Do not be surprised! That's the Uganda we are living today! Sam --- On Tue, 18/12/12, tabua butagira tbutag...@yahoo.com wrote: From: tabua butagira tbutag...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Sylvestre Onzivua arrested over MP Cerinah Nebanda postmortem To: virtual West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: Ombaci OBs ombachi...@googlegroups.com, Sjocoba Alumni ombaci...@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, 18 December, 2012, 13:22 Dear members, I have received confirmation that pathologist Sylvestre Onzivua of Makerere University has been arrested by Police over his involvement in facilitating a conclusive investigation in the sudden and suspicious demise of Butaleja District Woman MP Cerinah Nebanda Arioru, an adulterated pronounciation of Alioru. (I'm told the fallen MP's father is from Maracha). The Ugandan Parliament Nebanda's family reportedly contracted Dr Onzivua to fly the samples to a South African laboratory for conclusive toxicological tests. Police now say that Onzivua obtained samples of body parts of the fallen MP irregularly. Detectives say he violated law and procedure on doing post-mortem, and is helping them establish how he acquired the samples, the circumstances of their custody and who authorised him. No details where Onzivua is being held. I don't have his contact or of his family. If you do, kindly get in touch as we piece up the story for publication in tomorrow's Daily Monitor. Full police statement below: PRESS STATEMENT As the Inspector-General of Police had briefed the public yesterday; Police commenced investigations following the tragic death of Hon. Cerinah Nebanda, and, among other routine procedures, requested Mulago Hospital to conduct a Post-Mortem examination on the body of the deceased. Police allowed the family and some members of Parliament to sent representatives, and observe the Post-Mortem examination. The preliminary results of the Post-Mortem were inconclusive, and the team of Pathologists referred certain samples to the Government Analytical Laboratories, for further tests. The samples were sealed as required, and escorted to the Government Analytical Laboratories (GAL) by, among others, the MPs who had witnessed the Post-Mortem. At GAL, such samples are, as routine procedure, received formally, their descriptions and quantities determined and documented, and the nature of the requested analysis clearly recorded. This procedure is vital, not just for scientific purposes, but also as part the crucial 'chain-of-custody' requirement in criminal investigations, and, ultimately, in criminal prosecution in court. Any samples handled outside this procedure breach the integrity of the forensic examinations, as well as making the final outcome inadmissible in any potential criminal prosecution, and suspicious. On Monday, the 17th of December, 2012, Police discovered that certain samples from the body of the deceased had been irregularly obtained by individuals not involved in the Police investigation, and without knowledge of the Police. Later in the day, after he had been confronted by CID, a pathologist from Mulago Hospital, Dr. Sylvester Onzivua wrote to the Director of CID, informing the CID that he had been hired by Parliament to carry out parallel forensic investigations into the death of Hon. Cerinah Nebanda, and asked for the Director's advice. In the evening, a meeting was convened at the offices of the Executive Director of Mulago Hospital, which was attended by five members of Parliament, a team of Police officers led by the Director of CID, two pathologists who participated in the Post-Mortem, and scientists from GAL. It was resolved that all forensic procedures be consolidated under GAL, and that Dr. Onzivua would submit the samples in his possession to the stipulated procedures. Early this morning, in direct contravention of the law and professional requirements, and before the Director of CID could respond to his letter, Dr. Sylvester Onzivua attempted to smuggle the samples out of the country. He was arrested at Entebbe Airport, while in possession of the samples. As a general principle, and in the interests of transparency and professionalism, Police allow representatives of families and other relevant parties to observe, and even seek second opinions, in certain matters under investigation. This, however, must be done in accordance with the law, while, at all times, observing all the requisite professional procedures that would ensure that the results are credible, and would add value to the Police investigation. Should a person require extra samples for independent analysis, the procedure demands that such person obtains the samples from GAL, which would oversee the process, document it, and ensure that all scientific fine points are observed. In this instance, it is not clear what samples were in possession of the third parties, how they were obtained, and the conditions under
Re: [WestNileNet] What do the members on this forum think of the reaction from the RDC and Police on Barifa land demonstration
Uncle Nyax, Do you think some of these LOUD mouthed fellows know what a FIVE STAR HOTEL IS? FORGET IT! sam --- On Sun, 14/10/12, ALFRED NYAKUNI unclen...@yahoo.com wrote: From: ALFRED NYAKUNI unclen...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] What do the members on this forum think of the reaction from the RDC and Police on Barifa land demonstration To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Sunday, 14 October, 2012, 21:40 Hai Every one,I didnt attend the K'la summit for West Nileans(if that exists) but my imagination is that the forest will be degazetted to develop the area according to structural plan(the eco-city) to ensure some organised and planned setting. For me I have no problems with investors after all, a greater part of Arua had Mayindi buildings(Chaudas,Khalifans) who have left these building to home boys like Ozuu Bros, etcI think the issue here is that time has come for nobody to begin projects without the legal framework. And whoever calls himself as an investor should follow the appropriate channels and put up structures that really befit that status. The house I see here in the disputed area does not reflect the big-mouthed 5-star hotel the perpetrators of the illegal possession are talking about. From what the NFA boss is saying, its rather evident that some efforts were made to follow the law, but it seems some money which was carried in sacks found its way in afew pockets. I say this because on the morning after the aborted demonstration, local leaders came out as Vasco said to issue conflicting statement about Barifa. My understanding is that if Saleh cohorts could leave the forest until Arua Municipal(together with Oluko or is it Ayivu) actualise the eco-city plan( where roads will pass, water lines, electricity lines, etc), then they could still be given a chance for a few plots if the Council approves their bid to put up a 5-star hotel( which should be real not what am seeing). If I got the whole idea wrong, some of you who attended the last summit in Lugogo should be able to correct this impression I have. Thankyou Nyakuni Alfred, Radio Pacis 90.9 fm P.O.Box 494, Arua. E-mail:unclen...@yahoo.com Alternative E-mail:anyak...@kyu.ac.ug Tel:+256772373312. From: Vasco Oguzua vogu...@gmail.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] What do the members on this forum think of the reaction from the RDC and Police on Barifa land demonstration http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Arua+residents+hold+demo+over+occupation+of+Barifa+forest/-/688334/1532622/-/d8xcffz/-/index.html Just read this article about the people in Arua holding a demonstration about the Barifa Land issue. The reaction I read from the RDC is worrying if what has been reported is true. I did not think his directing the police to use live bullets to is called for, whatever his interests may be. On the contrary, though the police refused to use live bullets as directed by the RDC, the stopping of the peaceful demonstration and the accusation of honorable MP Atiku that he is inciting people is completely misplaced. Does the MP not have a right to organize and mobilize people on issues of concern in his area as the county MP? If the Arua Municipal Council authorities in June wrote a letter stopping the construction of a conference hall in the forest reserve but the contractors defied the order, saying they followed the right procedures to acquire the land, how can the police now accuse the MP for mobilizing and inciting violence when the police did not do their work to stop the people who defied the orders of the municipal council? This issue is even more confusing by some of the statements from the Executive Director of NFA. I do not understand how the NFA Executive Director talks of the temporary occupation to carry out eco-friendly activities in the forest when the Arua Municipal council has written to stop such construction in the area. Does this land not belong to the Arua municipality or NFA I thought NFA role on the land is to only manage the area. In which case are decisions about any constructions in the area should involve the Municipal council, NFA with both parties intensely involving the local population in the decision process. This Barifa land issue has made me reflect on the public meeting that was organized a week ago. I wonder if the concept that was presented to develop Barifa land falls within the eco-friendly activities mentioned in this article or that was a different concept though both seem to talk of eco-friendly development. If the the Municipal Council has written to stop or does not want these eco-friendly constructions in the forest what is different about the concept that was presented which will convince the municipal council to accept construction in the forest? Just wondering and
[WestNileNet] Call for Grant applications June 2012
Hi all, Attached find a call for grant applications that might help you achieve your career goal. The deadline for application is short. A quick response is imperative. Share the information with others who might be interested. Best of luck. Thanks. Sam Andema Chicago, USA Call for Grant proposal, June 2012.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] (no subject)
Hi Joel, Your email account has been hacked and is being used to advertise some products as you can read in the following message. Kindly consider changing your password to avoid the hackers accessing your account. Otherwise, our email boxes are getting full with the messages from the hackers. Thank you for your quick response. Sam Andema --- On Fri, 19/8/11, joel arumadri jaruma...@hotmail.com wrote: From: joel arumadri jaruma...@hotmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] (no subject) To: westnilenet@kym.net Date: Friday, 19 August, 2011, 20:44 http://www.bgfa.org.uk/tmp/templates_c/hufbnn.htm -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/westnilenet@kym.net/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/westnilenet@kym.net/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Fw: Announcing the Center for Universal Education Global Scholars Program
Dear colleagues,Below is some fellowship/scholarship opportunity for those interested. Read the mail below for more details.Thanks Sam Andema University of British Columbia Language and Literacy Department Faculty of Education 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z4 Telephone: (604) 822-3154, (604) 221 0083 Fax: (604) 822-3154 Email: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Email: andema...@gmail.com --- On Thu, 4/8/11, Center for Universal Education c...@brookings.edu wrote:From: Center for Universal Education c...@brookings.eduSubject: Announcing the Center for Universal Education Global Scholars ProgramTo: "Center for Universal Education" c...@brookings.eduDate: Thursday, 4 August, 2011, 22:42Dear Colleagues,We are pleased to announce our new Global Scholars Program: Promoting Girls’ Education in Developing Countries (http://www.brookings.edu/about/employment/fellowships/GBL11099), which offers guest scholars from developing countries the opportunity to pursue independent research on global education issues with a specific focus on girls’ education. During their time at Brookings, the scholars will work with Center for Universal Education staff to develop their specific research project. They will also participate in a variety of workshops, meetings and conferences, as well as have opportunities to network with the broader development community. You can find more information about the program and the application process here. From now until August 31, 2011, we are accepting applications for the program. Please help us spread the word among your colleagues and through your networks. Please feel free to contact Robin Forner at c...@brookings.edu if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for your assistance,The Center for Universal Education at Brookings ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/westnilenet@kym.net/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] (no subject)
Hi Fred, It seems your email account has been hacked. It is being used to advertise some websites in our email boxes. Kindly consioder changing your email to avoid these jank mails flooding our email boxes. Thank yiu for your kind consideration. Thank you. Samuel Andema University of British Columbia Language and Literacy Department Faculty of Education 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z4 Telephone: (604) 822-3154, (604) 221 0083 Fax: (604) 822-3154 Email: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Email: andema...@gmail.com --- On Fri, 29/7/11, Fred Bada badafred2...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Fred Bada badafred2...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [WestNileNet] (no subject) To: westnilenet@kym.net, faridha2...@myway.com, wilberforce.kirib...@ubos.org, jnamwa...@ucu.ac.ug Date: Friday, 29 July, 2011, 13:40 http://www.magicborneoholiday.com/wp-content/plugins/twitter-tools/ya28.htm -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/westnilenet@kym.net/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/westnilenet@kym.net/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Fw: U of Pretoria - Request for Candidates
Hi all, Forwarded is some information on post-doctoral scholarship. Kindly pas it on to a person you know might be interested. Thanks. Sam Andema University of British Columbia Language and Literacy Department Faculty of Education 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z4 Telephone: (604) 822-3154, (604) 221 0083 Fax: (604) 822-3154 Email: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Email: andema...@gmail.com --- On Thu, 3/3/11, memb...@africanstudies.org memb...@africanstudies.org wrote: From: memb...@africanstudies.org memb...@africanstudies.org Subject: U of Pretoria - Request for Candidates To: andema...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Thursday, 3 March, 2011, 17:03 U of Pretoria - Request for Candidates PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. If you are interested and wish to respond to this request, please do so by contacting Professor Johan Bergh at johan.be...@up.ac.za, +27-12-420 3749/+27-83 9688229). Otherwise, please ignore this message. University of Pretoria Faculty of Humanities Department of Historical and Heritage Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowship With support from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust and the Faculty of Humanities, the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies is able to offer a two-year Post Doctoral Fellowship. The Fellowship runs from April 2011 to March 2013. As one of South Africa’s most prominent centres of historical research, the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies is joint host of a major international research project on “The Making of Modern Southern Africa, 1867- 1899: Local and Global Perspectives”. Encompassing established historians at leading universities in South Africa, Europe and the United Kingdom, the project seeks to recruit an outstanding young scholar interested in researching and writing on any aspect of its wider aims. The successful candidate will enjoy every opportunity of working with members of the international network in the course of developing her/his own research. Remuneration: R190 000 per annum. Applicants must hold a doctorate in History (obtained in the last five years) or provide a supervisor's letter indicating that a result is expected before the end of April 2011. Applications should include a covering letter, a 1 - 2 page explanation of what the applicant hopes to contribute to the project, a CV, and the names of three academic referees. For further details, contact Professor Johan Bergh (johan.be...@up.ac.za, +27-12-420 3749/+27-83 9688229). Closing date: 31 March 2011 This e-mail was sent from African Studies Association (memb...@africanstudies.org) to andema...@yahoo.co.uk. To unsubscribe, please click on this link and follow the instructions: Unsubscribe ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/westnilenet@kym.net/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Education Ordinance
Hi Rofino, Thank you for giving us the website to access information on the work on Yumbe District P.L.E. However, while i was able to access the website, the link to the document could not easily open. Am not sure if the link is functioning well. I would be glad to hear other people's attempts. Thanks. Sam Andema --- On Thu, 23/7/09, Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Education Ordinance To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Thursday, 23 July, 2009, 11:50 AM Dear James and all members Thanks for that reference you made to The Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2006. For the work on Yumbe District for PLE you can acess it http://drpicho.com You can send me your comments -- Ruffino Ezama,mccj Comboni Missionaries Ombaci Mission P.O Box 30 Arua Uganda (+256 77 2 62 42 40) (+256 70 2 62 42 40) ruffino.ez...@gmail.com ezama.ruff...@gmail.com ruff...@cmpmail.com www.tualu.org ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] About the proposed name
Hi Robert, Thank you for your question. Indeed the concern you have raised is a genuine one. However, it seems to have come to late. The request for names has been on the page for more than ten weeks, if am not mistaken. Infact we have moved back and forth with it so much so that i strongly feel. The only thing we can do at this stage is to include the names you have proposed on the list for the vote without having to open another discussion that will make us move in circles without any output. On that note i suggest you cast your vote and the process proceeds to a conclusion. Some times too much emphasis leads to procrastination. Let's be decisive. Thank you. Sam Andema --- On Thu, 28/5/09, ranguzu rang...@naro.go.ug wrote: From: ranguzu rang...@naro.go.ug Subject: [WestNileNet] About the proposed name To: westnilenet@kym.net Date: Thursday, 28 May, 2009, 1:13 PM Dear colleagues, Thanks for the proposed names for the West Nile development inititaives. What is unclear to me is the purpose for these names. Are they meant for establishing an NGO, business entity, or community conscous group? Which ever the case, I feel there is something wrong with the names. The names are long, academic, and difficult to remember. A name like West Nile Global Forum for Sustainable Development smacks of some political connotations. Not only that it sounds like a UN development programme for the people of West Nile. Again the name West Nile Strategic Development Commission definitely sounds like a government body undertaking a commision of inquiry into development issues in West Nile. It is not always true that an organisational name must capture all that it will do, locations, and which area it will serve. We need a simple name that ordinary people will easily identify with , and a name that can easily beome a brand. What is important, is not how elaborate the name is, but what the name can do. Now , what is my suggestion? As an NGO, we could have names such as: The Green North (TGN) Nile Development Initaiative(NDI) Nile Community Development (NCD) Centre for Community Empowerment(CCW) As a businees NIle Rivers Limited(NRL) Nile Waters Limited(NWL) Nile Corporations Limited(NCL) As a community conscious group Nile Peoples Platform(NPP) Centre for Community Consciousness(CCC or 3C) Am sorry for taking you back. But these suggestions were meant as food for thought. It can still be improved. In modern times, simplicity is key - especilly marketing and branding of products and services. Thank you Robert Anguzu Entebbe On Thu, 28 May 2009 09:11:54 +0300 (EAT), westnilenet-request wrote Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to westnilenet@kym.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to westnilenet-requ...@kym.net You can reach the person managing the list at westnilenet-ow...@kym.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest... Today's Topics: 1. RE: Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83 (Andruma, Richard R) -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 08:55:59 +0300 From: Andruma, Richard R andru...@stanbic.com Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83 To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Message-ID: a4aa3627b7517a45a832188e2d2bfc4601d9f...@sbicugnmsg02.ug.sbicdirecto ry.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii West Nile Global Forum for Sustainable Development (WNGFSD) oyee! From: westnilenet-boun...@kym.net [mailto:westnilenet- boun...@kym.net] On Behalf Of JohnAJackson Sent: 27/05/2009 16:33 To: westnilenet@kym.net Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83 Indentying ourselves The general consesus has been that we need to identify ourselves by creating a name. The suggestions/ideas/recommendations we make regarding issues in West Nile Region will be more effective if we have some level of authority to voice and present these issues to the different levels of govenment authorities. These names have been proposed. 1) West Nile Global Forum for Sustainable Development (WNGFSD) 2) West Nile Strategic Development Commission (WNSDC) 3) Work with existing organization like West Nile Rural Development Agency (WENIRUDA). This is registered already (www.WENIRUDA.org http://www.weniruda.org/ ) Note: Commissions are typically created by govenment to look into an issue/address a problem. May I ask all members to vote on these three (3) proposed names within the next two weeks (2). If we all agree on a particular name, one of the attorneys/lawyer on the team can help to shape and draw up articles of incorporating the name as
Re: [WestNileNet] Re: The Proposed Name
Dear Vasco,
Thank you very much for your candid submissions. I share your concerns. Indeed
we need to be thorough in what ever we are doing but not too thorough not to do
anything at the end.
