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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