Dear Comrades in the struggle for a brighter future for West Nile, on the
current subject matter for digestion, I beg to have some clarifications due to
the nature we rhetorically submit either for, against or midway. “Is it a
University for West Nile or Public University in West Nile?”, If public
University, will admission and Employment opportunities accrued to it be based
on Westnileness or worthiness? Will it operate on the standards of West Nile or
National?
With due respect for Mr. Caleb to say we should forget the issue of our
Student’s not qualifying to join the university is like a heavy slap on the
faces of the majority economically incapacitated West Nile. It’s like we are
living in utopia. If I may ask; who has ever built a house without foundation?
Can there be a forest without trees? What will be the multiplier effect on the
region if only some few academicians are employed and some few rich ones
construct Hostels whereas the Majority poor and the entire West Nile population
portrayed incapable for government admission due to poor performance and
economic disparity which makes them unable to afford private sponsorships? Is
this not a selfish thinking for heavens sake if we first think of the few
educated and the rich who are minority? In essence and according to Ugandan
trends, poor performance in an examination is nothing but being substandard and
dull however much you may dress it. There is
need to have the University but its not a priority according to me compared to
working on our education challenges.
It’s like most of us are visitors to our own region, if I may ask again; Is the
majority in the precious Arua Comprehensive Nursing School from West Nile? What
about NTC Muni, UCC Pakwach and other institutions of higher learning in the
region. This tells me that having a Public University is not a priority at
whatever case and will not do much if not nothing in changing the attitudes of
the people. I pray that we need to broaden our horizons both in thinking and
feeling and be on the ground.
It is true that when we were in power we did nothing for ourselves, but I think
this was simply because we served the Nation to a diligent degree and even
those from West Nile in positions of power and authority are seemly doing
little since things are not really under their control. It’s therefore
unfortunate in my view for us to use such words because I know what gymnastics
go on and around the politics of West Nile. I believe we are just mere victims
of circumstance in the new Uganda when you see our brothers like Owen, Toko and
Inziku behind bars for causing financial loss yet there are even those who have
embezzled and mismanaged more than expected but since they have compliant names
and are strategically positioned, they are not even shaken.
Let us keep in the struggle but with focus and doing first things first.
For God and West Nile.
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