Ssalongo Jaffar Amin
Dolowe:
The Kakwa call their point of origin lolowe (loloyi). However, the exact
terminology for origin in Kakwa is ‘dolowe, a term which also means ‘the
starting’ or ‘the source.’ The first place they settled in after crossing the
River Nile and heading west, was probably Kolowa found near the Koro’be
[Koru’be] Hill in the Yei River District. From Koro’be, the Kakwa then spread
over all the areas which they now occupy in Ko’buko, in the Kakwa County and in
the Yei River District.
In Kakwa mythology, Jongbo was the first man on earth created by Spirit as was
Iba, the first woman, and domestic livestock. Iba had wild animals in her womb,
and later children were put in her womb producing a boy and a girl. Myths tell
that these siblings produced another male and female pair, who did the same in
their turn. There were a number of generations of siblings, after which the
hero ancestor Yeki, was born.
The Kakwa of Ko’buko assert that their ancestor, Guki , produced three sons:
1. Yeki,
2. Okube [Wokube]
3. and Jamo,
4. and only one daughter called Lingbo (varieant Lindo/Apele) [Lingbo na baazi
da ya, Likiso na woro kuwaze, na lo yiki mugu, Iya diyo, Sase, Lingbo na baazi
da.......!!!]. Forwarded by majid alemi junior in BC.
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From: Majid Alemi Junior <[email protected]>
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:55:04 AM
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Documentation of Ideas discussed in the Forum
Re: sister Kadara. you raised a good point. united we stand. devided we fail.
all westnilers should work together. Iam proud of you. keep it up. cheers.
majid alemi junior. in BC. vancouver. western canada. my regards to all
westnile members. love.
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From: Majid Alemi Junior <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]; A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:29:27 AM
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Documentation of Ideas discussed in the Forum
Dear. sister. Kadara. you good points. to the westnilenet members. some of our
NGOs are already helping the needies in westnile. arua and koboko. on the
grassroots level we dont talk and write good words, but we act. keep. I am
proud you. cheers. majid alemi junior. in BC.
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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 5:28:35 AM
Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Documentation of Ideas discussed in the Forum
One should not negate issues from the West Nilers in the diaspora, after all
they have contributed in their own way and best way they can to the region.
Their remittance plus the tax they pay in the countries they are in and
contributions to the communities in various forms.
Mp's and councillors in that region are elected and paid to address alot of the
issues that have been raised. Committees and local community groups , NGO's and
grassroot organisations are there to also work within the community and
constantly as is the case here in the UK, fill a gap and for many this is
unpaid work and invest their time in a particular project , research or
advocacy because they want to see change.
So be mindful as to how you address others as you might just put them off.
People get in touch and communicate in ways that are suitable to them and often
cost effective because of the valuable in. Alot of what l have read so far is
what is addressed at community meetings over here.
Same issues and needs, its the names , country and community that are
different!
Greetings to all,
Kadara
--- On Tue, 21/4/09, robert obetia <[email protected]> wrote:
From: robert obetia <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Documentation of Ideas discussed in the Forum
To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, 21 April, 2009, 11:29 AM
BINGO!
You are right. Sometimes one gets lost and especially when issues are discussed
under in-appropriate Subeject (Title). With 69 emails per day - real issues can
easily be swept to the bin.
RObetia
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From: Vasco Oguzua <[email protected]>
Date: April 21, 2009 12:18:21 AM GMT+03:00
To: [email protected]
Subject: Documentation of Ideas discussed in the Forum
Ataanzi dika vini Ataaezo,
I think the suggestion of documenting the salient points of the discussions we
have on the forum Ronald Okuonzi is a great idea. Infact one of our sisters had
already suggested this idea sometime back early March if I am not mistaken. I
commend Joel Arumadri Alimo'dua for accepting the challenge to document some of
the key ideas and/or suggestions.
However, based on my observations on the nature and kind of the discussions we
have on the forum, other than the issue of Poor Performance in our schools, non
of the other issues we have discussed on the forum was ever conclusive. To our
advantage, the poor performance in our schools issue coincided with or was
within the time frame of the Ombaci (and I believe Mvara) Old Boys reunion
occasion(s), as such that issue was addressed formally during those function(s)
(if I am not mistaken someone can correct me on this).
Documenting the discussion on the forum will not be an an easy task who
Arumadri. The difficulty I express in in terms of my observation of the various
issues we discuss almost at the same time and we never have a conclusive
discussion on the issues we have discussed. The examples being, the Matego
district issue, the loss of our brother in the hand of URA Officers in Koboko,
the Barifa Land issue. In my view there was never a conclusive discussion on
these issues we have discussed at length on the forum.
To make the documentation of the discussions easier for documentation, I would
like to suggest that for every issue or concern introduced in the forum for
discussion, there should be a moderator who follows and moderates the
discussion to its exhaustion. Secondly, we should try to discuss one issue at a
time and come up with a conclusive agreeable actionable points so that salient
points of the discussion are documented with a final overall summary of the
discussion.
It is also my view that we should take this forum very seriously to
specifically talk about issues affecting our region and other issues from
outside of the region should be something relevant or ideas which are relevant
and applicable to the development of our region. I am saying this because I
think I have read some irrelevant news and blogs on the forum. In terms of the
available server storage space the network has allocated to the forum, such
irrelevant blogs are absolute waste of resources. If we had a moderator, then
such people who post such information should kindly be requested or redirected
to stick to the issue in discussion.
Lastly, perhaps Joel Arumadri who has volunteered to help can tell us, advise
us or suggest to us how he thinks we can make the documentation of the
discussions in the forum easier for him.
I hope we can truly try to be a little better organized in this endeavour. I
believe , "YES WE CAN".
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