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by James Omara in Lira
Members of Lira district local council have planned to build a modern stadium and airport using Peace Recovery and Development Funds (PRDP) in the next financial year.

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By James Omara in Lira
THE ordinary people, who, after years in the Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camps have decided to go back to their homes, may not know what the Peace Recovery Development Programme (PRDP) is, but the one thing they know is that the government has pledged to restore social harmony and to support [...]

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By James Omara in Lira
The Uganda Peoples Congress party has accused the government for using money meant for Peace Recovery and Development Program in fighting Lords resistance army in DR Congo instead of developing Northern Uganda.

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The Programme Manager of the Northern Uganda Rehabilitation Programme (NUREP) Mr. Reint Bakema has clarified that the implementation of NUREP’s Programme will continue uninterrupted. He was reacting to the recent announcement by the State Minister for Northern Uganda reconstruction, Hon. David Wakikona’s that the implementation of PRDP will effectively start next financial year – July [...]

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By Omara Elem
Lira|- The State Minister in charge of Northern Uganda David Wakikona has clarified reports that the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) is being suspended this financial year.

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by Omara Elem
The PRDP is a post-conflict recovery plan designed to eradicate poverty in Northern Uganda after more than 20 years of conflict and population displacement. It started in 2007 and should be implemented in 2010.  In this analysis James Omara gives four reasons why PRDP is doomed to fail.
Conflict mapping
The PRDP strategy is to [...]

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 By Gloria Laker Aciro
KAMPALA- Displaced people living in the outskirts of Kampala say they will not return home under the return exercise because the multi-million dollar government Peace Recovery Program PRDP does not cater for them. The future welfare of urban IDPs remains  uncertain because of lack of communication and coordination within the office of [...]

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By William Bakama
LIRA- The minister of local government Kahinda Ottaffire has directed Lira district vice chairman Tony Ogwang Adwari to stay in office.

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By Stephen Candia
ARUA – In his concluding tour of the West Nile region on May 24, 2008, President Yoweri Museveni attacked Arua District Nusaf Technical Officer, Judith Ruko for failing to manage the large amounts of cash released for NUSAF projects.

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James Omara
LIRA- The minister of Northern Uganda David Wakikona has confirmed that Lira district will receive less than other districts. The government has used a part of the PRDP-fund to help flood affected people in the district. Wakikona said the district was supposed to receive 843,690,000 Ugandan shillings from PRDP, but 500 million shilling was [...]

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