Dear all, Now let me tell you why I cannot apologize to Mike. Take an example of the hunger project. At that time people died in Westnile while people were also dying in the East of hunger. Alot of noise was made for eastern region and gvt took food there. why is that gvt didnt take food to westnile? where were are gvt officials, leaders, and our big people in NRM? Why didnt our leaders use their positions to lobby the gvt food for Westnile? Are Westnilers second class citizens? All our leaders stood and watched. Then WNF organized money from individual pockets to buy food. Do we think that we didnt have a right to ask for food from gvt like Easterners? Because members here think we should not say anything about gvt and that gvt will see our misery and run to our rescue, we just keep quite and waited invain. Such are the benefits of keeping quite.
In my opinion, in addition to the money we collected, we would have hold gvt accountable.People have the right to food! and It is a a gvt committment. Westnilers are not an exception. If it is known that the whole of Westnile is united for one cause even after the several divisions, I dont think nothing will be done. Then one of these officials circastically tell us when we are raising such issues that, "I will see when these messages of yours reach the rightful people" Excuse me! this was an absolute abuse to this forum. I am only suprised that we condon such acts in this forum. I could not afford putting such a person on the spot. For example, we have seen people like James of Gaagaa and Afema Robert of MTN using their positions to help the community and we are very grateful to them. When will our gvt people use their positions to the benefit of the community? Should we leave them to sleep when there are serious issues they should be helping in? Therefore, I have no reason to apologize to Mike and Akile for the reasons explained in the different emails. If his deregistration was as a result of this, how unfortunate, in such a forum we need shock absorbers. We cannot avoid the gvt if we are talking about devt in westnile. For example, the issue of poor performance in schools. H/Ms tell us they are handed over names of already admitted students, they never do selection. More number of students are admitted to the school than the capacity of the school, children are being taught in vernacular but they sit exams in English, children never fail but they just pass automatically etc. If we want to adress the issue of poor performance, how do we do it without putting these to gvt because these are gvt policies? By the way all these communications are under gvt radar, that is why some people may not talk here and we shouldnt be suprised that the gvt is monitoring and planning how to silence such a unity because divide and rule is the policy not unity and some of these cracks we have on the forum may be a clear indication when you understand some of these communications exchange. But if we had one strong voice we would still succeed,but if we are already creating fear, intimidation, and are happy with uninformed and illiterate communities who do not know their rights and cannot demand for the most basic rights. I am totally scared about the type of development we are talking about. I dont think we are going to pull money every time from the already heavily taxed salaries to cause a sustainable development in WN. All of us show the reaction of the gvt to the inferno of Kasubi tombs, the Baganda came solid and stuck to their guns.To me this was an indication of how powerful unity of the people can be. The unity of Westnile could be as powerful as this or even more if we are solid! But with the kind of two seemingly different sides created and with the behind the seens politics on going in this forum, we are too far from the one strong voice that would propel us. There seems to be an attituted of wanting to hear from the "usual" voices we belong to, the others, it doesnt matter whether they are right or wrong must be rubished or we pick the least thing and blow it out.( I dont mean this is correct but highly possible) So you(this forum) can now decide my fate. I am not apologizing and not deregistering myself. "Our Lives Begin to End the day we Become Silent" Martin Luther King Jr. Thanks for all your efforts to develop Westnile. Christine ________________________________ From: Sunday Akile <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 12:59:56 PM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] I have done something for this country Anthony, You are right. Typically of most of our extended families, i grew up in a very large home. I ve been brought to think and behave in the way that once i have something good for a stranger i should share with him/her with the right mannerism or else they can reject it.I should not run about with it towards the stranger like a rabbied dog which is about to bite at any point. I have noted of late that some of our brilliant friends on this forum have failed to market their point well.They have good issues that affect us all. Why should they loose by wanting to jump over necks, heads, legs for the sake of selling their point?. This is deterent to many members who have subscribed to this forum but have chosen to spectate at the sidelines as the Akile's and Bugasons are struck left, right, center for simply causing polite advise and opinion. No, No. It must stop.I call for a big brother at this point. Akile Sunday ________________________________ From: William Worodria <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 10:47:03 AM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] I have done something for this country Anthony, It could not be said in better terms. Cut the rhetoric.....We need all hands aboard!! Worodria ________________________________ From: anthony ajiku <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 7 May, 2010 19:36:36 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] I have done something for this country Akile, you mustn't labour to isolate your brilliant side or rather achievements in any way under any form of provocation, atleast i know you........... best known in your proffession 'res ipsa laquito'. I think we need to go back, as far back as when the forum was born......... There is a total derailment or rather deviation from the original objectives. I remember issues linked to supporting or not supporting, liking or not liking, voting or not voting the sitting Government or politician(s) of any grade,nature and origin where never part of this initiative, very unfortunately this virus is back. you will also notice that there's less and less indulgence on this forum than before, and that should be a big worry............. The hugest fear is that the Forum is dying faster than it started Lots of practical and excellent ideas and discussions have evolved in, on, and from this forum but non has stood the test of time, Excuse my language but we are like 'unguided missiles' and in such circumstances we start to go trivial and attacking individuals. Like my brother Patrick submitted last week, we need to go off alittle from punching away on our laptops, palm tops, netbooks, desktops and any other E-tops to some sort of practical convening, but again, here some person(s) must champion this............... I challenge the mantle in the bracket of steering this forum to re invent and very fundamentaly practicalise the ideas floated herein by many. Interestingly many of us are known to each other by the names we meet every time we logon, it probably should not be that way.............. Kind regards Anthony ________________________________ From: Sunday Akile <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 7:13:28 PM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] I have done something for this country Rogers, With much respect to you for what you have said about me,I entirely concure with your advise to all of us on this forum. I salute you for attempting to enumerate a number of achievements on my part.I know could even say more on a serious note. But all in our own rights no one is a failure. We all have something to either boast of or at least tell our children. When i see every one around me i see achievements from them all. Well, besides the numerous cases that i have represented as a lawyer, i have not been doing badly in most of them.