Dear all,
I did mentioned to all you that, it is not something that can be eradicated in
a day. But time will determine, I remember in September 2008 we I was going to
koboko before we reached 4 miles from Yei there was a serious a accident
happened and one of the turn boys both legs broken. It was so serious that I
can't go an further but I did was to turn the vehicle back to yei civil
hospital. The injured 4 people we brought them to the 3 of them were taken
straight to OT this was the time the boy who was taking marungi realize eating
marungi is not a good thing. Therefore to me I used to do my educational out
reach in both Southern Sudan and northern sudan by example.
Arike
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:18:11 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substance Control
Bill 2007
To: [email protected]
CC:
Members. Legislators Defend Marijuana in uganda and westnile region in
particular. also Dennis Lee Onguzu from Maracha Warned of unrest in westnile
region should the growing of mairungi be banished. onguzu also opposed the
police call for stiff penalties for dealers, in narcotic drugs he said over
10,000 people in the westnile region exported the crop to sudan and the Dr.
Congo. read more click on website.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200910230453.html respectively. majid alemi
junior. in bc.
From: oguzu lee <[email protected]>
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, October 22, 2009 5:42:55 AM
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substance Control
Bill 2007
Members,
Sometime back i reported that parliament is considering passing the referenced
bill into a law--a law which never existed in Uganda before, to prevent,
control, treat drug abuse, trafficking, and production. I had an opporunity to
attend today's parliamentary committee meetings dicussing the proposed bill. I
therefore wish to inform you that Marungu, unlike i had earlier doubted, is
listed as a prohibited drug in the category of marijuana, coca and other
substances.
Since implemenation of a ban on Marungi production would affect lives of some
people, i proposed the committee consults further with people on ground and
other stakholders before it's passed the into a law at its current state. My
proposal emanated from the fact that the implementation of such a law could
face resistance from people whose livilihood depends on the crop. There were
groups in Karamoja and Kasese that expressed similar concerns over enlisting of
marungi as a drug. They further stated that plants like marijuna are used to
treat animals in their villages. Given the complexity of the issues surrounding
this bill, the committee wanted more views from the public.
The purpose of this communication is bring to your attention the committee's
call for expression public views before the bill is passed next month or early
December. All your concerns as to what must be added, deleted or how the law
must be operationalised can be forwarded to [email protected]
For those interested, i have a hardcopy of the proposed bill that can be
shared.
Cheers
From: oguzu lee <[email protected]>
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, October 8, 2009 2:43:47 PM
Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: Drug Abuse and Youth Unemployment
Brothers and Sisters, Praise God!
The discussion on Drug Abuse and Youth unemployment was rejuvenated at an apt
time. It has come up at a time we are almost at the verge of losing a
generation to drugs, and at a time Defense and Internal Affairs Committee of
Parliament of Uganda is considering the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substance
Control Bill 2007. We therefore have an opportunity to submit our views to
Clerk to Parliament for consideration before stakeholders meet on 21st & 22nd
of this month ([email protected])
Correct me, it seems where the Bill stands today, Marungi is not listed as a
drug. I also reported earlier, that while on a presidential tour in West Nile,
President Museveni told the people for Kijomoro (nucleus) of marungi that,
marungi is a mild drug--implying its production is not condemned under the laws
of Uganda . Many believe him because the president is sometimes law itself.
With marungi also forming the basis of livelihood for many families i don't how
the kind of ordinance Jackson proposed will workout in terms of draft and its
implementation. So many people are engaged and employed in the value chain of
marungi. Unless there is a reliable alternative source of income, Marungi
production may continue to flourish farther than we think.
Just week ago, i attended a function where Moses Obeta, son of late Sila Drakua
who introduced marungi to Maracha through his brothers for livelihood was Guest
of Honour. He told us that before his father died, he regretted why he gave
marungi to his brothers in Maracha. In his words he said, "I thought i had
brought marungi to empower my people but it has turned to be a curse". Such a
confession points to the two sides of marungi. Although he is yet to cut the
marungi plants he maintains, he says he only uses the money to pay fees and to
buy iron sheets. In another meeting with some stakeholders in the education
sector to discuss poor performance in the recent MOCK and strategies to enhance
performance, marungi and other social events such as doscos featured
prominently as some of the distracting forces that contribute to poor
performance. It was reported that students now prefer cutting marungi to
attending classes.
