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PPERD
Promoting Peace, Reconciliation and Development through Public Dialogue in Northern Uganda
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A PROJECT PROPOSAL SEEKING FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT TITTLED “PPERD”-PROMOTING PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PUBLIC DIALOGUE IN NORTHERN UGANDA

About Public Opinions

Public Opinions is a local Uganda based agency established to advocate, promote and strengthen democracy and good governance, human rights and development, and act as a centre for public opinions, political intelligence and policy think tank.

Our work is done through mass participation, seeking, analyzing and disseminating Public opinions on key issues of local and global concern and make them available to the policy makers, leaders and the public at different levels.

Background

Peace and reconciliation in the postwar northern Uganda is a prerequisite to the achievement of sustainable economic and social development in the area.

Though the government has played a pivotal role to end the insurgency, there is still an urgent need to promote peace and reconciliation for development and peace in northern Uganda.

This will lead to strengthening democracy and good governance, human rights in the region. As we talk of charity, relief and humanitarian support in the area, we must double the talk as regards human rights, peace and reconciliation.

PPERD will be of much more importance in advocacy, capacity building, social transformation, enhancing efforts and capacities of local community leaders.

The project will guide leaders in the selected districts to provide opportunities to practice, promote and strengthen advocacy for peace, reconciliation and human rights for the poor, marginalized and oppressed communities hence promoting and strengthening peace, human rights, reconciliation and development in the area.

Justification of the project

Though many organizations are operating in Northern Uganda, very few are committed to promoting and strengthening peace, reconciliation, development and human rights in the region.

Big sections of the organization have allocated there available resources to charity, relief and humanitarian programs. This is good but does it have a solution to the crisis, does it contribute to strengthening peace, reconciliation and human rights monitoring?. If peace and reconciliation is not promoted, then insecurity will continue, the world will continue to spend big on relief and humanitarian programs.

Public Opinions through PPERD would like to advocate, promote and strengthen peace, human rights, development and community reconciliation through local government structures.

If leaders can reconcile, agree to advance for peace and human rights in the area, then there will be no cause for insecurity in northern Uganda.
There is no platform for leaders in the area to discuss issues of importance to peace and development.

We want leaders to debate issues affecting the area. They can be adopted as policies or guidelines for making better policies for the area and the country in general. Where people have been reconciled and living in peace, budgetary expenses on relief and humanitarian support will reduce to the lowest percentages and there will be human growth and development.

As the war is ending, there are so many unresolved issues within the communities and amongst the local leaders; there is high suspicions amongst the communities in which people are blaming each other for the suffering, and death of the beloved ones. This can be solved through PPERD initiative.

Aims and objectives

i) To enable members of the funder participate together with other leaders and key players to contribute to achieving peace, human rights, reconciliation and development in northern Uganda.
ii) To advocate and promote the practice of peace and reconciliation in northern Uganda.
iii) To act as a platform for elaborating primary and advanced research tools for social-economical analysis and preparation of public policy recommendations to the policy makers and the donor community.
iv) To bring together local government leaders and officials in the respective district to debate and discuss issues affecting the district and the region in general.
v) To bring about the spirit of vertical and horizontal accountability and transparency amongst the local and community leaders in the given district.
vi) To inculcate into local and opinions leaders a culture of debate, reconciliation and human rights monitoring and reporting.
vii) To improve the skills of networking in a locality especially on issues of promoting peace, reconciliation, human rights observance and development.
viii) To compile the information into a magazine which will be made available to the policy makers, funding agencies, local and national leaders, etc.
ix) To bring the local and community leaders and the funders closer to the grassroots and the leadership of the government of the republic of Uganda.
x) To strengthen the presence of Franciscan family in Uganda and enable members attain a soft landing and operation into the country.
xi) To acquire professionals and well informed presentations from the participants in the public dialogue sessions.
xii) To identify measures geared at promoting and strengthening peace, human rights, reconciliation and development.
xiii) To offer a platform in which local government leaders can freely interact and debate with professionals, or officials from the central government who would be invited to present expert papers from time to time, as we implement the project.
xiv) To help sessions participants develop a sense of national consciousness, pride and committed appreciation of the Uganda nation as one and as an objective reality totally opposed to tribal, parochial, and sectarian thinking and practice.
xv) To enable local and community leaders cultivate a healthy liberated mind with high moral values and good qualities of leadership necessary for a free and stable society hence peace, security,reconciliation,human rights and development.
xvi) To develop and promote self confidence and an inquiring mind, an understanding and respect for human dignity and human rights as well as readiness to work hard for self advancement and national improvement
xvii) To foster an understanding and critical appreciation of the values - moral, spiritual, religious, social and cultural - which have been distinctive in shaping society and which have been traditionally accorded respect in society.
xviii) To nurture a sense of personal identity, self-esteem and awareness of one’s particular abilities, aptitudes and limitations, combined with respect for the rights and beliefs of others.
xix) To act as a platform for public awareness on key issues of regional, national and global concern.

Time

This is a one year project and it is intended to begin in November 2008 if we find a donor.

