Description of the problem | Number of respondents (n= |
Some tribes don’t get into community leadership | 6 |
Fights among different tribes | 4 |
Linguistic discrimination among different tribes | 4 |
Back-stabbing among different tribes | 3 |
Labeling people who don’t speak Swahili as Rwandan | 2 |
Different religious sects don’t visit people who belong to other sects | 2 |
Parents educate the boy child over the girl child | 1 |
Responding and talking in a cruel way to people of a different tribe | 1 |
Different tribes harass and threaten each other | 1 |
People live in fear of other tribes | 1 |
Destroying gardens of people from other tribes | 1 |
Perceived causes of the problem | Number of respondents |
People speaking different languages | 5 |
Scheming within different tribes to fail or twart members of tribes other than one’s own (fitina katika makabila) | 4 |
Lack of love for one another | 2 |
Immigration and having different nationalities | 2 |
Parents think the boy child is more important than the girl child | 1 |
Having numerous religious sects | 1 |
Problems related to tribalism (shida za ukabila) | 1 |
Resettlement status some have and others do not | 1 |
Land wrangles | 1 |
Lack of trust within families | 1 |
Harsh living conditions | 1 |
People have different customs | 1 |
Difference in years lived in the settlement | 1 |
Illiteracy | 1 |
Effects on those with the problem and those close to them | Number of respondents |
Fighting | 6 |
Killing one another | 4 |
May lead to tribal disputes | 3 |
Hatred within villages (machuki) | 3 |
There is no peace and freedom (hakuna amani na uhuru) | 2 |
Imprisonment | 2 |
Lack of co-operation (between community members) hinders development | 2 |
Early pregnancies associated with difficulties at delivery and reduce chances to lead a good life | 1 |
Poisoning (kulogana) | 1 |
Leads to poverty status | 1 |
Harassment (kunyanyaswa) | 1 |
What do people currently do to address the problem | Number of respondents |
Sensitizing community about effects of discrimination | 6 |
Advice giving | 5 |
Teaching people to live in harmony and love one another | 3 |
Reporting problems to NGOs | 2 |
Separating tribes that are fighting | 1 |
Imprisonment of perpetrators of discrimination | 1 |
Reporting to the village chairperson | 1 |
Having community dialogues about discrimination | 1 |
Government putting announcements on the radios about its effects | 1 |
What should be done about the problem if resources were available | Number of respondents |
Advising people to love one another | 4 |
Establishing strict laws to fight discrimination | 3 |
Sensitizing the communities about effects of discrimination | 2 |
Games uniting people | 2 |
All people should be taken abroad | 1 |
Formation of community development groups | 1 |
Joint business venture | 1 |
Establishing more places where water can be got | 1 |
Give them money to buy the food they need. | 1 |
Government should pass rules against discrimination | 1 |
Government should punish perpetrators | 1 |