If my personal feelings are any thing to go by, one of the things that is
begining to make me lose interest in the forum is the round-about way of
addressing issues, moving in circles, spending a lot of time getting confused,
being busy doing nothing!
I thought i was trying to move the process forward and not backwards when i
suggested that the new names suggested be included on the list for us to
democratically take a decision on what is most agreable to the majority. In
fact i very much apreciate some of the names just being proposed and i
encourage those people to consider them serious. But since i had on my side
passed that stage i can not go back.
I agree that people on ground should should be active in participating in these
processes but that should not make us abdicate our responsibility to express
our opinions and give our views which may be taken or not, but we in diaspora
will have done our part to articulate our views.
I have participated in quite afew of these voluntary organisations in Arua and
some small idea about what it takes to take off. However, if we want to stop
the process of getting the name issue sorted out and go back to decide where we
started. I wish us well.
Thank you.
Sam Andema
--- On Thu, 28/5/09, Vasco Oguzua ogu...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Vasco Oguzua ogu...@hotmail.com
Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: The Proposed Name
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Thank you Robert, for your thoughtful observation and suggestions. I would
concur with you and the comments you have made. The suggestions you have made
are also in my view very thoughtful and logical.
As for Sam, I think Robert is not late with the name suggestions, because as
Robert clearly stated, we are trying to have a name for something which we have
not clearly defined. So we have not exhausted the discussion yet and Robert is
just in time with his suggestions and infact has given us another view of the
discussion. Infact there has never been a serious discussion on those issue for
us to already go to vote names. Let us not run before we can walk.
Having observed what is happening on the forum for a few months, I have
observed that there is a tendency for making rush decisions without carefully
and seriously evaluating all of the available options and suggestions.
First what are we trying to form is not clearly defined. Secondly, the idea of
deciding a name in my view should be something the brothers and sisters on the
ground should have a serious discussion about in a proper meeting in Arua or in
Kampala. I am sure if the Ombaci OB's , Mvara OB's , Koboko OBs or Moyo OB's
and Makerere Students can meet, I think the people on the ground can organize
to have such a meeting in which these kinds of issues can be discussed
thoroughly because they constitute a large number of the membership on the
forum
I have also observed that the participation of people in the forum is not as
good as it was in March or February, which makes me think there is some issue
somewhere which is making people withdraw. I would like to think that those of
us who are in the diaspora can only contribute in terms of suggestion and
sharing of ideas while serious decision making on things like this should be
left to the people at home on the ground.
So I think the suggestions Robert has made are the correct line of thinking
which needs to be considered very seriously. We need to be systematic and
through rather than being reactive without giving a careful thought into the
kind of things we are trying to do.
The names like are simple for the ordinary people to relate to rather than the
verbose intellectual names which have been suggested.
Nile Development Initiative(NDI)
Nile Community Development (NCD)
Centre for Community Empowerment(CCE)
Nile Community Empowerment Initiative (NCEI)
I had specifically suggested West Nile Development Commission because the main
purpose of the organization would have been to plan and implement
development issues and/or address development problems in West Nile, and
Commissions necessarily do not need to be formed by governments alone.
Commissions can be formed by interest groups for the purposes of addressing
issues or problems the interest groups identify.
I think Robert's suggestions need to be given the attention it deserves because
it makes better sense and i think it is so far the best suggestion on the
forum for this particular issue at hand.
If the intent of the discussions we are having on the forum is to act as a
catalyst for the development of West Nile, then Nile Development Initiative
would be
Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83
Hi Jackson, My vote goes for the name West Nile Global Forum for Sustainable Development (WNGFSD) for this entity we are trying to create. Thanks you. Sam Andema --- On Wed, 27/5/09, JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com wrote: From: JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83 To: westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 27 May, 2009, 5:32 PM Indentying ourselves The general consesus has been that we need to identify ourselves by creating a name. The suggestions/ideas/recommendations we make regarding issues in West Nile Region will be more effective if we have some level of authority to voice and present these issues to the different levels of govenment authorities. These names have been proposed. 1) West Nile Global Forum for Sustainable Development (WNGFSD) 2) West Nile Strategic Development Commission (WNSDC) 3) Work with existing organization like West Nile Rural Development Agency (WENIRUDA). This is registered already (www.WENIRUDA.org) Note: Commissions are typically created by govenment to look into an issue/address a problem. May I ask all members to vote on these three (3) proposed names within the next two weeks (2). If we all agree on a particular name, one of the attorneys/lawyer on the team can help to shape and draw up articles of incorporating the name as not for profit organization in Uganda. John J Avudria On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:36 AM, JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Denis for relighting the fire on this one. I would like to suggest/recommend we begin catching up on this issue starting from next week on Thursday. We have one week left for more ideas on the High Umployment Povery. A few members have been contributing vividly lately. May I encourage more people getting involved. DO NOT BE BOGGED DOWN. LET'S HEAR MORE Voices/Opninions. Next week I would like us to do on line VOTE on who we want to call ourselves. Three names have so far been proposed. Any objections or secondments? John J Avudria On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 4:58 AM, westnilenet-requ...@kym.net wrote: Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to westnile...@kym.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to westnilenet-requ...@kym.net You can reach the person managing the list at westnilenet-ow...@kym.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest... Today's Topics: 1. RE: MATEGO ISSUE--PROPOSING UNITY TOURNAMENT (oguzu lee) 2. Re: RE: MATEGO ISSUE--PROPOSING UNITY TOURNAMENT (Majid Alemi Junior) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 02:22:05 -0700 (PDT) From: oguzu lee oguzu...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] RE: MATEGO ISSUE--PROPOSING UNITY TOURNAMENT To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Message-ID: 277225.86239...@web51807.mail.re2.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Ladies and gentlemen, As people of West Nile, we are faced with the choice of unity and cooperation on one hand or disunity and a common tragedy on the other. But the news, as I said earlier is that, we can all do our part to confront our challenges to development. Bearing that in mind, I wish to propose a tournament that could be held under the theme “UNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT” whose goal must be to bring together the people of Maracha and Terego, promote peace, enhance constructive engagements partnership, and generate increased cooperation for unity, growth, and development. Today we all recognize and appreciate the potential of sports to unify people separated by various conflict-brewing factors; politics, religion, ethnicity, social and economic disparities. The the district issue, party politics, and poverty have left deep bruises and divisions amongst our people. Presently, politicians in the two areas even consider their colleagues as enemies, thus leaving very little hope of building a common front as people of West Nile to pursue recovery and antipoverty agenda. I therefore think, if we adopted soccer which is the most popular in our area, we could create healthy-worrying people who see themselves as partners with a common focus and vision rather than enemies, and collectively develop a new vision for growth and development in West Nile. I was told when Marcha and Terego people disagreed sometime in back, Miria Adua, the then chief of Maracha organized the popular 1962 football match at Ovujo where Teregians were served their favorite ‘rats’ as Maracha people struggled with grasshoppers. Even when BAT-West Nile Tobacco Union fight left people sharply divided along factional lines and planted seed of hatred amongst the people; soccer always emerged as the unifying force
Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83
Thank you Gilbert. Sam Andema --- On Wed, 27/5/09, Gilbert Adibo adibo2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gilbert Adibo adibo2...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83 To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 27 May, 2009, 6:23 PM Sam, I am with you on this one. Gilbert On 27/05/2009, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Jackson, My vote goes for the name West Nile Global Forum for Sustainable Development (WNGFSD) for this entity we are trying to create. Thanks you. Sam Andema --- On Wed, 27/5/09, JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com wrote: From: JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83 To: westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 27 May, 2009, 5:32 PM Indentying ourselves The general consesus has been that we need to identify ourselves by creating a name. The suggestions/ideas/recommendations we make regarding issues in West Nile Region will be more effective if we have some level of authority to voice and present these issues to the different levels of govenment authorities. These names have been proposed. 1) West Nile Global Forum for Sustainable Development (WNGFSD) 2) West Nile Strategic Development Commission (WNSDC) 3) Work with existing organization like West Nile Rural Development Agency (WENIRUDA). This is registered already (www.WENIRUDA.org) Note: Commissions are typically created by govenment to look into an issue/address a problem. May I ask all members to vote on these three (3) proposed names within the next two weeks (2). If we all agree on a particular name, one of the attorneys/lawyer on the team can help to shape and draw up articles of incorporating the name as not for profit organization in Uganda. John J Avudria On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:36 AM, JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Denis for relighting the fire on this one. I would like to suggest/recommend we begin catching up on this issue starting from next week on Thursday. We have one week left for more ideas on the High Umployment Povery. A few members have been contributing vividly lately. May I encourage more people getting involved. DO NOT BE BOGGED DOWN. LET'S HEAR MORE Voices/Opninions. Next week I would like us to do on line VOTE on who we want to call ourselves. Three names have so far been proposed. Any objections or secondments? John J Avudria On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 4:58 AM, westnilenet-requ...@kym.net wrote: Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to westnile...@kym.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to westnilenet-requ...@kym.net You can reach the person managing the list at westnilenet-ow...@kym.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest... Today's Topics: 1. RE: MATEGO ISSUE--PROPOSING UNITY TOURNAMENT (oguzu lee) 2. Re: RE: MATEGO ISSUE--PROPOSING UNITY TOURNAMENT (Majid Alemi Junior) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 02:22:05 -0700 (PDT) From: oguzu lee oguzu...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] RE: MATEGO ISSUE--PROPOSING UNITY TOURNAMENT To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Message-ID: 277225.86239...@web51807.mail.re2.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Ladies and gentlemen, As people of West Nile, we are faced with the choice of unity and cooperation on one hand or disunity and a common tragedy on the other. But the news, as I said earlier is that, we can all do our part to confront our challenges to development. Bearing that in mind, I wish to propose a tournament that could be held under the theme “UNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT” whose goal must be to bring together the people of Maracha and Terego, promote peace, enhance constructive engagements partnership, and generate increased cooperation for unity, growth, and development. Today we all recognize and appreciate the potential of sports to unify people separated by various conflict-brewing factors; politics, religion, ethnicity, social and economic disparities. The the district issue, party politics, and poverty have left deep bruises and divisions amongst our people. Presently, politicians in the two areas even consider their colleagues as enemies, thus leaving very little hope of building a common front as people of West Nile to pursue recovery and antipoverty agenda. I therefore think, if we adopted soccer which is the most popular in our area, we could create healthy-worrying people who see themselves as partners with a common focus and vision rather than enemies, and collectively develop a new vision for growth and development in West Nile. I was told when
RE: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83
Thanks Jimmy, Sam Andema --- On Wed, 27/5/09, Jimmy Adriko jadr...@newvision.co.ug wrote: From: Jimmy Adriko jadr...@newvision.co.ug Subject: RE: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83 To: 'A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile' westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 27 May, 2009, 6:34 PM West Nile Global Forum for Sustainable Dev From: westnilenet-boun...@kym.net [mailto:westnilenet-boun...@kym.net] On Behalf Of Gilbert Adibo Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:24 PM To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile Subject: [!! SPAM] Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83 Sam, I am with you on this one. Gilbert On 27/05/2009, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Jackson, My vote goes for the name West Nile Global Forum for Sustainable Development (WNGFSD) for this entity we are trying to create. Thanks you. Sam Andema --- On Wed, 27/5/09, JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com wrote: From: JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83 To: westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 27 May, 2009, 5:32 PM Indentying ourselves The general consesus has been that we need to identify ourselves by creating a name. The suggestions/ideas/recommendations we make regarding issues in West Nile Region will be more effective if we have some level of authority to voice and present these issues to the different levels of govenment authorities. These names have been proposed. 1) West Nile Global Forum for Sustainable Development (WNGFSD) 2) West Nile Strategic Development Commission (WNSDC) 3) Work with existing organization like West Nile Rural Development Agency (WENIRUDA). This is registered already (www.WENIRUDA.org) Note: Commissions are typically created by govenment to look into an issue/address a problem. May I ask all members to vote on these three (3) proposed names within the next two weeks (2). If we all agree on a particular name, one of the attorneys/lawyer on the team can help to shape and draw up articles of incorporating the name as not for profit organization in Uganda . John J Avudria On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:36 AM, JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Denis for relighting the fire on this one. I would like to suggest/recommend we begin catching up on this issue starting from next week on Thursday. We have one week left for more ideas on the High Umployment Povery. A few members have been contributing vividly lately. May I encourage more people getting involved. DO NOT BE BOGGED DOWN. LET'S HEAR MORE Voices/Opninions. Next week I would like us to do on line VOTE on who we want to call ourselves. Three names have so far been proposed. Any objections or secondments? John J Avudria On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 4:58 AM, westnilenet-requ...@kym.net wrote: Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to westnile...@kym.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to westnilenet-requ...@kym.net You can reach the person managing the list at westnilenet-ow...@kym.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest... Today's Topics: 1. RE: MATEGO ISSUE--PROPOSING UNITY TOURNAMENT (oguzu lee) 2. Re: RE: MATEGO ISSUE--PROPOSING UNITY TOURNAMENT (Majid Alemi Junior) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 02:22:05 -0700 (PDT) From: oguzu lee oguzu...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] RE: MATEGO ISSUE--PROPOSING UNITY TOURNAMENT To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Message-ID: 277225.86239...@web51807.mail.re2.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Ladies and gentlemen, As people of West Nile , we are faced with the choice of unity and cooperation on one hand or disunity and a common tragedy on the other. But the news, as I said earlier is that, we can all do our part to confront our challenges to development. Bearing that in mind, I wish to propose a tournament that could be held under the theme “UNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT” whose goal must be to bring together the people of Maracha and Terego, promote peace, enhance constructive engagements partnership, and generate increased cooperation for unity, growth, and development. Today we all recognize and appreciate the potential of sports to unify people separated by various conflict-brewing factors; politics, religion, ethnicity, social and economic disparities. The the district issue, party politics, and poverty have left deep bruises and divisions amongst our people. Presently, politicians in the two areas even consider their colleagues as enemies, thus leaving very little hope of building a common front as people
Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 86
, conflict resolution, assertiveness, crime/violence prevention, leadership skills and taking personal responsibility for their actions/decisions. · Recruit and train out of school youth and train them with employable or business skills in: o Auto Body Mechanics/painters. o Motorcycle/bicycle mechanics. o TV/Radio technicians and assemblers. o Computer hardware repair, database administration, programming, web site development. o Carpentry, woodwork, metal fabricating, welders, etc o Hair saloon studios. o Plumbing Electrical wiring. o Tailoring Fashion Design. o Theater and performing arts. o Restaurant and Hotel Cooks, servers, bartenders. o Brickwork, masonry and building. o Small scale farm management skills. o Promote Youth apprentice/internship programs with local businesses. o Managing personal finance budgeting skills. o Operating managing a small business. · Teaching youth about the consequences of early marriages, pregnancy prevention, HIV/AIDS education and prevention. · Develop youth activity centers, youth clubs/associations either in churches or local schools where youth can come together to debate on social issues affecting their generation, society or the nation. John J Avudria On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 8:34 PM, westnilenet-requ...@kym.net wrote: Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to westnile...@kym.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to westnilenet-requ...@kym.net You can reach the person managing the list at westnilenet-ow...@kym.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest... Today's Topics: 1. Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested (samuel andema) 2. Re: Quinine disabilities and Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested (Maureen Ayikoru) 3. Re: Quinine disabilities and Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested (samuel andema) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 16:07:29 -0700 (PDT) From: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [WestNileNet] Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested To: WestNileNet@kym.net Message-ID: 383920.98414...@web24716.mail.ird.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Ladies and Gentlemen, Why not reflect on this one which appeared in the New Vision of today as we wait to start a new debate. News in brief Monday, 25th May, 2009 E-mail article Idle youth to be arrested YUMBE-The district executive committee has asked the Police to arrest idle youth in trading centres during working hours. Local leaders said they reached the decision after realising that production had reduced because the youth shunned agriculture. The district is threatened by food shortage after a long dry spell. Addressing members of civil society organisations at Praford Conference Hall recently, works and technical services secretary Abdulutali Asiku said: “Those found idle will be arrested and prosecuted to serve as a warning to others.” Asiku also noted that food prices had increased because of low production, which had led to scarcity. He urged the residents to cultivate during the current rains to increase food security. Thanks Sam Andema -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20090525/1555d59b/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 00:49:20 + (GMT) From: Maureen Ayikoru ayiko...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Quinine disabilities and Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Message-ID: 670411.43963...@web27206.mail.ukl.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear All, In a tandem with Sam Andema's previous email, parts of West Nile are certainly in the news - unfortunately for reasons far removed from the realm of general goodness. Here is another worrisome news on potential disabilities caused by quinine among our children in Ayivu county. Details in this link: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/14/682475. Cheers, Maureen Ayikoru --- On Tue, 26/5/09, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [WestNileNet] Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested To: WestNileNet@kym.net Date: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009, 12:07 AM Ladies and Gentlemen, Why not reflect on this one which appeared in the New Vision of today as we wait to start a new debate. News in brief Monday, 25th May, 2009 E-mail article Idle youth to be arrested YUMBE-The district executive committee has asked the Police to arrest idle youth
Re: [WestNileNet] Quinine disabilities and Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested
Hi Maureen, Thank you very much for drawing our attention on this medical problem. Although i had read the news paper i had not paid attention to that particular article. I highly recommend that every one reads it for the good of our children. After reading the article i wish to know if someone can not sue the hospital for crippling thier child through quinine injection which according to the laid out medical rules is out lawed in Uganda for reasons clearly stated in the artilce. Alaka Caleb or any other learned friend should guide us on this. Most of this problems we suffer seem to be out of our own ignorance. Once again thank yo for drawing our attention to the article. Sam Andema --- On Tue, 26/5/09, Maureen Ayikoru ayiko...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Maureen Ayikoru ayiko...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Quinine disabilities and Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009, 4:49 AM Dear All, In a tandem with Sam Andema's previous email, parts of West Nile are certainly in the news - unfortunately for reasons far removed from the realm of general goodness. Here is another worrisome news on potential disabilities caused by quinine among our children in Ayivu county. Details in this link: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/14/682475. Cheers, Maureen Ayikoru --- On Tue, 26/5/09, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [WestNileNet] Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested To: WestNileNet@kym.net Date: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009, 12:07 AM Ladies and Gentlemen, Why not reflect on this one which appeared in the New Vision of today as we wait to start a new debate. News in brief Monday, 25th May, 2009 E-mail article Idle youth to be arrested YUMBE-The district executive committee has asked the Police to arrest idle youth in trading centres during working hours. Local leaders said they reached the decision after realising that production had reduced because the youth shunned agriculture. The district is threatened by food shortage after a long dry spell. Addressing members of civil society organisations at Praford Conference Hall recently, works and technical services secretary Abdulutali Asiku said: “Those found idle will be arrested and prosecuted to serve as a warning to others.” Asiku also noted that food prices had increased because of low production, which had led to scarcity. He urged the residents to cultivate during the current rains to increase food security. Thanks Sam Andema -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Broadcast of our views on radios
Dear Mr Oguzu, Thank you for the questions you have raised. These questions have been raised before but they have not been adequately addressed. Untill we address them they will continue to haunt us? To begin with, i joined this forum when it had long existed, as such, i do not know much about how it was started and what its vision was meant to be. However, i believe some one must have conceived the idea of coming up with this forum, shared it with a group of like minded people, taken a decision and acted upon the decision taken in order to have this forum as it exist today. The conception of the idea, the emergence of leadership and the building of a core team must have made it possible for this forum to come into existence. From those initial stages the forum has now grown in terms of ideas, people involved, and scope which necessitates giving it an identity/name on which there is almost a concensus now, it also require us to establish organisational structures or positions of leadership and getting people to take up these positions to perform specific task explicitly stated or implicitly understood on our behalf. To achieve these we can either rely on those who came up with the idea of having the forum or some one volunteers to lead the process of organising ourselves into an entity or we sporadically create a task force to help us turn the forum into a formal organisation. Either way some one has to cause things to happen. The unfortunate part is that the initiators seem to have receded to the background and are not helping us enough to know whether we are moving in the right direction or not. You know the problem with voluntary service. You can not easily enforce accountability and compliance. Depending on where you belong i would like each person to give me an answer the following questions: 1. As a member of the group who formed the forum what is your view on the way forward? 2. As a person who joined afterwards what do you think we should do? Thanks Sam Andema --- On Tue, 19/5/09, oguzu lee oguzu...@yahoo.com wrote: From: oguzu lee oguzu...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Broadcast of our views on radios To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Tuesday, 19 May, 2009, 12:35 PM Fr. Rufino and Andema, Sometime back i stated that an ounce of action is better that a tonne of words. Having got this reminder, time is now ripe for us to move forward with formalization of the forum. The idea came long ago but all of us were quiet. At this point we should be able to outline what needs to be done, when, and by who. We also need a background to this forum--what its vision, goals, and objectives are. That way we could be action oriented too. But one thing we've got to appreciate is the fact that some of the views expressed here target change of attitude and radios offer unique platform for us to reach a number of people. Given these divergent views, what is the way forward? Perhaps we could here from more people. Cheers Denis Lee Oguzu nbsp; --- On Mon, 5/18/09, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Broadcast of our views on radios To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 11:04 AM Dear all i tend to concur with father Rofino that sending our ideas to be aired in the radio could be too prmature at the moment. As he has put it what next after the ideas are aired on the radio. We need to think beyond publicity and information and be action and result oriented. Let's think of practical ways of ensuring that the ideas get pushed into decision making and policy formulation processes. The best way would be to first organise ourselves into a legal entity like a pressure group with goals, organisational strucures and leadership then ask the leadership or a task force to present our concerns and proposals to the relevant authorities so that there can be follow up made. Then and only then can the team proceed to organsie a press release or press conference to break the news of what is happening. In that way we shall be taken more seriously by the relevant authorities. Thanks. Sam Andema --- On Mon, 18/5/09, Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Broadcast of our views on radios To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 18 May, 2009, 9:09 PM Dear all Before I give my vote for the radio broadcast lets ask ourselves are we not action oriented? Our
Re: [WestNileNet] Unemployment and Poverty
Hi MrAdibo Gilbert, I find it tempting to repsond to your submission the articles by Jckson and Lee on unempleyment and poverty in West Nile. To begin with, i thank you for you usually very intelligent arguements. I also appreciate your ability to provoke further arguement on issues. That is how we can engage our brains to function! Broadly speaking i would like to agree with you that the people of West Nile are historically known for being hard working in Uganda and beyond. While is true i must contest that the youth of taday are largely lazy and have no purpose in life, at least as far as the way they conduct themslves is concerned. Indeed, West Nile is what it is like today largely because of the efforts of the people of West Nile but the youth who are the primary focus of this debate have not contributed much to the development process in West Nile. I started digging before i went to school and even when i went to school i loved to spend my holidays with my parents in the bushes of Rhino Camp growing simsim for my school fees. These days my siblings prefer to stay with me in Kampala waiting for me to look for school fees books, pens, pocket money, name it, while the gardens are unattended to. I agree with you Gilbert, that the infrasture in the region requires some serious attention to facilitate free flow of goods and services in the regional markets but i also believe that there is alot we can do for ourselves without waiting for some body's political will over which we have limitted control. While we demand our fair share of the national cake we must keep helping ourselves with some kabalagalas or otilikpakia lest we die of hunger waiting for the national cake. While you we need to target the regional markets to sale our foodstuffs, I belive we have not even supplied the internal market. People are sleeping hungry in the villages because of acute shortage of food! West Nile has one of the highest population growth rates which in itself is a potential market especially for food items if we have the means and purchasing power. Besides, we do not always have to transport our products to Congo or Sudan or Kampala. People should come to us to get what we want. As long as it is discovered that we have surplus production the middlemen will be the ones to come to us for our products. The cost of transport on the bad roads will be born by the middlemen and consumer whom they suppy although we shall may not avoid the cost of factor inputs. Gilbert, you said you used to grow marungi and you still have some marungi gardens if i may ask, did you use eat the marungi you grow and do you stiil eat marungi. If not why would you think it was bad for you and must be good for the young people lotering the streets. I am told that one of the reasons why the young people are eating marungi is to become clever. Surely, do you believe such stuff? Should encourage our young people to continue to believe these kinds of lies. Otherwise, i thank you for injecting more thought into the discussions and hope others will add their voices so that our understanding of the real issues is enriched. Thanks Sam Andema --- On Mon, 18/5/09, Gilbert Adibo adibo2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gilbert Adibo adibo2...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Unemployment and Poverty To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 18 May, 2009, 9:21 AM Dear Jackson and Lee, I salute the brilliant articulations you two and others have advanced here in pursuit of lasting solutions to our problems vis first class poverty, unemployment, lack of information etc. I would however like to add that our people per se are not lazy people. At times my people(West Nile) amaze me by the zeal they have often shown in going against all odds to ensure West Nile is what it looks today despite the political neglect in terms of Infrastracture development. Our people could very easily diversify into more environmentally friendly Agricultural prouductivity, but where is the Market for these produce for large scale production?? Kampala, yes; DRC, yes; Sudan, yes; East Africa, yes- but the question is, what is the infrastacture state in our region to enable a cost effective movement of food supplies intra West Nile region and within the boundaries of the greater East African region including DRC and Sudan. I vividly remember occassions when some of our farmers would dispose of produce such as tomatoes, Avocados etc because of failure to be able to complete Sell of such perishable produce from Vurra, Maracha or Riiki and yet he or she can not carry the same on his bicycle or her head and walk all those daunting, dusty kms back to Vurra and then return to Arua town and resale the following day!! What is the next option, dump the damn balance and buy paraffin, match box, salt, tea leaves( though Ejiku plays with it now) and small sacket of brown