Operation Focus

First, the project will be implemented only in the selected 8 –eight districts of Northern and North Eastern Uganda.
The Districts are; Katakwi, Amuria (North Eastern Uganda), Amuru, pader, kitgum, Gulu, pakwachi, and Apac.

The Funder together with Public Opinions, if resources are available will implement the project in other selected areas i.e. karamoja sub region, and other selected districts in westnile, lango and acholi sub region.

Modus Operands

Key personalities will be invited to present papers on selected topics, i.e peace and security, reconciliation, accountability and transparency, development and human rights.

They will speak/address the local and public opinions leaders plus the general public on issues of community receonciliation, good governance, role of peace and security in development, human rights observation, monitoring and reporting, effective policy formulation and implementation, social transformation, effective leadership, etc.

Participants

Apart from the specialized individuals invited to address the gatherings, the following will participate,i.e local government leaders and officials, teachers,students,opinions leaders, officials from NGOs in the district, journalists, security agencies, cultural leaders, religious leaders, the general public,etc.

Audience

We do not mean that the entire district population will participate in the public dialogues. No, this is absolutely impossible and impractical. We are targeting at least 1000- 2000 participants in a given district as mentioned above.

Project Magazine

The expert presentations/papers plus the public views will be compiled in form of a magazine which will be available for public Consumption, for the use of policy makers and it will be made available to the president of Uganda, Ministers of the republic of Uganda, members of parliament of the republic of Uganda, the judiciary of the republic of Uganda, the heads of diplomatic missions and international agencies in Uganda, the local government leaders, religious leaders, traditional leaders, Local NGOs and civil society organizations, media houses, public libraries, teachers, students leaders,etc.

The policy makers will find it valuable and vital to base on the available information while formulating public policies, the leadership of the country too will utilize the information.

Continuity of PPERD project

Upon successful implementation of the project in the 8 selected districts, the local leaders would have gained skills and capacity to move on with the programs up to the lowest levels in the district using local government budgetary resources available as the district leadership may decide.

Project activities

The activities of the project are;

Procuring a field vehicle (Toyota Hilux,Double Cubin Pick-up, Model 1997)
Procuring a DVD sound projector
Purchase of DVD Digital sound/image camera
Procuring a public address system and a generator
Procuring a laptop
Organizing Pubic Dialogues in Selected 8 districts
Analyzing the presentations and pubic opinions/views
Designing and printing the magazine/report on peace, reconciliation and development
Circulating/distributing the magazines
Project evaluation and auditing
Presentation of the project report to Franciscan International.

Project Budget

No
Project activity
Unit
Amount
1
Procuring a Field Vehicle
(Toyota Hilux ,Double Cubin, Pick-up, Model 1991)
1
31,500,000 Ug shs
2
Purchase of DVD Sound Projector
1
2,000,000 Ug shs
3
Purchase of Pubic Address system
1
10,500,000 Ug shs
4
Purchase of a Generator
1
2,500,000 Ug shs
5
Purchase of DVD Digital sound/image camera

1
2,000,000 Ug shs
6
Purchase of HP Laptop

2,300,000 Ug shs

Sub Total

48,500,000Ug Shs

6
Organizing Public Dialogues in Eight selected Districts



-Gulu
2


-Katakwi
2


-Amuria
1


-Pader
1


-Kitgum
2


-Amuru
2


-Pakwachi
1


-Apac
1


Subtotal

60,000,000 Ug Shs


7
Analyzing the presentations and Public views

3,750,000 ug shs
8
Designing and printing high quality full color Magazines
10,000 copies
26,000,000 ug shs
9
Circulating of the Magazines

5,500,000 ug shs
10
Project evaluation

3,950,000 ug shs
11
Administrative Costs

18,000,000 Ug shs
12
Miscellaneous

8,000,000 Ug shs

Sub total

65,200,000 Ug Shs


GRAND TOTAL 173,700,000Ug Shs

The dollars keeps on flunctuating, but at the time of submitting this proposal, it was at 1622 Ug shs.

List of proposed Key Speakers/Expert Presenters in the Public Dialogue Sessions in the selected eight districts in the Northern and North Eastern Uganda

