Is it the right time?

At this point in Uganda and in the world there is huge move towards people participation and inclusion in the processes of planning and development. With this in mind it has been noted that the traditional top down approaches towards development have not engendered the people's support, or been able to enable resources to go down to the people for whom they are intended. It is with this in mind that community participation is now recognised and appreciated as a better way of building sustainable development.

Corruption is rampant where ever one goes, some places more than others, so how do we deal with this with the involvement of the community. I would like to take this oppotunity to invite you to propose ways in which we can involve the community more in the fight againist corruption. It is a long walk, lets walk it together.

I would like at this point to request that participants give consent for the ideas that come forward in this forum be used as part of a news letter published on this site at the end of the month. This will be a starting point for us on the way forward.

Kind regards

Syl

Project proposal on approaches to fighting corruption in Uganda

COMMUNITY BASED APPROACHES TO FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN UGANDA
This project aims to build knowledge of the importance of the community as expert resources, and to develop strategies to encourage the involvement of the people to taking an active role in the fight against corruption in Uganda. This project is developed on the need to encourage people participation in the protection of resources and finances that are put in place by government but inherently belong to the people. I feel that the current methods used in fighting corruption in Uganda are dominated by the authorities who make decisions on how complaints are received, investigated and recommendations implemented. This approach does not involve the people who are constantly aware of the programs put in place by government need to have the feeling of ownership or responsibility towards them. Because of the lack of concern by the people they do not readily cases of misuse or mismanagement as they arise and feel that it is the responsibility of government and not theirs.

This project is intended to develop strategies to incorporate more people participation through consultation in the fight against corruption in Uganda. To achieve the project’s aim I intend to utilize a collaborative approach with Ugandans and friends of Uganda to develop strategies to achieve this aim. The project is mainly consultative and to disseminate these ideas I aim to develop a monthly news letter to which people can contribute and it will be published on the blog site and hopefully distributed to anti corruption agencies in Uganda to enhance awareness and action towards more people involvement.

Lets come together

Blogging! Something that is new to me and a tool i think i might come to enjoy very much. I would like us to use this forum to get to know each other and build connections and links to make our homeland a better place. I would like to take this oppotunity to invite Ugandans and friends of Uganda to come together for a cause i believe is a good cause; the development of Uganda as a country. The start is small and slow but sure, we can start by discussing what is possible and move to discussing what we can do. I am going to be up dating this site often with ideas for discussion and i would like to encourage you all to participate. I intend to develop a monthly news letter which will be published on this site and i would like to invite contributions to this news letter. This is still a work in progress and i look forward to your input and most importantly advice.

Looking forward to hearing from you

Sylvia