Dear Jackson, I really liked your piece on entrepreneurship,it is one of the
best comments I heard today !
Milton
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:02:43 -0700
From: JohnAJackson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WestNileNet] Power and Electricity
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DO NOT UNEDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
Ladies and gentlemen,
We can continue the discussion on power endlessly. the need is upspeakably
very clear.
Without reliable power, little efforts made by some individuals to create
jobs in this region will simply die if there is no power e.g Dr. Adriko's
Liqour plant, Foam Matress Plant, etc. Doctors can hardly perform
operations in the regional hospital using some of the equipment they
received from Rotary Foundation in Canada(British Columbia).
Anyone who wants to package foods on large scale cannot simply do it using a
generator, or charcoal ovens, etc. Do we need power before products or do
we have products before power comes in? This question is tantamount to
which comes first: Chicken or the eggs?
There are so many things we can do without power. Improving or encouraging
better agricultural production. We are still producing below capacity to
feed our population. As a result, we have this cycle of hunger & starvation
almost every two years.
The fact of the matter is, industrial production cannot & will never thrive
where there is no power. If you read history of Industrial development in
Brazil, India, East Asian countries like Singapore, China, Japan,Australia,
etc, most International companies in USA, Canada, and Europe are relocating
their manufacturing in these regions because of political stability, cheap
Labor and available power supply.
As educated sons and daughters from West Nile region, we should continue to
talk among ourselves and engage our elected MPs to lobby for development
priorities that bring change and long term development. Rural
Electrification & Good Road Infrastructure must be on top of priorities.
Secondly, we need to promote strong enterpreneurship among ourselves.
Most development in the Western world, Asia or South America is done by
enterprenuers. Private companies create jobs more than any government. Good
enough, Banking sector in Uganda has significantly improved.
JJ
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From: Christine Munduru <[email protected]>
To: Acidri David Onzima <[email protected]>, A Virtual Network for
friends of West Nile <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Electricity in West Nile!
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Dear all,
If I can remember very well, Electricity in west nile was high on the agenda
of Hon. Aridru's campaign manifesto, could he kindly update us on how he is
moving on with the plans towards this, otherwise the president's statements
seems to say a different thing. I also show many people rejoicing that this
time west nile voted the yellow bus and therefore was going to get a good
share of the cake. Can these people assure us of the position of west nile
in the development agenda for the country
Thanks
Christine
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Acidri David Onzima <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear all
>
> As one of my colleagues drove from Zombo towards Paidha nearly three months
> ago, he had a deliberate stop over at Nyagak to assure himself of the work
> that is being done at the site. In a discuss that followed, he seemed to
> indicate that some tangible work has and continues to be done to ensure that
> the project is completed in the very near future. This could be a misleading
> statement since this guy is not a technocrat in that field.
>
> We are all no doubt concerned about the delays in the completion of this
> project that will surely ingnite many more projects in the region. I want to
> suggest that let some technocrats amidst us who have planned trips to Arua,
> Nebbi or Zombo spare a couple of hours to reach the project site, assure
> themselves of the developments there and report to us in this forum.
> Once this is done, we can then contructively discuss it and hopefully get a
> way forward. We could be dwelling on this issue based on a position a year
> ago! In the meantime, could Eng Afi update us on the current stage of
> completion of this project.
>
> Over to you
>
> Acidri David Onzima
>
>
> *From:* Leone Iga. Mawa <[email protected]>
> *To:* milburga atcero <[email protected]>; A Virtual Network for friends
> of West Nile <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 6, 2011 8:21 AM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [WestNileNet] Electricity in West Nile!
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I salute you all for the discussions and am well pleased for the heartfelt
> expressions over the issues of our region. It is quite unlikely that there
> will be equity in development knowing what it takes to achieve it when such
> necessary social amenities are either being denied or politicized every time
> we raise our voices or someone else comes with an option for a solution.
> Equally it is ridiculous in my view too when we are made to develop a mental
> model of believing any 'development program government brings, to receiving
> favor from a leader'. I agree with you discussants on this matter. We are
> not beggars but children of one family Uganda and we deserve equal
> treatment. Those of us in the yellow bus, take these issues very objectively
> and understand that it is not about gratification and praising individuals
> when things are done to us, but believing in the justice of our cause, that
> West Nile must compete favourably in terms of development like it is Mbarara
> and other parts of the region. Am not in anyway against any Leader(s), I
> love them because they are fellow Ugandans and they should not cause pain to
> hearts of fellow citizens.
>
> We have such a very enormous potential for Growth & Development given
> Electricity in the region. My question is, "What is the way forward despite
> all futile efforts being made to demand for this power?", As the saying
> goes-"WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY" . What is left of us friends as
> we crave for this right?????
>
> Leone Mawa
> Nairobi-Ken.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:18 PM, milburga atcero <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> hi
> *From:* alex free <[email protected]>
> *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, September 5, 2011 4:31 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [WestNileNet] Electricity in West Nile!
>
> 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
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