Pastoralist research on the Uganda–Kenya border

The report “One step forward two steps back, pastoralist researchers on the Uganda-Kenya border” (2023, 28pp, doi: 10.19088/IDS.2023.046) is a history of events affecting peace and security between October 2022 and May 2023. It is a diary of community research into borderland insecurity that gave community leaders evidence on why pastoralists continue to carry guns and what they are protecting themselves from. Analysis shows that conflicts between communities are a symptom of deeper problems related to crime, revenge and government failures. Harsh disarmament only fuels fear and insecurity. It seems to the pastoralists as if the governments do not want the pastoralist communities to be at peacewith each other.

The study was done by the Karamoja Community Research Team as part of the Promoting Peaceful Pastoralism project hosted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in the UK and funded by UK International Development.

See also the interactive version of the report.

Posted on 18 March 2024 in Pastoral Research & Innovation, Pastoralism & Natural Resources, Pastoralism & Peacebuilding, Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure