Bamunanika County

Thank you, Mr Speaker. While I acknowledge that it is the duty of the Head of State to bring the country up to speed through the State of the Nation Address, I am a little reserved about speaking and appreciating him for going to Kololo and presenting the State of the Nation Address. It is his duty, and as a Member of Parliament, personally, I feel reserved to stand here and appreciate the President of the country for doing his duty and not sleeping on the job. Mr Speaker, on page seven, he was very categorical that in the 1980s he rallied Ugandans and they responded positively. Our people of Luweero came on board during the bush war,

383 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 15 JULY 2026 fought and took over the Government. The people of Luweero and specifically Katikamu County South that I represent, leave a lot for the Government to ponder. While we are talking about industrialisation across the country, development, and the money economy, the people of Luweero where President Museveni and his colleagues fought, are in dire poverty. Our roads and hospitals are in a very poor state, and even some of the soldiers, the mwananchi that fought during the bush war, do not even have houses where to sleep. Mr Speaker, I call upon the Government to come to Luweero, through where they went on their way to Government, and check on their colleagues they left behind. Some of them are part of our families. We can actually take you back to their homes because those people are still there waiting for the Government to come and rescue them out of their poverty. Mr Speaker, for the President to go to Kololo and shade a very beautiful picture about a country, especially after forgetting the people he fought with coming to Government, I believe that is very unfair. On behalf of the people of Luweero, we want to say no to this kind of address.

15 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026 58. Niyonsaba Alex Bufumbira County South Kisoro NRM 59. Nsamba Patrick Oshabe Kassanda County North Kassanda NUP 60. Ntale Nsereko Madina Kawempe Division South Kampala NRM 61. Obigah Rose Woman Representative Terego NRM 62. Ochai Maximus West Budama County North Tororo NRM 63. Ojok Andrew Oulanyah Omoro County Omoro NRM 64. Okello Patrick Onguti Aswa County Gulu DP 65. Okot Boniface Henry Kole South County Kole NRM 66. Odwori John Kagoma North County Jinja NUP 67. Oboth Marksons Jacob West Budama Central County Tororo NRM 68. Onzima Phiona Ayivu Division West Arua City NRM 69. Ongalo-Obote Clement Kenneth Kalaki County Kalaki NRM 70. Okia Joanne Aniku Woman Representative Madi-Okollo NRM 71. Nsegumire Muhamad Kibedi Mityana County North Mityana NRM 72. Okullo Francis Ochero County Kaberamaido NRM 73. Opio Samuel Acuti Kole North County Kole NRM 74. Okwi Constantine Kibale County Pallisa NRM 75. Waako Joy Peggy Older Persons Representative Female NRM 76. Ongiertho Emmanuel Jor Nebbi Municipality Nebbi Independent 77. Ssekitoleeko Robert Bamunanika County Luweero NUP 78. Ogwang Peter Ngariam County Katakwi NRM 79. Ongorok Richard Usuk County Katakwi NRM 80. Olanya Gilbert Kilak South County Amuru FDC 81. Okoya John Calvin Chua East County Kaberamaido NRM 82. Okello Geoffery Charles Nwoya East County Nwoya DP 83. Ogama Alli Ismail Lower Madi County Madi-Okollo NRM The House was suspended at 11.12 a.m. until 1.00 p.m. On resumption, at 1.00 p.m. 84. Wanyoto Godfrey Budadiri County West Sironko Independent 85. Nyamutoro Phiona Woman Representative Nebbi NRM 86. Opio Denish Geoffrey Nwoya County Nwoya DP 87. Origumisiriza Enid Atuheire Woman Representative Kabale NRM 88. Ottober Wellborn Odiya Aruu North County Pader NRM 89. Ssewagudde Robert PWD Representative N/A Independent 90. Otimgiw Isaac Ismail Padyere County Nebbi NRM 91. Ruteraho Lillian Woman Representative Isingiro NRM 92. Ssemwanga Joseph (Brig. Gen.) UPDF Representative N/A N/A 93. Sange Jackline Woman Representative Kween NRM 94. Opolot-Okwalinga Simon Peter Kanyum County Kumi NRM 95. Owere Richard Machika West Budama North East Tororo NRM 96. Paparu Lillian Obiale Woman Representative Arua NRM 97. Paak Peter Pex Dodoth East County Kaabong NRM 98. Rwakoojo Robina Gureme Woman Representative Gomba NRM 99. Rwashande Emmanuel (Brig. Gen. Rtd) Lwemiyaga County Ssembabule NRM 100. Sekabira Denes Katikamu North County Luweero NUP 101. Ssewungu Joseph Gonzaga Kalungu County West Kalungu NUP 102. Owino Nicholas Simon Tororo North County Tororo NRM

8 ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS 5. Kansiime Annah Woman Representative Rwampara NRM 6. Kanyesigye Mercy Youth Representative Female Independent 7. Kapyagon Brian Kongasis County Bukwo Independent 8. Karim Musa Aringa North County Yumbe Independent 9. Kasajja George Patrick Bulamogi North West County Kaliro NRM 10. Kasigwa Gerald Bihemaiso Kigorobya County Hoima NRM 11. Kasirye Nganda Ali Makindye East Division Kampala NUP 12. Kasukaali Methuselah Mwenge Central County Kyenjojo NRM 13. Kariisa Johnbosco Koy Buhweju West County Buhweju NRM 14. Katushabe Ruth Woman Representative Bukomansimbi NRM 15. Katusiime Annet Mugisha Woman Representative Bushenyi NRM 16. Kawalya Abubaker Rubaga Division North Kampala NUP 17. Kasaija Matia Buyanja County Kibaale NRM 18. Karuhanga Gerald Kafureeka Ntungamo Municipality Ntungamo Independent 19. Khalayi Peace Woman Representative Namisindwa NRMK 20. Kiirya Grace Paddy Wanzala Butembe County Jinja FDC 21. Kiiza Andrew N. Kaluya Kigulu County South Iganga NUP 22. Katushabe Doreen Birungi Woman Representative Lyantonde NRM 23. Kiyonga C.W.C.B. Bukonzo County West Kasese NRM 24. Muhwezi Jim Katugugu Rujumbura County Rukungiri NRM 25. Kenan Opio Busiro South Wakiso NRM 26. Kateshumbwa Dicksons Sheema Municipality Sheema NRM 27. Katusiime Jovia Woman Representative Kiryandongo NRM 28. Kiiza Kenneth Nyendwoha Bujenje County Masindi NRM 29. Kikabi Edward (Dr) Ntwetwe County Kyankwanzi NRM 30. Kinalwa James (Maj. Gen.) UPDF Representative N/A N/A 31. Kinobere Herbert Tom Kibuku County Kibuku Independent 32. Kinshaba Patience Nkunda Woman Representative Kanungu Independent 33. Kiruluuta Yusuf J. Nkerettanyi Kalungu County East Kalungu NUP 34. Kirumira Hassan Katikamu County South Luweero NUP 35. Kisekka Salim Bukomansimbi North County Bukomansimbi NRM 36. Kitiyo Patrick Kapchorwa Municipality Kapchorwa Independent 37. Kiyimba Emmanuel Bukoto County Mid-West Lwengo NRM 38. Kasule Ismail Hoima West Division Hoima City ANT 39. Khainza Agnes Shiuma Woman Representative Bududa NRM 40. Kugonza Emely Buyanja East County Kibaale NRM 41. Kungu Samuel Bamuteeze Kigulu County North Iganga NRM 42. Kwizera Eddie Wa-Gahungu Bukimbiri County Kisoro Independent 43. Kyambadde Amelia Ann Mawokota County North Mpigi NRM 44. Kyarampe Rebecca Woman Representative Mitooma NRM 45. Kyarikunda Loydah T. Woman Representative Mbarara NRM 46. Kisa Stephen Bakubalwayo Luuka South County Luuka NRM 47. Kavuma Samuel (Lt Gen.) UPDF N/A N/A 48. Kitanywa Sowedi Busongora County North Kasese NRM 49. Kizza Hakim Sawula Bukoto County South Lwengo NUP 50. Kuteesa Patrick Kimanya-Kabonera Division Masaka City NUP 51. Kwiyucwiny Grace Freedom Ora County Zombo NRM 52. Kibaaju Charity Kamuhanda Woman Representative Mbarara City NRM 53. Komol Joseph Miidi Dodoth North County Kaabong NRM 54. Karubanga Jacob Ateenyi Kibanda South County Kiryandongo Independent 55. Mwine Mpaka Rwamirama Mbarara South Division Mbarara City NRM

11 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026 153. Mao Nobert Laroo-Pece Division Gulu City DP 154. Mwiru Paul Jinja South Division East Jinja City NUP 155. Nabadduka Annet Woman Representative Kibaale Independent 156. Nabakooba Judith Nalule Woman Representative Mityana NRM 157. Nabawanuka Sumayah Mubende Municipality Mubende NUP 158. Nabirye Annet Woman Representative Luuka NRM 159. Nabukenya Brenda Woman Representative Luweero NUP 160. Nagujja Judith Woman Representative Buvuma NRM 161. Najjuma Sarah Woman Representative Nakaseke NRM 162. Nakadama Rukia Isanga Woman Representative Mayuge NRM 163. Nakawuki Susan Nsambu Mawokota County South Mpigi NRM 164. Nakazibwe Hope Grania Woman Representative Mubende NRM 165. Nakisita Betty Mpongo Woman Representative Namutumba Independent 166. Nakiyi Julius Muntu Budadiri County East Sironko NRM 167. Nakut Faith Loru Woman Representative Napak NRM 168. Nakweede Harriet Woman Representative Kayunga NUP 169. Naluyima Betty Ethel Woman Representative Wakiso NUP 170. Namanya Viola Woman Representative Ntungamo NRM 171. Namara Dennis Buyaga West County Kagadi NRM 172. Namatende Eunice Woman Representative Bugiri NRM 173. Nambaziira Florence Woman Representative Ssembabule NRM 174. Nambeshe John Baptist Manjiya County Bududa NUP The Uganda National Anthem The East African Community Anthem (The House rose at 4.15 p.m. and adjourned until Friday, 15 May 2026, at 8.00 a.m.)

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, allow me to register my heartfelt and deepest condolences to you, the august House, the Leader of the Opposition, the people of Kalangala, Greater Masaka, and the entire Uganda. Madam Speaker, because of time, I want to inform this august House that Hon. Helen Nakimuli was all-round. In fact, she was a member of the Opposition, but you could not believe that she was indeed in the Opposition. However, she stood on the principles of her party. There are colleagues from the Opposition side who do not want to associate with ministers of the Government, even when their people yearn for development. (Applause) However, Hon. Nakimuli would not do that. I remember a day when I went to Kalangala. I was received by Hon. Nakimuli and Hon. Kabuusu, and we spent two days there. I received their requests and I worked on them. There are colleagues who have approached me and asked, can you give me this in private? Hon. Nakimuli was exceptional. Madam Speaker, allow me to also ask for one important thing from the Leader of the Opposition and my colleagues. Hon. Nakimuli deserves a decent send-off. Tomorrow, we are all ready to go to Luweero. However, this business of Ugandans trying to threaten the mourners – (Interjection) - yes, because I witnessed this in Kalangala Town Council yesterday when you attempted to stop the Resident District Commissioner from delivering his message.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Hon. Helen was a super brand as evidenced by the speeches of today. Helen’s body is leaving this place to go to NUP offices, go to her home in Namungoona, then tomorrow church and Luweero. The rest of us could have speeches in all those areas. I move a motion that we close the debate for Hon. Helen and have her body move decently to all those places.

18649 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2026 This project intends to ensure the connection of 1,073,500 new connections of people to the electricity grid. The distribution is as follows: Central Region, 497,106; Eastern Region, 216,616; Northern, 140,337; and Western Uganda, 219,441 new connections, all amounting to 1,073,500 new connections. Under the mineral exploration and beneficiation projects, there is exploration and support for the mineral value chains. This is to improve the value of the minerals that are being obtained by the various artisanal as well as developed miners. This is planned for in Ssembabule, Buhweju, Iganga, Luweero, Kyenjojo, Ntungamo, Kazo, Kiboga, Kassanda, Mubende, Nakasongola, Mityana, and Nakaseke districts. On the Kilembe redevelopment and mineral value addition, the Government intends to support mining, processing, and mineral value addition under the Kilembe project. This will be located in Kilembe, which is in Kasese. There will also be Busia, Mbarara, Iganga, Jinja, Tororo, Rubanda, Kampala, and other mineral processing points in the country. Observations on Vote 017 The committee welcomes -

Is the motion seconded? (Members rose_) Okay, it is seconded by the Rt Hon. Prime Minister, the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Minister of State for Luweero Triangle, the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Chairperson of the Budget Committee, Hon. Omara, Hon. Masaba, Hon. Kamara and majority of the Members of the House. Thank you. Honourable minister, do you want to briefly speak to your motion?

18313 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 29 JANUARY 2026 Many of the projects for which we have borrowed gross sums of money are either behind schedule or have completely stagnated. Here we are being asked to recklessly approve further borrowing. I now turn to the ministry of finance report on externally funded projects. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has been monitoring performance of these projects and done some reports. The latest report samples 66 externally-funded projects, as the table below illustrates. We have borrowed money to finance projects. Even in this budget, they are saying we should borrow another Shs 10 trillion. But look at the table. The projects in Agro-Industrialisation; seven projects here, only two have been completed. One is on track, others behind schedule. Digital Transformation: two projects, one on track. Human Capital Development: 14 projects, only one completed, one on track, 12 are behind schedule. Integrated Transport Infrastructure and Services: 12 projects for which we have borrowed money, only two completed, one on track, 18 behind schedule. I do not need to go on, but the total below is that you have a total of 66 projects sampled by the finance ministry. Only six are completed, five are on track, 55 of these projects are behind schedule, including the ones that you will see that have stagnated. I will give a list here. I will be very brief because this is not my list, it is a list of Hon. Musasizi: Kampala-Jinja Expressway. We borrowed money to do this road. Let me go to the last line. This is how the finance ministry has assessed this. The physical progress of the project is zero. Money borrowed; progress is zero. They are saying let us borrow more. That is what is in the Budget Framework Paper. Busega-Mpigi Expressway. Construction is at 46 per cent. This road was supposed to have been completed years ago. They are at 46 per cent. Part of the reason you will see, they are saying they do not have counter-funding, and then they are saying let us borrow and begin more projects. That is why I said you even offend common sense. Entebbe Airport Rehabilitation. This one, there is progress but the point is because of the delays, we are now required to pay to the contractor the total sum of $34.9 million because we delayed. The contractor says you delayed here and here, pay me money. Even this one, although progressing, it was never delivered on time. The Development of the New Bukasa Port Project. This one has not started at all, still in the preliminary. Kampala Flyover Construction. The Finance ministry says it has stagnated. Kampala City Roads Rehabilitation Project. They are now revising it. Time elapsed. They are revising it, yet you know each revision comes with money. Multinational Kapchorwa-Suam-Kitale and Eldoret Bypass Road Project. This one has almost been completed but after a delay. Kyenjonjo-Hoima-Masindi-Kigumba Road. The project has not been completed; more money is needed. Multinational Lake Victoria Maritime Communication and Transport Project. Here, the overall progress is from 37 per cent by the end of April. All these projects have delayed, no counter-funding, they are contracting more. Luweero-Butalangu Road. Work is at 67 per cent. A road that they started nearly 10 years ago, they have not completed a short stretch. Moyo-Yumbe-Koboko Road Project, and you keep asking why the President repeat these roads in every budget? The progress, as you have seen, on some projects, is zero. Every

Thank you. We can now hear from Hon. Aisha, the Member of Parliament for Luweero, and Hon. Kirumira.

18277 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 21 JANUARY 2026 cooperatives. Hon. Elijah is the Chairperson of the Teso Cooperative Union and Hon. Nandala is the Chairperson of Bugisu Cooperative Union. We need to streamline the operations - Hon. Aisha, as a forum, you need to first look at what is happening in the current cooperatives so that we have credible cooperatives. Let us hear from Hon. Kirumira, and then the Member from Luweero.

