*BANNAMASAKA Tuli ku ki? We have to learn from BANYAKIGEZI !!
They are building Educational Institutions, unlike us, who saw our government-funded Masaka Technical Institute taken over by the chaps at Mengo. A classic case of an un-funded mandate!! Masaka is one of the big Districts in Uganda that does not have a single University !! For over a hundred years Masaka has fed Kampala with Matoke. The coffee boom of the 1950's, servicing/feeding America's war effort in Korea, saw all the coffee money go to fund OWEN Falls Dam, funding both the Mengo and the Central Government -- Roads, Makerere University etc... And of course the whiskey that is consumed daily in Kampala by those good-for -nothing elite-wanna-be. We have funded them all. And what do we have to show for it? Poverty and primitive Infrastructure. Let us have federo, throw off the Mengo and Central Govt monkey off our back!! Enough is enough !! Mitayo Potosi ==========================* On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Johnson Mujungu <johnsonmuju...@yahoo.com>wrote: > *BANYAKIGEZI IN DIASPORA TO LAUNCH HOME CHAPTER* Wednesday, 16th > December, 2009 [image: E-mail > article]<http://newvision.co.ug/E/9/685/704462> E-mail > article <http://newvision.co.ug/E/9/685/704462> [image: Print > article]<http://newvision.co.ug/PA/9/685/704462> Print > article <http://newvision.co.ug/PA/9/685/704462> [image: Kabale farmers > being sensitised about tea growing. ICOB aims at promoting the > economic wellbeing of members] > > Kabale farmers being sensitised about tea growing. ICOB aims at promoting > the economic wellbeing of members > *By Joshua Kato* > > THE International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB) will launch a Uganda > Chapter, during their ICOB convention to be held in Kabale between December > 27 and 29. > > ICOB was formed in 2003 to promote language, culture and socio-economic > development of the Banyakigezi. > > Athanasius Rutarroh, the ICOB coordinator, says: “Because of varying > reasons, more than 50% of the Banyakigezi live outside Kigezi region. > Therefore, once ICOB is formed, it will protect and promote the culture of > the Banyakigezi and contribute to the economic wellbeing of the region.” > > The districts in Kigezi region include Kabale, Kanungu, Kisoro and > Rukungiri. At the moment, the organisation has three chapters: the US, > Canada and UK Chapters. > > “In July 2003, the first ICOB annual convention was held in Toronto, > Canada,” says Rutaroh. Subsequently, annual conventions have been held in > London, Toronto, Denver, New York and Las Vegas. Rutaroh says in October > 2009, a meeting was held in Kampala which resolved to form a Uganda Chapter. > > > “This convention is special because it will also act as home coming for the > organisation,” he says. > > Rutaroh says during their annual conventions, they network, fundraise and > plan for the future of the organisation. > > “The main activity of ICOB has been the Kigezi Education Fund, which has so > far financed an ICT centre at Rukungiri Technical Institute and a centre for > excellence in electrical and plumbing at Nyakatare Technical Institute in > Kanungu district,” he says. > > He explains that more projects are being planned for in Kisoro and Kabale > districts. > > Rutaroh says there will be a number of activities at the Kabale convention. > These include keynote addresses by prominent personalities and discussions > of a topic ‘Development Challenges and Opportunities of Banyakigezi’. > > Presentations will also come from fields of education, science and > technology, health, demography, tourism, business and entrepreneurship, > microfinance and rural development. > > Rutaroh says registration for the convention is going on. > > __._,_.___ > > > * > * > > *Johnson* > * > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > * > *"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet" ** > Gandhi* > > > _______________________________________________ > Ugandanet mailing list > Ugandanet@kym.net > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet > % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > 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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