Vasco, It was a tongue in cheek....
Ugandans have to be thinking and planning beyond the current occupant of state house... C On 4/25/13, Vasco Oguzua <[email protected]> wrote: > Charles, > Reading from the youth in Teso, I personally do not think the so called > money the President is giving to the Youth has improved youths situation > improve in any way. If the money they dished out to buy the last elections > in West Nile ( I understand there were two trailers full of hard cash > packed at Barifa) has not improved the lives of people who got the money in > West Nile what is really behind the idea of encouraging the Youth from West > Nile to go and make noise about money that youths in other regions are > fighting over.. What does this kind of behaviour teach the youth? Is this > not some behaviour that we should all condone rather than encourage? > > Vasco > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Charles Male <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Caleb, hello westnile leaders... >> >> It has become trendy for the president to be throwing sacks of money >> to youth in other districts causing youth elsewhere to also demand >> meeting with the president... one wonders when West Nile youth will >> also start making noise.. so the bones can be thrown ther way while >> the real meat goes to those closely affiliated.....!!! >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++ >> >> By GODFREY OJORE >> >> Youth leaders in Soroti district on Tuesday walked out of a meeting >> convened by the eastern youth MP Peter Ogwang, rejecting sh20,000 >> transport refund saying it was too little for them. >> >> Ogwang had called the youth councilors in the district to discuss how >> they could benefit from government programmes like the Northern Uganda >> Social Action Fund (NUSAF) and the National Agriculture Advisory >> Services (NAADS) among others. >> >> The state minister for Teso affairs Christine Amongin Aporu was to >> explain to the youth about the programmes and also get their >> grievances since they had complained to Ogwang that they had not >> benefited from most government programmes. >> >> Besides rejecting the sh20,000 transport refund, the youth also >> protested the delay by Ogwang and Amongin to arrive at the Lukiiko >> hall where the meeting was slated to take place. >> >> The meeting was scheduled to begin at 3.00pm but both Amongin and >> Ogwang arrived at the venue at 6:30pm. >> >> "Which meeting do you want to begin at 7.00pm? We demand for our >> refund then call us on another day but now we are not ready to meet >> you," one of the councilors shouted as the minister watched on at a >> distance. >> >> Ogwang explained that they delayed in Ngora and Serere districts where >> they were meeting youth leaders on similar issues. >> >> Efforts by the Soroti district LC5 chairperson George Michael Egunyu >> and the resident district commissioner (RDC) Ben Etonu to calm the >> angry youth fell in deaf ears as they insisted on more on top of >> sh20,000. >> >> Ogwang accepted to top up the refund to sh30,000, which the youth >> received and left. >> >> "The youth have been calling me demanding an explanation towards >> government programmes but I am disappointed that the very youth have >> turned rowdy over money," Ogwang said. >> >> Amongin explained that the youth in Soroti have also been asking her >> to connect them to meet the President. >> >> "We shall organize another day for Soroti since my programme is to >> meet all the youth in eastern Uganda," Amongin said after the meeting >> aborted. >> _______________________________________________ >> WestNileNet mailing list >> [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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> way. >> _______________________________________________ >> > _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________
