Dear Peter Odama, let me try and discuss the issue of airports from the professional standpoint and based on my experience in the industry. It is true that the development of airport infrastructure is a very expensive undertaking which at the same time must meet internationally recognized standards, i.e. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. The current characteristics of Arua airfield are as follows according to the Civil Aviation Authority:
Runway Orientation: 18/36 Length: 1800 meters Width: 30 meters Surface: Murram Altitude: 5200 Ft The economic justification for the development of Arua airfield into an international airport is well stated in the CAA master plan, a strategic objective that needs to be achieved within the next 34 years, which in my view is not a longtime from now. While working in the industry, I saw a lot of business people using Entebbe International Airport to bring in a lot of cargo in the thousands of tons from particularly the UAE, China, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan,Nigeria,etc. A lot of this cargo was destined to final destinations in the DRC and some to Sudan and of course a lot of it for traders in Kampala; the textile industry was booming and people were in brisk business because each week I could see a lot of such cargo coming through the airport on large freighters from carriers such as Emirates, DAS Air Cargo, Avient,MK Airlines, etc and these equally carried lots of products such as fresh flowers, fresh fish, matooke,etc to overseas destinations in Europe. I believe if Arua could take-off as an international airport, the fish industry in West Nile can be stimulated with support of the government, it is also possible that foodstuff such as sorghum and millet grown on commercial scale could be exported abroad from Arua by air to overseas markets for the manufacture of beer,etc. Therefore, regarding runway development this in my view should be based on 100% maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of the existing and future aircraft for the period through 2050; of course development of the Arua Airfield runway should be based on individual aircraft performance charts, with consideration to the elevation, average temperature of the airport, runway conditions, and the operating weight and engine type of the aircraft. In the longer run therefore, consideration could be made for the runway length to be designed to accommodate the current version of freighters such as MD-11,B767,B737,B727 and B757.I believe Arua's minimum length of runway should be 15,000ft (4.5 km); compare this with the current 1.8 km it is now ! The construction of a passenger and cargo terminal are also essential but I believe for the start we need a terminal that could accommodate up to 300 passengers at a time and warehousing facilities to accommodate up to 300t (5 large aircraft such as MD-11) of cargo. In my opinion, we certainly need a strong lobby of people who know and understand this business to push for the urgent priority to be accorded to develop an international airport in Arua. Some interventions in my opinion are writing development articles in newspapers and other for a to generate awareness and debate so as to reorient public interest towards investing in this venture. The elected leaders should also lobby across the political divide in an effort to support the investment and treat this as a matter of top most priority to implement, perhaps the current bread of peoples representatives have not yet made any effort towards these goals and they need to do so quickly. As you will note funding is the most essential aspect of this project and aviation is a very expensive business to endeavor and perhaps the district leadership can as well articulate the issue to the Civil Aviation Authority to commit themselves and get the project fast tracked as soon as possible. As of now the largest aircraft (up to 150 passenger) that can possibly land at Arua Airfield provided and within the 1,800m TORA (Total Runway Available) it is paved are B737,CRJ900, Sukhoi Superjet,to mention but a few; of course those currently operating there are much smaller Milton Anguyo Arua,Uganda -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 6/4/16, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 92, Issue 4 To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 6 April, 2016, 19:00 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: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION (Peter Odama) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 08:59:38 -0700 From: Peter Odama <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION Message-ID: <caaxi7ym7xh7zk3hzctgthdy+sa8qvd4dvk9emnhxtud3lq3...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Great to join the forum discussion!! Back to the issue of Arua air port. Let's blame our politicians from West Nile more importantly from Arua district esp those who have served several years begging for votes who only kneel to beg for micro personal investments and promotions that are shortened for few to benefit than macro issues and they have failed to engage govt and private investors to create long term wealth creation through business opportunities. M7 has his work force in West Nile but they are sleeping and are telling wrong information. Without actively involvement of the current govt to support this project.....this will become like a song and national anthem, I wish no honorable is voted in future in protest unless this is sorted, they beg for votes and after conning us....they disappear and only look after their parties.... Odama On Apr 5, 2016 7:15 PM, "Richard Okuti" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Cliff, > > > > Sorry for the silence, organising an event probably what we would call a > meeting of minds event is not difficult, I have made a living from doing > this but there has to be measurable motivation from the members of the > community for such an event to the level that they are willing to put some > time and money into it (I would not ask to be paid for this, I would give > me technical skills and some limited time) for venue, water, food & any > direct cost items. > > > > We could use what is called the round table process to reach a viable > regional strategy as follows; > > > > 1. Round table workshop (Presentation of existing development > initiatives, discussion on coordination & optimization of efforts etc.) > > 2. Strategy & implementation plans > > 3. Ownership of activities (who does what and who is responsible > for what) > > 4. Funds & sustainability > > > > If this is feasible we can start the planning, these issues require > serious commitment from members, I cannot therefore commit without the > serious motivation and participation of significant players such as > politicians, civil servants, business community, NGO?s, Diaspora and others > (elders ? etc) > > > > Richard > > > > *From:* WestNileNet [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mail > Service Team > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 23, 2016 5:37 PM > *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WestNileNet] Unsubscribe On Behalf of Beatrice Kamure > > > > Dear all, > > I suggest Beatrice and Okuti to spearhead the ground breaking ROUND TABLE > DISCUSSION for Westinile THINK TANK Strategy > > in April,with a tendative date and requirements.Talking without Action > makes Sam a DULL Boy.Let us stop knowing each other in Social media but get > down to the physical for seeing is believing,including the Forum > Administrator because we may be networking with Ghosts in this era. > > The ball and playing ground has been given, we only need