MP Fungaroo blames government over
the delay of upgrading Arua Air Field to International AirPort.
By Robert Ariaka Yiti.
Arua. November 15, 2012.
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| Arua Air Field which is to be upgraded to international airport. |
Addressing a
press conference at Arua airfield on Thursday, Fungaroo said Arua air field
deserves to be constructed in to an international air port which can handle
heavy and big flights since it is one of the biggest airfields in the country.
“This
government headed by president Museveni has malicious and deliberate plans to
always marginalize the people of West Nile if it comes to huge and credible developments
in the region. The government claims the locals do not want to offer land for
the airport but the same government has delayed to agree with the people on how
to compensate and relocate the people to fasten the developments at the
airport” Fungarro said.
The FDC man
observed that Uganda only has one international airport at Entebbe and this is
a big risk for President Museveni in case there happens to exist a serious
problem of insecurity at the only international airport, where will Museveni
and his top leaders land when they are from abroad, he asked.
“Instead of
allowing people to steal huge monies in the Office of the prime Minister and
other departments, such money would be used to facelift the second
international airport at Arua to help boast business and international flights”
Fungaroo reiterated.
The MP said,
even Gulu airfield which holds the capacity of international airport cannot be
granted permission to operate international flights just because this
government does not want the greater north region and West Nile to develop like
other regions yet the people have always sacrificed their lives to vote for the
ruling government.
According to
Fungarro, it is not fare for somebody from Arua to travel to Entebbe and board
to fly to Juba when it would have been easy for us to fly direct from Arua to
Juba and DRC.
Fungaroo
said it was a big shame us when Uganda hosted the CHOGM, many leaders of
foreign states were forced to ask to land in other airports outside Uganda yet
it was easy if Arua and Gulu were granted airspace permission to allow such
planes to land within the country.
The FDC man
warned leaders of the current government that, one day, Uganda will be trapped
in a hostage of an air locked country just as it is a land locked country since
the country only depends on one international airfield.
“I am
advising president Museveni and his leaders that if a serious security threat
is posed at the country when the President is abroad, then he will be air
locked to land since there is only one international airport. This means it
becomes easy to attack the security in Entebbe and there will be no landing
site for the president” Fungaroo observed.
He appealed
to the president together with the security team and other concerned leaders of
this country to ensure that, Arua airfield is face lifted to international
airport.
MP Fungaroo
also blamed his colleague MPs in the West Nile region for failing to join hands
and share a common ground to lobby for such huge developments in the region.
“I am requesting
all the concerned leaders of this region who love development to come on board
and address a common issue of development so that our place can feature in the
international zone” he said.
End.
