Dear all, I love all the submissions against Tobacco growing on the one hand and the cautionery voices asking us to come up with viable alternative "cash crops" to replace the same.I think we have gone beyond the era of the colonial "cash crop" mentality and realised that all agricultural produce fetches cash,give me an example of a farm produce that we can not sell to earn cash! America and its allies are fighting very expensive wars in Afghanistan and South America to curtail the massive growth of Marijuana and Coca leaves (read Cocain) because of their adverse effects to society without introducing an alternative Cash Crop despite the cries of the local people who think their livelihood depend ONLY on the same. I believe its time for us to open a just "war" agaist Tobacco growing in West Nile-all we need to agree on should be the modalities and the best way forward.I also acknowledge the fact that its gonna be a hard and long war with loads of obstacles along the way. The Tobacco companies will try the twist the arms of those in Authority with the usual arguments of how much Taxes they pay and their assumed "Corporate Social Responsibity".These guys also have a history of intimidation,bribery and influencing Local leaders against who ever they think is stepping on their toes. I also suggest that we keep partisan politics out of this war so as not be branded otherwise,lets be clear headed,cool,organised and articulate in our way forward otherwise all it will take will be one slice of the sword,and we all fall apart. Can we come up with a series of Radio talk shows on this topic?I do know that some of our members might not be in a position to take this up openly given their positions in Government and various Organisations and Departments.In every war there are "Foot Soldiers" who are on the front line-some of us can play that role,all we need are volunteers. Over to you guys,
Jimmy Awuzu Angubo. --- On Thu, 1/28/10, Arike J Pundro <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Arike J Pundro <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 17, Issue 65 - Tobacco > Growing in West Nile > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 12:01 PM > > > > > > Dear Bro/sisters, > I think that, to support Tobacco in a expenses of loosing > our beloved ones health and also destruction of fertilizer > is another. Our parents those years accepted and > also look at tobacco as a fast money generating at the > eyes of ignorance. Simple explanation given was quite > satisfactory, imagine your self or put your self into the > innocent farmers shoes. Working all year round to Shs 50,000 > ugandan shillings. Mineral and organic is a toxic > substance in soil that is directly created by fertilizer > that has a negative effect on oxygen supply that damage fish > and other forms of animal life. Accumulation of nitrate to > water that lead to diminishing of quality of drinking water > we obtain from the ground. Further more enrichment of > atmosphere with ammonia from the organic manures and mineral > fertilizers. These are few things that I can mention > excluding the direct human hazards like skin cancer and > others. I think we also think and assess price of a > plane I do not think the amount received from tobacco does > not afford to buy the so called plane. > Arike > > > > > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:54:38 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 17, > Issue 65 - Tobacco Growing in West Nile > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > > > #yiv917463040 .ExternalClass DIV > {} > > > > Dear Isaac, > > Thank you for the issues and concerns you have raised on > the subject captioned below. You, however, stopped > short of suggesting solutions to the plight of the tobacco > farmers from West Nie region. > > My uncle was a farmer way back in the ,70's and I > recall the boom period when the farmers in Ajia and Arivu > sub-counties wanted to buy a plane since they got a lot of > money that time! What happened to the good old days? > > That notwithstanding, am of the considered view that one of > own (students from Higher Institutions) should conduct a > research on the topic you have raised with a view to finding > a lasting solution to the problem. > > I therefore, suggest that readers may contribute ideas to > solve this seemly perenial and terminal problem of the > farmers. > > Eng. Dr. Ajedra Gabriel G. Aridru. > > > > > > > > From: > Dramadri Isaac <[email protected]> > To: > [email protected] > Sent: Thu, > January 28, 2010 12:57:04 AM > Subject: > [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 17, Issue 65 > > > > TOBACCO FARMING > CAUSE OF MICRO-CLIMATE CHANGE AND CYCLES OF > POVERTY IN WEST NILE > > I need to bring to the attention of this forum what the > above has costed the lives of our rural peasants who > are miss advised or misguided by greedy