Dear Caleb, Please update us on the progress of the petition to the Minister to include West Nile on the National Grid. Our hons MPS need some weight behind them if they are to succeed in amending the decision that excluded WN from being connected. Please get signatures from the various CSOs and NGOs in WN. They can send letters that you can append to the petition.
This issue should be kept alive before serious work begins on the Karuma dam. I don't know whether there are any economists from west nile in makerere but I beleive if they were, they should have done research on the loss to the national GDP with the near century neglect of west Nile region in the economy of Uganda. With peace in the now independent South Sudan as well as in the DRC, improving infrasturcture in WN (Roads, electricity, upgrading Arua airport etc ect) will more than quadrupple the returns to the national GDP ( and am just making a conservative educated guess). In terms of Arua airport for example -- let us look at the silliness of the whole situation. How can someone flying to Juba from West Nile -- say Maracha, Yumbe or Moyo have to travel to Entebbe for a whole day to fly from there? If people can travel freely between the Uganda/South Sudan or Uganda/DRC, why shouldn't planes be allowed to fly directly to and from Arua, Koboko and Adjumani Airfields to Yei, Juba and and other locations???? Ladies and gentlemen, our MPs will not push when we the people who voted them in are sleeping and going to them asking for soap, salt and "pitila". Ok here ends my ranting.... Charles On 8/13/13, ALFRED NYAKUNI <[email protected]> wrote: > This is shocking revelation. I feel like getting on the next bus to K'la. > When actually we have all along been hoping that Karuma would for ever solve > power outage problems in the North & West nile inclusive. > Then our Hons should wake up from the slumber & begin the much needed > lobbying to find out if this is an intenede ommission or and error of > commission.This is because the current Nyagak power outage problems are more > often and no extentions have been made to most of the districts in Uganda & > govt has plans to export this little that has not even met domestic demands. > > Am shocked and helpless. > > > > Nyakuni Alfred, > Radio Pacis 90.9 fm > P.O.Box 494, > Arua. > E-mail:[email protected] > Alternative E-mail:[email protected] > Tel:+256772373312. > > > ________________________________ > From: George Afi Obitre-Gama <[email protected]> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 11:18 PM > Subject: [WestNileNet] Karuma Electricity Evacuation Plan - West Nile > Left Out > > > > http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Museveni-commissions-Karuma/-/688334/1945700/-/2yba3gz/-/index.html > > Hello Members, see news link above. > > I had thought that our MPs had spearheaded the lobbying of connection of > West Nile region to the national grid to solve our energy problems!! From > the link above, I was wrong!! > > The elecrical energy from Karuma HPP shall be evacuated to Kawanda > Substation(260km from Karuma), Kamdini(13km from Karuma)and Lira( 85km from > Karuma). The Pakwach line through Nwoya/Amuru is not mentioned > anywhere(about 110 km from Karuma). > > I suggested before that our MPs in West Nile ought to have lobbied for the > connection to the National Grid which shall solve the outage problems in > West Nile. The Nyagak 1&2(isolated grid) can then be used as back-up power > after through syncronization with the National Grid. > > Hon Jachan Omach, Hon Aridru, Hon Atiku, Hon Onzima, Hon Bako etc, kindly do > the neeedful for our region. > > Hon Aridru, you need to take this up as a priority even if it means getting > additional funding!! > > Members, what do you think? > > George > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________
