Abstract

The self-reliance strategy in Uganda has very good aims of empowering refugees become self reliant and reduce on their dependence on humanitarian agencies among other reasons. By focusing on Oruchinga refugee settlement, the study found out that, refugees have been able to engage in a number of livelihood strategies both agricultural and non-agricultural in a bid to stand on their own feet. A number of enabling factors ranging from availability of land, labour to favorable weather conditions and local markets have to a small extent favored them to become self reliant. However, to a big extent refugees are affected by a number of challenges that have made it hard for them to be self-reliant, a reason why they are still dependent on humanitarian agencies for livelihoods support.