Under Annex 1, we summarised the amount of money which is budgeted for DUCAR, KCCA and road maintenance. There are national roads upgrades and rehabilitation. There are also ferry operations of about Shs 12 billion. Therefore, some of the roads like Fort Portal- Bundibugyo-Lamia - we all know that road. There was an estimate of Shs 118 billion. The requirement to do the phase for this year is Shs 50 billion. However, there was nothing provided in the budget. There is also Gulu-Atiak-Nimule Road – it is in bad shape. The other roads are Mubende- Kyenjojo Road and Ntungamo-Rukungiri Road. There is also the completion of the section of Tororo-Busia Road. We also have Najjanankumbi-Busabala Road and Rwenkunye-Apac-Lira-Puranga Road - Hon. Omara, thank you for lobbying. We also have Luweero-Butalangu Road. There is Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo – that road when you leave Koboko via Yumbe headed to Moyo. It is for upgrade. Money is being provided. There are also Yumbe-Ure, Kisubi-Nakawuka, Nakawuka-Maya, Nakawuka-Nateete, Nakawuka-Kasanje-Maya and Nakawuka- Buwaya – all those roads. The money is here. Once we approve, we are in business. There are also critical oil roads like Kabwoya- Buhuka, Kihura-Rwamwanja, Kahunge-Bwizi- Mpara, Namagumba-Budadiri-Nalugugu - these people of Mbale, the road is there to be completed. We have Moroto-Lokitanyala Road, Kira- Matugga Road – Hon. Ssemujju, thank you for lobbying - (Laughter). There is also Kabale- Bunyonyi Road – that is a tourist road, going up to Kisoro-Mahinga. We have Busega-Mpigi Expressway. We need that one badly. There is a road from Muyembe to Nakapiripirit as well as Lusalira-Nkonge- Lumegere-Ssembabule Road. Hon. Kabanda is in business. Thank you for lobbying. Hon. Namugga, the NRM Government does not discriminate. There is also Iganga-Bulopa-Kamuli – you will connect properly. This is for the former Speaker, and the current Speaker has implemented it. Thank you for lobbying. There are also critical roads like Kabale- Kiziranfumbi, Nyairongo-Kyarushesha and Masindi-Biiso. It seems nobody is excited about this one. This is an oil road.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am re-designating the Opposition members of Parliament to sectoral committees, and they are only two in number. In accordance with Rule 195(1) and Rule 196 of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament, I hereby redesignate the following members of the sectoral committees as follows: Hon. Adeke Anna Ebaju, the Woman Member of Parliament for Soroti of FDC, is being re- designated from the Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development to the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. Lastly, Hon. Nabukenya Brenda, Woman Member of Luweero District of National Unity Platform (NUP), is being withdrawn from the Committee on Education and Sports and hereby re-designated to the Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development. I beg to re-designate. (Question put and agreed to.)

Madam Speaker, when you say they are internal, I will leave it, but political parties are public institutions. However, another issue related to politics is the deteriorating civic space. I have just had a conversation with the State Minister for Foreign Affairs. I had a smaller meeting this afternoon, as Member of Parliament for Kira Municipality, with my constituents near Bweyogerere Police Station and the tents have been confiscated. I was in Mityana as the Chief of Staff and brand manager of People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) to open an office, swear in new leaders and introduce my party to that area. The Uganda Police Force said that we cannot have a meeting in a tent, unless we go to a hall. We walked three kilometres to the catholic church outside the city , and when we were coming back to open the office, they said that we were in a procession and tear gassed us, yet, they were the ones who took us there and later stopped us from coming back to open the office, saying that we were in a procession. Madam Speaker, since we have the Minister of Internal Affairs, let him tell us if political parties are banned. If a Member of Parliament cannot address a meeting in his constituency saying we should go and look for permits - o ur leader, Dr Kiiza Besigye, who fought for the freedom of this country and treated President Museveni when he was sick in Luweero, remains in jail eight months later. That is why, when you were defeating Hon. Kadaga, I was very happy because the senior people have conspired to let down the country - (Hon. Basalirwa rose_) - do you want to take away my happiness? It is mine. I saw her saying that she was very senior. There are those who were with Gen. Museveni in the bush, treating him. Mr Sam Mugumya, who was with you in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) before I joined, was kidnapped, and to date, we do not know where he is. Madam Speaker, my issue is the deteriorating civic space , and I ask the minister responsible, since he is here, to tell us.

17708 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT that the roads we are doing are resilient to the environmental changes. Of course, it is a big challenge because, as you can see, it is unpredictable. I think you saw what happened in Texas recently. Within 45 minutes, things had changed. However, we have ESIA in all the projects which we do. Hon. Ssewungu, your road. I can bet with you that we can go and see the progress of the bridge on Upper Katonga. It is being done by a company called Rodo. Even as I leave here, I can give you their contact and you can check with them. They have done some work. They have now put up the pillars and are now doing the box culverts for relief. So, the two bridges are being done concurrently; the bridge downstream and the bridge upstream. (Interjections) The tarmacking may come later. (Laughter) Bobi-Iceme-Corner Aboke-Corner Ayer That road is under the AFCON project. Yes, it is under the AFCON project and we hope to do it together with Gulu Airport, which is going to be expanded. AFCON is planning to use Akii Bua Stadium, which is being done. We think that if they land in Gulu, they can drive shortly through Bobi-Iceme-Corner Aboke to Lira. It will be a faster movement. Training of operators and maintenance team Madam Speaker, we have established a training centre, again, with the assistance of JICA and the Japanese Government at Luweero and the centre is called the Mechanical Engineering Training and Advisory Centre (METRAC). This is where we are going to train operators and maintenance teams for our machines. It will be useless for us to keep buying machines if we cannot maintain them properly. They will not last. Therefore, we have that being done. We are also working with the National Council for Higher Education so that the people trained there can have certified certificates and they can be able to work anywhere within East Africa. Kitgum-Palabek-Lagoro, I talked about that. Iganga-Bulopa-Luuka The contractor who has now been identified for that role is Arab Contractors, the one who did Tirinyi-Pallisa-Kumi-Kamonkoli Road. He is going to be on site by the end of September to start setting. This time, the equipment will not walk away (Laughter) -(Interjections) – the railway to Masaka - good thought. I think we will think about it. There are a number of things we have been thinking about; how to link Masaka, including developing ports like Bukakata Port and Lambu Port and the bridge to Kalangala. (Interjections) - Yes, I have not yet promised that, but it is something we are investigating. Yes. (Laughter) Kyegegwa-Hapuyo-Kakumiro This is the road which is commonly known as the Liberation Road. It starts all the way from Kazo to Kabogole, Kyegegwa through Hapuyo to Kakumiro up to Kisiita - (Interjections) - Yes, it has been earmarked for tarmacking, but I am not sure whether we shall be able to do it in National Development Plan (NDP) IV. However, we are going to maintain it as good murram. Rescue Centres Yes, we have established the rescue centres. In Misonzi, we had a challenge because there was over-flooding and we could not put the - and when we got the contractor, he did not measure up and so we stopped him. We are re-engaging a new contractor. We had another site at Mwena, but we could not also work at Mwena because of the rising of the lake. However, the rescue centres are now functional. I agree with you that we need to mark the lake, but we are having a project under East Africa because, as you appreciate, Lake Victoria is an East African facility. It is for Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Therefore, working with our partners, we have moved and also convinced the African Development Bank, which is supporting the

17709 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 6 AUGUST 2025 rescue centres that we need to start marking the lake and also carry out a detailed survey and update of the lake to ensure that the lanes and lines are properly marked. Land titles I have now instructed my team under the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development that they now put the land titles project by project. Identify, for example, the land titles on Kiboga Road, the land titles on the Kampala-Jinja Expressway (KJE), the land titles on Masaka-Sembabule Road, so that we can hand them back to the owners, and we will be communicating that. Luweero-Butalangu Road This road is progressing. It may be slow, but one of the challenges was, of course, land compensation. You know, some of the challenges we had, even with some of the local judges who are refusing us access to land. On that issue, they are progressing but Butalangu to Ngoma is not within this NDP, but I know that we need to connect that, and I know that we need to connect Butalangu to Kapeeka to Kituuma, but those connections are not within this NDP. However, I can assure you that Luweero to Butalangu will be finished. Madam Speaker, Kyabakuza-Matete road, we shall maintain. It was instructed that we have to do up to Mbirizi. We need to do that road because it is a shortcut to someone going to Mbarara if you go through Sembabule. But again, “omutaaka” the challenge is the funding. Thank you very much.

17672 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT Madam Speaker, urban planning and management are under the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, and there is also the local government. What is the link between these two? We, therefore, need to have some sort of multi-sectoral planning to come up with proper physical planning. I do not know how the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development work together. Otherwise, we used to have – when I was a district urban officer in Luweero, we used to have master plans for all these urban centres. I do not know whether we still have those urban centres because planning takes place after the development. This is actually why we have slums. We do not plan early. By the time you plan, there are already slums and breaking some of these structures becomes difficult. You may have to compensate them. Therefore, if we are shifting, we have these peri-urban areas that should be better planned than the CBD - (Member timed out.)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. During the presidential tour of the Parish Development Model (PDM), the President pledged to work on the on Lugogo swamp, which connects Nakaseke to Luweero. I discussed it with the minister and he told me to write. I wrote to him but he has never responded yet that is the shortest route from Nakasake to Luweero. I, therefore, request that when the minister is coming with a report, he should also give me the status. Thank you, so much.

17527 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 12 JNUE 2025 iv) Registered a 4.1 per cent decrease in the volume of crime from 228,074 cases reported in 2023 to 218,715 cases in 2024 and a subsequent decline in the crime rate from 516 to 476 per 100,000 persons; v) Commenced mass enrolment of Ugandans on 27 May 2025 to acquire National Identity Cards, with a target of registering 17.2 million unregistered persons and renewing 15.8 million expired cards. Apart from securing elections and aiding our national security, the National ID has contributed to improved efficiency in accessing public services, broadened financial inclusion, eased travel within the EAC and stamped out fraud arising from identification; vi) Improved efficiency in the delivery of citizenship and immigration control services. The average turnaround time for processing of ordinary passports has reduced to four from 14 days. Beebale ; vii) The Government has started to roll out the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System to improve security. To date, 26,818 vehicles and 62,512 motorcycles have been registered. In addition, the Government has invested in security cameras to improve tracking of crime in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area and on major highways. The Government has also started implementing regulations for speed limits using the Express Penalty System to reduce fatalities on roads. This is the way to go. If there is any problem with the rates, they will be reviewed, but the penalty will stay to save the lives of Ugandans; viii) The Uganda Prisons is transforming from a consumptive to a productive force. This has contributed to food security and reduced the budget required to look after inmates. In addition, the Prisons Service contributed to the growth of the local textile industry through increased production of cotton. This financial year, the Service produced 1,733 metric tons of maize seed, 305,485 kilogrammes of cotton for the local textile industries and 12,290 metric tons of grain to contribute to prisoners’ feeding requirements; ix) The Government was effectively represented in courts, tribunals and commissions. Out of 393 cases concluded, the Government won 285, which is 72.5 per cent and saved Shs 548 billion that would have otherwise been paid as costs; x) The Government implemented the NRM Manifesto commitment on cattle compensation in the Acholi, Lango and Teso subregions. Since Financial Year 2021/22, a total of Shs 142.9 billion has been paid to 53,592 claimants. I have provided Shs 80 billion next financial year to pay the remaining claimants. In addition, I have provided Shs 15 billion for ex-gratia ( akasiimo ) of the Luweero war victims. Madam Speaker, next financial year, I have provided Shs 9.9 trillion for: 1. Consolidating Uganda’s security through continued modernisation and professionalisation of the security agencies; 2. Improving the welfare of the security forces; 3. Undertaking general elections in 2026, which are just around the corner; 4. Increasing access to justice, law and order services; and 5. Strengthening immigration and border security. The Government is stepping up the fight against corruption. We are automating all Government processes to reduce human interaction and ensure traceability, investing in more performance and forensic audits and enforcing accountability. I think I should reread this paragraph: The Government is stepping up the fight against corruption. We are automating all Government processes to reduce human interaction and ensure traceability, investing in more performance and forensic audits and enforcing accountability.

17544 BUDGET SPEECH are there – the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) is there but is quiet, the District Internal Security Officer (DISO) is there, the Gombolola Internal Security Officers (GISOs) are there – I will go for them and they will have to answer. (Applause) If the Shs 1.3 billion is not enough, tell us, because the feeder roads are very crucial. I found out that in the case of Bunyangabu, they were mixing up issues: The Shs 1.3 billion is to maintain the roads which are already made, but they were saying, “Oh, we want to make bridges across swamps.” No, you cannot do that with the Shs 1.3 billion. That is new money for a new project. Maintain the present roads the way they are, so that you have the murram there and gravel, they are compacted, drainage – this is a must. I will check and if I find – there will be casualties among the Local Government people there, even the Resident District Commissioners (RDCs). Why should this be the case when all these people are there? Now for the voters – that is why you need to vote for people who care, not the ones who give you money. On the issue of the implementation, so much money has already been availed for so many roads; I have a whole list here. Masaka-Mutukula, the money is there. The money for Lusalira-Kasambya- Nkonge-Lumegere. Roads like; Moyo-Afoji, Katuna-Muko-Kamuganguzi, Kumi-Ngora- Serere-Kagwara, Kampala-Malaba metre gauge, Kitgum-Kidepo, Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area roads. The MPs should follow up on this money which is already provided. I have a long list here of the money already provided, some of it from loans – even for education and health – all this money is here. Now, finally, you get misinformation. For instance, the other day I was in Lyantonde and some of the Luweero veterans were talking about some issues but when I checked, we had already provided Shs 218 billion or something like that for the a kasiimo and the a kasiimo was supposed to be Shs 5 million for each of the leaders and Shs 1 million for supporters. Now, Shs 218 billion, which has already been provided, is too much money. So, what happened? Who took this money? And yet I heard some of them were complaining – we are going to dig up the whole thing. Then you get the cattle compensation for Teso, Lango, Acholi. We have already spent Shs 200 billion on that. Who got this money? And we have now budgeted for another Shs 80 billion. You heard it being read here. So, you, the leaders should follow up on this money. Of course, I will also follow up now that I am involved. Then, you have things like the stadiums. Quite a bit of money has been sent to some of these stadiums. So, the National Council of Sports needs to explain to us. I hear some money has gone to stadiums like Kakyeka – a number of them, to do this and that. Others are going to be done massively, like Akii-Bua et cetera. So, the National Council of Sports should also come and brief Mama about all this money. Finally, I saw some issue about the digital number plates of vehicles – about fines, fines, fines – that people are being fined for I-do-not-know-what. But the issue about the number plates is not fines but rather anti-crime. I would like my people to put on the projector a picture I saw in today’s newspaper – put that picture, if you have it. (A photo was displayed on the screen.)

17497 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 5 JUNE 2025 Ssembabule-Mateete-Mbiriizi with a branch to Kibinge-Kyabakuza; Myanzi-Kasanda-Kiboga – abantu bange abe Kassanda akalulu mukatereeze; Kikagate Kitwe-Mirama Hill – Mama was about to kill me on this one here. Kati mponye; Kabiingo-Rugaaga-Magabi-Rakai; Luweero-Butalangwa-Ngoma-Bulyamusenyi- Masindi; Kayunga-Bbale-Galiraya. I am going to get additional money for these roads because we have been talking about them for a long time. These will be in addition to the completion of the following roads: 92km Muyembe- Nakapiripirit and 25 kilometres of service roads; 21km Kira-Matugga Road and improvement of five junctions, 26 kilometres of Tororo-Busia Road and Mayuge and Busia Town Roads, 6.6 kilometres of Kawuku-Bwerenga Road, the 100-kilometre Apac-Lira-Puranga road – these are already being worked on. They are going to be finished – and 1.6 kilometres to Namugonde-Bugiri fuel tank reservoir. The roads for maintenance or reconstruction include – 1. Kampala-Jinja Highway – 72 kilometres; 2. Busunju-Kiboga-Hoima – 145 kilometres; 3. Mityana-Mubende Road – 86 kilometres; and Mubende-Kyenjojo Road, 95 kilometres; 4. Mityana Town roads – 14 kilometres – ab’eMityana mutereze akalulu banange. Buno obuli eyo tebulina kyebukola, butabula. Muleta obusajjasajja – 5. Alwii-Nebbi Road – 33 kilometres – this is in West Nile - Pakwach and Nebbi Town roads; 6. Olwiyo-Pakwach Road – 62 kilometres; 7. Matugga-Semuto-Kapeeka – 41 kilome - tres – (Applause) Waliyo akasajja eyo e’Nakaseke. Abantu bange, mutereze ebigambo ebyo, obusajja obwo bugende bukole ebirala. 8. Tororo-Mbale-Soroti. This is a long one. 9. Soroti-Dokolo-Lira-Kamdini Road – 189 kilometres. These are ongoing already. 10. Karuma-Olwiyo – 43 kilometres; 11. Masaka-Kyotera-Mutukula Road – 89 kilometres; 12. Nyendo-Villa Maria Road – 11 kilometres; 13. Access Roads – 7 kilometres and rehabilitation of 166 kilometres equivalent of national roads that have reached their service life. What they call “service life” is zikadiye . The strategic bridges to be prioritised – there is a road in Mpigi, Kasanje – aka’town akalala bakayita batya? Kisubi. Waliwo aka town eyo munda akalala; Nakawuka. Elyo sirilabye wano. Tulina okuriteekako nalyo. Naye abantu batereze obululu banange. The strategic bridges - so I will have to add that road. I thought we had started on it. The strategic bridges to be prioritised in the next financial year include the Sezibwa Bridge along Kalagi-Kayunga Road, Katonga Bridge, Lwera Swamp, and Kalandazi Swamp. Electricity In 1986, the whole country had only one hydropower plant; Nalubaale, formerly called Owen Falls Dam, built by the British in 1954, and commissioned by our late auntie, Queen Elizabeth, with the maximum capacity of 150 megawatts of hydroelectricity. There are now four large hydropower plants at Nalubaale, Kiira, Isimba and Karuma, with a combined generation capacity of 1,163 megawatts. Other sources such as Kigwabya and XsaboKonge Solar Power in Mubende have added another 888 megawatts. This brings the total installed electricity generation capacity to 2,052 megawatts. However, given the growing electricity demand arising from the new manufacturers, this is very inadequate and the available capacity will run out in about five years from now. When people talk of surplus, there is no surplus. It will very soon be overtaken.

