Bugangaizi West County

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am Onesimus Twinamasiko, not Enos, and a Member of Parliament for Bugangaizi East County, Kakumiro. Mr Speaker, I thank the Head of State for the State of the Nation Address that he ably delivered in this House. His Excellency mentioned the critical national roads that the Government embarked on for tarmacking. The roads were mentioned from the North to the South, West to the East, and the Central here. However, there is a critical oil road that this Government omitted: the road from Nalweyo, Kisita, Mpasana, Nkooko, and Masode in Kyankwanzi, and then from Nkooko to Kakumiro. Mr Speaker, this is a critical oil road because the oil pipeline route crosses this road three times. However, it was abandoned. The feasibility studies and systematic designs were made in 2017. The Uganda National Road Authority (UNRA) abandoned this road, yet it is very important for oil exploration. Mr Speaker, this road shall be used by the oil partners whenever they monitor the oil

pipeline road. Therefore, I would like to call upon the Government of Uganda to prioritise this road because it is among the oil roads; the Nalweyo-Kisiita-Mpasana-Nkoko-Masode- Nkoko-Kakumiro road. Mr Speaker, I have read the National Development Plan (NDP IV), and this road is mentioned in it; it is budgeted for the year 2029. Since it already has a feasibility study done and it was abandoned, I still have some little faith that in 2029, it will be worked on. Otherwise, it is a very critical road for oil exploration. Mr Speaker, I call upon the Government of Uganda - We have the Prime Minister here, so I would like to implore her to note this matter. It should surely be discussed - (Member timed out.)

Mr Speaker, Hon. Sumayah Nabawanuka is a neighbour. When there is a shutdown in Mubende, it affects us in Kakumiro. The fact is that there has been an unprecedented shutdown of power in that corridor. This is caused by the old power line. We had come up with a strategy to install more transformers because the towns are growing. Mubende has exploded; it has the biggest population now in that part of the country. So, there is need for us to put more transformers. Madam, ndi ku gwe. Ngenda kulagira. We need more transformers and to remove the old poles because they are always down. This will enbale our people to have reliable power supply. It is not there, that is a fact. Kindly go to the ministry and tell the minister that there is need and because of this transition from Umeme, they never used to look after their power lines. It is not only in Mubende but also here in Kampala where we are staying. Therefore, there is need for us to do exactly what I have told you.

Thank you. Now, honourable colleagues, unfortunately, the rules do not provide anywhere that it is gazetted as a motion for either a back-bencher or the Front Bench. Now, the person who will move the motion is a woman member of Parliament for Kakumiro District and the Prime Minister. Number two, this motion usually comes from the Government side. Now, it is not my duty to appoint who will move the motion. The moment the Government side writes that this is the one who shall move the motion, whether it is a back-bencher, I do that. After this motion is moved, honourable colleagues, I am going to call the Leader of the Opposition under Rule 55 of the Rules of Procedure to make his response as well. After he has made the response, since the two are debated together, I will give you time starting next Tuesday to read and prepare. This is a motion in which we would like each of you who wants to speak to speak. Based on our projection, it will take two to four weeks to debate the State-of-the-Nation Address so you can speak without interruption. I wanted to give much more guidance after all this, but let me take this opportunity. I request that those who want to speak register with your whips. Why? When I get the list, I can easily follow up. Honourable colleagues, I have already started to receive notes from some of you that you are annoyed because I have not picked you. (Laughter) We have just started. I am going to buy for you Panadol because you are going to get annoyed and burst if you came with that kind of – you get it - not a note from Hon. Ofwono Opondo. (Laughter) I have just received a note from someone. We have just started. Tighten your belts; you will stand up 10 times, and I will not pick you if it is not your turn. But also, you can stand up, and I immediately pick you depending on the matter. Honourable colleagues, let me tell you this: I have to be as fair as possible. I use one principle: I cannot give one Member another opportunity to speak before others have spoken. Let us try to be accommodative. It is a tricky situation for me too. I wish I had more

253 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 08 JULY 2026 time, or ten microphones, so I could pick ten of you at the same time. I would have done that. Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, the woman member of Parliament for Kakumiro District.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I appreciate the Woman MP for Kakumiro. I see she has stepped away for her remarks. She said that she was making those remarks as the Woman MP for Kakumiro, and the colleagues who have spoken to us this afternoon. The State of the Nation address is one of the most important constitutional duties entrusted to the Head of State under Article 101 of our Constitution. It should give the country an honest account of its condition, acknowledge the challenges that the citizens face, and set out measures to address them. It should not be a catalogue of Government activities or a victory speech; It is an opportunity for accountability. The Head of State built his address on three pillars: the NRM’s historical journey from 1959, the reach of PDM into 3.7 million households and a projected 10 per cent GDP growth. He talked about milk surpluses and coffee exports, dismissed young people seeking work abroad by calling Uganda a paradise that they are abandoning, and named journalists whose writing displeases him. He did not speak with clarity about the debt that is consuming

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I do not intend not to recognise the nominations by my side of Government, but I tend to make an observation. By law, and you, as our chairperson, Mr Speaker, we think that you preside over the point of equity in this House. You have said it right that we may not be able to change it, but we want it to go on record. When I look at the composition of the commission under the Administration of Parliament Act, first of all, we have members who are designated automatically by their positions. That is the Speaker of Parliament, who comes from Tororo, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament from Mitooma, and the Prime Minister of the Government of Uganda, who is from Kakumiro, which is Western Uganda. The Minister of Finance is from Rubanda, and that is Western Uganda. I would not think that we here in Parliament have much to do because that is for the appointing authority. Regarding the remaining positions, it would be a matter of natural justice for this House to treat their composition equitably. I am looking at the central region, with almost one hundred members of Parliament, yet it is not represented on the commission. Much as we may not have much to do, it should go on record. Is it worth it? Is it really genuine? Is it okay for us to keep quiet? I would have kept quiet –

Thank you, Mr Speaker. First of all, I thank our son, Hon. Oulanyah, for bringing this matter here. It is painful that we have lost such a young man at such a tender age, just like that. I want to use this microphone, on behalf of the Government, to condemn the acts of mob justice. (Applause) At one time, traveling from Kakumiro to Mubende, I witnessed how, somewhere, they killed a young man who was a coffee middleman. He had his small weighing scale in a kaveera then they said that he was a thief. Thieves had robbed that area a day before. Just like that, we lost a young man.

59 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026 the Republic of Uganda, and Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament: “ WHEREAS Article 108A(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda provides that there shall be a Prime Minister who shall be appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament by a simple majority from among Members of Parliament or persons qualified to be elected Members of Parliament; AND WHEREAS under Article 108A(2)(a) of the Constitution, the Prime Minister is the Leader of Government Business in Parliament, and is responsible for the coordination and implementation of Government policies across ministries, departments, and other public institutions, and performs such other functions as may be assigned to him or her by the President or as may be conferred to him or her by the Constitution or by law; AWARE that His Excellency the President of the Republic of Uganda has, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by Article 108A(1) of the Constitution, appointed Hon. Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative, Kakumiro District, as Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in Parliament ; NOTING that Hon. Nabbanja Robinah possesses the requisite qualifications for appointment as Prime Minister as set out in Article 108A(1) of the Constitution, since; (a) she is a citizen of Uganda, having been born on 17 December 1969 at Kamusenene, Nkoko Town Council, Kakumiro District; (b) she is a registered voter in Kakumiro District, and (c) she completed a minimum formal education of advanced level standard and obtained the following academic qualifications: i) She is a PhD student of Public Administration specialising in monitoring and evaluation from Nkumba University; ii) She holds a Master’s of Arts Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation from Nkumba University, Entebbe; iii) She has a Bachelor’s degree in Democracy and Development Studies from Uganda Martyrs University; iv) She holds a Diploma in Democracy and Development Studies from Uganda Martyrs University; v) A certificate in Audit Management from ESAMI, Arusha, Tanzania; vi) Certificate in Policy Formulation and Management from the Islamic University in Uganda; vii) Certificate in Leadership Skills and Management from Uganda Management Institute; viii) Certificate in Leadership, Economic Management and Transformation from NALI, Kyankwanzi; ix) Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education from St Edward’s, Bukumi Senior Secondary School, and; x) Uganda Certificate of Education from St Edward’s, Bukumi Senior Secondary School; FURTHER NOTING THAT Hon. Nabbanja Robinah has the necessary experience to execute the duties and functions of the Office of the Prime Minister, having held the following key positions of responsibility in the Cabinet, Parliament, and in the Local Government of Uganda, including: a. Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda and Leader of Government Business from June 2021 to May 2026. b. Minister of State for Health (General Duties). c. Parliamentary Commissioner in the 10 th Parliament. d. Treasurer of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus in the Ninth Parliament. e. Woman Representative, Kakumiro District, from 2011 to date. f. Resident District Commissioner (RDC) for 10 years, serving in the districts of Pallisa, Budaka and Busia. g. Deputy Resident District Commissioner (Deputy RDC) Pallisa District. h. District Councillor representing the people of Nkoko Subcounty in Kibale District

Thank you, Mr Speaker. This august House has just passed the Protection of the Sovereignty Act. It is a baby law that was assented to by the President a few weeks ago, and I doubt the ink has dried. Hon. Naluyima brought something here on the Floor, questioning the appointments and the bona fide citizenship of the people who are being appointed. While I am privy to the information that the Rt Hon. Prime Minister is a native of Kakumiro, by extension, her office carries ministers. It would be prudent for this House to profile our Cabinet ministers, including the Prime Minister, their area of birth, and where they come from, such that we protect our country in light of the Protection of the Sovereignty Act that this House passed.

Thank you. That is a valid point, not only to her. Honourable members, let us all be humble. The world is yearning for humble leaders who care about their people. It is my time now to put the question, and we shall apply the same methodology for a resolution of this Parliament approving the appointment of Hon. Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative of Kakumiro District, as the Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in Parliament. (Members voted by a show of hands.)