Re: [WestNileNet] Hot Topics for discussion
Hi John A. Jackson, What a wonderful job you have done to capture all the main points in our discussions on Degazzetting of Barifa forest and the concerns over the environmental situation in West Nile. Thank you for a job well done. Congratulations and please keep it up. You should have a professional rapporteour. You are sitting on an important tallent man! Am sure members will appreciate all your efforts to document the discussions in the most precise way possible. The question might perhaps still be how do we ensure that feed into policy formulation and decision making processes? At least we now have some thing at hand to present. it also brings back the question of identity. Who are we? I agree with you it is time we discuss the causes of the increasing poverty and unemployment in West Nile and their implication for the social, political and econamic stability of West Nile. As you bring up this topic my mind immediately runs to the iddleness and disorderliness among able bodied young people devouring marungi like cows in Arua Park in Kampala and all the towns and urban centres in our districts. What is causing all this and where is leading us? What will become of all these young people in years to come? These iddle youn people will soon turn into a bee hive of hard core criminals breaking into people shopes, offices and houses for survival. We seem to have assumed it as a normal thing in our middist. Whenever we meet these people we simply look away as if it is not our problem. We have trained our eyes not to see them. We want to pretend that it is none of our busines. But the day the will start targeting our hard earned resources and going after our lives we will see the gravity of the problem we have ignored for years. Those who have some thing will definitely be the first target! I really wish members appreciate the gravity of this problem and give it the attention it deserves for our own good and the good of our future generation. There is some thing which we have refused to do at the most approriate time which we will be compelled to deal with at a much higher price in future. I may sound alarmist but time will tell. Thanks. God bless you. Sam Andema --- On Fri, 15/5/09, JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com wrote: From: JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Hot Topics for discussion To: westnilenet@kym.net Date: Friday, 15 May, 2009, 7:41 PM This is a reminder about the issues Hot Topics for discussion:* ** 1) Closure of Primary School in Koboko District-Done 2) Migration of Walalu Pastoralist in Wet Nile 3) Barifa Forest demarcation for development---Done 4) Derfoestation of West Nile Region--Done 5) Relocation of Arua Prison out of the City or Town 6) Matego District Issue 7) Electiricity Power development 8) Poor Performance in Schools in West Nile, Task Force (TF) = Waiting for report 9) High Unempolyment Poverty in the West Nile Region 10) Other Business ( Add more issues as you please) May suggest that to members of this forum that High unemployment and Poverty in the West Nile Region be discussed for the next two(2) weeks Please look at root cause solutions/proposals I have attached two PDF docs about the summary points on the recent dicussions. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] FOLKS LET US MOVE TO PROCACTIVE VENTURE
, the municipal authorities are trying to address some of these issues we are raising. Even if degazzetted, municipal will invite private developers to develop the area and not the council since they do not have the resources to do so. In the same vein, some one able out there too can pay off the landlords in such areas you've chosen to identify as slum and re-develop it. You only need to consult with the municipal to avoid being re-planned again in future. There are many good things happening out there which we either do not know or have just refused to appreciate. Some members of this forum are big time REAL investors in Arua. Get to know them and find out more about existing opportunities. For sure, these developments will not Wait for any body fantasying new york in Arua should the opportunity arise even today. Lets just keep our ears to the ground. Xavier --- On Fri, 8/5/09, samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: samuel andema andema...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Barifa Issue To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Friday, 8 May, 2009, 12:37 AM Dear brothers and sister, I have read all your submissions on the degazetting of Barifa forest and the planned development of Arua. I sincerely appreciate all your contributions. But I would like as to separate the degazetting of Barifa and the need for a planned developpment of Arua. In my view the need for a comprehensive development of plan for the whole of Arua District should not depend on whether or not Barifa is degazetted. With or without the degazetting of Barifa, the Arua has one of the fasted population growth rates in Uganda and possibly the Great Lack Regions. The rate at which people are buying pieces of land in different parts of the periurban areas and buliding on these pieces of land without provision for passage of roads, water pipes, electricity lines etc is extremely alarming. People are building on their small pieces of land without taking into consideration the need to provide for basic infrastructure. It is tyhis kind of situation which to me is most alarming. The expected modern facilities to be build at Barifa should not be an isolated case. In my view we should be talking about an over all strategic development for the whole of Arua within which the possible degazetting or Barifa or not should fit. I am thoroughly opposed to any piece meal development of any kind be it Barifa or Obolokofoku or Gaagaa market because in the lonmg run it does not help us at all. It is for this reason that i still insist the priority should be to have a 50 or 100 years long term development plan which can then be reviewed periodically to ensure that it matches with the practical conditions of the times. Thank you. Sam Andema --- On Thu, 7/5/09, Vasco Oguzua ogu...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Vasco Oguzua ogu...@hotmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: Barifa Issue To: westnilenet@kym.net Date: Thursday, 7 May, 2009, 9:13 PM Congratulations and well done Mr. Drani. I think you have provided us with some well researched information and shed a better light on this Barifa issue. I hope the Mr. Bada can give us more information on what actually is happening. If indeed, that is the situation of the said piece of land, I think we need to find a way of putting pressure on the municipality and NFA to desist from degazetting the area for the suggested development. Yes, with the increasing population in general, the population of Arua town must have increased. If the available facilities were designed for only 10, 000 people as i read in Drani's piece, then the priority needs to be to improve the available amenities to meet the demands of the current population. That requires strategic and systematic planning to evaluate the current available areas where these people are living, not going to open a buffer forest that otherwise should protect the people and the town. If the Municipal Council rejected the idea of giving away the area opposite Catholic Centre, there should be no reason for them to accept going to Barifa. In the population in the town has increased, I am sure the patterns of locations where the population is increasing can be easily seen and a clear picture of whether such locations are properly planned should be reviewed. The slum areas within and around the municipality should be the priority areas of community housing developments and amenities improvements. With the increasing population and decreasing volume of Enyau River,which has been the source of water supply in in the town your years, I can see that water supply in Arua requires a very serious thought and priority. The numerous boreholes around the town may not be sustainable source of water because the rate at which water is mined is much higher than the rate at which the underground water is re-charged, with the environmental problems we have in the area. Water supply
Re: [WestNileNet] Re: BARIFA ISSUE
Mr Ocatre Robert,
Thank you very much for the insights. I certainly thought some things must be
happening behind the scenes without our knowledge. Am glad you have helped us
to bring some of these issues to light. We need more of those behind the scene
activities. They help us to put things in proper perspective.
Once again, than you very much for your invaluable input.
Sam Andema
--- On Thu, 7/5/09, Ocatre Robert ocatre...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
From: Ocatre Robert ocatre...@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: BARIFA ISSUE
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net
Date: Thursday, 7 May, 2009, 1:53 PM
Dear Joel and the rest
Thanks for your clarification on peri urban plantations. As you have clearly
indicated, the are laws that govern degazetting and gazetting areas as forest
reserve. Barifa being a central forest reserve that is under the care of NFA,
the procedure for degazetting are clearly spelt in the National Forest and Tree
planting Act. It is an elaborate procedure that has to be followed including
consultations with the stakeholders and public participation and hearing in the
EIA process. These issues have already been brought to the attention of Arua
Municipal council and they are now following the procedure. It is unfortunate
that currently I am very busy and unable to give highlights of the draft EIA
report to this forum. time permitting, I shall strive to give this to the group
for discussion and comments.
Regarding the issue that appeared in the Monitor paper, I had the opportunity
to dig out from responsible persons what might have transpired to the extent of
involving the President. What I garthered seemed to be more of some selfish
people's role. At one time I was told that one of our brothers had applied and
wanted the piece of land between the police football ground and just opposite
Catholic centre for construction of a hotel which municipal rejected. Out of
anger and being a presidential advisor of some sorts, he vowed to make sure
municipal fails in its desire to develop some section of barifa. Be also
informed that NFA has not recommended that the whole forest is cleared but
rather part of it. Also take note of the fact that the genesis of degazetting
originated from presidents office and among the towns are Arua, Mbarara,
Ntungamo, Nebbi and others about nine going through this process.
As joel put it there is nothing wrong with replanning the greenery. Please
kindly note that I have no bias in this issue and give my appropriate
contributions based on ecologically and environmentally friendly principles.
Regards
Robert Ocatre
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Dear All,
Please find below an overview on periurban plantations:
As urban development occurs, surrounding suburbs are planned with trees and
wooded areas as peri urban plantations/forests.
These trees and green spaces help keep cities/towns cool, act as natural
filters and noise absorbers; improve microclimates and protect and improve the
quality of natural resources, including soil, water, vegetation and wildlife.
Trees contribute significantly to the aesthetic appeal of cities, thereby
helping to maintain the psychological health of their inhabitants. Beyond
ecological and aesthetic benefits, urban forestry has a role in helping
resource-poor populations meet basic needs of domestic energy and construction.
When urban development expands there is nothing wrong with re-planning the
greenery, but there is something wrong with getting rid of the forest
completely. The planned development of barifa should be done with full
participation of key stakeholders (read technocrats) including physical
planners, economists, environmentalists etc so as to address all concerns. The
compressive plan should be subjected for public scrutiny before implementation.
Having said that, laws and procedures exist for degazeting forest reserves. It
is a breach of the law for the NFA Executive Director to authorize change in
use of a gazzeted forest reserve without due approval of the parliament.
What all of us and the general public should demand is scrutiny of the new plan
before implementation once parliament gives a green light.
I hope this sheds light on the role of peri/urban plantations as requested by
Jimmy Adriko,
Joel Arumadri
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Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Barifa Issue
Dear brothers and sister,
I have read all your submissions on the degazetting of Barifa forest and the
planned development of Arua. I sincerely appreciate all your contributions. But
I would like as to separate the degazetting of Barifa and the need for a
planned developpment of Arua. In my view the need for a comprehensive
development of plan for the whole of Arua District should not depend on whether
or not Barifa is degazetted.
With or without the degazetting of Barifa, the Arua has one of the fasted
population growth rates in Uganda and possibly the Great Lack Regions. The rate
at which people are buying pieces of land in different parts of the periurban
areas and buliding on these pieces of land without provision for passage of
roads, water pipes, electricity lines etc is extremely alarming. People are
building on their small pieces of land without taking into consideration the
need to provide for basic infrastructure. It is tyhis kind of situation which
to me is most alarming.
The expected modern facilities to be build at Barifa should not be an isolated
case. In my view we should be talking about an over all strategic development
for the whole of Arua within which the possible degazetting or Barifa or not
should fit. I am thoroughly opposed to any piece meal development of any kind
be it Barifa or Obolokofoku or Gaagaa market because in the lonmg run it does
not help us at all. It is for this reason that i still insist the priority
should be to have a 50 or 100 years long term development plan which can then
be reviewed periodically to ensure that it matches with the practical
conditions of the times.
Thank you.
Sam Andema
--- On Thu, 7/5/09, Vasco Oguzua ogu...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Vasco Oguzua ogu...@hotmail.com
Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: Barifa Issue
To: westnilenet@kym.net
Date: Thursday, 7 May, 2009, 9:13 PM
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Congratulations and well done Mr. Drani. I think you have provided us with some
well researched information and shed a better light on this Barifa issue. I
hope the Mr. Bada can give us more information on what actually is happening.
If indeed, that is the situation of the said piece of land, I think we need to
find a way of putting pressure on the municipality and NFA to desist from
degazetting the area for the suggested development.
Yes, with the increasing population in general, the population of Arua town
must have increased. If the available facilities were designed for only 10, 000
people as i read in Drani's piece, then the priority needs to be to improve the
available amenities to meet the demands of the current population. That
requires strategic and systematic planning to evaluate the current available
areas where these people are living, not going to open a buffer forest that
otherwise should protect the people and the town. If the Municipal Council
rejected the idea of giving away the area opposite Catholic Centre, there
should be no reason for them to accept going to Barifa. In the population in
the town has increased, I am sure the patterns of locations where the
population is increasing can be easily seen and a clear picture of whether such
locations are properly planned should be reviewed. The slum areas within and
around the municipality should be the priority areas
of community housing developments and amenities improvements.
With the increasing population and decreasing volume of Enyau River,which has
been the source of water supply in in the town your years, I can see that water
supply in Arua requires a very serious thought and priority. The numerous
boreholes around the town may not be sustainable source of water because the
rate at which water is mined is much higher than the rate at which the
underground water is re-charged, with the environmental problems we have in the
area. Water supply and sewerage infrastructure go hand in hand.
So for the publics interest and for the interests of developing the
municipality, I would still insist that the idea of degazetting Barifa should
be thrown out. In a couple years to come, the Municipal Council and the public
could actually get better economic returns from the area.
Vasco Oguzua
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Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Moderating Discussions
Hi Vasco,
Thank you for the contribution. Since its taking us long to reach a concensus
let's see what comes out of the moderation Jackson has voluntered to lead. May
be a structure will evolve as it did with the task force on education.
Thanks.
