KAMPALA, Oct 16, 2007 (AFP) - Uganda's government has earmarked 606 million dollar (428 million euros) to develop the north of the country, which has been ravaged by two decades of insurgency, the presidency said Tuesday.
The funds would be used mainly to install infrastructure, to provide relief to displaced civilians and to boost healthcare, notably child immunisation and fighting HIV/AIDS.
"The goal of the plan is stabilisation in order to consolidate peace, recovery and rehabilitation of the north," President Yoweri Museveni said in a statement.
Museveni said some of the funds to be disbursed under the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) for northern Uganda will be released immediately to assist war victims who are unable to physically participate in recovery programmes.
Kampala and rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army are currently engaged in fitful peace talks aimed at ending two decades of conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced around 1.8 million people.
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