Stake Holders Engagement meeting organised by CEFORD in Arua

CEFORD organized the first engagement meeting for West Nile in Arua at CEFORD Head Quarters on 15th Dec 2011. The meeting drew participants from 3 Districts of Arua, Nebbi and Koboko. The 38 participants included CAO, RDC, LC V, Police, CSOs and CBOs. and RDCs.

During the meeting, CEW-IT National Coordinator (James Mwirima) presented an overview on the Project: Citizens Manifesto in Action: Building a Social Contract between Citizens and their Leaders. He also presented the National development concerns in the Citizens Manifesto. The Executive Director CEFORD (Asipkwe Jean Christabel) presented the West Nile issues in the Citizens Manifesto.


Deputy Speaker Arua District Hon. Christine Debo in her opening remarks said "Leaders and citizens are in contract for 5 years. Many pledges were made and citizens need to check with their leaders on fulfillment of the pledges"








From the discussions, the issues of power in West Nile and slow pace of completion of Nyagak power project, the need to be connected to the National electric grid, environmental degradation among others topped the discussion. A number of action points were generated for each of the issues under Electricity, Health, Education, Security, Roads, Poverty, Leadership and Natural resource management.



The RDC Arua Col. Abiriga Ibrahim (pictured below) in his closing remarks urged CSOs to keep his office informed on their activities and involve him where necessary.