Hell Brothers and Sisters, I think the examples Mr Alaka gave with a list of most of our politicians who have been in the government clearly gives a strong case for the views Mr. Banduga expressed on the manifestos. Both are accurate in their analysis in my view. I therefore do not see any situation of of any attacks on any of our aspiring politicians as some people may think. Politics is never one sided and smooth. Sometimes when certain views are not clearly explained, you have to evoke them and as a politician, one has to get used to criticism at times. I think so far we have a healthy debate on the issues on this forum.
When I regurgitate the information Engineer Afi provided about the issues associated with power (the National Grid vs Nyagak), it is obvious that we probably would not be able to achieve our goals of power in the next 5 - 10 years because of the complexities involved in connecting our region to the National Grid and also the bottle-necks involved with Nyagak. However, if any one carefully read what Mr. Aliga wrote as the key movers of development, I would like to think that Mr. Ejiku's view and conclusion sums our dilemma of Development in West Nile. While we can still debate the manifestos of our aspiring politicians, we probably may need to get down to finding strategies of how we can do some of these things for ourselves rather than think that we are going to elect people who will do these things for us. We cannot think of a partnership with government when we are at a weak footing where the government has absolutely no respect for our region. May be if and when we have our own, we shall have a better leverage with the government to not beg but demand what is due to us. The baits which Mr. Ejiku has articulated is because we weak in all front (disunity among our own representaives in government, we are poor and have no financial strength), have a government that thinks that providing the basic services to its citizens is a favour. May be we should not even blame these people after all we had a president and a zillion ministers all originating from West Nile for almost 9 years what did they do differently to develop our area when they had all the authority. As I said in one of my submissions sometime last year, our elders have never left us a blue print of what and how they wished to see West Nile develop. The task is now on us.It is our responsibility to think about how we want West Nile to be for future generation. So perhaps if we rather put our efforts more on building our Financial Stand as WNF and find ways of establishing Public Private Partnerships, may be and ONLY then may be the government begin to think of our region as a community to pay attention to and to partner with. How long shall we be used as baits and how long do we want to allow ourselves to be used as baits. I also think if we more concentrate on education of the voters in rural areas, it probably will help us more because those rural people know who the politicians on the ground who have been with them even without or before the election bell rang. Politicians should not only talk of the people because of elections , but must have been with the people even without elections because of a just cause. That should be one of the yard sticks of how we should measure these aspiring politicians. Let me hope I have not stepped on anyone's thoughts or views. Vasco Oguzua On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:55 AM, banduga ismail <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Caleb, > > Indeed I have seen all that you have said here happening. You are > absolutely right our biggest problem has been disunity exhibited by our > politicians. *So its not partnering or not partnering with government, not > voting* *wisely as some refer to votes casted for parties other than the > ruling party that is the problem*. It is disunity amongsts us. There is > no way an elected leader (irrespective of his/her political inclination) by > the people will not partner with government. That is why we should, through > this forum or other fora nurture the idea of the citizens' manifesto, or > call it West Nile manifesto and compel our politicians (irrespective of > their parties) to unite to realize the dreams of the manifesto. Great idea > that after the elections, if it were possible even before, we invite our > politicians and interact with them. A citizens' manifesto in hand would be a > good tool to use in such an interaction. > > I hope I understood you correctly. We are or I am not shooting down what > the new and aspiring politicians would want to do. By having these > discussions in the manner they are running, if the politicians are keen, > they should be fishing out what the real issues are as articulated by > concerned children of the region and revise their strategies accordingly. > Without unity, the biggest missing link for West Nile to break even, the > philosophy of partnering for the good of the region will not be realised as > you have observed with the names I mentioned in my earlier submission. > Thank you, > Ismail > ----------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> > *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wed, 20 October, 2010 12:42:08 > *Subject:* [WestNileNet] Good Hustle another perspective to Christnes > > Dear Banduga > > I think the people you mentioned have been partnering with Government and > they to a large extent failed. But do you know that the biggest problem we > have had in West Nile has been disunity. Do you know that those in NRMO > fight each other, Are you not aware that Onzima Alex and Kassiano Wadri > could not see eye to eye because of the issue of the District Yet they were > in FDC, How many times have you seen Simon Ejua, Dujanga, Jachan , Eriyo and > Baba meeting or calling a conference for West Nile. Do you know how each of > these save for few are engrossed in catching the big man's eye. That is why > we need to reposition our selves and after elections, we shall establish a > think tank for West Nile were we shall invite our politicians and interact > with them. Lets give these politicians who are new and aspiring an > opportunity to do what others failed to do. The good news is that we now > have West Nile Net, the Foundation the numbers and man the necessary > capabilities and competences > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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