By John Okello Lapok
Political Parties under the Inter-Party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD), National Consultative Forum for Political Parties and Organisations (NCF), and other stakeholders have agreed to integrate the Consociational Democracy Agreement (CDA) initiative into the Uganda National Dialogue Framework.
The decision was arrived at during a meeting held yesterday at Kirema Heritage Farm-Nakaseke and hosted by Gen Caleb Akandwanaho Salim Saleh, the brain behind the CDA initiative.
The meeting aimed at enabling participants reflect on Uganda’s political and governance challenges and explore pathways towards national consensus.
“Acknowledging previous dialogue efforts and emerging national challenges, participants agreed to the integration of the Consociational Democracy Agreement (CDA) initiative into the Uganda National Dialogue Framework” explained a press statement issued shortly after the meeting and signed by Prof. Ogenga Otunu, team leader CDA, Godfrey Kiwanda Ssuubi-Chairman National Consultative Forum, and Gerald Blacks Siranda, the Chairman IPOD Council.
The Uganda National Dialogue Framework was established under the authority of President Museveni on December 18, 2018. It is being chaired by former Prime Minister Rt. Hon Dr Ruhakana Rugunda.
According to the participants, the integration of CDA into the Uganda National Dialogue Framework would provide an established National Platform for broader, inclusive and structured stakeholder engagement towards political reconciliation, socio-economic transformation and national cohesion.
