What those people are doing is unacceptable. As WNF, we need to stop them immediately. Just go ahead with your lawyers and file a suit. The more time we take debating this, the more damage is being done on the land.
Thanks for bringing this issue to our notice. Ben On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> wrote: > As you are all aware, Barifa forest is one of the Central Government > Forest reserves. Some two or so years ago, Arua Municipal Council attempted > to expand and extend its boundaries for a better planned Town. The Municipal > then applied to the National Forest Authority to have Barifa de-gazetted. > NFA accepted on condition that the Municipal Council got an alternative land > for the forest. Municipal then got land worth 100 Million Shillings in > Logiri and it has been paying for the land. I understand the Municipal > Council intended to re-plan Barifa into a new Arua Town. Now some people > have emerged from nowhere claiming that they are acting "on orders from > above" and they have been clearing Barifa forest. The RDC Arua is the one > purportedly supervising these people who have moved several trucks on the > land. For us to act as WNF, we need a resolution and or a consent of the > members so that we instruct our lawyers to file a suit stopping these guys > from constructing any thing on the land and evicting them. If this situation > is not arrested, Arua Municipal Council will loose the 100 Million > shillings, we shall not have a better planned town and we shall in the words > of the Bishop be worthless. What is your take on this > > _______________________________________________ > 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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