Eng. Thanks for the update, as usual you are meticulous and make it hard for questions. Proceed.
Ezaga On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:14 PM, aggrey adrale <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Patrick, > > Thanks for sharing the progress so far made and your time to this cause. > > For the architectural skills (depending on their scope of social > responsibility) I could suggest a few names: Mr. Norman Ajiiri (son of Mr. > Avua Lino), Mr. Anguyo Luke Oce (I wonder if he still sits at MTAC) and Mr. > Songa (Son of Mr. Peter Songa and grand Son to the Late Archbishop Wani). I > really wish they could have time to contribute their skills and expertise. > > Best regards > > Aggrey Adrale > > > > --- On *Mon, 26/7/10, Patrick Okuni <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Patrick Okuni <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Public University - Progress Update > To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, 26 July, 2010, 10:33 > > > Dear Colleagues > > As you are aware, there has been work ongoing regarding the planned public > university in West Nile. We as the Adhoc Committee set up by West Nile > Foundation have been in consultation with the official Task Force, and doing > whatever we can to support the process. We contributed ideas towards > the work on the different academic programme teams, and received updates on > the progress of the work and challenges being faced. > > The long awaited and stakeholders' consultation workshop regarding the > university was 12-13/07/2010 in Arua. We were invited, and I represented WNF > among the 20+ quality group of participants drawn from the W. Nile DLGs, > MoES, Universities (MUK, KYU, GU), NTC Muni, Cabinet, NGOs, legal > fraternity and civil society. But Ben Anjiku and Asaph Adebua also attended > in other capacities. Very good discussions were held right from the basics, > through progress and challenges, to the way forward. > > Clearly there is wide consensus on the importance of starting the > university, and therefore goodwill from the key stakeholders. The agreed > approach all along is to move in a deliberate and solid way, to avoid a > false start - make a good mark right from the start. > > Progress to date is as follows: > 1. The official Task Force has in addition been assigned roles as > designate Vice Chancellor (Dr. Christine Dranzoa), University Secretary (Fr. > Dr. Epiphany Picho Odubuker) and Academic Registrar (Mr. James Lam-Lagoro). > 2. Land to host the university has been offered at the ICT Centre, NTC Muni > and Madi Okollo in Arua, and Bidi Bidi in Yumbe district. However the land > needs to be surveyed in order to be fully secured. > 2. Some initial government funds (UGX 700M) were received late the last > FY, and have supported the initial procurements and preparation activities. > This FY the budget has been doubled, for greater impact on the ground. > 3. Much of the work on developing the main academic programmes has been > done by the Task Force and volunteer academics, and some (ICT, Nursing > Sciences, and Science & Technical Education) are ready to get running. Other > immediate target areas are Entrepreneurship and Communication. > 4. Individual consultations were held with district leaders and other main > stakeholders in the W. Nile districts and beyond, which culminated into > the stakeholders' workshop. > 5. A private new building has been rented in Arua town to house the > university offices, and is already furnished and staffed by a Secretary. The > other officials are set to move to Arua pretty soon once the minimal > processes are concluded. Currently it is more pragmatic to stay in Kampala > for ease of chasing the issues around here. For this purpose MUK has offered > space at Lincoln Flats. > > The stakeholders workshop used guidance from the MoES (starting from the > [Kajubi] Education White Paper 1992) and the progress made so far, as a > basis to discuss and agree on the following issues: > 1. Fundamentals - Name, Vision, Mission, Goals, and the location(s), > approaches, values, etc; and > 2. The best way forward in light of the current situation. > > The critical issues agreed to be acted on immediately are: > 1. Obtaining a title for the land at Muni after survey, and eventually for > all other land secured; > 2. Expansion and improvement of the ICT building in Arua Municipality; and > 3. After the above 2, submission of a formal application to the National > Council for Higher Education for licensing to start operaions. > > It is envisaged that these processes (including approval by the NCHE) can > be concluded by late 2010, to enable formal opening in early 2011. Once the > initial programmes are started, an expansion programme will then be worked > out following the same deliberate approach. > > Starting this week, a team is working on development of a masterplan for > the university. We were invited to participate, and I agreed to join the > team as a volunteer for the task. However more physical planning and > architectural skills are required to undertake the task expeditiously and > thoroughly. Any of you out there, please come forward to offer your > services in this noble undertaking. > > Meanwhile the Adhoc Committee will continue working with the Task Force to > move the process forward. We shall share with you more detailed information > as and when it becomes available. > > Kind regards > > Patrick Okuni > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected]<http://uk.mc297.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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