79 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026 On behalf of the Government of Uganda, I commit to continue building on the strong foundation already in place by effectively leading a robust service delivery team, both political and technical that responds to the needs of our people by strengthening the link between the Executive and Legislature, and by ensuring continued availability of Government business in this Parliament and making sure that the ministers regularly attend and provide timely responses to Parliament. Mr Speaker, the priorities of the NRM Government are very clear as outlined in the National Development Plan IV and the 2026/2031 NRM Manifesto, aimed at wealth creation, improving household incomes and expanding our economy from an estimated $68.4 billion by the end of June 2026 to $500 billion by the year 2040. Mr Speaker, this growth will be anchored on strategic investments in our ATMs, which are: Agro- industrialisation (PDM, Emyooga , et cetera), Tourism development, and Mineral development, including oil and gas, science, technology, innovation, and creative industry development. In addition, the Government will invest in enablers for the ATMs to deliver on planned growth. These enablers are: 1. Peace and security, which is a prerequisite for economic stability. 2. Infrastructure development. Here, I am talking about the Standard Gauge Railway, roads, electricity, and the metre gauge rehabilitation, water, sanitation, and environmental conservation. Honourable members, health, education, information communication technology, electricity generation, transmission and distribution, industrial parks and free zones, administration of justice, law and order, effective legislation and oversight - Mr Speaker, effective management of climate change, environmental and natural resources, and disasters as they occur. Fellow leaders, Ugandans expect quality services from us. We can effectively serve our people through proper implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Government interventions. I want to reassure you that this will enable us to achieve better results with even limited resources. Mr Speaker, leadership is a gift from God. I know that the role of the Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in Parliament requires commitment, patriotism, teamwork and sacrifice. I, therefore, request your continued support and prayers as we embark on this journey together. Mr Speaker, I recommit to continuing to serve our people to improve service delivery and socio-economic transformation. To the people of Kakumiro District and the greater Kibaale, thank you for electing me to the Ninth, 10 th , 11 th and now the 12 th Parliament. In conclusion, I once again thank you, Mr Speaker and Members, for approving my reappointment as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda. In the same vein, I appreciate His Excellency the President for the trust and confidence placed in me. I pledge continued commitment, collaboration, and teamwork during the “No corruption, no more sleep” term of office, as our country takes a qualitative leap into upper-middle-income status. For God and My Country. (Applause)

103. Ruhindi Fredrick Nakawa Division East Kampala NRM 104. Taban Aate Sharifah Woman Representative Koboko Independent 105. Ouma Willy Namayingo South County Namayingo Independent 106. Orone Derrick Gogonyo County Pallisa NRM 107. Tete Chelengat Everline Woman Representative Bukwo NRM 108. Tibyaze Peace Woman Representative Jinja NRM 109. Tom Aliti Candia Maracha East County Maracha NRM 110. Rwakimari Beatrice Ruhaama County Ntungamo NRM 111. Tumuramye Genensio Kashongi County Kiruhura NRM 112. Tumusiime John Bosco Kashari South County Mbarara NRM 113. Teira John Bugabula County North Kamuli NRM 114. Oryema Simon Peter Adum Chua West County Kitgum NRM 115. Turyahikayo Kebirungi Mary Paula Woman Representative Rukungiri NRM 116. Sebamala Richard Bukoto County Central Masaka DP 117. Tiyo William Taylor Odaa Ayivu Division East Arua City NRM 118. Ssebbugga-Kimeze Berunado Budyepo County Nakasongola NRM 119. Tayebwa Thomas Ruhinda North County Mitooma NRM 120. Otto Edward Makmot Agago County Agago NRM 121. Rwamirama Bright Kanyontore (Lt Col Rtd) Isingiro County North Isingiro NRM 122. Tebandeke Charles Bbaale County Kayunga NUP 123. Tukahirwa James Byenjuru Hunter Kajara County Ntungamo NRM 124. Tumukunde Henry Kakurugu (Lt Gen. Rtd) Rukungiri Municipality Rukungiri NRM 125. Tumwesigye Anthony Isingiro West County Isingiro Independent 126. Ssenyonyi Joel Basekezi Nakawa Division West Kampala NUP 127. Osoru Mourine Woman Representative Arua City NRM 128. Ossiya Solomon Alemu Toroma County Katakwi NRM 129. Shyam Jay Tanna Tororo Municipality Tororo Independent 130. Twalla Fadil Tingey County Kapchorwa NRM 131. Waluswaka James Bunyole West County Butaleja NRM 132. Tumwebaze Mwine Youth Representative Western NRM 133. Twinomujuni Francis Kazini Buhaguzi County Kikuube NRM 134. Otafiire Kahinda (Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Ruhinda County Mitooma NRM 135. Silwany Solomon Bukooli County Central Bugiri NRM 136. Otim Bernard Maruzi North County Apac NRM 137. Waiswa Joel Azalwa Busiki County Namutumba Independent 138. Ssemwanga Gyaviira Buyamba County Rakai NRM 139. Wakida Patrick Godfrey Kabweri County Kibuku NRM 140. Walyomu Moses Muwanika Kagoma County Jinja Independent 141. Wandera John Paul Samia Bugwe County North Busia Independent 142. Saazi Godfrey Gomba East County Gomba NUP 143. Wanyenya Shafiga Bungokho County North Mbale NRM 144. Twesige Stephen Buyaga East County Kagadi NRM 145. Twinamasiko Onesimus Bugangaizi East County Kakumiro NRM 146. Wandera Sadala Bugweri County Bugweri NRM 147. Tayebwa Didas Kabumbuza Kooki County Rakai NRM 148. Wanyama Judas Thadeo Youth Representative Eastern NRM 149. Sserukenya David Makindye-Ssabagabo Municipality Wakiso NUP 150. Sekindi Aisha Woman Representative Kalungu Independent

9 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026 56. Kirungi Annet Pamela Woman Representative Kabarole NRM 57. Kyogabiirwe Jackie Muganda Woman Representative Kyegegwa NRM 58. Lanyero Christine Awany Woman Representative Nwoya NRM 59. Logose Sarah Annet Woman Representative Butaleja NRM 60. Lokii John Baptist (Dr) Matheniko County Moroto NRM 61. Lokoru Albert Tepeth County Moroto Independent 62. Lokoru Stephenson Yoyo Chekwii East County Nakapiripirit NRM 63. Longoli Simon Peter Chekwii County (Kadam) Nakapiripirit NRM 64. Lubega George Willy Bugangaizi South County Kakumiro NRM 65. Lubowa Ssebina Gyaviira Nyendo-Mukungwe County Masaka City NUP 66. Lugoloobi Amos Ntenjeru County North Kayunga NRM 67. Kiwanuka Sulaiman Nakifuma County Mukono NUP 68. Kuteesa Mary Kamuli Mwenge County South Kyenjojo NRM 69. Kyeyune Ivan Nakasongola County Nakasongola NUP 70. Lakisa Mercy Faith Woman Representative Alebtong NRM 71. Lenia Charity Kevin Vurra County Arua NRM 72. Mutebi Benard Mugoya Bulamogi County Kaliro Independent 73. Katooko Sylivia Damba Woman Representative Kibuku NRM 74. Kayogera Yona Busiki North County Namutumba Independent 75. Kiti Peter T’oo County Bukwo NRM 76. Lolem Micah Akasile Upe County Amudat NRM 77. Locap Peterkhen Bokora East County Napak NRM 78. Linda Irene City Woman Representative Fort Portal City NRM 79. Lokubal Emma Woman Representative Nabilatuk NRM 80. Katusiime Adrine Woman Representative Sheema NRM 81. Loluk Fidelis Logwee Napore West County Karenga Independent 82. Komakech Christopher Aruu County Pader NRM 83. Muzaid Khemis Arua Central Division Arua City FDC 84. Lamwaka Catherine Woman Representative Omoro NRM 85. Kiwanuka Abdallah Mukono County North Mukono NUP 86. Kyeyune Haruna Kasolo Kyotera County Kyotera NRM (The House was suspended at 11.42 a.m.) (On resumption at 1.00 p.m., the Deputy Clerk, Parliamentary Affairs presiding.) 87. Lokwang Hillary Ik County Kaabong NRM 88. Lowila CD Oketayot Woman Representative Pader NRM 89. Lugoloobi Willy Bageyente Bujumba County Kalangala NRM 90. Lugwar Benson Agogo North County Agago Independent 91. Lukyamuzi David Kalwanga Busujju County Mityana NUP 92. Kiwanuka Keefa Kiboga East County Kiboga NRM 93. Maala Zahrah Luyirika Makindye Division West Kampala NUP 94. Makumbi Henry Kamya Mityana County South Mityana NRM 95. Mariam Seif Woman Representative Iganga NRM 96. Mafabi Asha Nabulo Woman Representative Sironko NRM 97. Mamawi James Adjumani East County Adjumani Independent 98. Masaba Karim Industrial Division Mbale City Independent 99. Matembu Chriss Wataka Bubulo County West Manafwa Independent 100. Matovu Emmanuel Magoola Busiro County East Wakiso Independent 101. Mawanda Micheal Maranga Igara County East Bushenyi NRM

3 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026 57. Alum Santa Sandra Ogwang District Woman Representative Oyam UPC 58. Akoth Angella Nzokire District Woman Representative Tororo Independent 59. Alero Tom Aza West Moyo County Moyo NRM 60. Anywar Ricky Richard Agago West County Agago NRM 61. Aogon Silas Kumi Municipality Kumi Independent 62. Aol Betty Ocan City Woman Representative Gulu City PFF 63. Arinaitwe Jeniva District Woman Representative Rubirizi NRM 64. Arinaitwe Rwakajara Katambuka Workers Representative N/A NRM 65. Aseera Stephen Buhaguzi East County Kikuube NRM 66. Asiimwe Florence Akiiki District Woman Representative Masindi NRM 67. Attan Okia Moses Soroti East County Soroti City FDC 68. Kiconco Katabaazi Patrick Rukiga County Rukiga NRM 69. Atuhwereire Arthur Kazoora Ruhinda South County Mitooma NRM 70. Atukunda Rebecca Mubangizi District Woman Representative Kassanda NRM 71. Atuto Jacinta District Woman Representative Kapelebyong NRM 72. Atwijukire Boaz Katerera County Rubirizi Independent 73. Alupo Jessica Rose Epel District Woman Representative Katakwi NRM 74. Atwijukire Dan Kimosho Kazo County Kazo NRM 75. Acora Nancy Odonga District Woman Representative Lamwo NRM 76. Atyang Stella District Woman Representative Moroto NRM 77. Auma Janet District Woman Representative Amolatar UPC 78. Auma Kenny District Woman Representative Kwania UPC 79. Avako Melsa Naima Gule District Woman Representative Yumbe NRM 80. Anyango Janet Hope District Woman Representative Busia NRM 81. Ayagalachi Jamali Bukooli County Bugiri NUP 82. Achia Remigio Pian County Nabilatuk NRM 83. Ayepa Michael Labwor County Abim NRM 84. Ayoo Janeth Phoebe Obol District Woman Representative Gulu NRM 85. Apolot Christine District Woman Representative Kumi Independent 86. Ayume Charles Koboko Municipality Koboko NRM 87. Avur Jane Pacuto District Woman Representative Pakwach NRM 88. Atugonza Allan Buliisa County Buliisa NRM 89. Baatom Ben Koryang Dodoth West County Karenga NRM 90. Babirye Kityo Sarah Bukoto County East Masaka NRM 91. Babirye Milly Babalanda Budiope West County Buyende NRM 92. Ariko Herbert Edmund Okworo Gweri County Soroti NRM 93. Kakooza James Older Persons Representative Central NRM 94. Awor Betty Engola District Woman Representative Apac NRM 95. Engola Sam Erute County South Lira NRM 96. Baryomunsi Chris Kinkizi County East Kanungu NRM 97. Nabbanja Robinah District Woman Representative Kakumiro NRM (The House was suspended at 11.38 a.m.) (On resumption at 1.29 p.m., the Clerk presiding.) 98. Auma Linda Agnes District Woman Representative Lira NRM 99. Babanga Wilfred Erima Terego East County Terego NRM 100. Babula Noel Kataike Matilda District Woman Representative Budaka NRM 101. Bahireira Sylivia Tumwekwase District Woman Representative Kamwenge NRM 102. Bakireke Nambooze Betty Mukono Municipality Mukono NUP

