Dear all, I have been reading your comments with intrigue and am at a total loss for words for the following reasons.
- The district officials are claiming not to know anything!! Give me a break the district environmental officer/NFA should be our first point of reference. How on earth do we subject our environment to investors!! For crying out loud are investments worth more than preserving our environment. - Secondly we should put it to task and ask Tullow to iron out the rumor going around..for there is no smoke without fire - Finally a petition should be drafted and addressed to all the key stakeholders and lets blow this thing nationally (Media and environmental NGOs) In addition we should rally the locals to sign a petition opposing this move. - Even the MOU the municipal and NFA have entered into is questionable! Am sure there is a lot more land to be given away as opposed to forests. It is bad enough that Arua exhibits semi arid tendencies chopping down the forest is only going to exacerbate the situation. - I agree with the proposal that the prisons land should be given away. - on this one i am willing to work with Caleb to resolve this matter. - as for the RDC he needs to explain to us the lay people who this person giving orders from above is! - As for the Golf course in this era of privatization i would suggest that Municipal out sources this service. better still they can ask the Uganda prisons to hire out the prisoners since they use the same prisoners to do their personal work Merry christmas Ms Winfred Adukule On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 09:33, Adibo Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > What defines a people is land. Failure to defend rightful ownership in the > sight of "invasion" is clear enslavement of a generation now and to come. > > I think dying for this to the last Lugbara feotus is the best price we can > pay!! > > Alaka & team, the button i spassed to you. > > Gilbert > ------------------------------ > *From:* alaka caleb <[email protected]> > *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tue, December 14, 2010 6:28:29 PM > *Subject:* Re: [WestNileNet] Barifa Land Grabbed/ west nile Golf course in > ruins > > I talked to some officials of Arua Municipal Council, they are also at > a loss. They do not know what is happening. Even the District Land > Board is perplexed. The District officials are at a loss. Rumour is > that its Tullow oil to which the land has been given. I also > understand that NFA has not de-gazetted the forest and has a > Memorundum of understanding with Arua Municipal Council for the > Municipal Council to use the land upon giving the alternative which > the Municipal Council acquired in Logiri. > > As for the resolution, it can just be our consensus on the net. But > let any other person with information share it with us. Remember the > culture of land grabbing is entreching it self in Uganda. It is only > the Acholis who have resisted it, lets see what we can do > > On 12/14/10, aliti candia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I was in Arua last week end and indeed part of the forest just opposite > > mayors > > residence, next to the NFA arua Office has been cleared for ' i was made > to > > understand construction of 40 units of modern residential houses'. I was > > forward > > to members to to seek official information from NFA and Arua Municipal > > council > > before any action is taken. > > Secondly the West Nile Golf course is also going to the ruins, the club > and > > the > > municipal can no longer maintain it and eventually people will begin > lokking > > at > > it with demanding eyes for investment, what do we do? i was made to > > understand > > that the cutter is spoiled! This may also be a topic to share especially > > during > > this festive season; Merry X mass to all > > > > Aliti > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> > > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 3:34:27 PM > > Subject: [WestNileNet] Barifa Land Grabbed > > > > > > 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). 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