Dear all we realy need a 24 hour uninterupted power for our own develp. thankyou all Erima
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:18 PM, milburga atcero <matc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > hi > ------------------------------ > *From:* alex free <freeal...@gmail.com> > *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> > *Sent:* Monday, September 5, 2011 4:31 PM > *Subject:* Re: [WestNileNet] Electricity in West Nile! > > Hello Madam Ayikoru, > > Thanks for wishing me a great week! I wish you the same. I wasn't angry at > you, rather I reacted at the idea that West Nilers may be reaping air > because they have always refused to climb the "yellow bus!" That is not > just what you wrote but many people think so. To be honest, when I think > about the issue of power in our region I get mad. A Rwandan friend of mine > was surprised to hear that we have no power yet Uganda sells electricity to > Rwanda and other neighbouring countries! It should be someone lower than > Museveni to talk loosely like that not he himself to claim that we have no > need of power! In 2003 the German government gave some thing like 8 or 10 > million Euros to build Olewa dam. Nobody knows where that money disappeared. > On the other hand I don't want to think about Nyagak whose story all of us > know including my friend whose life was later endangered because he was the > last person to suffer the injustice of that political bigotry that stopped > Bishop Frederick from constructing the dam. Anyhow, we hope and pray that > with time, all those people with bad heart towards us will one day go and we > have another who will hear our cry. But in the mean time, as I said earlier, > nobody should stop or intimidate us from demanding for our rights. > God bless you, > Andrua > > > > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Ayikoru <ayiko...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Dear Mr. Andrua, > > Please calm down! I'm on the same side as you and all who desire genuine, > non paternalistic development in West Nile and indeed in Uganda. All I've > done in my article is to satirise the subject matter, given the mostly > intellectual predisposition on this forum. Refer to all items in inverted > commas in my original article and hope you will see what I intended in the > first place. But clearly, for now, it seems I have missed the point, which > is such a shame. > > Have a great week. > > Maureen Ayikoru > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 4 Sep 2011, at 19:14, alex free <freeal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear Brothers and Sisters, > > > > > > Those who agree with me will not tow the line of argument of Maurine > Ayikoru and the like. Maurine is talking about boarding the so-called yellow > bus, I don't know which yellow bus! But the fact is, that yellow bus is a > symbol of of politics paternalism and favouritism. I mean in a paternalistic > political setting such as we experience in Uganda, Cameroon etc, the leaders > act as patrons. When a road is build, a hospital erected or something else, > it is seen as a favour from the big person and the citizens where such a > development takes place are supposed to be grateful and see the figure of > that politician as a saviour! That type of politics, dear Maurine, is not > what we advocate in Uganda and it is not the reason why most of the times > people of West Nile, Acholi, Lango etc vote in a different direction. The > normal understanding is that it is taxes which everybody pays which bring in > those services. So, for a citizen in Kasese or Abim to have electricity or > clean running wat > er whereas the one of Moyo doesn't is unfair. Does the tax paid by the > citizen in Moyo not reach Kampala so much so that they have no records of > paying taxes? Is it why then they are denied of electricity? If other > members of a house receive goods essential which are useful for their daily > living, why not the other family members? Is West Nile not part of Uganda? > Don't we, as West Nilers, have a right to complain when injustice is done to > us? > > Maurine, I tell you, without electricity, there is no development, what > so ever, even if Museveni talks about industrialisation, modernisation, > development of science, etc! > > I want to say that it is the presence of electricity that attracts > development activities. West Nile has full potential to consume electricity > just like Kampala, Mbarara, Jinja etc. When there is power, there will be > industries, factories, schools will use, households will use for lighting, > cooking, students use for reading, etc. > > Others will add to that. I want to conclude by saying that we should > avoid cheap arguments and nobody must deny West Nile nor should we be > silenced about our rights! > > > > Andrua > > _______________________________________________ > > 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). 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