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Africiteacutes 2006 le rendez-vous kenyan des autoriteacutes locales africaines Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi - Pan Afrique - Kenya - Deacuteveloppement - Afrique

Lundi 13 Novembre 2006

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Africiteacutes 2006 le rendez-vous kenyan des autoriteacutes locales africainesEntretien avec Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi

lundi 18 septembre 2006 par Falila Gbadamassi

LrsquoAfrique des collectiviteacutes locales se retrouve agrave compter de ce lundi agrave Nairobi la capitale kenyane dans le cadre du sommet Africiteacutes Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi le secreacutetaire geacuteneacuteral du CGLUA (Citeacutes et gouvernements locaux unis drsquoAfrique) en reacutesume les enjeux pour Afrik

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laquo Des strateacutegies qui permettent de srsquoajuster aux Objectifs du milleacutenaire pour le deacuteveloppement car au rythme actuel ils ne seront atteints que dans 110 ans raquo dixit Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi Les propos du secreacutetaire geacuteneacuteral du Partenariat pour le deacuteveloppement municipal (PDM) et du CGLUA (Citeacutes et gouvernements locaux unis drsquoAfrique) organisateur du quatriegraveme sommet des collectiviteacutes locales Africiteacutes situe bien la porteacutee de la rencontre qursquoaccueille la ville de Nairobi du 18 au 24 septembre 2006 Apregraves Abidjan (Cocircte drsquoIvoire) en 1998 Windhoek (Namibie) en 2000 et Yaoundeacute (Cameroun) en 2003 les collectiviteacutes locales - le continent africain compte 15 000 communes - et leurs partenaires se donnent encore rendez-vous pour faire rimer deacutecentralisation et deacuteveloppement Le salon international des maires et collectiviteacutes locales Citexpo se tient parallegravelement aux travaux drsquoAfriciteacutes

Afrikcom Quels sont les enjeux de ce quatriegraveme sommet Africiteacutes Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi Les enjeux de ce sommet sont contenus dans le thegraveme choisi laquo Construire des coalitions locales pour la reacutealisation effective des Objectifs du milleacutenaire pour le deacuteveloppement (OMD) au sein des collectiviteacutes locales africaines raquo Le premier de ces enjeux est de persuader lrsquoensemble des acteurs impliqueacutes dans le deacuteveloppement en particulier lrsquoEtat que sans lrsquointervention des autoriteacutes locales dont Kofi Annan le secreacutetaire geacuteneacuteral des Nations Unies a dit que 70 des OMD tombaient sous leur responsabiliteacute qursquoil nrsquoest pas possible de les atteindre sans elles Il srsquoagit eacutegalement de faire savoir agrave ces acteurs que sans un partenariat avec eux il ne sera pas non plus possible drsquoatteindre ces objectifs Deuxiegraveme enjeu il faut que la deacutecentralisation se poursuive afin que la gouvernance de nos Etats srsquoameacuteliore Le deacuteveloppement sera local ou ne le sera pas La deacutemocratie est locale ou ne lrsquoest pas Le troisiegraveme enjeu est qursquoil y a une Afrique qui travaille pour ameacuteliorer le quotidien de milliers et de milliers de personnes et lrsquoimage de cette Afrique-lagrave doit ecirctre projeteacutee dans les meacutedia Il nrsquoy a pas que lrsquoAfrique des deacutesastres et des catastrophes Lrsquoespoir est dans cette Afrique volontaire et non dans les jeacutereacutemiades dans lrsquoinjustice du monde que nous nrsquoavons pas les moyens de corriger Ce sont ceux qui se battent pour que les choses changent et qui ont foi en leur combat qui doivent ecirctre mis en lumiegravere

Afrikcom Qui participera agrave ce sommet Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi Nous attendons 5 000 participants sinon autant qursquoagrave Yaoundeacute crsquoest-agrave-dire au moins 3 500 deacuteleacutegueacutes En lrsquooccurrence tous les grands acteurs du deacuteveloppement local comme lrsquoassociation des bidonvillois les associations de jeunes de femmes les repreacutesentants du pouvoir traditionnel les milieux des affaires de la finance et de la microfinance les syndicats et les organisations paysannes des experts et des universitaires les professionnels de lrsquoadministration locale et centrale Les maires les ministres et les partenaires au deacuteveloppement sont eacutegalement attendus Les deux premiers jours sont consacreacutes agrave des rencontres theacutematiques qui porteront sur les thegravemes du sommet agrave savoir les OMD Les repreacutesentants des Nations Unies nous diront ougrave nous en sommes et discuteront de leurs diffeacuterentes strateacutegies avec les repreacutesentants des populations

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concerneacutees Ensuite nous revisiterons les politiques locales agrave la lumiegravere de ces Objectifs Enfin tous ces acteurs se reacuteuniront pour faire des recommandations adresseacutees aux ministres et aux partenaires au deacuteveloppement Viennent srsquoajouter agrave ces sessions theacutematiques des sessions speacuteciales Elles concernent lrsquoensemble des gens qui veulent travailler avec les collectiviteacutes locales Le dernier volet du sommet est politique et se deacuteclinera en une reacuteunion des maires des ministres et une rencontre tripartite entre maires ministres et partenaires au deacuteveloppement afin de discuter de lrsquoagenda de la coopeacuteration dans le domaine de la deacutecentralisation en fonction des OMD

Afrikcom Justement ougrave en est cette deacutecentralisation dans les pays africains Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi La deacutecentralisation avance et elle est tregraves marqueacutee par la diffeacuterence entre la volonteacute politique et la reacutealiteacute de sa mise en oeuvre sur le terrain Cette derniegravere rencontre les reacutesistances des administrations centrales qui ont eacuteteacute habitueacutees agrave geacuterer de faccedilon centraliseacutee la vie publique Crsquoest un combat dans lequel les collectiviteacutes locales doivent arracher petit agrave petit plus de pouvoir Cela ne sera possible que si elles rendent service aux populations avec efficaciteacute et transparence Crsquoest lrsquounique gage de leur victoire

Afrikcom Y a-t-il des modegraveles agrave suivre sur le continent Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi A lrsquoheure actuelle lrsquoAfrique du Sud est le pays le plus prometteur dans ce domaine La deacutecentralisation figure dans la Constitution sud-africaine Les autoriteacutes locales sont reconnues comme un niveau de gouvernement intangible Les Sud-Africains ont par ailleurs organiseacute les relations entre les pouvoirs local provincial et central Crsquoest lrsquoun des meilleurs exemples en matiegravere de deacutecentralisation mais il y en a drsquoautres Le Ghana a aussi fait des progregraves tregraves importants lrsquoOuganda eacutegalement de mecircme que le Burkina Faso et le Mali

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La deacutecentralisation est en marche en Afrique Le sommet Africiteacutes srsquoest termineacute ce vendredi au Kenya

dimanche 24 septembre 2006 par Falila Gbadamassi

Le sommet des collectiviteacutes locales africaines Africiteacutes srsquoest acheveacute ce vendredi agrave Nairobi la capitale kenyane Pour ses organisateurs ce sommet marque indeacuteniablement un tournant majeur dans le processus de deacutecentralisation en Afrique et la volonteacute des collectiviteacutes locales de jouer pleinement leur rocircle de premiers acteurs du deacuteveloppement en relevant le deacutefi des Objectifs du milleacutenaire pour le deacuteveloppement (OMD)

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laquo Maintenant la deacutecentralisation est en marche il ne peut plus y avoir de retour en arriegravere Les ministres qui nrsquoabonderont pas dans se sens ne pourront que se sentir honteux raquo Crsquoest en ces termes que Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi le secreacutetaire geacuteneacuteral du CGLUA (Citeacutes et gouvernements locaux unis drsquoAfrique) a reacutesumeacute lrsquoun des principaux acquis de la quatriegraveme eacutedition du sommet Africiteacutes qui srsquoest termineacute ce vendredi agrave Nairobi au Kenya Plus de 4 000 deacuteleacutegueacutes africains et occidentaux ont fait le deacuteplacement pour assister agrave ce rendez-vous des collectiviteacutes locales africaines Pour Gustavo Massiah conseiller strateacutegique du Partenariat pour le deacuteveloppement municipal (PDM) cette eacutedition drsquoAfriciteacutes est le lieu ougrave laquo les collectiviteacutes locales se sont affirmeacutees comme acteurs de deacuteveloppement raquo Aussi souhaitent-elles ameacuteliorer laquo leur fonctionnement et se mettre agrave la hauteur des enjeux Les projets qursquoelles portent ne sont pas des projets abstraits et sont en parfaite adeacutequation avec les objectifs du milleacutenaire raquo

Les OMD expriment en effet de faccedilon concregravete les problegravemes auxquels les autoriteacutes locales sont confronteacutees au quotidien entre autres lutte contre la pauvreteacute accegraves agrave lrsquoeacuteducation lutte contre le sida Les OMD selon M Elong Mbassi offrent la possibiliteacute de mettre en place un systegraveme de controcircle de leur mise en œuvre A ce titre les participants ont suggeacutereacute dans la Deacuteclaration de Nairobi publieacutee agrave lrsquoissue du sommet qursquoun systegraveme permanent drsquoeacutevaluation des recommandations drsquoAfriciteacutes 2006 soit mis en place sous lrsquoeacutegide du CGLUA

Eviter la prolifeacuteration des bidonvilles

Lrsquoeacutetablissement de partenariats entre les collectiviteacutes locales et les diffeacuterents acteurs du deacuteveloppement au plan national et international demeure un des leviers cleacutes pour atteindre les OMD Concernant les ressources financiegraveres eacutemanant des bailleurs de fonds internationaux Gustavo Massiah note que ce laquo sommet marque la naissance drsquoune nouvelle dynamique Nous devons faire ce que nous pouvons faire Nous ne devons plus penser agrave ce que veulent ou proposent les bailleurs de fonds Evidemment nous avons besoin de financement et donc nous allons discuter avec les partenaires du deacuteveloppement mais il faut qursquoils eacutecoutent la demande Et qui mieux que les collectiviteacutes locales peuvent exprimer une demande agrave la fois institutionnelle et participative Un proverbe africain dit que la main qui donne est toujours au dessus de la main qui reccediloit Crsquoest ce qursquoil faut changer raquo De mecircme la deacuteclaration finale reconnaicirct comme un deacutefi majeur lrsquourbanisation Dans dix ans la plupart des Africains seront des citadins et 70 drsquoentre-eux vivront dans des bidonvilles

Le Vice-preacutesident kenyan Moody Awori lrsquoancien Preacutesident mozambicain Joaquim Chissano le ministre kenyan chargeacute des Collectiviteacutes locales Musikari Kombo le



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ministre franccedilais deacuteleacutegueacute agrave la Coopeacuteration au deacuteveloppement et agrave la Francophonie Brigitte Girardin et le dynamique maire de Nairobi Dick Wathika ont pris part agrave la ceacutereacutemonie de clocircture drsquoAfriciteacutes A noter qursquooutre celle du Kenya la deacuteleacutegation franccedilaise eacutetait la plus importante suivie par celles de lrsquoAfrique du Sud et de la Cocircte drsquoIvoire La France est le quatriegraveme bailleur de fonds du Kenya et le franccedilais enseigneacute dans les eacutetablissements scolaires est la langue eacutetrangegravere la plus parleacutee sur le territoire kenyan








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Le PDM un acteur cleacute de la deacutecentralisation en AfriqueEntretien avec Simon Compaoreacute le preacutesident du Partenariat pour le deacuteveloppement municipal (PDM)

mardi 26 septembre 2006 par Falila Gbadamassi

Simon Compaoreacute est le maire de Ouagadougou et le preacutesident du Partenariat pour le deacuteveloppement municipal (PDM) lrsquoorganisation agrave qui lrsquoon doit le deacuteveloppement du mouvement municipal africain et lrsquoinstauration du sommet Africiteacutes Sa quatriegraveme eacutedition a pris fin le week-end dernier au Kenya Simon Compaoreacute qui a pris part agrave la manifestation revient sur les missions du PDM et lrsquointeacuterecirct de cette rencontre pour sa ville

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Simon Compaoreacute est eacutegalement le preacutesident de lrsquoAssociation des municipaliteacutes du Burkina Faso et membre du bureau exeacutecutif du CGLUA (Citeacutes et Gouvernements Locaux Unis drsquoAfrique) Le Partenariat pour le deacuteveloppement municipal (PDM) est composeacute de 18 associations de pouvoirs locaux repreacutesentant autant de pays africains membres Il est neacute en 1991 drsquoun partenariat entre les responsables africains et les bailleurs de fonds internationaux dans le but de laquo soutenir les politiques de deacutecentralisation et de renforcement des capaciteacutes des collectiviteacutes locales en Afrique raquo Lrsquoorganisation dispose de deux bureaux reacutegionaux pour Afrique de lrsquoEst et australe baseacute agrave Harareacute (Zimbabwe) et pour lrsquoAfrique de lrsquoOuest et du Centre (PDM-Ouest) dont le siegravege est agrave Cotonou (Beacutenin)