individuals. > > Read the following carefully > > There is no profit farmers get in the year round > investment beacuse what they actual get is the cost for > their labour > There are no streamlined Agro forestry and > re-afforestation program apart from telling farmers to plant > eucalyptus that drains wet land and destroy soils. > No farmer education and training on how to use > the little money they have recived > They have mantained weak farmer leadership that only > extend their rule over the famer with no concern of what the > farmers face in their families > No discolsure of the international market price of > tobacco in the world market and yet the put false grade to > rob the farmers of their tobacco and sell at competitive > price in the international market infact an indirect slave > trade ie use of excessive labour without pay > There is no projcet BATU is spear heading in Westnile > to thank the people for work well done for them.and many > more > Therefore, fellow westnilers it is high time we educated > our people so that they can understand the cost every > thing we are doing now otherwise I am afraid that what the > next generation may find a desert instead of green > golden grass and I pray that this year the West Nile > Foundation should look into some of these things that is > affecting the socio-economic well being of our local people > other than solving crisis programs like what happened > to Tobacco farmers last year. > > > > > > > From: > "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > To: > [email protected] > Sent: Thu, > January 28, 2010 2:42:13 AM > Subject: > WestNileNet Digest, Vol 17, Issue 65 > > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. RE:Footsteps of Level headed-leadership (Dimba > Tabani Patrick) > 2. Re: Re: Fw: MASU granduation party (Patrick > Okuni) > 3. Re: The West Nile Foundation - President's > Submission > (Vasco Oguzua) > 4. (no subject) > 5. (no subject) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:30:50 -0800 (PST) > From: Dimba Tabani Patrick <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] RE:Footsteps of Level > headed-leadership > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The Regional Tier system of government which will come into > existence in Uganda in the near future is the most and ideal > form of government for Ugandans at large.This type of > government was there in Sixties at District level.Districts > were combined to form REGIONS such as NORTHERN > REGION,EASTERN REGION,CENTRAL REGION andWESTERN > REGION.Districts and Regions were absolutely well organized > in terms of Education,Health and Agriculture.In the field of > Education, schools were well organized and service delivery > was made perfect.The REGIONAL TIER will ignite atmosphere > of self determination where developmental initiatives > could be launched by the local people.The Regional Tier will > have its own government plus members of Parliament.The Party > which attains the majority members of Parliament will rule > in the REGIONAL TIER GOVERNMENT.The Districts within the > Region would form their own local governments.The late Dr > OBOTE encouraged and promoted Regional > Development.It is completely right and fitting now to > follow the footsteps of the late Dr Obote.The commonmans > charter of the most eloquent President in the entire world > is being practised in SOUTH AFRICA yet Ugandans still bicker > on REGIONAL TIER.It is high time to strengthen the JUDICIARY > and EXECUTIVE of REGIONAL TIER in WESTNILE as a whole. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20100127/1508b159/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:25:19 -0800 (PST) > From: Patrick Okuni <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Fw: MASU granduation party > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>, > Ombaci OBs <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Colleagues > > Thanks for all the humour - I didn't in the least > imagine Fr Ruffino's experience and depth of language on > the issue of malua. > > On a more serious note, the MASU guys are for final > budgeting right now, and just called me. They quite > tight on funding, even for malua. Guys, let us show > solidarity and participate by sending them some funds now by > MM to 0774 265003. My humble 100K or so should reach them by > tomorrow. Over to you all? > > Regards > > Patrick > > --- On Tue, 26/1/10, Ezama Ruffino <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Ezama Ruffino <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Fw: MASU granduation party > To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" > <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, 26 January, 2010, 15:26 > > > > Bwana Ezaga > Nice to hear from you. It was just to say we are missing in > action with your valuable westnilic wisdom. Some joke was > needed. > R > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > % WestNileNet 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. > _______________________________________________ > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20100127/c9b47220/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:42:02 -0500 > From: Vasco Oguzua <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: The West Nile Foundation - > President's > Submission > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Fellow Distinguished Brothers and Sisters on this Forum, > > > > I would like to thank Mr. Sebastian Owilla for a good point > of information in re-informing this forum of the important > debate the President of West Nile Foundation requested about > activities of the Foundation. I know Mr. John Avudria has > been persistently mentioning this issue in the past few > weeks, but we have not been able to initiate any > discussions or deliberations on the administration or > coordination and/or activities of the Foundation. Thank you > Mr. Rogers Anguzu for re-posting the President's > submission which I actually had never seen before. Infact I > have not seen the minutes of the last meeting which probably > was also posted, but slipped off my attention somewhere when > I was probably not a away for sometime. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > rum subscribers are faced with with respect to the > development of our regio= > n=2C West Nile. They are many and almost all of them are > equally important = > when one sits to think about them. According to the > President=2C there are = > almost 220 subscribers to the forum to discuss the > development issues of We= > st Nile. I would like to believe that these 220 > people have made a serious= > decision to subscribe to the debate and discussions to move > our region to = > a different level of development as opposed to what it is > at this present t= > ime. However=2C we should not be naive to believe that all > these subscriber= > s have the same agenda in their subscription to the forum. > In our discussio= > n and/or deliberations for the development of the region we > are bound to ri= > dicule and antagonize each other and the government > wherever appropriate. H= > owever=2C we shall have have to bear in mind that vigorous > intellectual deb= > ate should be encouraged without fear and favour but in the > interest of fin= > ding a solution to the problem(s) at hand. We shall > definitely identify and= > isolate subscribers who may have sinister objectives and > other agenda with= > regard to the development of our region.=20 > > =20 > > First I would like to suggest that since the foundation is > has no funds as = > it has just been initiated=2C we should all agree to pay > the annual sh.50= > =2C000.00/- as suggested. [Assuming all the 220 subscribers > paid up=2C we s= > hall have (220 X 50=2C000.00) =3D 11=2C000=2C000.00 (11 > million) which I be= > lieve is a reasonable starting funds for the Foundation]. I > will begin by p= > ledging my membership - please treasurer write me in and I > will pay sh.100= > =2C000.00/- for my membership by this weekend. I think we > should should sta= > rt from this point of paying membership fee so that the > foundation has some= > operational funds. > > =20 > > Secondly=2C I would like to suggest the foundation > should follow up with t= > he Education Task Force deliberations and the Hunger > Project we already sta= > rted since last year.=20 > > As for the education project=2C we saw a report sometime > last year=2C a sub= > mission of which I believe was only associated with schools > in Yumbe distri= > ct. Much as we may have similar problems with schools in > the whole of West = > Nile=2C I think we need to find out what happened to the > reports from other= > districts? Although the president's submission had a > plan to have 150 PhD = > holders and 200 Master degree holders in west Nile=2C I > would like to say t= > hat I think the problems with Kindergarden (Pre-Primary)=2C > Primary and Sec= > ondary school level are the most important the foundation > should address. I= > f the early foundations are not properly laid=2C we are > bound to have probl= > ems in achieving those targets for the higher learning. We > have all seen ho= > w in the past 20 or so years the levels of Primary and > Secondary education = > has deteriorated in our region. My suggestion would be for > the foundation t= > o establish or support at least two or three Primary and > Secondary schools = > in each of the districts in West Nile. These schools should > become model sc= > hools from which the highest academic standards are > expected=2C enforced=2C= > with excellent school infrastructure provided and qualified > and well motiv= > ated teachers recruited. While higher education (PhDs and > Masters Degrees) = > is a good bar we have set=2C it is imperative to note that > our expectation = > in the kind of education we should think is should be > linked to many improv= > ements in quality of life=2C such as increased employment > opportunities=2C = > lowered fertility rates=2C more productive farming=2C > better nutrition=2C e= > mpowerment of women=2C reduction of maternal and child > mortality=2C improve= > d hygiene=2C and lower incidence of diseases.