Mr Speaker, it is Yandwe and Mbaali Villages in Katikamu North County, Butuntumula Subcounty, Luweero District. Two people were shot dead. Two people are now lame because they were injured during the eviction, but they have also lost everything, including shelter and food. I have three prayers: 1. In the meantime, I ask the Prime Minister to provide some relief items for them as we investigate the matter on how these people lost land to NFA or land grabbers. 2. Those that were damaged, be compensated because the police used a lot of brutality to evict them. 3. These people need back their land because part of the land, where they were forcefully evicted, does not form part of the forest reserve. It is a fact that we have a forest reserve. Lastly, Mr Speaker, some of those people you see in the public gallery are very old. They have not even had the chance to benefit from PDM money, Emyooga , Entandikwa , among so many programmes that the Government is advocating for. Thank you very much.

17005 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 15 APRIL 2025 3) Oxygen plants Page 18, the committee recommends that additional Shs 8.6 billion be provided to the Ministry of Health to complete and commission the remaining oxygen plants and additional Shs 11.85 billion be provided to procure transformers that will stabilise the power supply for the oxygen plants and newly acquired medical equipment. 4) Medical equipment The Ministry of Health reported that it had acquired new imaging equipment, like CT scans, MRI, and ultrasound machines, for regional referral hospitals. This equipment requires constant maintenance that can cost Shs 7.7 billion annually. The committee recommends that additional Shs 7.5 billion be provided for the maintenance of that equipment. 5) Upgrade of health centres We can go to the recommendations on page 19. i) We need Shs 60 billion to complete the upgrade of health centres that had already been started. ii) We need an addition of Shs 7.6 billion for equipment that will be required to functionalise the upgraded health facilities. 6) Inadequate funding for the renovation and equipping of health facilities. In the second-to-last paragraph, the Ministry of Health reported that in 2024/2025, it had planned for the partial rehabilitation of 13 general hospitals. These include Kambuga, Masindi, Apac, Koboko, Kotido, Kamwenge, Kitgum, Katakwi, Amuria, Kasana Luweero, Kapchorwa, Itojo, and Muko. The total budget was Shs 39 billion, but the cumulative release from quarter 1 to quarter 3 was only Shs 12.7 billion, which is only 32 per cent. Recommendations on page 20 (i) The Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development should provide additional funds amounting to Shs 46 billion to complete rehabilitation, expansion, and equipping of Masindi, Kambuga, and Itojo General Hospitals, which are currently very old and dilapidated. (ii) The Ministry of Finance should provide Shs 20 billion, which is required to commence the rehabilitation of the foreign general hospitals, Apac, Koboko, Kotido, Kamwenge, Kitgum, Katakwi, Amuria, Kasana Luweero, Kapchorwa, in a phased manner. The Ministry of Finance should prioritise the release of the transitional development grant to address the issues of delayed rehabilitation completion. Hard-to-reach areas, such as Mayuge, Namayingo, Kalangala, Buvuma, and the rest, should be given affirmative action regarding health service delivery. 7) Status of ambulances There are 158 constituencies that have not received ambulances. The honourable members are complaining. Also, we have 14 boat ambulances, but very expensive to maintain in terms of fuel and servicing. The recommendations i) The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development provides additional Shs 54 billion to procure 158 ambulances for the remaining constituencies, including mine. (Laughter) ii) Additional funds amounting to Shs 17 billion, that is, fuel – Shs 12.8 billion and Shs 5.6 billion for servicing, be provided for the maintenance and functionalisation of the current fleet of ambulances under the National Ambulance Call and Dispatch System.

17076 APPROVAL OF BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FY 2025/2026 About electricity, I also support the allocation of Shs 20 billion to the electricity scale-up project because we all know that we have excess in generation of power, but distribution is the problem. I think that if this Shs 20 billion is allocated, it will help in our constituencies. In my district, Luweero, we have a problem of power shortage. Power is on for two hours and off for the next five hours. This has affected health facilities, schools and other institutions. I visited Kyalugondo Health Centre III in Katikamu Subcounty and I found the hospital using lamps in maternity wards, which touched me, and I had to raise it. The ministry should help fand work on that problem. I support the recommendation of the committee to allocate Shs 50 billion to National Water and Sewerage Corporation to provide a clean water source to every village in Uganda. I am overwhelmed by constructing and repairing boreholes in my home area. I will not mention. I hope that when this allocation is made, it will help a lot.

I am very sorry, Mr Speaker. I thought it was on. I always see people come and just talk. Vote 122: Kampala Capital City Authority We looked at one major problem here and that was solid waste management. We are recommending that Shs 78.3 billion be provided to Vote 122 to enable KCCA to deliver on its mandate in as far as solid waste management is concerned. You all know the issue of Kiteezi – all those details are put there. We further recommend that the management of Kampala Capital City Authority explores the possibility of investing in sustainable waste management through recycling, like it is done in many other modern countries. Vote 003: Office of the Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister is quite a wide one, but we do not have very many recommendations on this. We only request that, one, the budget enhancement for the Office of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Government Chief Whip and minister for general duties be enhanced by at least Shs 12 billion. Finally, we also talked about northern Uganda, Karamoja affairs, Luweero Triangle and Busoga affairs portfolio. We put our recommendations very clearly. In conclusion, Mr Speaker, the committee appreciates the total funding gaps that have been indicated in all the MDAs under this jurisdiction, but it is also alive to the challenges associated with the resource envelope constraints. The committee, therefore, calls upon the Government to consider enhancing allocation to the presidency, KCCA and Office of the Prime Minister in interventions it has deemed critical as highlighted in this report. I wish to report. Thank you.

Mr Speaker, I request Hon. Kabuusu, my friend, to write through the Chief Administrative Officer or the District Disaster Committee to the Office of the Prime Minister and we shall handle. For Luweero, Hon. Muyingo had written a letter telling me about that storm in Bombo and mentioned the number of schools. We also advised him to go through the District Disaster Committee because that is the procedure and we shall provide the relief and necessary iron sheets because we have some iron sheets. The children are now back to school and we need to help those four schools.

16515 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2025 Luweero people, you have very intelligent leaders. Hon. Brenda and Hon. Robert are there. Bring them back very fast. (Hon. Ssemujju rose_) I had given Zombo first.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I take this moment to welcome our people from Luweero District. I also thank the university administration for enabling the young leaders to see what transpires in the national Parliament. We pray that one day, you also manage to come here. Additionally, pray for us, as leaders, to legislate for our country and make it better. I also ask that you continue supporting us – Hon. Ssekitoleeko and I – to continue representing you in this Parliament. Finally, vote for change and a better Uganda. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I am very aware that we are discussing grading, but I also wanted to use this opportunity, now that we have two ministers for education here - in my constituency, for example, Butuntumula Subcounty, we do not have any government secondary school. It is very hard – almost impossible, in the Luweero District, Katikamu North County - for children to access free education. I am happy the minister is saying that yes, it is true and he is aware that we do not have one. Secondly, I am seeking clarification from the minister on what happens if a student fails one or two subjects. Do they have to repeat a full calendar year or they can retake those subjects that they failed? STATEMENT ON THE UNEB GRADING SYSTEM

Is it seconded? Okay, it is seconded by the Leader of Government Business, Hon. Rukia, Hon David Bahati, by the minister for finance, Avuru, Hon. Ogwang, Hon. Alex, the Deputy Attorney General (DAG), Minister of Public Service, minister of Luweero, Hon. Kabanda, Hon. Omoding, Hon. Margaret, “Alebtong”, Hon. Komakech, and the chairman of science and technology, Hon. Muwuma, plus Hon. Chemaswet. Then, Hon. Betty Amongin, Hon. Achan, Hon. Lokii, the committee of defence chairperson, Hon. Esenu, and Hon. Sarah also seconded. Would you want to speak as to why you want to withdraw?

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I am raising this point of procedure under Rule 77. A while ago, the Hon. Odur asked the DP President, whose party’s victory was stolen in 1980, and when those who went to Luweero returned, they did not restore that victory; they instead became the government themselves. The procedural issue is that Hon. Odur asked a specific question. Under which legal regime is Dr Besigye and others still being held in prison when their warrants expired? Mr Speaker, you answered the question though I thought you would allow – because our rules protect the Speaker, they do not allow you to answer on behalf of the Government – I thought you would allow the Hon. Mao to answer that question. Under what legal regime is Dr Besigye still being held in prison? Instead, Mr Speaker, it looks like you are the one now answering on his behalf.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The report and the notice were given to the vice-chairperson yesterday while chairing meetings. I did not want to go into the internal workings of the committee, but the chairperson was not there when these things were happening. Therefore, his vice, who was chairing the committee, received both the notice and the report. Mr Speaker, this is the report. Background The Government has set out to implement the Rationalisation of Agencies and Public Expenditure Policy in the most uncoordinated, disorganised and archaic manner. Seven months into the 2024/2025 Financial Year, several previously provided services by closed agencies remain unassigned. Some of these agencies used to collect fees; non-tax revenue, for the Government. Closing them is a double loss for the country. Not only are essential services no longer being provided, but the Government is also losing out on crucial revenue. The agencies were summarily closed before ministries and bodies supposed to take over their functions were ready to do so. In some cases, the Ministry of Public Service, the main sponsor of rationalisation, is yet to approve new staff structures. Some of the staff for the closed agencies stopped receiving salaries in December; their fate remains unknown and many struggle taking their children to school this term. This human-induced suffering, similar to the Kiteezi Landfill catastrophe of last year, is playing out in many agencies. The budgets that Parliament appropriated for agencies in May 2024 for service delivery, remain unutilised because of the break in service provision occasioned by this unplanned transition. Everybody knows that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) is allergic to orderly and peaceful transfer of power. What we did not know is that disorganisation is the way they work! This is because all decisions are made by one man and offloaded onto others for implementation. Sometimes the implementers do not know what he wants and they cannot easily access him for clarification. This motion by the 40-year-old Hon. Henry Musasizi Ariganyira, born February 25, 1981, about a month into Mr Mseveni’s Luweero war, is another evidence of what we are talking about as you will see later. I like it when you cheer as I read; I like it. Areas of dissent. 1. Non-compliance with the law; 2. Piecemeal implementation; 3. Disorganised transition; and 4. Misinformation/Misleading Parliament. Non-compliance with the law The motion by Hon. Musasizi tabled in Parliament on 19 December 2024 is asking you to casually move huge sums of taxpayers’ money across entities in total disregard of Article 156 of the Constitution and Public Finance Management Act, 2015. Section 15 of the Public Finance Management Act states, “ After approval of the annual budget by Parliament, the Secretary to Treasury shall issue the annual cash flow plan of the Government, based on the procurement plans, work plans and recruitment plans approved by Parliament. ” I have underlined the words “approved by Parliament.” Mr Speaker, the motion presented by the finance minister referred only to revised work plans and ignored recruitment and procurement plans but even what was attached to the motion as work plans are just some lousy statements that do not constitute a work plan even to a high school student. The minister must, as a matter of law, table procurement plans, recruitment plans and credible work plans that are costed. That should

15976 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT The CDF, who is one of the supervisors of the General Court Martial, has said that Dr Besigye can only get out of prison in a coffin. He had even arranged to kill him and went ahead to identify a tree in Gulu - and that is why I sympathise with you. Sometimes, these jobs - I think one time we may need – one time, the late Prof. Khiddu Makubuya was asked to offer advice to the President and he said, “ In law, you may or may give no advice ”. That is how he used to talk. “In this case, I choose to give no advice.” That is what he told the President and that is one of the reasons he was eventually sacked. What advice do you give to a person who has made the statements that the CDF has made? Then, the President, who went to Luweero to fight, killing people because he wanted power – (Interjections) - Yes, in Luweero they were not hunting; they were killing. He even speaks about how he was robbing guns from different barracks in Kabamba, Masindi to Hoima. He lights up. The trouble is that you support him but you do not read his books because if you did, you would find all this information. He went to Luweero, killed, robbed banks, including one in Kabale, and then he said he was fighting point number one of the NRM, which is democracy. He has now said that judges do not rule. So, who rules Uganda? Is it the President and his son? That what they say is sacrosanct and even the Attorney-General is wasting his time. So, I would like the Attorney-General to help me understand whether you can advise two military men who have already expressed themselves. Finally, Mr Speaker, the Constitution does not allow Parliament to take any decision whose effect will alter a judgement of the court. In advising these military people who are not listening, the Attorney-General was talking about an amendment. Can he tell us- I listened to Hon. Fox Odoi very carefully and I want to thank him; he said there was nothing to amend. However, the Attorney-General said that they advised him to amend. What are you advising them to amend, Sir? Thank you very much, Mr Speaker.

Thank you very much , Mr Speaker. I want to thank the chairperson of the committee and Hon. Ssemujju Nganda for their presentations. Mr Speaker, a number of issues have been tackled by this Parliament. I have not heard of the issue of land funds being discussed here. I come from the central region, and the challenges of the different regions vary. When you come to the central region, a number of Ugandans are being evicted by the rich people every day and night. When you sit at home every evening and watch TV news, you will see Ugandans crying, “The Prime Minister and minister of lands, come and help us.” Go to Kiboga, Nakasongola and Luweero – the issue of the land fund has not been considered. I want to urge and implore the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to consider empowering the Uganda Land Commission so that they have money to secure land for Ugandans who are becoming landless every day and night. Secondly, Mr Speaker, is about connectivity roads. The Government is planning to connect the road from Dokolo-Ochero-Namasale. That is the same road which comes to Zengebe, Sasira up to the Gulu highway. Why do you work on one part of the road and leave the other? I think the finance ministry could be isolating Nakasongola and leaving it as an island. They need to tell us. Lastly, Mr Speaker, for some years, the President has been pledging to tarmac the Zirobwe-Kikyusa-Bamugolodde road. Ever since I joined Parliament, it has been a presidential pledge but you do not see it in the development plan, the budget or anywhere else. I would like to ask the ministry of finance

Thank you, Mr Speaker. This issue of compensation is a sensitive one, especially for people in the Luweero Triangle. Mr Speaker, we all agree that everyone affected by the bush wars and insurgencies should be compensated. But before the insurgencies in the north, in the 1980s, the people of Luweero were badly affected by the bush war, a war that brought this Government to power. And since then, our people have been going to office after office, being promised compensation after compensation but up to now, nothing has materialised. This very Government promised to turn Luweero into Mecca, seemingly, in terms of infrastructural development, good hospitals, and roads but as we speak, the roads in Luweero are in a status you cannot imagine. Our hospitals do not have medicines. Our schools are in very bad shape, and day after day, our people are suffering and waiting for compensation from the Government, in terms of turning Luweero into the Mecca of this country. Mr Speaker, the poverty that is affecting the people of Luweero right now is a result of things that were lost during the Bush War. Many people’s businesses were destroyed. People had their cars and buses burnt. Animals were taken to the bush to feed the people who were there. After the bush war, the Government promised to compensate the people of Luweero. Mr Speaker, as we talk about this general compensation across the country, we need to prioritise the people who were affected initially. I would much appreciate the Government compensating the people of the North, but how will the people of Luweero hear that the people of the North have been compensated yet they suffered mostly for this Government to come to power but there is no compensation coming through? Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Mr Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity. The report should also be beefed with the compensation that we want. In these wars, we suffer from the loss of life and the effects on the generation. This effect on the generation affects education, ownership of property like land, health, and the entire welfare of our people. Mr Speaker, when you look at the 10-Point Programme that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) designed immediately after they got into power, you will notice that point number six - because we who come from the Luweero Triangle have all the way been waiting for this to happen - they committed that they would restore and improve social services and rehabilitate war-ravaged areas. However, Mr Speaker, as we talk, we are not even on the list as Luweero people. The Minister, in her response to our people, especially those who have camped in Lwamata, told them to utilise the ongoing government programmes like the Parish Development Model(PDM). If we are not included on this list, let us go by point six of the 10-Point Programme. Let us see compensation in terms of, for example, State House bursaries. Can we see people from these war-ravaged areas benefiting more? Can we see more populations of these people benefiting from PDM? Can we receive tarmac roads? Because of the compensation - we are talking about cows and houses but

