UGANDA

COMPENDIUM OF CONFLICTS IN UGANDA
from civil society and local Government. Generally, the four focus group discussions
were organised in the same location outside the district centre, unless it was clear that
in a particular location there were no civil society organisation representatives in the
vicinity. In that case, the focus group discussions for civil society and local Government
would be organised in the district centre.
Participants were invited through a mobiliser who selected participants based on
guidelines aimed at ensuring a balanced group composition in terms of age, gender,
socio-economic status, political and religious affiliation. Twenty participants were
invited to each focus group during the first week of the NRTJ Audit. Afterwards it
became clear that the quality of discussion improved if the group was restricted to 15,
so in all subsequent districts this was the number of participants in each focus group.
Participants remained in the room for the discussion throughout the day except for a
few participants who indicated they had to leave shortly before the conclusion of the
discussion due to prior commitments. In addition, in-depth key informant interviews
were conducted with people who had particular information about certain issues that
arose during the focus group discussions. All focus group discussions were recorded
through near-verbatim note taking, the writing of key points on flipcharts and through
video and audio recordings.
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