Afrikcom A compter de ce sommet Africiteacutes qui vient de srsquoachever agrave Nairobi le PDM qui avait organiseacute ces rencontres jusqursquoici passe le flambeau au CGLUA pour lrsquoorganisation de cette manifestation La naisance du CGLUA modifie-t-il les missions du PDM Simon Compaoreacute Le PDM agrave sa creacuteation avait pour but de renforcer le processus de deacutecentralisation en cours en Afrique de faire en sorte que la deacutemocratie et le deacuteveloppement local soient une reacutealiteacute Elle a ainsi travailleacute agrave la mise en place drsquoassociations de pouvoirs locaux Il srsquoagissait aussi pour que le mouvement municipal africain puisse gagner ses lettres de noblesse qursquoil soit non seulement reconnu en Afrique et au-delagrave mais aussi qursquoil y ait une parole unique afin que lrsquoaction soit efficace Drsquoougrave lrsquoideacutee de la creacuteation du CGLUA Cela a eacuteteacute possible gracircce agrave lrsquoinitiative lanceacutee par le PDM deacutenommeacute Africiteacutes qui est une plate-forme de dialogue Ce qui se passe actuellement ce sont les fruits de lrsquoaction du PDM Nous nrsquoallons plus effectivement organiser Africiteacutes et tout notre temps sera ainsi utiliseacute agrave faire ce que nous faisons deacutejagrave A savoir entre autres de la formation pour augmenter la capaciteacute des services techniques municipaux des villes et les compeacutetences des eacutelus locaux Car ces derniers en deacutepit de leur bonne foi nrsquoont pas toujours le savoir-faire Nous allons eacutegalement consolider les outils que nous mettons agrave leur disposition et agrave celle des communes

Afrikcom Votre assembleacutee geacuteneacuterale qui srsquoest tenue en marge drsquoAfriciteacutes a recommandeacute la mise en place de repreacutesentations du PDM un peu partout sur le continent africain Au nord notamment ougrave vous nrsquoecirctes pas du tout preacutesent Simon Compaoreacute LrsquoAfrique de lrsquoOuest et lrsquoAfrique centrale sont les deux reacutegions



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ougrave le PDM rayonne Ailleurs le PDM nrsquoexiste pas ou mecircme srsquoil est preacutesent dans la partie Est ce ne sont pas les mecircmes reacutealiteacutes Crsquoest le Preacutesident Joaquim Chissano (ancien Preacutesident mozambicain ndlr) qui avait souhaiteacute lors drsquoAfriciteacutes 3 agrave Yaoundeacute que nous installions des repreacutesentations du PDM dans drsquoautres reacutegions Il avait compris que le PDM eacutetait un puissant outil pour faire progresser la cause de la deacutecentralisation

Afrikcom Crsquoest donc cela votre prochain deacutefi rendre le PDM actif partout en Afrique Simon Compaoreacute Je tiens agrave souligner que cela deacutepend de la volonteacute des uns et des autres Mais deacutejagrave le PDM qui est baseacute agrave Cotonou va travailler dans un premier temps agrave faire en sorte qursquoil y ait une uniteacute en Afrique centrale conformeacutement aux deacutecisions prises agrave lrsquoassembleacutee geacuteneacuterale Actuellement le bureau de Cotonou est en charge de ces deux reacutegions

Afrikcom Vous ecirctes aussi le maire de Ouagadougou Quelles sont concregravetement les retombeacutees drsquoAfriciteacutes pour votre ville Simon Compaoreacute Lors des diffeacuterents ateliers Ouagadougou eacutetait sur la sellette agrave travers un certain nombre drsquoexposeacutes ougrave nous avons montreacute ce que nous faisons en matiegravere de finance locale Notamment comment une ville peut arriver agrave augmenter ses capaciteacutes drsquoautofinancement et attirer la faveur des bailleurs de fonds pour la reacutehabilitation drsquoinfrastructures marchandes en lrsquooccurrence le marcheacute central de Ouagadougou Nous avons eacutegalement eu des ideacutees sur la faccedilon dont nous pouvions mobiliser plus de moyens financiers Nous preacutevoyons agrave ce titre drsquoeffectuer des deacuteplacements dans des villes qui ont des expeacuteriences tregraves inteacuteressantes dans ce domaine Nous avons aussi fait part de notre expeacuterience en matiegravere de coopeacuteration deacutecentraliseacutee Ainsi dans le cadre du programme drsquoameacutelioration des conditions de vie dans les quartiers peacuteripheacuteriques nous sommes arriveacutes agrave faire en sorte que nos partenaires - le Grand Lyon et le deacutepartement de la Vienne - viennent srsquoassocier agrave notre principal bailleur de fonds lrsquoAgence franccedilaise de deacuteveloppement Africiteacutes est veacuteritablement une plate-forme drsquoeacutechanges et nous avons beaucoup appris








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Une autre Afrique se reacutevegravele agrave Nairobi les pouvoirs locaux prennent la parole Durant une semaine agrave lrsquooccasion du quatriegraveme sommet laquo Africiteacutes raquo une autre Afrique srsquoest exprimeacutee agrave Nairobi celle des pouvoirs locaux plus de 3000 maires et bourgmestres avaient fait le voyage depuis toutes les villes du continent pour se rencontrer eacutechanger leurs expeacuteriences sur des sujets aussi divers que la gestion de lrsquoeau la seacutecuriteacute fonciegravere les relations entre les pouvoirs publics et les associations drsquohabitants lrsquoaccegraves aux soins de santeacute les effets du changement climatique Comme bien drsquoautres M Kanfidini Coulidiaty maire de la commune de Diapaga au Burkina Faso a traverseacute le continent agrave ses frais dans lrsquoespoir de ramener de meilleures ideacutees pour le deacuteveloppement des 19 villages dont il a la charge laquochez nous la deacutecentralisation eacutetant deacutejagrave bien avanceacutee degraves mon eacutelection jrsquoai demandeacute agrave mes administreacutes quelles eacutetaient leurs prioriteacutes Pour eux le plus important agrave terme eacutetait lrsquoouverture drsquoune eacutecole secondaire et le plus urgent lrsquoaccegraves agrave lrsquoeau potable Jrsquoai pu reacutealiser un forage et mis en place un comiteacute de gestion composeacute essentiellement de femmes Maintenant nous discutons du prix auquel il faut faire payer lrsquoeau de lrsquoentretien des installations Chez nous on ne parle que de cela et ici jrsquoen ai deacutebattu avec des collegravegues drsquoautres pays confronteacutes aux mecircmes problegravemes Nous avons aussi discuteacute de la maniegravere de geacuterer les conflits de terre entre agriculteurs et eacuteleveurs et jrsquoai expliqueacute comment sans attendre lrsquoaide eacutetrangegravere jrsquoavais proposeacute agrave laquo mes raquo villages de se jumeler entre eux afin de mieux srsquoentrrsquoaiderhellip raquo Des expeacuteriences concregravetes des questions preacutecises une multipliciteacute drsquoacteurs srsquoexprimant dans un cadre non directif

la rencontre Africiteacutes est bien diffeacuterente des sommets internationaux ougrave se croisent diplomates du Nord et du Sud ainsi que ces grands acteurs du deacuteveloppement que sont les agences onusiennes et les plus importantes des ONG internationales Ici la langue de bois nrsquoexiste pas les lobbys sont absents les medias occidentaux ne sont pas courtiseacutes les ambassadeurs nrsquoont pas eacuteteacute inviteacutes des milliers drsquoeacutelus locaux africains se sont retrouveacutes entre eux dans des deacutebats qursquoils devront ensuite laquo restituer raquo agrave leurs administreacutes Crsquoest en 1998 agrave Abidjan que le mouvement municipal africain avait eacutemergeacute pour la premiegravere fois sur la scegravene internationale avec pour ambition de briser les barriegraveres linguistiques et culturelles heacuteriteacutes de la colonisation et de permettre un deacutebat commun sur la deacutecentralisation Deux ans plus tard agrave Windhoek le deacutebat srsquoeacutetait structureacute et il avait eacuteteacute question drsquoun point fondamental comment assurer lrsquoindeacutependance financiegravere des pouvoirs locaux Le sommet Africiteacutes avait eacuteteacute la premiegravere occasion drsquoun large dialogue avec une quarantaine de ministres repreacutesentants les pouvoirs centraux A Yaoundeacute deux ans plus tard le mouvement municipal africain srsquoeacutetait structureacute plus encore avec la creacuteation du Conseil des Communes et reacutegions drsquo Afrique destineacute agrave ecirctre non pas comme un contre pouvoir agrave cocircteacute des Etats et des organisations internationales mais lrsquoeacutemanation de la base celle des administreacutes Les objectifs deacutebattus agrave Nairobi nrsquoeacutetaient pas moins ambitieux rassembler les principaux acteurs des pouvoirs locaux afin drsquoexaminer la maniegravere de reacutealiser les objectifs de deacuteveloppement du milleacutenaire dont lrsquoaccegraves aux soins de santeacute primaire et agrave lrsquoeacuteducation de basehellip Un seul point rassemblait tous ces participants aussi divers que le continent lui-mecircme leur leacutegitimiteacute due agrave leur implantation agrave la base et deacutecoulant bien souvent drsquoune eacutelection au suffrage universel Cette leacutegitimiteacute inspira de nombreuses

critiques agrave lrsquoeacutegard de la laquo socieacuteteacute civile raquo les eacutelus locaux souvent tenus agrave lrsquoeacutecart des projets reprochent aux ONG nationales de nrsquoavoir aucun compte agrave rendre sinon drsquoecirctre les instruments de bailleurs eacutetrangers et plus amegraverement encore ils accusent les ONG internationales de capter les budgets de lrsquoaide au deacuteveloppement et de se comporter comme en terrain conquis Ce souci drsquoenjeux locaux et particuliers cette recherche de solutions efficaces agrave des problegravemes tregraves divers assura aussi le succegraves drsquoun laquo salon raquo original laquo Citiexpo raquo ougrave des exposants tentaient de convaincre des solutions trouveacutees ici pour recycler les verres usageacutes lagrave pour assurer de meilleurs forages ailleurs pour capter lrsquoeacutenergie solaire Solutions souvent ingeacutenieuses et peu coucircteuses car les grandes entreprises occidentales avaient neacutegligeacute de faire le voyagehellip Lrsquoun des eacuteternels points de discussion fut eacutevidemment le manque de moyens dont souffrent les pouvoirs locaux dans la plupart des pays africains lrsquoEtat central demeure jaloux de ses preacuterogatives et peu soucieux de lacirccher des creacutedits donc du pouvoir agrave des instances reacutegionales ou municipales La situation eacutevolue cependant et dans des pays comme le Mali la deacutecentralisation gagne du terrain tandis que lrsquoAfrique du Sud fait preuve ici aussi drsquoun volontarisme remarquable laquo Avancez travaillez eacutecoutez vos administreacutes et vous serez incontournable les financements suivront raquo reacutepeacutetait agrave toute occasion le maire de Durban tandis qursquoau nom des laquo comiteacutes de reacutesidents de bidonvillesraquo Mme Tswala reacutepeacutetait laquo notre richesse crsquoest la croix sur nos bulletins de vote raquo Peu agrave peu au Nord aussi des solidariteacutes apparaissent depuis la France par exemple de nombreuses collectiviteacutes locales avaient envoyeacute des repreacutesentants et des liens se sont reacuteveacuteleacutes suivant des critegraveres ineacutedits par exemple entre riverains de la Loire et du fleuve Niger du Rhocircne et du fleuve Seacuteneacutegalhellip

Le gouvernement keacutenyan avec une efficaciteacute remarquable avait pris en charge une bonne partie des frais drsquoorganisation de cette rencontre soutenue aussi par la Commission europeacuteenne (un message videacuteo de Louis Michel fut amplement diffuseacute par Echo Communications une ONG belge attacheacutee agrave changer lrsquoimage de lrsquoAfrique ) et par entre autres la coopeacuteration franccedilaise Mais agrave lrsquoinverse de tant drsquoautres rencontres les laquo bailleurs raquo du Nord ont su se montrer discrets car lrsquoessentiel nrsquoeacutetait pas entre leurs mains les participants se sont acquitteacutes drsquoun droit drsquoinscription et beaucoup avaient financeacute eux-mecircmes leur voyage LrsquoAfrique qui srsquoest exprimeacutee agrave Nairobi nrsquoeacutetait pas celle des habituelles grand messes internationales ougrave le continent noir ne figure jamais qursquoau rang des assisteacutes des grands malades de la planegravete Ici durant une semaine de deacutebats et drsquoeacutechanges une autre reacutealiteacute srsquoest reacuteveacuteleacutee le potentiel de dynamisme et drsquoinnovation qui existe au niveau des communes et des municipaliteacutes Comme si le continent retrouvait peu agrave peu sa et ses baseshellip

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LÀfrique inviteacutee agrave prendre au seacuterieux les deacutefis de lùrbanisation

Nairobi Kenya 1909 - Les gouvernements locaux et leurs partenaires cleacutes doivent prendre plus au seacuterieux les deacutefis de lùrbanisation sìls veulent atteindre les Objectifs du milleacutenaire pour le deacuteveloppement (OMD) a deacuteclareacute lundi la directrice exeacutecutive dÒNU- Habitat baseacutee agrave Nairobi Anna Tibaijuka

