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{UAH} Prof. Latigo Ogenga: Railway line from Kotido to Oraba

The population in Northern Uganda is not as big as one might think. There is need to create all types of stimulus. By the North Railway line - you increase mobility and social/trade interaction.

How do you take your goods to Yei from Pader or Lira Now ? A train is necessary. Products like Meat and milk move from Kotido to Moyo, Nimule and beyond.

There is need to bring small commercial farming to order by creating internal market dynamics. There is farming but the region is vast and without proper roads and a customer base, hence a reason to create urban village people can continue with farming but also introduced to some urban life.


The abject poverty is disheartening. I have mentioned Urban Villages and this will uplift people's welfare while creating internal markets in the region.  Let us pour 15.0000 soldiers here to build roads, a railway line and organise town centers with markets, entertainment centers, stadia, houses and school.

Uganda Broadcasting Corporation should have studios and stations, Uganda Government can join hands with Serena, to build hotels in each town below (Uganda Hotels),  in key towns NWSC, NHCC, Banks should be replicated - this can be done in just one year.

 

Which bank will set up in Acholibur a small dirty town unplanned as it is?

In areas between Koboko and Arua people still have to go hunting to get something to eat. Farming is present but not productive since exchange of goods is still very low.

 

what do you do? Let Africans get mad about their own development and transformation.

Bwanika.

 

Forumists

 

Send this mail to Professor Latigo if you have his mail.

 

What will be the best way development strategy to bring Adjumani, Kitgum, Pader, Kotido and Moyo and some parts of Lira into a global economic process? Let it cost whatever it will cost but let us do it under military watch - the military should build this network in a year.

1.  I think funds should be poured into  developing

   a. Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, via Metu to Adjumani Atiak- Palabek  to           Kitgum Road - then Acholibul to Lira and Pader

   b.  Build a railway line linking up those Towns (North Railway-line)

   c.  Pader to Kotido road

   d.  Lira to Kotido raod

 

2.  Funds should be poured into upgrading these towns into urban Villages of 150000 people:

    a. Yumbe

    b. Adjumani

    c. Kitgum

--  d. Pader

    e. Madi Opei ( 6000 - 100000 people)

    f.  Kilak         (6000 - 100000 people)

3.  Develop Silos for produce

4.  Set a housing construction firm - North Housing Construction Corp.

5. Reduce rural Population to 30% of the entire population.    

 

Prof. Ogenga Latigo

 

I had forgotten some few details:

 

The super highway from Koboko to Kotido should be four lanes.  Yes I mean four lanes you did not read wrong text. Why?

 

  1. Every district has road construction machines like graders, loaders and Lorries under the new road maintenance scheme – this project can start with those. I will concur with government that UNRA is completely useless.
  2. There is crude oil which is coming on line from Amuru – this could be brought closer for construction purposes of this super highway.
  3. In Yumbe and Madi Opei there is granite and government should invest in road material production stone crushers costs not more than a million dollars.
  4. The road construction should go hand in hand with North Railway construction.
  5. Besides the army civilians employed should have a minimum wage of 350.000 shs per month talk to Ms. Doris Akol and Mr. Byarugaba on taxation and NSSF benefits.
  6. Labour should be divide into four groups-; Town and Municipal planners and Builders;  Railway- Line construction people sourced where the line passes; Road construction workers sourced  where the road passes; Silos and agricultural planners to kick start urban village farming for particularly mothers and youth < 18 years at home.
  7. Local government will pass by-law – compelling all people with four year secondary education to move to urban villages homes. If they prefer to stay in the village- they must undergo a 9 month agriculture course and have not less than an acre piece of land.
  8. Those who stay in village will have to pay a month tax of 300.000 UG shs.

 

All the above in my own calculation will reduce road and railway line design and construction to less than half.  Using priori logic let have some development economist start understanding the bill of the entire project and accordingly devise means of bring back that money with a small interest on it in a period of five years 2015 - 2021.

 

There is need to higher 5 road /railway engineers under whose guidance engineers from Acoli and West Nile will others work.  

 

 

 



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Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero

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