<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/07880ee3-af12-4991-9b78-cc3292fc1111/43FF8ADF-D4CF-4325-8E5A-3ED78685AA3E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/55868/2009/07/25-174014-1.htm" href="http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/55868/2009/07/25-174014-1.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.alertnet.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/55868/2009/07/25-174014-1.htm">Elders' arbitration is likelier to solve conflicts in East Africa than modern governance, a <A target="new" href="http://www.minorityrights.org/8101/press-releases/traditional-community-methods-could-provide-solutions-to-conflicts-in-east-africa.html">report</A> released on Tuesday said. <P></P> Research in Karamoja, part of northeast Uganda, showed traditional methods of resolving conflict had worked well for centuries and were key to justice today, <A target="new" href="http://www.minorityrights.org">Minority Rights Group International</A> (MRG) said. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/55868/2009/07/25-174014-1.htm">"They understand the context, it is efficient, effective and cheaper,"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/55868/2009/07/25-174014-1.htm">For instance, Karamoja faces drought for almost half the year. Traditionally, the Karamojong people relied on their Iteso neighbours for water and pasture in the dry season while the Iteso needed the Karamojong for oxen to plough their land. <P></P> But recently government-imposed restrictions, the creation of boundaries and lack of resources have led to increasing conflict between the groups. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/55868/2009/07/25-174014-1.htm">"We are advocating to the government to give a place to customary institutions, for elders to play a role in the justice system, because they are the ones living with the people,"</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/43FF8ADF-D4CF-4325-8E5A-3ED78685AA3E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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