Sèxprimant agrave lòuverture du quatriegraveme sommet des maires des villes africaines elle a noteacute que la migration de la campagne vers la ville ne doit pas ecirctre arrecircteacutee mais plutocirct geacutereacutee et orienteacutee en vue dàmeacuteliorer le bien-ecirctre des populations

Selon les experts lùrbanisation rapide pose de seacuterieux problegravemes aux deacutefis africains et accentue la pauvreteacute qui est aggraveacutee par le surpeuplement

Nous faisons face agrave un sceacutenario de deacuteveloppement africain ougrave lèacutequation a changeacute passant de ruraliteacute agrave urbaniteacute Lùrbanisation des pays de lÀfrique subsaharienne a eacuteteacute tregraves rapide a deacuteclareacute agrave la PANA le directeur du sommet Africiteacutes Jossy Materu

Selon lui le principal problegraveme de lùrbanisation en Afrique est le manque dèau la mauvaise qualiteacute des infrastructures de santeacute et de lèacuteducation auxquels sàjoute le deacuteseacutequilibre noteacute dans la distribution des revenus

Le ministre kenyan du Gouvernement local Musikari Kombo a deacuteclareacute que lèacutechec lieacute agrave la reacutesolution du problegraveme de la migration rural- urbaine peut avoir un impact neacutegatif sur les efforts du continent visant agrave atteindre les objectifs du milleacutenaire lieacutes agrave la reacuteduction de la pauvreteacute lanccedilant un appel en faveur du deacuteveloppement des zones rurales au lieu dèncourager la croissance des meacutega villes en Afrique

La migration est une reacutealiteacute et il n`y a pas dàlternative Jìnvite par conseacutequent cette confeacuterence agrave partager franchement les bonnes pratiques pour mettre en place les institutions pouvant alleacuteger les problegravemes de lùrbanisation et aider agrave reacutealiser les OMD a t-il noteacute

Le preacutesident kenyan Mwai Kibaki a pour sa part estimeacute que 50 des 33 millions Kenyans se deacuteplaceront vers les zones urbaines durant les dix prochaines anneacutees

Les points faibles dans nos villes nous obligent agrave prendre des mesures innovatrices et urgentes pour renverser la situation

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KENYA is privileged to be hosting the fourth Africities conference The 6000 delegates from the continent will be spending the whole week discussing problems of urbanisation in Africa and trying to come up with solutions

Hopefully the conference will not turn out to be just be another talkshop but a serious meeting of minds that will come up with workable ideas that can go a long way in improving the rapidly expanding population of cities and towns We hope that besides the honour of hosting the conference Kenya will particularly benefit from the deliberations at the meetings

For a long time this country has been a study in how not to manage of towns and cities The chaotic state of most urban centres is the direct result of poor management structures and scant attention to planning The quality of leaders vested with the responsibility of running towns has also been wanting Previous efforts to overhaul the way our urban centres are managed have largely been futile

While opening the Africities conference yesterday at the KICC President Mwai Kibaki emphasized the need for these changes There is no shortage of ideas and blueprints on how to better urban dwellings The direct election of mayors and local authority chairmen by the public and the division of cities and towns into smaller more manageable units are repeatedly cited as some of the desirable changes

The trouble is that most grand ideas on how to improve cities and towns do not move beyond the talking level The direct election of mayors and the splitting of big cities into boroughs has been a perennial song that no one seems to be in a particular hurry to implement

As Africas urban populations grow ever faster thanks to a migratory pattern that sees tens of thousands of folks flee rural poverty there is urgent need to turn around the way cities are run For one the leadership must change focus and act change agents as opposed to the self-centredness that most city fathers are infamous for Together with the change in management style should be the structures and laws that more effectively govern urban centres

The Africities conference is an opportunity for Kenya to pick the minds of some of the success stories in the continent It should also be a challenge to our policy makers to rise to the occasion and implement some of the big ideas that have been gathering dust on shelves We have in mind the Omamo commission report which must be lying somewhere gathering dust move from the rhetoric and get to work

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Our team to Africities meet letting us down

By BENSON AMOLLO

What can be of more high profile than an international meeting of more than 4000 delegates converging at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) to deliberate on the state of cities on the continent of Africa

And what else does a host country need before it can realise that such a conference does not just require its organisational ability and presence of its civic leaders turning up only to wine and dine despite the need for a serious engagement with their counterparts from without

Because there will be more shameful things to crowd pages of our history as Kenya should not be enough reason that the Fourth Summit of the Africities that is currently going on in Nairobi is given little attention

Kenya has been privileged to host more than five international conferences of high magnitude like this one in less than two years yet the missing link between conference organisers and the delegates remains glaring

Our envoys in Harare Johannesburg Abuja or Cairo will be judged harshly by delegates at the end of the meeting when they return to their home countries and raise complaints about their experiences here and especially if the envoys attempt to discount them

There is no doubt that delegates attending the Africities meeting at KICC have been left on their own and the quality of deliberations compared to the Inter-Parliamentary Union meet held at the same venue early in the year is at best mediocre not to mention the glaring absence of the hosts led by Local Government Minister Musikari Kombo and Nairobi Mayor Dick Wathika

Good Kenyans will want to be told why such a meeting could not arrive at practicable solutions to the harsh living conditions from Kisumu Ndogo slums in Mombasa to Kisumursquos Nyalenda Estate through Kibera slums--Africarsquos second largest shanty

The meeting presents an opportunity for exchange of ideas by elected leaders a time for Kiberarsquos Sarangrsquoombe ward Councillor Opete Opete can borrow a leaf from the handbook of a success story in Soweto But alas they are nowhere to be found

The irony of a tail refusing to follow the head is the picture that one gets at KICC That Kombo and his team would rather give this meeting such a cosmetic attention even after President Mwai Kibaki gave it a momentous gracing and presented a powerful and visionary speech for the revamping of cities across the country is inexcusable indeed

It is not for Kibaki to monitor Kombo Wathika or the Africities Secretariat for the conferencersquos success neither would one expect Dr Anna Tibaijuka the UN-HABITAT Executive Director who has remained steadfast in the quest for better living conditions in Africa UN-HABITAT is a major sponsor of the event and which is headquatered in this country

Although elected leaders whose participation in the development of cities for improved living conditions is crucial some have demonstrated that they can only

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engage colleagues from the rest of the world when they attend cocktails and freebies This conference is not about cocktails It is not a moment for leaders to claim sitting allowances Governments have sent representatives to our country for peer review aimed at finding solutions to the looming threat of fast-spreading slums in our cities and we must rise up to the challenge

Councillors must suspend wheeler-dealing and find time for the meeting A number of them must have tendered for service provision at the conference in one way or another but for days of delegation to a trusted overseer is all the good news awaiting a slum dweller in Mukuru kwa Njenga whose hope for clean water supply fizzled out a decade ago mustamollyahoocouk



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Mayors from across the continent are meeting in Nairobi this week at Africities 2006 How successful is your local government

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My city is the biggest garbage bin in the world In the seventies and eighties Douala used to be a good example for other African cities but today this city is almost not habitable There is garbage everywhere There is constant power failure and the water is not safe for drinking This citys mayor is simply not working Joachim Arrey Douala Cameroon

I am proud to be Kenyan Nairobi is my city and am happy that it is hosting this event I had been away for about two years and I recently visited Nairobi The city has changed a great deal water is flowing traffic lights are working flower beds and trees have sprung up every where and street lighting has been restored I think the city mayor deserves praise for his efforts to clean up the city And to the Kenyans who whine all day nobody will come and fix our problems we better appreciate this fact and forge ahead Lets stop being sceptics we can restore Nairobis glory After all is it not the city in the sun Jonathan Nzuma Guelph Canada

Nairobis city authority seem to adhere to the notion of cleaning the house before the guests arrive while all they are doing is sweeping the dirt under the carpet The clean-up efforts done in Nairobi prior to the Africities conference should be regular City officials should be responsible after all they are elected Perhaps they should take some lessons from city leaders of kampala or Johannesburg Mbogo Gichuru Kenyan in Atlanta USA

Frankly speaking my city is in crisis It is unfortunately that city councils leaders and staff have no eyes to see and ears to hear Dar es Salaam is exploding in terms of populationinfrastructures are not adequate to cater ever increasing population Dar is experiencing acute water supply no electricity during the day terrible traffic jams limited sanitation lay out and Machingas (hawkers) along along all major main roads and pavements of shops in the city centre It is pathetic My last word to the city leaders and officials is a call for public dialogue to debate and come up with an amicable solutions to these problems in a transparent manner by involving all the stakeholders Mboje Dar es Salaam Tanzania

I live a town which has its drainage network blocked the road network is not something to talk about in certain areasChola Chalwe Ndola Zambia

I never thought my one year old home town of Juba would grow wings and learn to fly like any other Africans old birds sooner than it has The two or three decades of war have completely levelled the city For Juba to compete with those old African birds it probably needs half of those lost yeas of war to recover to its original level Still I am glad the city is able to have a voice as one of the top African poorest cities George O Ateib USA

I live in Lubumbashi DR Congos second city Its the cleanest

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city in this huge country The most surprising thing is that while Congo is in very bad economic shape the people of the eastern Congo are cleanAlain Ntezi Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of Congo

In Lusaka the local government is virtually unheard of and unseen That tells you how much the local government has done for its peopleJudy USA

In my opinion let us all talk about how to solve problems in Africa rather than complain I dare the editor to ask for solutions to Africas problems I guarantee you that George Onwnya Daniel Stella Pepple will have no suggestion as to how their countrys ills will be solved I agree with Tope and Elias because they have better Ideas Let talk on how to solve problems than the problems themselvesTy Washington DC USA

Nairobi Kenya is my city Security is Nairobis biggest problem And especially so to motorists in the night the lighting is poor and no drivers stop at the traffic lights by night for fear of being carjacked The problem needs to be addressed by the local council and the Kenya Police the so called civilian dressed flying squad police operate in very old unmarked Peugeot 504 station wagons with faulty lights and how are we innocent drivers meant to differentiate between thugs and the police when being stopped in the dead of the night This is a huge problem and must be addressed for Nairobi to reclaim its once authoritative and admirable position as one of Africas leading citiesFranklin London UK

I think Mogadishu could be the New York of Africa However its people are not ready to make that move to their city I will keep my dream to see one day that happens Thank you let me have my sayMr Ibrahim Mogadishu Somalia

As you know floods has washed half of my city away But the government is doing a lot and other Ethiopians are helping us in every way We are in good spirits even though half our country is in ruinsSelamawit Dira dawa Ethiopia

I can confirm that local government is hugely under-resourced

Randal London UK

My job is to do comparative research on local government in the Commonwealth I can confirm that local government is hugely under-resourced Where Accra has 4 members of staff to manage the waste collection and disposal contracts Birmingham in the UK with a similar population has 396 Another outstanding statistic is that local government in the UK spends (in purchasing power parity) $2700 per resident in Canada this is about $1800 in South Africa $800 India $700 New Zealand $650 but then it drops to Uganda $110 Ghana $18 and Zambia $3 There are costs to street cleaning and efficient administration But perhaps for the moment some of the luxury costs need to be foregone while focus is on basic equitable services some local governments are making real headway in local economic development others are focusing on collecting the revenue due to them (the first step in delivering the services) It is tough to turn things around and everyone needs to get behind the ones trying to do so and



equally use the ballot box to get rid of those who are failingRandal London UK

If conferences are what get the local officials to do their jobs then by all means lets have more of them A conference for every African city every 3 months pleaseKemi (Kenyan) Germany

The cancer afflicting Africa is that of political opportunism Whereas in the West development and cleanliness are not privileges bestowed on their citizens but rights On the contrary in Africa the opposite perception is rife No more apparent is this than in my home town of kwaBulawayo in Zimbabwe which due to its being historically aligned with the opposition it has bore witness to massacres of its people been starved of development despite injecting millions of US Dollars in tourist revenue into the national economy Last but not least its local council is deprived of funds and can only watch as the town slides into the abyss of rubbish Thanks Zanu PF Thando Siziba Birmingham UK

Harare was once one of the best maintained cities in Africa Up until about 2001 it maintained itself to the same standards that Salisbury Rhodesia had However the demise of public services has been devastating and services we once took for granred are non-existent Rubbish disposal road quality etc Many parks that were once clean and beautiful are now uncared for and filthy It would not take a monumental effort to put Harare or Zimbabwe entirely back on track But it needs to be soon before Zimbabwe plummets to a point of no returnBen Stevens Harare Zimbabwe

Badly is my answer I live in Igando at Alimosho one of the local government areas of Lagos a large suburb of more than 100000 inhabitants Electricity was connected in August last year and as in the whole of the country were lighted up less than four hours a day - where there is at all There is no public water supply in sight the only access road to it - Agric Road - is so bad that its dangerous even to walk on never mind driving a car or motorcycle This is symptomatic of most local communities in Nigeria residents are on their own Whatever amenity they need must be provided by residents themselves Abdulai MUSA LAGOS Nigeria

