From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Str8talk-Uganda] Does Africa still need foreign aid? Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 16:21:15 +0200 From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [Str8talk-Uganda] Does Africa still need foreign aid? Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 12:05:06 +0000 Is it still necessary that African countries should be given foreign aid when their nationals living abroad are remitting such a large amount of cash back? However, there is a negative side effect to this. One, governments in Africa could begin to purposely instigate violence against their own people so that they go overseas, seek employment, work and send money home. Secondly, it encourages voluntary migration, those living at home seeing how much their fellow countrymen/women are sending home and their families are prospering could be inspired to leave too in search of greener pasture..in essence setting off a full blown brain drain train in motion. Comment : "THE TRUTH BEHIND IS THAT AFRICANS DID NOT KNOW AND STILL DO NOT KNOW WHY THERE WERE SUBJECTED AND STILL SUBJECTED TO INDEPENDENCES GIVEN TO THEM . JUST SEE HOW THE SO CALLED NEW INDEPENDENT SOUTH SUDAN HAS COME ABOUT TO BE INDEPENDENT . NO AFRICAN STANDS TO CRITISIZE POSITVELY / NEGATIVELY THAT . THE ONLY I KNOW OF AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE THE LADOANS ( FROM LADO ) WHO STILL STAND STRONG ON THEIR ISSUE OF INDEPENDENCE IN AFRICA . CLOSELY FOLLOWING AND IN A TRUE POLITICAL FEATURES OF THE METHODS AND PROCEDURES OF DECOLONISING A STATE ------ A LESSON TO LEARN FROM THEM REALLY !!" Pario - Anguyo Remittances to Kenya jump to record high in March - Yahoo! News Canada http://ca.news.yahoo.com/remittances-kenya-jump-record-high-march-084124932--sector.html NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyans abroad sent home $106.2 million in March, the highest monthly amount since the central bank started releasing data on the flows in 2006, and 48 percent up from the same month last year. Remittances are one of the main sources of foreign exchange for east Africa's biggest economy alongside tea, horticulture and tourism. The country got a record $891.1 million in remittances for the whole of last year. ... Read the full story -- An unmoderated Ugandan discussion group. Write intelligently, and write responsibly. While contributions to this forum are unmoderated, belittling yourself by posting nonsensical hateful remarks is your own shame and confirms utter stupidity. Kindly focus on initiating and/or contributing to intelligent and constructive discussions on Uganda's social, political, cultural and economic issues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/str8talk-ug2011?hl=en -- An unmoderated Ugandan discussion group. Write intelligently, and write responsibly. While contributions to this forum are unmoderated, belittling yourself by posting nonsensical hateful remarks is your own shame and confirms utter stupidity. Kindly focus on initiating and/or contributing to intelligent and constructive discussions on Uganda's social, political, cultural and economic issues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/str8talk-ug2011?hl=en
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