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Number one, today has been an ugly scene in which someone testifies that the Government persuaded people to gather their wealth and place it in one particular area, only for it to be taken by the government, and since then, people have been suffering. It should be recalled, that in the recent poverty index that was released, Karamoja ranks worst, it is the poorest region. It is ugly information for a Member of Parliament to testify that they collected their cattle and handed them over to the Government, only for the cattle to be taken away from the Government without any action. The Government should urgently address the plight of those who lost their cattle. Having said that, I join colleagues from West Nile to advocate for the region. During that time, I was studying in the West Nile, and all the time we were being escorted in the convoy by the soldiers to go to study. We were ambushed several times, people died, and many lost their property. Before that war, you have heard it from the horses’ mouths that they had suffered another war. I know of a family that lost a couple of buses; one family lost all their wealth, and from that time, they have never recovered. It is also a fact, Mr Speaker, that the players in this Government have been a constant factor. They were actors in the 1979 war and the Kony war. We are responsible; we should be able to come to the rescue of these people. Having said that, we need to be very careful as we advocate for a holistic approach to solving this problem. I agree with you, but I keep on wondering when this Luweero war compensation programme is going to end. For 40 years, we have been compensating people from the Luweero region. When you go and do a thorough study, you will find the same people have been compensated over time. A father, a wife, and children. It is a programme that was designed to create, sometimes, patronage and reward people who support the regime. There has been a lot of corruption; we have had testimonies of people who have been told to sign where there is Shs 1 million, and instead, someone is given Shs 300,000. As we say, we should develop a holistic approach. Let us be very careful that the same people who have been paid over time are not paid again. Mark you, these same people have benefited from other programmes. They are the same people who are benefiting from the school scholarship programme in the State House. They are also the same people who have benefited from the mercy of the President as he constructs houses for people. Certain players have been selectively rewarded in this country. As you say, we do it holistically. Again, the same people will come and register and ask for benefits. Mr Speaker, it is okay to advocate for a holistic approach, but we must not benefit the same people. Two, let us find a solution to this corruption. By the way, the Government should speak the same language. If you are advocating for advanced farming, encouraging people to move away from the traditional cows in favour of modern breeds, then why are you giving Shs 1 million for people to go and buy cows? Is there a Friesian cow that costs Shs 1 million? You cannot be advocating for advanced farming, and you are again giving traditional cows. Find a way of compensating so that you can help them rise out of poverty. Otherwise, we seem to be speaking in tongues—advocating for one thing at one point and then doing different things. I submit.

15853 THE E LEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY , 29 JANUARY 2025 we all need compensation - all the regions - for instance, in Buganda; if we are to start that, we start with the 1966 Buganda crisis, then come to the Saba Saba of 1979; people lost their property and lives; the Luweero war of 1981 to 1986; we need compensation. Two, another conclusion is, from what we have submitted, Attorney-General and the Government, you have done nothing because everybody is still crying. Another emphasis is policy; we need a clear policy if we are to conclude this programme. Lastly, in relation to the previous point, we need a policy before any further compensation. What I am saying is that we should not proceed with the compensation programme before the policy is out. Otherwise, we shall lament until the next Government. I pray that you accept my submission that the only solution is a formula through a policy, and we end this.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank you for giving time to this important subject because, for the first time, I have listened to deep submissions by Members of Parliament. I think it is a good culture. I have also been able to listen carefully to the emotive submissions of Members, and this is quite important. I have observed two issues that we need to put in our national ethos: We must resist the temptation of war to change Government – (Applause) – and we must have a comprehensive plan to ensure that we have peaceful transitions, which are not going to call for violence or war, in order to avert this. Secondly, I observed that we need to look at how the Government has neglected its duty. People have been submitting on Government’s negligence of duty to protect their lives, animals and other property. By accepting compensation, the Government has accepted that fact. However, there is confusion, Mr Speaker. We have been hearing people talking about ex- gratia, vis-a-vis those ones who are talking about compensation. The two are very different. We have also been hearing about people who have generated lists, which would have already been compensated. Now, it has been complicated by others who have come on board. How is the Attorney-General going to handle this? It is a complex number. We have been hearing submissions about a decision to make a flat payment for everybody. I think it was a Government decision. I do not know at what time this one was rescinded. Then, how are we going to include more? I have also heard Members talking about their regions. Buganda region was affected. Many people have been talking about cattle, but we are talking about loss of life, industries, coffee, cash money and so forth. Lives were lost. Children were orphaned. Those will never be seen anywhere, maybe in schools and so on. Where are they? Nobody has even ever cared to know about them. Therefore, compensation for lives and time lost and property in terms of coffee, industries, stores, and so on, which stalled, must be brought to book. Mr Speaker, in the Luweero-Rwenzori programme, which was absorbed into the Parish Development Model (PDM), we used to get some knapsack pumps. I do not know if that was compensation, but for us who lived in the Luweero and Rwenzori regions, those were the commodities under the Luweero-Rwenzori ministry. We were appropriating only Shs 200 million per annum for knapsack pumps, some kind of seeds, and hoes for our people. I want to finish this with two questions because the Government is also not so rich – we are not extremely rich. Supposing this Government said, fellow Ugandans, we do not have the money, and asked for forgiveness so that we forgive those who caused the war and then we proceed because all of us were affected? (Interjections)

Thank you. The Leader of the Opposition, do you want to respond first? Honourable colleagues, I am going to allow four from NRM, two from the Opposition, and two from the independents. Yes, so that we go to other programmes. On the NRM side, I am allowing the Member from Mubende – Hon. Kabanda – Hon. Sarah Opendi, Hon. Kangwagye and – I need Hon. Feta also to represent - from the independents, I will pick Dr Byakatonda and my sister from Lamwo. From the Opposition, I am picking the Leader of the Opposition and the Woman MP for Luweero. If time allows, I will see if I can be more flexible but each one has three minutes.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have heard the statement and I want to speak on behalf of the people of Luweero and maybe the Greater Luweero Districts. First of all, I do not think it is necessary to have the celebrations. You can take stock in your Cabinet meetings and also make a statement here. The funds you are using to celebrate can be used to do one big project. (Applause) That is one way of accounting to the people, instead of spending funds in celebrations. Mr Speaker, I want to inform this august House that we have several places where the skulls of our people are deposited. They are in dilapidated structures without covers. If you go to Nsambwe in my district, Ndejje Town Council, Wabusana in Kikyusa Subcounty or Butuntumula, you can even cry. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Government has stayed in power for 39 years but the occupation in the Luweero District is 44 years. Nothing has been done to better the places where the skulls of our people are. Now, you are going to Mubende to celebrate 44 years. What for? Mr Speaker, we need to talk about this because we need to better what is happening. Most people are not compensated. I was a Member of the Ninth Parliament, and I raised this matter. I was told by the then Prime Minister that a sitting government does not pay for rebel activities but the Government and the rebels are the same people. Even in this same Parliament, I raised this matter during the Prime Minister’s Time because our people are poor. I was given the same answer. I am wondering why the NRM Government is going to celebrate –

Thank you. Specifically, on issues of Hon. Brenda, the minister in charge of Luweero Affairs is here. Honourable minister, at the end, I will request you to respond to those issues. [Ms Opendi] STATEMENT

Thank you. Minister for Luweero. THE MINISTER OF STATE, OFFICE OF

Thank you, Mr Speaker . Hon. Brenda Nabukenya raised three issues about Luweero: The monuments – they are 33 in number, and right now the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities is renovating them. They have so far renovated 18, and we are continuing. She talked about compensation. You all know that since this Government came into power, compensation started immediately. Buses and lorries were given in Luweero – (Interjection) – No.

Since 2009, in Luweero, our ministry has paid kasiimo to 85,000 people but compensation cannot go on forever. Issue number three was about the food processing industry. As you know, Hon. Nabukenya, this economy is private-led. (Interjection) Yes, it is a private-led economy and let me educate you, madam – (Interjection) – We have 102 small, medium, and large scale industries in Luweero alone – (Interjection) – I can give you more information but this noise. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Is the motion seconded? Afande Nekesa, Afande Alanyo, Minister for water, Member for Kampala, Engineer Balimwezo, Hon. Naluyima Ethel, honourable member for Mukono, Makindye Hon. Ssewanyana, I am trying to see if there are Members of Parliament (MPs) from Kampala who are not seconding it. Hon. Haji Siraji, Hon. Tibasimwa, Minister for local government, Minister of State for Luweero, Labour Youth, nearly the whole House. Honourable Minister, do you want to give a summary justifying your motion?

Thank you, Mr Speaker. As I second the motion, I thank the committee for bringing this out, but there are areas, which we must also understand. I expect my senior colleague, Hon. Abed Bwanika, to talk about it. There is a reason for the need to improve the breeds of either animals or crops. You cannot get a new crop when you do not have a parent stock. The parent stocks, which we are talking about, are the local breeds. You cannot produce new crops when you do not have those local breeds. Therefore, we are saying that, yes, we can preserve our local breeds – which we totally agree with – but, still, there is need to improve their breeds, which we call the high-yielding ones. Mr Speaker, you gave a very good example. You just go to Luweero here. If you are in Luweero, you can ask the ones who are selling bananas: “I need bogoya Buganda.” (Laughter) Then, they will give you the local one. When you go and just buy, you will buy something, which is new – they call it “NAADS” –

I am the one who removed that one. (Laughter) But it does not answer why it has been delayed all this time. You get somebody from - the one who is answering for UDC to answer in the coming days when you are still here. Now, I would like to appeal to my people in northern Uganda to get out of the hangover of the war because many parts of Uganda have gone through war. Masaka town was destroyed completely. There was not a single building left standing in Masaka during the war with Idi Amin and so was Mbarara; every building was knocked down. In Luweero, we had a very bad and vicious war which lasted five years. Some of these members of the Cabinet were with me when we went to Ngoma, which was part of Luweero. It is now quite recovered.

Before Hon. Muzaale takes the Floor, I do not know whether Hon. Ecweru already had this issue on the delayed completion of the Luweero–Kiwoko- Butalangu Road funded by IDB shared with him, because we usually do. What is the delay? The honourable Member for Nakaseke Central would like to know. (Hon. Aisha Kabanda rose_)

Hon. Ecweru, do you have an answer on Luweero - Butalangu Road?

Thank you. Member for Bukomansimbi, Member for Mukono, Member for Luweero and Member for Kyotera.

Thank you. Yes, Member for Luweero.

Member for Luweero, continue.

13679 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 6 AUGUST 2024 We were dumped in a vehicle that looked like one that carries dead dogs and the person driving that vehicle behaves like one on drugs; we also thank God that we survived him. (Laughter) I, Dr Kamara, and the 12 were charged with public nuisance; two Members of Parliament of our calibre were charged with public nuisance for going to deliver a protest note to the Kenyan Embassy. It is not a kiosk in Uganda; we even go there to receive visas or permission and other things. The point of privilege I am raising is that we had colleagues kidnapped, tortured, and beaten in Kenya. When I raised this matter last week, the Attorney-General said that they could not explain it. Then when we went to the Kenya High Commission to seek an explanation, they arrested and beat us. Do they want this answer to be got from heaven? You cannot give the answers and then when we want to ask Kenya, you say “You cannot go.” I need an explanation from the Government. They should advise us. People were kidnapped and beaten in Kenya. This Government of freedom fighters that were in Luweero fighting for freedom - maybe I need to remind this Parliament - if you read Gen. Pecos Kutesa’s book, you will notice that he said that the reason he went to Luweero was because President Museveni was arrested and made to sit at a roadblock in Kireka. If you do not have copies, I can supply them. Now, the same Museveni is making Members of Parliament get brutally arrested, seating them in the mud and charging them with public nuisance. Maybe, that Museveni disappeared and we have another. Can we be told why we are being mistreated in our country to this level?

Madam Chairperson, I want to thank you very much. The minister has presented a list that was affected with the reallocation. Debating this with the letter of the President - and you need to go back to that letter - the letter is that you are tampering with priorities, as Parliament. He listed examples of roads. I want to speak a lot but it would be fair to give the Committee on Budget Chairperson an opportunity. For example, from the way the minister was reading here, many of my colleagues may not have picked. They are reinstating Shs 300 billion to Roko, which is a private company. Remember this Government gave Roko Shs 270 billion. This is a private company. When you look at the priorities, Madam Chairperson, I may not have - because we wrote a minority report, and I hope you will give us time to make some reference to it - but the Budget Committee needs to refresh their mind, and this needs to go on record. Everybody must hear. The priority of the President is that you move money from ambulances. I do not care which constituencies are benefiting. Mine is not but I do not care. However, the President is moving money from ambulances, money from regional hospitals, to create Shs 300 billion for Roko, a private company. In his earlier submission on Roko, he said the justification is that Roko was helping them when they were fighting in Luweero. This is the priority of the President. So, I request that before I make my formal submission as a Shadow Minister-

Honourable members, I have not seen any justification written by the President on the Luweero issues. That is just from you.

Madam Chairperson, the first item, as I was explaining that the submissions of the critical unfunded priorities, which, of course, the Budget committee which we are all aware is constituted of about 66 full members and all chairpersons and vice chairpersons of the sectoral committees – they all form the Committee on Budget. We know that; but this is a reminder. The first Vote we picked as priority was Vote 001 – Office of the President, Shs 5 billion for maintenance of National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi. Next was operational funds, Shs 3.5 billion to facilitate the project monitoring team of Intelligence Transport Monitoring System (ITMS) under Vote 001. Vote 003 – Office of the Prime Minister. I am going through all of them. It gives Ministry of Karamoja Affairs Shs 8.0 billion for iron sheets, maize seed, ox ploughs, and oxen; Ministry of Luweero Triangle – Shs 2 billion to support families with income-generating projects; the SDG monitoring – Shs 3 billion for SDG. Vote 004 – Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs – Shs 50 billion, arrears to National Housing and Construction Corporation. Vote 007 – Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs – Shs 0.45 billion for house rent for the Principal Judge and Chief Justice. Vote 008 – Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, subvention –

Thank you, Madam Speaker. In accordance with Rules 187 and 188 of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda, I hereby designate the Opposition Members to the sectoral committees as follows: Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development: 1. Hon. Hanifa Nabukeera of Mukono District; 2. Hon. Kivumbi Muwanga of Butambala; 3. Hon. Flavia Nabagabe of Kassanda District; 4. Hon. Brenda Nabukenya of Luweero; 5. Hon. Nathan Nandala Mafabi of Budadiri County West; 6. Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda of Kira Municipality; 7. Hon. Denis Lee Oguzu of Maracha County; 8. Hon. Geofrey Ekanya of Tororo North County; 9. Hon. Richard Sebamala of Bukoto County Central; and 10. Hon. Patrick Ocan of Apac Municipality.

13478 PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET SPEECH FY 2024/2025 for when somebody gives you something to taste. In Ntungamo at the trading centre, if you found the women selling local beer, you could say, “ Mubanze mundozeho ”. Give me jaribu first; let me taste. He tastes this one and says, “It is not good.” By the time he has finished six, he is drunk and he says - (Laughter) - he says that all the beer is bad; Hati amaarwa ganyu goona ni mabi. So here, what we are showing you - you show the hotels - he had started showing the hotels; the services in the picture. All of those are employing people; and here in my small speech, I have those pictures. Therefore, I want to repeat what the minister said. Ugandans, wake up and work; the work, wealth and prosperity are in the four sectors, commercial agriculture, artisanship and manufacturing, services and ICT. The capital to help you go into any of these sectors is already available in the Uganda Development Bank (UDB), the Parish Development Model (PDM), Emyooga, etc. If the money there now is not enough, we can add more, but start. Now, the only remaining problem is corruption. (Applause) As I said the other day, we are going to stamp out that corruption. (Applause). It is really amazing how people do not see- the National Resistance Army (NRA) is a very powerful force; I do not know how anybody thinks that you can play around with it. We are very soft and use soft methods; we never force anybody and always talk to you. I am like a pastor preaching; repent, you are going to go to heaven - (Laughter)- but they do not know- I do not know why they forget that we have got a lot of capacity and power which we shall use if necessary. I really cannot get it because these corrupt people insult our heroes. The other day, we were in Mpeenja celebrating Heroes Day. Now, those heroes in Mpeenja, we were told there were 250 skulls of dead people - there in that village. Now, in the whole of Uganda, we lost 800,000 people; killed. In Luweero, we gathered 70,000 skulls. Therefore, this sacrifice is how you are here, you fellows: Your Excellency the President; Your Excellency the Vice President; Right Honourable this; Right Honourable that; His Lordship this; His Lordship that - all those powerful people - honourable - I do not know what; they are all here on the blood of our people. You heard them when we were in Mpeenja; they still talked about Akasimo , this and that. They sacrificed and we are here but you come and get a chance to lead instead of helping people, now you start taking away the little that could help them. This is really amazing. Now, in so doing, you delegitimise yourselves- because you see, the Ugandans are very dangerous. When they see that you are not honest, they just leave you but one day, they will get a chance to avenge you; that is what happened with the groups we had here. When we got independence, all these were young people; Mesa was 39 years old, Obote was 35, Kakonge was 26 years old, Ibingira and Nekyon were 28; they were all young people. Uganda was in their hands - just a free gift but see what happened. Amin was 39; he was a young man. I was like their smaller brother; at that time; I was 18. That is why I know all of them very well but you could see how those young people messed themselves up and how they ended up; they lost legitimacy. Therefore, when I came onto the scene, we had studied all this and we could not afford it. Now, at that time, what we dealt with was the misbehaviour of the army because that was one of the biggest problems at that time. The army “Nantagambwako”- they have their word, the wananchi of ours - “Nantagambwako” I do not know how you translate that. How do you translate it in English?

