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21:38, July 31, 2007 |
Over 174,000 internally displaced persons (IDP) in the war-ravaged northern Ugandan district of Pader have left the main camps and settled in communal homesteads closer to their villages amidst key challenges.
Peter Odok W''Ocheng, the district Local Council 5 chairman, was quoted by the state-owned New Vision on Tuesday saying the movement has helped the displaced people who entirely depended on humanitarian aid to cultivate their land.
"Pader has 174 communal settlements with 174,074 people. The population of the district has risen from 326,338 in 2002 to 407, 923," he said.
W''Ocheng attributed the increased return of the IDPs to the ongoing peace talks between the government and the rebel Lord''s Resistance Army (LRA).
He said four sub-county ranches had been restocked with 4,000 head of cattle to encourage people to engage in farming.
Whereas the IDPs continue to return home, a report titled Rapid Assessment of Population Movement in Gulu and Pader has raised some concerns of the IDP return.
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