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be schools, health centres, vocational centres, churches, bridges, and
roads. 788
In offering these recommendations, participants also linked
memorialisation with other transitional justice mechanisms. They asserted
that memorialisation through documentation would complement truthtelling,
789 memorial prayers could facilitate reconciliation between victims
and perpetrators, 790 and positive commemoration could lead to healing. 791
Other participants connected the construction of memorial schools, roads,
and health centres referred to above with the need for reparations, and
stated that some new projects should be targeted to help orphans and
widows with new structures for housing or access to loan schemes. 792 In
Soroti, the call for memorialisation and reparations extended to animals,
and participants recommended restocking cattle lost in past raids and
conflicts.
Institutional & Legal Reform
Although the Juba Agreement on Accountability and Reconciliation states
that “existing national institutions and mechanisms, with necessary
modifications” 793 are responsible for the implementation of the Agreement,
participants in the NRTJ Audit emphasized the need for reform of such
institutions in order to guarantee a non-recurrence of conflict.
The Juba Agreement on Comprehensive Solutions describes the standards
to which governmental institutions and policies should be held. These
include maintaining an inclusive and democratic system of Government, an
independent judiciary, a representative security force, an adequate Peace,
Recovery and Development Plan for northern Uganda, and the equitable
management of land, amongst others. While these Agreements point to
the need for evaluation and possible reform of institutions, they do not
endeavour to specify where such reforms are needed. Virtually all districts
included in the NRTJ Audit called for specific reforms. The following section
summarizes these needs according to general themes and then according
to sector.
Building Inclusive and Accountable Institutions for Good
Governance
One of the overarching themes of the NRTJ Audit was a call for good governance and
the rule of law. Participants emphasized that national resources should be distributed
788 Research conducted in Kasese, Soroti, Nakasongola, Hoima, Mbarara, Mukono, Lira and Bundibugyo Districts
789 Research conducted in Mukono District
790 Research conducted in Gulu and Nakasongola Districts
791 Research conducted in Soroti District
792 Research conducted in Mukono District
793 Juba Agreement on Accountability and Reconciliation (2007), Clause 5.4
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