13402 THE EXCISE DUTY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2024 and fuel. Do you then need to be an economist to know why poverty is on the increase in Uganda? Nearly two million youths are in local government councils singing Mzee tava ku main instead of being in gardens. The above is the cost of maintaining leaders after elections. The Electoral Commission, in its two-year strategic plan, wants Shs 2.3 trillion for preparing and conducting the next 2026 general elections. Elections alone will cost Uganda Shs 1.3 trillion. That is why in the corrigenda, they are adding the Electoral Commission more than 400 billion. These elected leaders, according to the Electoral Commission, will in the next election go to 3.3 million. That is the total number of leaders Uganda will have. I now go to the oversized State House, President Museveni’s staff. President Museveni Tibuhaburwa now employs 2,700 staff in his office. The President of an impoverished country has increased his staff from 814 to 1,350, including recently appointed 350 Assistant RDCs. The RDCs are 145 and Deputy RDCs are 85 - you can now add the 350. There are 147 drivers in the President’s Office, 47 stenographer secretaries, 38 office typists, and 90 Presidential Advisors, among other staff. At his residence, State House, the President has increased his workers from 1,000 to 1,304. On page 174 of the Presidency Policy Statement, the Minister for Presidency, Hon. Babalanda, who signed that policy statement, notes, “State House structure provides for an establishment of over 1,000 staff members. These big numbers pose challenges regarding supervision, appraisals, as well as facilitation”. They are also complaining. ( Laughter ) The President arbitrarily appoints people in the middle of the financial year. (Interjections) I am going ahead with the report. With no regard to the wage bill, he also does not seem to follow any procedure in recruitment and promotion. The table below gives the category of the staff employed by our dear revolutionary leader. You can see the Senior Assistant Secretary, the number of catering officers, 21 presidential advisors- There are also presidential advisors in the State House. I do not have to go through it - maybe, you can take note of some big figures. The waiters - 78, room attendants - 15, private secretary – 53, political mobiliser, as if that is an NRM office - 27, office attendant - 46, motor vehicle attendant - 17, Mechanics –25, information officer- You can see the list. Even if you support the President more than those who were with him in Luweero, you will be shocked by these details. (Laughter) If you go to page 18, 166 drivers, 96 assistant secretaries, and 73 cleaners - I do not know what they clean there. (Laughter) Madam Speaker, please, take note of this - on page 19, the Hon. Amama Mbabazi, Hon. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, have also somehow found their way on the payroll of the State House and President’s Office. You know why I singled them out. They are beneficiaries. The emoluments and benefits of the President, Vice President and Prime Minister’s Act, 2010, is very elaborate on how to maintain leaders while in office, and out of office, and how to mourn them when they are dead. The Third Schedule outlines the benefits of the Vice President. Schedule 14 outlines his or her funeral benefits. Even when they are removed from office, the Eighth Schedule takes care of them. The same law provides similar benefits to the President and Prime Minister. The former Speakers are given huge benefits under the Parliamentary Pension Scheme law as amended, 2010 and 2022. That is why the Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon. Anita Among, recently handed our former Speakers new limousines. Shockingly, all these leaders have been added to the payroll of the President’s Office as presidential assistants and mobilisers. There is also a former Speaker who got a car as a Deputy Speaker, as a Speaker, but also as a Prime Minister. This country is generous, poor as it is. (Laughter) SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT [Mr Ssemujju]

13104 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT The total requirement for the requisite road equipment units for this purpose is $70 million, which we hope can be funded through debt financing using the same scheme under which we got the 1,115 units in 2017. My ministry is in the process of procuring road construction equipment for the new districts, as I have said, but we need another Shs 29 billion for the vibro rollers, tippers and water bowsers. These were not included in the tranche which you gave us last time. We shall continue engaging through both the Budget Committee, Committee on Physical Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development to avail Shs 29 billion so that we can complete the purchase. Zonal equipment centres Madam Speaker, the zonal equipment centres are currently housed within the premises of the regional mechanical workshops. The ministry had planned to create nine zonal centres in Moroto, Mbale, Jinja, Gulu, Arua, Luweero, Hoima, Mbarara, and Kabale at an estimated cost of Shs 45 billion. We shall continue engaging the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on this endeavour. The zonal equipment centres operate shared road equipment such as bulldozers, excavators, backhoe loaders, self-loaders and low beds. While the shared equipment is insufficient to cater for the requirements of the entire country, its availability has been greatly reduced due to insufficient maintenance funding. That is a requirement for additional money. Mechanical Engineering Training and Advisory Centre (METRAC) Madam Speaker, since 2017 when the ministry acquired the new equipment, the ministry has implemented several regional training sessions for district operators. While this training format was not sustainable, it was the only option given the circumstances. In 20l8, the Government of Japan, through the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), gave a grant of $2.3 million to the Government of Uganda for the construction of the Mechanical Engineering Training and Advisory Centre in Luwero. Phase I of the project, comprising a gatehouse, classroom block, maintenance block, and administration block, have been completed and the project has been handed over. It is just a few kilometres from Luweero town. Here, we shall train and retrain operators so that we have - because the machine performance will be as good as the man behind the operation. If we have a bad operator – and, in most cases, what we have seen is that people have drivers, not operators. In this centre, we are going to train operators and we are working with the Ministry of Education and Sports so that they can also be tested under the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) and given certificates of equivalent so that they can be able to be employed outside. Madam Speaker, phase 2 of METRAC requires Shs 9.8 billion, which began this financial year. So far, the Government has availed Shs 1 billion for the construction of a few of the amenities. Mt Elgon Labour-Based Training Centre Madam Speaker, Mt Elgon Labour-based Training Centre (MELTC) is a national training centre under the Ministry of Works and Transport for applying labour-based technology (LBT) in the rehabilitation and maintenance of national, district, urban and community access roads. The training centre is located 20km from Mbale City, along the Mbale-Budadiri Road and adjacent to Uganda Technical College, Elgon. Madam Speaker, MELTC provides training and capacity building in developing, maintaining, and utilising critical road infrastructure assets in the District, Urban, and Community Access Road (DUCAR). Its contribution to the DUCAR network includes:

publicity and outreach programs on Museums conducted (UGX 0.43 billion) (10) Policy formulation supported through finalisation of Sites and Monuments guidelines and regulations, revised Uganda Wildlife Policy, Uganda Wildlife (Farming and Ranching) Regulations, Uganda Wildlife (Pets or Ornaments) Regulations and Tourism Act (UGX O.754 bitlion) (11) Five (5) Museums and cultural heritage sites developed for cultural tourism and heritage conservation promotion namely Kikorongo Equator monument (in Kasese District); Karamoja Museum and handcraft center (in Moroto district); Napak open Air Museum Interpretation centre; L2 mass graves rehabilitated in Luweero, Kabalega-Mwanga site in Dokolo district. Culturat heritage sites branded and marketed with production and dissemination of a documentary and 10,000 brochures. Rock Art file completed and submitted to UNESCO for enlisting as world heritage site: Research and archaeological excavations undertaken on all sites (UGX 8.2 billion) (12) 4,000 metres of metallic climbing ladders installed on Rwenzori Kitembe and Central circuit trails; 2 Helipads established; 4 Rwenzori tourist camps developed with cold proof accommodation facilities each with capacity of 32 pax; The camps are John Matte, Bujuku, Kitandara and Guyeoman; 200 radio calls, 200 satellite phones acquired and fixed; and Capacity building conducted for stakeholders and training community associations including 500 and guides (UGX 11.3 \- , ;l7i 18 )a;i ."tP =)Y QFf 0 s {\ (n{- billion). k

Madam Speaker, I beg that I first present, then Members understand my issues, they get everything, then later on I can get further into the details. Madam Speaker, it is important to recall that the Government of Uganda, indeed, as over the years, comes up with different programmes meant to improve the living conditions of Ugandans. Unfortunately, none of the programs have made meaningful positive economic and social impact on the population, partly because of the way they are implemented. We should recall that when we talk about the PDM, it replaced programmes like the Uganda Women Empowerment Programme (UWEP), where our money was as women of Uganda, National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADs), Luweero-Rwenzori Development Program, among others. SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORTS

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The road from Kasiso to Mazi is impassable to motorists yet it connects Luweero to Nakasongola. When can you come and help? The people cannot connect between the two districts?

12108 PRIME MINISTER’S T IME would pick more of you because I usually feel sad when I find I have left behind colleagues. I pick honourable Member for Luweero, Hon. Andrew Ojok, and Hon. Okabe, let me first pick these three.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I want to ask the Prime Minister when the NRM Government is going to pay for the NRA activities and all they did in the war that led to the loss of lives, animals, and food. When is the NRM government going to compensate the people of Luweero as they have been compensating other regions?

Mr Speaker, the NRM Government established a full-fledged Luweero-Rwenzori Triangle Ministry, to handle the matters of compensation. Last financial year, we used over Shs 9 billion to compensate the Luweero victims. We shall continue to compensate until we feel everybody is satisfied.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My concern is about whether the ministry has an arrangement for people with disabilities who do not have fingers. In the last registration, these people were denied to register. We have a case of a man from Luweero, a Chairperson of the District Disability Council who was denied registration and as a result, he did not get his national ID. We do not know whether the ministry has an arrangement or a template that is going to be designed in the form to cater for these kinds of people. We have a gentleman who is a councillor of Bunyangabu District. He was born without both hands and he was also denied to register. We want the ministry to come out and tell us how they are going to handle these special people. Thank you.

Mr Speaker, we agreed to work on this issue in a phased manner. Busoga has a department in the Office of the Prime Minister and a number of iron sheets were bought last financial year. I am aware that distribution has been taking place by the Minister of State, Office of the Prime Minister (Luweero Triangle-Rwenzori). I will come up with a brief or request the minister in charge to come up with a brief and maybe involve the Members of Parliament so that we can have this issue solved. Otherwise, in the Office of the Prime Minister, we budgeted for iron sheets to exactly do that.

11721 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024 Much as we credit them for the good work they are doing for our country, they need to lower the kind of energy they use in implementing or applying the law. I come from Luweero which neighbours Nakasongola and we do farming in Nakasongola. We know what people are going through with the NFA and that is a fact. Therefore, application of the law should be well calculated by NFA to help in the coexistence of people with NFA and the national forests. Most importantly, Mr Speaker, these are indigenous people and they have been living there since time immemorial. I pray and add my voice to the people who debated previously that they should be respected. Those who are affected grossly should be compensated. Thank you.

Thank you so much, honourable minister. Honourable members, as I said before, we are going to have Mass. In the VIP Gallery this afternoon, we have His Lordship the Rt Rev. Lawrence Mukasa, Bishop of Luweero Diocese. You are most welcome and thank you so much for coming. (Applause) He is accompanied by: Monsignor Francis Xavier - Vicar General; Rev. Fr Cyril Kasigwa – Chancellor; Rev. Fr Joseph Michael Miiro - Bishop’s Secretary; Rev. Sr Sylvia Nassozi; Rev. Sr Gertrude Nalubega; Rev. Fr Pontian Kaweesa- Parliament Catholic Chaplain. They are represented in Parliament by the following: Hon. Ssekitoleko Robert; Hon. Kirumira Hassan; Hon. Sekabira Denes; Hon. Nabukenya Brenda; Hon. Luttamaguzi Semakula; Hon. Mayanja Allan; Hon. Najjuma Sarah; Hon. Nyongore Enock; Hon. Mutebi Noah Wanzala - Bishop, they are not in the House here because they are organising for the Mass. You have very good Members; they are only out there organising. (Applause) Then you have; Hon. Sekyanzi Bernard; and, Hon. Zawedde Victorious. You are most welcome to Parliament of Uganda and while here, feel at home. We want to welcome you for the Holy Mass. The Members will be joining you, but for now, let us first suspend the House for 10 minutes and then we will be going for prayers.

Hon. Fox should take the joy we have attained from that act. I would like to thank you for your communication. My submission relates to the issue of construction on trenches as well as in the swamps. The people in positions of responsibility should be held accountable for their inaction. When you move around, you see structures coming up in swamps. These structures, whether in a town council, municipality or city division, are supposed to be approved. I wonder why somebody would approve the construction of a structure in a swamp. Swamps are supposed to act as a reservoir for water. When you look at most of the areas that have been flooded, the challenge is that much of the water that should have been stored in the reservoirs cannot flow because the swamps have been reclaimed. Many times we come here and get reports of ordinary people having their food crops that can take about three months slashed. We saw seriousness in terms of fighting against the degradation of the swamps in the rural areas only. However, when it comes to the city, we shy away. These are double standards. We have always had communication advising citizens not to grow rice in swamps. However, if you go around, there are foreigners, deep in the rural areas, growing rice in swamps. I went on a trip with a friend who wanted to buy land in Kikyuusa, Luweero. I was surprised to find that Indians had established very large rice farms in the swamps. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR [Ms Chalain]

10653 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2023 too timid and cowardly to demand from the relevant authorities to make a proper account of both the happenings on the fateful days, as well as demanding justice for the victims’ families? Mr Speaker, we have a good recollection of the many innocent Ugandans who were murdered whereas others were grievously injured while on the campaign trail of Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Sentamu during the 2021 elections. Mr Speaker, for the record of Parliament, I repeat the names those who were murdered in cold blood; 1. Mr Senteza Frank Kalibbala. 2. Michael Kalinda aka Ziggy Wine 3. Rita Nabukenya 4. Daniel Kyeyune 5. Ibrahim Mutaasa 6. Willy Kayondo of Kubbiri Roundabout 7. Sophie Kusasira of Kalerwe B Market 8. Baker Kato Lubwama shot from Namulanda 9. Martin Owekikye 10. Elijah Tusubira 11. Elijah Mukibi of Luweero 12. Umaru Ssemakula of Entebbe 13. Katwere Kimuli of Seeta 14. Musisi Allan Kitete of Mukono 15. Peter Mwanje of Nansana 16. William Mugerwa of Wankulukuku 17. Baatio Sofi of Obongi 18. Norbert Alionji of Obongi 19. Fungaroo Moro of Obongi 20. Saraf Shaaba of Obongi 21. Akim Abile of Obongi – deliberately drowned by the UPDF on 15 January 2021 22. Nuhu Bukere was abducted from Mukono Municipality, murdered and dumped in Kalangala. The relatives of the deceased are still reeling in bereavement, with no hope of ever receiving justice for the death of their loved ones. We question whether the people’s Parliament is complacent in these wanton murders and, therefore, unable to demand accountability and justice. Mr Speaker, the fate of missing Ugandans On more than one occasion, I have tabled to this honourable House a list of Ugandans missing over the last two to four years. These people were picked from their workplaces and homes by State security agencies. The detailed accounts of their arrest and eventual disappearance have been provided by families and friends to whoever cared to listen; only the State can account for their whereabouts. Mr Speaker, is Parliament so frightened, complacent or disinterested in demanding that the Government prioritises human rights guarantees before anything else for the sake of building a durable rights record and entrenching the rule of law? Did the Parliament buy into the flimsiest and derogatory reasoning of the Government and its agencies? That the addresses and next of kin of the missing persons are not known? Mr Speaker, for the benefit of those who might for one reason or another missed out on the record of missing persons for whom the Government has ignored accountability and justice, the following Ugandans matter; 1. Moses Mbabazi 2. Dennis Zzimula 3. Shafik Wangolo 4. Martin Lukwago 5. Peter Kirya 6. John Ddamulira 7. Michael Semuddu 8. Muhammad Kanatta 9. John Bosco Kibalama; who was last seen by the Prime Minister. 10. Vincent Nalumoso 11. Yuda Ssempijja 12. Musisi Mbowa 13. Mustafa Luwemba 14. Hassan Mubiru 15. Isma Ssessazi 16. Godfrey Kisembo 17. George Kasumba 18. Joseph Baguma.

