Dear members,
I personally asked one of the officers manning this roadblock whether they have
not yet found what they are looking for at this roadblock by asking everyone
who is passing this road block in a bus for identification. He had no words,
and only laughed. On another day, I picked a quarrel with some of them over
some students who were reporting back to school. I asked them at what age they
acquired their first IDs.
Do you actually know that the checking of IDs at this road block is only when
you are traveling towards Karuma? If you are from Karuma traveling to West
Nile, no one bothers. What does this mean? To me, this is what it means: if an
al-shabab agent enters Uganda via Busia (which has happened in the past) with a
plan to execute in Nebbi, Arua or Koboko, he will do so successfully. So we are
not a security concern when we are coming to West Nile but are dangerous and a
national security threat when we are going beyound Pakwach, a strange
phenomenon. Is this westnilephobia? As said by a member, someone seems to be
thinking that someone did not die and is planning to strike kampala one of
these days.
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From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>;
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 22:40
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Monitor article : Why should W/Nile people require
IDs to cross Pakwach?
We are taking this up. Ejiku Robert and other members of the Executive will
initiate a memo to the Chairman West Nile Parliamentary Group since this issue
affects the entire electorate and citizenry of West Nile. The chairperson of
the WN Parliamentary Group who I think is Hon. Fred Jachan Omach who
incidentally is M.P Jonam County which covers Pakwach Bridge can take up the
same matter with the P. M. I remember Government abolished all internal
roadblocks in Line with the principle of free movement of goods and services.
Hon. Erica Kategaya made the pronouncement as the Line Minister. That is why
the notorious Kafu and Karuma roadblocks were removed. The issue is whether
Uganda's boarder in North West is at Pakwach.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 28, 2012, at 17:36, Ocaatre Ronald Miria <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Tabu!
>You are really spot on. I have personnally shared my displeasure and annoyance
>about the only road block i guess in Uganda impossed on the people of West
>Nile with a political leader who promised to table it in MAYANK.
>I think enough is enough, these people are just joking around with us. Can we
>as a forum bring this to the attention of our cabinet members like Hon Omach,
>Hon Aridru, Hon Baba who seems to be key to this, Hon Moses Ali et al.
>They may possibly not know the kind of anguish we go through. Can you imagine
>when you are just getting into that good stage of sleep called REM, somebody
>tellsyou to get out for a checking which is very useless i am sorry to say
>coz, if the essence is to get 'Bad guys' who tells you that they will travel
>without identification never mind it may be forged.
>I will be in Kampala on Friday, if need be let the Chairman West Nile Forum
>with the Top executive seek some appointment with the powers that be from
>WNile and we chart a way forward. I am sure His exellency the president does
>not know what His people of WN are going through. We too own this country and
>must be treated with the dignity we deserve.
>Caleb kindly take this up as our boss and we shall be there behind you.
>
>Good evening
>
>Ronald Miria Ocaatre
>
>--- On Mon, 27/8/12, tabua butagira <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>From: tabua butagira <[email protected]>
>>Subject: Monitor article : Why should W/Nile people require IDs to cross
>>Pakwach?
>>To: "Ombaci OBs" <[email protected]>
>>Cc: "Sjocoba Alumni" <[email protected]>
>>Date: Monday, 27 August, 2012, 12:10
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Dear good people,
>>>
>>>I thought this is one bothersome issue, especially having witnessed some
>>>commuters bounced (turned back home) at Pakwach checkpoint for lacking IDs,
>>>passport or Voter's card yet no such inspection in other parts of the world.
>>>
>>>Vide Daily Monitor opinion article
>>>http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/Why+is+govt+treating+West+Nile+people+as++second+class+/-/689364/1487554/-/e816xwz/-/index.html
>>>
>>>What do you think?
>>>
>>>My view is that our leaders, particularly the elected ones, must have this
>>>matter resolved so our relatives in the villages do not have to suffer, and
>>>be humiliated, for lacking identification in a country without national IDs.
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