Dear all, I think this has come timely. It is time for putting our agenda to those running after our votes. Voters need to have an agenda for the politicians who are now hungry for votes. So what is our agenda as Westnile forum in this political season. These politicians must be put to task to debate issues that affect voters, not just come to tell us the usual lies and we give our votes! People must be told what government owes them and they demand for it through their leaders and this is the right time. Development starts by having good leaders and if we dont have the right leaders this election period then we should forget about the development agenda that we are pushing. I remember when the issue of returning money came up, how everybody had somebody to blame. This is the time for weeding those in elective posts who are non-performers. And we need to task them with development issues to prove their worth.
Many times we allow certain things to happen as if they are normal, buying poles individually means formalizing this rotten system, is this what we want to do? why dont we expose this and the responsible people come to explain. Now if you buy substandard items like George has rightly explained and your whole family is burnt in the house due to poor connection or substandard connection items, whom shall we blame. What about those who are unable to buy the poles but can afford to build their house and pay electricity bill. We have indentified a problem, I thought we could use a collective effort to put it to order instead of resorting to individual solutions. If Wenreco is to buy the poles, let them do so and if the issue is costs let us advocate collectively for reduction so that many people can be able to buy. Resorting to buy it individually from private firms or directly is not a long term solution according to me. We are not using the strength we have as westnile community to solve such issues. We are very good at organizing social gatherings but with such issues, it is a problem i dont know why but it is really very unfortunate. Christine ________________________________ From: George Afi Obitre-Gama <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 11:37:41 AM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Electricity Poles All, I think this is quite misleading. Yes, you can individually acquire the poles and run the wires but at what cost? The poles to be acquired must be of a certain minimum standard with the correct specifications i.e they must be well treated using both copper sulphate immersion and creosote treatment. I know only one treatment plant in Kampala. Secondly, the wires(read cables) must be of a certain minimum standard too - i.e the type of material, diameter etc. All these must be got from Kampala and are quite costly - may be importation from India may be cheaper! Transportation logistics of these items to West Nile is also another expensive affair. All in all, its a costly affair! Thats why we have to ask the government to come in by way of provision of subsidies etc. Otherwise, if you are Mike Ezra, its possible. ________________________________ From: banduga ismail <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 8:40:44 AM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Electricity Poles Dear All, I have just talked to a staff (one of the team leaders) of Wenreco in Arua about this. According to him, if one obtains poles privately, then you will need to engage a private individual or firm to fix the poles and run the line (wires). However, this private firm or individual needs to do this with the full knowledge of Wenreco i.e. fill in some forms at Wenreco offices. Wenreco will then come to connect your premises to the power line at a cost of 246,400 UGX. This cost is basically the cost of the meter box. He also says there is the power extension plan that they are currently working on to extent power to many areas in and around Arua. In this plan, Wenreco will run the main lines and individuals will then meet the cost of connecting the premises to the main lines. This will still require individuals to pay for poles depending on how far or near your premises is from the main line. As Ejiku asked, yes it is a practice Wenreco reluctantly seems to allow. Ismail -------------------------------------------- ________________________________ r From: Patrick Anguti <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 15 September, 2010 19:03:56 Subject: [WestNileNet] Electricity Poles Dear all, As u r all aware, the price Wenreco charges for poles is extremely high as compared to the rate at which the poles are sold. Aware of this, am suggesting we come as a group, purchase the poles, transport them to Arua and then we get services from Wenreco for installing them. The current market price for distribution poles is 150$. If somebody in Arua can get us the installation cost the better. -- Patrick Anguti Forest Officer Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited P O Box 7390, kampala Tel: +256-312-330300 Fax: +256-414-255600 Mob: +256-772-929633
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