Dear Caleb, I like the way you have brought out this issue. You seem to be suggesting that its high time we took a definitive decision but your conclusion is not clear. After all these consultations and discussions, what next ? Happy new year to you all. Dr Aldo
--- On Mon, 12/27/10, Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> wrote: From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> Subject: [WestNileNet] Barifa Land Grabbed To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, December 27, 2010, 11:51 PM 'People will not eat noble concepts. what is important is putting real income in their pockets' I read something similar to this....'people resisted garden city but now....' Guys, lets get out of this slumber. it amuses me when well educated and well exposed people start reasoning the way we have started reasoning. This trend if not checked makes us a liability to our people. For starters, why do we have the Procurement rules and regulations in Uganda. Why can't a ministry or local government body not procure any thing at will but through PPDA. why do we have procedures and forms for forming a company, acquiring a plot in town, recruiting people in the civil service, electing leaders, getting Environmental assessment Impacts for setting up even mere 'petrol' stations. No body is against development. But you are not going to set up a shopping mall and the tallest building in Africa in Queen Elizabeth National Park in the name of development.. Come on guys, lets not be lackadaisical and shallow in our reasoning....I am not insulting any body... I apologize for the use of language which might sound offensive... But for those who studied Nile English Course and not Ogudupe, these are just superlatives... If some one is to develop Barifa, let the local authorities consent, let them pay the relevant dues including ground rates and rent, let them pay the necessary taxes which can be used for improving the street lighting in Arua, let our planners in Arua approve the structural and building plans, let them pay for the approved plans. let it fit in the master plan of Arua Town, lets know the areas which will be the recreation ground, the shopping malls, the schools, mosques, churches, estates and let them offer us an alternative green belt. Simple...But for us to accept blind development is to be like African Kings and Chiefs who colluded with Arab invaders and marauders to take able bodied persons into slavery. We postponed the issue of going to Court because members wanted us to do more consultations... If you think we are stupid to resist Barifa Land Grabbing, What of the Acholis who resisted the taking up of Amuru by Madhvani to start a large scale sugar cane growing plantation only for it to emerge latter that there were substantial deposits of oil in that land... If we are brave and love development regardless of anything, why don't we also go and start constructing a big shopping mall in Mabira forest.. Wake up...Otherwise Happy new year. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -----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. _______________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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