Many of our African cities look good today thanks to the unrelenting efforts of our mayors But I must confess that much still has to be done In Buea the local government has some modern waste disposal trucks that are not regular in disposing the wasteThat makes the town to look shabby Kwiyuh Michael Buea Cameroon

I live in Onitsha South in Anambra State It is an urban area It was the past state government that did some of the roads The local government does nothing to the remaining roads The drainages are all filled Street lights is no longer remembered During the rainy season rain water flows on the roads and most times people got drownMadueke Chika Onitsha Nigeria

Windhoek is a very clean city with proper infrastructure The only that thing we need to do is to improve the living standard of those living in informal settlements because they lack basic necessities such as water and electricityNabot Windhoek Namibia



The cost of living is not high so everybody is living very well

Bendahou Anouar Agadir

My town is called Agadir the most important city in the south of Morocco Conditions of life are quite good and the cost of life is not high so everybody is living very well Agadir is know by its port and also know as the most attractive touristic destination in Morocco since we receive thousands of tourists from all over europe and the US each week and thanks to that people get more opportunities to work in hotel and other touristic places Talking about the crime rate i can say that Agadir is one of the safer cities in Morocco thanks to the big number of policemen that patrol that patrol the city 247Bendahou Anouar Agadir Morocco

In Kampala the mayor is doing more than I expected Being one who is ill-learned it was easier before to think that doom loomed over the city upon his election Trenches are being cleaned in the suburbs and the prospects of better things is closer to mind than I had thoughtSembatya Rosey Kampala Uganda

I agree with the sentiments of many who say that our towns are run by incompetent officials Its foolhardy though to compare the level of service provision of our host nations to those of our towns with struggling economies Lets us criticise but also compliment when its warranted Nairobi has made some strides in the past few years The gains are not many but the lets face it the streetlights are now working the government needs to do more but congratulations on the progress even though its slowStanley Ngaira Copenhagen Denmark

Its time Africa form a city developing and maintenance body cause the high level of negligence on our cities is nothing to write home aboutGozzy Peterson Onitsha Nigeria

In Africa in general people need to be educated about the local government taxation schemes Ive come to realise that we Africans like free services without contributing anything for either improvement or repair Most of the towns conditions has been getting worse over the years Nobody cares about tomorrow Whatever we are enjoying today will be history for our kidsNginyo London UK

What a nice question Juba the capital of Southern Sudan and the states capital may not be run well Something has to be done I think decentralisation would be an amiable solution otherwise there will be no developmentArou Job Adier Juba Southern Sudan

Almost a decade ago my home town Bamenda was turned overnight into one of the cleanest towns in Cameroon by the radical but very successful campaign of a controversial Government delegate Any business place that looked out of place was bulldozed without second thoughts We were even amazed by modern compaction waste disposal trucks Unfortunately we africans are very poor at maintaining clean sheetsOur Town now seems to have returned to normal african conditions



Anchang Julius Bamenda Cameroon

I have lived in Warri Port Harcourt amp Lagos Nigeria The former two are oil rich areas and Lagos is the booming industrial centre of Nigeria Whereas my Ghanaian friends talk about constant electricity and clean water in their cities (in fact many Nigerian businesses are moving to Ghana) I cannot find anything commendable to say about the state of affairs in any of these three regions Anon Nigerian in USA

I come from Kenya my home town is Eldoret This is the fifth largest city in the country whose economy is largely agricultural Of late the town has registered an upward growth in terms of business and buildings-thanks to our hardworking athletes As a result of this the town is experiencing congestion due to poor planning by the Municipality For example traffic jams are a common occurrence There are no traffic lights drainage systems overflow when it rains litter is an eyesore mainly in estates Planning is required urgently Jackson Cherutoi Baton Rouge USA

Kampala city is not run as it should Weve got inadequate water supply sewage and garbage problems The roads have potholes that are making the city dirty and dangerous to the inhabitants The traffic in Kampala is another hell In the mornings and evenings its very difficult top move because the roads are small to accommodate the number of vehicles coupled with bad driving habits Kampalas new mayor Alhaji Sebagala is trying to do something about the garbage and cleaning the city but corruption is still a big challenge in Kampala City Council Jackson Byaruhanga Kampala Uganda

My local government is run by people who forcefully got the electorates mandate through selection election instead of proper election In my opinion the mayor mismanages funds without questions from anyoneStella Pepple Port Harcourt Nigeria

The question is how well is YOUR town run Whether your town is well-run or not you should not generalise what you think ALL African towns are like without personal knowledge- stick to the point (your town) For Ono Orogun and others cities like Kigali and Windhoek seem to contradict your theory of general African managerial ineptitude Wairimu Kenyan

Our town is very well run thanks to the mayor who are making a very big different in our communities rather than the national government leaders Meyan Fien Denver USA

There is no 24 hour electricity no better roads no better water sanitationsin some areaspeople have not seeing running water from their pumps for about six-seven years now we get electricity one day after anotherthe city of conakry is becoming the city of loose and sick Dogswhich may also give the population other bad diseasesthe dogs populations is really getting increase in the city of Conakrynobody is doing anything to help improve the situationbeggers are everywhere most especially children that are begging to get their daily breadthe poverty rate is highthe inflation has become one of our mean preoccupationsMariama Sacko guinea Conakry



Accra has big problems Too many hawkers roaming the streets Too many uncovered gutters Too many signboards at road junctions Poor street naming and house numbering system Cleanliness improving but can be better More law enforcement to the letter requiredHarry Abutiate Accra Ghana

No city in Africa beats Kampala as the city in Africa with the highest number of potholes Virtually every road within the city and its suburbs are filled with potholes Its even more disheartening to know that the city council has recently lost of 18 Billion shs to their fraudulent staff The city drainages are covered with filth so when it rains all we have are man-made lakes on the streets Akol Malinga Kampala Uganda

We has no sanitation no jobs and there are thousands of beggars on streets Most poor people are trying to leave country to Arab nations maybe find a better life or go to Ethiopia or try to find way to go to Europe We are living in an outdoor prisonBereket Asmara Eritrea

I am residing few kilometres ilometers from the avenue of the meeting in Nairobi and its business as usual in the estates in suburbs of the cities delegates will meet and brainstorm on paper work but go home empty with few allowances siphoned from cash-trapped council Africa need radical surgery to improve service deliveryYussuf Dayib Ali Nairobi Kenya

Freetown is the most filthiest city in the world Since the local government came in to power the city is just going from bad to worst when you talk light good road network that history the my city With bid gun at the city council ready to eat the money they suppose to use to improve the city they prefer using it for their personal affairs I dont see any need for local governmentMaddieu AATKabbah Freetown Sierra Leone

Lets just hope that the effort is not a passing cloud

Njenga Gathecha Nairobi

It is all a charade the facelifts and displacing hawkers Not many of the African leaders are genuine in what they doWhat is going on in Nairobi is seasonal and after the summit the city goes back to the old days where not much countsCorruption is rife and even though there has been good effort to rid the city of the garbageother ills thrive and insecurity is primeWith the amount collected by the city council alot can be done and individuals like Ms Muthoni Passaris have done their part in lighting the cityIf one person can do thatthen the city council which rakes in billions can do wonders with good management Lets just hope that the effort is not a passing cloudNjenga Gathecha Nairobi Kenya

The Northeastern Moroccan town of Nador is badly run by its government This town with 200000 inhabitants has virtually no museums no theaters no cinemas no parks and there is nothing to do for the youth Besides that the roads and streets of the city are in a deplorable state and the police do molest people just to get some money



Moussa Aynan Nador Morocco

Kampala city use to be a beautiful city with some part of the city looking very green and attractive that was the yesteryear Kampala The Kampala of today is one of the disorganised cities in the world no city planing overcrowding of boda boda motorcycles used for transportation no traffic laws So even if there are some part of town worth admiring your life is constantly threaten by these non-traci law abiding border borders this people are all over town Uganda government please keep border borders out of the city lets regain control of Kampala city and make it as beautiful as it was meant to be Ayuka Oyet Ugandan in USA

Ghanas local governance system is a model worthy of copying by others but the problem is lack of full financial independent or autonomy to enable the system detached itself from the appendages of the centre that needed to be done is to for the local system to enhance revenue generation and human resource drive in order to be assertive Freeman Tettey Nsawam Ghana

Local authorities in Africa should incorporate African cultural practices in planning for their cities Their cities dont necessarily have to look like western cities It is ridiculous asking poor Kenyans to pay to use public toilets when they can hardly afford a days mealRichard Okech Nairobi Kenya

In my part of the world the local government is accountable to one man the part leader It is a shameKemo Cham University of The Gambia

Our local government is a nightmare We have no street lights garbage collectors and the housing system is in total chaos The city council has failed to deliver services to the people because it does not involve the people The roads are resemble trenches in battle zones while uncollected garbage around city stinks We dig pits to alleviate our garbage problem but our yards are now looking like mass graves I have seen national game parks that are far much better organised than Kitwe city councilShuttie FN Libuta Kitwe Zambia

Our country has had problems for so long but now people are trying to do some voluntary work to clean the city to change the shape of the city Mogadishu used to one of the cleanest cities in Africa during Siad Barres era but now it one of the most dirtiest African cities If government officials are not willing to get involved in the local people we the people can make local governments a lot more efficient We should cooperate with them and also they should be willing to do the same Abdifatah BAshir Mogadishu Somalia

Conferences will come and go nothing changes

George Onmonya Daniel Abuja

Our towns and cities in Nigeria are not really cared for by the government Sanitary conditions are so poor and pathetic hospitals are dirty street lights are broken and the new ones are not working because dishonest contractors conspire with government officials to loot funds Conferences will come and go nothing changes



George Onmonya Daniel Abuja Nigeria

Hawkers need to be allocated space within the city of Nairobi to sell their goods They provide affordable consumer products for most of the urban poor They have a stake in developing the city just like the multi-million multi-national corporations Richard Okech Nairobi Kenya

It very encouraging and surprising that the emerging and impoverished countries are good examples in order and good running while wealthy ones are characterised by bad governance and corruption Also some countries are influenced by cultural and colonial masters ideology Country like Rwanda is run exemplary with little means very clean organised etc Arnaud Emmanuel Ntirenganya Rwandan in Cameroon

My town is doing very well People from all over the world are coming to Windhoek as result of peace around the town The town is very clean green and crime has been reduced as result of city policing being introducedFrans S Hafeni Windhoek Namibia

Virtually every city in Africa lacks the capacity to provide the infrastructure and services necessary to foster local development Most cities cannot generate enough revenues to function properly and often have their authority undermined by the policies of the central government The movement towards decentralisation in many countries has begun to improve this problem However central governments must provide the necessary authority training and financial resources to allow towns to determine their own futures Think localGerrit McGowan Vancouver Canada

I am not sure if this question is appropriate When you look at the state of affairs in Africa management skills are totally absent You have under-qualified people in charge or affairs and if you have such then what will be the consequence I look forward to the day we can start measuring how well things are been run in Africa For now we need to get rid of the self serving leaders we have right now and elect people-minded leadersOno Orogun London

In Asmara the local government is one of the best run in Africa It is less corrupt and Asmara has one of the lowest crime rate in africa Ermias Seattle USA

It is indeed a nice thing that all local governments are meeting to discuss on how to improve their economic standards by developing their business sectors current sanitation and in many more fields To do all this you need a lot of money This should be used in a proper way with transparency in every project to get rid of corruption It is very good to hear if the central government also stand next to local government to fulfil their duties As the government is democratic the local government should take the opinions of the people to develop in the fields they are requiredAnon

I live in the biggest shanty town of Africa No electricity or water to all parts of the city Crime is too highRev Rabson Tembo Lusaka Zambia



We expect the very best from our local government Good roads clean pipeborne waters health care etc but this is contrary to what we actually have People with good track records should only be voted for and we the community people should contribute our own quotas by forming NGOs to augment the local government resources as at times we ask more from them and contribute lessTunde Onibode Lagos Nigeria

The Windhoek City Council is one of the most efficient in Africa which is why Windhoek is regarded as one of the cleanest cities in Africa The city does all the necessary things on time be it garbage collection maintaining roads maintaining street and traffic lights all done promptlyHelao Nafidi Windhoek Namibia

I live in Ojo local government in the suburbs of Lagos state in Nigeria In terms of service provision my local government has been non-existent the only time we see them is when they shamelessly come to collect tenement rates from residence or levies from stall owners Like most streets in Lagos my street is a bad road with clogged drainage systems no street lights and rubbish laden In the rainy season we have to resort to pulling off our shoes rolling up our trousers or skirt as the case maybe to knee level and wade through the water all in a bid to get to the bus stop its a really pathetic sight Due to the deteriorating nature of the road the most popular form of transportation here is the motorbike popularly called okada It may sound unbelievable but each trip these greedy okada riders carry as many as three person per trip Two people seat at the back and one person seats on the tank of the bike Its a sight that I guarantee would bring tears to the manufacturers of these bikes Thomas Ayeni Lagos Nigeria