4 ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS 103. Kalenzi Victor Bunyangabu County Bunyangabu NRM 104. Basajjassubi Nsereko Charles Nakaseke South County Nakaseke NRM Kawuma 105. Baseke Fred Ntenjeru County South Kayunga NRM 106. Bright Tom Amooti Kyaka Central County Kyegegwa NRM 107. Bazaanya Matayo Bugabula County South Kamuli NRM 108. Begiira Samuel Youth Representative Central NRM 109. Begumisa Protazio Ndorwa County East Kabale NRM 110. Bagiire Aggrey Henry Bunya County West Mayuge NRM 111. Baryayanga Andrew Aja Kabale Municipality Kabale NRM 112. Bassajja Iddi Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality Bushenyi NRM 113. Bigirwa Norah Nyendwoha District Woman Representative Buliisa NRM 114. Bingi Patrick Nyanzi Butemba County Kyankwanzi NRM 115. Birungi Annet Workers Representative N/A NRM 116. Birungi Carolyn Nanyondo Kyamuswa County Kalangala NRM 117. Banya Emmanuel Natal Koboko County Koboko NRM 118. Biara Emmanuel Wepukhulu Bulambuli County Bulambuli NRM 119. Kabarokole Sarah District Woman Representative Bunyangabu NRM 120. Bisaso Abdul Kassanda County South Kassanda NRM 121. Bakashaba Christopher Mbarara North Division Mbarara City NRM 122. Oleru Huda Abason Aringa East County Yumbe NRM 123. Kabanda Minsa Nabbengo Kampala Central Division Kampala NRM 124. Bebona Josephine Babungi District Woman Representative Bundibugyo NRM 125. Baguma Spellanza Muhenda District Woman Representative Kyenjojo Independent 126. Batuwa Timothy Lusala Jinja South Division West Jinja City NUP 127. Byamukama Fred Bugangaizi West County Kakumiro NRM 128. Kadaga Rebecca Alitwala District Woman Representative Kamuli NRM 129. Byamukama Rogers Masindi Municipality Masindi NRM 130. Byanyima Nathan Bukanga North County Isingiro NRM 131. Byibesho Sam Kisoro Municipality Kisoro NRM 132. Byuma Oswald Dez Mawogola County Ssembabule NRM 133. Cadet Benjamin Bunyaruguru County Rubirizi NRM 134. Challa Elma Kapel Youth Representative Northern NRM 135. Chandia Benadette Kodili District Woman Representative Moyo NRM 136. Chemonges William Kween County Kween NRM 137. Chemutai Phyllis District Woman Representative Kapchorwa Independent 138. Cheutich Rufina District Woman Representative Amudat NRM 139. Dramviku Eric Sabiti Terego West County Terego NRM 140. Driwaru Jennifer District Woman Representative Maracha NRM 141. Echodu David Calvin Soroti West County Soroti City NRM 142. Edakasi Alfred Elalu-Olale Kaberamaido County Kaberamaido NRM 143. Ediau Samuel Amuria County Amuria NRM 144. Edopu Peter Edeku Dakabela County Soroti NRM 145. Ekoro Alex Irukan Bunya County East Mayuge NRM 146. Elem Leo Moroto County Alebtong UPC 147. Emaju Peter Paul Kasilo County Serere NRM 148. Eron Tonny Kwania County Kwania NRM 149. Etilu Margaret District Woman Representative Amuria NRM 150. Bagoole Ngobi John Luuka North County Luuka NRM 151. Eunice Otuko Apio Oyam County North Oyam UPC 152. Kamuntu Ephraim Sheema County South Sheema NRM

18647 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2026 Luwero, Nakasongola as well as water supply schemes in districts such as Terego, Moyo, Lamwo, Zombo, Agago, Pader, Namutumba, Mayuge, Ssembabule, Mityana, Isingiro, Kazo, Kyenjojo, Bukedea, Kanungu, Moroto, Kakumiro and Abim, among others. Colleagues, I can see that some of you are trying to keep pace. I jumped into the executive summary, which is on page, Page 3. However, the committee also notes material implementation constraints, particularly funding gaps, delayed counterpart funding, stalled contractor obligations, weak operation and maintenance financing, land acquisition delays, environmental compliance burdens, and institutional capacity limitations, which, if not addressed, will undermine the political credibility of the budget. Madam Speaker, the context of this report is that sectors and Votes under the committee’s purview are central to the Government’s broader economic growth for various reasons. First, energy powers production and industry, while the extractives are expected to create fiscal space and employment. On the other hand, water supports life and production, while environmental management protects the natural resource base on which the growth ultimately depends. The committee notes that the significance of these Votes is not abstract. In many constituencies, the Government is judged by whether power reaches the households, trading centres and industrial parks; whether piped water reaches institutions, towns and villages; whether boreholes and small schemes remain functional; whether the first oil is obtained and is properly regulated; and whether wetlands, forests and the fragile landscapes are actually protected for the benefit of all. This means that the budget scrutiny in these sectors must go beyond the aggregate figures and focus squarely on whether planned projects are financed, implemented, and sustained in actual locations where Ugandans live and work. Madam Speaker, I will go straight to Item 7.0: Programme budget allocations for Financial Year 2026/2027. Analysis of Vote 017 Vote 017: Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development contributes to the sustainable energy development programme and a sustainable extractives industry development programme of the National Development Plan IV (NDPIV), with policy priorities covering electricity generation, transmission, distribution, clean cooking, petroleum infrastructure, minerals development, geothermal development, and strategic industrial energy investments. Madam Speaker, the committee notes, from the updated submissions of the budget estimates, that the total budget allocation for vote 017 rises from Shs 1.844 billion, in the Financial Year 2025/2026, to Shs 2.282 billion, in Financial Year 2026/2027, representing an increase of Shs 438.11 billion. Table two thereby gives you, colleagues , an overview of how these resources have been allocated. The committee further notes that the ministry’s functional allocation reflects a major emphasis on transmission, distribution, petroleum, and administration-related land acquisition and institutional costs, alongside continued support to generation, minerals, and clean cooking. Colleagues, table 4 gives us an allocation of resources by major functional areas. Madam Speaker, the committee notes that the ministry has identified substantial project outlay for Financial Year 2026/2027, and the medium term, and many of these projects are location-specific and visible. Colleagues, the major planned projects under Vote 017 represent the following, which I believe is a point of critical concern to most of us here. There is a project of Mutundwe-Buloba- Kabulasoke-Masaka and Kabulasoke-Nkonge-

18653 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2026 and development partners, namely SCAP 100, Kampala Water-Lake Victoria and Sanitation Project, the Southwestern Cluster, the Integrated Water Management and Development Project, and the Wakiso West Water Sanitation Project. The National Water and Sewerage Corporation funding gap in the Financial Year 26/27 is provided for under Table 19. In particular, you note that there is a funding gap of Shs 62 billion for SCAP 100, 45 in the seven towns water project between Karuma and Gulu. As you might know, a multi-million thirty million cubic water supply project was set up at Karuma to supply Oyam, Gulu, and the neighbouring districts of Northern Uganda. Therefore, this money is necessary for the distribution of this water. There is need to undertake urgent but critical water projects in Nakawuka, in Kakumiro, and in Bukedea, which remains one of the only districts in Teso currently not covered sufficiently by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation. These provide us with a requirement of about Shs 50 billion, to be specific. Madam Speaker, the committee remains deeply concerned about the continued accumulation of the government water arrears owed to National Water and Sewerage Corporation because this undermines the corporation’s cash flow, weakens its creditworthiness, and constrains its capacity to sustain service delivery and finance new infrastructure investments. The updated arrears information submitted to the committee shows that as at the end of March 2026, the outstanding arrears stood at approximately Shs 75.37 billion. The committee notes that a significant portion of the verified water areas owed by the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to National Water was accumulated over two Financial years and amounted to Shs 24.42 billion as of February 2025. Madam Speaker, you might note that with your leadership and with the work of this Parliament, the Government provided money to clear the outstanding arrears that were owed to National Water by the MDAs. I wish to note here that the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs, in particular, and the Uganda Police Force -

18655 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2026 Recommendations under the National Water and Sewerage Corporation i) The Government should prioritise the additional Shs 86 billion required under the Government of Uganda component of the National Water 26/27 capital program; ii) The responsible MDAs should immediately remit the outstanding water areas owed to National Water, and persistent non- remission should attract budgetary sanctions; iii) Parliament should use its appropriation power to reallocate part of the recurrent budgets of votes that persistently default on water payments to the National Water and Sewerage Corporation; and iv) Priority counterpart financing should be directed towards the Nakaoka, Kakumiro, Bukedea, and Karuma Gulu transmission mains and south-western cluster obligations because these affect highly visible public water projects. Vote 150: National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) i) The budget of the National Environment Management Authority for inspections, field mobility, laboratory services, digital monitoring systems, and specialised oversight in oil, gas, mining, and urban pollution hotspots should be enhanced; ii) The minister responsible for the environment should and should make quarterly reports on NEMA’s processing of national, environmental, and social impact assessments, compliance inspections, restoration orders, extractives monitoring, and coordination with sector ministries and local governments; and iii) The Government should support the filling of critical staffing gaps to bring the authority closer to its approved establishment. The Summary of Budget Estimates for the next Financial Year The committee proposes that the following budget estimates be allocated to the various votes under its mandate Vote 017: Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development Recurrent expenditure The committee proposes Shs 205,740,000,000. Development expenditure The committee proposes Shs 2,077,050,000,000. The total is Shs 2,282,790,000,000. Vote 139: Petroleum Authority of Uganda Under recurrent expenditure, the committee proposes Shs 61,380,000,000. Development expenditure - Shs 44,840,000,000. Total of Shs 160,870,000,000 -

