Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone who celebrates it. Thanks to brothers and sisters who have been selfless both overseas on the ground who have put timeless effort in in coordinating activities on behalf of WNF or individually. We can only continue to grow as a community unless we have shared vision, goals and aspirations. This year has been a great learning lesson for most of us. Whether you are pursuing personal goals or community goals, I wish all of you good health and prosperous new year.
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 1:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Christmas wishes (Carol Azungi) > 2. Season's Greetings and the Barifa Saga (Ayikoru) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:29:08 +0000 (GMT) > From: Carol Azungi <[email protected]> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Christmas wishes > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all my brothers and sisters. > Thank you all for all the efforts, thoughts and achievements of this year, > hoping that next year we will achieve even greater heights together. > Best regards > Carol Azungi - from a very cold Norway:( > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20101224/282d5a97/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 23:20:34 +0000 > From: Ayikoru <[email protected]> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Season's Greetings and the Barifa Saga > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Dear All, > > Merry Christmas to you all, I wish you a rewarding and fulfilling New Year > 2011. > > With regard to the Barifa saga, I must add my voice to this > development-cum-pathology that deserves a collective intervention. While a > legal injunction may be a necessary first step in to this saga, we should, > in my view, not be blinded in to believing some powerful investor dreamt and > woke up suddenly to start clearing the forest for whatever the grand plan > s/he has in mind. There must be someone within Arua municipality who has > signed a deal, legitimate or otherwise, with the developers, some thing that > is worth finding out prior to holding such persons/investors accountable to > the public. > > The actual timing of this latest Barifa saga is one we can exploit to our > advantage. That is, get the local and national politicians seeking > (re)election to explain to us what is going on and how they can be part of > the 'people's voice' in a way that can be construed as a quid pro quo for > our votes. This is important because we cannot continue to be duped in to > believing that some fallible, mere mortal is way above the law and can get > away with dispossessing us of common public goods for personal gains. Yes we > do need development in the region, but it is high time we were duly and > rightfully treated as legitimate stakeholders and not mere externalities to > be managed in whatever means is available. > > It may however be a prerequisite from next year onwards to further develop > and implement the idea of the 'people's parliament' where such issues may be > discussed in an open forum with all stakeholders so we can put questions > directly to such 'investors' or their nominated representatives. Such > discussions ought to be aired out live on one or more of the local fm > stations- obviously with financial implications, but one to which > contributions can be made by members. > > Further to the Barifa saga, it might be worth reflecting on the question of > the Balaalu who have increasingly settled in the region, particularly in > very remote parts. What seems to be an 'innocent act' today will, if we are > not careful, in the future result in to a generation of landless people in > our region, with unprecedented consequences. > > Thanks to all who have kept this forum alive through engaging discussions > on issues that directly affect our region. Thanks also to those who have > been supportive to members who lost loved ones throughout the year, your > personal and emotional support has and will always be cherished. > > Very best wishes for 2011. > > Maureen > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > > End of WestNileNet Digest, Vol 28, Issue 82 > ******************************************* > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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