Dear Caleb, Greetings. Thanks. You are welcome. One correction on my email. The first UPC Government was from 1962 - 24th January 1971.. Best regards.
Harold E. Acemah On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Robert Ejiku <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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