So, I will start with Hon. Kabanda, then Hon. Nsereko - yes, we are handling them at this time. Hon. Kabanda - Buganda has four subregions, and so, Hon. Kabanda is for Greater Mubende - yes, that is how we do it. Then, the Karimojong, please, sort yourselves and get one person - Karamoja is one sub region. For Lango, I will pick Dr Opio; for Acholi, I pick Hon. Mapinduzi; for West Nile, I pick Hon. Rose Obigah; for Kigezi, I will pick Hon. Kaberuka - I have not picked women. So, for Ankole, I will pick Hon. Kwoyekyenga; for Busoga, I will also pick a lady - let me pick Hon. Nakato. For Tooro, I will pick the woman Member for Kabarole; for Bukedi, I will pick Hon. Kasolo; for West Nile, I will pick Hon. Atima; and for Teso, I will pick Hon. Okwalinga; for Kigezi, I already picked Hon. Kaberuka; and Hon. Chemonges for Sebei. For Bunyoro, I will pick Hon. Aisha - greater Luweero? Greater Luweero is a sub-region. For Karamoja, I will pick Hon. Noman. So, let us be quick, colleagues. If I find space, I will pick more. Let us shoot right away and we get an answer.

Mr Speaker and colleagues, like I told you earlier, the President, in May last year, wrote and gave me six policy guidelines, and one of them was on extension services. As you are aware, the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Works and Transport and the Ministry of Water and Environment are moving around the country, to sensitise people and find out the gaps when it comes to extension services. We have so far covered eight districts in greater Mubende and greater Luweero. Tomorrow, we are going to greater Kibaale; these are districts of Kagadi, Kibaale and Kakumiro. From there, we shall go to other areas. Mr Speaker, while the extension grant had not been provided for in our budget, the President directed that that money be included in the supplementary. So, we are going to have some money for extension services. I think it had been an oversight, but that money is going to be reinstated so that our extension workers can have fuel to move, mobilise and educate our farmers for production.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to thank the committee chairperson and members for a very good report. I would like to confirm that we interacted with the committee on these matters and fully agree with them. Secondly, Madam Speaker, I thank Parliament for agreeing, in 2020, to create the new cities. We may have had a difficulty in starting, but, generally, the cities are progressing quite well. They bear a good future in terms of urbanisation in the country. I look at some urban centres that are growing. Right now, if you were to ask me if we were to create new municipalities - we are not about to do that. However, for anybody who has visited Luweero Town Council, you cannot believe that it is a town council. The size of urbanisation and level of economic activities there – it is a question of getting them to that level where we give them the necessary technical staff at the level of the municipality. Look at Dokolo and Bukedea town councils – (Laughter)-

Mr Speaker, our prayers are as follows: First, we request the Ministry of Works and Transport and the Uganda National Roads Authority, to fast-track the procurement process for the construction of the bridge across the Nile. Secondly, we request that a standby ferry or vessel is placed around Laropi so that it can help in ferrying the people across the river as we wait for the maintenance of this ferry. Lastly, we have pontoons or ramps, which are normally assembled to form a ferry. These pontoons are found in Kasana-Luweero, Mpigi, and other places like -

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I want to thank the committee for their report, but what I noticed, and that has been followed by the discussion, which is taking place, is that we are looking at the reformatory element and not looking at something that is positive for the children. Even in the report, clearly, they have stated the places they visited, and you hear it is mainly the reformatory places where children are taken. However, in this country, Madam Speaker, there are international organisations, that are doing a great job for our children and our communities. For instance, we have Plan International, Save the Children, Child Fund, etc. These organisations are doing great jobs out there. I thought they would balance up, apart from going to these reformatory centres, they would have also gone to these organisations and looked at what those organisations are doing. I want to believe that if they saw, probably from there they would have made better or more recommendations. People are talking about schools. My sister from Namayingo, told us how we could help these children before they go into problems. They are taken through a process where they learn and they are okay. I am giving one example: you go to communities where Plan International is working and see how they are dealing with the issues of child-centred development and early childhood education, and how they are managing the transition of these children from the early childhood centres into the primary schools. You will be surprised to see what is happening. I worked in Luweero, and in Luweero, Madam Speaker, what happened was that we followed up with the children who came from the early childhood care centres and transited properly to the primary schools. Some of them are now in secondary. The majority of them are disciplined children, they are bright, they are doing very well and I would like to imagine if we had such examples we would have known.

9657 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 18 JULY 2023 It is, therefore, our considered belief and conviction that the policy platform of the nation, at any single moment, should aspire to uphold stellar standards of conformity to globally acceptable levels of human rights. This is if we are to be true to the fact that we are a signatory to a plethora of international instruments on human rights, where we should be seen to walk the talk. Madam Speaker, I will briefly outline, in the next moment, our key observations and departures, including concurrences on a few issues obtaining to the state of the nation. The right to life Madam Speaker, the right to life is a fundamental right, whereby without it, the enjoyment of other rights is not possible. As a minimum, the right to life imposes upon states the duty to abstain from arbitrarily killing individuals under their jurisdiction. The paradigm violations of the right to life are the extra-judicial executions understood as killings that are committed, condoned or acquiesced by governments. We are disheartened by the number of people who have been killed under the watch of the State. I will list some of the killings that have remained unaccounted for and uninvestigated, yet the government operatives had a direct link to these atrocities. We shall not relent in reminding ourselves and demanding a report on the infamous November 2020 shootings, where over 54 people lost their lives, scores were maimed and are still nursing grave injuries without any support from the Government. Even the promised selective compensation to the victims and their families has never materialised. Madam Speaker, we remember the President saying the victims have classifications. There are those that are innocent who will be compensated. There are those that were directly involved; he gave them a description that does not require to be on our record. Nothing like compensation has ever materialised, meaning that it was political rhetoric. Additionally, many citizens were killed and others injured while on the campaign trail for the NUP Party President, as we recollect, who was contesting for the presidency in 2021. I have listed those who were killed, starting with his bodyguard, Senteza Kalibbala, who was buried in my constituency. He was killed in broad daylight at Busega. We actually have, on record, a military vehicle that knocked him deliberately. No investigation, no report. He is somebody’s son and somebody’s father. Michael Kalinda, Ritah Nabukenya, Daniel Kyeyune, Ibrahim Mutaasa, Willy Kayondo, Sophie Kusasira, Baker Kato, Shotfrom Namulanda, Martin Uwekiche, Tusubira Elijah, Mukiibi Elijah of Luweero, Umaru Ssemakula of Entebbe, Katweli Kimuli of Seeta, Musisi Allan of Mukono, Peter Mwanje of Nansana, Mugerwa William of Wankulukuku, Sophie of Obongi, Alioni Nobert of Obongi, Fungaroo Moro of Obongi, Shabba Shafiq of Obongi, Akim Abile of Obongi, deliberately drowned by the army on 15 January 2021. No investigation, no report. Does the family have information on the participants? Nothing. These are records on our faces. The President ought to have spoken about these violations and offered the nation hope. He was mute. Is he an accomplice or not aware? Madam Speaker, under a human rights compliant state, the obligation to respect the right to life goes beyond straining and refraining from intentional and unlawful deprivation of life. The State must take appropriate steps to safeguard the lives of those within its jurisdiction. This includes measures aimed at controlling and limiting the circumstances in which State agents may use firearms to, in some cases, the provision of some commodities to keep one alive. It was last year that thousands starved to death in Karamoja. The relief purportedly advanced to them was nothing but dummies and superficial. Up to now, families in Karamoja are still starving. That is a denial of a right to life. The State has a duty to the people of Karamoja to have food.

Madam Speaker, I was talking about the right to property, and you know, at the beginning I said that I am basing my response on human rights, education, health and property. So, I am trying to make a difference the way we present this, not as cram work, but as a real response to the issues that are obtained. Madam Speaker, Article 26 of the Constitution of Uganda guarantees the right of every person to own property, either individually or in association with others. Unfortunately, for the past two decades, land grabbing disputes apparent in mass and violent evictions, ceaseless and long-court cases have occasioned land-conflict-related murders, leading to devastating consequences for our country. Madam Speaker, without reading verbatim my entire text on this subject, one of the issues we have demanded here severally is for Government to table the Justice Bamugemereire Report on the Land Inquiry Commission, that really exposed a very worrying relationship between Government officials, security personnel, politicians and the general public. The failure to make this report public, for some of us, is very telling. The evictions and land grabbing go on unencumbered yet there is a Government. Madam Speaker, if you gave each Member 10 minutes to speak about land grabbing and who is doing it in their constituencies, the country would understand the gravity of the problem. Somehow, we the powerful have descended on the poor, grabbing everything at their disposal. I was in Luweero. I had visited a sub-county and a military officer had terrorised a village and the entire community was fleeing for their lives. For the record, the village is called Manyama in Luweero. I hope when I reported that, there was a follow-up. The women reported that this military officer had brought rascals that were raping them and their children – (Interjections) - yes, they were on record on television. They even mentioned names. He only wanted one thing: they must

9606 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME [The Speaker] SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT Honourable members, we must finish early because we have Mass at 5.00 p.m. Let me first introduce my visitors who are in the VIP gallery this afternoon; we have a delegation from Kasana, Luweero Diocese. They include: 1. Monsignor Francis Xavier Mpanga who is a diocesan administrator. 2. Fr Joseph Kakooza Nyanzi; the Chairman Organising Committee of Bishops Consecration. 3. Fr Pontiano Sonko; the Treasurer General of Kasana Luwero Diocese. 4. Mr Musisi Erasmus Mugerwa; the Chairman, Finance Committee Kasana Luwero Diocese. You are all most welcome. They are here represented by Hon. Robert Ssekitoleeko. Hon. Robert is a very good mukatuliki and a very good leader; and Hon. Nabukenya Brenda. That one is “Miss Parliament” -(Laughter) - she is a very nice girl. So, Father, make sure that our Members come back. Kindly join me in welcoming our visitors -(Applause)- I have Haji Kirumira Hassan. He is the Imam of Parliament and a very good, brilliant leader. Where is Sekabira Denes? Rev. Father, Sekabira, is also there; a very good leader. You see when we are in this House we do not mind about parties; we mind about our Members; it is about Members of Parliament and not where you belong. Thank you for coming. MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE STATUS OF ROAD SAFETY IN UGANDA

Yes, she should admit to the inadequacy and make a commitment to making amends. Otherwise, it is not acceptable. On the question relating to road safety, a lot of responses have been given. I was part of the meeting in the morning and I concur. The only gap in the promises made so far, re-echoed in the statement by the Minister of Works and Transport, is that if you are going to use Uganda Communications Commission to communicate using the telecoms and social media, the Prime Minister should commit to freeing social media platforms blocked by the Government. (Applause) Road safety and democracy walk in the same lane. So, if you are going to invoke telecoms to operate and communicate, the drivers are younger people on social media; they are not the old people at home. So, you need to open up social media and communicate. The other bit that did not come out well, even from our records, is that the hospitals on the highways need to be facilitated. There is a huge problem. (Applause) This is for them to be able to respond to emergencies. I have been visiting the countryside – the ambulances are really Stone Age and those that are functional are few. So, emergency rescue has a very huge void that the Prime Minister should have made a commitment on. I hope she picks it up and makes good. Making good would mean commitment in the next midterm expenditure framework to commit to financing, selectively choosing these hospitals on the highways. In Luweero, we were informed that they bring emergencies from as far as Nakasongola and they are incapable of dealing with them. The beauty is that the Minister of Health is around. Probably, her network of ambulances, in the pipeline, could come to your able rescue. There was question No.5 by Hon. Atkins Katusabe, relating to the emergencies and other emergencies raised by Members. Madam Speaker, it is both a challenge the Prime Minister should respond to as the Leader of Government Business – activating the provisions of Article 157 of the Constitution: the Contingencies Fund. You cannot find money in the Prime Minister’s office to attend to emergencies all the time. Since local governments have been disempowered, they cannot deal with emergencies. They have to trek to the Prime Minister’s office and make reports. When the Prime Minister is away, nobody can make a decision until Hon. Majegere comes and makes a decision. You cannot rescue a country with that red tape. So, can we operationalise the Contingencies Fund? After all, in the Public Finance Management Act, it does not expire; it only grows. If you did that for five years, you would have a huge provision for the Contingency Fund. Madam Speaker, I invite Parliament, in the next budget cycle, to insist that this Article is activated. We have the Budget Committee; they should take note and stop begging the Prime Minister to make available kawunga , beans and very basic things, which should be in the hands of the local governments. There was question No.7 by Hon. Zijjan relating to compensation of project affected persons (PAPs). This question streams through many districts and local governments, over many government projects. One of the culprits is UNRA. Honourable Minister of Works and Transport, wherever I have been, I have received community complaints about non- compensation, in violation of Article 26 of the Constitution. It is very clear; prompt, adequate

9371 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 5 JULY 2023 When we discuss issues of the State-of-the- Nation Address, we must appreciate His Excellency. Look at the health sector - much as other people do not look at it in a positive way, we must appreciate that we had limited health facilities. Although the administrative units are growing here and there, as the NRM Government, in our manifesto, we have a plan to ensure that every sub-county gets a health centre III. In fact, as I talk, health centres II that exist are being upgraded to health centres III, and health centres IV are being upgraded to hospitals. A case in point is Luweero, Kasana. I grew up in Kasana and I used to go to Kiwoko Hospital. It was a health centre IV but right now, it is a hospital and there are many others like it. We must appreciate H.E. the President for such an effort. On Parish Development Model (PDM) - I want to tell you that with the PDM - I come from Kapyani Parish in Nankobo Sub-county. In my parish, individual family members are able to go to the bank and pick Shs 1 million plus. (Interjection) I am speaking for the parish I come from. I did not say somebody’s parish. If I mentioned your parish, I would be offending you but in the parish I come from, at least my members have been able to access money. Mr Speaker, at least people in my parish have been able to access money for the Parish Development Model. I belief and trust that with the money we have allocated for the PDM, many individuals will it so let us appreciate H.E. the President for that. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker, for the opportunity. I am raising a matter of national concern. Whereas Article 26(1) and (2) of our Constitution talks about protection from deprivation of property, many people across the country where road projects are taking place have not been compensated and their land titles have not been returned. For instance, in Nakaseke District, over 200 “bibanja” holders and 50 land titles for residents along Luweero-Kiwoko-Butalangu road have not yet been returned and compensated by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). This is also happening in other parts of the country such as Bujuuko, Mpigi District, Northern bypass, and Kampala, and Wakiso districts, to mention, but a few. Construction of the Luweero-Kiwoko-Butalangu Road has commenced, but my people are worried that UNRA may not compensate them as well as return their land titles. And they are planning to drag this Government to courts of law. My prayers: 1. With your indulgence, Madam Speaker, may the Minister of Works and Transport present a statement and the status of those who have been compensated and their land titles returned with a focus on the ongoing road projects across the country; and 2. The minister should explain why some people missed out on compensation and yet their land titles have not been returned to them. Thank you for the opportunity.

9209 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 22 JUNE 2023 What happens is when a project is going to be implemented, we do what we call “alignment of the road” and in that process, definitely, there are some properties, which should be affected. We assess, evaluate and use the valuation given to us by the Chief Government Valuer. It is the last valuation that is given for any property and that is disclosed to the property owner. I am sure the people the honourable member is referring to have been given their evaluation. We do that through disclosure. Every person is given the amount of money that will be compensated according to the properties and value of the land in that particular area. This has been done for all the people along the Luweero-Butalangu Road. The challenge sometimes comes in two forms. One, you find that we may have the money, but then there may be conflict of interest on the property. Sometimes, people do not agree on who should receive the money and that takes time. This has happened even on the Northern Bypass project. We have people who have, up to now, failed to agree on who should take the money in a certain family, but we have that money. Many times, because we need the project to proceed, we put that money in court so that when they sort themselves out, then they can go to court and get their money. The other challenge is the amount of money we get for compensation in the budget, which in many cases does not match the amount of money we require. This is known very well in the Committee on Physical Infrastructure and within the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. However, we may delay to compensate, but definitely, we shall compensate. Once we sever off the part we are going to use from whatever document we take, including the land titles, the land title will be given back to the owner. This has happened. Although some of the people on the Northern Bypass have not yet gotten their severed titles; some of them do not want to get them until they get the compensation. We have the documents; we have everybody’s records. Therefore, please inform the people and give them confidence that they shall be paid and their land titles will be returned to them – (Interruption)

Thank you very much. Luweero Woman Representative?

