Dear Richard
Thanks so much this forum is more than enough to enlighten our people, but
to be more proactive needs active implementation not like presidential
debate where over 60% will not watch and listen anything because of lack of
social media attention
Peter
On Jan 9, 2016 7:28 PM, "Mail Service Team" <cliffedekiborich...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear brothers & Sisters,
>
> Thanks for your comments, lets us have a collective responsibility to
> create change given the enormous potentials
> we have on this social network.I have an initiative to form INSPIRE
> Westnile forum that will bring on board key motivational speakers and
> successful entrepreneurs to talk to youth at different engagements.
> Looking forward to your support and critics.
> Regards
> Cliff
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:43 AM, JohnAJackson <javud...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Cliff,
>>
>> I like your commends. It all boils down to empowerment of people to take
>> ownership of their lives and decision making process. This empowerment
>> comes by training and community action on problem solving
>>
>> - we are all stakeholders in poor performance in schools { Parents,
>> Teachers, Students, Administrators, PTA, etc.}
>> - It is true that many parents do not care about what their
>> child/children learned in school each day. Many parents in that category
>> are incapacitated by their own lack of education. Many other parents are
>> preoccupied with everyday struggles. Some working parents head to drinking
>> joints every evening instead of working or watching their their do
>> homework.
>> - For many people the job of teaching rests in the arms of school
>> teacher/s. Whatever they do in the classroom, they do not care. We could
>> blame everyone in the education system starting from PTA, Head teachers,
>> Inspectors, Education officers, Ministers, etc.
>> - My posting is to "stimulate intellectual discussion around the
>> problem of poor performance in schools". What can we do at local level to
>> turn the wheel around? There are many practical things we can do without
>> involving "politicians". These folks spend most of their time either in
>> the
>> parliament or where-ever or whatever they do. We only see most of these
>> folks every five years when they need our votes.
>> - We can discuss this topic in many circles: at work with friends,
>> drinking joints, at church, Talk show on radio/TV, etc. Let's figure some
>> way to reach at the grassroots level where the the impact of this problem
>> lives every day. We may not fix every problem.
>> - Sharing positive ideas is the way we learn from each other. This is
>> human phenomena of learning. There are things I may know that you do not
>> know or vise versa.
>>
>> JJ
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:07 AM, Mail Service Team <
>> cliffedekiborich...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Westnilers,
>>>
>>> Life is a choice of decisions we make today that determines how we live
>>> tomorrow that involves issues,challenges and threats.
>>> Our livelihood and life will Never change if our politicians, Govt,
>>> father, mum, aunt or even relatives' life situations change and No one will
>>> ever recognize your efforts and decisions until you start appreciating,
>>> accepting and acknowledging that there is need for you to make choices and
>>> decisions to change your life, so upon realization of this important
>>> phenomenon that affects our generation, what is the action plan that this
>>> forum can cause to change our lives than lamenting, of course we equally
>>> have a responsibility to contribute to enforcing change amongst our
>>> communities and the politicians. Selfishness begins nowadays even in
>>> families
>>> Bravo Wa Nduggu Miaka 2016.
>>>
>>> Cliff EDEKIBO Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Gatre Patrick <patrickg...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Mr. Ojoatre,
>>>> Ur analysis about mindset of the locals suites local situation. As long
>>>> as it continues, the poor will continue to battle while the rich will rule.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5 January 2016, at 21:53, Peter Odama <peter.od...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ojoatre and friends
>>>>
>>>> Politicians divide and rule see how hatred across West Nile and update
>>>> due to creation of districts and constituencies eg Maracha can any one
>>>> easily get employment who is not from the same district? The same to the
>>>> neighboring districts service commissions of Arua, yumbe koboko etc you
>>>> can't be interviewed on merit or do business easily moreover the same
>>>> people being split bse of self gain? No no no the ordinary people are too
>>>> green.
>>>> On Jan 5, 2016 9:46 PM, "Peter Odama" <peter.od...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ojoatre and friends
>>>>>
>>>>> Politicians divide and rule see how hatred across West Nile and
>>>>> update due to creation of districts and constituencies eg Maracha can any
>>>>> one easily get employment who is not the same district? The same to the
>>>>> neighboring districts service commissions of Arua, yumbe koboko etc you
>>>>> can't be interview on merit or do business easily moreover the same people
>>>>> being split bse of self gain? No no no the ordinary people are too green.
>>>>> On Jan 5, 2016 9:36 PM, "Ojoatre Sadadi" <jtrsad...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Peter and Friends,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Very good question about why we're glued to Politicians. We're not
>>>>>> glued to Politicians but they are one of the key decision makers. Just
>>>>>> look
>>>>>> at the current situations, the Politicians bring people together in the
>>>>>> name of changing their welfare; people listen to Politicians but not
>>>>>> teachers, lawyers, foresters etc. People spend time gathering for
>>>>>> Political
>>>>>> Campaigns. But try to Organize a technical workshop with you vast
>>>>>> knowledge, they will not turn up in the numbers we are seeing on paper
>>>>>> these days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Based on this obvious reasoning, I still hold them responsible for
>>>>>> the decisions that frustrate socio-economic development.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Ojoatre Sadadi*
>>>>>> M: +31 685 25 4832
>>>>>> E: jtrsad...@gmail.com
>>>>>> Skype: Osadadi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Peter Odama <peter.od...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Friends
>>>>>>> Am wondering to date as to why we are desperately glued on
>>>>>>> politicians as if they bring food into your plate. We have available
>>>>>>> land
>>>>>>> not all politicians are professionals who can change your life . we just
>>>>>>> need security to all life and business competition only.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Most politicians are poor and you will see an MP over spending
>>>>>>> beyond his capacity after retirement he can't even understand how they
>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>> advice a poor person to cope up. It's the poor who vote wrong people
>>>>>>> eventually they suffer with poor services.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Parties have become like soccer funs and a way of sourcing external
>>>>>>> funding to manage campaigns and satisfying one self.