18214 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR There is also a section enabling access to Kabaale International Airport of about 3.2 kilometres. There is Kawuku-Bwerenga Road – Hon. Naluyima, congratulations. Your cries have been listened to. Tell our people that the road is going to become super. Laropi-Afoji Road – that is the West Nile road – and also Laropi Bridge. Things are getting better. There is upgrading of Katine-Ochero. Hon. Ebwalu, Katine-Ochero Road is here. Kampala-Jinja Expressway – this is to clear the right of way. We also have an oil road from Karugutu- Ntoroko. I saw Hon. Ibanda. There is also Kitgum-Orom-Karenga Road. Madam Speaker, you had inquired about this road - (Interjection)- very good. Your pronunciation is better. Karenga – they wrote “…ng”. I pronounce it as “nga”. That road is 116 kilometres. Madam Speaker, we also have Kitala-Gerenge Road, Kigumba-Bulima Road and Kagandi Bridge, which is supposed to be part of this. There is Bumbobi-Lwakhakha Road and Mubende-Kakumiro-Kagadi Road. All those need improvements. Madam Speaker, those are the roads so far provided under this supplementary schedule No. 2, amounting to Shs 1,696,000,000,000. I beg the House to approve so that the General goes direct to do the work.

Sorry, Shs 112.953 billion, Madam Speaker. We note that there is an obnoxious or abnormal increment in domestic arrears under the police. The committee recommends that the accounting officer should be held liable because that led to the diversion of funds in the Uganda Police Force. Access to the implementation of the sub-county policing model The sub-county policing model also faces several challenges, where the model was supposed to be piloted in 12 policing areas. However, most of them have not been rolled out because of challenges of staffing requirements, inadequate transport requirements to implement the model, structures required to implement the model, and the planned addition of more sub- counties onto the Sub-County Policing Model. Therefore, the committee observed that although ambitious in nature, the Sub county Policing Model was necessary as a countermeasure to the rampant surge in crime. The committee further noted that the police had received only Shs 158.355 billion as classified budget, out of the Shs 905.72 billion budget, which could be used in addressing these identified challenges. There are budget challenges because the budget was Shs 905 billion and they were only given Shs 158 billion, meaning that there was insufficient funding for that area. Uganda Prisons Service I am picking out the areas that are very important. Congestion in prisons The Auditor-General reported that the current prison’s holding capacity is 21,126 prisoners, while the prisoner population, as of June 2024, stood at 79,757, exceeding the holding capacity by 58,631 inmates. This resulted in an occupancy rate of 377.5 per cent. Despite the Uganda Prisons Service constructing additional prison wards, Uganda Prisons Service continues to grapple with overcrowding of prisons, with the highest congestion noted in Aswa I, Kicheche, Bubulo, Kakumiro and Kigandalo Prisons. Honourable colleagues, you can look at the table that shows the excesses of inmates in prisons. The prisoner population is growing at an average rate of 8 per cent, while the prisoner accommodation is expanding only by 3.5 per cent annually. Therefore, there is a very big discrepancy between the prisoner population average and the accommodation expansion rate. The committee recommends that the Government should provide more funding to

17727 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 7 AUGUST 2025 in Ntungamo District, had been fully upgraded to health centres III by the time the committee did the oversight. Works to upgrade 41 health centres II were ongoing, with the majority of the projects making less than 50 per cent progress. The details are attached in Annex II. Upgrade of the remaining 81 health centres II had not started. The committee established that out of the 62 health centres III earmarked for new construction under the UgIFT II programme, only three: Kasangati Health Centre III, Kakindo Health Centre III in Kakumiro District, and Kikooma Health Centre III in Kyankwanzi District had been completed. Construction of 28 health centres III was still ongoing, while works for 31 health centres III had not yet started. See details in Annex III. The committee further established that the progress on implementation of various construction projects of new health centres III and upgrade of health centres II to III was largely characterised by defective works, prolonged delays in completion by contractors, including the UPDF Brigade, due to lack of supervision by local government leadership. All project- related decisions, including contract award and the procurement of equipment, were managed by the Central Government. Non-compliance with the standard project design The committee discovered that essential documentation regarding contracts and BOQs was absent, and the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development delayed releasing funds, all of which affected the effective execution of the projects. There were double payments to some of the contractors by the Ministry of Health arising from a change of policy to award contracts, particularly to the UPDF Engineering Brigade. A case in point is Shs 400 million for the completion of the Ober Health Centre IV in Lira City maternity ward and theatre that was channelled directly to the Ministry of Defence by the Ministry of Health, well aware of another running contract with BP Enterprises and Construction Company Limited. See the letter attached in Annex IV. Other specific examples of such construction and upgrade projects include Kachuru Health Centre III in Butebo District, Rushare Health Centre III and Ruhare Health Centre III in Mbarara District, Kichwamba Health Centre II in Mbarara City, Kyabakuza Health Centre II in Masaka City, and Kabbo Health Centre II and Gayaza Health Centre II Mubende District. The committee observed that whereas Parliament approved Shs 552.6 billion to address infrastructure gaps in local government countrywide, a significant number of subcounties and town councils across the country still do not have health centres III. No work had been done on 81 out of 124 health centres II earmarked for upgrade to health centre III. Similarly, 31 out of 62 planned new construction of health centres III in subcounties without any Government health centres III had not even started. The committee observed that the upgraded health centres II and the newly constructed health centres III were not fully functional, largely due to inadequate staffing. There was adverse mismanagement of contracts by the Ministry of Health that involved re- awarding of already running contracts to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Engineering Brigade in total violation of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) Act. There was a likelihood of fraud in the management and implementation of various Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Program (UgIFT) projects across the country. The Government had not yet fulfilled its pledge of establishing health centres III in every sub- country across the country.

Honourable members, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have teachers and people from St Joseph Igayaza Primary School in Kakumiro District. They are represented by Hon. Josephat Tumwesigye, Hon. Robina Nabbanja, and the Prime Minister. Please join me in welcoming them. (Applause) In the public gallery, we also have teachers and pupils of Bishop Cyprian Primary School from Nakawa Division East. They are represented by Hon. Nsubuga Ronald Balimwezo and Hon. Malende Shamim. You are most welcome. Thank you for coming. (Applause) Yes?

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I appreciate the minister, Gen. Katumba Wamala, for the promise of Kyegegwa-Kyenjojo Road. Indeed, it has been a death spot and many tourists have been scared to go that side. The business community has been complaining about the same manner. We also have other roads, for example Kyegegwa-Hapuyo-Kakumiro road. That road is in a sorry state and as we speak, there are over 15 trucks parked on the Kyegegwa- Hapuyo road. It was the Fort Portal Station of UNRA and it is no longer in action. We called the engineers but they were not responding. They said that they do not have finances. Others said, “We are no longer there.” We would like to know, through the minister, how far it will go because the situation is alarming.

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

Madam Speaker, he is too tall, so for people who are short like me, when you take a photo with him, you look like a dwarf. (Laughter) In brief, he should prepare a stool. Thank you so much. Madam Speaker, I have another question from Hon. Veronica Nanyondo, the District Woman MP of Bukomansimbi. Her prayer is that there is an effect on the implementation of the new lower secondary school curriculum on primary school leavers. Can the Government update us on this matter? My response is that at the moment, primary school leavers transition from the knowledge- based curriculum to competence-based curriculum in secondary school, under the revised lower secondary school curriculum. The process of revising the primary school curriculum to make it competence-based has already commenced to harmonise curriculum designs across primary and secondary level education. Once this is complete, the learners will be introduced to competence-based teaching and learning from primary school and progress with it to secondary education. I got another question from Hon. Ronald Balimwezo Nsubuga, MP for Nakawa Division East. He says that Uganda has very many experienced jua kalis, but they have no industrial parks and have continued to operate in a domestic setting, with very high electricity and water domestic tariffs. This is something that has crippled their businesses, yet they compete with investors who operate in Government industrial parks. These investors in Government industrial parks have always been incentivised in the form of tax exemptions, low electricity and water tariffs. This makes it harder for the jua kalis to compete favourably with them in the same market. His prayer is; When is the Government going to set up jua kali industrial parks? My response is that in this principle, for all Ugandan investors - if they all go through the Uganda Investment Authority, industrial parks have been designed with spaces specifically planned for setting up Small and Medium- sized Enterprises (SMEs), which cater for jua kali artisan activities. SME parks of 20 acres have been planned in all the operational industrial parks of Namanve, Soroti, Kasese, SINO-Mbale, and others. The Uganda Investment Authority also acquired the Mbarara SME Park of 12 acres that has been handed back to Gatsby Group, the SME artisans from Mbarara. The Government’s vision is to develop new industrial parks in phases, depending on the availability of resources in Gulu, Nebbi, Arua, Madi-Okollo, Yumbe, Pader, Paidha, Dokolo, Rukungiri, Isingiro, Oyam, Lira, Hoima, Buliisa, Kisoro, Kakumiro, Nakasongola, Luwero, Nakaseke, Mubende, Mityana, Masaka, Kabale, Bushenyi, Tororo, Rakai, Kamuli, Kween, Busia, Soroti, Gomba, Kayunga, Kyegegwa , and Iganga, where land has been mobilised by districts and already offered to Uganda Investment Authority for industrial development to foster innovation and equitable, sustainable industrial growth. Madam Speaker, the major infrastructure, for example, workplaces with shared common user facilities such as production equipment, showrooms for Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to use as they sell and grow their businesses, will be constructed within the said industrial parks. 10. Hon. Lucy Akello, the District Woman Member of Parliament for Amuru, raised an issue on the lack of radiologists in the regional referral hospitals like Gulu, Soroti, Mbale and others.

