RIDE AFRICA EQUIPS 300 PEOPLE IN NTOROKO WITH SKILLS OF CONFLICT ANALYSIS & MITIGATION

With funding support from European Union through HIVOS & RWECO, RIDE AFRICA has been able to reach out to three Sub Counties and two Town Councils of Ntoroko district.

Using a rights based approach RIDE AFRICA identified two CBOs from each of the two lower local governments with a composition of thirty members in each of the groups and equipped them with skills of identifying an emerging conflict in their local communities’ analyze and mitigate it.

This has been happily received by the locals who praised RIDE AFRICA for the timely implementation of the project. ‘We are Africans, unlike the whites who are very conversant with what it means to enjoy Human Rights’. Said one of the elders during a meeting with Kirinya Tweyimukye farmer’s savings and credit group. According to him, this statement means that we need to look at each as human beings before we can think of political differences, ethnic cultural rights, geographical demarcations among others that ignite conflicts in the region.

In the same meeting a female confessed to have been having issues with her neighbors through under-rating each other based on tribal differences. She added that, from her heart she was going to request for pardon from neighbors but also help them understand how useful and developmental it is if they promote peaceful co-existence instead of looking at themselves as individuals from different political and ethnic back grounds.

AN ELDER DISCUSSING THE ODOR OF CONFLICT IN BWERAMULE- NTOROKO DISTRICT

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Margaret K Kabasinguzi Mugabi

Programs Manager

RIDE AFRICA – Peaceful co-existence desk.

YOUTH PLEDGE TO LIVE CONFLICT SENSITIVE LIVES IN NTOROKO DISTRICT

The youth in Uganda are seen as idle and disorderly individuals in the community and in most cases are targeted to cause coarse in the communities where they live. This is not different from the youth in Ntoroko who form 98%  of Ntoroko  population. However, after the introduction of project ‘Community led action to prevent and manage conflicts and human rights violations in Rwenzori region’, the youth have now realized their potential to bring peace and bring to an end the conflict that has been prevailing in the region.

This was heard during meetings held during the mapping of CBOs that RIDE AFRICA intend to work with in the above project that is funded by EU through HIVOS and implemented by RWECO consortium.

The ten group members were introduced to the objective of the project that is

Group photo of Musandama parish youth saving & credit Association, extreme right is ACDO Nombe S/C

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Margaret K Kaabasinguzi Mugabi

Programs Manager

Peaceful co-existence desk

BWERAMULE SUB COUNTY DECIDES ON HOW TO RISE LOCAL REVENUE COLLECTION

Bweramule is one of the Sub Counties that makes up Ntoroko it has a population of 1,122 people and most of them pastoralists with a few practicing crop agriculture and fishing. The Sub County has eight (08) crossing points from Congo to Uganda which the locals use for their businesses. It also has 04 parishes of Rukora, Bweramule, Kayanja and Haibale.

On 13^th July 2016 the Council sitting presented an issue of how to rise local revenue for development and a motion was raised by Hon Namara Joselyne a youth counselor representing Bweramule parish that all animals (cows and goats) crossing from Congo to Uganda through the landing sites be taxed.

The motion was seconded by Tusiime Robina a female councilor representing Bugando parish. it was suggested that technical team designs a serialized receipts named’ Bweramule development fund with pre-printed costs for the kind of animal to be taxed and be managed by a different team from that of cross points. This will help in separating the collection of different funds but also reduce on corruption tendencies as people can’t charge over or below.

This was welcomed by the Chairperson LC III Hon Gamukama Willium who said that; animals which cross the SubCounty sometimes come with diseases which infect and or affect their animals making losses to the citizens, spoils their land, destroy social services and facilities in place and yet they are not charged for any damages.

The meeting was convened by the speaker Hon. Asaba Kyomya representing Rwamabale parish and the Chairperson Hon Gamukama Willium with all council members present and the community.

The photo below shows how in sometimes animals destroy the social services or and facilities in Bweramule Sub County.

 

A cow drinking from water facility meant for human beings at   Bweramule S/C head quarters  

Compiled by 

Margaret K. Kabasinguzi Mugabi

Programs Manager

RIDE AFRICA 

Peaceful co-existence desk