>>>>>>> On Jan 5, 2016 9:12 PM, "Ojoatre Sadadi" <jtrsad...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear J. A. Jackson,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I too like you elaboration. I just looked at a satellite image over
>>>>>>>> the West Nile region for 2 different time periods, Year 2000 and 2010,
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> land cover has really changed. The natural forest has disappeared. The
>>>>>>>> vegetation index is very low. That means most of the times the land
>>>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>>>> have something green/vegetation/crops etc. consequently, this
>>>>>>>> signifies the
>>>>>>>> likelihood of long term severe food insecurity.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This coincides with rampant taking of drugs i.e Miraa, Marijuana,
>>>>>>>> Alcohol etc which is a social problem. I therefore really expect the
>>>>>>>> Politician to come together and work with technocrats in order to curb
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> of these looming issues rather than politicizing irrelevant issues.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Happy New Year all of you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Ojoatre Sadadi*
>>>>>>>> M: +31 685 25 4832
>>>>>>>> E: jtrsad...@gmail.com
>>>>>>>> Skype: Osadadi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 6:04 PM, JohnAJackson <javud...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> - If you look back at the UNEB results from PLE, O-Level,
>>>>>>>>> A-Level for the last 10 years or so, there is nearly 80 % - 95%
>>>>>>>>> failure
>>>>>>>>> rate is schools in West Nile region. The same may be true for
>>>>>>>>> other regions
>>>>>>>>> outside Kampala.
>>>>>>>>> - Is privatization of education (private schools without
>>>>>>>>> staff) killing the basic fabric of education in this region? Do we
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> qualified teachers teaching in these schools? Are these teachers
>>>>>>>>> paid or
>>>>>>>>> paid on time? Are teachers motivated educators? Does this massive
>>>>>>>>> school
>>>>>>>>> drop out rate concern politicians from this region? What are our
>>>>>>>>> politicians doing to address this problem? What is the long term
>>>>>>>>> socio-economic impact of this massive school drop out rate on our
>>>>>>>>> own
>>>>>>>>> communities in the West Nile region or Uganda for that matter?
>>>>>>>>> - "Chewing Mirraa" has taken over a generation of youth not
>>>>>>>>> only in towns but reaching out into villages. "Mirraa" is
>>>>>>>>> cannabis. It is
>>>>>>>>> an addictive drug similar to marijuana. Doing nothing about the
>>>>>>>>> propagation of Mirraa (cannabis) is a disaster for this region. We
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> seen the number of mental cases rising up in this region. Do our
>>>>>>>>> politicians from this region have a strategy to look at
>>>>>>>>> alternative cash
>>>>>>>>> crops which people can grow to earn income rather than growing
>>>>>>>>> Mirraa that
>>>>>>>>> leads to self destruction of our own communities?
>>>>>>>>> - We have one of the worst history of maternal health care
>>>>>>>>> system in the region. There were recent pictures taken from Arua
>>>>>>>>> regional
>>>>>>>>> hospital Maternity Ward where some expectant mothers lay on the
>>>>>>>>> floor and
>>>>>>>>> another one bleeding. Seeing these type of pictures are
>>>>>>>>> horrifying. What is
>>>>>>>>> going in this hospital? Is it that nurses don't care about their
>>>>>>>>> patients?
>>>>>>>>> Nurses and medical staff are paid because of these patients who
>>>>>>>>> need their
>>>>>>>>> care. Is the problem in this hospital (and others) lack of
>>>>>>>>> customer care?
>>>>>>>>> If this is the case, what does it take to educate nurses (medical
>>>>>>>>> staff) to
>>>>>>>>> have empathy/sympathy/mercy of these expectant mothers or patients?
>>>>>>>>> - Deforestation of heavily populated parts of West Nile region
>>>>>>>>> has become a serious environmental problem. If you look at areas
>>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>> Terego, Maracha, Madi Okollo, these areas have lost almost all the
>>>>>>>>> natural
>>>>>>>>> forest. As our population depends on wood fuel nearly 100%, we
>>>>>>>>> need to step
>>>>>>>>> up campaign on *Tree Planting education.* This may sound like
>>>>>>>>> a simple problem but we can see obvious consequences of
>>>>>>>>> environmental
>>>>>>>>> destruction. Rivers where we used to fish are drying up during
>>>>>>>>> hot season.
>>>>>>>>> Today you can jump over Enyau river during dry season. Who could
>>>>>>>>> accomplish
>>>>>>>>> this in 1970s or 1980s? I am posting everyone images of Lake Chad
>>>>>>>>> for you
>>>>>>>>> guys to see the impact of human activity on the environment.(
>>>>>>>>> http://www.unep.org/dewa/vitalwater/article116.html)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> JJ
>>>>>>>>>
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