Stakeholder Engagement meeting in Moyo

CEFORD organized the second Stakeholder Engagement meeting for participants from Moyo and Adjumani districts on 16th December 2011 at Moyo Multipurpose Hall. Participants included representatives from CAO's Office, LC V, LC III, Police and CBOs. In total 26 participants attended the meeting.

The District Council Speaker Moyo (Hon. Chaiga Martin) in his opening remark said " When you stand as a leader, you have signed a social contract with the people. When you do not live to the terms of the contract, you will be thrown out". To him the Citizens Manifesto in Action is a good project and would want us to evaluate the Citizen's Manifesto at the end of the contract.





The National Coordinator CEW-IT (James Mwirima) and Executive Director CEFORD (Asipkwe Jean Christabel) presented an overview about the project, the Citizens Manifesto and the West Nile regional issues as spelt out in the Citizens Manifesto. The regional issues generated a lot of discussions and action points for follow up on the issues at District and Regional level. Some of the key issues included: demand for clear road map for electricity for Adjumani and Moyo, resolving the border conflicts with Sudan and Amuru district, addressing health staff exit for greener pastures in Sudan among others.

Participants also unanimously agreed that there is a need to have a strong forum of Members of Parliament from West Nile to jointly advocate for West Nile issues and a strong forum for Elders and Opinion leaders in the region be formed to engage in inter border conflicts.