Hi Patrick, Thanks for this excellent report and efforts you have put. God bless you.
Willy On 7/27/10, Patrick Ezaga <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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