=20 > > =20 > > The Hunger project should continue=2C and more seeds needs > to be procured a= > nd distributed to the people in need and perhaps the > program can be modifie= > d to agricultural self help projects with the focus on food > security. =20 > > =20 > > Thirdly=2C the Foundation should be at the centre of > finding ways to provid= > e energy for our region. We all know that one of the > problems we face in We= > st Nile is lack of stable energy supply for almost any > possible development= > activity. If we want to attract foreign investments or even > local investme= > nts=2C we shall need to have a stable and adequate source > and supply of ene= > rgy.=20 > > =20 > > Fourthly=2C we have a major catastrophe awaiting if we do > not address the w= > ater supply issues in the whole of West Nile. Sometime back > I mentioned tha= > t we have to brace ourselves for a serious fight for source > of water to sup= > ply the much needed water in West Nile. Although we have > the River Nile flo= > wing within our reach=2C Sudan and Egypt which entirely > depend on the Nile = > will not make it easy for us to tap some of the water from > the NILE. In whi= > ch case we need to begin planning for conservation of the > Borehole water wh= > ich we mostly depend on. This requires us to think of > better ways to harnes= > s our limited groundwater resources. With vagary of > climatic uncertainties = > we should not be complacent that we shall have enough > quantity of quality w= > ater for our daily use. Other than the daily domestic use > of water=2C if we= > are to aspire for industries in our region we shall need > sufficient water = > supply. We therefore need to think of planning and > implementing water conse= > rvation as soon as possible. > > =20 > > Fifth=2C we need the Foundation to plan for the > reconstruction or advocate = > for reconstruction of Arua Airfield as an International > Airport as in the i= > nitial plan in the 1970's. I believe with the > improvement of Arua Airfield = > to an international airport=2C we shall create businesses > which will will t= > ranslate into jobs. Movement of good and people through > Arua will have a tr= > emendous economic impact in our region. Goods and people > travelling to Equa= > torial region of Congo and Southern Sudan will create a > huge market with do= > wn fall of other businesses being created in our > region. Suffice to say=2C= > good infrastructure is important=3B it is the bedrock of > economic growth. = > Good leaders understand its importance=3B great leaders > ensure that it is b= > uilt. > > =20 > > Sixth=2C the issue of following up with matters affecting > our people. In th= > is particular case=2C I would like to suggest the issue of > Tobacco farmers = > not being paid up to two years since they sold their had > earned produce bre= > aks my heart. I was able to experience the agony of these > farmers who have = > worked so hard. These people have on numerous occasions > gone to the centres= > to claim their money but many at times in vain. BAT does > not even apprecia= > te the efforts of these farmers. These farmers are left to > feel like beggar= > s begging for some free money from BAT when these people > are demanding thei= > r hard earned money. Some of the people pay their > children's school fees wi= > th that money and some of the kids may not attend or go to > school because B= > AT has not paid their parents. I think it is high time we > need to demonstra= > te to BAT that we shall not allow our people being treated > like beggars any= > more when these people are demanding for their rightful > wages. > > =20 > > There are many issues to tackle but I will stop here for > now.=20 > > Back to you Forum members=2C what do you say? > > =20 > > I thank you all=2C > > =20 > > Vasco Oguzua > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > _________________________________________________________________ > Reinvent how you stay in touch with the new Windows Live > Messenger. > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9706116= > > --_c4393e2f-4741-4f8d-9c1c-a4e4ee91ef7f_ > Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <html> > <head> > <style><!