Thanks Betty for bringing this up i was wondering how far the education debate had gone. . . any resolutions from the executive?
Regards, Winfred Adukule On 13 Mar 2013 08:20, "betty wuzu" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hola to you all. > > Just wondering where the discussions on low perfomance and education in > westnile has ended. > I am concerned too because my school Muni Girls is affected too. > > The other day i passed on what our initiatives are as the Old girls of the > school are but nobody seemed to have i think read apart from Male Charles, > Richard Okuti, Robert Jurua, Patrick Ezaga, and Sam Ejibua who encouraged > and gave response. What do others say??? We are a new and a baby group if i > may say. So we need encouragements, advise and support be it financially or > in kind. > > All the same thank you for having spared time to glance and the notes i > wrote. > > Have a blessed day and may God bless the works of our hands. > > Betty Wuzu > Adoption and Foster Care Officer/Child Helpline Counselor > Action For Children > P.O.BOX 25417 Kampala-Uganda > Plot 110, Lutaaya Drive - Bukoto > Mobile +256 772 305 966/701 234 405 > Office number +256 414 541 111 > Every Child is my Child. > > > *From:* Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> > *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > *Cc:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 12, 2013 5:25 PM > *Subject:* Re: [WestNileNet] WestNileNet Digest, Vol 55, Issue 63 > > We should as the foundation draft a petition to our Members of Parliament > high lighting some of these iniquities as opined by Aggrey Adrale and the > rest and in the event of inaction, we swing to the legal aspect. An > injunction will cut off their wings. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 12, 2013, at 4:12 PM, JohnAJackson <[email protected]> wrote: > > CONSUMER PROTECTION FROM PRICE INCREASES > > My take on this that we have to vigilant about the operations of > companies operating in the region. > > - we have the right to protect ourselves from price increases > - we have to stand up and be assertive and defend our rights > - the era for companies to come and exploit us by gone in the 1950's > when we had less educated men and women. > - we all know how much BAT took advantage of our ignorance or naivety. > - WENRECO should have conducted hearing with the public to gain > acceptance of the price increase and justification of those increases. If > they did not do conduct any public hearings and went right to the TOP, we > can all guess what their intentions are. > - COURT INJUNCTION is the way to stop some of these reckless > practices. > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Application by WENRECO to increase Tarrifs (Vasco Oguzua) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:25:28 -0400 > From: Vasco Oguzua <[email protected]> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Application by WENRECO to increase Tarrifs > Message-ID: > <CAMezNr6JGfM=Yf08t5T1eRG3Q82f= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Gentlemen, > I think the people and leaders in West Nile should organize and rebuff > WENRECO's application for tariff increase. Considering the pain, suffering > and loss the people in the region have incurred due to WENRECO's ineptitude > in conducting themselves are the power supplier of the region, I think the > people in West Nile should not allow that application to continue. > I fully agree with Aggrey and we should should involve our MP's as this is > a matter of service delivery. WENRECO can not continue charging the people > for services they have failed to deliver in years, as if it the fault of > the population in West Nile who made them not fulfil their business > obligations. Moreover, they (WENRECO) has not even appreciated the patience > of the people even when they failed to meet their contractual obligations > for many times. Why should the people be responsible for the company's > management failures. That application for tariff increase should be > rejected, and infact this company should have been chased from doing > business in West Nile long ago in my view considering what they put the > people in West Nile to go through. > > Vasco > > > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:58 AM, aggrey adrale <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Dear Caleb, > > > > I have just perused the WENRECo application for tariff revision > (increase). > > > > In a nut shell, I can only say that the company wants to hold consumers > > responsible for its technical failures and maladministration, not > > withstanding the government's own failures. > > > > The biggest question I am tempted to ask is, who will compensate the > > consumers for the losses of business they incurred during the time of the > > rampant power failures, which inevitably were beyond their control, yet > > WENRECo who was in control but failed is indirectly (I think even > directly) > > crying over milk it spilled together with the government and wants to be > > compensated? > > > > My take is simple, from the language of application the consumers ceased > > to be stakeholders in the WENRECo power concession. > > > > Reading in between the lines, WENRECo: > > > > 1. Is technically looking for ways so that the government or its agents, > > with whom it may be in cohorts, extends its power generation, > transmission > > and distribution concessions to beyond the current 20 years. > > > > 2. In the event the current 20 years concession expires, WENRECo would > > have thoroughly satisfied its appetite for money and wouldn't regret > > packing its bags assuming the tariff increase is granted by our usually > > uncaring government. > > > > 3. With this trend of events would even demand compensation from > > consumers, is the latter in future decided to protest high tariffs by > > agreeing to not consume WENRECo power for some days. > > > > Otherwise some of the citations to justify the increment seem to rub us > on > > the wrong side, particularly the case of distribution poles, where every > > Arua, Nebbi and Zombo consumer knows how much they had to cough in order > to > > get connected. > > > > Lastly for now, I believe WENRECo must have and still benefits from the > > Ugandan tax payers' money. I would suggest WNF demands some action from > our > > parliamentarians, if they are with and for us in that house. The > > parliamentarians may need to draft a motion for debate in parliament to: > > > > 1. Restrain ERA from taking this decision in the time frame provided by > > law, since ERA may not have the capacity and interest to query claims of > > the applicant. > > > > 2. Take this matter; and through instruments of government demand a > > forensic report by the Office of the Auditor General on WENRECo > > operations in order to have the public input to query their claims and > lay > > the facts bare for our consumption before ERA rushes to grant tariff > > increase. > > > > Some consumer action may need to be seriously considered and coordinated. > > > > Aggrey Adrale > > > > --- On *Mon, 11/3/13, Caleb Alaka <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > > > > From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Application by WENRECO to increase Tarrifs > > To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, 11 March, 2013, 8:43 > > > > > > Can our technical persons like Eng. George Afi, e.t.c react so that we > > submit our objections as the Foundation > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Mar 9, 2013, at 9:35 PM, Wanni Norman <[email protected]< > http://mc/[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > > Please find a copy of the application letter by WENRECO requesting to > > increase Electricity tariff to 600+ per unit. see application request on > > era website http://www.era.or.ug/ > > > > We have been informed of a project to connect additional users supported > > 70% by Rural Electrification Project 30% by the community. Not sure of > > what WENRECOs contribution to this proposed is project. The project > will > > connect something of over 1000 newlines . Should they really increase > > tariffs ? Any technical guys out there who can challenge WENRECO with > facts? > > > > APPLICATION FOR INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY END USER TARIFF BY WEST NILE > RURAL > > ELECTRIFICATION COMPANY LIMITED WENRECO has applied for an increase in > > the electricity end-user tariff See Application< > http://era.or.ug/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/WENRECO-TARIFF-APPLICATION-2013-2.pdf>The > application can also be viewed at the LC V chairpersons? offices of > > Arua, Nebbi and Zombo between 8:30am and 4:30pm during working > days.Written > > comments and objections on the application should be submitted within > > fifteen (15) days after date of publication to the following address P.O. > > Box 10332 Kampala-Uganda or Email; [email protected]< > http://mc/[email protected]> > > > > Daet of publication was 4th March 2013 > > > > Wanni Norman > > > > <WENRECO-TARIFF-APPLICATION-2013-2.pdf> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WestNileNet mailing list > > [email protected] <http://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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