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Uganda: Aid Slows War-Hit Districts
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New Vision (Kampala)
14 May 2008
Posted to the web 15 May 2008
Raymond Baguma
Kampala
HUMANITARIAN aid has created a culture of dependency in the war-affected areas, undermining national development goals. This will also affect the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, according to a research conducted by Makerere University students on peace building and development assistance.
The findings were presentation at Hotel Africana in Kampala on Friday. The research was conducted by students pursuing a Masters degree in peace and conflict resolution. They were assisted by Canadian students from Royal Roads University under the human security and peace building programme.
"A lot of Non-governmental organisations sit around to see what they can do, while communities watch to see what can be done for them, rather than what they can be involved in," said Michelle Mungall, while presenting the findings.
Prof. Susan Soux, the supervisor of the research, said they covered Gulu, Soroti and Masaka districts and focused on harmonising bilateral and multilateral aid policies between the Government and the donor community.
A lot of infrastructure in the districts was destroyed during previous wars. Humanitarian aid is not participatory, and depending on aid does not provide people with a mind that they can do something for themselves, the study concluded.
It emphasised the need to end the culture of dependency in internally displaced people's camps in the war-affected northern region.
It added that there was need to channel bilateral and grant aid to programmes that strengthen political institutions, peace-building and empower the community to be self-reliant.
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The country coordinator of the millennium development goals, Prof. Johnson Nkuuhe, said development aid was mainly spent on administrative issues, with little money benefiting the grassroots people.
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