PRDP I made substantial inroads in assisting the return and rehabilitation of
communities and institutions aff ected by over two decades of insurgency and armed
hostilities in northern Uganda, but was also fraught with many challenges. Six years
aft er the guns fell silent, and months into the second iteration of the Peace, Recovery
and Development Programme, the question of whether northern Uganda is truly
at peace remains unanswered in many people’s minds. To address it requires due
consideration to regional and sub-regional confl ict drivers, within the context of
national-level democratisation and development challenges that confront the country
as a whole some fi ft y years aft er independence. Th is report speaks to all three levels,
and to the interconnections between them, by synthesising and elaborating on data
collected by the three members of the Advisory Consortium on Confl ict Sensitivity
(ACCS) over the period 2010–2012. It aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of
confl ict drivers that have the potential to undermine development and peacebuilding
eff orts underway in PRDP II. It focuses on people’s perceptions of whether the PRDP
and associated interventions are in fact bringing them up to a par with the rest of
the country and increasing the likelihood of long-term peace and stability. It off ers
recommendations from both the ACCS team and a wide range of community members
who were consulted during an intensive validation process in September 2012.