Apollo, Thanks for your rejoinder. Well I did not contribute much on the issue of laziness. I have never imagined that our people are lazy. I think it is unfair for us to write off our people as a lazy bunch of people without appreciating what our people have gone through. I do not think that we are the brightest or most intelligent generation. If any thing, we inherited this intelligence from those very people who did not succeed in life like us. Historically we have been disadvantaged. From not having a proper identity (First under the Belgians then under the British Protectorate ) to becoming a labour reserve, then the years of exile and eventual political and military marginalization. Our people have suffered historical, political and legal injustices; that's why some of them developed the negative attitude towards life. Life full of lack of opportunities, lack of career guidance, lack of self esteem and self belief will breed mairungi chewers and a generation of people who think in terms of hiding their head in the sand. People who take lira lira to avoid being sober to tackle life's challenges. The sense of being inferior is not only embedded in the rural West Niler but also amongst most of our young upcoming intellectuals. That's why we as a be-cone of hope should do what Museveni did to liberate the hitherto despised Banyakole. Ours will not be through waging wars but through building the necessary capacity. through influencing policies, challenging things we believe are oppressive to our people and uniting ourselves and of course tackling poverty, illiteracy and collectively offering leadership to our people through our joint efforts. If we can challenge BAT in Courts of Law for exploiting our people, if we can stand up and spearhead education revival in West Nile and if we can intervene directly in anything affecting West Nile then there will be no lazy person in West Nile other wise to be a watchman or night guard, or to walk all over Kampala City selling brooms, papyrus mats, ground nuts and or to dig in peoples gardens for survival is not a mark of a lazy person.
--- On Tue, 11/30/10, Onzoma Apollo <[email protected]> wrote: From: Onzoma Apollo <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Forgotten Point To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 2:22 PM Caleb, Thanks to you and the core team for all the contributions towards the achievements so far realised by the foundation and timely update/reminder. This, i believe will guide and streamline some of our recommendations and comments on various discussions. At an appropriat time, we may need a thorough understanding of the details involved and get registered. I believe it would also be good to get the Consitutution re-circulated to members for information. I also want to believe that our region faces alot of challenges and for one to conlude that most of our problems are caused by laziness as the only major factor, then we shall have missed alot on the major issues contributing positively or negatively to our macro-economic/development situation/problems in the region. I agree that alot of these are concerns of the region that need to be addressed systematically. I note that the contributions through Palui, Science cafe and up coming get together are very critical for our progress and encouraging no matter how many people have so far been reached by such arrangements. The key coordinators of these arrangements are highly commended for the progress so far made. Every initial begining is important and i note that how such benefits can be spread further are part of what will form the strategies of the foundation. Regards On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> wrote: Members, the certificate of incorporation was granted as a result of the registration of the memorandum and articles of association of West Nile Foundation as a company limited by guarantee. The Memorandum outlined the objectives of West Nile Foundation. It was posted on the net and widely discussed with various changes and a lot of input from Nile Care Incorporation. The Articles of Association which is the Constitution is the internal regulation of how WNF has to be run. It defines key issues including membership, elections, the secretariat and so many others. This document was also widely circulated and several amendments were made to it. Usually when people see legal documents, they do not take keen interest to go through them save for people like Avudria Jackson and Father Ruffino who at least always contribute to the documents. Any way the bottom line is we should start subscribing to WNF by way of paying our registration fee. We have already designed membership cards. The more we run away from this the more we shall be acting the ostrich hiding our heads in the sand. We can appoint a care taker to oversee the process of registration and eventually carry out elections. But as I had indicated earlier. For the sake of civilization let it only be the registered members who should have voting rights as enshrined in the Articles of Association. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ -----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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________
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