General Policy Documents (page 3)
Uganda–Kenya Cross-border agreement for the Karamoja cluster
In mid-September 2019, the Presidents of Uganda and Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Kenya–Uganda (Turkana/West Pokot – Karamoja) cross-border programme for sustainable peace and socio-economic transformation for the Karamoja cluster. The draft MoU for the joint cross-border initiative can be found here and the joint workplan 2019–23 for the implementation […]
UNEA-4 resolution on sustainable rangelands & pastoralism
At its 4th session in March 2019, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) passed Resolution L17 “Innovations in Sustainable Rangelands and Pastoralism”. This was originally proposed by the Government of Kenya and was supported by the Africa Group. It is a significant achievement to have a UNEA resolution specifically on rangelands and pastoralism. The Resolution […]
Kenya-Ethiopia MoU on cross-border animal health
The “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on cross-border cooperation on animal health and sanitary measures” (2016, 8pp) was designed to enhance bilateral cooperation and joint coordination on cross-border animal health issues and sanitary measures to improve the livelihoods of […]
MoU on cross-border animal health in Karamoja
The main beneficiaries of the “Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of South Sudan and the Republic of Uganda on cross-border animal health coordination” (2016, 16pp) are transhumant pastoralists and other livestock farmers in the areas of the “Karamoja cluster”: the Karamojong […]
Pastoral land policies in Ethiopia, Kenya & Uganda
The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) produced a review report on “Policies and proclamations relevant to pastoral areas land management for Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” (2017, 52pp) as an output from the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank. The report is based on a desk study […]