NO
NAMES OF THE PRESENTERS
DESIGNATION
1
Prof Apollo Nsibambi
Prime Minister of Uganda
2
Prof Ogenga Latigo
Head of Opposition-Parliament of Uganda
3
Maj Gen Kale Kayihura
Inspector General of Police
4
Hon Dr Ruhakana Rugunda
Minister of Internal Affairs
5
Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire
Minister of Local Government
6
Eng J.B Walusimbi
Katikiro of Buagnda Kingdom
7
Mr. Kassim Omar
Vice President-Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
8
Mr. Andrew Mwenda
Managing Editor-The Independent Magazine
9
Col Dr Kiiza Besigye
President-Forum for Democratic Change
10
Hon Nandala Mafabi
Chairperson-Public Accounts Committee
Parliament of Uganda
11
Hon Geoffrey Ekanya
Chairperson-Local Government Accounts Committee-Parliament of Uganda
12
Justice Faith Mwondha
Inspector General of Government
13
Hon Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi
Speaker of Parliament of Uganda
14
Benjamin Odoki
Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda
15
Hon Ben Wacha
Member of Parliament of Uganda
16
Patrick Bitature
Chairman-Uganda Investment Authority
17
MS Margaret Ssekagya
Chairperson-Uganda Human Rights Commission
18
Gen Aronda Nyakairima
Chief of Defense Forces-Uganda People’s Defense forces
19
Hon Christopher Kibazanga
Member of Parliament
20
Hon Amama Mbabazi
Secretary General, National Resistance Movement and Minister for Security
21
Hon Kassiano Wadri
Chief Whip-Forum for Democratic Change-Parliament of Uganda
22
Dr Byabashaija Johnson
Commissioner General of Prisons
23
Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe
Former Vice President of Uganda
24
Hon Kabakumba Jane Masiko
Government Chief Whip-Parliament of Uganda
25
Hon Maj James Kinobe
Ministers of State for Youth Affairs
26
Hon David Pulkol
Chairman-Africa Leadership Institute
27
Gen David Tinyefunza
Coordinator-National Intelligence Services-Republic of Uganda
28
Ms Miria Kalule Obote
President-Uganda People’s Congress
29
Hon Makubuya Kidhu
Attorney General and Ministers of Justice and Constitutional Affairs-Republic of Uganda
30
Hon David Wakikona
Ministers of State for Northern Uganda
31
Hon Norbert Mao
LC 5 Chairman-Gulu District
32
Hon Dr Nsaba Buturo
Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity-Government of Uganda
33
Hon Ken Lukyamuzi
President-Conservative Party
34
Robert Kabushenga
Chief Executive Officer-New vision Publications Ltd
35
Livingstone Ssewanyana
Executive Director-Foundation for Human Rights Initiative
36
Hon Okello Oryemu
Minister of state for Foreign Affairs
37
Ssebana Kizito
President-Democratic Party-Uganda
38
Lt Gen Ivan Koreta
Chairman-General Military Court Martial-Uganda People’s Defense Forces
39
Gen Moses Ali
Vice Chairperson-National Resistance Movement-Northern Region and Former Minister of Internal Affairs
40
Dr Obedi Bwanika
President-People’s Development Party
41
Hon Dan Kidega
Member-East Africa Legislative Assembly and Former Youth Member of Parliament-Northern Region
42
Hon Sam Rwakojjo
Secretary-Uganda Electoral Commission
43
Bidandi Ssali
President-People’s Progressive Party
44
Dr Badru Kigundu
Chairman-Uganda Electoral Commission
45
Prof Dan Nabudere
Retired Politician
46
Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu
Former Army Commander-Uganda People’s Defense Forces
47
Moses Byaruhanga
Private Secretary to President of Uganda-Mass Mobilization
48
Hon Amanya Mushega
Former Secretary General-East Africa Legislative Assembly
49
Brig Henry Tumukunde
Former Chief-Chieftainancy of Military Intelligence-Uganda People’s Defense Forces
50
Hon Henry Banyenzaki
Member of Parliament of Uganda
51
Hon Flt Capt Mike Mukula
Vice Chairperson, Eastern Region-National Resistance Movement and former Minister of Health
52
Hon Fred Ruhindi
Minister of State-Justice and Constitutional Affairs-Republic of Uganda
53
Tamale Mirundi
Press Secretary to H.E the President of Uganda
54
Gen Elly Tumwine
Former Chairman of the General Military Court Martial-Uganda People’s Defense Forces
55
Sam Kuteesa
Minister of Foreign Affairs-Republic of Uganda
56
Hon Obua Dennis
Youth Member of Parliament-Northern Region
57
Erias Lukwago
Legal Advisor-Democratic Party and Shadow Attorney General
58
Prof Ephraim Kamuntu
Minister of State for Industry-Republic of Uganda
59
Prof Gilbert Bukenya
Vice Chairperson-Central Region, National Resistance Movement and Vice President-Republic of Uganda
60
Sam Mayanja
Partner-Kampala Associated Advocates
61
Al-Hajhi Ali Kirunda Kivejinja
3rd Deputy Prime Ministers and Minister for National Guidance and information

Designing and printing

Madex Designers Uganda Limited a professional designing company will handle the designing and printing of the magazines.

Magazine Design and layout

The magazine will appear on A-4 high quality class Paper with a hard cover; it will be in full color with images. An authorized official of the Franciscans International will give a foreword to the magazine.

Evaluation and Auditing

Project evaluation and auditing will be done by an independent firm. The audit report will be presented to Franciscans International by Public Opinions.

Contacts

Plot 65, Bukoto Street
P.o Box 36733, Kampala-Uganda,
Tel: + 256 312 283 776, + 256 712 936 206
Mob: + 256 774 992 426
Email: publicopinions@yahoo.com/admin@pubopinions.org
Website: www.pubopinions.org

Contact Person : Luzindana A Buyinza
Team Leader

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