UGANDA

COMPENDIUM OF CONFLICTS IN UGANDA
Prior to the fieldwork, the NRTJ Audit researchers developed and tested an interview
guide for the focus group discussions and key informant interviews during a two day
workshop. Focus group discussions were split into morning and afternoon sessions.
The morning sessions were used to “look back” and identify the different conflicts that
participants remembered on national, regional, district and village levels, the causes
and impacts of the conflicts, as well as the stakeholders involved. Afternoon sessions
were used to inquire about participants’ perceptions of, and recommendations for,
transitional justice mechanisms, looking specifically at truth-telling, prosecutions,
reparations, traditional justice, institutional reform, psychosocial support, reconciliation,
memorialisation, amnesty and accountability. In closing, participants were invited to
address messages to any actors they regarded as particularly key stakeholders in dealing
with Uganda’s past and future.
During the first week of the NRTJ Audit field research, the interview guide was further
tested and refined. However, the content of the first and final interview guides is
essentially the same, with only minor re-phrasing of questions to make them easier to
understand. The interview guide was as follows:
P AR T 1: L OOK ING B A C K
A. Can we s ay there is Peac e in Uganda? à
T imeline
C. What were the
Impac ts ?
B. What were the
causes behind the
c onflic ts you have
identified ?
D. Who were the
S takeholders?
By
- Vic tims
- P erpetrators
- B enef ic iaries
- Bys tanders
- S poilers
- P eacebuilders
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