NAFODU

You may wonder how possible this can be?Who/which efforts are behind all this- the fight against corruption which has turned out to be cancer, to all the citizens of Uganda, in the Education sector- UPE funds are being embezzled, health sector the same applies and when it comes to electral commission matters worsen, it calls for urgent attention of everyone especially the those people who are financially unstable because with this, the poor will be poorer while the rich will accumulate wealth, this the reason why in Uganda at present someone can store sh.900m in the house while the neighbour is living below the poverty-line ie they sleep hungry.It calls for urgent attention especially those people who are more negatively affected, ie the poor since they are continuing to be poor while the rich are continuing to accumulate wealth.At NAFODU we believe its possible to erase corruption by sensitising the affected groups of people to practice their rights and utilise any chance of the 'dim' democracy in case it avails for a second.We teach them for example to attend budget reading at their subcounties, monitor the tendering boards of their districts by ensuring these people who are given tenders put the money to rightful resources in order to avoid the rampant damage of newly built city buildings, schools which collapse within a very short period of time simply because money and resources are put to private gain.

In Uganda, corruption has turned out to be a cancer unfortunately slopping down the ladder,ie top-bottom, the top government officials who are expected to have enough, they take the lead,talk of the Temangalo issue, the workers' money in NSSF which was embezzled, talk of the funds which were to cater for HIV/AIDS patients Tuberclosis and malaria.When it comes courts of laws, the files of people dissappear into thin air until the victim brings what we call 'kitu kidogo'- a bribe to the officer, the same applies to the magistrates courts where a case can spend 20 years in court once they realise the complainant has wealth and when it comes to the Local council courts Lc1 and Lc2 matters worsen because  they deliberately refuse to issue out judgements to people who in conflict until they pay a high some of money, is it because they are not paid by Government?How about the top rich officials, WHAT KIND OF GREED THIS IS? Reader, we strongly believe starting with you we can erase corruption from the families, communities and the country at large.

At NAFODU we ensure democracy is achieved begiinning with the family, neighbour as the circle widens.Someone asked, 'Is it really possible to completely erase corruption'?Believe me at NAFODU we know constitutionally that power belongs to people only that it is not being practiced because people do not know, we shall inform them and sensitize them on how to rule themselves since in democracy, its the masses to determine the way they want to be ruled, WHO WOULD WANT THE TAX PAYERS MONEY TO BE DIVERTED?AND WHO WOULD LET THE BUILDING BEFALL HIM OR HER BECAUSE FAKE CEMENT?

People are not to be led sheepshilly, the constitution protects them, therefore beginning with the grassroot villages we determined to make sure the funds of the government are allocated to the rightful resources.WHAT DO SAY?

Someone recently paused a question'Are you sure you will manage to fight and completely erase corruption'?The answer was 'YES', why at NAFODU we believe in empowering people and considering their decisions.

At NAFODU, we aim at achieving a society in which people's rights are observed at all levels starting from the family, community and the country as a whole bringing together all groups of people regardless of religion, political party,levels of education, rich or poor,gender and all sorts of social stratification. We look forward to achieve communities in which women are nolonger beaten by their husbands like cows, the girl child being denied of her rights to education, inheritance of property and alike, children being misreated, the marginalised groups of people like the Batwa in SouthWestern Uganda,People living with disablities and HIV,PWD the elderly being deprived of their property. We believe in this success in partinership with the government of Uganda since we have a common goal of restoring peace and security of every citizen of Uganda our sloganbeing,POWER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE.

 This is why we take the initiative to sensitise and educate people of their rights by organising conferences, roundtable discussions separating men and women at times,government bodies like thje police addressing them on the steps of achieving a corrupt free society, and basically addresing the rural people about their rights because we discovered that its out of ignorance that most Ugandans suffer and as it is believed,'Ignorance of the law is no excuse'. A point in case is that a big number of people especially the poor in villages have sacrificed their poor daughters' lives when they are raped and their parents end up forcing the rapist to pay a small sum of money for the offence commited or forcing the poor young girl to get married to the rapist. Simply because these unsensitized people do not know such is a police case. NAFODU,National foundation for democracy and human rights in Uganda, we hope for a peaceful corrupt free society.

We strive to ensure that the women are nolonger categorised among the marginalised groups by empowering them and sensitising them about their constitutional rights.We empower them to go beyond "ACCESS" to resources that belong to them but rather control them too.