If I am right, milk is preserved fresh by using sustainable source of power. Was this also provided by the Bushenyi farmers? Will West Nile forum provide power for our people? How many of those cows have been given to people free or at subsidized prices in these regions we are proud of. How many of these have been given to West Nilers? Atleast recently I watch some of these cows being given to a group of women in some of those areas.
I also agree that our people are generally lazy. Let us not deceive ourselves that without the good will of the government, we can do everything. We have a part to play and government has a part to play and both parties must come to a table for this to happen. I think this is what we are saying here. Construction and equipment of health centers is done by governement for example, unless it is private and but even then it is the government to give the permission for it to happen. We shall beat about the bush but we shall not run away from the truth. ________________________________ From: francis azabo <ajaxaz...@yahoo.com> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> Sent: Fri, April 30, 2010 4:04:42 PM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Bushenyi vs West Nile Part A Nice one Emma, I believe everything has a starting point. Even the best laid strategies can fail if implementation is bad. I believe when WNF kick starts, there will be lots of challenges and learning points and its not short term anyway. However your observations and comparisons can't be ignored. The concept group should alert us on whats happening so far. ________________________________ From: Longo Emmanuel <emmalongo2...@yahoo.com> To: westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 13:57:43 Subject: [WestNileNet] Bushenyi vs West Nile Part A Dear all, I am writing because I feel i have to write:Why WNF cannot steer into the development of West Nile Region. In part A, I will limit my self to example of Bushenyi( whose politics i have ardently been following for the last 15 years!) and will share it for the purposes of our reflection. i) academic excellence: In this years' PLE results, Arua district had 87 first graders while Bushenyi 573.Condering it is now being split into 5 districts, it means each sub county had 114 first graders-far better than Arua District!...(somebody can crosscheck my statistics and also update us on O' and A'level as well!); ii) As an Engineer in Mbale in 2002 then, I happenned to have been on the Bushenyi District Local Government assesment team(peer review). On going through the LCV council minutes, we found out that 98% of the agenda was on development issues(driect poverty alleviation!). The team noted that most of the districts in Uganda then were bickering alot over petty issues and to date some still are e.g the Maracha-Terego circus. iii) In 2002, the dialy economy of Bushenyi District was about 2.3 billion shillings per day ( perhaps a WNF member can crosscheck the current status in relation to Arua District and all W/Nile districts and file us in!).The biggest source of revenue are matoke and milk; iv) The Bushenyi District Local Government and District Dairy Corperative union actually bougth Uganda Dairy Corperation before sameer group( and there is actually a partnership between them-I think??) v) Almost all cattle keeping families have crossed(improved) breeds of goats,cowsand therefore have daily income for extra value addition! vi) Ask Bushenyian( and some of us), their development has had nothing to do with MUSEVENI being in power( For Mbarara yes...). They only thank him for providing access to markets..that is all! Way back in 1920's-50's that has been the status quo through their developmental chief; vii) Bushenyians are shrewd and are hard working(more than Bakiga women!). During Obote II Government,five(5) cabinet Ministers came from there(including the speaker of Parliament) and 5 Ambassadors! In conclusion, it is ONLY when we re-align ourselves with Government/Donor priorties and network at community level, that we could make some in roads. Perhaps our focus should be on seeking to strengthen such systems or even put parrallel in place-BUT with clearly spelt out issues,programmes and achievable targets. We could then seek to utilize our many PhD holders from the region as consultants in our local issues. I am convinced the strategy and focus of WNF needs re-defining, even though i have never seen a copy of it. Management of resources Best Emmanuel Longo _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/westnilenet@kym.net/ 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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