Re: [WestNileNet] Power and more power

2009-04-06 Thread Gilbert Adibo
Hey Guys, Do we need Power?? Afterall we do not have industries!! The only solution to sustainable and reliable power supply to this region is through Public-private partnership as the government always does not have money to independently indulge in such huge investment. Unfortunately, this gov

Re: [WestNileNet] Power and more power

2009-04-06 Thread Ruffino Ezama
>From the New Vision of today Arua power plant leaves 3,000 in darkness Monday, 6th April, 2009 *By Frank Mugabi and Barbara Among * THE West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECO) has closed leaving 3,

Re: [WestNileNet] Power and more power

2009-04-05 Thread Gilbert Adibo
Mgba Alaka, Are you guys allowed to own companies and even to say the least, have money to the extent of building a dam for Arua in todays Uganda Aren't our so called Millionaire's by our standards made to run around whenever elections approach just because they do not want to get actively in

Re: [WestNileNet] Power and more power

2009-04-05 Thread Margaret Angucia
Dear All, I know that Caleb's piece about obsession with power and more power is a satire perhaps to make us more imaginative about the problem but earlier on when I read the pieces by Gilbert and Jackson, I was reminded of how when I go home (some people say 'village' - which I think is being disr

[WestNileNet] Power and more power

2009-04-05 Thread Caleb Alaka
Gilbert and Jackson.   Why are you guys so obsessed with rural electrification, power, development blah blah. Don't you know that Africa is a Dark Continent. Who hates Darkness, is it not the time when thieves steal, and people do you know whatUnless we come up with a proposal to float a com