REVISIT OUR HISTORY.

District leaders in Bundibugyo converged and in a dialogue to validate the results from the baseline study conducted by RIC-NET/RWECO on the causes of conflicts and mitigation measures to be taken to manage and prevent conflicts and human rights violations in the region. The purpose of the baseline study was to offer a better understanding of conflict and human rights situation in the region. The meeting was attended by 72 people from both local and international NGOs, District official, Cultural institutions, Political leaders, technical staff and scholars from Makerere University, and media persons.


presentation of baseline results

Participants agreed with the findings that the manner in which conflicts are being handled is not proper. It’s based on allegiance to certain cultural institution except when the matter is before court. Issues like land, animal grazing, politics and elections, marginalization of certain individuals and political patronage are causing mayhem in the district.

RDC,LC V and prime ministers of OBB and OBR during the meeting.

According to the Prime Minister of OBB, the two cultural institutions should be realistic to each other. “We must revisit our history and find out the issues that united all of us as a unit”. "I would love to visit every part of this district with ease," said the prime minister of OBR.

RDC giving his remarks.

The participants agreed that more dialogue meetings should be organized and aired live on media, that  OBB, OBR and the NGOs should popularize the Land Act and the Cultural Institutions Act through the Foot Peace Ambassadors, that conflicting individuals who lost in the elections and are still influential should be helped to reconcile and co-exist and accept the trends in politics as a game. Each indivividual should be a role model in the plight for peace.