On Tuesday 05 July 2005 08:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

> You are forgeting that a website is not what it is
> unless when content is availed. The content collection
> and preparation phase is not a cheap affair. One of
> the hardest tasks in Uganda is to collect information
> from grassroots. It is a very expensive and messy
> affair involving reaching areas where no car has
> driven to in the past 20 years and probably only one
> bicycle exists which belongs to the vilage chief etc.
> You have to spend nites in conditions that are ripe
> for a malaria dose, spend days constructing records
> (mainly oral records) and coming up with modalities to
> verify their authenticity .... Its basically a
> nightmare. So I believe a good chunk of that money is
> going into such activities and if you multiplied that
> experience over 60 districts gosh it makes the task
> appear herculean.
>
> PS: Dont forget the bullet dodging drills that you
> might need for some districts like Pader.

Even then, 56,000,000/= (UgSh.) would be 
much_more_than_slightly overbudget, much less 
$56,000,000 (USD).

Mark.

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