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T}TE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER BRIEF TO PARI.IAMENT ON THE NORTHERN UGANDA SOC1AL ACTION FUND (NUSAF4) 1.0 Background Northern Uganda suffered prolonged I rnsurgenoes and cattle rustllng from 1986 - 2007 escalated by the Lord's Reslstance Army (LRA), West Nrle Bank Front, the Uganda People's Army (UPA), the Holy Splnt Movement of Lakwena and cattle rarders among others These led to soclo- economlc losses, populanon dsplacemeng a breakdown rn rnfrastructure, loss ofhves and property and ulnmately a hrgh rncrease ln poverty levels rn the regron.
Government put ln place key programs, prolects and lntervenhons rncludrng Peace, Recovery and Development (PRDP), Northern Uganda Socral Acnon Fund (NUSAFJ, and Restockrng Programme to bndge both the socral and economrc developmentgap of the regron.
These lntervennons have been able to regrster measurable achrevements ln supporhng resettlement, rmpronng the reSlonal lnfrasFucture gap, hvehhoods and producnon and pnvate sector led groMh 2.0 Northern Uganda Soclal Action Fund3 (NUSAF3) Northern Uganda Socral Acuon Fund (NUSAF) rs a government of Uganda commumty focussed pro;ect frnanced by the World Bank as an Amrmahve Achon commltment to address hrgh poverty levels and soclo-economlc drspanhes rn the greater Northern Uganda.
NUSAF I and ll focussed on rnfrastructure development awhrle NUSAF3 focussed on support household hvehhood and was worth 130m USD lt was rmplemented from 2016 and closed on 30th Iune 2021 NUSAF3 was rmplemented ln 5,299 targeted vrllages wrthrn 1,536 Panshes ln 67 Dlstncts Up to 3,031,690 poor and vulnerable people from 606,338 households benefited from the programme Up to 1,7?2,770 temales and 933,783 youth were supported Some of the achlegement regrstered rnclude, 1 1 lncreased Household lncome and Assets hke hvestock, ox ploughs, poultry, brcycles, radlos, moblle phones, beddlnSs, kltchen faclhnes, solar hghtrng and roofrng matenals.
2 lncreased Household Food Secunty and Consumphon e.g the number of benehclanes eahng three meals per day rncreased from 7 6oh to 23oh 3 lncreased Household Savrngs through cheap rnvestment capltal that boosted local buslnesses Sub Region in Northern Uganda 3.0 Poverty Pr€valence Desprte the Government lnterventlons to consohdate peace, develop the economy and reduce vulnerablhty, the levels of poverty ln the regron ls shll hrgher than at the Nanonal level Accordlng to Uganda Nanonal Household Survey (UNHS) 2019 /2020, poverty levels ln Northern Uganda stood at 43 8%.
Poverty r hrgher rn Achoh Sub-Reglon at 67 gqo and Karamola at 64% Out of the 8 mrlhon persons hnng below poverty hne, 5 mrlhon are rn Northern Uganda as per the UNHS 2019 / 2020 Report POVERTY TRENDS .

2012 13 to 2019 020 Poverty Poverty 2Or2lt3 2016 / r7 294 43?
224 3?5 34.9 25.4 34.9 42.0 176 438 745 60.1 334 45.5 438 176 208 25.r 173 8.5 (Source UBOS and MFPED, 2016/17,2019/20) Poverty 2O\912O 347 294 13.2 L6.9 234 657 67.7 234 2t.9 9.8 Bukedr Busosa Eleon West Nrle Laneo Karamota Achoh Lanso Teso Bunvoro The causes ofthe hlgh poverty rn Northern Uganda are attnbuted to t) Over rehance on subsstence farmrng wrth hrgh dependency on rarn-fed agrrcultural producbon, rr) Lack of perennral / cash crops, resulhng rnto rncreased levels of vulnerabrlrty among households, ru) Dependency syndrome, rv) Lrmrted skrlls, v) Lack ofvalue addrtron, 2 :).hy-p:l]*rty, poor storage facrhhes and poor harvest handhng.
vlrj Land tragmenbhon, and rampant land confltcts, yur) Llmtted emplolmentopportunthes, lx) Envrronmental degradahon, x) Low access to frnancral credlt, hence low income generating achvlhes and xl) Poor mlndset, among others.
4.0 The proposed NUSAF4 Followrng the achrevements ofNUSAF3, Cabrnet ln ,anuary 2022 authonzed office of the prrme Mrnsterand the M,n"r.yof F;n;i;;;;I"I,fr-,n-Juuser+ ln order to consolldate the achrevements of ruUSeff ana erianJLe focrs rarser populaoon ,, ""; ;;;;;;l-'iii onry ,, :.11".*-l*l:l:.
,.A suostsGnce tevel- It ts lmportant to boost produchon, value addrhon and competlhveness for thls group to ,oin the money eConOmy It ts proposed thar NUSAF4 wlll have a sub-regronal focus and wrll support sustarnable hvehhoods and shock auaponair" ,nte_entron.
to Uuta household resrtrence The pro;ect wrlt taiget rh" 39il p;;;;;;ri"oon ,n su-osrstence economy to move tnto the money economy and wrll suppon pansh-es comptementing the parrsh Dil;;;;,-i,;;"i,'.oz,ooo 1,064, households, 31 mrlhon benefrcraries and creare Z\,OOO Ji-".pfoy,r,"nt enterpnses for the youth beneficranes NUSAF4 ls eshmated to cost 2S0m USD loan and 4Om USD grant over a nve- I:1.1_"-.,-"1: cover_West Nrts Achoh, Lango, Teso, fr1".o-lr,- aur.
"a,, uunyoro and tsusoga The proposed Components rnclude 1.