The mayor of my home town Pietermaritzburg has somehow managed to get the local council to award him a salary higher than that of South Africas president Not surprisingly rates have gone up well ahead of the countrys inflation And for our rates we receive ever shoddier and more infrequent services from the local city council Robert Pietermaritzburg South Africa

Local governments should be able to take care of certain basic issues like small roads running across streets in the urban areas and also provide same for rural areasat least I would like to see regular meetings between local government officials and residents in several areas to review contributions and areas of impact instead of they just seeing their offices as merely political opportunitiesIlorin Kwara State Nigeria

Our capital city Lilongwe is now well organised The new president is setting good standards in the cities All vendors are in one place You cannot find street vendors selling their commodities The previous government allowed too much freedom to vendors and the towns were very dirtyAllanie Njateni Mtengowanthenga Dowa Malawi

My home town is booming

John Aguma Kigali Rwanda

My home town is booming its clean the street lights are working garbage is collected on time and the KCC (Kigali City Council) is in charge The



main thing I love about Kigali Its the city growing day and night and for us Kigalians the sky is not the limit eitherJohn Aguma Kigali Rwanda

I have been living in Beira for many years now The first local governing authority in charge of running the city of Beira was the party in power Frelimo They failed tremendously on their mission to better the locals lives Their failure included providing city cleaning ordering of the urban spaces control of the markets no transparency in public funds management Eventually the opposition took over With their energised president Davis Simango they are caring for all the basics and even doing more Although Im a Frelimo supporter I am forced to recognise their achievementsPaulino Adolfo Posse Beira Mozambique

I am not a Kenyan but I study in Nairobi Since the conference is going to be held in Nairobi the City Council has been working hard to give good impressions to the participants I think for the conference to be effective the real scene must be seen What the City Council is doing now such as forcefully removing hawkers is not fair and it is fake The City Council should leave the city as it is so as the conferences participants to know where to start Chasing hawkers is not a sustainable solution since they will come back and allowed to operate as usual after the conference is over To keep towns clean development measures must be key considerations Cities and towns are dirty due to widespread povertyAikande Kwayu Nairobi Kenya

Like everything else in this country Nairobi relies on the private sector or donors for everything All our taxes seem to get diverted to who knows where Though there is a boom in the luxury car industry Mark Nairobi Kenya

My mayor is in prison and a puppet mayor has been put by the government But how can I blame the government Power hungry diaspora Ethiopians continue to stir young emotional students to violence and cripple our nation When will diaspora use their knowledge for peace instead Who knows Until then my mayor is in jail and a new mayor is just starting from scratch Tesema Addis Ababa Ethiopia

What I think could work is there should be a local government that was properly and carefully elected by the people whom they represent not some central government selected body It should be able to sit at the same table with the central government and put across a case and get results It should also be able to question the actions of the central government effectively about issues or laws that stands in the way of local development A local government with such muscle should be able to turn proposals of development in there local communities into actionsTamimu Thomas Norfolk Virginia USA

Local governments are supposed to be at the grassroots and help the local people Instead what we see is another arm of government which tends to propagate the ideals of the government in power and make sure they are adhered to This situation has contributed to the lukewarm attitude of many people in the communities myself included Local government should be free of government interference and pave way for



active participation by the local peopleM Ghanaian in Bergen Norway

My local government boasts of projects initiated and implemented by the central government without having anything viable to show for itself Development is a bottom-top approach and unless the people are involved in programmes designed and implemented by them they cannot benefit fully Local government revenue should be shared among wards village development committees (VDCs) Districts and the like for development to be felt at the peoples level otherwise many would be paying taxes and rates without reaping any benefitBesenty Gomez Kitty Village The Gambia

Kitale is among the earliest towns that sprung out of colonial activities It was founded in 1908 Even though it is known for its agricultural productivity Kitale is still wallowing in the many evils that afflict many other Kenyan towns for example improper disposal of waste influx of street children disorganised bus stations for commercial vehicles etc I would expect the local government to do more There are no street lights in Kitale town There is always a shortage of water supply etc For all this to happen politics should not be mixed with the local governmentTerah Kipchiris Kitale Kenya

Irrespective of how many conventions conferences or seminars African local government leaders attend Nothing will change as long as the culture of corruption exists And it wont certainly change as long as incompetent council men lead the cities In my hometown of Mombasa Kenya for instance councillors dont even have direct control of the county or city A government clerk who is not elected by the people runs the day to day activity of Kenyan councils For African cities to succeed they must get central government out of local government Still I love Mombasa Mombasa Raha goes the slogan literally translated as Blissful MombasaAhmad Mombasa Kenya

I am Nigeria and in Nigeria most of the mayors do not know their responsibilities That said the mayors arent entirely to blame for the inefficiencies of the local government The system in Nigeria where there is so much reliance on the federal government for allocation of funds also hinders the functionality of the local governments A way to make these governments more effective is to encourage public participation by educating the public on what to expect from the government what contributions they are to make as citizens and also educate the local government officials too And try encouraging people to stop complaining about not being paid enough for what they do but getting satisfaction from what they do Tope California USA

My local government Esan North East Local Government Uromi Edo State Nigeria lacks virtually everything There is no clean water supply There is no electric power supply The roads are not tarred nor graded There are no sporting nor recreational facilities The women children senior and disabled citizens are not given special attention There are no sanitation nor drainage facilities There are no programs in place to attract investors and there are no industries to absorb the unemployed populace There are no modern libraries No fire service no cemeteries There are no tourist attractions



The school buildings are dilapidated There are no laboratories chairs and workshops for the students in schools There is no post secondary institution for higher learning The hospitals are an eye sore It is really sad Anthony Okosun USA

I went back home to Cameroon this March and I just cried when I saw my hometown of Bamenda The infrastructure has been virtually abandoned - thanks to a corrupt system which thwarts development Despite all this the peoples resilience shows in the internet cafes schools and other small businesses that manage to clamber their way up Ngum Ngafor Manchester UK

My town like most towns in my country is not properly run The reason is because of the endemic corruption in the land It is very difficult to find a virtuous public officer in Nigeria You certainly should not look for such an officer in the presidency When the head is bad it affects the whole bodyElias Lagos Nigeria

Yes African governments have been stumbling blocks to local government development and incomes But all this is changing now with more information internet and transparency Central governments should quickly devolve power to councils to collect levies and fees for them to develop new infrastructure and services However these funds should be controlled by not less than four bank signatories to avoid misappropriation and fraudGabriel Lusaka Zambia

I wonder if the mayors of our cities in Malawi and other towns are able to see the piles of rubbish that are turning into mountains in front of their very eyes and thereby becoming health hazards to the city dwellers I am sure theres a lot the mayors would learn from the Egyptian woman who runs the rubbish recycling facility Who said a womans place was in the kitchen Maybe this lady should be made mayoressPeter Mtika Nottingham Malawian in UK

I expect my local government to do more than is been done right now In Oredo local of Edo state Nigeria there is absolutely no good road water and electricity Despite the huge revenue and Federal Allocation everything remains stagnant When it rains the roads are not motorable and the streets are littered with dirt The local government Chairman has to wake up from slumber My local government is the gateway to the east and north yet there is no improvement It is sad and pathetic Local government will be more efficient when there is proper accountability As it is right now everyone does his own thing Omorodion Osula Boston USA

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Cittagrave La sfida del municipalismo per lAfrica del futuro Giovanni Allegretti (ricercatore presso il Centro di Studi Sociali ndash Universitarsquo di Coimbra) Publicado em ldquo Carta etcrdquo nordm 9 giovedigrave 11 ottobre 2006

ldquoGarantire che i servizi legati allrsquoacqua e allrsquoelettricitagrave rimangano nelle mani dei governi e non siano privatizzatirdquo ed ldquoabolire le richieste di visto per gli Africani che viaggiano da un paese allrsquoaltro del continenterdquo per evitare che la ldquorestrizione dei movimentirdquo agisca ldquocontro lrsquounitagrave africana e il progresso dei suoi abitantirdquo Sono le richieste piugrave dirompenti contenute nella Dichiarazione dei Sindaci emersa dal 4ordm Summit AfricitiesAfriciteacute che ndash per certi versi ndash puoacute considerarsi il primo follow-up della discussione del World Urban Forum tenutosi in giugno a Vancouver Tra il 18 e il 22 settembre quasi 6000 delegati da tutto il continente africano si sono trovati a Nairobi che a gennaio 2007 ospiteragrave il Forum Sociale Mondiale Due gli scopi principali 1) mettere in contatto diretto i rappresentanti di amministrazioni locali e di area vasta di tutta lrsquoAfrica ( e le loro reti di dialogo orizzontale) con potenziali ldquopartner dello sviluppo localerdquo (ONG movimenti popolari imprese private istituzioni internazionali) 2) Fare lobby (secondo le parole usate dal sindaco di Nairobi Dick Wathika nella cerimonia drsquoapertura) per ottenere dai Governi Centrali dei 54 paesi africani rappresentati un maggiore impegno al decentramento Enormi sono infatti le differenze tra i diversi paesi del continente e non univoco il significato dei processi di delega di potere alle istituzioni piuacute vicine ai cittadini Lo mostra bene la collana di studi comparativi ldquoDecentralization local actors andrdquo curata ndash su temi diversi della gestione locale - dal PDM (Partenariato per lo Sviluppo Municipale) lrsquoassociazione tecnico-politica di consulenza agli Enti Locali dellrsquointera Africa che ha organizzato le prime 4 edizioni del Summit pan-continentale Comune invece la penosa situazione di ldquosussidirietagrave asimmetricardquo in cui tutte le amministrazioni locali versano oberate di responsabilitagrave crescenti ma non parallelamente dotate di risorse congruenti neacute di progetti formativi capaci di creare capacitagrave amministrativegestionali per affrontare le sfide che il futuro del continente pone Il motto ldquoLocal Authorities the driving force for Africardquo che ha contrassegnato questa edizione era di per seacute una rivendicazione di centralitagrave da parte delle amministrazioni locali di fronte alle delegazioni nazionali della CADDEL la Conferenza che raggruppa i Ministri degli Enti Locali dei diversi paesi del continente Questrsquoultima riunitasi a Nairobi in plenaria ha dato frorma ad una dichiarazione finale ben piuacute lsquosoftrsquo di quella dei Sindaci in cui il riconoscimento della necessitagrave di riequilibrare i diversi poteri sul territorio convive con una solidissima ma non esplicitata ostilitagrave degli Stati (che si

somma a quella delle onnipotenti burocrazie tecniche) nei confronti della lsquorinuncia di poterersquo che un decentramento reale comporta Proprio questa lsquofrizionersquo ha rappresentato il motore e lrsquoanima della discussione perfettamente incarnata dalla polemica interna allrsquoAlgak (la Federazione delle Autoritagrave Locali del Kenya) tra lrsquoattuale ministro degli Enti Locali Musikari Kombo e lrsquoex-Ministro Nyongrsquoo Questrsquoultimo ersquo stato tra i fautori della vittoria del NO al Referendum del novembre 2005 che ha bocciato la frettolosa nuova costituzione (la cosiddetta Bozza di Wako) proposta dalla Raimbow Coalition (NARC) la coalizione di centrodestra tra il National Alliance Party of Kenya (NAK) e i Liberal-Democratici (LDP) che governa dal 2002 e lotta per essere riconfermata al potere nelle elezioni generali dellrsquoinverno 2007 ldquoFin dalla Lancaster House Conference del 1963 ndash sostiene Nyongrsquoo ndash i kenyani hanno concepito il decentramento (majimbo) come una forma irrevocabile di lsquodevoluzionersquo dei poteri da cui non si poteva tornare indietro capace di riequilibrare le disuguaglianze regionali interne al paese e di creare una reale coesistenza tra livelli diversi di potere che si riconoscono pari dignitagrave Una vera co-gestione di potere esecutivo tra livelli federali e di area vastardquo La costituzione recentemente rigettata dai kenyani ndash tra le altre cose ndash spacciava per devoluzione una mera lsquodeconcentrazione di funzionirsquo prevedendo la possibilitagrave per il governo di lsquosospenderersquo un governo distrettuale e di renderlo impotente ricentralizzando a suo piacere alcune decisioni Ovvero secondo Nyongrsquoo ldquorendeva impossibile parlare di economie locali perchersquo i destini economici di ogni regione provincia o comune sarebbero stati determinati appena dallrsquoaccumulazione primitiva di risorse e dallrsquouso di queste deciso dal Centrordquo Cosigrave il governo ospitante del Presidente Mwai Kibaki ndash che sperava di inaugurare Africities esibendo una costituzione nuova di zecca come esempio per le delegazioni straniere ndash ha dovuto accontentarsi di cogliere la lezione datagli dal suo popolo con il referendum E ha dovuto aprire i lavori con una lista di promesse pre-elettorali prima tra tutte quella di una legge (di cui nessuno sa niente ma che pare saragrave portata in Parlamento uscendo a breve dal cappello a cilindro del governo) che prevederagrave lrsquoelezione diretta dei sindaci kenyani e la durata in carica per 5 anni (oggi sono solo due) come strumento per ridurre la lsquocorruzione negozialersquo allrsquointerno delle forze politiche dei Consigli Comunali e per permettere una migliore programmazione pluriennale del mandato Mettendo radici nel locale Quanto sopra ricordato offre la misura di unrsquoutilitagrave locale del Forum Africities soprattutto per i paesi ospitanti fornire strumenti e idee per approfondire il dibattito locale su sussidiaritagrave e devoluzione Del resto anche la riforma camerunese del decentramento egrave stata varata pochi mesi dopo lrsquoedizione del Summit ospitata a Yaoundeacute nel 2003 e a cui avevano preso parte oltre 4500 delegati per discutere sul tema ldquoLrsquoaccesso degli abitanti ai servizi locali di baserdquo Resta peroacute il fatto che Africities eacute nato soprattutto come sforzo comune di un continente per dare una voce unitaria davanti al mondo ai suoi territori locali Tale sforzo ndash che ancora richiede energie se eacute vero che il Maghreb era quasi assente a Nairobi percheacute tutto proiettato sullrsquoaffaccio euromediterraneo - si eacute reso evidente soprattutto nella prima edizione del Forum tenutasi ad Abidjan Costa drsquoAvorio nel 1998 (600 partecipanti) E in quella del 2000 di Windhoek (Namibia) 1300 partecipanti e 36 paesi presenti a discutere di finanziamento degli enti locali e territoriali) Eacute in quegli incontri che ha preso forma la fusione delle 3 grandi associazioni di municipi africani confluite nella CGLUA che dal 2008 saragrave lrsquoorganizzatrice unica di