-- > .hmmessage P > { > margin:0px=3B > padding:0px > } > body.hmmessage > { > font-size: 10pt=3B > font-family:Verdana > } > --></style> > </head> > <body class=3D'hmmessage'> > Fellow Distinguished Brothers and Sisters on this > Forum=2C<BR> >  =3B<BR> > I would like to thank Mr. Sebastian Owilla for a good point > of information = > in re-informing this forum of the important debate the > President of West Ni= > le Foundation requested about activities of the Foundation. > I know =3BM= > r. John Avudria has been persistently > mentioning =3Bthis issue in the p= > ast few weeks=2C  =3Bbut we have not been able > to =3Binitiate any d= > iscussions or deliberations on =3Bthe > administration or coordination an= > d/or activities of the Foundation. Thank you Mr. Rogers > Anguzu for re-posti= > ng the President's submission which I actually had > never seen before. Infac= > t =3BI have =3Bnot seen the minutes of the > last meeting which proba= > bly was also posted=2C but slipped off =3Bmy > attention somewhere when I= > was probably not a away for sometime.<BR> >  =3B<BR> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > e as forum subscribers are faced with with respect to the > development of ou= > r region=2C West Nile. They are many and almost all of them > are equally imp= > ortant when one sits to think about > them. =3BAccording to the President= > =2C there are almost 220 subscribers to the forum to > discuss the developmen= > t issues of West Nile.  =3BI would like to believe > that these 220 = > =3Bpeople =3Bhave made a serious decision to > subscribe =3Bto the de= > bate =3Band discussions to =3Bmove our > region to a different level = > of development as opposed to what it is at this present > time. However=2C we= > should not be naive to believe that all these subscribers > have the same ag= > enda in their subscription to the forum. In our discussion > and/or deliberat= > ions for the development of the region we are bound to > ridicule and antagon= > ize each other and the government wherever appropriate. > However=2C we shall= > have have to bear in mind that vigorous intellectual debate > should be enco= > uraged without fear and favour but in the interest of > finding a solution to= > the problem(s) at hand. =3BWe shall definitely > identify and isolate su= > bscribers who may have sinister objectives and other agenda > with regard to = > the development of our region. =3B<BR> >  =3B<BR> > First I would like to suggest that since the foundation is > has no funds&nbs= > p=3Bas it has just been initiated=2C we > should =3Ball agree to pay the = > annual =3Bsh.50=2C000.00/- as > suggested. =3B[Assuming all the 220 s= > ubscribers paid up=2C we shall have (220 X 50=2C000.00) =3D > 11=2C000=2C000.= > 00 (11 million) which I believe is a reasonable starting > funds for the Foun= > dation]. I will begin by pledging =3Bmy membership > - please treasurer w= > rite me in and =3BI will pay sh.100=2C000.00/- for > my membership by thi= > s weekend. I think we should should start from this > point =3Bof paying = > membership fee =3Bso that the foundation has some > operational funds.<BR= > > >  =3B<BR> > Secondly=2C I would like to suggest the foundation > should =3B follow up= > with the Education Task Force deliberations and the Hunger > Project we alre= > ady started since last year. <BR> > As for the education project=2C =3Bwe saw a report > sometime last year= > =2C a submission of which =3BI believe was > only =3Bassociated with&= > nbsp=3Bschools in Yumbe district. Much as we may have > similar problems with= > schools in the whole of West Nile=2C I think =3Bwe > need to find out wh= > at happened to the =3Breports from other districts? > Although the presid= > ent's submission had a plan to have 150 PhD holders > and =3B200 Master d= > egree holders in west Nile=2C I would like to say that I > think =3Bthe p= > roblems =3Bwith Kindergarden > (Pre-Primary)=2C =3BPrimary and Second= > ary school level =3Bare the most important the > foundation should addres= > s. If the early foundations are not properly laid=2C we are > bound to have p= > roblems in achieving those targets for the higher learning. > We have all see= > n how in the past 20 or so years the levels of Primary and > Secondary educat= > ion has deteriorated in our region. =3BMy > suggestion would =3Bbe&nb= > sp=3Bfor the foundation to establish or support at least > two or three Prima= > ry and Secondary schools in each of the districts in West > Nile. These = > =3Bschools should become model schools from which the > highest academic stan= > dards are expected=2C enforced=2C =3Bwith excellent > school infrastructu= > re provided and qualified and well motivated teachers > recruited. While high= > er education (PhDs and Masters Degrees) =3Bis a > good bar we have set=2C= > it is imperative to =3Bnote that our expectation in > the kind of educat= > ion we should think is =3Bshould > be =3B<FONT face=3D"Times New Roma= > n"><FONT face=3DVerdana>linked to many > improvements in quality of life=2C s= > uch as increased </FONT><FONT > face=3DVerdana>employment opportunities=2C lo= > wered fertility rates=2C more productive farming=2C