Sam Andema
--- On Fri, 24/4/09, Vasco Oguzua ogu...@hotmail.com wrote:
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Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: Moderating Discussions
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Hello to Everyone,
I would like to commend John Avudria's initiative to volunteer to moderate the
Koboko School Closure issue. While the initiative is very much appreciated, I
think the issue of discussing the issue(s) associated with schools should be
addressed to the Task Force which we specifically formed to look into all the
issues affecting Education in the region. I believe the issues raised as some
of the reasons for closing the school in Koboko will probably appear in the
Task Force's report. The Task Force is already in operation so let us offer
suggestions or views to them and wait for the report they will provide.
While the list of the problems suggested for discussion are enormous, I think
that we should be first think of discussing really some of the serious
issues like the Balalo Migration into West Nile, The Electricity Issue in the
region and the Matego District issue,etc based on the the evaluation of how
these issues really affect the lives of the ordinary people in the region.
Suggestions like the one made by Sam Andema on the root causes of poverty in
West Nile, and Roger Opigo on Environmental degradation and the Balalo
Migration will require some background on the history of our area.
As I mentioned in one of my articles on documentation, I think it is still
prudent that we come out with a very clear plans of how we are going to do
these discussions before we delve into these activities so that we can foloow
the process we have created to guide us. with the nature of the open forum,
without a proper organizational framework, we shall talk and write all that we
know and can, but we may not be able to achieve the objectives we are
targeting. Let us try to follow the example of how we formed the Task Force for
education. I think a similar format of perhaps would be helpful.
We seem to have a lot of very good idea but we seem not to be doing well in the
organizational and procedural aspects of what we need to do in these
discussions. So it would be better if we organize Task forces or whatever we
want to call it before and then we delve into the issues. the Joel can then
help the various Task forces to organize the discussions into a document which
we will review and decide what to do with the information.
Thanks,
Vasco Oguzua
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Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 67
Father Rofino, Thank you for keeping the fire burning on the issue of the pastoralists. I feel we haven't realised the real gravity of this looming crises. Am glad you know some of the strategies they are using to make the issue even more difficult to deal with. I may not be old enough to know all the marriage traditions of the people of West Nile. But when i was growing up marriage was a communal event and not a person selfish economic venture where you mortgage the future of an entire society for fifty thousand shillings as some reports seem to imply our LCs are doing. A marriage where some one uses their doughter to bring calamity on the entire community must be condemned and such a person subjected to panel of elders who have lived long enough to sense calamity by their nose. For sure we must rise up and defend West Nile no matter the price. Enough shoyld be enough! Sam Andema --- On Thu, 23/4/09, Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 67 To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Thursday, 23 April, 2009, 9:59 PM Dear all I was out of arua till yesterday night. I dont want to miss a comment on the pastoralists in west nile. These people are strategists. As soon as they arrive with their amimals in westnile they eye one of the young lady for marriage. How do you then send away a muko/in law? What to do? This has already happened in famileis in nebbi and Okollo -- Ruffino Ezama,mccj Comboni Missionaries Ombaci Mission P.O Box 30 Arua Uganda (+256 77 2 62 42 40) (+256 70 2 62 42 40) ruffino.ez...@gmail.com ezama.ruff...@gmail.com ruff...@cmpmail.com www.tualu.org ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
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Dear Richard Okuti and famkily, Kindly accept my condolence. May God wipe your tears and give you strength as you go through this difficult moment. Sam Andema --- On Tue, 21/4/09, obit...@mtn.co.ug obit...@mtn.co.ug wrote: From: obit...@mtn.co.ug obit...@mtn.co.ug Subject: [WestNileNet] Death announcement To: westnilenet@kym.net Date: Tuesday, 21 April, 2009, 10:33 AM Dear all, On a sad note, Richard Okuti Boroa lost his father, the late Daniel Apangu Boroa which occur early this morning in Arua Hospital. Burial arrangements will be communicated in due course. May his soul rest in peace, and comfort Richard family during this time. __ Gordon Obitre-Gama|Network Operations| MTN Uganda|Cell +256-772-212246|Tel +256-312-212766|Fax +256-312-212744| MTN Switch Building 77-79 Port Bell Rd, Mbuya| P.O.Box 24624 Kampala Uganda| email obit...@mtn.co.ug ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 67
Hi Gilbert and Jacson, It seems people over celebrated Easter and they are still recovering from hangover. I hope they will not sleep upto 2011 only to find elections have taken place and Nyagak power station is still not done! Sam Andema. --- On Mon, 20/4/09, Gilbert Adibo adibo2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gilbert Adibo adibo2...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 67 To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 20 April, 2009, 6:41 PM Hey Guys, Is fatique setting in, not withstanding our normal commitments? Gilbert On 20/04/2009, JohnAJackson javud...@gmail.com wrote: Many Voices but No Voices Heard Ladies and gentlemen, In an earlier post last week I had aluded to the fact that we need to organize ourselves into a tangible/functioning/definable body. I agree with Gilbert that our ideas have to go somewhere or else they end up no where. We have a lot of talents, nearly in every domain of education. For us to transform these wonderful ideas we post on this forum into action plans, we need to have consorted mechanism for communicating these ideas to our local leaders/admistrators. Secondly we need to coordinate these ideas into a usable format. We need to strike a collaborative working relationship, team building and camaradee approach in working with our local administrators so that they do not perceive us as a threat. Our mission and vision is simple: Better servcies Sustanianble community development. Mr Andema had posted a name West Nile Development Forum. Correct me if I am wrong. Why can't we have a thorough discussion on this issue. Is it feasible and doable? How do we go about formulating and organizing this? Do we agree or disagree? I have to repeat myself one more time. If we do not have a structured way of communing our ideas, ideals, vision, mission to the local people, how do these ideas get implemented? This forum has been a perfect tool for gathering us where we live, around the globe. Talking about issues affecting West Nile region and our communities. The bottom line is, how can we get these ideas to the people who are the ultimate benefectors? How long shall we continue just talking without action plans? Let's engage ourselves and have debate on how we can organize ourselves in a formal way. John J Avudria On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:00 AM, westnilenet-requ...@kym.net wrote: Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to westnile...@kym.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to westnilenet-requ...@kym.net You can reach the person managing the list at westnilenet-ow...@kym.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest... Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: (Gilbert Adibo) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:10:51 +0400 From: Gilbert Adibo adibo2...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Fwd: To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Message-ID: 3144a0e40904200010w56e6e419jb93dc9dab3ede...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Fr. George, http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/column/opinion/782-patriotism-classes-are-an-exercise-in-futility Here is the article link. Cheers! Gilbert Adibo -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20090420/714129f1/attachment-0001.html -- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet End of WestNileNet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 67 ** ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is
[WestNileNet] RE: Mrs Jane Ayikoru has passed away
What a tragic moment this has been for us! My condolence to the bereaved family. May God comfort their hearts at such a trying moment. Sam Andema (Canada) --- On Thu, 16/4/09, Angualia Richard angua...@mwle.go.ug wrote: From: Angualia Richard angua...@mwle.go.ug Subject: RE: Mrs Jane Ayikoru has passed away To: andema...@yahoo.co.uk, 'A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile' westnilenet@kym.net, amati2...@yahoo.com, annetb...@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, 16 April, 2009, 12:54 PM Colleagues, Just as we returned from Okuvu church last night we got the shocking news of the death of Jane Ayikoru, a cousin of the Late Richard Odama (Rippons) which occurred at Bukoto women’s hospital where she had been rushed after a sudden illness. The body is still in the mortuary but friends are gathered at the deceased’s home in Namuwongo approximately 400m from Monitor Publications on the main road. Let’s join the usual way the bereaved family in mourning for our fallen sister. May her Soul rest in eternal peace. Angualia Laus Richard -Original Message- From: westnilenet-boun...@kym.net [mailto:westnilenet-boun...@kym.net] On Behalf Of samuel andema Sent: 15 April 2009 14:38 To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile; amati2...@yahoo.com; annetb...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Alex Amati has Lost his Father Patrick, Kindly convey my condolence to Mr Amati and the entire family. May the Good Lord give them strenght as they go through this trying moment. Sam Andema --- On Wed, 15/4/09, Patrick Okuni paok...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Patrick Okuni paok...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Alex Amati has Lost his Father To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net, amati2...@yahoo..com, annetb...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, 15 April, 2009 , 12:32 PM Dear Colleagues And the funeral service is scheduled to take place at Okuvu church starting 4:30 pm . Regards Patrick Okuni --- On Wed, 15/4/09, Angualia Richard angua...@mwle.go.ug wrote: From: Angualia Richard angua...@mwle.go.ug Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Alex Amati has Lost his Father To: 'A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile ' westnilenet@kym.net, amati2...@yahoo.com, annetb...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, 15 April, 2009 , 11:09 AM Colleagues, The body of the Late Ernest Isimandre, father of Mr. Amati Alex, will arrive in Okuvu church at 4pm where it will lay in state and depart for Arua tomorrow morning. Let’s turn up as usual and console the bereaved family. Goodday to you all. Angualia Laus Richard -Original Message- From: westnilenet-boun...@kym.net [mailto:westnilenet-boun...@kym.net] On Behalf Of Patrick Okuni Sent: 14 April 2009 14:12 To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile; amati2...@yahoo.com; annetb...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Alex Amati has Lost his Father Dear Colleagues We have today received the sad news of the passing on this morning of Mr. Ernesti Esimandre, father to Mr. Alex Amati and uncle to Dr. Ben Khingi, after a long battle. The body is currently at Mulago Medical School for management. The preliminary plan is that a funeral service will be held tomorrow at Okuvu Church . More up to date information may be availed later. Sincere condolences to the bereaved family. Patrick Okuni -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from us.mc301.mail.yahoo..com claiming to be MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from us.mc301.mail.yahoo.com claiming to be WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from www.infocom.co.ug claiming to be http://www.infocom.co..ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___WestNileNet mailing listwestnile...@kym.nethttp://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet% WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (includingattachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way..___ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean
RE: [WestNileNet] Alex Amati has Lost his Father
Patrick, Kindly convey my condolence to Mr Amati and the entire family. May the Good Lord give them strenght as they go through this trying moment. Sam Andema --- On Wed, 15/4/09, Patrick Okuni paok...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Patrick Okuni paok...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Alex Amati has Lost his Father To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net, amati2...@yahoo.com, annetb...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, 15 April, 2009, 12:32 PM Dear Colleagues And the funeral service is scheduled to take place at Okuvu church starting 4:30 pm. Regards Patrick Okuni --- On Wed, 15/4/09, Angualia Richard angua...@mwle.go.ug wrote: From: Angualia Richard angua...@mwle.go.ug Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Alex Amati has Lost his Father To: 'A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile' westnilenet@kym.net, amati2...@yahoo.com, annetb...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, 15 April, 2009, 11:09 AM Colleagues, The body of the Late Ernest Isimandre, father of Mr. Amati Alex, will arrive in Okuvu church at 4pm where it will lay in state and depart for Arua tomorrow morning. Let’s turn up as usual and console the bereaved family. Goodday to you all. Angualia Laus Richard -Original Message- From: westnilenet-boun...@kym.net [mailto:westnilenet-boun...@kym.net] On Behalf Of Patrick Okuni Sent: 14 April 2009 14:12 To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile; amati2...@yahoo.com; annetb...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Alex Amati has Lost his Father Dear Colleagues We have today received the sad news of the passing on this morning of Mr. Ernesti Esimandre, father to Mr. Alex Amati and uncle to Dr. Ben Khingi, after a long battle. The body is currently at Mulago Medical School for management. The preliminary plan is that a funeral service will be held tomorrow at Okuvu Church. More up to date information may be availed later. Sincere condolences to the bereaved family. Patrick Okuni -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Koboko Elders Urge Govt To Interne in Border Conflict
Hi Majid Alemi, Thank you for sharing this news on the border conflict in Westnile with us. I am not sure if the current government of Uganda will take interest in solving this potentially dangerous border conflict. This conflict has been going on for quite a while but i have never heard any concrete action from government. Don't even be surprised to learn that some individuals in positions of responsibilitry would wish the whole of westnile to secede from Uganda so that they can have peace. Westnile is a thorn in some people's flesh. Didn't you hear the rumour that westnile had been sold to SPLA/SPLM. You mean you haven't known that refugees in Arua have more rights than the locakl people? My brother, there is a lot happening. Unless some oil is discovered there who will be interested such a far away land from the seat of power? Instead of waiting for the central government to solve this problem which they may want to do after they have long left power, let the the leaders in westnile organise themselves and lead the initiative. They are the one who have some thing to lose not Kampala. Sam Andema --- On Wed, 8/4/09, Majid Alemi Junior majidalemijun...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Majid Alemi Junior majidalemijun...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Koboko Elders Urge Govt To Interne in Border Conflict To: westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 8 April, 2009, 9:17 AM Koboko elders urge govt to intervene in border conflict Tuesday, 7th April, 2009 E-mail article Print article By Josephine Maseruka Cultural leaders and elders from Moyo and Koboko districts have asked the Government to avert a potentially bloody conflict at the Sudan border. Haji Sebbi Longa, an elder from Moyo, recently said the Southern Sudan government was claiming the border area of Bibia and had established a market at Elegu. Speaking at the consultative meeting on the formulation of the national land policy at Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala, Longa said Sudan had claimed part of land in Bomure in Moyo. He said the district had been stopped from constructing a road from Lefori to the border. “If the governments of Uganda and Sundan do not convene a meeting to settle the matter amicably, there will be insecurity in the border areas,” Longa warned. Tia Silas Aloonyu, an elder from Koboko, said there were conflicts on the Sudan border at Yumbe, Tereho and Maracha, which could turn bloody if not addressed immediately. Aloonyu said before the conflicts, the Sudanese and Koboko residents were living in harmony. “We would like the Government to sensitise our people and discourage them from selling land to foreigners. Another Koboko elder, Lucy Akulia Afulo, supported Aloonyu, saying the disagreements could lead to a civil war. Responding to the fears, the acting local government permanent secretary, Tom Matte, said the Government would soon draw permanent boundaries for Maracha and Terego. “We have exhausted all administrative measures to settle the matter, but those people are very stubborn. We have, therefore, decided to draw permanent boundaries,” Matte explained. Re: comments about An Introduction to law. I Posted to members of westenilenet, are part of my subjects. any are entittle their opinions. thanks. my regards to all. by. majid alemi junior. in BC. peace,love,unity are the way to success. the public figures are always challenged openly, by the people that voted for them. CURRENT LOCAL NORTH STORIES Lira school abandoned Now with a new friend-happy design! Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] MASU Finalist Party
Hi Caleb, Thank you for responding to my views especially on the changing of the name of Makerere Arua Students Union (MASU) to Lugbara Makerere Students Association. We have expressed our views. Patrick Okuni has expressed his in favor of retaining the name of MASU. Let others also express theirs and we can filter through the views to guide our brothers and sisters at Makerere. I genuinely respect all the views expressed even when i may disagree with others. It is through such diversity of opinions that we can see things from a better perspective. Thank you Sam Andema --- On Mon, 6/4/09, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] MASU Finalist Party To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 6 April, 2009, 11:39 PM Hi, Sam Andema, Thanks for your view which although diametrically opposed to mine, shows the level of our intellectual maturity. You know MASU depicted Makerere Arua Students Union, historical cultural identity or not, Arua is a district initially comprising of Ayivu, Maracha, Vura, Madi Okollo, Koboko, Yumbe and Terego. Now lets face this Koboko is not in Arua, Yumbe is not in Arua and Maracha Terego are not in Arua. Which Arua are we talking about. The Arua not of the old but a narrow Arua shriveled by bad politics which has imploded and has only Vura, Ayivu and Madi Okollo. Lets be realistic. Sam, me and you and Nkanga and others wish that we have MASU. But the young generation will look at a name Arua and just as people from Koboko and Yumbe have done, they will imagine they are now hailing from another district and they will be correct as they will not be hailing from Arua. Think about it and get back to us. However the truth will be that they are all Lubgara's whether from Yumbe, Ayivu, Terego, Maracha, Madi Okollo or Vura. As for cosmopolitanism. Its in each town but it does not deprive the fact that Kampala is in Buganda. ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] MASU Finalist and Hand Over Party.
