Aggrey, Clearly some of us never got to know this amazing man enough. We went to school with the Children but nothing much by way of their fathers heroics. May his soul rest in peace and I hope the Children find comfort in the lord.
Ejiku Robert On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:19 PM, aggrey adrale <[email protected]>wrote: > Ambassador (Rtd) Harold, Caleb, et al, > > It is indeed sad to receive this news of the passing on of Hon. Alex > Lobidra. > > In addition to the eulogies you have posted, as the late relocated to > Koboko, he did so carrying his passion for farming to his village in Leiko. > In his style of ambition he even established a water supply system on his > farm to challenge the dependence on rain-fed agriculture. I personally did > work for him on the water project, providing nearly 1.5km water > distribution line on his farm. > > As confirmed by Ambassador (Rtd) Harold, Hon Alex Lobidra was a Teacher > in the famous Arua J.S.S . In his witty and jovial personality as mentioned > by Caleb, I was to take him on regarding a rumour I had ever heard about > him while he taught in Arua J.S.S. Hon. Alex made a long drauly > laughter after I asked him about his role in setting the houses on fire as > I had heard. > > He revealed an interesting thing to me as we kept on chatting at his farm > in Koboko. His openness striked me greatly and he didn't hide anything > about the story, neither did he have any regrets, as he believed that was > his selfless contribution to the development of Arua J.S.S. > > He had gotten tired of parents and students always labouring to repair the > grass-thatched roofs of the school under the administration of the > missionaries as such he used a magnifying glass to torch the roofs of the > buildings one-by-one under the then believed misterious fires while > communities tried to battle putting of the fires. He had known that the > missionaries had the financial resources to put up permanent roofs > (structures). Later in a staff meeting to discuss renovation of the > buildings, when the missionaries were again floating the idea of using > grass he was quick to tell them, why use grass again to thatch the roofs > when it was clearly demonstrated that the buildings were more prone to > fires. Not negative though, this was his confession. > > Indeed Hon. Alex Lobidra was full of life, humour and reasoning as seen in > the way he kept access to his homes and farms, always full of thorny bushes > around and caging the accesses with the same. I did ask him about the > thorny caged access. His answer was simple. Hon. Lobidra said, "to > access me, my home and farm one had to struggle and to struggle to > access me, my home and farm meant one had a valid reason...either to harm > him, steal or engage in productive discussions ans issues with him". > > I could go on and on over the numerous humerous chats with the man I > hitherto believed was "difficult" as people said. To sum it up, I think he > had his own principles, which many people for their own unfounded fears, > didn't get closer enough to him to understand him better. > > May his soul rest in eternal peace. > > > Aggrey Adrale > Njala University - Sierra Leone > Directorate of Planning, Research and Development > > > > --- On *Tue, 18/9/12, Harold Acemah <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Harold Acemah <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Passing on of Elder Lobidra > To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, 18 September, 2012, 11:44 > > Dear Caleb, > > Greetings. Thanks for posting the information on Hon. Alex Lobidra (RIP). > Let me make a few corrections. > His name is Hon. Alex Yafesi Lobidra. He was an MP and Deputy Minister of > Labour in the first UPC Government, (1962 - 1970). During the second UPC > Government (1980 - 1985), he was Director for Mobilization at the UPC > Secretariat, UGANDA HOUSE, Kampala Road. Prior to his political career, he > was a Teacher at the famous Arua J.S.S which produced many of our > distinguished sons and daughters, such as Dr. E.T.S. Adriko. Hon. Dick > Nyai, Auntie Hellen Oyeru,, Brig. Gad W. Toko (RIP). General Isaac Lumago > (RIP). etc. May his soul rest in eternal peace. > > Harold E. Acemah > AMBASSADOR (Rtd) > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Caleb Alaka > <[email protected]<http://uk.mc297.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > The West Nile Foundation with deep sorrow announce the demise of one of > our elders, Hon. Lobidra Trumba, the deceased was a junior Minister in the > Government of UPC between 1982 and 85, he latter established a model farm > in Oli Division Arua Municipality called "Abiri Zoku" latter in the > evening of his life, he relocated to Koboko, he was a witty and jovial > person who once spent 2 months in Speak Hotel having fun, he lived a full > life and passed on at the ripe age of 80, We shall open a condolence book > with our secretary General Drani Francis Xaviour, kindly be touched and > send contributions either to Anguzu Rogers or to Azabo Francis, may his > soul rest in peace. > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected]<http://uk.mc297.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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