I live in the moment. Do not allow yourselves to be diverted from the issues that you are faced with today and do not fall into the divide and rule trap. Open your eyes.
Some people have short memories and forget those who have been there for them. No problem. Many who have contributed to the region do it and do not shout over the roof tops and have done so for years and will continue to do so. I was born in a republic and the last time l looked the national symbol says Republic of Uganda. The cultural stuff is for community ceremonys and tourism as was in the '70's. Quite frankly your rumblings can be offputting to those who have to be convinced to engage with issues that affect their region, let alone contribute. You do realise that we all go through the same issues the only difference is the language, geographical region and place/peoples names and time frame. Peace. Kadara Akujo ________________________________ From: M O Luti <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 11 September, 2009 16:03:24 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Lado Hello West Nilers and Everyone, In a previous piece that I wrote regarding this direction/focus diverting Lado issue, I stated that we should leave this never ending Lado fantasy as a historical issue. I believe that some of you would agree with me that I could care less about Ladoland right now. Once again, I urge us to focus on finding ways of getting our people out of whatever predicament they are in right now. Speaking of the "King Agami", I would like to make Charles Male and others that I was one of those hoodwinked by this scheme of providing scholarships to go to Europe. Indeed, I filled one of those duplicated forms with all my particulars and wasted my meagre refugee funds to mail them to Denmark. Personally, the Lado issue sickens me hen I begin to associate it with the "King" etc. I'm writing about Lado for the last time and anything about it will go directly in my trash! We should focus on development issues such as famine, education, poverty allevaiation and, may be most importantly, how we can capitalize on the strategic position West Nile has found itself in in terms of the economic potential with our neighbouring communities such as Southern Sudan, DRC and Bunyoro region. The more we talk about Ladoland the more we keep the flame of this non-developmental issue alive. Could someone (may be the host or this forum- Westnilenet) urge all of us to end this Lado discussion, please, as it's becoming, if it has not yet done so, a distraction from concentrating on the fundraising initiative. I hope I've not offended the advocates of Ladoland. Thanks and hope to talk more about developmental matters rather than Lado... Mike ______________________________________________________________________________ "If you don't know your destination, any travel may be justifiable but you may never get there." (Gretchen Hoffman) "Speed is irrelevant if you are going in the wrong direction." (Mahatma Gandhi) M O Luti ________________________________ From: gerald matua <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 7:39:16 AM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Lado Dear All, This lado misbehavioiur is being orchestrated mostly by people who have little understanding of uganda today. Some are in Denmark, some US and a few in other countries. As for us who are based in uganda we feel strongly against any mind that is bent on confusing the right thinking west nilers. How can we think of a new state if we have failed to feed our people? When we have failed to prevent teen age smoking and mairungi... school drop out ... and so forth. I think... okuonzi and few of the others should create another list serve and stop disturbing our peace. Now we are focusing on developmental issues not how we can go to the bush. in my earlier remark, i mentioned i donot want to see any Opoka's... for those of you who passed through MUK... he was one of the senior Guild presidents who got misled by protagonist like oKuonzi who are bent on spreading harm ful information. He eventually got killed by Kony..,.,better still wasted. Therefore if I were the lado advocates i would go back to bed and sleep because even a hen or a goat may not support the idea of break away at this point in time. Please my friends wake up from sleep and think of how we can save river enzau from drying and maraca from becoming adesert and getting the Aringa to appreciate the value of productive agriculture...the list is inumerable... please let us get back to raisning money and debating on how we shall best help guide our business people and the leaders.. thank you all. Over to you. ________________________________ Amandu Gerald Matua,RN;BNS,MNSc,PhD(c) Dean and Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing International Health Sciences University- Kampala E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Mob: +256 (0)772 522 938 Office: +256 (0)312 265 913 Fax: +256 (0)312 265 916 P.O.Box 7782 Kampala, Uganda Website: http://www.ihsu.ac.ug. The Teaching College of International Hospital Kampala ________________________________ ________________________________ From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:17:25 PM Subject: [WestNileNet] Lado Sorry my mail was incomplete. If we could undermine our own Iddi Amin, how can we today imagine that we can form a state with people we already despise. Ronald has already stated that the Dinka are not part of Lado yet they are the biggest tribe in Southern Sudan. Lets not make this Lado thing sickening. We are not cowards. We cannot state boldly in black and white that we are stateless. Uganda is our state not Lado. How can some one imagine that they are waiting for the Brits to give independence. My brothers if you want Independence, fight for it. Shed your blood. Any way It is good that we have learned about our origin and History, but I will not take pride in a history of a vanquished people. We from West Nile have not been wiped out from the face of Uganda. Our struggles should be geared towards building capacity, we need more Medical Doctors, more bankers, more Permanent Secretaries, more Commissioners, more Engineers, more business men, more Generals, more lawyers e.t.c so that we rightfully assert ourselves were we belonged in this country before we went into exile. Lets forget this Lado dream because we shall end up like the sleeping dogs which lie. Lado is not a factor in global politics. Qaddafi is thinking about a United States of Africa and for us we are thinking about what Otafiire called Obsolete Institutions of King ships, e.t.c. Lets wake up we need education, wealth and health not Lado. ________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail - Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane.
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