RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED KARUMA - GULU Public Disclosure Authorized WATER SUPPLY PROJECT (Reference Number: NWSC–HQRS/SRVCS/17-18/163587) Prepared for: RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN FOR KARUMA- GULU WATER SUPPLY Prepared for: Public Disclosure Authorized PROJECT (Reference Number: NWSC–HQRS/SRVCS/17-18/163587) NATIONAL WATER & SEWERAGE CORPORATION Plot 39 Jinja Road P.O. Box 7053, Kampala, Uganda Public Disclosure Authorized By: By: AIR WATER EARTH (AWE) LTD Environmental, Civil Engineers & Project Management Consultants M1, Plot 27 Binayomba Road, Bugolobi P. O. Box 22428, Kampala, Uganda Public Disclosure Authorized February 2020 AWE is member of International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC-GAMA) Uganda Kenya Rwanda USA CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................................. VI LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................................................. VII LIST OF PHOTOS .............................................................................................................................................. VIII LIST OF BOXES ................................................................................................................................................. VIII ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................................................... IX EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................... XI 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 SCOPE OF PROJECT .......................................................................................................... 1 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF RAP .......................................................................................................... 2 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................................. 3 2.1 PROPONENTS’ CONTACT................................................................................................... 3 2.2 LOCATION OF PROJECT SITE ............................................................................................ 3 2.3 PROJECT COMPONENTS ................................................................................................... 6 3 RAP METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................. 14 3.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 14 3.2 CONSULTATIONS .............................................................................................................. 14 3.3 SOCIAL SURVEY ................................................................................................................ 15 3.3.1 Approach ..................................................................................................................... 15 3.3.2 Methods....................................................................................................................... 17 3.4 CADASTRAL SURVEYING METHODOLOGY .................................................................... 17 3.5 PROPERTY VALUATION METHODOLOGY ....................................................................... 19 3.5.1 Land ............................................................................................................................ 19 3.5.2 Buildings and Improvements ....................................................................................... 20 3.5.3 Crops and Trees .......................................................................................................... 21 3.6 ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSATION .................................................................................. 22 3.7 VALUATION ASSUMPTIONS ............................................................................................. 23 3.8 MISSING BLOCK AND PLOT NUMBERS ........................................................................... 23 3.9 DISTURBANCE ALLOWANCE ............................................................................................ 23 4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF PAPS .................................................................................................... 24 4.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 24 4.2 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ........................................................................................ 24 4.2.1 Average Size of the Affected Households ................................................................... 24 Page | ii 4.2.2 Gender Distribution of Household Heads .................................................................... 25 4.2.3 Age- Group .................................................................................................................. 25 4.2 LAND TENURE AND OWNERSHIP .................................................................................... 26 4.3 LIVELIHOODS ..................................................................................................................... 27 4.3.1 Occupations ................................................................................................................ 27 4.3.2 Levels of Income ......................................................................................................... 27 4.3.3 Spending Patterns ....................................................................................................... 28 4.4 ETHNICITY AND RELIGION ............................................................................................... 28 4.5 HEALTH AND SANITATION................................................................................................ 29 4.6 SOURCES OF WATER ....................................................................................................... 30 4.7 WASTE MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................... 31 4.8 LEVEL OF EDUCATION ..................................................................................................... 32 4.9 ENERGY SOURCES ........................................................................................................... 32 4.10 VULNERABILITY AMONG PAPS ........................................................................................ 33 5 POLICY, LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................ 34 5.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 34 5.2 POLICY FRAMEWORK ....................................................................................................... 34 5.2.1 National Gender Policy 1997 ....................................................................................... 34 5.2.2 HIV/AIDS Policy .......................................................................................................... 34 5.2.3 Uganda Resettlement/Land Acquisition Policy Framework, 2002 ............................... 35 5.2.4 Uganda Vision 2040 .................................................................................................... 35 5.2.5 Guidelines for Compensation under Land Acquisition ................................................. 35 5.3 RELEVANT NATIONAL LAWS ............................................................................................ 37 5.3.1 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 ............................................................. 37 5.3.2 Land Act, Cap 227 ....................................................................................................... 40 5.3.3 Local Government Act (1997) ...................................................................................... 40 5.3.4 Land Acquisition Act (1965) ......................................................................................... 41 5.3.5 Historical Monuments Act 1967 ................................................................................... 41 5.3.6 The Roads Act (1964) ................................................................................................. 42 5.3.7 Investment Code Act, Cap 92 ...................................................................................... 42 5.3.8 The Water Act, 1997 (Cap 152) ................................................................................... 42 5.3.9 The Physical Planning Act, 2010 ................................................................................. 43 5.3.10 National Water and Sewerage Corporation Statute, 1995 ........................................... 43 5.3.11 Children Act, Cap 59 ................................................................................................... 43 5.3.12 Domestic Violence Act, 2010 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