Organisations want north plan implemented
Jan 27, 2009
CIVIL society organisations in the north have expressed disappointment over the postponement of the implementation of the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP).
By Catherine Bekunda
CIVIL society organisations in the north have expressed disappointment over the postponement of the implementation of the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP).
“Is the Government saying the PRDP is not a priority? This is a wrong signal. People are returning to their homes.
Why is the Government postponing the delivery of basic social services? They need the help now not next year,†said James Otto, the executive director of the Human Rights Focus.
While holding a press briefing at Hotel Africana in Kampala yesterday, the organisations said they were doubtful of the Government’s commitment to the development of the region.
“As the Government delays implementation, the data on which planning was based is becoming stale and people are languishing in poverty,†said Geoffrey Okello, the executive director of the Gulu Non Governmental Organisation Forum.
The Government suspended the implementation of the programme, saying the Office of the Prime Minister needed to draw a work plan to sort out budgets and mechanisms to ensure that the project was properly monitored.
It will be implemented in the next financial year, starting July 1, 2009.
The over sh1 trillion project was meant to facilitate the development of the conflict-affected districts of the north and north eastern Uganda in a period of three years starting July 1, 2008.
CIVIL society organisations in the north have expressed disappointment over the postponement of the implementation of the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP).
“Is the Government saying the PRDP is not a priority? This is a wrong signal. People are returning to their homes.
Why is the Government postponing the delivery of basic social services? They need the help now not next year,†said James Otto, the executive director of the Human Rights Focus.
While holding a press briefing at Hotel Africana in Kampala yesterday, the organisations said they were doubtful of the Government’s commitment to the development of the region.
“As the Government delays implementation, the data on which planning was based is becoming stale and people are languishing in poverty,†said Geoffrey Okello, the executive director of the Gulu Non Governmental Organisation Forum.
The Government suspended the implementation of the programme, saying the Office of the Prime Minister needed to draw a work plan to sort out budgets and mechanisms to ensure that the project was properly monitored.
It will be implemented in the next financial year, starting July 1, 2009.
The over sh1 trillion project was meant to facilitate the development of the conflict-affected districts of the north and north eastern Uganda in a period of three years starting July 1, 2008.