better > </FONT><FONT fac= > e=3DVerdana>nutrition=2C empowerment of women=2C > reduction of maternal and = > child mortality=2C improved </FONT><FONT > face=3DVerdana>hygiene=2C and lowe= > r incidence of diseases. > </FONT></FONT><BR> > <FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT > face=3DVerdana></FONT> =3B<BR></FO= > NT> > The Hunger project should continue=2C =3Band more > seeds needs to be pro= > cured and distributed to the people in need and > perhaps =3Bthe =3Bp= > rogram can be modified to agricultural =3Bself help > projects with the f= > ocus on food security. =3B =3B<BR> >  =3B<BR> > Thirdly=2C the Foundation should be at the centre of > finding ways to provid= > e energy for our region. We all know that one of the > problems we face in&nb= > sp=3BWest Nile is lack of stable energy supply for almost > any possible deve= > lopment activity. =3BIf we want to attract foreign > investments or even = > local investments=2C we shall need to have a stable and > adequate source and= > supply of energy. <BR> >  =3B<BR> > Fourthly=2C we have a major catastrophe awaiting if we do > not address the w= > ater supply issues in the whole of West Nile. Sometime back > I mentioned tha= > t we have to brace ourselves for a serious fight for source > of water = > =3Bto supply the much needed water in West > Nile. =3BAlthough we have th= > e River Nile flowing within our reach=2C Sudan and Egypt > which =3Bentir= > ely depend on the Nile will not make it easy for us to tap > some of the wate= > r from the NILE. In which case we need to begin planning > for conservation o= > f the Borehole water which we mostly depend > on. =3BThis requires us to = > think of better ways to harness our limited groundwater > resources. =3BW= > ith =3Bvagary of climatic uncertainties we should > not be complacent tha= > t we shall have enough quantity of quality water for our > daily use. Other t= > han the daily domestic use of water=2C if we are to > aspire =3Bfor indus= > tries in our region we shall need sufficient water > supply. =3BWe theref= > ore need to think of =3Bplanning and implementing > water conservation as= > soon as possible.<BR> >  =3B<BR> > Fifth=2C we need =3Bthe Foundation =3Bto > plan =3Bfor the recons= > truction or advocate for reconstruction of Arua > Airfield =3Bas an Inter= > national Airport as in the initial plan =3Bin the > 1970's. =3BI beli= > eve with the improvement of Arua Airfield to an > international airport=2C we= > shall create businesses which will will translate > into =3Bjobs. = > =3BMovement of good and people through Arua will have a > tremendous economic= > impact =3Bin our region. Goods and people > travelling to =3BEquator= > ial region of Congo and Southern =3BSudan will > create a huge market wit= > h down fall of other businesses being created > in =3Bour region. =3B= >  =3BSuffice to say=2C =3Bgood > infrastructure is =3Bimportant=3B= > it is the bedrock of economic growth. Good leaders > understand its importan= > ce=3B great leaders ensure that it is built.<BR> >  =3B<BR> > Sixth=2C the issue of following up with matters affecting > our people. In th= > is particular case=2C I would like to suggest the issue of > Tobacco farmers = > not being paid up to two years =3Bsince they sold > their had earned prod= > uce breaks my heart. I was able to experience the agony of > these farmers wh= > o have worked so hard. These people have on numerous > occasions gone to the = > centres to claim their money but many at times in vain. BAT > does not even a= > ppreciate the efforts of these farmers. These farmers are > left to feel like= > beggars begging for some free money from BAT when these > people are demandi= > ng their hard earned money. Some of the people pay their > children's school = > fees with that money and some of the kids may not attend or > go to school be= > cause BAT has not paid their parents. I think it is high > time we need to de= > monstrate to BAT that we shall not allow our people being > treated =3Bli= > ke beggars any more when these people are demanding for > their rightful wage= > s.<BR> >  =3B<BR> > There are many issues to tackle but =3BI will stop > here for now. <BR> > Back to you Forum members=2C what do you say?<BR> >  =3B<BR> > I thank you all=2C<BR> >  =3B<BR> > Vasco Oguzua<BR> >  =3B<BR> >  =3B<BR> >  =3B<BR> >  =3B<BR> >  =3B<BR> >  =3B<BR> > > <br > /><hr />Tell the whole story with photos=2C rig= > ht from your Messenger window. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid= > =3D9706112' target=3D'_new'>Learn > how!</a></body> > </html>= > > --_c4393e2f-4741-4f8d-9c1c-a4e4ee91ef7f_-- > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > > End of WestNileNet Digest, Vol 17, Issue 65 > ******************************************* > > > > Hotmail: Trusted email with > powerful SPAM protection. 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