Sustainable Livelihoods Support Component o Prousron of rmproved lnpuB, lnvestment capltal, and value addinon equlpment, e-ngagng pnvate sector investors and processors, and access to markeB .

Market assessment to rdentifiT uable markets for rural beneficianes, r Approxrmately 135,000 smallholders wrll drrectly beneht from thls support- The prolect unll encourage women farmirs to panicipate rn these schemes hvehhoods wrll be conducted.
Development Gomponent 2.

Strengthening Safety Net for Enhanced Resilicnce and Human o Thrs component wrll support lmplemenhhon of Labor_lntensrve Pubhc Works (LlpwJ targeted to ible-bodred p"..oni-in p"oi r"a 3 v]rlnerable households to address consumphon constralnts and build lff i::il'fr1',"-:fiil, fl"Llfilf " benencranes,s expe*ed ro _.

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!f^"Jn*::;',nf,",ili',llX li [lJ Enhanclng mind-set cha rv) Management Informahon System (ptllar 6) youth rke n n g (p r,,ar 1 r nge (prllar5) ofbeneficranes, especrally the hli'*f N$ig*rll**u,*^ ''i#'#,f i{i:ffifi::"il.

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Nahonal ldenhR.roon ,nd Rlgr...rhon Authonry (NIRA) 1 World Food Program (WFP) ru) 0PM has srnce submltted the NUSAF4 prolect concepq profrle and pre-feasrbrlrty study to the Development Commlttee (Dc) of the Mlnlstry of Flnance rn hne wrth the gurdehnes.
lv) The MoFPED wrote to the World Bank on 3.d March 2023 rn preparahon for external borrowrng for the NUSAF4 prolect under the IDA-20 v) The World Bank has faclhtated four desrgn mrssrons for therr technlcal team to ,olntly work wrth the Government team ln the prolect desrSn.
A pre-apprarsal mlssron ls currently ongorng from 27th to 31n March 2023 vr) Consultaoons were held wth DBtrrct Charrpersons, Restdent Dlstnct Commlssloners, Chref Admrnrstranve 0ftcers and NRM Charrpersons for further lnput lnto the NUSAF4 document The OPM has arranged consultahons mth the Members of Parhament rn the Month ofApnl 2023 vrr) Achrevements so far are the followrng; Change o Refrned the pro;ect development ob;ectrve and theory of .
Oudrned the key rntervennons by components and sub- components and key attnbutes ofsome ofthe componens .

Drscussed Geographrc and Household targetlng parameters and grants approach o Drscussed the Natronal Socral Regrstry .
Revlewed Arde Memorr and the proposed funds flow Next ste Activitv Further consultahons wlth MPs and Regronal Leaders Aoprarsal Nesotrahons betrreen GoU and World Bank World Bank Board AoDroval Cabrnet Aooroval Aooroval of Parhament Full scale lmDlementahon fim€ Line Aprrl 2023 nl2O23 ADnl 2023 Aonl2023 Mav 2023 Mav 2023 lulv 2023 7.0 Concluslon ln conclusron, the NUSAF4 prolect desrgn rs on track desprte the challenges of Ltmtted resources and reducnon rn overall resource envelop for affrrmahve achon for Northern uganda to undertake desrgns Thrs slowed down the consultahve process Our prayer is that that the NUSAF4 pro;ect can be supported and approved by Parltament and rncluded rn the proposed budget for F\ 2023/24 Nso, $ven the enthuslasm and eagerness of the people and thelr leaders for NUSAF4, the programme wrll be better lmplemented for the benefit ofour people to gemng out of poverty.
/;l HL"''5?,--'r-' Hon.

Kwiyucwiny Grace Freedom, MINISTER OF STATE FOR NORTHERN UGANDA.

TUESDAY 28'h MARCH 2023.

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