The Office of the Prime Minister is to launch a National Peace, Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda.The plan lays out a sequence of activities to rehabilitate the war affected areas.
The plan to cover 38 Districts is projected to cost over 600 million US dollars.It is largely donor funded with the government of Uganda expected to contribute only 30%
The plan puts emphasis on establishing infrastructure in areas that were highly affected by the twenty year old conflict.
The war between the government and LRA rebels left a number of social services and infrastructure destroyed. As part of the plan, 322 Police Posts will established in each sub county in the 38 Districts. Currently only 188 police posts are operational.
The plan will implemented through four priority interventions that would include the consolidation of State Authority, Rebuilding and Empowering Communities, Revitalization of the Economy, Peace building and Reconciliation.
The plan is projected to raise access to safe water. Studies indicate that Rural water coverage and access in the entire North stands at 73.5% while Karamoja region has the lowest water coverage that stands at 17.3%
The plan also intends to improve the over 8700 kilometers of roads network in the 38 districts to high class murram. Some will be upgraded to all season roads the roads to facilitate in the marketing of locally produced agriculture produce.
The hallmark of the plan is to address issues of duplication of works as it has been in humanitarian efforts to the region.
