Kibuga is one of the Parishes in Karusandara Sub County, Kasese District, Uganda where Karusandara Youth United Development association (K.A.Y.U.D.A), a local CBO Partnering with Good Hope Foundation on prevention and management of conflicts and human rights abuses in the sub county, conducted a neighborhood assembly at Kibuga Trading centre on August 31st, 2016 to discuss Peace.
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| LC11 Chairperson of Kibuga Parish, welcoming Participants including LC111 Chairperson |
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To
expose and discuss possible triggers of conflicts and human rights violations
in Karusandara sub county especially in Kibuga Parish
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To
agree on possible actions of reducing the different forms of conflicts in
Karusandara sub county.
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To
strengthen capacity of K.A.Y.U.D.A to conduct conflicts prevention and
management meetings at community level.
The Neighborhood
assembly session was fairly attended and over 200 people turned up.
Approximately 93 males and 110 females attended. Among other participants were;
O.C Police Karusandara police post, LCIII Chairperson, Sub county Council
Speaker, Paralegals and men, women, youth residents of Kibuga Parish,
Karusandara sub county.
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| Some local people attending the NA Session |
Key
issues raised during discussions
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There are violations of women’s economic
rights by husbands in the Parish. After harvesting Agricultural produce, men do
not allow their wives to participate in Planning.
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Alcoholism is practiced by both men and
women in the sub county and this has for several times triggered domestic
conflicts.
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Men have left their wives to be bread
winners in their homes.
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Men report very late back home and this
has also triggered domestic conflicts.
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There are a lot of Police corruption
cases in Kibuga and Karusandara at large. All this has contributed to
continuous conflicts.
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Women have been denied right to worship
by their husbands and parents.
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Some Parents are still primitive to an
extend of denying their children right to education.
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The rich undermine the poor and this has
created a social gap between these two classes of people in the sub county.
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Land grabbing and political influence in
the sub county has also triggered conflicts in the sub county
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The different ethnic groups in
Karusandara Sub County stay peacefully but only a few pockets of miss
understandings occur that are considered normal in any community setting.
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Sexual harassment of especially girls by
their fellow age mates of opposite sex, villagers, parents and teachers is still
high in Karusandara Sub County.
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Climate change is causing disasters in
the sub county and hunger is expected which could affect people’s livelihood.
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| A Foot Peace ambassador engaging participants during general discussions |
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Sub county leadership to emphasize the
execution of by-laws aimed at protecting children’s rights like stopping
children from entering bars, and bars opening during day time.
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To preach a message of love among the
married couples in different forums as one of the ways of curbing Domestic
violence.
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To mainstream environmental protection
education and action in all activities at community level.
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Local community members and leaders to
support all planned actions by CBOs identified by Good Hope Foundation in
preventing and managing conflicts and human rights violations in Karusandara
sub county.
The
session ended with remarks by the Local Council Three chairperson emphasizing
on Peaceful co-existence among the different ethnic groups in the sub county
that are over 40 in number. The Chairperson gave a biblical relationship
between a family and community where he advised married couples to promote
peace in their homes if they must witness Peace in the whole sub county,
because community Peace starts at home.
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