…59,901 persons with disabilities. Madam Speaker, I have provided an additional Shs 404.9 billion for social protection next Financial Year 2025/2026. Water, Sanitation, and Environmental Protection To improve the quality of life, the Government continues to invest in the provision of safe water, improve sanitation, and ensure protection of the environment. These include the following: (i) Villages in Uganda with at least one safe water source have remarkably increased to eight out of every 10 villages. Nationwide, 57,951 villages out of 71,225 have been served with a safe water source. (ii) Completed construction of 259 medium and large solar-powered water supply and sanitation systems and gravity flow schemes across the country. (iii) The construction of 42 large solar-powered water supply systems is ongoing in Agago, Yumbe, Amudat, Kaabong, Kasese, Kakumiro, Sembabule, Kisoro, Rubanda, Bulambuli, Kyankwanzi, Mubende, Kyegegwa, Buyende, Nakaseke, Namayingo, Rakai and Buvuma. (iv) With regard to clean water, the construction of piped town water supply systems is ongoing in 32 towns. These include: Namasale, Kakingol, Kamuli, Ngoma Town, Lunya, Karogo Phase II, Ishaka (mobilisation), Nyakashaka, Bukumi, Kanapa, and Odongai. Construction is also ongoing in Palabek-Kal, Rhino Camp, Arra-Dufile, Lubeli Refugee Settlement, Bolori, Nyanseke, Busaale, Kibuzi, and expansion in two towns of Kiboga and Zigoti. Other beneficiary towns are: Lamwo, Lacekocot, Iri-Iri, Lorengecora, Manafwa, Butaleja-Busolwe, Tirinyi-Kibuku-Kadama- Budaka, Kaliro-Namungalwe, Rukungiri and Obongi. (v) The construction of various water supply systems in 26 districts is at varying levels of physical progress. These include: Manafwa Town Council and the installation of solar packages that is ongoing in Losilang, Kasawo (Phase I), Kabura-Mwizi (Phase I), Bukumi, Bulangira and Kyebando-Kasimbi, and Busaale Town. Also, the Government is starting the development of new piped water supply systems in Rubanda, Kabale, Alebtong, Nakasongola, and Kamuli districts, among others. Madam Speaker, I have provided an additional Shs 366.1 billion next financial year for water resource management, climate change mitigation, natural resources and environment. The priority interventions include: the construction of water supply infrastructure to increase service in the underserved communities in rural, urban and refugee settlements; increasing rehabilitation and expansion of existing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructure; and increasing forest and wetland cover. Overall, I have allocated a total of Shs 11.44 trillion in the next financial year towards investing in the people of Uganda through health, education, social protection, and water and sanitation.

17543 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 12 JNUE 2025 the victims of corruption. The population that is deprived of these services are the victims of the corruption. In the 1960s, we would go to the people. They had all the information. The big changes that are happening in Uganda are being led by the following actors: 1. The National Resistance Army (UPDF) that liberated the country and has been ensuring peace ever since. 2. The wealth creators in the four sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, services and ICT; 3. The Government scientists who make innovations, and 4. The members of the political class are responsible for supporting the NRM programmes. It is, therefore, not fair for some actors to spoil these successes. Some people say that they give bribes because Mr Museveni is giving the khaki envelope to members of the population – mureke okutaha amizi ne byondo. (Do not draw water mixed with mud.) Do not mix up issues. The brown envelopes I give are part of the ancient tradition here. It is called Okurongora . It is the king who does that, to the singers or wrestlers, etc. The President is the modern king. (Laughter) You are not kings. I have a budget for that; I do not sell my cows to get money for the Okurongora singers. Mulekerawo omwenkanonkano. This is a Luganda word. It summarises the whole thing – omwenkanonkano. Stop trying to be like the one who is bigger than you. Tell those people that Museveni gives the envelope because he has a Budget for it. He is the President. Why do you want -? Fundraising was and is premature. The healthy fundraising is okusonda whereby you make small equal contributions but by many contributors. In the 1950s, Mzee Kaguta, sometimes, would participate in okusondera to contribute to enzoga , which is a potful of banana alcohol. At that time, enzoga , a potful was Shs 5. Five people would contribute Shs 1 each. That is the okusonda (fundraising). You contribute equal small amounts that you can afford. What is happening now with the rampant fundraising is that the MPs carry the whole burden. It is really extortion but it was instigated by the MPs who created the impression that they had that type of money when they did not have. Church leaders and other elders should ask those young mistake-makers the following question: “ Naye mwana wange, sente ezo zona ozijawa?” That is what I would ask my people, if I saw young people throwing around money. That is what a responsible parent should ask a son or daughter or a muzukulu (a grandchild), if he or she sees him or her throwing around money. The translation of that question is: “My child, where are you getting all this money that you are throwing around?” Responsible parents should not accept stolen gifts or mabanja from their children. This is what I wanted to comment on regarding the issue of political corruption and other corruption. Now, I am getting information about obutalondola (not supervising Government work). I keep hearing, for instance, of bad feeder roads – that feeder roads in some areas are not good. Yesterday, I was in Kakumiro, and the feeder road I rode on looked good when I was going to Kagadi. It was a short one, but it was good. The other time I was in Obongi and the feeder roads there were very good and we rode on them. The other time I was in the Bugweri area of Budaka, Pallisa, from the cassava factory – I think we were going to Kamonkoli; the feeder roads looked good but when I drove from Busunju to Mityana, the murram road there was bad and also the other road connecting to the tarmac road, but that one is being worked on. And when we were in Bunyangabu, this issue came up. The question is; what are the districts doing with the Shs 1.3 billion we are sending to them? What is happening? I am going to quietly send my spies to check on some of these roads and once I find that the road is not worked on and yet the Government people

17491 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 5 JUNE 2025 To achieve this goal, the Government is accelerating the construction of solar-powered irrigation schemes; medium-scale irrigation schemes, earth dams, communal and individual valley tanks, and large-scale irrigation schemes across the country. The construction works for 92 solar-powered irrigation schemes have been completed, adding an irrigation area of 900 acres. These are in the districts of Apac, Buhweju, Buikwe, Bukomansimbi, Buliisa, Bushenyi, Butambala, Buvuma, Gomba, Hoima, Isingiro, Kakumiro, etc. The new solar-powered irrigation schemes have benefitted 110,000 farmers and production yield from 120 schemes has increased to 3,600 tons per season. The major crop enterprises in these irrigation schemes include green pepper, onions, Irish potatoes, watermelons, tomatoes, apples, cabbages, pineapples, coffee, eggplants, vanilla, grapes, mangoes, and pumpkins. The construction works are also ongoing for 22 solar-powered irrigation demonstration sites in the districts of Kabarole, Kyenjojo, Kole, Gulu, Napak, Abim, etc. In Nakaseke District, the construction works for the Kirema Phase 1, a medium-scale irrigation scheme, have been completed; thus adding a total of 124 hectares and benefitting 50 farmers engaged in coffee growing, passion fruits, maize, and bananas. The construction works for the Wadelai Irrigation Scheme, 1,000 hectares in Pakwach District, stands at 93.5 per cent. The construction works for the Namaitsu medium- scale Irrigation Scheme in Bududa District stands at 70 per cent. Kawumu Irrigation Scheme, which is in Luwero District, is at 90 per cent, among others. A mega irrigation scheme, Nyimur, covering 3,300 hectares, has been constructed in Lamwo District. Do you know where Lamwo is? You people, you do not know where Lamwo is? Lamwo is far away, on the South Sudan border. Other construction works include the Acomai Irrigation Scheme in Bukedea District, covering 1,480 hectares, and targeting 1,600 households; Atari Irrigation Scheme in Kween/ Bulambuli districts, covering 680 hectares, targeting 2,667 households; and Namatala Irrigation Scheme in the Budaka, Mbale, and Butaleja districts, covering 3,450 hectares, targets 4,923 households. The current production of milk stands at 5.4 billion litres at the end of 2024, compared to 2.5 billion litres in the Financial Year 2017/2018. We have also identified and secured foreign markets through government-to-government interventions, e.g. Algeria and Nigeria. These countries are now buying our powdered milk. This has resulted into an increase in the value of milk and milk products, as already pointed out, from $28.7 million in the Financial Year 2014/2015 to $285 million in the 2024 year. A new processing factory, Benni Foods, has been commissioned and is currently operational with an installed capacity of 10,000 litres of milk per day. The total value of fish catches from all the water bodies has steadily increased since the Government deployed armed forces to assist in fisheries enforcement. Currently, we are producing 658,000 metric tonnes of fish annually. The availability of raw material fish sustained operations of 12 fish processing factories; you know that debate. The fisheries unit has been able to stop overfishing or reduce it, although they have also been accused – once in a while – of being sinners, but we can audit their work by looking at the 12 factories that are now processing fish. Many of these had closed. I will meet the fisheries people soon; I will meet the traditional fishing communities, but this is one of the facts. Are the factories operating or not? Had they closed or not? When we meet, we shall discuss this. According to this one here, 12 factories are now operating, processing 658,000 metric tonnes.

The road from Mityana to Kyenjojo is the worst in the country, East Africa and the world. That is the road that the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Prime Minister and Minister of State for Works and Transport, Hon. Fred Byamukama, use. Recently, they have switched to using Hoima Road to go to Kakumiro instead of the major road. When elderly people are moving to Kampala, we no longer use that road. When we have patients, ambulances use the Hoima Road – (Member timed out.)

Members are talking about the Kampala-Jinja Highway. But another nightmare is the road from Jinja to Nakalama. It is a 40-kilometre stretch, but you can use more than 3 hours. So, when we are planning for Kampala-Jinja, we also need to plan for the Nakalama stretch. Short of that, I do not think it is going to solve the problem. Secondly, the Government decided to forcefully acquire people’s land for resettlement in the areas of Kibaale and others. But many people are demanding money from the Land Fund, and some of these cases date back as far as the 1990s. You are compensating a person whose valuation was done in 1999, and giving them money. So, honourable minister for lands - I should divert from the roads. Really, is that value for money? Some of them are even trying to look around to get money, yet they have taken their titles. I have a family in Kakumiro. They took their title, one of the family members is very sick and wants to go for treatment abroad, yet they are not paying them; they cannot go to the bank to borrow. So, the other day, my in-law was saying - (Member timed out.)

