Care and cautiousness needs to be conducted here. We do not want exploitation
of our people. The people must be educated and enlightened first, to make
informed decisions, before being subjected to make such decision.
Promoting agriculture is a government prerogative, finance and managed by the
government, while at the same time raising the masses, not some foreign
investors exploiting the masses and siphoning the profits to their countries of
origin. Okello Okello, leader of Acholi MPs, together with the rest, should
look deeply into the question of auctioning our land to so called investors.
Where have all the monies the government has been collecting from the various
resources in the country, for the last 21 years, gone?? Those monies must be
accounted for first, before starting to look to so called investors to run our
economy at the expense of our people and future generations!! Such act alone is
encouraging corruptions!! If there must be a sugar plantation in Amuru, it must
be a government financed, run, and managed sugar plantation. I personally would
not want to see foreign investors exploiting the masses in there. Period
Foreign investors don't finance our schools, hospitals, road constructions,
transport and communication industry; infrastructure development, agricultural
industry, plus what have you! All these are government prerogatives, and must
be finance and managed by the government. Anything other than that cannot be
accepted. And continuous intransigence to bring in investors by force will
eventually be disastrous. I know a tid-bit about economic to make that
conclusive statement.
Ocii
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Acholi MPs visit kakira JOSEPH MAZIGE KAKIRA
"WE have lost 21 years and it will be hard for us to catch up with the rest
of the country in terms of development," says Okello Okello, the chairman of
the Acholi Parliamentary Group. He was speaking, Thursday, during a meeting
between the Group and the management of Kakira Sugar Works, in Jinja.
Kakira gurus called the meeting of the Northern legislators to officially
"sell" the idea of setting up a $60 million sugar complex in Amuru District.
Mr Okello, who led the lawmakers, said Kakira should arm them with documents
about the Amuru Complex. "We are leaders but we will need to move with the
people (local). Provide documents, we look at the proposal, study it and [then]
we shall give our views," he said.
He added: "We have been misunderstood; that we are anti-investors, but we
move together with our people. We discuss openly the advantages of an
investment." He said this was so far the best scheme for the people in the
North.
The joint managing director of the Madhivani Group, Mr Mayur Madhivan, said
they had opted for Amuru District for three reasons. These included its
strategic geographical location, its abundant workforce, and its fertile soils.
"We're very much encouraged by the support. We're not politicians but
businessmen. We need to move fast. There is scarcity of sugar in the country,"
he said.
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