Participation in the Coalition of Pastoralists Civil Society Organizations (COPACSO) Strategic Plan for 2022 – 2027
As a member of the Coalition for Pastoralist Civil Society Organizations (COPACSO), our Focal Point Person participated in the above-mentioned strategic planning meeting aimed at discussing the strategy for the period 2022 to 2027. COPACSO aims to be a leading coalition for advancing pastoralism in Uganda and considered pastoralism in the Uganda context and thus looked at pastoralism through a Normative Lens and laid out the strategy drivers and direction. After identifying the core constituency and geographic scope, the following thematic areas were focused on; Pastoralism and land use; Pastoralism and Investment; Pastoralism and Emerging Technologies; Pastoralism and Climate change.
East Africa Indigenous Peoples’ Land Summit, Nanyuki, Kenya on 21–25 November 2022
PENHA’s Focal Point Person joined four other COPACSO members at the East Africa Indigenous People’s Land Summit, which was co-convened by the Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation (IMPACT) Kenya and Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience and Adaptation in Northern Rangelands (PARAN) Alliance in collaboration with other partners. The Summit was held under the theme: ‘Amplifying Collective Voices of Indigenous Peoples through Inclusive Dialogues and Learning to Enhance Land Rights for
Livelihoods and Conservation in East Africa’.
The summit was building on the success of the first-ever Community Land Summit in Kenya held in December 2021, which was convened by IMPACT Kenya and the National Land Commission. About 200 IPS Community delegates from East Africa, high-level representatives from the African Union, Regional Economic Communities, National and County Governments, Development Actors, CSO, Private Sector, Researchers and the
Academia participated.
The land Summit brought together Indigenous People, Pastoralists and Hunter Gatherer Communities from Eastern Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, DRC, Rwanda and Burundi) to share and learn from each other on current issues affecting them, directly engage policymakers from governments, regional and sub-regional governmental organizations including AU and REC, CSOs and private sector and other actors and together
forge the way forward towards addressing those challenges.
Advocacy for Indigenous Breeds (i.e. Ankole Long Horn Cattle)
PENHA Uganda’s Focal Point Person continued work on reviving the Ankole Long Horn Cattle by having one-on-one talks with several stakeholders. Due to our continued advocacy for the promotion of the indigenous breeds, in December we received a donation of an Ankole Long Horn Bull from one of the cattle breeders in Western Uganda.
Photo credit: Vanessa Champion and DowntoEarth.