Africities Essa non eacute appena lrsquoemanazione africana dellrsquoorganizzazione internazionale United Cities and Local Governments (httpwwwcities-localgovernmentsorg) che avragrave a Marrakesh a fine ottobre il suo terzo incontro mondiale Piuttosto va considerata un pilastro che ndash a partire dal ritrovato dialogo inter-africano - ha contribuito alla nascita dellrsquoarticolazione internazionale che lavora sotto lrsquoegida ONU Nascita avvenuta nel maggio 2004 pochi mesi dopo la 3ordf edizione di Africities tenutasi in Cameroun dove ha preso forma anche il CCRA il Consiglio dei Comuni e delle Regioni dellrsquoAfrica che dal maggio 2005 va rafforzando il suo dialogo con lrsquoomologo CCRE europeo La sistematicitagrave dellrsquoapproccio al contempo centrato sullrsquoAfrica e aperto al mondo eacute riassunto nel sottotitolo dato al Summit (Costruire coalizioni locali per la realizzazione effettiva degli Obiettivi del Millennio) e in quello della campagna mediatica affidata allrsquoONG belga Echos Communications che ha accompaganto la 4ordf edizione di Africities ldquoCreare una coalizione globale per rinnovare lrsquoimmagine dellrsquoAfricardquo Al centro degli sforzi organizzativi vi era lrsquoidea di superare la logica dei lsquodonorsrsquo e di costruire partenariati lsquosimmetricirsquo (a livello locale e con organizzazioni internazionali) in grado di stabilire reciprocitagrave di scambi a partire dalle lsquosapienze localirsquo e dalle risorse umane e naturali che lrsquoAfrica possiede ma che spesso vengono soffocate da una sovraesposizione dei suoi problemi In questrsquoottica era obiettivo centrale non fare del Summit un ldquolamentatoiordquo pur aderendo alla necessitagrave di puntualizzare alcuni grandi problemi del continente e la schizofrenia di sistemi di decentramento spesso monadici e non dialoganti Uno sguardo pro-attivo LrsquoAfrica con il suo debito estero di 379 $ a persona ha oggi il tasso piuacute alto di urbanizzazione al mondo (458 annuo) e pur essendo un continente ancora rurale nel 2030 eacute destinato a un percorso di prevalenza della popolazione urbana (750 milioni) se le attuali tendenze alla fuga dalle campagne non saranno invertite da nuove politiche di sviluppo del territorio aperto Se giaacute oggi il 72 dei cittadini africani vive in baraccopoli il 24 della popolazione urbana non ha accesso allrsquoacqua e il 20 alle fognature e solo il 10 dei territori urbani eacute servito da reti di tubature che accadraacute domani Per questo eacute importante pensare fin da oggi in maniera diversa allrsquourbanizzazione e alle filiere produttive come ha sottolineato il Ministro degli Enti Locali kenyano esponendo il progetto di nuove cittaacute medie di fondazione da realizzare in aree agroproduttive a somiglianza di quanto inixziato in Marocco e sulla scia dei successi delle ldquoExport Processing Zonesrdquo kenyane Lrsquourgenza di un simile ripensamento eacute sottolineata anche dal Programma Ambientale dellrsquoONU (UNEP) secondo cui lrsquoAfrica pur essendo il minor consumatore di energia e territorio al mondo risulta il continente piuacute esposto alle conseguenze dei cambiamenti climatici anche percheacute 1 cittadino su 7 dipende da colture legate alle piogge Le riduzioni di portata dei laghi Ciad e Vittoria minacciano lrsquoirrigazione e la produzione di energia e nei prossimi 25 anni porteranno da 14 a 25 le nazioni in emergenza idrica e localizzeranno in Africa lrsquo80 dei nuovi 120 milioni di abitanti a rischio denutrizione Senza contare i drammi prodotti dallrsquointerazione tra le epidemie in particolare lrsquoAIDS che ha fatto impennare la crescita della tubercolosi (oggi la TBC coesiste nellrsquo85 dei casi in persone HIV positive) Eppure durante Africities tali dati drammatici sono serviti appena da punto di partenza per rimarcare la coscienza ldquodei drastici cambiamentirdquo richiesti alle strategie di lotta allrsquoemarginazione per evitare che in Africa gli Obiettivi del Millennio (ODM o MDGs) vengano raggiunti in 110 anni invece che nel 2015 come fissato dallrsquoONU nel 2000

Specialmente i seminari tematici sono stati infatti concepiti soprattutto per permettere ai delegati di costruire reti di scambio di buone pratiche e di rafforzare la cooperazione transnazionale in diversi ambiti tematici Cosiacute le sessioni speciali dedicate alle difficoltaacute delle donne ad emergere nel panorama politico patriarcale dellrsquoAfrica sono state lrsquooccasione di farsi conoscere per la Rete ldquoWomen and Local Governancerdquo fondata in Costa drsquoAvorio nel 2004 dalla Sindaca di Oumeacute Brigitte Kakou Lou e da altre 8 colleghe (le uniche su 197 sindaci ivoriani 456) che hanno messo a fuoco il ruolo centrale dei municipi nel dare ldquostabilitaacuterdquo al paese dal basso in un momento di crisi politica nazionale Mentre la sessione dedicata allrsquoAcqua ha dato visibilitaacute a molte battaglie di base contro la privatizzazione e a qualche raro esempio di esito positivo della stessa come il caso del Lake Victoria South Water Services Board di Kisumu dove il privato ha garantito maggiore trasparenza di scelte cali di costi e il passaggio da 450000 a 600000 utenti il 60 dei quali beneficiari di tariffe agevolate in favelas prima non raggiunte dalla distribuzione Durante la sessione dedicata al mea culpa delle universitaacute africane per la propria incapacitaacute di impegnarsi in progetti militanti di eco-sviluppo preferendo restare nella torre drsquoavorio della pura astrazione accademica ha potuto emergere per contrasto un partenariato con le comunitaacute locali della Kenyatta University of Agricuolture and Technology che ha brevettato 31 prodotti di cosmetica e pulizie domestiche lavorando sulla formazione di capacitaacute degli abitanti di quartieri poveri La sessione dedicata alla lsquosicurezza del possessorsquo e allrsquoaccesso ai suoli urbani ha messo al centro la battaglia che lo Zimbabwe sta combattendo a forza di espropriazioni contro i 4000 landlords inglesi (proprietari dellrsquo80 dei terreni fertili) che non hanno mantenuto fede alle promesse del Lancaster Agrrement del 1979 La sessione dedicata al razzismo sotto lrsquoegida UNESCO ha visto ndash invece ndash protagonista la Coalizione di Cittaacute Africane contro il Razzismo e la Discriminazione di cui eacute figura chaive lrsquoex-Presidente del Benin Nicephore Soglo oggi divenuto sindaco di Cotonou in virtuacute della sua profonda convinzione sul ruolo dello sviluppo locale dal basso Sua la proposta di creare degli uffici di Ombudsman (Difensore Civico) contro le discriminazioni e clausole vincolanti di non-discrimazione nei contratti con le imprese che gestiscono servizi pubblici Il Forum eacute stato anche un importante spazio di acquisizione di informazioni Ad esempio sul fatto che lrsquoAfrica non sfrutta i molti fondi GEF (Global Environment Facilities) messi a disposizione dallrsquoUNEP Di recente appena Daar el Salaam (per nuovi trasporti urbani) e le cittaacute sudafricane che ospiteranno i mondiali di calcio del 2010 li hanno sfruttati Eppure quanti progetti nuovi si potrebbero fare specialmente in campi poco esplorati come quelli della fitodepurazione o della raccolta di rifiuti solidi In un continente dove la raccolta dei rifiuti urbani non raggiunge piugrave del 30 delle famiglie e dove cittaacute come Lagos producono 9000 tonnellate di rifiuti al giorno mentre i cittadini si rifiutano di pagare imposte e le banche non fanno prestiti per migliorare il servizio eacute stato senza dubbio interessante scoprire come il Burkina Faso abbia attivato dagli anni rsquo90 forme di Gestione Comunitaria dei Servizi di Smaltimento Rifiuti che usano poche tecnologie molto capitale umano e cura del riciclaggio Certamente molto da imparare per una cittaacute come Nairobi che ha unrsquounica discarica dove delle 2000 tonnellate al giorno gran parte sarebbe riutilizzabile visto che il 50 ha composizione organica il 18 eacute plastica e lrsquo11 carta Eacute quindi su soluzioni e risposte giaacute in atto nel locale che si eacute incentrato Africities Indubbiamente la parola Mwananchi (cittadino in swahili) eacute quella che eacute risuonata piuacute spesso dato che eacute dal basso che giungevano molti dei maggiori progetti di successo Progetti che ndash come quelli per il pagamento collettivo delle tasse scolastiche del Muungano wa Wanavijiji (Unione dei Residenti in Baraccopoli del quartiere di Soweto

a Nairobi) - si basano sulla reciprocitaacute sulla solidarietaacute e sul dono Progetti che nascono nelle comunitaacute svantaggiate e trovano talora partner sensibili nelle amministrazioni locali ma non sempre dato che la corruzione lrsquoiperburocratizzazione e lrsquoopacitaacute della tecnica sono cifre stilistiche ancora dominanti negli enti locali come ha dimosatrato di recente un rapporto di UN-Habitat lsquoIl cittadino al centrorsquo non eacute solo un facile slogan circolato al Summit Eacute la ricetta del successo di quasi tutte le pratiche eccellenti esposte e di tutte le soluzioni lsquoserialirsquo raccontate (dai 160 Municipal Contracts for Effective Planning alle 40 City Development Strategies africane) spesso anche con il supporto e il conforto di convergenti sperimentazioni latinoamericane Come emerso nella sessione dedicata ai Bilanci Partecipativi in Africa subsahariana o nei riferimenti agli Osservatori sulle Promesse Elettorali del Camerun e alla strategia sperimenta dal Ministero delle Cittaacute in Brasile per sensibilizzare le comunitaacute locali al controllo dellrsquoazione pubblica e alla richiesta di coinvolgimento nella painificazione e valutazione delle scelte Lrsquoapertura dellrsquoazione pubblica alla ldquopartecipazione cittadinardquo - come spazio di costruzione del dialogo tra gli individui e dentro le comunitagrave- eacute stata rivendicata da molti partecipanti come ldquodiritto umano fondamentalerdquo e come antidoto alle guerre fratricide Sottolineando peroacute (attraverso sessioni speciali dedicate al tema) come essa non possa essere messa in atto con la semplice riproduzione di modelli alloctoni ma debba tener conto di una serie di specificitaacute sociali e culturali Oltre che di figure ed autoritaacute morali tradizionali che oggi (come in Niger e Sudafrica nelle cui costituzioni sono riconosciuti) vanno determinando il successo di progetti locali di sviluppo in cui lrsquoeconomia non eacute unico motore dellrsquoazione

