Dennis, Jackson and Gilbert, I am moved by this enthusiasm, can our aspiring parliamentarians get back to us on these issues raised by Dennis Aliga and John A Jackson.
I will in the mean time comment on the aspect of unity. Our Members of Parliament have been responsible to a greater extent of letting down our region. Whereas FDC members will be together with their NRM counter parts in a fund-raising function in Rwampara, Mbarara, ours will monitor who has reached first and avoid the function. By the way, what is NRM and FDC to us. First their leaders are all from one part of the Country, Most of the top guys in these parties were at one time tight colleagues, they speak the same language. Yes we can by conviction and in exercise of our fundamental rights and freedoms choose to belong to any of these parties. But must it make us who all hail from the same region to become sudden enemies just because we have chosen this or that party. We forget that our first and foremost allegiance should be towards our people and our region. We suffered a lot first from injustices meted on us by history where we were a labor reserve. then exile, then insurgencies. It is time who ever wants to go to Parliament on any ticket should know that he or she should be ready to work with any other person of a different ideological inclination so long us the issue touches West Nile. Otherwise whether one is in NRM, DP, FDC, CP, SDP, PPP we are all grasshoppers in a bottle trying to tear at each others miserable small necks and attempting to eat each other instead of looking for a common objective of how to come out of the bottle. People of West Nile and their leaders regardless of the political and ideological divide are all in the bottle of underdevelopment and have to work together to come out of it with unity being the common tool On 9/25/10, Gilbert Adibo <[email protected]> wrote: > 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). 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