My dear Jennifer, you are most welcome and Lina thanks so much for the discussions. I am happy that the two of you have joined me. Please let us join this train and be on board, we shall either sink or survivie together. Sometimes I used to thing may be I am in a wrong place.
I just want to add one thing that information is power and people have right to demand for what is due and they can only do this when they are knowldgeable, I think Sam and the colleague were spot on about this. You cannot negotiate for people or on their behalf without involving them or when they dont know what you are negotiating for. Negotiating for things for people without their involvement is dictatorship and is not sustainable. Christine On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Lina Ogwal <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > > I am happy that you have joined us on this forum. I want to allude to > Christine's statement that there are few sisters on this forum - your > joining us is a prayer being answered. > > There are many questions asked by members about the issues and how the MPs > to-be, will articulate the implementation of their Manifestos, seem to give > us grief. For instance: > > 1) Partnership vs Fighting for: > Eng.Dr Ajedra's explanation of these two words might mean one is good and > one is bad. In my opinion both work side by side. In that, while you follow > the government manifesto (partnering), you also "fight for" projects that > need government funding. In the "fight", what you are asking from the > government is plan of action, that will state a time frame in which > implementation will take place (while partnering). > Thinking about it, "fighting for" could also apply to the fact that our > people have waited indefinitely for these services, and are demanding action > and results (citizen rights). > > 2) Civic Education: > This could not be emphasized enough. Lack of knowledge or information to > the voters results in the voters being misled or confused about what and > whom they are voting for. The idea of setting up Computer cafes is really > good. It would be good if someone on ground could research the acquisition > of the computers, identify centers and how the centers will be managed. > Along with that, we still need the physical presence of non-partisan civic > educators to reach those who can not read and write. > > 3) Energy: > The technical explanation given by Mr. Afi has helped me to understand a > bit about the cost of connection. He also mentioned about Pakwach - is this > something that was tried already or you are saying it should be tried? > Whatever the options are, the question remains - what are the MPs to-be > going to do and how/when ? As I mentioned before on this forum, with > electricity, almost every project/sector will fall in line with ease. > > 4) Change of Image: > More often a politician is viewed as a "gamer", and over the years, the > politicians themselves have not helped the portrayal. A politician in my > view, is a person knowledgeable of civic matters, who is "partnering" with > the government to bring (fight for) development in his/her constituency. So, > the questions raised to the politicians (MPs and MPs to-be) and discussions > on this forum is ONE of the means for them to change the mindset of the > people about them (politicians). That is, do not be defensive when a > question puts you on spot, misleading or deceitful. > > It all nothing but my view. > > Thank you > > > Lina > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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