Aware of the mixed feelings a ban on production of marungi will create, the
pros and cons of the activity really have to be explored before any action.
Attempts to ban marungi should above all gurantee post marungi livelihood for
affected people. This fortunately or unfortunately, this requires involvement
of a government which has never perceived marungi question as a problem and may
not be in better position to address it.
Perhaps we need to commission a research into how to phase out marungi in West
Nile . Producing a documentary on dangers of marungi and incorporating them
into our syllabus could help in change of attitude among the youth.
Jackson, as usual i hope you'll be kind enough to ducument the various views
on this issue for submission to Clerk to Parliament for consideration by the
concerned committee.
Denis Lee Oguzu
From: JohnAJackson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, October 7, 2009 6:18:42 PM
Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 14, Issue 24
Youth unemployment and Drug Abuse
I think the problem of youth unemplpyment and drug abuse needs policy
direction from all those participating on West Nile Net forum and Local
authorities managing the districts.
a) It would be very important to have Youth Leaders who represents youth issues
at the Local district administration council meetings. Some resources should be
allocadted in the district administration budget to address youth related
problems/issues.
b) Before we blame the youth, we need to look at the root causes of the
problems affecting the youth in the West Nile region. One of the biggest
challeneges in this entire region is HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT RATIOS. If a lot of
these young men and women fail in elementary and secondary schools, where else
do they go? what can occupy them in productive life? There is a popular saying
that "an idle mind is a source of evil"
c) The High Unemployment rate in this region is one of the culprits engulfing
the youth. When there is nothing to be done in the villages apart from digging,
what do we expect the youth to do? Obviously many of them will migrate to the
urban areas in search of work. Most people who abuse alcohol and drugs do so
to escape from depression. I think this a fundamental problem already taking
place in the towns. If this problem is not addressed, soon or later we will
begin to see crime rates go up in the urban areas.
d) Promoting Counseling and Skill Training
It would be extremely very important to find ways of training out of school
youth. Some of these young men and women lack role models in their lives to
guide them. Failing in exams does not mean faling in life. Unfortunately our
shool system eliminates children regardless of other talents they may have in
other areas.
e) Alternatives to Better Life
Stopping the production of Marungi needs educating the farmers about the bad
side effects. Many of these farmers may not even understand effects of
narcotics. There are better alternatives to growing marungi and bangi. All of
us who communicate on this forum should find ways of working with local
district administration authorities to come up:
(i) Drafting Ordinance to ban growing Marungi and bangi
(ii) Educating farmers about bad side effects of narcotics
(iii) Educate farmers to grow crops like Barley for Uganda breweries which
has ready market, cotton, fruits, etc
Avudria
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From: Alemi Kenyi <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Text books donated to Mvara Secondary
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Dr. Anguzu,
Your suggestion is a good one. Saturday 3pm in the School would be a good idea.
DMO, Sam, Ejiku et al, what is your take?
This would also provide some of us who used to roam around nyaluva hills to get
inside mvara after all this long. As an OB by extension, i would be happy to be
in the delegation since long Uhuru weekend accords some of us the opportunity
to travel to Arua.
Alemi
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From: anguzu yumaa <[email protected]>
Subject: [WestNileNet] Text books donated to Mvara Secondary School
To: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, 6 October, 2009, 9:44 PM
This really is to commend the efforts of the Mvara OBs and OGs who donated text
books for Mvara Secondary School. I have alteady brought the books to Arua from
Kampala. I think it would be good to give the books to the school during a
ceremony that should be covered by the media. I think such an effort should not
pass without due recognition. It will stimulate others to also play their role
to improve the academic performance in the school. What do you think guys? And
lets suggest a day for this. I would think the earlier the better. They might
be useful for those currently preparing for exams.
Dr. Anguzu Yumaa Patrick
P.O.Box 701 Arua, Uganda, East Africa.
Telephone: +256476421367 - Home
+256772696200 - Mobile
e-mail: [email protected]
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