Congratulations Engineer Doctor Ajedra Gabriel ARIDRU for your successful nomination as the flag bearer for the NRM in Arua Municipality. I am made to understand that many people who make it on the NRM ticket usually sail through the election process hence the level of unprecedented rigging / violence that took place during the elections in many places. Plus in the case of Arua Municipality, much like Yumbe District, the election is all but over since the government found it fit to grant the top Muslim leadership double cabin vehicles to facilitate their work (Kampala — President Yoweri Museveni has given double-cabin pick-up trucks to khadis in Yumbe and Arua districts, New Vision October 3, 2010 http://allafrica.com/stories/201010040101.html )
My plea to you Eng. Dr. Agedra is very mundane when you get to that August House to represent the people of Arua Municipality. Here is my request: Please drop the titles "Engineer, Doctor" when you add the title "honourable"! Since you will be representing a cross section of people, many of whom neither read nor write, you want your constituency members to approach you without feeling intimidated. I assume that you will not be a practicing engineers or professor hence no need to refer to prefix your names by your titles. We want our mothers, sisters, brothers, old, young, sick, healthy etc to be able to approach you and discuss their issues without being intimidated by your titles. It amazes me how we Africans in general and Ugandans in particular focus on out titles instead of work. We are more preoccupied with being called Dr, Professor, Engineer, so and so even when we are not actively in that profession that demands us to identify ourselves that way. I draw a big difference in our religious leaders as they are actively involved in the business of spiritual leadership. If it were for titles only, Africa / Uganda would be the most developed continent / country in the world for there is no shortage of people with those titles. It still amazes me to find out after after many years of leaving in the western world how simple politicians including cabinet ministers can be even if they have in previous careers been university professors or doctors or engineers. For example, two of the leaders of Canada's main opposition parties were university professors in Canada/ USA. Many more are medical doctors or have doctorates but they never ever address or ask themselves to be addressed as Prof, Dr, Engineer, etc. But one thing is clear, None of them calls themselves with those titles. Whereas they address themselves as "honourable" within the confines of Parliament, the only MPs who carry the title "hon" before their names are Cabinet Ministers. Please don't get mme wrong - I value and respect the achievements that our brothers and sisters have made in academic life. However, in my own humble opinion, it is time we focus on what we can do, how we can translate the knowledge that we have acquired and into something tangible for the common man and woman in the remotest part of the village. Good luck Charles On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 5:49 AM, gard ajedra <[email protected]> wrote: > 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://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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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