a Referree ready > with Teams and Coaches. > > Happy Easter. > > Cliff > > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Nelly Badaru <[email protected]> > wrote: > > How wonderful it would be to our region if all these writings were not > from remote controls but translates to concrete > actions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > I really look forward to that day. > > Be blessed > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 4:58 PM, JohnAJackson <[email protected]> wrote: > > LEADERSHIP & PROBLEM SOLVING > > - Leadership is all about problem solving. Good leaders rally people > around solving a common problem > - Back in 1970's, Arua airport was being upgraded to International > standards at a time when Idi Amin was in power. This project was abandoned > at the climax of Palestinian Israel conflict. All it left was valleys by > soil erosion and Israelis left off with our beautiful top soil leaving > behind barren land. > - This would be a perfect project where Husein could go to M7 and ask > for money to rebuild this airport in honor of his dad. Hopefully, M7 would > give Husein money as a hand sake and good gesture. > - Rebuilding this airport as the second largest and busiest airport in > Uganda could generate perhaps 100 to 200 jobs or more. The macroeconomic > impact of this project could spin off other jobs for instance warehousing, > restaurants, hotels, etc. > - Rebuilding Arua airport could open both passenger and cargo traffic > to DR Congo and South Sudan. Instead of politicking this issue, our leaders > should look at business opportunities we are not exploiting or taking > seriously. We need to look at opportunity cost. > - A decade ago, another MP who became a minister ran on this platform > and promised that he would rebuild this airport. I do not want to give > names. Many of you on this forum will remember the beating of those empty > drums a decade ago. > - Ladies and gentleman, let us face reality of problems facing this > region. Some of the problems facing us require simple dialogue with > stakeholders. Let's try to look at simple problems within our reach. Let > us start talking about simple issues we can solve. Big issues that require > government intervention let's involve our political leaders from this > region to lobby the government to correct some of the problems. This is the > very reason why we elected representatives. > - Above all, let us have intellectual and respectful discussion over > some of this problems. Shying away, quitting the forum is not a gateway to > problem resolution. Let us figure some way to take matters we discuss in > this forum to the community. > - There are hundreds of highly qualified people on this forum from > various professions. Don't be a silent listener. Contribute brilliant ideas > on how we can address some of the challenges facing us as a community. > - Thank you > - JJ > > > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 4:08 AM, Mail Service Team < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear John, > > Bravo, you have got it RIGHT. > Let our bro Hussein join Authors Forum in writing books and making > documentaries of our Late President Amin's Life series in Kampala for > making money to support westnile problem sloution and Amins family form a > credible AMIN FOUNDATION for which we can subscribe to as members.CAN this > forum help us organise THINK TANK Innovations of both physical meetings and > media networking. > > For my sister Kamure, opting out is never a solution,face the frying > pans.Don't go away for we need you. > > Nice week end. > > Cliff > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:22 PM, JohnAJackson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear brothers and sisters, > > - While Idi Amin did great things at his time, I think time has come > where we need to encourage junior Amin to write volumes and volumes of > books on his dad's past life. This is best way to retain knowledge so that > younger generations can read it later. Bombarding this forum with Idi Amin > stuff has become unpalatable, boring and makes no more sense. Perhaps > majority of us communicating in this forum were kids during Amin's regime > and never saw the benefit of his presidency in West Nile region. Correct me > if I am wrong. > - We have serious social and economic development challenges facing > our region we need to come together as a team and address some of the > problems. Doing nothing only continues to hurt a generation of youth some > of whom are our nephews, nieces, cousins, sisters, brothers or even our own > children. > - For instance look at youth unemployment in this region. There is > nearly 80-90 % school drop out rate at all levels. Where do some of these > youth end up? Just roaming in towns or villages doing nothing but drinking > alcohol, smoking marijuana, Mirraa, etc. > - Do we really need government intervention to stop or reduce some of > these obvious problems in our community? Some of the issues need engaging > our communities in finding productive solutions right from the grassroots > level. Educating people and empowering them through mass media could go a > long way in solving some these problems or saving our community from self > destruction. > - It may sound like a joking matter to say "why do I have to care > about people who do not care about themselves"? In any place where there > are thousands of idle people, crime rates go up. Issues like starvation > will continue to haunt this region as older hard working generation die > off. Mental health issues is on rise. Should we wait for the government to > come and rescue us? > - I think it time we all come together and harness our human potential > from these forum or region and take the wild bull in our own hands before > it gets out of control. > - Are we going to raise a generation of youth whose job is only > SECURITY GUARDS in Kampala & CASAVU in the sugar estates? Brothers and > sisters, lets think twice! > > JJ > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 6:24 AM, Mail Service Team < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Westnilers, > Greetings to you all. > I do hope this social network forum is meant for sharing tangible issues > of paramount interest of our region than merely > politicking propaganda with NO substantive benefits. > Majority of our regional issues require mutual solutions at both personal > and community level with minimal political interventions. > > Does our young youth spending 90% of their time smoking the Sudanese kind > of intoxicated Smoke in towns and Chewing mairungi and people relying on > mairungi farming, for subsistence, poor education performance in both > primary and secondary need political solution? > > What have we done at both individual and forum level than always > lamentations on other peoples" affairs. > > Thank you Admin. > > Cliff > > Tel:+256782308172 > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Beatrice A <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Admin, > > > > I concur with Jimmy, kindly unsubscribe me from this mailing list. > > > > Regards. > > > > Beatrice Kamure > > > > *From:* WestNileNet [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jimmy > Awuzu Angubo > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 08, 2016 8:11 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [WestNileNet] Unsubscribe > > > > Hi Admin, > > Could you kindly unsubscribe me from this mailing list, > > Thank you, > > Jimmy Awuzu Angubo > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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). 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