Hi Caleb, Thank you for sharing with us what transpired at the MASU function. It is exciting to hear that you have kept close touch with our students' organisations at Makerere. The students definitely need that kind of role-modelling from MASU ancestors like you who made significant controbutions to make the organisation what it is today. I also appreciate the challenge Dr Ezati Alidria, the Patron of MASU gave the students to see our senior citizens like Mr Etima, Dr Adriko, Tom Buruku, Mr Obitre gama, Mr Nyakuni etc as source of inspiration. They have indeed inspired many of us in life. Am also happy to learn that the students are becoming focussed and addressing issues of concern to the wider community. Otherwise, the students had run MASU down to a point where people had began losing interest in them because of their unbecoming behaviour in parties. They had made MASU functions to become a stage for blood letting and epitom of hooliganism and foolishness which no one would like to associate with. For a number of years MASU functions contintinued to be characterized by severe fighting, destruction of property and students being arrested and taken to police for crime etc. It is encouraging that some positive changes are being reported of MASU students. However on your proposal to change the name of MASU to Mugbara Students Union or Lugbara Makerere Students' Association i beg to differ for three or so reasons. First of all in my view Arua is a cosmopoplitant district and not entirely a Lugbara community. The Majority of the population in Arua may be Lugbara but a significan proportion of the population in Arua has historically comprised other communities like Alur, Kakwa, Nubians/Aringa, Madi etc. Thus naming of the Association after Lugbara ... may not be appropriate as some sections of the population from Arua might feel alienated. Secondly i feel we should not change the name of MASU into something else because of historical and cultural reasons. Historically MASU was the first cultural students' organisation known to have existed in the history of Makerere if what the founders told us by word of mouth is any thing to go by. Changing the name may delink the organisation from its historical identity from which it should continue to draw inspiration and strength. Thirdly am of the opinion that changing the name of MASU because other people's organisations have tribal or ethnic names such as TESDA, AMSA may be counter productive as no two communities share exactly the same sociocultural identities. Our situation are not exactly the same as the situations in those communities. I would like to humbly propose that the name of MASU remains as it is but MASU should make a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis of itself and realign its activities to take care of all the usbcommunities in Arua. This will necessitate a strong, vibrant, dynamic and committed leadership which MASU has not exhibited for a while. The students should stop electing leaders on the basis of ones capacity for offering Malua at Kikonyi or Makerere Kivuli. Forgive me those who love malua, i just wanted to make a point. I hope Mr will accept my apology. Thank you and let the conversation continue for it is through such open and frank discussuions that we might stumple on some thing useful. Sam Andema University of British Columbia Box 34 6335 Thunderbird Crescent Vancouver, BC V6T 2G9 Canada --- On Mon, 6/4/09, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] MASU Finalist and Hand Over Party. To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 6 April, 2009, 12:26 AM Hi, Over the weekend, I and Eng. Okuni represented the rest of you at this years Makerere Arua Students Union Finalist and Hand Over party. The Chief Guest was non other than Uncle Tom Buruku. Before he took to the podium, Dr. Isaac Ezaati the Patron MASU unveiled uncle Tom in a manner that could make the Queen of England bow to the occasion. He told us to look at Tom Buruku, Obitre Gama, Joseph Etima, Dr. Eric Adriko, James Nyakuni as People who should inspire us and act as our role models.The Students seem to have gained actual focus. They addressed the issue of poor academic performance in West Nile, Land use and other factors. When I was given an opportunity to address them, I opined about the need to transform MASU to something similar to LUSU (Lugbara Students Union), LUMSA (Lubgara Makerere Students Association) or LUSDA (Lubgara Students Development Association. Why all this. MASU used to cover Arua which included Kobobo, Yumbe, Maracha, Terego, Ayivu, Madi Okollo, and Vura. Now we have Koboko District, Yumbe District, Maracha Terego District and Arua district which now has only Vura, Ayivu and Madi Okollo. So I thought we need to have a students association based on our
Re: [WestNileNet] Makerere Vura Students Association
Hi Caleb, Thank you for sharing your experience with Makerere Vura students function. You are right it is easy to suspect that having county associations at Makerere would weaken Makerere Arua Students Union. Initially many people would think so but when they start participating in these students' functions they soon realise that these county based associations are very important vehicles for grassroot activities even of MASU itself. You see, as human beings we have multiple identities. These identities are fluid and and not permanent. Their fluidity enable humans a degree of flexibility in managing their existence and guarantee their security at different levels. In every day of our life we keep negotiating and changing our identitiies in different social group. At home you are a parent or a husband, in court you are a lawyer, on sunday you are a christian, in this forum you are a Wedstniler yet this does not make less a Uganda. These identiies are socially constructed and must be contextualised in situated practices. What is important is genuinness and principled. Otherwise thank you very much for sharing with us your experience and i support you in helping the grassroot organisations to become agents of change in the region. Thank you. Sam Andema --- On Sun, 29/3/09, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Makerere Vura Students Association To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Sunday, 29 March, 2009, 3:40 PM Hi, over the weekend, I and Ejiku Robert were invited to officiate as Guest of Honours by the above named students association who were bidding farewell to their finalists and also swearing in their incoming office bearers. Ever since counties began forming themselves into associations, I felt jittery to associate my self with them. I thought it would undermine MASU. But this time I thought I could learn a lesson or two. Indeed I discovered that these county based associations could be used as effective tools of implementing programs of MASU and our programs of social transformation of the region. You know folks, we should start attending more of such functions. Some of us worked hard in A- level because we were inspired by MASU students like Eng. Okuni, Bugason, e.t.c. We could also use these students to assist in holiday teachings, seminars, e.t.c. I and Ejiku challenged them to come up with good pamphlets for A- level subjects which we may give to knowledgeable educationist to approve and we could fund the publications. MASU is organizing its party on 4th of April. I will update you with the program so that those who can should turn up in large numbers. ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] From the Task Force
Dear Fr Rofino, Thank you very much for all the fforts you have made atleast to asseble a team. As Charles Draecabo has said being able to compose the team and that the team was able to meet is itself a big step forawrd. However in order to be even more focused and in order not to start moving in circles i would think we be systematic and buid on what we have already done. So far a problem has been identified which is that there is a persistent decline in students' performance in schools in West Line which is creating a gap between West Nile and other regions of the country. We would like to get to the root causes of the problem with a view to solving the probem and ensuring that performance improves in schools. A lot of very useful ideas have aleeady been put forward by members of this forum. I recall you were asked to offer leadeship which you have effectivelty started. Mr Alaka Caleb was asked to draft terms of reference for the task force, it appears he has not been able to do that, given he is a practicing lawyer. That seems to be the probblem. Without draft terms of reference we may not meaninful contribute beyond what we have been doing so far. I have followed the discussions that have been going on very closely and printed out all the mails people have been sending on the subject. I have filled one whole box file. As a task force you need to have a secretary who can keep tracking all the discussions and keeping records of these discussions so that we do not lose these useful ideas people are contributing. In fact, a summary of the discussions would have generated the terms of reference we are looking for. The task is there for some one, probably Mr Alaka himself to sit down, read through all the discussion that has been going on, summarise the discussions to come up with terms of service which can be tabled for further input from members. It would be easier for us to discuss a draft than start thinking together to generate a draft in an open forum. Otherwise thank you very much for the far you have reached with the work of the task force. The journey will be long but am glad we have started the journey. Let's continue to talk the walk as we walk the talk. May God bless you and the team. Thank you Sam Andema University of British Columbia Box 34 6335 Thunderbird Crescent Vancouver, BC V6T 2G9 Canada --- On Fri, 27/3/09, Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] From the Task Force To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Friday, 27 March, 2009, 12:51 PM Dear All Greetings from the members of the TF Yesterday we met. The meeting of last week did not take place since there was no quorum. I found myself that day with Ambassador Acemah. Those present for yesterday's meeting were: - Ruffino Ezama - Grace Aciro (the new HeadTeacher of Ediofe Girls) - George Ezatirale (Director Caritas Arua Diocese) - Amb (Rtd) Harold Acema - Izio Tata Aggrey (Head Teacher Mvara SS) - Juruga Augustine (Head Teacher Ombaci SS) - Alfred Asiku Tulu (Chaplain St Charles Lwanga College Koboko) Absent with apology - Mike Anewa (Dfcu Bank Manager Arua branch) - Lucy Lekuru (former deputy Ediofe Girls SS) - Martin Andua - Dr Primo Asega - Caleb Alaka - Joseph Etima The TF insisted that the terms of reference be worked and be in place so as to guide the TF outlining the objectives etc of the TF etc. Before we embark on the baseline survey which will enable us reach out to the grassroot we thought of coming up a proposal which will capture a topic, the problem and objectives of what we would like to know from the people and our scope. In case some members would like to contribute ideas about a topic on which we should get focused on can share, and also objectives. Our next meeting is next wednesday April 1st, 2009 from 5pm to 6 pm. God bless you -- Ruffino Ezama,mccj Comboni Missionaries P.O Box 3872 Kampala Uganda (+256 77 2 62 42 40) (+256 75 2 62 42 40) ruffino.ez...@gmail.com ezama.ruff...@gmail.com ruff...@cmpmail.com www.tualu.org ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Task -force- Short term efforts for consideration
Hi Jesca, Thank you for adding your voice and the porposals you have put forward. It is good to have more female voices coming. We need not to leave our ladies behiond in this effort. I hope the task force will an audience to your voice. Thank you and please, keep it up. Sam Andema University of British Columbia 6335 thunderbird crescent Cancouver, B.C V6T 2G9 Canada --- On Mon, 16/3/09, Jesca Anguyo jesca...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Jesca Anguyo jesca...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Task -force- Short term efforts for consideration To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 16 March, 2009, 2:03 PM Dear Colleques, I wish to appreciate all the efforts and ideas shared and to this I will endevour to add my voice. Iam in no position to estimate the number of candidates in primary and secondary , all over West Nile,who will be sitting for their exams this year.Some of the survey and research processes will probabaly take some time to conclude , be analysed and used to design strategies/approaches. I want to believe that if this trend of poor performance continues, we shall be experincing a near future, 5-15 year period with no persons from the region in key decision making positions in this country. We can all guess what that would mean for the development of West Nile. Based on the performance issues already highlighted by various contributers, What is it that we can do for the canditates who have only two terms to make a difference? Iam glad Ombachi has St Josephs day, a great opportunity to reach, students, parents, teachers and all the other stakeholders.Some wild suggestions for consideration: At lease one visit to each school before the end of year by role models and some key figures Utilizing School special days e.g St Joseph's day PTA meetings, as an opportunity to discuss performance Places of worship, need to continously remind all parents, students, etc of their obligations and the importance of an educated generation Events: Special programs: e.g radio talk show, dedicated with all stakeholders taking part to discuss the issues. etc This will call for sacrifice and voluntarism Thanks Jesca Bako Anguyo From: Patrick Okuni paok...@yahoo.com To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: Johnson Adomati jadmarketing...@yahoo.com; Godfrey Mundua godf...@techno-associates.co.ug; Michael Moni michaelmon...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:24:33 PM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] St Josephs day 21/03/2009 Dear Colleagues Nice to note that the discussion has started well in advance. Sure, there will be further discussion and lots more at the Reunion on 21/03 at Ombaci. But it all begins tomorrow at the Kampala do. You are all welcome to join us at Kati Kati Restaurant starting 5:00pm - your invitation is attached herewith. Let us begin the face-to-face engagement to address the critical issue at hand - academic performance in our region. See you there! Best... Patrick Okuni --- On Fri, 13/3/09, Robert Ejiku ejikurob...@gmail.com wrote: From: Robert Ejiku ejikurob...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] St Josephs day 21/03/2009 To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Friday, 13 March, 2009, 8:56 AM RObetia, You have just given them the answers and if I was one of those there on 21st March 2009, I would now be a star because this website is widely shared. Remember to use a secure line to help Alaka with quiz for OBs. Alaka has no capacity to ask anyother questions apart from the ones you have posed. I bet his chemistry is too aged and 20 years down the road is a long period my friends. Thanks otherwise for coming back safely from your travels. You must be drinking blood now if your mythical story of the last time has occurred. Ejiku. On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:16 AM, robert obetia robe...@hotmail.com wrote: Jambo Alaka, Sorry i have been out of touch and travelling. With 123 unread inbox material. Alaka, that should be your question posed in Ombaci where you have been invited by Patrick O. But just in case you need what to expect - look for the words hydrocarbon. Paraffin (Lighter) and Diesel (denser than) are both hydrocarbons characterised by the general formular CnH2n+2. Though there is now Biodiesel with probably an O somewhere. So you used to have mixture but no resulting rxn. So no new formular men or perhaps the formular is paraffin and diesel in layman's. So prove that the OBs do remember this and make no mistake - they will get challenged by your aging brain capacity. If i may recall, the common hydrocarbon fuels we have range from n=6 to n=12. Good quiz for OBs day and let's get on with the role model easier and any time that you get West Nile. Make sure you reach Arua Demonstration P.7 School (atleast arrange on morning parade time) to cheer them up. Take Care - i hope you
RE: [WestNileNet] Task -force- Short term efforts for consideration
Hi Robert,
Thank you for your soft but analytical response to Jesca's and Titus'
submissions and most importantly the humour you injected into the discussion.
