Hi Sam, Okuni,
To an extent I agree with Caleb in that if we leave MASU as is, then you Sam
and the Calebs are not going to have your siblings or even children
subscribe to this - you will even find it difficult to call your self an
ancestor yet you belong to "Matego" district and probably have an
association of your district as MMSU or something like that. Arua district
now is a smaller thing (The politicians have messed it up for their own
gains and we can't do much about that now, however we can work from what we
have and still stay together and guide the younger generation together
because we know we are one - regardless of those lines they draw across
rivers called borders to separate us. The younger generation might not
understand this because ever since they started to understand issues they
have found themselves coming from, Koboko District, Yumbe District, Matego
District, and who knows soon Madi Okollo District and not the original Arua,
the one we the older generation belong to.
However Caleb I also think the Lugbara name might alienate some ethnic
groups like Madi (as Okuni said I am a Madi too).
We therefore need to review these issues and come up with an association
that takes care of the bigger old Arua regardless of tribes.
Thanks.
Rogers Anguzu
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From: westnilenet-boun...@kym.net [mailto:westnilenet-boun...@kym.net] On
Behalf Of samuel andema
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:15 PM
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile
Subject: 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.
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