ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the local governance institutions in Uganda district of Gulu, did have a fair amount of control of the interventions that were carried out by Northern Uganda Rehabilitation Programme (NUREP) and Stability, Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda Project (SPRING). In general, Gulu district institutions regarded NUREP and SPRING activities as their own. The ownership of the international programmes enabled the local governance institutions to provide essential services and to deal with various problems in the community. The local ownership of the international interventions was found to have had a positive impact on the peacebuilding process. The local governance institutions lacked in certain instances the capacity to fulfil their roles. The main factors enabling this ownership process include the fact that interventions were carried out according to the District Development Plan (DDP), the recognition of local actors as key players, and the existence of clear terms of references manifested in an memorandum of understandings (MoU).