BOX 1

Verso il Social Forum un incontro parallelo degli abitanti degli lsquoslumsrsquo ldquoPadre Nostro insieme e in solidarietaacute con tutti gli altri abitanti di baraccopoli dellrsquoAfrica veniamo a te fiduciosi in preghiera percheacute sei tu che ci unisci nel tuo amore [] Abbiamo spesso fallito nellrsquointraprendere azioni decisive contro la povertaacute il tribalismo e la violenza Padre Onnipotente ti imploriamo di aiutarci a mettere da parte le nostre divisioni e differenze [] per partecipare alla costruzione dei nostri progetti comuni migliorando la capacitaacute di buon governo e la democrazia locale attraverso la promozione del decentramento [] e sostenendo lo sviluppo locale [] Rendici capaci di offrire noi stessi cosigrave da poter essere tuoi partner nella trasformazione degli insediamenti formali e indformali delle nostre comunitaacute urbane in Africa Amenrdquo Sembra scritta in nome dei Sindaci e dei Capi di Stato presenti ad Africities la preghiera recitata da circa 200 abitanti ed operatori sociali di baraccopoli di Nairobi nellrsquoapertura di ognuna delle giornate di discussione organizzate dal Kutoka Network ldquoin risposta allrsquoesclusione da Africiteacuterdquo e per contribuire a ldquotrovare strategie per realizzare gli Obiettivi del Millennio nelle cittaacute africanerdquo Del resto non si eacute trattato di un vero controforum ma semmai di un Forum parallelo e complementare un lsquopresidio di visibilitaacutersquo per soggetti desiderosi di entrare in contatto con quelli del Forum ufficiale ma tenuti a distanza dalle tasse drsquoiscrizione che oscillavano tra i 200 e i 700 euro senza alcuna formula flessibile per ampliare lrsquoaccesso allrsquoevento

Ospitato nella Basilica della Scara Famiglia ubicata davanti al Kenyatta International Conference Centre dove si svolgeva Africities il Forum degli Slum Dwellers ha propiziato alcuni momenti di contatto tra i due incontri Ad esempio in occasione dellrsquoinaugurazione ufficiale quando i baraccati-sandwich che esprimevano le loro ragioni davanti a una tenda affittata per vendere prodotti drsquoartigianato hanno potuto brevemente incontrare il Presidente Kibaki e il Ministro degli Enti Locali ldquoIn 20 anni ci siamo disabituati anche solo alla speranza di vedere un ministro o un sindaco in visita alle nostre bidonville ndash dice Ignatius Namenje che vive a Kibera il piugrave grande slum africano ndash e in un anno di campagna elettorale assatanata crsquoeacute poco da sperare nelle promesse che sono state fatate al Summit la creazione di unrsquoAutoritaacute Metropolitana per la pianificazione dei rapporti tra Nairobi e lrsquointorno la costruzione di unrsquoEnte specifico per la Viabilitaacute E lo spostamento della discarica di Dandora che provoca tumori a molti abitanti di Korogocho senza dimenticare che essa offre sostentamento a molte attivitaacute informali che dovranno essere reindirizzate una volta che il sito saraacute trasformato nel parco che ormai da un decennio aspettiamordquo Una sottolineatura non secondaria dato che ad oggi anche iniziative positive come il Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (KENSUP) avviato nel 2004a Kibera sono state condotte senza il minimo dialogo con gli abitanti e rischiando di rendere inefficaci molti degli investimenti fatti Come dice Gustave Massiah direttore del CRID ndash Centro di Ricerca ed Informazione per lo Sviluppo (wwwcridassofr) e membro del Comitato organizzatore del WSF ndash ldquoeacute fondamentale veder convivere le due cose una battaglia frontale dal di fuori dei Summit Ufficiali e la prosecuzione del dialogo con gli attori politici dello sviluppo locale gli unici da cui ci puoacute aspettare che rimettano al centro della gestione urbana il rispetto per i valori umanirdquo Il Forum parallelo si eacute svolto esplicitamente anche ldquoin solidarietaacute con gli abitanti della baraccopoli di Komorardquo 600 famiglie sgomberate dalle ruspe a pochi giorni da Africiteacute in pochi minuti e con pochissimo preavviso per far spazio alle ambizioni di uno speculatore locale Anche per questo il tema degli sgomberi forzosi (forced evictions) e delle strategie di resistenza degli abitanti alla loro attuazione eacute stato uno degli assi portanti delle 6 giornate di scambio di conoscenze A parlarne crsquoera anche la rete HIC - Habitat International Coalition (rappresenatata da cesare Ottolini e dal coordinatore africano Sidiki Daff) la quale sta studiando con il Comune dsi Nairobi una moratoria degli sgomberi in vista del FSM Inoltre HIC ha incontrato una delegazione del Ministero degli Esteri italiano a Nairobi per negoziare la cancellazione del debito del Kenya con il nostro paese Lrsquoidea maturata eacute quella di contrattare una soluzione di cancellazione che possa beneficiare direttamente gli enti locali kenyani attraverso la presentazione di specifici progetti locali Lrsquoorganizzatrice delle attivitaacute di messa a rete degli Slum Dwellers la rete Exodus Kutoka raggruppa 15 parrocchie cattoliche che lavorano in alcuni dei 199 insediamenti informali di Nairobi che ndash insieme - ospitano circa il 65 dei 25 milioni di abitanti della capitale stipati in un misero e densissimo 5 del territorio cittadino La rete eacute nata nel 2002 e tra i suoi fondatori ci sono anche gli animatori della parrocchia di St John a Korogocho il luogo drsquoelezione dove ha operato per 12 anni Alex Zanotelli e la cui principale figura di riferimento eacute oggi Padre Daniele Moschetti Proprio nel nuovo anfiteatro di questa parrocchia (che ha vinto tra lrsquoaltro il premio UN-HABITAT per il progetto People United for a New Korogocho) si eacute svolta lrsquoattivitaacute di apertura del Forum parallelo Tremila persone hanno ascoltato performance artistico-musicali della rete di giovani che lega le varie baraccopoli ldquoEacute una prioritaacute fondamentale dare visibilitaacute ed occasioni ai talenti che emergono negli slumrdquo dice Magdaline Kasuku giornalista

che ha fatto della comunicazione da dentro gli slum dei loro valori positivi il suo obiettivo di vita ldquoAnche per questo dalle onde di Radio Waimini diamo spazio alle storie di creativitaacute artistica alla musica e al teatro che provengono dalle baraccopolirdquo La radio ndash nellrsquoorario di punta del sabato sera ndash ha da poco inaugurato anche un programma dedicato al Forum Sociale Mondiale espressione dellrsquoattento lavoro di una Piattaforma Ecumenica creatasi allrsquointerno della All African Conference of Churches in vista dellrsquoevento di gennaio ldquoCrsquoerano 2 anni di tempo per preparare il Forum Ma ad oggi ndash dice Andrea Rigon che da Nairobi sta seguendo per lrsquoIPSIA il progetto di media-publicity legato al prossimo Social Forum ndash ben poco eacute stato fatto Gli organizzatori locali sono spesso litigiosi il luogo dellrsquoevento eacute stato spostato molto fuori cittaacute e penalizzeraacute le attivitaacute culturali serali su cui avevamo puntato molto Anche nel caso di un successo ndash e nulla eacute scontato ndash crsquoeacute il rischio che resti un evento calato da fuori sulla cittaacute Per questo la paittaforma ecumenica sta lavorando con impegno a sensibilizzare la popolazione locale sullrsquoevento Per produrre i primi volantini esplicativi ed organizzare attivitaacute preparatorie abbiamo dovuto fare un grande lavoro di lsquotraduzionersquo di concetti forse chiari in Latinoamerica ma qui incomprensibili Si tratta comunque di un fatto unico in Africa dopo la piattaforma ecumenica per il Darfur questa eacute la seconda attivata nel continente per far lavorare insieme le Chiese su un evento importanterdquo Lo scopo principale eacute quello di valorizzare non tanto lrsquoevento-FSM quanto il suo essere ldquoprocessordquo la capacitaacute di radicarsi e lasciare sul territorio delle reti attive che possano durare molto oltre la sua fine Questo appare tanto piugrave importante davanti al totale silenzio della stampa kenyana sul FSM Ad oggi si conta un solo articolo uscito il 1 settembre sul quotidiano ldquoNationrdquo e intitolato ldquoArriva il World Economic Congressrdquo Lrsquoerrore freudiano nel confondere il Forum di Porto Alegre con quello di Davos riflette lrsquointeresse degli autori tutti concentrati a calcolare i guadagni che lrsquoarrivo di un centinaio di migliaia di persone garantiraacute al paese e al sistema alberghiero ldquoDando per scontato che le persone accorrano comunque mentre eacute maturo pensare che vi sia una risposta proporzionale alla capacitaacute organizzativa e agli investimenti che il paese sapraacute mettere in atto E il tempo stringerdquo concludono Wannjiku Njamira e Mwikali Kioko prestate dalla Caritas al progetto Catholic Coordination for the World Social Forum

BOX 2 Due domande a Rebecca Lolosoli

ldquoSono convinta che uomini e donne siano complementari e debbano lavorare assieme in armonia ma ci sono momenti in cui bisogna prioritariamente difendersirdquo Non vacilla neppure nel suo broken english Rebecca Lolosoli fondatrice e leader carismatico della comunitagrave ldquoUmojardquo ubicato accanto al Parco Nazionale di Samburu in Kenya Il villaggio ndash abitato da sole donne ndash eacute nato nel 1990 per dare rifugio alle vittime degli stupri perpetrati da un battaglione britannico oggi sotto inchiesta da parte di una commissione dellrsquoEsercito Reale Cacciate dalle famiglie percheacute ritenute ldquocolpevolirdquo di aver gettato unrsquoonta su di loro sono state presto raggiunte da altre donne sottoposte a violenze familiari o da adolescenti che si rifiutavano di accettare matrimoni combinati o mutilazioni genitali Oggi il villaggio (che nel dialetto locale significa lsquoUnitaacutersquo) ha sviluppato una produzione artigianale ed organizza attivitaacute per i turisti della zona

sempre insidiato dalla gelosia degli uomini che vivono a qualche centinaia di metri e non riescono a digerire i successi di quellrsquooasi autarchica D Che cosa le ha lasciato la partecipazione ad Africities Come si eacute sentita accolta R Mi ha lasciato tantissimi nuovi amici Donne e uomini E moltissime notizie strategie saperi che appena tornata al mio villaggio cercheroacute di comunicare alle altre e trasformare in nuova azione Ad esempio per lavorare su temi come le energie pulite per svilupparci restando in armonia con la natura e trovando finanziamenti esterni Questi spazi di riflessione ed incontro sono importantissiumi percheacute creano legami indissolubili tra ruoli sociali complementari tra ONG movimenti e donne che nel loro coraggio di fare politica affrontano ogni giorno le umiliazioni e il disinteresse che abbiamo patito noi in ambito familiare Ma che continuano a credere a sperare e a lottare unendosi Lrsquoaccoglienza eacute stata duplice Calorosissima quella delle Nazioni Unite per la cui Commissione Huairou ho girato il mondo in questi anni portando il messaggio del mio villaggio e riportando indietro idee e supporto Ottima quella di tanti amministratori locali e ONG di altri paesi Fredda come sempre quella della politica del mio paese che non ci ha mai supportato Neppure durante i tre anni di questa inchiesta sugli stupri da parte dei militari inglesi che sembra ormai affondata nel nulla senza dare risultati Ma io so di essere una lsquotroublemaking ladyrsquo una seccatrice e non mi fermo Continuo ad andare in giro soprattuttro per i villaggi per far conoscere alle donne i loro diritti e per appoggiarle nel chiederne il rispetto D Lei eacute chiamata comunemente ldquola sindaca di Umojardquo Le pacerebbe diventarlo davvero magari quando sentreraacute in vigore la nuova legge sullrsquoelezione diretta dei sindaci R Non so quante chances potrei avere in unrsquoelezione allrsquointerno del mio comune tenuto conto del potere che ancora gli uomini hanno nella nostra societaacute Se invece lei si riferisce alla sola frazione di ldquoUmojardquo behNon credo sia il caso che diventi autonoma Credo che lrsquoautoritagrave locale necessiti di una dimensione economica fattibile in termini di popolazione e risorse naturali per gestire unrsquoeconomia politica dove la devoluzione abbia senso Noi siamo piccolissimi che senso avrebbe amministrarci da sole Forse solo un senso dimostrativo Io sono gandhiana nel mio modo di fare non voglio spingere allrsquoeccesso la mia battaglia E voglio che resti pacifica E sono ancora convinta che con gli uomini ci possa e ci debba essere un dialogo Non crsquoersquo bisogno che sia io a governare mi basta costruire partenariati strategici e legami con altre donne per sapere che la nostra battaglia per i diritti puoacute avere delle speranze di successo Si puoacute ldquofemminilizzarerdquo una societaacute anche senza renderla tutta di donne Basta lottare per introdurre i nostri valori la pace la coperazione unrsquoeconomia lsquoembeddedrsquo ossia privata della centralitaacute assoluta che ha oggi ma riassorbita nellrsquoalveo delle relazioni sociali e culturali Il mio primo obiettivo ora eacute smantellare le tradizioni Samburu che impediscono alle donne lrsquoaccesso alla proprietaacute ed evitare che esse stesse siano appena ldquoproprietaacuterdquo dei mariti e dei padri Poi crsquoeacute una battaglia piuacute vasta che dobbiamo fare quella per lrsquoeducazione e soprattutto per lrsquoeducazione popolare Gli obiettivi del Millennio in fondo ruotano tutti intorno a valori che sono al centro del quotidiano di noi donne Se lotteremo insieme per femminilizzare la politica credo che saremo giaacute un pezzo avanti nel loro raggiungimentoCome dice Jane Peterson coordinatrice della Commissione Huairou che ndash dal Vertice ONU di Pechino del 1995 -

riunisce nel mondo tantissime donne della lsquobasersquo in una battaglia comune (wwwhuairouorg) la nostra puoacute apprire una battaglia tematica tra tante altre Ma non lo eacute Quello per cui lottiamo eacute un ribaltamento di valori e quindi un capovolgimento del mondo attuale

