Hello All,
I may not be a Lu... though from Arua, (Or is it Nyadr.. or Ma /Te?).
Forgetting where i belong but atleast the larger picture is clearer - West
Nile. Alaka, you and i were one time attempting to form a WENSA (1995).
I hope to see any of you - may be around DMOs ...? In town (K'la) for a few
days.
Regards
RObetia
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:09:43 -0700
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] MASU Finalist and Hand Over Party.
From: ejikurob...@gmail.com
To: westnilenet@kym.net
Caleb,
I beleive judging from the reactions from this forum, it must now open up to
westnile or better still to cover the entire former Arua. How you phrase it is
now to be thought out but definately not LUSU or something that suggests
Lugbara bse Arua has always been more than that and even presently it is big
culturally.
Over to you then.
Ejiku.
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Caleb Alaka <calebal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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 cultural heritage. After all we have AMSA
(Acholi Makerere Students Association), TESDA (Teso Students Development
Association) Nkoba Zambogo (For Buganda) LASA (Lango Students Association)
Basoga, and Banyakore etc students Association. This way we can salvage MASU
since county based students Associations are being manipulated by selfish and
egoistic Politicians who fear to meet a larger body of intellectuals and the
students have almost bought the idea of being Vura, Ayivu, Terego, Madi Okollo,
Maracha, Aringa e.t.c. Ya how do we conserve the Identity and Unity of our
students?
_______________________________________________
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.
_______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx
_______________________________________________
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.
_______________________________________________
