BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS, AND

ASSOCIATED CATCHMENTS IN UGANDA

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

Funded Activity Title Formation and induction of Gender Responsive

(as is in the agreement) Wetland User Committees in Kasodo Sub County so
as to sustain the post restoration activities in
Lemwa wetland
Focal Point of the District Natural Resources Officer
Responsible Party

Executing Institution PALLISA DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Reporting Date 7TH DEC, 2023

Implementation Period: 30TH, NOV -5TH DEC, 2023
(include the start date of the
quarter and end date of the
quarter)

Total Activity Budget Five Million Shillings Only

Project Site(s)/location Nabitende central, Najeniti water supply, Nakibakiro and

covered Kasodo Sub County Headquarters

Number of Age Group Sub

Participants/ Total
Below 31 Above 30
Beneficiaries
Sex Male 79 190 269

Female 13 34 47

Sub Total 92 224 316

2. IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS

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Provide a narrative report describing the overall progress on the
implementation of the funded activity, focusing on

A) Implementation achievements.

(i) Wetland users in the 11 villages neighboring Lemwa wetland

Mobilized and sensitized on the importance of wetland user
committees in the management of wetlands.
(ii) Awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the various wetland
user committees created.
(iii) Gender responsive wetland user committees elected in each
village, Parish and the Sub County.
(iv)The elected members of each wetland user committee trained on
their roles and responsibilities in Lemwa wetland management.

VILLAGE WETLAND USER COMMITTEES

KISOKO A WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER COMMITTEE

S/ NAME SEX CATEGORY CONTACT POSITION

1 ASEKENYE NAUME F WATER CHAIRPERSON

USER

2 MULEKWA NASONI M FISHMAN VICE C/P

3 KOLERE YOKOLAM M GRAZER SECRETARY

4 MUSANA GEORGE M CULTIVATO MEMBER

R

5 AKURUT BETTY F PAPYRUS MEMBER

KISOKO B WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER COMMITTEE

1 KIRYA JOHN M PAPYRUS 0783135097 CHAIRPERSON

2 MUWAITA IVAN M GRAZER VICE C/P

3 DONDO JULIUS M FISHERMAN SECRETARY

4 KAMUTONO M CULTIVATO MEMBER

MOSSES R

5 KAIRE MARGARET F WATER MEMBER

USER

NABITENDE CENTRAL WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER

COMMITTEE

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1 MUSOKE SAM M GRAZER 0700684234 CHAIRPERSON

2 KAPIO JOHN M CULTIVAT VICE C/P

OR

3 KIRALIRE M FISHERMA SECRETARY

JAMES N

4 TAKALI F WATER MEMBER

EFULANSI USER

5 ABANI SABASI M PAPYRUS MEMBER

NAJENITI I WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER COMMITTEE

1 MWESI M GRAZER CHAIRPERSON

ANDREW

2 MAYUGA M PAPYRUS VICE C/P

CHRISTOPHER

3 GUGULU M FISHERMA 0783831108 SECRETARY

STEPHEN N

4 NAMUDIRA F WATER MEMBER

AZIZA USER

5 SIIDI M CULTIVAT MEMBER

ZEWULANSI OR

NAJENITI II WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER COMMITTEE

1 KAMINI M CULTIVAT 0703203337 CHAIRPERSON

STEPHEN OR

2 KOOTE F WATER VICE C/P

VERONICA USER

3 WAJALA M GRAZER 0783277465 SECRETARY

STEPHEN

4 WALWASWA M FISHERMA MEMBER

BENARD N

5 WAKO ATANASI M PAPYRUS 0783361059 MEMBER

NAKITENDE WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER COMMITTEE

1 NAMASESE M FISHERMA 0762897338 CHAIRPERSON

JOHN N

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2 NAKIRYA F WATER VICE C/P
DOROTHY USER

3 MUDONDO F CULTIVAT SECRETARY

ESTHER OR

4 MKUNGU M PAPYRUS MEMBER

GODFREY

5 MADUDU M GRAZER MEMBER

PONTIONO

KASODO WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER COMMITTEE

1 MUKULA M CULTIVAT CHAIRPERSON

JOSEPH OR

2 KIRYA M GRAZER 0784679906 VICE C/P

MICHEAL

3 GONGERA F WATER 0740571713 SECRETARY

JENIOHER USER

4 MEJJE M FISHERMA MEMBER

NASANAIRI N

5 MUKETA M PAPYRUS MEMBER

BUMALI

BUKENYE A WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER COMMITTEE

1 LABE VINCENT M CULTIVAT 0776987079 CHAIRPERSON

OR

2 KOOWA M GRAZER 0788615523 VICE C/P

EMMANUEL

3 ZALIWA SAM M PAPYRUS 0780923309 SECRETARY

4 NAMUKONO M FISHERMA MEMBER

PATRICK N

5 KATAIKE F WATER MEMBER

JULIET USER

BUKENYE B WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER COMMITTEE

1 DEDYA SILAS M GRAZER 0775087338 CHAIRPERSON

2 TATAMBA M CULTIVAT VICE C/P

JULIUS OR

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3 TAWONIA M FISHERMA SECRETARY
JOREM N