9102 ADDRESS ON THE STATE OF THE NATION 6. Nabumali High School, Mbale; and 7. Namasagali College, Kamuli, among others. In addition, Government is constructing and equipping secondary schools with laboratories and completing the construction and upgrading of technical vocational institutions in Bushenyi, Luweero, Lira, Mbale, Nyamitanga, Rwetanga, Kaberamaido, Butaleja, Ssesse, Kitgum and Kaliro, among others. The construction of 115 seed secondary schools in the subcounties, which do not have these schools at the moment, will continue in the next financial year. To improve school learning and accountability in Government-supported schools, the following will be undertaken starting next financial year: (a) Strengthen the link between education and socio-economic transformation by promotion of Science, Technology En - gineering and Mathematics in education, research and incubation; (b) Enhancing the technical capacity and skills to support industrial growth especially manufacturing; (c) Electronic tracking of enrolment, dropout and retention, and identifying learners, teachers and institutions using ICT capabilities; (d) Improving the overall staffing levels in the schools and; (e) Development of a complete national vocational qualification framework. With our oil money, we shall be able to complete our targets of a Government primary school per parish and a Government secondary school per subcounty. The railway, electricity, technical and science education as well as some national roads, will be the elements our oil money will deal with. I intend to meet with the Petroleum Authority of Uganda and the oil companies to harmonise so that we do not miss the target of 2025 as the first oil date. (Applause) I do not want this Petroleum Authority of Uganda to delay our programme with petty things; local content. Let us start. Health Over the last three years, since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Government has strengthened health systems. This included equipping regional and national referral hospitals and 225 health centres II have been renovated and upgraded to health centres III. In addition, we have strengthened the capacity of the country in vaccine development. For the Government to be able to sustainably improve health services, emphasis will be placed on transforming the health care from predominantly curative to preventive, through: (a) Timely supplies of drugs to address stock- outs as well as provision of relevant medical equipment; (b) Prevention and control of communicable diseases through immunisation; (c) Operationalising Mulago Super Specialised Hospital and expediting the construction of the Lubowa Specialised Hospital, all existing health centre IVs and health centre IIIs; (d) Strengthening the supervision and accountability role of the regional technical supervisory structures; (e) Emphasising, through radio programmes, the importance of nutrition and hygiene, among others, and; (f) Malaria prevention through killing the mosquitoes and the use of treated bed nets. Strengthening security and good governance Uganda’s borders remain secure, save for the spill-over effects occasioned by activities of negative armed groups in Eastern Congo and

8757 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023 161) Vote 876: Kyegegwa District – Shs 23,846,624,000 162) Vote 877: Kyenjojo District – Shs 35,581,507,000 163) Vote 878: Kyotera District – Shs 35,036,531,000 164) Vote 879: Lamwo District – Shs 18,485,759,000 165) Vote 880: Lira District – Shs 27,100,374,000 166) Vote 881: Luuka District – Shs 25,440,932,000 167) Vote 882: Luweero District – Shs 63,300,117,000 168) Vote 883: Lwengo District – Shs 27,153,735,000 169) Vote 884: Lyantonde District – Shs 18,276,836,000 170) Vote 885: Madi-Okollo District – Shs 17,665,819,000 171) Vote 886: Manafwa District – Shs 25,992,671,000 172) Vote 887: Maracha District – Shs 25,235,124,000 173) Vote 888: Masaka District – Shs 13,315,598,000 174) Vote 889: Masindi District – Shs 23,520,737,000 175) Vote 890: Mayuge District – Shs 42,544,940,000 176) Vote 891: Mbale District – Shs 36,346,216,000 177) Vote 892: Mbarara District – Shs 23,774,583,000 178) Vote 893: Mitooma District – Shs 27,230,403,000 179) Vote 894: Mityana District – Shs 31,132,617,000 180) Vote 895: Moroto District – Shs 13,533,113,000 181) Vote 896: Moyo District – Shs 20,493,308,000 182) Vote 897: Mpigi District – Shs 30,334,080,000 183) Vote 898: Mubende District – Shs 25,717,019,000 184) Vote 899: Mukono District – Shs 49,808,239,000 185) Vote 900: Nabilatuk District – Shs 8,965,015,000 186) Vote 857: Katakwi District - Shs 25,335,675,000 187) Vote 858: Kayunga District - Shs 37,361,049,000 188) Vote 859: Kazo District – Shs 18,099,602,000 189) Vote 860: Kibaale District - Shs 17,514,216,000 190) Vote 861: Kiboga District – Shs 25,621,222,000 191) Vote 862: Kibuku District – Shs 21,510,868,000 192) Vote 863: Kikuube District – Shs 22,027,669,000 193) Vote 864: Kiruhura District – Shs 18,214,354,000 194) Vote 865: Kiryandongo District - Shs 28,181,672,000

8758 BUDGETARY PROPOSALS & ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 195) Vote 866: Kisoro District - Shs 41,251,167,000 196) Vote 867: Kitagwenda District – Shs 19,274,549,000 197) Vote 868: Kitgum District - Shs 28,277,064,000 198) Vote 869: Koboko District - Shs 19,175,066,000 199) Vote 870: Kole District – Shs 24,145,853,000 200) Vote 871: Kotido District – Shs 11,301,208,000 201) Vote 872: Kumi District - Shs 25,388,394,000 202) Vote 873: Kwania District – Shs 22,753,848,000 203) Vote 874: Kween District – Shs 19,391,073,000 204) Vote 875: Kyankwanzi District – Shs 24,244,929,000 205) Vote 876: Kyegegwa District – Shs 23,846,624,000 206) Vote 877: Kyenjojo District – Shs 35,581,507,000 207) Vote 878: Kyotera District – Shs 35,036,531,000 208) Vote 879: Lamwo District – Shs 18,485,759,000 209) Vote 880: Lira District – Shs 27,100,374,000 210) Vote 881: Luuka District – Shs 25,440,932,000 211) Vote 882: Luweero District – Shs 63,300,117,000 212) Vote 883: Lwengo District – Shs 27,153,735,000 213) Vote 884: Lyantonde District – Shs 18,276,836,000 214) Vote 885: Madi-Okollo District – Shs 17,665,819,000 215) Vote 886: Manafwa District – Shs 25,992,671,000 216) Vote 887: Maracha District – Shs 25,235,124,000 217) Vote 888: Masaka District – Shs 13,315,598,000 218) Vote 889: Masindi District – Shs 23,520,737,000 219) Vote 890: Mayuge District – Shs 42,544,940,000 220) Vote 891: Mbale District – Shs 36,346,216,000 221) Vote 892: Mbarara District – Shs 23,774,583,000 222) Vote 893: Mitooma District – Shs 27,230,403,000 223) Vote 894: Mityana District – Shs 31,132,617,000 224) Vote 895: Moroto District – Shs 13,533,113,000 225) Vote 896: Moyo District – Shs 20,493,308,000 226) Vote 897: Mpigi District – Shs 30,334,080,000 227) Vote 898: Mubende District – Shs 25,717,019,000 228) Vote 899: Mukono District – Shs 49,808,239,000

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the committee for the report. I have a few issues to note. It looks like we need enough time to look at things because we seem to be doing double budgeting. When we ask for money for monitoring and evaluation and money for manifesto implementation – I expected that the ministries are doing their work. We just need to use other arms to do the monitoring. Now, you find money is being asked from both sides; so I do not know how we are going to handle this kind of issue. The issue of city markets comes under local government. I do not know why we need money in KCCA for markets when the Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) that I was sitting in, is also working on the same markets. If we are not putting money in one pot from different angles, then I do not know what we are doing. I listened to the report of the committee but I am a little bit disturbed because we have not heard about affirmative action in ministries. We want to know how much is in each ministry so we are able to know during monitoring how to aggregate with what is in Prime Minister’s office. In most cases, once money is put in a pool in the Prime Minister’s office, we do not know what goes to Teso, Karamoja, and that is why we find things are going amiss. I seek clarification from the chairperson on how much is going to Teso, Karamoja, Luweero, Bunyoro and the rest. I beg to submit.

Mr Speaker, the committee recommends that Shs 2.9 billion be provided for the General Military Hospital in Bombo. It serves as a regional hospital for the greater Luweero. Vote 151: Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTA) Inadequate budget for blood collection and processing commodities This financial year, they have overshot their blood collection – and I must commend them. They have out-used their supplies and this quarter, they do not have Shs 9.4 billion to collect blood. The committee recommends that an increment of Shs 10 billion be allocated to NMS for commodities for UBTS in order to increase blood collection. Lack of funds for procurement of centrifuges Mr Speaker, the committee recommends that Shs 2.4 billion be provided to facilitate procurement of centrifuges in six regional blood banks across the country. These are responsible for cleaning and purifying the blood collected. National Referral Hospitals Vote 418: Kawempe National Referral Hospital There is a need to overhaul the plumbing system at the hospital. Their plumbing system has given way – like the one in Kiruddu, which

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The issue that I am raising regards the continued violation of the rights of some Women Members of Parliament by security officials and RDCs - (Interjection) - yes. Just last week, the Minister of General Duties, Hon. Kasule Lumumba, updated us on the progress of the Sustainable Development Goals and one of the 17 SDGs is on gender equality and ensuring that there is peace, and that women are able to exercise their fundamental human rights. The Women Members of Parliament are also elected. Last year, a Woman Member of Parliament organised Women’s Day celebrations and spent her money, but the night before the event, the function was cancelled by the RDC – (Interjection)– yes, it was that bad. I left it to pass thinking that this year would be better. Mr Speaker, you have seen Women MPs continuously being harassed. We had Mityana last week, we had Luweero, Ngora and Kasese. A Member of Parliament is number 17 on the Order of Precedence in this country; an RDC is number 33 together with the district chairperson. Why should the Women Members of Parliament continue being Members of Parliament when they are being harassed and cannot exercise their rights? A Member of Parliament organises a fundraising -

Thank you, Mr Speaker. For the last decade, President Musev- eni has been promising the people of Greater Luweero a stadium. When I wrote to the Chair- person of the Committee on Presidential Af- fairs, they advised that I write to the Commit- tee on Education and Sports. Now that the Minister for Sports is here, I would like him to pronounce himself on that because we do not have any monument for this NRM Government in Luweero as opposed to the graveyards we have. We have one in Na- kaseke, in Kikamulo and even in Kiboga. I think we deserve one. Thank you.

7818 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT [Ms Kirabo] The second SDG I would like to comment about is No.1, which is about poverty. I would also like to comment about the PDM. Mr Speaker, I represent the young people of the entire Buganda region. Last week, Luweero District launched the Parish Development Model. I saw people testifying that they were receiving funds on their individual accounts. I did not agree with that policy; so, I would call upon Members to agree with me that this will put our funds at risk, a complicated accountability and a total loss of this - (Member timed out.)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. In Luweero District, we have River Lumansi and it has burst its banks, breaking and destroying three major roads – the road from Kalule to Waluleeta and then the one from Wobulenzi to Waluleeta, through Bakijulula. The question is that this road has been there for so many years and these rains keep coming, year in, year out. I want to know the plan for the people of Luweero and Bakijurula . Last week, a six-year-old child was taken away by the running water while crossing the river from school. So, I want to know from the Prime Minister, what the plan for these roads is?

Madam Speaker, the President has directed that roads in Luweero District be prioritised. We have a road that is going to be worked on - Luweero-Butalango up to Ngoma and of course, with a “V” through the bridge that you are talking about to this town council whose name I have forgotten - (Interjection) - it is not Nakaseke. We are also going to have this road from Matugga to Kapeeka, connecting directly to Semuto. Thank you very much.

I was only comparing the past Parliament and the present. I have given you an example, bitter as it is, that for four hours, we had only four speakers. These days, you can have 50. I am not the presiding officer, but I am just telling you that these things used to happen. Mr Speaker, there are two things I want to say, as we remember the late Jacob Oulanyah. The first, I have said, is debate and research. During that debate on UCB - these days, things do not happen. I do not know how I will put it without offending people, but if someone had information that was superior, Members of Parliament used to yield their time and allow fewer people to speak. I remember when we had two days here of debating the oil sector, Hon. Katuntu and others who led the debate almost spoke for a whole day and others spoke the following day. Therefore, MPs should not get offended when you have a colleague who has done research and you want to benefit from him. Mr Speaker, I have two things to say before I sit. The first is the death of Oulanyah. We were told here by the Minister of Health that part of the reason he could not receive the kind of treatment that he was supposed to receive was because of the harassment he had been subjected to by the NRM Government, when he was a Makerere University Guild Speaker, and that affected his life. I want to caution this Government to stop harassing leaders and Ugandans. Later on, the body parts or part – Dr Chris Baryomunsi can help; I do not remember the specific word the Minister of Health used - I may want to strongly defend my life when you have taken it the way you took the one of Oulanyah. That was in the speech of the Minister of Health here. Related to that, at the burial, the father of Hon. Oulanyah said that his son had been killed. There were attempts to make some arrests. Can we be briefed today whether that matter has also been resolved? Finally, Hon. Jacob Oulanyah joined the Seventh Parliament under the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) and died as an NRM member. The point I want to make, especially to the NRM leaders - because if I look around, many of you are new. People who used to sit where the Prime Minister is seated - the late Eriya Kategaya and Amanya Mushega - you can love NRM, but I do not think your love would be equal to those who shed blood in Luweero. You need to do the right thing when you are a leader here because today you are, and tomorrow, you are not. I see people think that the NRM is some sort of faith. The things you are supposed to do here as Parliament, including political reforms and constitutional amendments – Why is the Prime Minister agitated? Why don’t you return the mabaati ? (Laughter) Do not be agitated. (Member rose_)

7608 ADDRESS BY H.E. GEN. YOWERI MUSEVENI beneficiaries, especially with Operation Wealth Creation. It initially worked well. Indeed, the households in the non-money sector declined from 68 per cent to 39 per cent; this was most commendable. However, I started picking up complaints from the public of “they only give to themselves” or “ baleeta ebifu”. They supply us bad quality material or “ baleeta eby’obuseere”, they bring over priced items. That is when I decided that the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force (UPDF) personnel must get out of this effort because the image of the wider force was going to be ruined by the mistakes of these fellows who were in Operation Wealth Creation, who had lost their straightforwardness. Moreover, it is the ultimate aim of the NRM that the stakeholders - the beneficiaries of these projects - must manage their affairs. That was the debate we had in Cabinet. When people said, “No, we should continue with the army”, I said, No, these people must learn how to manage their own affairs. They are not children. We can help them to manage their affairs. Hence, the need for the stakeholders, farmers and the artisans to form SACCOs in the parishes or at the constituency levels for the Emyooga . This is the correct and ultimate solution. I have started touring and inspecting the 18 zones of Uganda. The 18 zones of Uganda are: Masaka, Mengo - what they used to call Mengo (the districts of Mukono, Luweero and all that of Mpigi) Mubende, Ankole, Kigezi, Tooro, Bunyoro, Busoga, Bukedi, Teso, Sebei, Karamoja, Lango, Acholi, West Nile and Madi. I started with Acholi between the 23 rd and 24 th of February 2023. Straight away, the wanaichi told me of the parasites that were like flies, swarming around the PDM and Emyooga money. I will decisively follow up the attempted theft of the PDM and the Emyooga money in Acholi. And if they tampered with the money, they will pay for that treachery; they will be an example to the rest of the potential flies. Ten thousand, five hundred and ninety four (10,594) PDM SACCOs are to be formed. As of now, 9,538 SACCOs, which is 90 per cent of the target, have been formed. That is what the secretariat told us. But I have read the report of Parliament that the Speaker sent to me, and there are many observations there that point out the weaknesses. Meanwhile, I, myself, while in Acholi, heard from the wanaichi a number of bad actions. There is this group in town, in one of the wards, where somebody called a commercial officer, called a secret meeting of a few people to form the leadership for the parish model because they want to find a way of stealing the money. They did not involve the whole parish yet we said that all people in the parish, who want to engage in wealth creation, should join the SACCO as long as they are adults - that is 18 years and above. That is the plan. All producers in the parish must join or must be told and if they do not want to join, that is up to them, but they must be invited because, like the issue in Gulu, somebody announced a meeting at 9.00 a.m. in the morning and the meeting happened at 02.00 p.m. and a few people created the leadership. That is one issue, which I picked up, and of course, I will follow it up. Then in Aswa, instead of going to the parish, they were called to the subcounty so that people get tired and do not go. And when they were called to go to the subcounty, they were told, “Each parish should bring 30/30.” Who told you that? This is not indirect election of 30/30. The parish SACCO is for all members and they may be organised in their production groups: the ones of bananas or dairy - but all who want to engage in wealth creation must join. If there is anything that is not clear there, then at the right time, the Minister of Local Government, who has been heading this, should explain it. Then in another area, I think it is Aswa again, they were told to pay some money for membership. Now, we are going to follow up on all this; and I got this direct from the people.

