Hello Madam Ayikoru, Thanks for wishing me a great week! I wish you the same. I wasn't angry at you, rather I reacted at the idea that West Nilers may be reaping air because they have always refused to climb the "yellow bus!" That is not just what you wrote but many people think so. To be honest, when I think about the issue of power in our region I get mad. A Rwandan friend of mine was surprised to hear that we have no power yet Uganda sells electricity to Rwanda and other neighbouring countries! It should be someone lower than Museveni to talk loosely like that not he himself to claim that we have no need of power! In 2003 the German government gave some thing like 8 or 10 million Euros to build Olewa dam. Nobody knows where that money disappeared. On the other hand I don't want to think about Nyagak whose story all of us know including my friend whose life was later endangered because he was the last person to suffer the injustice of that political bigotry that stopped Bishop Frederick from constructing the dam. Anyhow, we hope and pray that with time, all those people with bad heart towards us will one day go and we have another who will hear our cry. But in the mean time, as I said earlier, nobody should stop or intimidate us from demanding for our rights. God bless you, Andrua
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Ayikoru <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mr. Andrua, > > Please calm down! I'm on the same side as you and all who desire genuine, > non paternalistic development in West Nile and indeed in Uganda. All I've > done in my article is to satirise the subject matter, given the mostly > intellectual predisposition on this forum. Refer to all items in inverted > commas in my original article and hope you will see what I intended in the > first place. But clearly, for now, it seems I have missed the point, which > is such a shame. > > Have a great week. > > Maureen Ayikoru > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 4 Sep 2011, at 19:14, alex free <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Brothers and Sisters, > > > > > > Those who agree with me will not tow the line of argument of Maurine > Ayikoru and the like. Maurine is talking about boarding the so-called yellow > bus, I don't know which yellow bus! But the fact is, that yellow bus is a > symbol of of politics paternalism and favouritism. I mean in a paternalistic > political setting such as we experience in Uganda, Cameroon etc, the leaders > act as patrons. When a road is build, a hospital erected or something else, > it is seen as a favour from the big person and the citizens where such a > development takes place are supposed to be grateful and see the figure of > that politician as a saviour! That type of politics, dear Maurine, is not > what we advocate in Uganda and it is not the reason why most of the times > people of West Nile, Acholi, Lango etc vote in a different direction. The > normal understanding is that it is taxes which everybody pays which bring in > those services. So, for a citizen in Kasese or Abim to have electricity or > clean running wat > er whereas the one of Moyo doesn't is unfair. Does the tax paid by the > citizen in Moyo not reach Kampala so much so that they have no records of > paying taxes? Is it why then they are denied of electricity? If other > members of a house receive goods essential which are useful for their daily > living, why not the other family members? Is West Nile not part of Uganda? > Don't we, as West Nilers, have a right to complain when injustice is done to > us? > > Maurine, I tell you, without electricity, there is no development, what > so ever, even if Museveni talks about industrialisation, modernisation, > development of science, etc! > > I want to say that it is the presence of electricity that attracts > development activities. West Nile has full potential to consume electricity > just like Kampala, Mbarara, Jinja etc. When there is power, there will be > industries, factories, schools will use, households will use for lighting, > cooking, students use for reading, etc. > > Others will add to that. I want to conclude by saying that we should > avoid cheap arguments and nobody must deny West Nile nor should we be > silenced about our rights! > > > > Andrua > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > 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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