Once in a while we need such humour to lubricatebthe hard stuff some of are
used to. Once again thank you but do not be addicted to the white spirit lest
you drawn in it.
Sam Andema
--- On Mon, 16/3/09, robert obetia robe...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: robert obetia robe...@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Task -force- Short term efforts for consideration
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net
Date: Monday, 16 March, 2009, 7:45 PM
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Dear All (Ladies and Gents),
The amount of discussions and preparations regarding performance improvement in
WW is getting impressive. The exchange can only be described as collosal. Jesca
B has some quite interesting points below. To me it sounds like the quest to
move faster. Bingo. SJOCO has been on motion before. The positive responses
from the suggested task force especially led by Father Ruf could be on motion
already. Members I believe Jesca's bullet points 1 and 3 can easily be set on
motion faster like SJOCO is going to.. Relatively easier activities start for
the benefit of Candidate classes.. And then bullets 3 and 4 equally need to
start atleast for the benefit of such schools like Maracha SS
whose students may be at home now. Jesca, the time before end of year may not
be be right. I would rather say BEFORE MID OF YEAR 2009.
Disco's, Vedio and Waragi - Titus, don't ban or even suggest banning of
anything, for you and I still love UG Waragi. What happens if we have to visit
Alikua in August and get the thirst to sit with one or 2 PTA members. Plus our
people do not understand the word ban and it's enforcement. It gets mis-used
with so much force that loss of life and property always occur like the one you
just stated in Alikua and now the Koboko style of events. The plan has to get
grand on this matter. If we can get simpler ways of getting communities
involved in agreeing how to regulate teacher and pupil behaviour. Get them
understand the benefit of setting education as priority for their Children, i
believe it will be alright. I am not the best in suggesting how easily this can
be done. But Jesca's bullet points point at avenues to reach a wide range.
RObetia
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:03:41 -0700
From: jesca...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Task -force- Short term efforts for consideration
To: westnilenet@kym.net
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Dear Colleques,
I wish to appreciate all the efforts and ideas shared and to this I will
endevour to add my voice. Iam in no position to estimate the number of
candidates in primary and secondary , all over West Nile,who will be sitting
for their exams this year.Some of the survey and research processes will
probabaly take some time to conclude , be analysed and used to design
strategies/approaches. I want to believe that if this trend of poor performance
continues, we shall be experincing a near future, 5-15 year period with no
persons from the region in key decision making positions in this country. We
can all guess what that would mean for the development of West Nile.
Based on the performance issues already highlighted by various contributers,
What is it that we can do for the canditates who have only two terms to make a
difference? Iam glad Ombachi has St Josephs day, a great opportunity to reach,
students, parents, teachers and all the other stakeholders.Some wild
suggestions for consideration:
At lease one visit to each school before the end of year by role models and
some key figures
Utilizing School special days e.g St Joseph's day
PTA meetings, as an opportunity to discuss performance
Places of worship, need to continously remind all parents, students, etc of
their obligations and the importance of an educated generation
Events:
Special programs: e.g radio talk show, dedicated with all stakeholders taking
part to discuss the issues.
etcThis will call for sacrifice and voluntarism
Thanks
Jesca Bako Anguyo
From: Patrick Okuni paok...@yahoo.com
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net
Cc: Johnson Adomati jadmarketing...@yahoo.com; Godfrey Mundua
godf...@techno-associates.co.ug; Michael Moni michaelmon...@yahoo.com
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:24:33 PM
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] St Josephs day 21/03/2009
Dear Colleagues
Nice to note that the discussion has started well in advance. Sure, there will
be further discussion and lots more at the Reunion on 21/03 at Ombaci.. But it
all begins tomorrow at the Kampala do. You are all welcome to join us at Kati
Kati Restaurant starting 5:00pm - your invitation is attached herewith. Let us
begin the face-to-face engagement to address the
Re: [WestNileNet] The state of aafairs by Hon Wadri K
Hi Gerald, Thank your submission and the emphasis your putting on some kind of updates from the task force. You are right we need to know what is going on lest we start repeating ourselves and moving in circles. I hope the force will respond to your call. Am fine at British Columbia. The weather has imrpoved. Winter is gradually giving way to the spring season which some of us have been eagerly waiting for. I hope you are fine and enjoying the work of administering the University. Wish you the best of luck. Thank you. Sam Andema --- On Mon, 16/3/09, gerald matua amanduma...@yahoo.com wrote: From: gerald matua amanduma...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] The state of aafairs by Hon Wadri K To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Monday, 16 March, 2009, 7:50 PM Dear Brothers and Sisters, The relay of MP Kassiano;s speech by Alaka is simply unbelievable. Imagine teachers and their pupils wachiting Arsenal vs Man U and then getting drunk possibly together. It is really a pity. But i guess we need to do some thing. By the way... what is the core team doing now? . Please Comrade Alaka or Fr. Rufino update me on the way forward and please let us know what the committe is thinking of fund raising for these endevours. Hello Andema ... how are you doing in in British Columbia? More later. Amandu Gerald Matua, RN; D. Litt et Phil.(cand), Associate Dean, School of Nursing Sciences, Kampala International University- Western Campus P.o Box 71 Ishaka-Bushenyi, Uganda Tel: +256 772 522 938 or +256 701 522 938 Email: amanduma...@yahoo.com --- On Sun, 3/15/09, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] The people on the ground To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 1:17 PM Now this is not a laughing matter. Hon. Kassiano Wadri was invited to make a speech over the weekend. The good Hon. M.P for Terego had this to say in relation to our penchant theme of Education. Commenting on the performance of pupils who sat for their PLE last year, the M.P told us that only 3 pupils passed out of all the 57 primary schools in Terego County. Now wait for the shocker, the M.P stated that teachers in Terego sit with their pupils in Kibanda's (that is a colloquial term for make shift video halls) the whole night watching movies. That it is common seeing those teachers with their students dancing in those Godforsaken make shift discotheques while imbibing the bitter staff. That when it comes for time for lessons, its a common practice for the teacher to be sucking a packet of the staff while teaching.. By the way thses gins are cheaply packed with brand names like Kings Gin, Higbury, Old trafford et.c. I and Father Ruffino exchanged some rare glances since both of us where in the audience. Unfortunately the M.P did not give us a way forward. Ya the ball is in our Court. -Inline Attachment Follows- ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] 2 die in Koboko riot
Hi Caleb, Thank you very much Wish you the best and hope to hear from soon. Sam --- On Mon, 16/3/09, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] 2 die in Koboko riot To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: zal...@yahoo.com Date: Monday, 16 March, 2009, 11:57 PM Charles, get for me Todoko's mobile number. I might be in Arua over the weekend. We cannot allow impunity. I will handle this matter probono. By the way It is high time we show the world that gone are the days they could oppress, suppress and exploit us. --- On Mon, 3/16/09, Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com wrote: From: Charles Male cdm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] 2 die in Koboko riot To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Cc: Zachary Lomo zal...@yahoo.com, Akonyu Akolo agak...@surrey.ca, Todoko Stephen todokostep...@yahoo.com Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 1:32 AM Thank you David, Robert, Caleb and Sam for your responses. This was a premeditated, cold blooded murder committed in Koboko under the guise of revenue collection/smuggling prevention. No one condones tax evasion or smuggling or any cheating of anyone. But for URA to go to the extent of killing people is beyond reason. How many billions if not trillions of Uganda shillings are embezzled in Kampala and people are forgiven for it. And here in West Nile, people are killed for trying to avoid to pay 10,000 shs tax!!! Caleb, this issue has been the main subject of discussion on Kobokonet since it happened and your name has been mentioned many times as someone to be approached. For some reason certain people thought you were on Kobokonet and actually requested your help. But your classmate/schoolmate Zachary Lomo did mention that he may get in tough with you. However, as you know, he is still in England. Mr. Stephen Todoko, Coordinator of Anticorruption Coalition Koboko and Chaiperson of the Board of Directors, Anti corrpution coalition of West Nile would be is in the best stead to funrnish you with the necessary details. He can also link you to the families. One thing we have to notice is that the reporter wrote a completely biased newspaper article which putting blame squarely on the victims as well as the people of Koboko. This is the problem when newspapers send reporters who have no allegiance to the area to report on atrrocities committed by people who do not come from the region. The reporter must be asked to retract his malicious article. There is the law and if any person of sound mind would speak about the supremacy of the law when someone is murdered for such flimsy reasons as tax evasion/smuggling rather than blamming the victims. The Government of Uganda must educate Ugandans nationwide about the importance of paying taxes or teh conssequences of smuggling and how it will affect the economy of the country. There is no need militariasing a government agency when government has not done its duty to fully educate people. besides, the multiple standards of treating people when it comes to abuse of funds must stop! Caleb, we look forward to your assistance in this matter. In fact, if it were possible, you and Todoko Stephen should for you to travel to Koboko over a weekend to start the process of gathering the facts and taking leagl action against the government. As I write, apparently one of the victims is still clinging to dear life in Arua hospital waiting to be transfered to Kampala. Charles On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: No person shall be deprived of life intentionally except in execution of a sentence passed in a fair trial by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Uganda and the Conviction and sentence have been confirmed by the Highest appellate Court Folks, this is the wording of Article 22 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda. This Article entitled Protection of right to life is in the bill of rights and forms the gist of the fundamental and other human rights and freedoms. These rights are inherent and not granted by the State. Under Article 20 (2) of the Constitution, this right and others are to be respected, upheld, and promoted by all organs and agencies of Government and by all persons. Indeed what happened in Koboko was unfortunate. I have failed to decipher how one can talk of smuggling in the middle of a town like Koboko and Arua. Besides that How some trigger happy lumpen can deprive an innocent Ugandan of the right to life under the flimsy guise of collecting taxes. Please any body who has access to the family members of the deceased should link me up with them and I will provide probono or free legal services to ensure that URA compensates the family members. We should condemn such acts by URA ___ WestNileNet
Re: [WestNileNet] 2 die in Koboko riot
Dear colleagues, I would like to thank Alaka for asking to be connected to the families of our fellow west Nilers killed in cold blood in broad day light by the army men working for URA. For long our lives have never been valued in this country. The British used us to fight their own wars in all the colonies. Ever since the Btritish left successive governments have used us to shed people's blood and that of our own. In all the wars this country has fought we have lost young people on both sides of the frontline. I have just burried my own young brother with bullet wounds from Congo. At a time like this when we are tying to dissuade our people from the gun culture and try other options, the powers that be are yet again turning the gun on unarmed civilians struggling to survive. When the big shots in government smuggle goods worth billions of shilling and the stories are run in the news papers, URA looks the other way and the very people who should be held accountable are rewarded with promotions. When these poor folks in Westnile try to sell afew litres of fuel to feed their sturving families they are short dead and the URA staff have the audacity to deny the act and seek to protect the gunmen. What kind of justice is this? For whom is the law? These are some of the things that may provoke some one to do the unthinkable! We can not go on seing some people trembling on other people's rights while helplessly looking on! There must come a time when people start realising that we have the capacity of to bring to an end these senseless bood shed of our people. Mr Alaka, thank you for volunteering to seek conpensation for the families. However i feel you should take it beyond compensation and ensure that those responsible pay the price of committing murder. I will be very grateful if that can be achieved. The education we have attain will be meaningless if we can put it to the service of the ordinary people. I support you fully in seeking justice for these families. Thank you. Sam Andema --- On Sun, 15/3/09, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] 2 die in Koboko riot To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Sunday, 15 March, 2009, 10:13 PM No person shall be deprived of life intentionally except in execution of a sentence passed in a fair trial by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Uganda and the Conviction and sentence have been confirmed by the Highest appellate Court Folks, this is the wording of Article 22 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda. This Article entitled Protection of right to life is in the bill of rights and forms the gist of the fundamental and other human rights and freedoms. These rights are inherent and not granted by the State. Under Article 20 (2) of the Constitution, this right and others are to be respected, upheld, and promoted by all organs and agencies of Government and by all persons. Indeed what happened in Koboko was unfortunate. I have failed to decipher how one can talk of smuggling in the middle of a town like Koboko and Arua. Besides that How some trigger happy lumpen can deprive an innocent Ugandan of the right to life under the flimsy guise of collecting taxes. Please any body who has access to the family members of the deceased should link me up with them and I will provide probono or free legal services to ensure that URA compensates the family members. We should condemn such acts by URA ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] RIP Peter Edema Etima
My condolences to the bereaved family. It is sad that death has again robed us of another important human reesource. My God comfort our hearts at this difficult moment as we mourn the deceased. Sam Andema --- On Wed, 11/3/09, Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com Subject: [WestNileNet] RIP Peter Edema Etima To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Wednesday, 11 March, 2009, 8:27 AM Dear all We have just lost Mr Peter Edema Etima who passed away in Mulago Hospital yesterday night. I blessed his wedding myself last year on June 28, 2008 and now he is no more. Let's keep close to the family of Mr Joseph Etima in this trying moment. There will be a requiem mass at catholic centre on friday at 3 pm, then the body will be taken to onzivu (near awindiri). The burial will take place in Otumbari on saturday afternoon. -- Ruffino Ezama,mccj Comboni Missionaries P.O Box 3872 Kampala Uganda (+256 77 2 62 42 40) (+256 75 2 62 42 40) ruffino.ez...@gmail.com ezama.ruff...@gmail.com ruff...@cmpmail.com www.tualu.org ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Terms of Reference for the Task Force
Hi Caleb, Thank you for your mail. You are right we need to move the process forward. Much has been said, less has been done. It is time to start acting. We should quickly agree on the number of the task force. Some had mention seven as an ideal number but my view would that the task force should have more than seven people for pragmatic reasons. Father Rofino should generate a draft work plan or schedule and share it with members of the task force before publishing it to the rest of us for more input. While you, Caleb should volunteer to work on the terms of reference for the task force and share the terms of reference with the task force before making it public for further discussion. After soliciting our input on the work plan and the terms of reference, the task force should proceed to refine the two documents and table them again for adoption and real work begins from there. Such is my suggestion for the way forward. Thank you. Sam Andema University of British Columbia 6335 Thunderbird Crescent Vancouver, B.C Canada --- On Tue, 10/3/09, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] Terms of Reference for the Task Force To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Tuesday, 10 March, 2009, 1:50 PM Father George, welcome on board, Father Ruffino, I believe we need a draft TOR as soon as practicable. So far if I am not mistaken, the consensus on the membership seems to be as Follows, Father Ruffino, Chairperson, Members; Ambassador Achema Harold, Andua Drani, Caleb Alaka. I would suggest Miss Buatru and another sister. We can get other names. Meanwhile members can also contribute to our terms of reference. Please this is the beginning of a long but short Journey. Mundua, Ejiku, Andema, Obetia, and the rest what is your take on the same. If it is possible Father George should also become a member of the task force. ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] Terms of Reference for the Task Force
Hi Gili, I support your nomination of Fr George to be included in the task force unless some one has an objection. Thank you. Sam Andema --- On Tue, 10/3/09, Gilbert Adibo adibo2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gilbert Adibo adibo2...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Terms of Reference for the Task Force To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Tuesday, 10 March, 2009, 1:58 PM Dear All, I do believe Fr. George already working on a similar endeavour would be a handy resource on the Task force. I would therefore suggest that he too be added on the team. Gilly On 10/03/2009, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: Father George, welcome on board, Father Ruffino, I believe we need a draft TOR as soon as practicable. So far if I am not mistaken, the consensus on the membership seems to be as Follows, Father Ruffino, Chairperson, Members; Ambassador Achema Harold, Andua Drani, Caleb Alaka. I would suggest Miss Buatru and another sister. We can get other names. Meanwhile members can also contribute to our terms of reference. Please this is the beginning of a long but short Journey. Mundua, Ejiku, Andema, Obetia, and the rest what is your take on the same. If it is possible Father George should also become a member of the task force. ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
RE: [WestNileNet] the Father Ruffino Westnile Educational Task force
Hi Titus,
I join you in seconding Alaka for the task force to be established.
