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Community Mobilization and Mind-set change Programme

Dr. Joachim (Centre) training farmers in Arubaine B village, Busia MC
Dr. Joachim (Centre) training farmers in Arubaine B village, Busia MC

Community Mobilization and Mind-set change Programme-aims to empower families, communities and citizens to embrace national values and actively participate in sustainable development.

Community Mobilisation and Mindset Change is one of the 20 programmes of
the NDP III and it operationalises objective (iv) i.e “Enhance the productivity
and social wellbeing of the population”. The overall Programme Goal is: To empower families, communities and citizens to embrace national values and
actively participate in sustainable development.

The programme seeks to address key challenges which include:

  • General lack of responsibility and ownership of government programmes, a serious obstacle to development. This is attributed to low popularisation and domestication of development initiatives, programmes and policies to lower levels; in addition to passive, unproductive and a highly dependent population coupled with low literacy levels of citizens.
  • A dependency syndrome is widespread throughout the country and at all levels.
  • A high tendency among Ugandans to consider self-interest before anything.
  • The habit of leaving things undone, failure to keep deadlines, poor time management among others.
  • Several behavioural barriers to the adoption of positive mindsets are cushioned by long years of social conditioning. This is demonstrated by harmful culture, beliefs and practices that promote stigma and discrimination, inability to live healthy and productive styles.
  • Participation of cultural and religious institutions in community development programmes has not engaged the population in meaningful productive activities to generate household income.
  • Duplication of the community mobilisation and empowerment efforts across sectors making it incoherent and disjointed. This contributes to lack of or limited coordination, ownership and sustainability for most public projects.
  • A weak community development structure has had a negative impact.
Government Programme

Further Reading

Detailed description about this program can be found on Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Website.

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Busia Municipality is a local government in Busia District, Eastern Uganda, at the border of Kenya.

MUNICIPALITY SUMMARY
Location: Eastern Uganda  0°28’01.0″N, 34°05’24.0″E (Latitude:0.4669; Longitude:34.0900).
Land Area: Total Land: 7 km2
Population: 54,798.
 
 

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