4 KAYENDEKE F WATER MEMBER

MARY USER

5 KARIKODI M PAPYRUS MEMBER

GERALD

NSAMBYA WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER COMMITTEE

1 KESI SILVAN M GRAZER 0784396509 CHAIRPERSON

2 MUZEI AMUZA M PAPYRUS 074963926 VICE C/P

3 WAIRAGALA M CULTIVAT 0773587633 MEMBER

ASUKEDI OR

4 NAWAIGULO F WATER MEMBER

JANE
USER

5 MUSANA M FISHERMA MEMBER

AUGUSTINE N

NAKIBAKIRO WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER

COMMITTEE

1 NAWISO M GRAZER 0779837218 CHAIRPERSON

HUSSEIN

2 MUGENI PETER M FISHERMA 0751365961 VICE C/P

N

3 MAGANDA M CULTIVAT 0774813737 SECRETARY

EDWARD OR

4 KAYANGA F WATER MEMBER

KAMAYATI USER

5 KISANYA MUSA M PAPYRUS MEMBER

PARISH WETLAND USER COMMITTEES

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 NABITENDE PARISH WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER
COMMITTEE

S/ Name Sex Categor Contact Position

No y
.

1 TAKALI EFULANSI F WATER CHAIRPERSO

USER N

2 KOLERE YOKOLAM M CULTIV VICE C/P

ATOR

3 DONDO JULIUS M FISHER SECRETARY

MAN

4 MUSOKE ERISAM M GRAZE MEMBER

R

5 OILA JOHN KIRYA F PAPYRU MEMBER

S

NAJENITI PARISH WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER

COMMITTEE

1 ZALIWA SAM M PAPYRUS CHAIRPERSO

N

2 WANJALA M GRAZER VICE C/P

STEPHEN

3 KAMINI M FISHERM SECRETARY

STEPHEN AN

4 MUDONDO F WATER MEMBER

ESTHER USER

5 KARIKOD M CULTIVAT MEMBER

GERALD OR

KASODO PARISH WETLAND GENDER RESPONSIVE WETLAND USER

COMMITTEE

1 MUGENI M FISHERM 0778544985 CHAIRPERSO

PETER AN N

2 MUZEI AMUZA M PAPYRUS 0784963926 VICE C/P

3 WAIRAGALA M CULTIVAT 0773587633 SECRETARY

ASUKADI OR

4 GONGERA F WATER 0740571713 MEMBER

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 JENIPHER USER

5 KASANYA M GRAZER 0777278400 MEMBER

MUSA

KASODO SUB COUNTY WETLAND USER COMMITTEE

S/N Name Sex Category Contact

1 MUDONDO ESTHER F WATER USER 0780-251-882

2 KOLERE YOKOLAM M CULTIVATOR 0772-918-010

3 WANJALA STEPHEN M GRAZER 0757-962-595

4 KARIKOD GERALD M PAPYRUS 0762-445-343

5 MUGENI PETER M FISHERMAN 0778-544-985

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF WETLAND USER COMMITTEES

CULTIVATORS

a. Monitor fellow cultivators to ensure none encroaches into the

wetland buffer zone.
b. Identify and report to the parish committee any cultivator that
displaces or demolishes the planted wetland boundary pillar.
c. Identify and report to the parish committee any persons that
attempts to reclaim the wetland area for cultivation
d. Receive and refer any grievances to the village GRC

GRAZERS

a. Mobilise community members to open cattle routes to allow

access to watering points in the wetland.
b. Ensure cattle keepers do not allow animals to destroy crops
planted outside the wetland’s protected zone.
c. Receive and refer any grievances to the GRC
d. Ensure that cultivators do not plant crops beyond the wetland
boundary.

FISHERMEN AND WOMEN

a. Monitor and report persons using illegal fishing gears to the

Parish Committee.
b. Ensure protection of the wetland vegetation around Lemwa
lakeshores.

