SOS: Mexican Maquilladora-Type Industrial Zone Comes to War-Torn Acholiland
SOS: Mexican Maquilladora-Type Industrial Zone Comes to War-Torn Acholiland There is a buzz on Acoli Forum (AF), an internet discussion group for Acholi, a component of the Lwo group from East Africa, which echoes the age-old cynicism from the time of Jesus Christ; the rolling-up, as opposed to the rolling-out, of red carpets for prophets in their own homelands and among their own people.This well-placed sentiments arises from the fact Acholi elite were warned to prepare for rentseeking in a post conflict Acholi that would jeopardise livelihoods and land rights of the population locked up in the concentration camps. Such foresight, was the voice in the wilderness, of the Acholi Economic Development Conference, in Stockwell, London, five years ago. Today, the organisers have been vindicated, but with much regrets for lost opportunities at the Stockwell Initiatives, that remained on paper. On Acoli Forum -where the Stockwell Initiative was conceived-speaker afte...