UNHCR's withdrawal from Kiryandongo: anatomy of a handover

This paper explores the relationships, competition and modes of communication between various actors (the refugee population, local population, UNHCR and its implementing partner, and the Ugandan government) are explored in the context of an analysis of the attempted “handover” of the Kiryandongo settlement by UNHCR to the Ugandan government. This has implications for refugee populations in Uganda in general, and for the Kiryandongo population in particular.