Commrades, I salute Caleb for his velocity of action. Thanks to WNF for the propelling force in the right direction. I wish to add to the avalench of questions. What is the time schedule for Caleb's team and the task force. The new academic year is from August and no serious info is on ground. Next FY is two academic years away. After elections (depending on the voting unfortunately) there may be dragging of feet. Friend's this is the ripe time to see the begininng of W Nile out of the darkness of semi literacy. Aluta contiua. Elly
--- On Tue, 2/2/10, Ejoyi Xavier <ejo...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Ejoyi Xavier <ejo...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] A Public University in West Nile To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <westnilenet@kym.net> Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 5:19 AM Dear Caleb, Once again thanks for your efforts in contributing to the development of West Nile. To my mind, the question of a public University in West Nile is one where the patience of the region has been fully tested. While noting with gratitude that a national is in place to “look into” establishment of a public University in the region, half a year of lost time and commitment of the taskforce logically leaves us with the option of appointing a small committee (3-4) to follow up with the taskforce. In light of this, may I make the following suggestions? 1. Caleb as President of the WNF together with three other members arrange to meet the national taskforce or at least its Chairperson with a purpose of understanding their Terms of Reference, progress to date, and the need for involvement of WNF in the processes. 2. Secondly, following your meeting with the taskforce, this Forum can deliberate and reach a consensus on how WNF can approach the issue of a University in West Nile. Again I reiterate that this is not the first time a committee, taskforce etc. is considering the issue of establishing a University in the region. It is too important an issue for WNF to stay aloof to! 3. Finally, in lieu of the above remind the forum of an issue I raised a week or two ago regarding the need to clarify the approach WNF will adopt to achieve its objectives. Is it service provision/implementation, advocacy, or support (technical, financial and advisory etc.), or is it a mixture of all these? Kind regards, Ndugu Xavier Ejoyi On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Caleb Alaka <calebal...@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Colleagues, Last Week on Thursday, I had a meeting with Hon. Jachan Omach. Minister of state for Finance (General duties). This meeting was as a result of an earlier meeting I had with the PPS to H.E the President. I had gone to see the PPS to fix an appointment for Asiku Jackson to see the President. But since I had known the PPS during the times we negotiated peace in West Nile and Juba. I reluctantly asked her about the University. She referred me to Hon. Jachan. In our meeting Jachan was grateful to learn about the West Nile Foundation. He told me that there are over 150 pledges the President made for the people of West Nile which needs to be followed. He further informed me that a National task force for the University headed by Professor Christine Dranzua (From MUK), had been formed. that we had lost six months. that other members of the task force were Rev. Father Epifani Odubiki the Principle of Lodonga TTC, Professor Tikodri the Deputy Vice Chancellor MUK and some one from Gulu University. The Ministry of Finance has released 200 Million UgShs and another 700 Million Shs is going to be released to the task force . Colleagues, These guys on the National task force are busy people. I was in MUST over the weekend and discussed the issue with our colleagues in MUST and we thought we can come up with our own committee especially the members of the academia from West Nile to assist the National task force. If this is acceptable to us, we can suggest names and I will handle the matter with Hon. Jachan Omach who is also from West Nile. This way, we can fast track the establishment of the University. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________
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