Dear All, I salute you fellow west Nilers upon the relentless efforts you are making towards equitable, fair and possibly sustainable development of west Nile regardless of the political regime in the country at large and the region in particular. Members it is at this period of the almanac of government with particular reference to elections that we can salvage some hope for west Nile.
I remember how Makerere Arua Students Union (MASU) in the late nineties though a small community used to determine the Guild President of the University through strategic alliances with the greater north and the eastern region; of course the central region and the west would always be at logger heads. This kind of alliance enabled them (MASU) to negotiate for lucrative ministerial positions, which at the time would be the ultimate objective (comrade Ejiku Robert and others can testify). Relating the above to our situation of the day, the past few days have seen members generate some useful information, which if consolidated into a dossier of the Forum can help us to push the development question of west Nile into the political agenda of the country and who so ever perceives the West Nile Forum as a strategic ally in furthering their objectives. I thought at the end of the day, we would not only earn back consolation positions of Minister of State… or whatever has been the case in the recent past, BUT attract real tangible investments which can kick start the socio-economic development of west Nile region. I congratulate you all for the enormous work so far done and trust that we are not about to cease fire until the dreams of the generation are realized. Long live west Nile Forum!! Once again I thank you. * * *Matua Odravu * On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:59 AM, alaka caleb <[email protected]> wrote: > Vasco, you need not apologize, you have just said the truth. Who does > not know that Electricity in West Nile can change the face of the > region. Imagine the creation of an Industrial Park in Bondo, do you > know how many DFI way may get. Investors eying for the greater DRC and > South Sudan Market will shift their Industries to West Nile. We shall > become an Industrial city and who does not know the benefits of being > industrialized. But for the last six years as you rightfully opined, > our Members of Parliament from West Nile have been in a deep slumber. > We had the portfolio and or the docket of Minister of State for > Energy, this Gentleman was a former Managing Director of Uganda > Electricity Board, what did he do. Absolutely nothing. So the > imperative is for our aspiring politicians to know that we are now > organized as the Fourth Estate, the voice of the voice less and an > alternative power block. This is not a threat. Your Executive is > working on a blue print for rolling out the Foundation and We need our > aspiring Politicians to know that failure to deliver will make us to > exercise our recall options in the Constitution. We are not going to > wait for voters to throw them out in their primaries after another > five wasted years. Dr. Gabriel and all the other members of this forum > who are aspiring for Parliamentary Elections, be assured of our > support if and only if you demonstrate that you are pro West Nile. I > am glad that Dr. Aridru is responding to our clarion call. I do not > know what the other aspirants are doing. It is not enough to imagine > that you are canvasing votes in the villages. Be ware that we are now > organized to pull some strings. we are aware that Parties have their > manifestos but we need the candidates to high light what they intend > to do for West Nile. For instance the idea of rebuilding the Arua > Market originated from West Nile Foundation. they did the lobbying and > shared experiences with the Local Leaders in Arua Municipality. The > Mayor Asiki and LC III chairman of Arua Hill Division Mr. Matua and > their council took over the idea and now we are in the process of > having a decent market which will benefit the thousands of our mothers > who work in the market. > > On 10/15/10, Stephen Ogua Adraka <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Eng. Dr. Ajedra, > > > > Thanks for the ideas you have so far expressed about your political > mission > > if elected. Let us critically examine your political philosophy for > > suitability so as to distinguish you from those who tend to be > egocentric, > > inconsistent, opportunistic, lukewarm, and distant from the reality of > the > > voters after elections. > > > > For your request "*Please let me know how you can get a copy*.", my > answer > > is that, there are so many text formats available for you to use. It all > > depends on what you computer offers. For our purpose Portable Document > > Format or Word Format would suffice to attach your manifesto. > > > > Good luck brother. > > > > Ogua Adraka > > > > > > > > On 15 October 2010 14:32, Gilbert Ringtho <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Thx Dr.It will be a great Idea to work avail a comprehensive > manifesto.We > >> shall then guage you against the "WestNile checklist or > >> requirements"......i.e Yet to be agreed upon by the forum. > >> > >> > >> rgds > >> > >> Gilbert > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> *From:* gard ajedra <[email protected]> > >> *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > >> *Sent:* Fri, 15 October, 2010 12:49:24 > >> > >> *Subject:* Re: [WestNileNet] Re: My [ENG. AJEDRA ARIDRU] Proposals for > >> What should be the Election issues in West Nile > >> > >> Dear Ruffino, > >> > >> Thanks for your inquiry. As I had said in my previous contribution, my > >> philosophy in politics is to partner with government in development > >> programs, making it easier for one to lobby. > >> > >> With regard to how I intend to address the issues of: Power, Water, > >> Sanitation, Poverty alleviation, Education, Promotion of Unity, etc, it > is > >> best if I avail you my manifesto. It is all detailed in the manifesto. > >> > >> Lack of unity and common voice of our Members of Parliament (from West > >> Nile) is one of the major contributors for poor delivery of services to > >> our > >> people. To this end, if elected I intend to energize the West Nile > >> Parliamentary Coccus, which is not affiliated to any political party or > >> interest. > >> > >> Please let me know how you can get a copy. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Eng. Dr. Ajedra Gabriel ARIDRU > >> > >> > >> > >> --- On *Thu, 10/14/10, Ezama Ruffino <[email protected]>* wrote: > >> > >> > >> From: Ezama Ruffino <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: My [ENG. AJEDRA ARIDRU] Proposals for > What > >> should be the Election issues in West Nile > >> To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 12:02 PM > >> > >> Hi Dr Gabriel > >> Its good to know that you have spelt these issues inn your manifesto. > >> Could > >> you let us know how you intend to translate this to the benefit of West > >> Nile > >> in a better way than candidates of other parties? > >> > >> Thank you > >> > >> Ruffino > >> > >> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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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