(I would not like to sound like i am advertising myself because my proffession does not like it) All these records are there. For Example in Tax matters with in this country whether against URA or any other body or individual it has not been bad for me either, many Tax payers and URA officials will testify about my contribution to the Tax Jurisprudence in Uganda.Which is not only to the benefit of tax payers but to URA too. Last week on 29th & 30th of April because of the recognition for my contribution in that area, i was part of a big Confrence which drew Tax bodies from the region- Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia and Uganda. Our own elder of the region, Mr. Feta Martin was also a resource person in this confrence at Hotel Protea. Over the years as lawyer, i have and other members of the science fraternity have been studying areas of Biotechnology and it's safety once it is introduced in Uganda. I have been a very resourceful person from the legal point of view in that area. Out of our effort, policy was for the first time in this area put in place by Government in the year 2008. Against this backdrop, some of us had to contribute numerous Articles in the newspapers and kind medias so as to defuse opposing members of public in this area before Government could pass a policy to regulate it's use in Uganda. Now with a team of an ad-hoc committee the task we have at hand is to see that the Biosafety law is passed before the next election. On the 23rd day April 2010, i was appointed by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology which is under Ministry of Finance, to be a member of the National Biosafety Committee (as lawyer) out of 15 members . I must say this was not for any patronage or who knows who but because of my contribution to this area in uganda. My friends let us embrace one another with respect. If you have a point market it well and it will be taken. You don't have to market in a manner that can deter other prospective consumers who will end up suspecting the motive of the marketier. Thanx Roggers i will keep your sister, niece and nephew well. Your envy is my joy.And i want to see you there. Akile Sunday Igu Rocks. Managing Partner, M/s Akile, Olok & Co. Advocates 5th Floor Greenland Towers, P.o Box 36530 K'la ________________________________ From: Rogers Anguzu <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 3:19:17 PM Subject: [WestNileNet] WestNileNet Digest, Vol 21, Issue 18 Dear Vasco Oguzua, It is Ok to have queries about this government and not to like it, but don’t let this impair your visibility or ability to read or you might be the one with a skewed mind here (Just in case to you that is not abusive) Read Christine’s email below again and them compose your response to Ben and Alaka again; On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:47 AM, christine munduru <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Akile, you are right to be mesmarised because there is no action of > yours which has also worked. (This is an attack on the person of Akile, those > of us who know him personally know at least has done one or 2 things that > have worked, he is a lawyer and has agued some cases in court and has won > some, he has convinced my good friend’s tough daughter and has married her > and they have 2 nice babies who they look after in a way that I envy, he has > made good contributions in intellectual debates when we have met under this > WNF, he sat in for me when mobilizing for the Asiku home coming drive and it > went very well if you read the press reports and many other things so it is > wrong to say Akile has never done a thing right, may be his political idea > might be wrong but Akile the person has done somethings right – so all we are > saying is judge Akile’s political view NOT the person) But my understanding > is that many of you do not understand the arguments here, so it is of no importance to continue. If you have a skewed mind for what ever reason,(This would mean Christine is insinuating someone has a skewed mind, NOT Idea thus attacking a person not an idea, all we are asking is let us stick to the ideas not the persons) you fail to objectively understand that a coin has tow sides. For now let us believe like you that a coin has only one side and we rest this topic. > > Christine In another email, Christine writes;If I am not mistaken you are one of the people in government who should know that we are not happy of the services because our people are suffering? I understand the fact that you cant bite the hand that feeds you but what about your next generation?(This in my view is another attack on Mike who is not the only person being fed by the government, we all are in one way or another even if you are in the private sector, the government still provides the environment in which you operate and in some cases is one of the biggest client, if you have a view in which we can take our view to the governemnet and you think a member can help by their position in any organization, then get to him and see how you can work it out together with the President of the foundation and then inform us the members on what the problem is, what your suggested solution is and what you think members should do then lets debate!) In my view I demand Christine Munduru MUST apologise to Akile, Bugason (Even if in his absentia, since he had requested to be unsubscribed because of such attacks) and the Forum for such personal attacks.And now, I beg all members to talk as TOUGH as they want but limit their talk on ideas NEVER attacking persons. As Christine her selves put it "OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER" Martin Luther Jr. I love this piece, it speaks alot to us To me RESPECT for each other is important, CHRISTINE must apologise for her wrongs. Cheers, Rogers ________________________________ THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS EMAIL AND/OR ATTACHMENTS IS CONFIDENTIAL AND MAY BE PRIVILEGED. NEW VISION PRINTING & PUBLISHING COMPANY LTD MAKES NO WARRANTIES REGARDING THE INFORMATION HEREIN CONTAINED AND ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE OR INJURY ARISING THEREFROM. 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