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 c. Identify and report persons that engage in burning of the
wetland vegetation.
d. Sensitize fellow fishermen and women to adopt the use of only
legal fishing gears.
e. Receive and refer any grievances to the GRC

PAPYRUS HARVESTORS

a. Regulate exploitation of papyrus and other wetland vegetation

b. Identify and report persons that engage in burning of the
wetland vegetation.
c. Receive and refer any grievances to the GRC

WATER USER COMMITTEE

a. Identify and report any activities likely to cause water pollution

in Lake Lemwa.
b. Receive and refer any grievances to the GRC

A) Challenges according to the planned sub-activities.(Include a

description of key milestones of the funded activity achieved during this
reporting period including any deviations from original expectations. Also
describe challenges encountered and actions undertaken to resolve these
challenges)

No challenge

B) Lessons learned during implementation.(Include positive achievements

and better-than-expected results. If any risks have arisen during the
implementation period, please provide a description of those risks and how
they have impacted their implementation and final targets. Please provide
information on key results and deliverables within wider country context and
connect the rationale of the activities with the why and how results were
achieved).

The formation of wetland user committees enhanced community

ownership of the Lemwa restoration activities. The elected members for
each category pledged to monitor the activities of their respective interest
groups so as to ensure sustainable utilization of the wetland services and
products.

3. PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Provide a narrative report describing the progress on the funded activity’s
performance against the following.

3.1 Impact Potential (potential to achieve impact)

The establishment of the Wetland User Committees brings together the

different wetland users such as grazers, cultivators, papyrus harvesters,
fishermen and water users to jointly monitor and also find local solutions to
emerging challenges for sustainable management of Lemwa wetland.

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 3.2 Paradigm Shift Potential
a. Potential for scaling up and replication

Wetland user committees comprise of community members whose daily

activities are conducted within the wetland. These committees being closer
to the wetland are suitable for close monitoring of the post restoration
activities. This approach should be adopted and replicated in all other
wetland systems in the district.

b. Potential for knowledge sharing and learning

The leaders of each committee once trained also become trainers of other
wetland users this creates a great potential for sharing and learning.

c. Contribution to the creation of an enabling environment

The different user committees create enabling environment for sustenance of

the restoration efforts through information sharing.

d. Contribution to the regulatory framework and policies

The wetland committees shall continue to disseminate the policies regarding

wetland management to other wetland users as well as monitor the
implementation of the wetland policies.

e. Overall contribution to climate-resilient development

pathways consistent with relevant national climate change
adaptation strategies and plans.

Awareness creation on climate change adaptation and mitigation

3.3 Community ownership

The engagement caused ownership of the activities geared towards wetland

restoration and sustainable wetland use by the Sub County stakeholders.

3.4 Efficiency and Effectiveness (Give information on the delivery of

activities, gaps, what needs to be improved for better delivery, etc)

The elected committee members were inducted in their roles and

responsibilities. However, follow up to monitor, guide, and supervise the
operations of the committees should be undertaken.

4. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

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 a) Implementation of the stakeholder engagement plan (give information on all
stakeholders that have been engaged)
S/N Sub-activity Dates and venues Information Outputs /results
implemented during of engagement shared with including issues
the reporting period activities stakeholders addressed during the
reporting period

1 Formation of 30th Nov, 2023. The different Village wetland

wetland user Nabitende wetland user user committee
committees at village Central committees to elected in each of
level be instituted. the 11 villages.
1st Dec, 2023.
Roles and
Najeniti
responsibilities
of the
2nd Dec, 2023
committees
Nakibakiro
2 Formation of Parish 5th Dec, 2023 Roles and 3 parish wetland
and Sub County Kasodo Sub responsibilities user committees
wetland user County of the selected and 1 sub county
committees Headquarters wetland user wetland user
committees committee formed

b) Implementation of the grievance redress mechanism(include all

grievances managed during the reporting period)

No grievance

5. GENDER MAINSTREAMING
Provide a report on gender activities undertaken and results achieved as a result of the
completion of the funded activity. Include information on;

a) Give quantitative and qualitative information on the performance

of actions on gender mainstreaming and the progress on actions
identified.

Each committee had a woman representative from village, parish up

to the sub county

b) Implementation challenges and actions undertaken to address the

challenges faced.
No Challenge

c) lessons learned and how these will inform ongoing actions

Formation of wetland user committees will increase community

participation in the management of wetlands and project activities thus
contributing towards improved management, better spirit of local

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 ownership and sustainability of all achievements and outcomes of the
project.

ANNEXES

Figure 1: DNRO Pallisa addressing wetland users at Nabitende

Figure 2: election of the parish wetland user committees at Kasodo

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Figure 3: Kasodo Sub County Chairperson addressing the elected committees

Attached: attendance List

Prepared by:

Samuka Muhamed
District Natural Resources Officer/Pallisa District

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