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sit six customary and local governance systems and peace making sit six customary and local governance systems and peace making customary law is the set a set of custom, practices and beliefs that are accepted as obligatory rules of conduct by indigenous peoples and local community. it is the mechanism of resolving dispute. there is a procedure to resolve disputes without the assistance of the institutionalized justice system. customary law is unwritten law and kept in the memory of people or elders. therefore, when a case or dispute arises, the interested party have to ask these people for a solution. custom is defines as a tradition or a usual way to behave. custom is to society what law is to the state. a legal system is defined as a synergy of legal rules, legal principles, legal standards, legal policies, legal structures, legal tradition, legal actors, legal extension and legal penetration …

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articulate their interests and needs, mediate their differences and exercise their rights and obligations. the concepts of local governance and decentralization, at times used interchangeably, are related but different concepts. decentralization is primarily a national political, legislative, institutional and fiscal process. while local governance can be affected by decentralization processes for example, if local governments are expected to provide services formerly offered through national organizations - it may or may not be accompanied by decentralization, representative or participatory democratic processes, transparency, accountability or other defining characteristics of ‘good’ local governance. the oromo gadaa the gada system is a time-honored age and generation-set system practiced among the oromo people who regarded the system as their common heritage and as one of their major identity makers. the gada is crucial organizing structure among the oromo people and its social, political, ritual and legal aspects provides the framework for order and meaning of …

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oromo. the waliso oromo have a law making assembly known as yaa’ii haraa, an equivalent of gumi gaayo, held every eight years. the gaada is an indigenous system of governance, conflict resolution, and peacemaking. the indigenous system of governance among the oromo also include institutions of conflict resolution such as the jaarsa biyyaa (literally: elders of the soil/land) institution. gadaa classes grade 1: daballe from age 1-8 dabale is the first of all grades and it is always occupied by a class of people sharing a common identity by virtue of the fact that they are all the sons of the gadaa class who are in power as leaders of borana society as a whole. the dabballe stand out in borana society because of their striking hairstyle, known as “guduru”. grade 2: junior gamme (gamme didiko) from age 8-16 the transition ceremony by which the sons pass from the dabballe …

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he dori’s gained arts of leadership and philosophy. grade 6: gada age 41-48. gada grade is the stage of full political maturity and became the ruling party for the following eight years. this is the peak of social and political career of gada and the optimum age of having maturity skill and capacity of holding and practically showing societal responsibilities. grade 7: yuba age 49 and above. the gada retires and becomes a yuba elders ; the most important responsibility of retired gada class (yuubaa) is to oversee the ceremonial activities of the luba in power. the yuba still takes over advisory functions and act as mediator, ritual experts and peacemakers. the gedeo of southern ethiopia have an indigenous system of governance called baalle. the baalle and the gaada system of the oromo have some similarities. for example, both have grading system and exercise periodic transfer of power (i.e., every …

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cal system. the gamo people were organized into several local administrations locally known as deres. according to anthropological findings, there were more than 40 deres across the gamo highlands. each dere had its own ka’o (king) and halaqa (elected leader). the indigenous system of governance embraces the dere woga (customary law) and the dubusha assemblies. the highest body of the indigenous governance is the dere dubusha, a general assembly that is responsible to make and revise customary laws, resolve major disputes that cannot be solved at the lower levels. dere woga of the gamo the dubushas assembly has three hierarchies: 1) the dere dubusha (at the top), sub-dere dubusha (at the middle), and guta/neighborhood dubusha (at the village level). minor cases and disputes are resolved by the dere cima, council of elders. like the oromo gada and the gedeo baalle, the indigenous governance of the gamo is embedded in the …

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sit six customary and local governance systems and peace making sit six customary and local governance systems and peace making customary law is the set a set of custom, practices and beliefs that are accepted as obligatory rules of conduct by indigenous peoples and local community. it is the mechanism of resolving dispute. there is a procedure to resolve disputes without the assistance of the institutionalized justice system. customary law is unwritten law and kept in the memory of people or elders. therefore, when a case or dispute arises, the interested party have to ask these people for a solution. custom is defines as a tradition or a usual way to behave. custom is to society what law is to …

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