Dennis, Pertinent questions indeed! Development of West Nile region rallies all participants on this forum.
One single truth stands clear, the development of West Nile requires all of us working together *before, during and after *elections irrespective of our poltical ideologies and party allegiance. My simple answer would be *Unity!* ** I rest my case. ** *Gilbert Adibo* The single ralling factorOne thing that comes clear in answering On 24 September 2010 22:56, <[email protected]> wrote: > My people of West Nile, > > Politics is in the air but what questions should we be asking ourselves and > our leaders to be? I would like to share my mind with the Forum members. > > Policy: I have read a lot about the possible 35 presidential candidates who > have expressed interest in contesting for the Big Office. I have read about > cries of uneven playing field but what I haven't read about are a coherent > set of policy issues which define or characterise each political party. > Manifestos are ideological and worked well under communism. > > 1. Do NRM, DP, UPC, FDC have clear sets of policy outlines with respect to, > for instance (i) Healthcare; (ii) Education; (iii) Foreign Affairs; (iv) > Information Technology (v) Agriculture & Tourism; (vi) Energy Sector; and > (vii) Public Expenditure, and are these policies clearly differentiated in > terms of their intent and how they will be achieved? > > 2. If there are no clear differences are our people deciding between > ideologies and personalities and therefore do not care to find out about the > important policy questions? If the policy is to increase healthcare > spending, what percentage of the GDP is expected to go to healthcare, where > is that money going to come from given that the sources of government > revenue are known? What will be the impact on the other sectors? What will > be the key priorities? What is the proposed implementation mechanism? > > 3. What can our members of parliament realistically deliver bearing in mind > that parliamentarians are law makers (i.e Legislative arm of the government, > the other two being Judiciary and Executive) and do not have a development > budget of their own to effect their policy objectives? Parliamentarians > lobby. Is it time for us to look at the National Development Plan as members > of this Forum to examine to what extent they impact and deliver our > aspirations and if not, what is the strategic vision for West Nile? If > Aliga, Andama, Dramadri, Ocan, Yakani, Ogena, Vuko ...all close their eyes > and open them in the year 2015, what do we want to see? > > 4. How can we start holding our members of parliament to account by > evaluating their performance based on which we can know whether they are a > force for transformation or not? > > 5. The world has become a small place and we are able to learn and transfer > knowledge swiftly. What developmental or transformational lessons will our > aspiring parlimentarians share with us to positively influence our thinking > that they have learnt from anywhere that is different to the > parliamentarians before them? > > 6. Some of our issues require a united voice. Have our aspiring > parliamentarians reached a level of political maturity where they can put > their party ideological differences (ideological because I haven't seen any > tangible policy differences) and come together as one voice to deliver what > is in the greater good of West Nile? > > 7. As the people of West Nile, is it not time for us to articulate exactly > what we would like to see in West Nile in clear terms and let our leaders > tell us how they can deliver to our expectation or beyond? Enterprise > Development given our geographically advantageous position for trading > opportunities; light industry development, agriculture and agro-allied > industry development; etc? What are the plans to attract investment to West > Nile? > > 8. Have our aspiring parliamentarians acquired accurate statistics on > issues with key implications on development for their respective > constituencies e.g. Number of primary schools; secondary schools; healthcare > centers; unemployment figures; sector performances, and what the > implications are to their proposed deliverables during the next five years? > > 9. How much development actually goes to West Nile and what proportion is > that in comparison to other regions in the country? Do our people who will > be championing our cause have figures across different sectors and different > sources? > > 10. Private Public Partnerships have been known to drive development > particularly for long-term projects in utilities and other sectors. What > have our leaders identified in West Nile to be effected through potential > Private Public Partnerships that they hope to champion and how do they > propose to rally our people in the private sector to support them? Are we > working together enough? > > 11. Have we been reading or listening to leaders talk about what has not > happened and who did the wrong thing or did not do at all rather than what > really needs to be done and how? > > 12. How will the electorate make sure our parliamentarians are accountable > to the people in Arua and not to someone in Kampala? > > 13. Do our potential leaders bear the credentials of leadership and > demonstrate enough conviction, courage, moral character and selfless to > deliver? > > The Ibo of Nigeria say uneasy lies the head that wears the crown and I am > sure our leaders and leaders to be are thinking the right thoughts. In any > case to whom much is given, much is expected...votes mean your > representative signifies you in that parliament so who are you? > > We are at a threshold in history - the last scramble for African resources > and West Nile is not insulated. The East African common market also means > that very soon we need to compete effectively for hotel business in Koboko > with some very experienced Kenyans. Are developing enough capability and > joining hands for bringing together our ideas to build big enterprising > businesses that will transform West Nile or we have individual stars? Do we > remember that the 4 legged granary is stronger and bigger than the taller > but aloof cucua? Our leaders are our gate keepers and champions of our > cause, no wonder my head is spinning with questions and yours must be too. > > Aliga Asega > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > >
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