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Nairobbi (International Business Times) - Nairobis Africities summit is the fourth for local governments in the continent The first in Abidjan Cote dIvore in 1998 saw the emergence of the African municipal movement on the regional and international scene

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The ambition of the first summit was to break the linguistic barriers inherited from the colonial rule and to promote an African voice on the challenges of decentralisation local development regional integration and cooperation

Africities Two in Windhoek Namibia in 2000 marked the beginning of the structuring of the African municipal movement and Pan-African dialogue on decentralisation and local development At the meeting on strategic challenges of funding local governments the 1200 participants including 600 mayors and 40 Cabinet ministers from 51 countries including 36 African ones it was agreed that the All Africa Ministerial Conference on Decentralisation and Local Development be set up

The inter-governmental institution of ministers in charge of local governments mandate was to include decentralisation among the priorities on the African political agenda The Council of Cities and

Regions (CCRA) was set up to build and represent a unified voice of African local governments

The participants also institutionalised the Africities Summit as a platform between the local elected representatives and central governments representatives of public authorities and other players and African officials and the technical and financial partners over decentralisation policies It was also agreed to seek the recognition of the African Union for the institutions set up at the Summit

Africities Three was held in Yaounde Cameroon in 2003 and marked the unification of the African municipal movement and its participation in the world movement The third summit placed decentralisation and strengthening of local governments in perspective - to improve the living conditions of the people and participation of the citizenry

It defined CCRA governance with the setting up of an Interim Management Council the presidency and the secretariat The summit assigned to the institutions the role of preparing the participation of Africa in the Founding Congress of the world organisation of United Cities and Local Governments in Paris in May 2004 and the CCRA Founding Congress in May last year

They were also assigned the duty of following up the CCRA recognition application submitted to the African Union In accordance with decisions passed during the Africities Three Summit in Yaounde the CCRA congress was held in Tshwane South Africa between May 15 and 18 last year

The Congress adopted the constitution of the new organisation of local governments now called the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa

Africities Four in Nairobi is a meeting of stakeholders The intention is to bring together major local government players so that they can discuss the best way to work together at the local level with a view to attaining the Millennium Development Goals in African local governments

Like in the previous Africities summits an exhibition of African local governments the Citexpo will be organised The summit will provide an opportunity for public and private businesses groups and local government suppliers to present their products services and the latest technological advances that might interest delegates

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It will also provide an opportunity for countries to present their knowhow in decentralisation The exhibition also hosts cities and local governments associations bilateral or multilateral partners NGOs universities and training and research institutions

It appears that decentralisation is the magic goal and features in all themes I am not an expert in policy formulation and urban development But one glaring feature in all African cities is the growth of unplanned settlements or slums

As urban development experts and political bigwigs exchange ideas during the summit I wish to highlight areas that many city residents would hope were discussed

Access to clean water is critical Water is a basic need that is elusive in most cities especially in sub-Saharan Africa This should top the agenda because many years after independence we cannot provide clean water to urban residents

Housing is another concern Many cheap housing projects that have been planned are an avenue for the rich and politically correct to cut deals and acquire houses at the expense of the poor I hope the delegates visit local projects Pumwani for instance and establish if the poor benefited from them

One wonders why Kibera the largest slum in the continent is a darling of visiting dignitaries Could it be made a successful slum project in Africa

Roads in most African cities are mere footpaths and a motorists nightmare This is a critical issue the summit should address

African cities should also establish a conducive environment for informal businesses Informal trading or hawking as it is popularly known in Nairobi is a consequence of poor planning on the part of council

The problem is not beyond redemption though the council resorts to inhuman methods to curb the street trade In developed cities formal and informal trade are so well planned that it is difficult to notice the difference

Although security is not under local governments insecurity is a nightmare in most African cities Poverty and lack of opportunity to engage in meaningful production drive many residents to crime

Cities are manifestations of a countrys development Countries whose economies are on the right track have beautiful and progressive cities where residents live a fairly decent life

But African cities are the opposite in many aspects The richest thrive in the city even as the poor die by the roadside

Four summits down the line is a commendable effort for Africa but the critical question is Where are the achievements For Nairobi all is not lost what with the recent projects to beautify it

One hopes that the sprucing up of the city is not meant for the summit It would be ridiculous to clean homes only in readiness for visitors and once they leave all goes back to normal - a litter here a pile later a pothole here a crater later a shack here a slum later


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Mayor says Nairobi ready for Africities

Written ByJohn Muoki Posted Wed Sep 13 2006

Nairobi mayor Dick Wathika says the city is ready for the Africities conference which starts next week

Wathika says the city council is putting the final touches on renovations and beautification part of preparations for the conference which is expected to bring together more than 10-thousand municipality officials from across the continent and beyond

More than 1800 delegates including a representative of the mayor of London have already confirmed they will attend the meeting scheduled to run from next Monday to Sunday according to Mr Wathika

Among the issues to be addressed during the conference is decentralisation in Africa through central government strengthening the African municipal movement and involving local governments in development

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Summit roots for decentralization of resources

Written ByCatherine Atundi Posted Fri Sep 22 2006

African Local government Ministers and Mayors meeting in Nairobi now want immediate decentralization of resources to enhance their service delivery

They said the move will transform their institutions into autonomous entities that can deliver better services

Nairobi mayor Dick Wathika said decentralization should include enactment of legislation that will prevent outside interference of council affairs by politicians

UN Habitat Executive Director Anna Tibaijuka said decentralization was key in enabling local authorities meet the millennium development goals

She said the Africities summit has given Local authorities in Africa a great opportunity to become more responsive in addressing problems of urbanization in the continent

The five day Africities summit will be officially closed later this afternoon with the adoption of a resolutions reached after deliberations by over five thousand delegates attending the meeting at KICC






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Summit delegates want MDG actualized

Written ByCatherine Atundi Posted Tue Sep 19 2006

Delegates attending the Africities summit Tuesday called for renewed commitment by African governments to ensure the objectives of the Millennium Development goals are realized

Secretary General the United Cities and Local Authorities of Africa (UCLGA) Pierre Mbassi said the MDG goals including halving poverty and hunger by the year 2015 will not be realized without a drastic change in how African governments do business

He said if things continue the way they are the goals will be attained only after 110 years

Mbassi challenged the Western world to support Africa by providing financial support

UCLGA President Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa said many problems affecting African cities could be addressed using local policies plans and programmes

Nairobi Mayor Dick Wathika urged local authorities in the continent to include other stakeholders in their operations

He said decentralization is key in improving service delivery by local authorities

Over five thousand delegates are attending the five day meeting at KICC to find common solutions to problems affecting African cities through the MDGs



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Africities Summit of help- Musoni

Date 20th-September 2006

By Gasheegu MuramilaThe New Times

The Minister of Local Government Protais Musoni has said that the ongoing Africities IV Summit that began on Monday in Nairobi Kenya is an opportunity to learn from each other about decentralization on the continent

ldquoWe have been participating in this Summit ever since it started in 1998 So when we meet as ministers in this IV Summit on Wednesday we shall be exploiting all the opportunities especially in the fields of learning from each other and knowing different theoretical frameworks that can be usedrdquo Musoni told The New Times

The Minister who is also the Vice Chairman of the committee that brings together other local government ministers in Africa said the Nairobi meeting would attract international development partners to showcase innovations aimed at increasing the implementation of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)

ldquoWe have tried in as far as implementing the targets of MDGs are concerned and this Summit will also help us much since we shall share a lot in terms of exchange of ideasrdquo he said Meanwhile according to media reports delegates at the Summit will discuss the current state of the implementation of each of the eight Millennium Development Goals in Africa and in the world

The goals are poverty Universal Primary Education gender equality and hunger Others are infant mortality and maternal health HIVAids and environmental sustainability

Press reports further reveal that there will be held under the theme lsquobuilding local coalitions for an effective implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in African Local Governmentsrsquo the week-long continental summit is being attended by about 5000 delegates from Africa and Europe representing various stakeholder institutions

Held every two years the summit gives civic authorities and governments the opportunities to discuss decentralization on the continent

The first summit was held in 1998 in Abidjan (Cote drsquoIvorie) and the second one in 2000 in Windhoek (Namibia) The third one was held in 2002 in Yaoundeacute (Cameroon)

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Africities Summit to harmonize decentralization of urban services

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NAIROBI Sept 17 (Xinhua) -- African city mayors and delegates started arriving in Nairobi at the weekend ahead of a special summit to discuss the decentralization of government services to the lowest administrative levels and the definition of the roles of local governors

Kenya is hosting the African Summit of Local Governments against a backdrop of growing administrative and tax-related setbacks bedeviling the local government institutions tasked with providing services to the growing number of urban dwellers

We have come up with our sessional paper to discuss the issues the outcome of this conference would definitely benefit us especially on the devolution of power said Abel Mutimba the vice chair of the Association of Local Government Authorities of Kenya (ALGAK) which is co-hosting the week-long summit in Nairobi

Nairobi is the first Eastern African city to host the top gathering of Africas city mayors to discuss ways and means of countering the escalating problem of urbanization in Africa which has seen cities dealing with unemployment increased insecurity and petty thefts

The top gathering of the mayors and city administrators known popularly as the Africities Summit was last held in Yaounde Cameroon in 2003 It is a continental platform of dialogue networking and exchange of best practices on the decentralization

The summit brings together mayors local government officials elected representatives ministers in charge of decentralization and local development and the civil society

The forum is of critical importance to Africa as a continent as it will provide an all inclusive platform for dialogue on how best possible to address the many issues which have continued to disadvantage us compared to other parts of the world said Musikhari Kombo Kenyas Minister for Local Government ahead of the summit

The Africities Summit will kick off on Sept 18 until 24 with its theme as Building local coalitions for the implementation of the millennium development goals in African local governments including their target according to Kombo

Nairobi City Council officials have been working hard on bringing back the citys lost glory ahead of the summit to be opened by President Mwai Kibaki

The summit will seek to convince governments to share revenues with the local councils These councils contribute a lot to the provision of services said Isaiah Magut the chairman of ALGAK which coalesces some 175 local authorities in Kenya

A section of local councilors in Kenya had threatened to boycott the Africities Summit unless the Kenyan government relaxes its latest taxation rule requiring them to present their allowances for taxation

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Kenyan officials said 5000 delegates from Africa and Europe were expected for the Africities Summit which also brings together researchers training institutions and international and local business institutions

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Africities Summit Focuses on Implementing Millennium Development GoalsBy Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi18 September 2006

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Thousands of mayors and officials from Africa gathered in Kenya Monday for the opening of the week-long Africities summit which is to look at how local authorities can best implement the United Nations millennium development goals Cathy Majtenyi attended the opening session in Nairobi and files this report for VOA

Kenyans make their way through narrow streets in the Kibera slum in Nairobi (2005 file photo)

Speakers opening the event noted that an increasing number of Africans are moving into urban areas with more than half of the continents population expected to live in cities by 2020

This movement in turn puts more and more pressure on water sanitation housing roads and other systems that in many cases are seriously underdeveloped speakers said

UN-Habitats executive director Anna Tibaijuka told the gathering some 72 percent of Africans live in slums most of which lack basic services and infrastructure She issued a strong challenge to local governments and their partners to improve the lives of people living in those areas

When the majority of African people still find themselves in slum conditions it poses a serious challenge and draws our attention to the linkage between human settlements and the goals that the international community committed itself to achieve some six years ago said Tibaijuka For the people of Africa you are the closest institution that mediates the bulk of their every day lives Indeed you are the ultimate custodians of the Millennium Development Goals Achieving the MDGs in Africa requires therefore local governments and the key stakeholders to take the challenge of urbanization more seriously

The summit organized by the pan-African body Municipal Development Partnership and other groups is expected to bring together some 5000 delegates to discuss problems in African cities such as poverty crime and inadequate shelter

Discussions are expected to focus on devolving power from central governments to local councils and how to better fund municipalities

Kenyan minister for local government Musikari Kombo urged the gathering to look for creative ways to deal with the continents growing urbanization trend One such practice which most African countries need to appreciate is the creation of more cities in the rural settings instead of encouraging the

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growth of megacities he said

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki described how his government plans to tackle the problem of rapid expansion of the capital Nairobi and other urban centers in Kenya beginning with the election of mayors and deputy mayors We will soon be announcing the establishment of a Nairobi Metropolitan Region Development Board for the proper planning and administration of the city of Nairobi said Mr Kibaki The board will coordinate planning environmental management enforce compliance and promote the metropolis as a regional hub for investment and services

The summit is taking place six years after the United Nations unveiled its eight millennium development goals that aim to dramatically reduce poverty illiteracy disease and food insecurity by 2015

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