Thank you.
Sam Andema
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Senior Counsel Alaka, I second your nomination to the TF, and would like to
believe that other members have endorsed it. Would be good if we can have the
ToRs for the TF in place before the SJOCOBA function this weekend because that
in a way is one of the launch pads for the proposed bigger effort.
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:52:48 -0700
From: calebal...@yahoo.com
To: westnilenet@kym.net
Subject: [WestNileNet] the Father Ruffino Westnile Educational Task force
Father,
Thanks for the experiment at Ewadri, all the respondents you informally
interviewed gave a correct clue. One can simply summarize the findings as lack
of discipline amongst the current crop of students, poor attitude towards
education and infrastructural and institutional bottlenecks. Adibo Gilbert in
my view rightly added some other factors like wanting educational facilities to
wit, outdated books, insufficient teaching materials and attitude. Embati's
prescription was a multi-prong approach. what does all this mean. As Mundua,
Azabo, Okuni and Andema have suggested, lets come up with the terms of
reference for this task force and its membership thanks that Andua is now a
confirmed member. As I opined earlier, the task force should be gender
sensitive. The sooner we do this the better. This way, we can now look at the
basic facts, the raison detre of the plummeting performance in our schools,
other point of view of the different stake holders and
the way forward. Upon getting a draft report and recommendations, we can now
convene a major conference like Kacok Madit in Kampala and Arua to debate the
report, adopt the same and probably come up with a frame work of implementing
the same. Oyulu Patrick why are you quite. By the way this is one of the
Prominent Ob's of Mvara together with Tom Buruku whom I should have mentioned
in my not conclusive List. We also need a time frame for this task force. I am
also willing to be a member of the task force if members have no objections.
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Re: [WestNileNet] WestNile Digest, Vol 6, issue 72
Thank you Caleb for welcoming us to the forum. Hope it will make us remain in contact and informed of pertinent issues of common interest. Thank you and may God bless you all. Sam Andema University of British Columbia vancouver, Canada --- On Sun, 8/3/09, Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Caleb Alaka calebal...@yahoo.com Subject: [WestNileNet] WestNile Digest, Vol 6, issue 72 To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Sunday, 8 March, 2009, 3:05 PM Dr. Modest Kayi, Zako Joyce Buatru, Titus Alicai and Samuel Andema welcome to the forum. ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] WestNile Digest, Vol 6, issue 72
Dear Fr. Rofino, Thank you very much for sharing with us your emperical discussion with the folks. In a way you were carrying out an ethnographic study on this important subject of the persistent decline of education in west Nile. It is one way of gaging peiople's perceptions on the problem. The approach you have adopted is very good to open people's. However, from a professional point of view i would like some one to really volunteer and help us in systematically documenting the performance in some selected number of both primary and secondary schools across WestNile for the last five or ten years to let people especially our leaders to realise the gravity of the problem of death of education in the region. Talking about the problem without basic facts and figure is making our people become complacent. Can you imagi i was told on phone from Arua this morning that in the whole of Arua district hardly 10 candidates passed in grade one in PLE in 2008. Surely what are the elite and leaders in westnile doing? What are we paying the people who sit in district education for? Why do we continue to pay the headmaster in these schools? What are the so called Board of Governors doing in these schools when the policy and law gives them a lot of powers? Surely, enough should be enough! Just as every liquid has its boiling point there must be a limit to our patience! I am sick and tired of our inaction! This is too much! Sam Andema University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada --- On Sun, 8/3/09, Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] WestNile Digest, Vol 6, issue 72 To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Sunday, 8 March, 2009, 4:19 PM Yes Alaka Greetings from Ombaci. I hope all is fine there. This morning I went to celebrate Mass at Ewadri (between Abi Farm and Oriajini). It was nice to wish women Happy Women's day. I asked these people at the end of Mass what (according to them) are causing poor results in schools these days. Out of six people who talked five were women. a) the first woman said this could be attributed too much liking for night dances, eating of marungi which makes their interests to be divided b) another said she heard on the radio that teachers are poorly paid and they dont teach. c) another blamed the UPE USE where children are not to be punsihed thesedays. Children misbehave, they dont respect teachers and even insult them d) one stated that today freedom is free. I dont know what she meant exactly. But she continued observing that they buy kersone for these children to study and they leave the lamps on while they have sneaked out. Some elderly people see these children out at odd times and no body cares about such a situation e) another woman said that they parents cant even offer some lunch for these children. What they could use for preparing food for them are instead sold in the market for cash which is not used for the children. f) the only man who spoke pointed out to the children, parents and teachers all on the wrong. I wish you a good sunday, happy women's day to our sisters -- Ruffino Ezama,mccj Comboni Missionaries P.O Box 3872 Kampala Uganda (+256 77 2 62 42 40) (+256 75 2 62 42 40) ruffino.ez...@gmail.com ezama.ruff...@gmail.com ruff...@cmpmail.com www.tualu.org ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___ ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
Re: [WestNileNet] WestNile Digest, Vol 6, issue 72
Thank you father, for the promise we definitel need that statistics to raise dust! I look forward to receiving the data. Thank you. Sam Andema University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada --- On Sun, 8/3/09, Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ruffino Ezama ruffino.ez...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] WestNile Digest, Vol 6, issue 72 To: andema...@yahoo.co.uk, A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile westnilenet@kym.net Date: Sunday, 8 March, 2009, 5:11 PM Thanks Sam for your e mail. We are looking forward to that. You imagine Arua Hill Primary which used to prooduce 55 or 60 first graders in PLE. This time (2008) the whole of arua district coould not reach that. We are going to have those statistics at hand when we map out a way forward. God bless -- Ruffino Ezama,mccj Comboni Missionaries P.O Box 3872 Kampala Uganda (+256 77 2 62 42 40) (+256 75 2 62 42 40) ruffino.ez...@gmail.com ezama.ruff...@gmail.com ruff...@cmpmail.com www.tualu.org ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Appreciation
Dear all, Allow me to most humbly appreciate your invitation for me to join you in this forum. I hope it will give me an opportunity to share with the rest the little i may offer as i seek to gain from own going discussion on the challenges afflicting us in westnile in particular and Uganda or even Africa in general. I look forward to being engaged in any discussions. Thank you once again for welcoming me. Sam Andema University of British Columbia 6335 Thunderbird Crescent Box 34, Vancouver B.C V6T 2G9 Telephone +1 604 827 2131 Email: andema...@yahoo.co.uk ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Re: Godfrey Anguandia Opifeni= Deceased Spouse
Hi Moses, It was sad to learn about the death of Mr Anguandia's wife. I share your grief and commit everything to Almighty God. May he wipe his tears and give Him and the entire family strength to withstand the challenges that come with such a loss. My apologies for not being able to join you for the requim service. God bless you. Sam Andema --- On Fri, 24/10/08, ANGUALIA Moses Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: ANGUALIA Moses Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Godfrey Anguandia Opifeni= Deceased Spouse To: Patrick Okuni [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: WestNileNet@kym.net, Jamal Abdi [EMAIL PROTECTED], Owen Abidrabo- [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stephen Aceku [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alex Adaku [EMAIL PROTECTED], Johnson Adomati [EMAIL PROTECTED], Simon Peter Adrole [EMAIL PROTECTED], Anthony Ajiku [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sunday Igu Rocks Akile [EMAIL PROTECTED], Muzamil Akuma [EMAIL PROTECTED], Titus Alicai [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alex Odama Alidria [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andrew Alio [EMAIL PROTECTED], Godfrey Aluonzi [EMAIL PROTECTED], Godwin Amagu [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gerald Matua Amandu [EMAIL PROTECTED], Anthony Amandua [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gerald Amatre [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sam Andema [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Andruma [EMAIL PROTECTED], Moses Gabriel Angualia [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Angualia [EMAIL PROTECTED], Simon Anguma [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gilbert Anguyo [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lino Anguzu [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rogers Anguzu [EMAIL PROTECTED], Roy Anguzu [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sunday Henry Aniku [EMAIL PROTECTED], Zacchary Anyaliel [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thomas Abbey Anyanzo [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gabriel Aridru [EMAIL PROTECTED], Georges Asea [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bosco Asega [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sydney Asubo [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bernard Atiku [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dickson Avutia [EMAIL PROTECTED], R. Ayiko [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stevens A. Ayoma [EMAIL PROTECTED], Francis Azabo [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mike Bugason [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stephen Bule [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gasper Buni [EMAIL PROTECTED], Aldo Burua [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tabu Butagira [EMAIL PROTECTED], Goffin Candria [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dennis Dibele [EMAIL PROTECTED], Patrick Dradri [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charles Draecabo [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andua Drani [EMAIL PROTECTED], F. Xavier Drani [EMAIL PROTECTED], Victor Drile [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alfred Driwale [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Embati [EMAIL PROTECTED], Godwin Eyoki [EMAIL PROTECTED], Patrick Onen Ezaga [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ruffino Ezama [EMAIL PROTECTED], Timothy Ezati [EMAIL PROTECTED], Samuel Feta [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nelson Guma [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Idoru [EMAIL PROTECTED], Baker sam Kakondah [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alemi Kenyi [EMAIL PROTECTED], Timothy Kitoko [EMAIL PROTECTED], Francis Matenga [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Matua [EMAIL PROTECTED], Godfrey Mundua [EMAIL PROTECTED], Patrick Munduga [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ronald Munduni [EMAIL PROTECTED], Enock Mutinga [EMAIL PROTECTED], Elly Nayenda [EMAIL PROTECTED], Willy Ngaka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert Obetia [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joe Avashi Ocia [EMAIL PROTECTED], Denis Upol Ococi [EMAIL PROTECTED], Emmanuel Odar [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul Ogaba [EMAIL PROTECTED], Geoffrey Ogwaro [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Okuonzi [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Okuti [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jimmy Ondoga [EMAIL PROTECTED], Apollo Onzoma [EMAIL PROTECTED], Albert Orijabo [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gilbert Ringtho [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gilbert Ringtho [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert Taban [EMAIL PROTECTED], Boniface Toko [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Tukupe [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bernard Vigga [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tom Wani [EMAIL PROTECTED], William Worodria [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gilman Yumaa [EMAIL PROTECTED], Philip Zema [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 24 October, 2008, 2:30 PM Dear OBs The body of late Christine arrived yesterday-Thursday, today requime prayers shall be held at KPC central and immediately after the prayers, the body leaves for Kumi district for burial. May her soul rest in eternal peace. Above all lets commit every thing to God in prayer. Moses Angualia --- On Thu, 10/23/08, Patrick Okuni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Patrick Okuni [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Godfrey Anguandia Opifeni Deceased To: WestNileNet@kym.net, Jamal Abdi [EMAIL PROTECTED], Owen Abidrabo- [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stephen Aceku [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alex Adaku [EMAIL PROTECTED], Johnson Adomati [EMAIL PROTECTED], Simon Peter Adrole [EMAIL PROTECTED], Anthony Ajiku [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sunday Igu Rocks Akile [EMAIL PROTECTED], Muzamil Akuma [EMAIL PROTECTED], Titus Alicai [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alex Odama Alidria [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andrew Alio [EMAIL PROTECTED], Godfrey Aluonzi [EMAIL PROTECTED], Godwin Amagu [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gerald Matua Amandu [EMAIL PROTECTED], Anthony Amandua [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gerald Amatre [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sam Andema [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Andruma [EMAIL PROTECTED], Moses Gabriel Angualia [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Angualia [EMAIL PROTECTED], Simon Anguma [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gilbert Anguyo [EMAIL