16786 THE MORTGAGE REFINANCE INSTITUTIONS BILL, 2024 14. Vote 722 – Moroto Municipal Council - Shs 137,831,048; 15. Vote 724 - Mukono Municipal Council – Shs 157,843,584; 16. Vote 726 – Nebbi Municipal Council – Shs 38,895,597; 17. Vote 729 - Rukungiri Municipal Council - Shs 11,011,184; 18. Vote 730 - Sheema Municipal Council - Shs 4,109,634; 19. Vote 802 – Adjumani District - Shs 19,860,000; 20. Vote 803 – Agago District - Shs 81,984,000; 21. Vote 807: Amuria District – Shs 57,525,000; 22. Vote 808: Amuru District – Shs 1,271,000,000; 23. Vote 811: Budaka District – Shs 45,500,000; 24. Vote 812: Bududa District – Shs 99,504,000; 25. Vote 813: Bugiri District – Shs 107,555,970; 26. Vote 817: Bukedea District – Shs 235,603,000; 27. Vote 821: Buliisa District – Shs 31,440,000; 28. Vote 827: Butambala District – Shs 31,633,858; 29. Vote 828: Butebo District – Shs 15,360,000; 30. Vote 832: Gomba District – Shs 31,395,000; 31. Vote 836: Iganga District – Shs 37,200,000; 32. Vote 835: Ibanda District – Shs 12,000,000; 33. Vote 837: Isingiro District – Shs 2,633,333,265; 34. Vote 842: Kaberamaido District – Shs 31,589,664; 35. Vote 844: Kakumiro District – Shs 448,858,700; 36. Vote 847: Kaliro District – Shs 310,200,761; 37. Vote 848: Kalungu District – Shs 6,117,000; 38. Vote 849: Kamuli District – Shs 65,029,474; 39. Vote 853: Kapelebyong District – Shs 88,207,238; 40. Vote 854: Karenga District – Shs 39,240,000; 41. Vote 855: Kasese District – Shs 142,590,000; 42. Vote 857: Katakwi District – Shs 157,861,200; 43. Vote 858: Kayunga District – Shs 11,270,000; 44. Vote 862: Kibuku District – Shs 399,326,980; 45. Vote 863: Kikuube District – Shs 127,115,012; 46. Vote 866: Kisoro District – Shs 78,755,970; 47. Vote 867: Kitagwenda District – Shs 700,600,000; 48. Vote 868: Kitgum District – Shs 117,742,657; 49. Vote 870: Kole District – Shs 64,680,000; SUPPLEMENTARY EXPENDITURE SCHEDULE NO.3 FOR FY 2024/2025 [The Chairperson]

16582 THE CONTRACT FARMING BILL, 2023 Contract farming is a unique arrangement that requires specific legislation, just as public procurement and disposal of public assets are unique and would not fit under the Sales of Goods and Supply of Services Act. We also scrutinised the Tobacco (Control and Marketing) Act. In 2015, tobacco farmers in the districts of Kanungu, Kibale, Kakumiro, and West Nile petitioned Parliament against Continental Tobacco Uganda Limited for failing to pay farmers who supplied tobacco leaves worth Shs 5 billion, which were sold to the company. Instead of paying the farmers, the company technical officers opted to confiscate the contract books from the farmers. The Tobacco (Control and Marketing) Act does not regulate farmers’ relationships with suppliers and contract farming. The Act regulates the supply of seeds just for quality assurance, harvesting, and marketing (sales). It does not deal with the contractual relationship with the seed supplier but rather provides the seeds with quality assurance to be followed while procuring them. The Act and the statutory instrument issued under the same Act gave the Government a big role in ensuring that seeds planted are of given standards. It was easier for the Government to control the value chain. This is no longer the case. The statutory instrument under the same Act does not clarify each party’s obligation to the agreement or address what happens when there are acts of God. It does not further envisage different interests vested in the land and how they may affect the enforcement of sponsorship agreements. The law and regulations do not provide for dispute resolution or the role of local government in settling disputes. The Sugar Act Over the last 10 years, the sugar industry has been expanding production by 20 per cent per annum. The boom has been legitimised through narratives of “Poverty eradication and prosperity for all Ugandans”. Much of the cane supply for this expansion comes from the out- grower farmers who are currently supplying about 50 per cent of the total cane required by the major sugar factories. The out-growers and smallholder farmers to sustain the supply of sugarcanes required financial support and technical expertise to improve their farms to enter commercial farming in the aftermath of state removal from the provision of agricultural services and inputs under the marketing boards and cooperative system. Thus, the sugar corporations end up having contracts with the supplies to provide the farm inputs, as farmers shall supply canes at the time of harvest. However, farmers and buyers have complained about sugarcane overexploitation, corruption, mistreatment, and missed payments, sparking friction between sugarcane out-growers and sugar corporations. Farmers in Hoima, Masindi, Mayuge, and Jinja complained. Whereas the Sugar Act, Cap 242 under section 24 provides for sugar agreements between the out-growers, the smallholder farmers, and -

Thank you. We can also have a Committee of the whole House to agree that we need Shs 1 billion for power in Bukedea, Kakumiro and other districts. Those in favour say, “aye” – (Laughter) – Hon. Patrick?

Before you move your motion, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have a delegation of district leaders from Kakumiro District. They are led by my colleague, the district Speaker – please first stand up; that is my district Speaker - LCIII chairpersons; stand up, LCIII chairpersons, the subcounty NRM team from 24 subcounties of Kakumiro District; where are you? You are welcome. Here, they are represented by none other than Hon. Robinah Nabbanja, Hon. Fred Byamukama, Hon. Josephat Tumwesigye, and Hon. Aisa Agaba. You have very good leaders. Who are you to have the Prime Minister? This means that you are very special people. You are most welcome, and thank you for sending us very good leaders. Join me in welcoming the Kakumiro people. (Applause) Yes?

Madam Speaker, when we come here, we are national leaders. The point of privilege I am raising – my assignment is supposed to go to every corner of the country. But I heard you, Madam Speaker, quarrelling that the people of Teso cannot be paraded. The point of privilege I am raising is whether Teso is now caveated and the National Unity Platform (NUP) and People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) cannot meet them, even when they come by themselves. I have been in Teso on issues of compensation. The other day, I was in Kakumiro. The point I am raising, Madam Speaker, is whether now you have reduced all of us into community local government leaders, that we cannot meet people outside our communities.

Madam Speaker, when you asked that question, I inquired from the manager, Ms Ojangole, and she told me that the loan portfolio of UDBL, as we speak, is Shs 1.4 trillion and the recovery rate is 88 to 90 per cent. It is one of the best in the country. Madam Speaker, I want to thank you for hosting the leaders of Kakumiro District. The whole district is here. (Applause)

We have all the Local Council III Chairpersons, all the District Councillors, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Chairpersons from all the 24 subcounties that make Kakumiro District and also the Women Council leaders at the district level. I want to thank you for allowing them to witness and see for themselves what we do in the Parliament. Thank you so much. I wish you the best, my people.

Thank you. This is for noting, and Members to read for information purposes. I therefore refer it to the library in case a Member needs it. Honourable members, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have a delegation of 25 subcounty speakers and 25 subcounty deputy speakers from Kakumiro District Local Government. They are represented by the Rt Hon. Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, Hon. Fred Byamukama, Hon. Josephat Tumwesigye and Hon. Aisa Agaba. Please join me, once again, in welcoming them. They have come to observe proceedings of this House. (Applause) Thank you – procedure?

Mr Speaker, I thank honourable members for welcoming our speakers and deputy speakers from Kakumiro District. (Applause) Mr Speaker, I move under Rule 28 of our Rules of Procedure, which requires me, as the Leader of Government Business, to make a statement in the House regarding the Government business for the succeeding week. I, therefore, submit the following businesses for the succeeding week, from 11 to 13 February 2025; 1. The Uganda Railways Bill, 2025. 2. The Minister of Health will give a statement on the status of; a) The Mpox disease in the country. b) Ebola outbreak in the country. c) Cholera outbreak in Lamwo District. 3. Statement by the minister for the presidency on the commemoration of Archbishop Janani Luwum Memorial Day. 4. Statement by the minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Area on the status of solid waste/garbage management in the Greater Kampala and metropolitan areas. 5. Statement by the Minister of Water and Environment on the weather forecast in the country. I beg to submit.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. When the National Resistance Army was withdrawing from Mubende in 1995, after attacking Kabamba, it withdrew through Kibaale and Kakumiro districts of the Bunyoro Subregion, but when I hear people talking about compensation all the time, I do not hear Bunyoro Subregion being mentioned; I wonder why. There was a bitter war in this subregion in those years of 1985 when the NRA was withdrawing from Hon. Kabanda’s constituency: Kasambya. So, we need to be considered and put on the list, Attorney-General, because our people suffered, and lost property. It was bad. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Thank you. Recently, we signed a contract with Tecnovia Company to tarmac a road from Lusalira- Kasambya-Nkonge-Sembabule, where Kabamba is and we are very grateful for that, as the people of Mubende. (Applause) As we talk now - I know most of you will be coming to Mubende – you will see the road from Mityana up to Kasambya is under reconstruction by Energo Company Limited. (Applause) The road from Mubende, Kakumiro up to Hoima was tarmacked by the NRM Government. You can cross from Gulu, go to Masindi, go to Hoima, and come up to Mubende without passing through Kampala. The Government is now going to work on a road that I have just mentioned. So, you will be able to connect from all parts of the country through Mubende without driving on a murram road. That is a contribution by the National Resistance Movement. Lastly, Mr Speaker, I want to join the minister and the Government in inviting you to Mubende on Sunday, the 26 th of January. Come and sleep there so that our hotels can get visitors. Come and eat our food - (Member timed out.)

I request Hon. Kabasharira - I have been to Ntungamo many times with you; our people are affected by that flood and many other areas by the way, the other day you saw the Member of Parliament talking about Kakumiro. I request that- we need to look for a way for you people to reach my office because there are so many requests that we can now have a comprehensive way of handling these disasters. There are those we cannot manage because the money is limited - so that we can see those in actual need rather than waiting for questions here. I operate an open-door policy. Whichever Member of Parliament comes to my office- it is only today that I was delegated by the President and I missed the Members from West Nile. Today we released the 2024 National Population and Housing Census results and I was presiding over that function. I request even other Members - your people should not wait when they have issues. The Chief Administrative Officer or the District Disaster Committee gets a letter because that is what we follow, we send our technical people and give support to your people. Thank you.

Allow me to lay on the Table. I dedicate this global award to a number of people; the President of the Republic of Uganda, the ministers and Cabinet members, the Parliament of Uganda, including Hon. Ssemujju . (Laughter_) The people of Kakumiro; my voters who have always brought me here. I also dedicate this, Mr Speaker, to the staff of the Office of the Prime Minister and the women of Uganda. Mr Speaker, I lay on the Table.

Thank you, Mr Speaker, but you allow me at least 30 seconds to add my voice in congratulating my Prime Minister for your information to the House that she is not only a woman Member of Parliament for Kakumiro District but a resident of my constituency.

