RIC-NET IN JOINT PLANNING WITH KYEGEGWA DISTRICT

On Thursday 31^st January 2013, the civil servants, political leaders and development partners assembled at the kyegegwa district headquarters to plan for the 2013/2014 financial year. it was interesting  to learn from the District that has existed for less than four years that has clear plans  of improving  household incomes,  according to the District production and marketing officer, she   mentioned projects as the milk cooling plants  that will be set up for people in kyegegwa and mpara sub counties, maize milling machines for kasule, Hapuuyo, kasule  sub counties targeting the local citizens , however the political leaders tasked the civil servants to prepare the local citizens by forming and registering them as  Cooperatives and CBOs to fully benefit from such upcoming projects. The District has also few days to suffer from lack of power as they have already formalized with RESCO Uganda LTD to assess the power and compensation related issues, this is an opportunity for reduced cost on fuel at the same time making it easy for RIC-NET in partnership with the District to establish and run the E-society for improved information sharing and accountability from leaders to the citizens.  besides RIC-NET,  other development partners  that participated in the meeting was Ride-Africa, Baylor, UNHCR (kyaka 11 refugee settlement).