6761 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2023 Madam Speaker, uncontrolled encroachment on forest land, illegal harvesting and titling renders the future generation vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Uncontrolled deforestation stands as number one of the major threatening factors against the sustainability of the environment. Deforestation de-stabilises the ecological and environmental functions (soil and water conservation) – we always attribute loss of soil fertility to very many factors, but the moment we have no forests, the deterioration of soil fertility will be high and so, the functions of trees render the areas vulnerable to externalities. We have significant encroachment on forestS like Budongo Forest, which has been encroached on by Kakira Sugar Works. Bugoma Forest has been encroached on by Hoima Sugar and Mabira Forest in Lugazi has been encroached on by Lugazi Sugar Works. Other forests that have been encroached on include: 1. Kisisita Central Forest Reserve in Ssi Subcounty; 2. Malibwe Forest in Ngogwe Subcounty in Buikwe South Constituency; 3. Namyoya and Namanve in Mukono; 4. Bajjo 5. Kiula and Wamale in Kayunga; 6. Mbarara Central Forest Reserve; 7. Mugomba and Kitubulu in Wakiso; 8. Lutoboka Central Forest Reserve in Kalangala; 9. Lira Central Forest Reserve; 10. Rwamunda and Walumanyi in Mpigi; 11. Luweero and Butebe; and 12. Other forests in Kabarole, Kiboga, Masaka and across Uganda. At the moment, there are over 1000 illegal land titles fraudulently created on central forest reserve land under the watch of the National Forest Authority (NFA) and Government is not doing anything enough to evict encroachers. Madam Speaker, we have a big problem created by licensees of the NFA who do not comply with the terms and conditions stated therein such that in the process of restoring degraded areas of the central forest reserves, they have instead cut down, destroyed and completely removed the natural forests in the central forest reserves and planted pine and eucalyptus trees on the bare forest land created. The most affected areas that we visited are Mabira National Forest Reserve, Uganda’s natural heritage that has been left along Jinja Road, while its integrity internally has been deplorably destroyed as NFA looks on. Natural forests and plantations play important roles, which are recognised locally and internationally, in terms of inter alia, biodiversity conservation, climate stability, carbon sequestration, water catchment, medicinal and the production of various forest products for livelihood improvement. Madam Speaker, when we retain pine and eucalyptus alone and do away with the rain forests, many of these functions and benefits can no longer be got from the gazetted forest reserves. A total of Shs 628 billion was approved in Financial Year 2022/2023 for actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The first activity was to resurvey and mark 6,200 square kilometres of boundary to increase the national forest cover from the current 12.4 per cent to 15 per cent and restore 850 square kilometres of wetlands and forests. The other provision in that budget was demarcating and gazetting of central forest reserves and wetlands and also eviction of encroachers on forests and wetlands. The process of cancellation of titles in wetlands had started. However, no significant funds were allocated for actual tree planting to restore significantly deforested areas. We have tree nurseries, but the dissemination of tree seedlings is left to volunteerism. The NEMA efforts to restore forests are selective in that major encroachers are side-lined as efforts are concentrated towards driving away small encroachers. Unless this is halted, we risk losing tree cover by 2040. There are some

Rt Hon. Prime Minister, my constituency, Nakaseke Central, the so-called “Mecca” of the NRM Government, does not have any single tarmac road and a health centre IV. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, when are you upgrading Kikamulo Health Centre III to IV and tarmacking the Luweero-Kiwoko- Butalangu Road, which you have promised to do for 36 years? Thank you.

Mr Speaker, the President was in Luweero recently and he directed me to have a meeting with the leaders, which I did. The discussion on that road came up. Hon. Ecweru was with me and it is one of the priority roads. The designs were already done and the procurement process is supposed to be concluded by December so that, that road is tarmacked and the Mecca – Luweero – really benefits from this Government. In Luganda, they say Amaaso ku lutimbe. (Laughter)

6513 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2022 4. On 25 July 2022 at Kiwumpa traffic checkpoint Luweero, two police officers namely PC Josephat Twinamasiko and PC Busingye were injured. Later, Busingye succumbed to injuries and two guns were taken. Some suspects were arrested. The guns are still at large. 5. On 31 July 2022 at Buwama Town, two police officers, PC Lawrence Otim and PC Paul Nkolo were shot at. PC Otim succumbed to injuries. No gun was taken. 6. On 31 October 2022 at Busiika, three police officers namely D/IP Alex Wagaluka and PC Moses Ongol were killed and PC Stephen Ondama later succumbed to injuries. Two guns were taken and we are still pursuing the culprits. 7. On 14 November 2022 at Kyanja, there was an incident where some people on a motorbike shot at a police post. There was no loss of life or weapon taken. Investigations are on-going to get the culprits. 8. On 17 November 2022 at Gaddafi Amber Court, Small Gate – Jinja, one UPDF soldier NCOS Sgt Simon Peter Eyagu was killed and two guns taken. His colleague was an accomplice in the incident and was arrested. The two guns were recovered. One of the assailants, a one Rodgers Alisobola, was put out of action in Iganga. 9. On 23 November 2022 at Kikuube District, there were no fatalities. A UPDF soldier Pte Wycliffe Musubira’s gun was taken while on guard in Bungoma Forest Reserve, but was later recovered. 10. On 23 November 2022 at Nakulabye Police Post, an armed person moving towards the police post at night was fired at by the police and he ran away. He left behind a magazine of AK47. The police is searching for the culprits. 11. On 24 November 2022 at Bungokho, two guns were reportedly stolen. The two guns stolen seem to be the result of an insider job because there was no break in. The OC of the station is under arrest and investigations are on-going. 12. On 26 November 2022 at Kapeeka, Nakaseke, one UPDF soldier, Pte Tufeyo Obed was killed, but no weapon was taken. One gun was recovered from the assailants in the exchange and two assailants, namely Tarsisi Merengera and Denis Ssekimpi were put out of action. This gun was not from our stores, but it was recovered in that incident. It is the 11 th gun in the recoveries. 13. The last is the incident at Sanga in Kiruhura on the 27 th of November, where a rogue police officer who had lost his firearm faked a break in and theft of a rifle, which he dropped in the compound. No gun was taken in that incident. The officer is under arrest. Interventions Numerous measures have been undertaken, all intended to respond to these incidents that have taken place, but also to prevent and/or mitigate the effects of other such incidents in the unlikely event that they happen. This is to make it very expensive for those intending to indulge in these activities, and also to decisively respond to them when they happen. Police work, honourable members, is very public. However, it is not hazard neutral. Therefore, in order to reduce vulnerability of installations and personnel, we undertook the following measures: 1. Merging far-flung and vulnerable smaller police posts and booths into sizable units to improve operational efficiency and force protection. The details of these are in Annex A on the merger of police stations, attached with a detailed justification for this measure. 2. The better organisation of security installations; that is access controls, front

6211 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2022 teacher and staff recruited by the Government to run the school. The second one is: aware that Government policy does not support boarding seed secondary schools, is there any special way Nekemia Memorial Seed Secondary School in Buuvu, Kalangala District can be opened as a boarding seed secondary school, since it is meant to serve primary schools in Kachanga, Luramba, Kotobo and Bufumira, which are all in different islands. Madam Speaker, my response is, the Education Service Commission has finalised the recruitment of 4,805 teaching and support staff for seed secondary schools. Among these are 126 head teachers and 156 deputy head teachers. The ministry has already issued appointment letters awaiting posting instructions and deployment to the various seed secondary schools, including Nekemiah. It is true that the current scope of seed secondary schools do not have boarding facilities. This is in line with the USE School Policy. However, the ministry and Government have noted the need to have exceptions for districts located in Karamoja and the islands, where operation of day schools is very challenging. Assessment is on-going by the ministry engineers to ascertain that the cost needed to provide the above facilities are budgeted for in the medium term. Question No.7 came from Hon. Naome Kabasharira, Member of Parliament, Rushenyi County in Ntungamo District. Madam Speaker, the Member says that there is a constant outcry by truck drivers plying the Kampala-Masaka- Mbarara route over the mismanagement of the Lukaya and Mbarara weighbridges and alleged misconduct of the officers in charge. Truck drivers complain of harassment and extortion by some officers in those respective weighbridge stations. This unprofessional conduct of business by the officers manning those stations may cause financial loss to the Government as the money extorted from the drivers does not reach public coffers. Her prayers are that: 1. The relevant agencies streamline the operations of the weigh bridges across the country. 2. An investigation should be conducted on the two weighbridges to establish the extent of the problem and the errant officers be prosecuted. Madam Speaker, Mbarara and Lukaya fixed weighbridges are located along the Masaka- Mbarara Road and are used to regulate the overloading of trucks for purposes of protecting the road infrastructure from premature damage. The two weighbridges are managed by the Ministry of Works and Transport through the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). The Government is in advanced stages of installing the first phase of a high speed weigh- in motion system at Mbarara, Magamaga and Luweero. The high speed weigh-in motion systems for other weighbridges including Lukaya will be installed in the subsequent phases. These systems will allow compliant transporters to move on the road without having to stop on the weighbridge. Data centralisation has been done for Mbarara, Lukaya, Luweero, Magamaga, Mubende and Mbale weighbridges. This increases visibility of weighing operations at each weigh station for monitoring purposes. Madam Speaker, I would like to inform this House that the matter reported by the honourable member in Rushenyi is being followed and those officers will be brought to book. Question number eight: Hon. Naboth Namanya, Member of Parliament of Rubabo in Rukungiri District says that Kahengye Water Project commenced in 2015 with a projection to provide a lasting solution to water shortages in the constituencies of Rubabo, Rujumbura, Rukungiri Municipality and the neighbouring areas of Mitooma District.

5994 I know that is your Bill and you would want to have it faster. So, we shall have the Bill tomorrow, Wednesday 2 November 2022. Honourable members, last night, we received information on the attack of the police personnel at Busiika Police Post in Luweero District by unknown people. That was very unfortunate. And even after the attack, the response to that place was slow, bearing in mind that in his address, the President ordered the removal of roadblocks, so they are no longer there. However, you may find that the response was slow because we do not have enough patrol vehicles. This House must decide that we need patrol vehicles to be able to support the police. We are not going to continue lamenting day in day out on why the police did not rush there very fast. It is because we do not have patrol vehicles. The money that was budgeted for the patrol vehicles has not been released. It is unfortunate that happened. We need to get a solution. As you observe, such attacks have been - of recent - in several areas. They happened in Mityana and Kiboga districts. We need to get a solution to it. Security is a precondition for meaningful socio-economic activities. Any attempt to compromise security requires us to be very careful. I urge the population out there to be very vigilant and cooperate with the security agencies. On a similar note, on Tuesday, 25 October 28 2022, 11 children got killed in a school fire outbreak in Lugga village, Ntanzi Parish in Ntenjeru. This was very unfortunate. These fires add to the list of similar previous fires that happened in Kawempe, Kyotera, Wakiso and so many other places. I urge the Minister of Education and Sports and the local authorities to strengthen the safety regulations in these schools. Beyond the schools, there is a need for us to strengthen the safety and health precautions of public facilities to prevent similar catastrophes from occurring. May we rise and observe a moment of silence in honour of the departed souls? (Members rose and observed a moment of silence.)

Rt Hon. Prime Minister, the NRM Government has always promised to put a fruit processing plant in our district because we are the major producers of pineapples and mangoes. When are you going to put in place a fruit processing plant in Luweero District?

Mr Speaker, the President has been very categorical on this; value- addition is the way to go because a lot of wastage is taking place in Luweero and other areas. I request that for such big issues, it is better we get in touch with Members before coming to the Floor. There are plans to ensure that those people get investors so that we can process your – (Interjections) - yes, big investors.

The suspected case- patient was a 24-year-old male who lived in Ngabano Village in Madudu Subcounty in Mubende District. He was a referral from a private clinic of St John’s Medical Clinic in East Division, Mubende Municipality, where he had just been referred. The patient presented with high grade fever, convulsions, blood-stained vomitus and diarrhoea, loss of appetite and pain in swallowing. He also presented with chest pain, dry cough and bleeding in the eyes. While in the isolation unit at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, the patient developed yellowing of eyes, tea coloured urine and complained of abdominal pain on the 17 September 2022. The clinical team took a sample from the patient having suspected him to have VHF. The sample was received at the laboratory of Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) on the 18 September 2022, and results, released on the 19 September 2022, confirmed Ebola (Sudan strain) infection. Mr Speaker, early in the morning of 19 September 2022, the confirmed index case passed on, and the body is still currently kept in the Mubende Regional Referral Hospital mortuary, separated from the other bodies awaiting safe and dignified burial. More information is still being gathered concerning the possible source of infection and contacts of this confirmed case. This is the second Ebola-Sudan strain in Uganda. The first case was reported in Luweero District in 2012. This was diagnosed and ended on the index case. There was no secondary transmission reported then. The incubation period for Ebola-Sudan period is 2-21 days. Like all other Ebola strains, this is a serious disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Ebola is a viral and acute disease that can turn fatal, if left untreated. Ebola is transmitted through the following: i) Close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals such as fruit bats, chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, forest antelope or porcupines found ill or dead in the rainforest. ii) Human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes). iii) Blood or body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from Ebola. [The Deputy Speaker] MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Thank you, honourable minister. Colleagues, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have students from Sironko Parents Secondary School, represented by Hon. Ssasaga Isaias Jonny and Hon. Wamala Nambozo Florence. They have come to observe the proceedings of this House. Please join me in welcoming them. (Applause) I am going to allow submissions of about 15 minutes as we go to Prime Minister’s Time. Hon. Wokorach, Hon. Onzima and Hon. Acon, then I can add on; two minutes each. Ms BRENDA NABUKENYA (NUP, Woman Representative, Luweero): Thank you, Mr Speaker and I would like to thank the minister for the statement and also support his prayers or recommendations. A few weeks ago, a motion was moved here in regards to deaf schools, in each district in Uganda or constituencies. We still have so many districts or constituencies without a school for disabled children. That means accessibility cannot be achieved. We cannot speak of being inclusive if we do not provide schools, for children who cannot hear and the rest. Therefore, I support the minister that while we debate this matter, we think of putting up schools in each and every district so that children do not have to walk long distances or [Ms Asamo] MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I also want to thank the committee for the good report and the recommendations they have made about climate change. On the use of gas energy to reduce deforestation, I heard the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development promising to distribute gas cylinders. I am wondering where the process has reached or whether the implementation has not begun. The second issue is about wetland encroachment. In my village, in Nyimbwa County, Luweero District, we had a swamp and a certain General – I will not mention the name – came and started growing rice there. So, our swamp disappeared. I think that is also an example of wetland encroachment. I am wondering how we are going to mitigate these problems when the Generals and ministers are the ones encroaching on the wetlands. (Applause) Maybe before we preach this to our communities, we should take it up first. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Mr Speaker, this is the justification for the Resolution of Parliament to pay tribute to the late Archbishop Jonah Lwanga of the Uganda Orthodox Church of the Holy Metropolis of Kampala and Uganda. His Eminence Archbishop Jonah Lwanga of the Holy Metropolis of Kampala passed on in Athens Greece on 5 September 2021. The late Archbishop was born to the late George William Kayonjo and Keziah Nabitaka on 18 July 1945 at Anoonya Ddegeya in Luweero District. He did his primary education at Ddegeya after which he joined Bishop Nankyama Senior Secondary School in Namungoona, from 1952 to 1964. From 1964 to 1968, he commenced his Orthodox clerical formation at the Ecclesiastical School of Crete in Greece. He Joined the University of Athens in 1968 where he obtained a degree in Theology and Philosophy in 1978. From 1979 to 1981, he served as Secretary to the Orthodox Mission in Uganda. Lwanga was ordained a Deacon on 01 May 1981 and ordained a Priest in 1982. He was subsequently appointed to Makarios III Orthodox Seminary in Riruta Nairobi where he taught Theology. While there, he was elevated to the status of Archimandrite, a position of authority in the Eastern Orthodox Church ranks.

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Allow me, on behalf of the Uganda Orthodox Church, to thank Parliament for allotting us space in today’s sitting. When I see through, it is almost the Motion that is the business of today. I would like to thank the Prime Minister for moving this Motion and the Leader of the Opposition, hon. Mathias Mpuuga, for seconding this Motion to pay glowing tribute to His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga, the Archbishop of the Uganda Orthodox Church and a son of Uganda born and bred in Luweero, Ddegeya. He grew up in Luweero and witnessed the atrocities of the war to which he highly contributed the liberation war, particularly when he was of age in the 1980s. Mr Speaker, His Eminence the Archbishop passed on, on 5 th September 2021 in Athens. He had been battling some ailments associated with his services. You may recall that he had had dislocation of the discs. This time when he had gone to Athens to have a medical check- up, his physicians could not let him proceed to Albania where he was destined to go. As you are aware, he passed on. However, it was not easy to have his body repatriated. The Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and the whole of Africa did all it could to have the body repatriated. We had attempted to shorten the days but the procedures - the papers – apparently, in Europe, once you die, there is an office of the coroner – not the corona disease – but some judicial officer who must investigate and ascertain the cause of death, especially because of being a high-ranking official.