My prayer on this submission is not on a matter of national importance. It is that the dedication she has made on this Floor today reaches the people of Kakumiro through my voice that she has recognised that the people who voted for her are a pillar to lean on. Therefore, for those who are listening and tuning in, we have an award today in our district. Thank you very much, Rt Hon. Prime Minister, for representing us at that level that many people covet but may never reach. On the other hand, I would like to thank you, Mr Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to stand in for the people of Bugangaizi South on matters that affect them. Recently, hailstorms hit our people very badly. The most affected subcounties were Kakumiro Town Council, Kasambya Subcounty, Birembo Subcounty, and partly Kisengwe Subcounty. Very many villages lost gardens of food and houses to the hailstorm. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

Mr Speaker, I am aware that we had a problem in my district in the sub-counties of Kisiita, Nalweyo, Kasambya, Birembo, Bwanswa, Kakumiro Town Council, Kitaihuka and Igayaza Town Council. I have already informed the concerned and also asked the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to go and make an assessment with the District Disaster Committee and I got the report today. Unfortunately, I have been out. Maybe, you could have had an interaction with my brother. I came on Sunday evening; yesterday was a Cabinet meeting; maybe he did not get in touch with me. We shall handle it, I promise.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My name is Tumwesigye Josephat. I represent the people of Bugangaizi South in Kakumiro District. I am also the district NRM Chairperson, and at the same time, the Chief Whip of the Bunyoro Parliamentary Caucus.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I rise on a matter that touches my people of Bugangaizi South. Way back in January 2022, a survey was conducted by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in Kakumiro District. It covered my constituency, Bugangaizi South, with the intention of extending power there. When I followed up on the matter with the ministry, I discovered that the report did not highlight any area in Bugangaizi South. I was advised by a technical staff in the ministry that I could undertake to have another survey, which I did personally – (Interruption)

I undertook another survey at my own cost of Shs 6,000,000, and I would wish to lay on the Table that a report was produced. Mr Speaker, recently - (Interjection)- the title of the report? [ The Proposed Power line for Bugangaizi South Constituency, Kakumiro District.]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. On 2July 2024, this House was called back from recess to reconsider the Appropriation Bill so that the areas, which had been put out, could be brought back on board. Among the areas that were brought back on board was the extension of power to some areas including Bugangaizi South. Mr Speaker, I wish to lay on the Table the area, which the minister of finance read on this Floor, which says “Northwest Service Territory, for, among others, Bugangaizi South in Kakumiro District. ” I went back to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, and to my surprise, on the 16 th of July, just recently, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy, wrote to the Chief Administrative Officer(CAO) Kakumiro District, detailing Tetra Technical Services to undertake extension of power in the district, including Bugangaizi South. Mr Speaker, the copy of the letter that was copied to me as a Member of Parliament is here with me, which I wish to lay. To my dismay, I discovered that in all the areas that are going to be done in Kakumiro District, there is no single village in my constituency. I went back to the ministry and they said, “Honourable Member, do not mind, we shall consider you under the scale-up programme.” But in our local saying, once you are bitten by a snake, you will have reason to fear even a lizard. I asked the team to provide me with a copy of the scale-up programme. To my dismay, of all the 48 load centres in Kakumiro District, not a single load centre is in my constituency. I have a question to the minister for energy: who has the power in this country to vary anything in the budget that was passed on this Floor of Parliament? -( Interjections )- Not even the President, because he even referred back the issue to this House to consider. Mr Speaker, lastly, this is my prayer. That the contract that has been awarded to Tetra Technical Services to undertake the extension of power in the district of Kakumiro should consider Bugangaizi South as a matter of urgency. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Mr Speaker, certainly it is a very important issue, but you recall yesterday the minister for energy was here and she promised next week to bring an updated report on the extension programme of electricity. We shall request her to include the programme for Kakumiro.

Honourable, when did this start? You scare me sometimes, honourable colleagues. I feel I am out of order and I am about to run out. With the way the question is framed, it seems the Members would generally like an update. Today I had Hon. Josephat from Bugangaizi also raising issues that no single village in Kakumiro, his village or constituency has been considered - that all his have been removed. It is an issue that we can comprehensively handle with the committee, where the minister would submit a detailed report to the committee and then they report. Honourable minister, do you think that would help more or you think you can give us a comprehensive answer now?

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to put this into context. We are all parents here, and think through this that you have struggled, you are that parent from Kakumiro, Amuru, Amolatar, and Koboko, who has sold their produce, and goats, and your child has graduated. There is a reason to celebrate and you have to wait another two years to be deployed and to be paid. That is the context in which we should look at it. Mr Speaker, I think the mischief is in the planning, and I think we are crucifying the Ministry of Health wrongly. It is a financial issue and it is an education issue, a planning issue. There are 17 universities that train health workers. Kampala International University produces half of these. As somebody who trained, I am not so sure how you can have 500 students in a class, both for dentistry, medicine, nursing, and midwifery. We need to interrogate how they are doing it. Do they have the requisite number of lecturers or are we getting half-baked personnel? (Applause) Secondly, Mr Speaker, my prayer is; that we find this money, pay the interns, and reset the clock to zero.

That oil seed project is under the Ministry of Local Government. We have already got wind of this and we are doing investigations; we shall come up with an answer. However, even districts have variations. For us in Kakumiro, we are doing a first-class marram road at Shs 9.8 million. Your district is doing it at Shs 15 million. The Ministry of Works and Transport is doing it at Shs 30 million. I think we need to harmonise. We shall harmonise this. (Applause)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. As we mourn our colleague, we also have to thank God. When you hear the narrative, we have to thank God that we are still alive and many of us are still in Parliament. I remember when we were on the Committee of Physical Infrastructure, where the Rt Hon. Prime Minister was a member - the lunch we had when we visited Kakumiro at her bar - but I think it is a big hotel now - it shows you how life is and how we should conduct ourselves, whether in the Opposition or in the Government. Mr Speaker, it draws me back to the relationship we had as Members of Parliament then and what we have now. Now, even on issues that do not require partisan debates whether in Parliament or the corridor - today I do not know what happened. In everything - parties, parties, parties - these parties were also there then but we had time for everything. Mr Speaker, Hon. Aleper has died as a member of the Parliamentary SACCO, which he joined in 2011 and he has done us a service in that - there are some Members, for the record, who make it difficult for us to identify who should be the next of kin or who should get the benefits? Some have three ladies, everyone is saying I am the beneficiary - (Interjections) - I am saying ladies - some children, these children are fighting the others, and at times we get stuck. There are members who died long ago, but their benefits have been there for over seven years because we do not know who to pay. So, I want to thank those who are members of the Parliamentary SACCO, every time Parliament loses a member, there are chances that the SACCO loses a member too. I request the family and the colleagues from Karamoja region, when this is all over, please find time and lead the family to the SACCO, to claim the benefits of our fallen colleague. They are processed within a single day. It does not need much. May the soul of our colleague rest in eternal peace.

13515 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 2 JULY 2024 and these are funds required to commence establishment of mineral regulations, revenue collection infrastructure and implementation of the minerals law. These include weighbridges and Government regulated markets for precious stones et cetera. Under the same vote - Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, there was a reduction of Shs 15 billion from rural electrification and connectivity projects. These funds are required to kick-start works on the seven major construction roads, which include the following: 1. Under Batch 1; the Eastern Service Territory, including West Budama South, Tororo South and Tororo Municipality in Tororo District, Pallisa County, and Gogonyo in Pallisa District; 2. Under Batch 2; still in the Eastern Service Territory, it covers areas of Busiki in Namutumba, Bukooli South in Bugiri, Kamuli District, Kachumbala in Bukedea District, Mbale Northern Division, Bungokho in Mbale and Serere District; 3. Lot 3; Northwest Service Territory for Buyanja East in Kibaale District, Bugangaizi South in Kakumiro District, Buhaguzi in Hoima, Hoima City, Kikuube and Buyaga East in Kagadi District; 4. Under lot 4 of West Nile, Central North and North Service Territory for Ora area in Zombo, Gulu; Aringa South in Yumbe, Dokolo District and Lira East in Lira District. 5. West, South and South Western Service Territory for Sheema, Ruhinda in Mitooma, Isingiro, Rubanda, Ibanda, and Kisoro Districts; 6. Western, Central, and Rwenzori Service Territory for Busongora North in Kasese, Fort Portal Central in Kabarole, Kyankwanzi and Bunyangabo Districts; 7. Central Service Territory for Bbale in Kayunga, Mukono South in Mukono, Butambala, Bukoto East in Masaka and Kiboga Districts. Madam Chairperson, in addition, these funds are required to commence works of enhancing the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) framework priority interventions for small factories and cottage industries across the country. (Interjections ) The SMEs framework intervention is aimed at reducing the turnaround time for electricity connection to SMEs.

13516 RECONSIDERATION OF THE APPROPRIATION BILL, 2024 Under the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity, Vote 112, on a sub-programme called Ethics and Integrity, General Administration and Support, Shs 5 billion was taken away and our justification for returning it was that the funds were allocated to strengthen the adjudication of the Leadership Code Act. In addition, the funds are needed to publish the National Anti-Corruption Survey report on the perception and prevalence of corruption. The report affects the country’s credit rating score internationally, which is a benchmark for our multilateral partners. Vote 130, Treasury Operations - Under commitment fees, Shs 25 billion was taken away, and our justification to return it or reinstate it is that these are contractual obligations for the loans we have acquired for the implementation of key projects where we have not fully absorbed the funds. Therefore, the projections for the Financial Year 2024/2025 are based on existing loan stock plus agreements that will be entered in, in the Financial Year 2024/2025. Under Code 242003, an item called “Others”, Shs 300 billion was taken away, and these are funds for the Government obligations under the share subscription agreement in servicing Roko bills of exchange and payment of Electronic Financial Transfer (EFT) bank charges to Bank of Uganda, among others. Under item 242002, Interest on Treasury Bonds, an amount of Shs 100 billion was taken away, and the justification for reinstatement was that we increased Government borrowing to cater for the priorities in the corrigenda and an increase in domestic debt refinancing, which led to the increase in the interest on Treasury bond issuances. In the Financial Year 2024/2025 budget interest costs increased due to the increase in debt refinancing from Shs 8.36 trillion in Financial Year 2023/2024 to Shs 12.02 trillion in Financial Year 2024/2025, and an increase in net domestic borrowing from Shs 6.67 trillion in Financial Year 2023/2024 to Shs 8.97 trillion in Financial Year 2024/2025. Under the item of Contingency Transfers, an amount of Shs 22.74 billion was taken away and our justification for reinstatement is that Section 26 of the Public Finance Management Act (Amended), 2015, requires the Contingency Fund to be allocated an amount equivalent to 0.5 per cent of the appropriated annual budget of Government of the previous financial year. As such, Shs 169 billion was provided for the Financial Year 2024/2025 reducing the provision by Shs 22.74 billion, implying a breach of the above PFMA requirement. Under Vote 019, Ministry of Water and Environment, on a project called Integrated Water Resources, Shs 4 billion was reallocated and our justification to return it was the Government of Uganda’s counterpart funding for World Bank to finance various urban water supply and sanitation systems in the towns of Busia, Mbale and surrounding towns, Butaleja, Busolwe, Budaka, Kadama, Tirinyi, Kibuku, Namungalwe, Kaliro, Namasale, Koboko, Rukungiri, Kyegegwa, Mpara, Ruyonza, Kumi, among others. On a project called “Support to Rural Water Supply and Sanitation”, Shs 10 billion was taken away and the justification for returning it is that this is funding for the Government interventions to increase access to safe and clean water through “a source per village” in rural areas. The specific interventions include the construction and rehabilitation of point water sources in the communities, expansion of dilapidated piped water supply systems, motorising and upgrading of high-yield boreholes and solar-powered systems to expand and improve service coverage in various districts of Yumbe, Kyankwanzi, Kakumiro, Mubende, Mityana, Isingiro, Buliisa, Kasese, Amudat, Agago, Kaabong, among others. Under a project called “Building Resilient Communities, Wetlands, Ecosystems and Associated Catchments in Uganda ” , an amount of Shs 2 billion was reallocated.

