Dear all, I share your sentiments. I dont know how there can be demand when there is no supply. How do people build factories in a place without power just in a hope that their will one day be power? This is purely foolery and our politicians just sit and listen to such abuses. I would want to hear from our leaders what they are doing about this given that our Municipal MP is an engineer and therefore technical person in this area and this was one of his strong points for campaign. One reason why the president keeps mentioning this is to see if westnilers will out reason him but nothing is coming up strongly and he will continue to fool us.We need not camplain "under the armpit" but we need facts and figures to "name and shame" like we did for the road. Unfortunately our people were bought with bottles of beer, waragi, Kwete etc during the campaigns and we willingly though blindly gave our votes already and he knows that for the next five years he is covered. And probably our leaders also know that for the next five years, they are covered and therefore they dont care about issues affecting their voters. How does a president stand there each time to say the same thing without nobody opposing him and people just clap and nod their heads in happiness?
Christine On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:03 AM, anguzu yumaa <[email protected]> wrote: > Elly: Thanks for keeping us informed on this bad news. > > Ismail: You are spot on. I couldn't agree with you more. It beats my > understanding for someone to assert that first we have to have a power > demand of 7.5 mega watts in order to qualify for the national grid. What > does this actually mean? As a lay man I have failed to understand these > things. Does it mean that we should mobilize all our people to first take > power lines to their houses, wire their houses and wait to be counted as > among those demanding for power? Does it mean having industrialists coming > to this region, building many factories and waiting to be counted among > those demanding for power? What should come first? The power or the > factories? Who determines the demand for power? Is there no bias? Could it > be that someone still wants WENRECo. to continue minting money from West > Nile until they recover their investment costs or until after they break > even? Turning to the continuous changing of the dates for switching on > Nyagak, this really stinks!! This really shows our importance in the > National Politics. (May be we deserve this) > > > Dr. Anguzu Yumaa Patrick > P.O.Box 701 Arua, Uganda, East Africa. > Telephone: +256476421367 - Home > +256772696200 - Mobile > e-mail: [email protected] > > *“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's > why it's called the present. ” > There's never a "right time" to wait for. So whenever you get the chance, > take a risk.* > * > * > > ------------------------------ > *From:* banduga ismail <[email protected]> > *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, March 9, 2012 9:36 AM > *Subject:* Re: [WestNileNet] WEST NILE POWER LOST AGAIN > > Elly, > > Many of us, me inclusive have always argued that for West Nile to see what > other regions have seen requires a regime change. This government under > Museveni will not do us anything even if all of us bow down to lick his > shoes. Yesterday, I was talking to a friend on phone who is actually sick > in bed. In our talk, we predicted that the International Womens' Day > national celebrations in Nebbi will offer the president and his ministers > another platform to lie to the people of West Nile. This is what I read > in you piece below. > > The Anites, Aridrus, Dujangas don't know the man they are dealing with. > They will be used to say all the lie they can say until they lose face in > front of their electorates. Maybe that is when they will realize that they > should have done otherwise. Was it not Aridru (whom people thought came as > a savior) recently on radio talk show together with Mike Mukula from > Soroti, who said after one month (meaning in March), Nyagak will be > switched on. By the way, Mukula was sarcastic enough to say the past > governments, including the one of Iddi Amin failed to solve the power > problem in West Nile and the NRM government is trying to fix it, so people > should be patient. Was it not Museveni who was reported to have said that > the people of West Nile are asking for power and yet he sees grass thatched > houses everywhere? > > Where I am now is as rural as our sub counties of beleafe, Romogi, keyi > etc. Do you know what is happening here? They are being connected to the > national grid. Power lines have run all over. Have anyone of you been to > this place called Lamwo? That is where Onek Hillary comes from, bordering > south Sudan. If the rural sub counties here can assess the national grid, > without any viable economic potential, why can't Arua? Who does not see > the economic viability of Arua and West Nile in general? > > I hope the district councils will pick on the advise to institute a > special memorandum they can present to government. If they are wise, they > should constitute public hearings about power in the West Nile region to > build the memorandum. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nayenda Elly <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, 8 March 2012, 19:00 > *Subject:* [WestNileNet] WEST NILE POWER LOST AGAIN > > West Nilers, > We have again lost a serious opportunity to have us on the national power > grid. > The President while addressing the nation on the International Women's day > anniversary at Nebbi Secondary school today, said for us to have the > national grid we need power demand of 7.5mw. I couldn't come to terms with > the President's stand that West Nile power demand is 2.5 mega watts thus > the 3.5 mw from Nyagak will suffice for our need. > > I hold Hon Dujanga squarely responsible for this under estimation of west > nile power demand. The current demand in Arua alone is more than 2mw leave > alone industrial need. Can some body technical enough serve us with the > actual power demand not supply for west nile. > > I pray all the District Local Councils of Nebbi, Zombo, Arua, Maracha, > Koboko and Yumbe institute a special council report to President's office > on this issue. > > Hon Dujanga once again promised that Nyagak will be switched on in two > months time i.e May yet during Hon Anite's wedding he promised march. Why > speak untruth in the presence of the President? > > We need power this year, Period. Or else;;;;;;;;;;;;; > MPs have not lived to their commitment on this issue of power. > The test of a man is not in falling but standing up upon falling. Keep the > struggle folks. > Elly > > _______________________________________________ > 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). 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