Madam Chairperson, in the Ninth Parliament, we were here with the Rt Hon. Prime Minister. She had issues that were disturbing the people of Kakumiro. She was busy jumping outside, speaking English that I did not understand very well. (Laughter) Now that she has become a Prime Minister, she has forgotten the people of Kakumiro and is now beginning to defend foreigners who are investing here. Is she in order to forget where she comes from? (Applause)

Honourable members, everybody is aware that I have been there for the common person and this is on record. So, you are not in order. (Laughter) Madam Chair, I would like to appreciate the applause I have got from Members. I am now a Prime Minister of the whole country, not Kakumiro. (Applause) I have to give support to all districts, irrespective of where people come from. (Applause)

13456 PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET SPEECH FY 2024/2025 Water, sanitation and environment protection As a result of Government intervention, more Ugandans now have access to safe, clean water. Coverage in rural areas is now estimated at 67 per cent and 70 per cent in urban areas. Out of the 71,225 villages, 56,617 villages have been served with at least one safe water source. In the Financial Year 2024/2025, clean water coverage will increase to 70 per cent and 85 per cent in rural and urban areas respectively. In the rural areas, the target is to reduce the distance to the nearest source of clean and safe water for human and animal consumption to less than one kilometre while in urban areas to less than 500 metres. The following are among the priorities we have budgeted for the next financial year: v. Construction of 52 large solar-powered water supply systems in 19 districts that are currently at less than 50 per cent water coverage. These are - let me mention them; Agago, Yumbe, Amudat, Kaabong, Bulambuli, Buvuma, Buyende, Namayingo, Rakai, Nakaseke, Sembabule, Kibaale, Kasese, Kyegegwa, Mubende, Lyantonde, Kakumiro, Kassanda and Kisoro; vi. Construction of another 15 solar-powered water supply systems in the rural growth centres of Lwentulege, Bugwara, Kabamba, Kikoora, Mwitanzige, Lugala, Kitenga, Bukizibu/Bumwena, Igwaya, Kidera, Bugomolwa, Kitonge - Nakasero, Kikonge, Kasese and Lubaali. This will cover a population of over 272,000 persons; vii. Completion of the construction of 31 town water supply systems and sanitation facilities in Bulangira, Kanapa, Aligoi, Opengate Kawo, Karago, Nyakashaka, Buikwe, Bundibugyo, Kapchorwa, Kamuli, Namasale, Kaliro - Namungalwe, Butaleja–Busolwe, Budaka–Kadama- Tirinyi-Kibuku, Kyankwanzi, Butemba, Ngoma, Lunya, Palabek-Kal (Lamwo), Obongo, Lamwo, Rhino Camp, Arra/ Dufile, Amuru, Kole, Alangi, Zeu, Kakingol, Iriiri and Lorengacora; viii. Construction of 17 rural water supply systems in the refugee hosting districts of Adjumani, Lamwo, Madi-Okollo, Moyo, Terego and Yumbe; ix. Progress of the construction of 26 water supply systems at various stages in Manafwa (now at 80 per cent), Mukura (40 per cent), Kidera (40 per cent), Atutur (40 per cent), Kadungulu (10 per cent), Kaproron (10 per cent), Iyolwa (20 per cent), Bukumi (5 per cent), Rubaya (50 per cent), Bethlehem - Nabigasa, Phase 1 (50 per cent), Kabura - Mwizi Phase 1 (50 per cent), Mabira (50 per cent), Bukiro (50 per cent), Nyabisirira (50 per cent), Bugarama - Karweru (50 per cent), Rwere - Kateretere (50 per cent), Kagarama – Bushura - Kibuzigye (50 per cent), Nyanseke (80 per cent), Busaale (95 per cent), Kibuzi (100 per cent), Adilang, Puranga (Pader), Kasawo, Phase 1 (5 per cent), Kyebando - Kasimbi (5 per cent), Nabilatuk and Losilang; and x. Increasing the water for production storage capacity for commercial farmers from 52.6 million cubic metres to 76.8 million cubic metres. To support the restoration of our environment and reverse the effects of climate change, Government shall undertake the restoration of 42,450 hectares of degraded wetlands along the Awoja, Kandekye - Ruhorobero, Nchwera, Chambura, Kiruruma, Naigombwa, Kibimba, Tochi, Aswa, Sezibwa, Mayanja, Muzizi, Mpanga and Lumbuye water systems. In addition, Government shall demarcate a 720-kilometre boundary with concrete pillars along the following wetlands; Kibimba, Tochi, Sezibwa, Mayanja, Muzizi,Awoja, Mpologoma, Ishasha, Kandekye, Ruhorobero, Nchwera, Chambura, Kiruruma and Naigombwa. A total of 15 million seedlings of assorted tree species shall be procured and distributed to individual farmers in several districts as well as to refugee-

>!ry \. d, \I' I "#t- F ,l 1, 1, -,'ts 01.L it.-' -.dh -r-t) +u!i---= ' 4" I I *- ,r1 t,r X M -6\ .I - ,. .,i,, t- Descrlptlon Amount (OOO'f Vote 840 Kabale District 37,399,826 2r,3t9,848 841 Kabarole District 19,649342 842 Kaberamaido District 843 Kagadi District 36,663,965 844 Kakumiro District 29,519,780 845 Kalaki District t6,394,928 446 Kalangala District 16,280,359 847 Kaliro District 3L,192,217 Kalungu District 28,705,355 848 449 Kamuli District 5r,729,233 850 Kamwenge District 3r,450,402 Kanungu District 851 47,21O,678 852 Kapchorwa District 22,472,086 853 Kapelebyong District 13,744,848 854 Karenga District 13,909,050 \ss Kasanda District 28,245,777 \-,, 8 56 Kasese District 80,380,999 857 Katakwi District 28,86t,256 Kayunga District 858 41,896,345 859 Kazo District 20,t37,t72 860 Kibaale District 19,010,095 861 Kiboga District 28,460,752 862 Kibuku District 25,8t4,730 863 Kikuube District 23,999,O82 864 Kiruhura District 23,t63,O54 865 Kiryandongo District 29,247,39O 866 Kisoro District 44,588,685 467 Kitagwenda District 20,597,57L 868 Kitgum District 26,464,995 469 Koboko District 22,845,14O 870 Kole District 28,306,987 <: L4 rb- irfi l

\ ;..t, . , tr7_. -qr- ) +qt '+- ..i \..'; \ # 25 \ 'I_- k t Vote Descrlptlon Amount IOOO'f 3 903 759 8t2 Bududa District 813 i District 6 732 40r 814 ri District B 2 879 922 Buhwe u District 6 931 990 815 816 Buikwe District 1 996 206 Bukedea District 5 081 784 8t7 818 Bukomansimbi District 1 608 998 819 Bukwo District 1 62a 696 420 Bulambuli District 6 624 913 Buliisa District a2l 2 014 563 822 Bundi District 4 633 475 823 Bun bu District 3 795 747 824 Bush District 2 860 294 825 Busia District 4 956 577 826 Butale a District 4 133 370 827 Butambala District 4 156 702 828 Butebo District 3 104 116 429 Buvuma District 2 819 974 830 ende District 6 908 t02 831 Dokolo District 2 441 613 832 Gomba District 2 92r 464 833 Gulu District 5 204 240 834 Hoima District 4 255 598 835 Ibanda District 7 545 104 836 District I 4 079 681 837 District I 9 4L6,477 838 Jin a District 3 116 502 839 Kaabon District 2 004 293 840 Kabale District 2 813 724 841 Kabarole District 3 47t 583 Kaberamaido District 5 2t4 496 842 843 di District 5 t74 031 9 009 t94 Kakumiro District Kalaki District 2 942 249 1 321 702 846 District 847 Kaliro District 4 73r 459 848 District Kal 3 594 297 L2' alL fl 4 . 844 J s+s

Is the motion seconded? Okay, it is seconded by Hon. Acon, Hon. Linda, Hon. Alanyo, Hon. Naboth, Hon. Felix, Hon. Derrick, Hon. Frank, Hon. Kivumbi, Hon. Christine, Hon. Xavier, Hon. Jenipher, Hon. Nathan, Hon. Ojok, Hon. Cissy Namujju, Hon. Wilson, Hon. Yona, Hon. Emmanuel, honourable member of the Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, Hon. “ Ssabakurisito ” and the Members of Parliament from Hoima, Sheema, Karamoja, Moroto, Arua, Kakumiro, Nakawa and Masaka. Would you like to speak to your Bill – Hon. Alanyo, I was told your uniform is made out of cotton.

12666 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Madam Speaker, through to the Minister of Works and Transport who is here represented by Hon. Byamukama, the committee brought out the issue of performance of contractors. This needs to be taken very seriously. Why? We have contractors that have been awarded some work to be done, like the Lusalira-Nkonge Road which is in Mubende. These contractors who do not perform to the expectation should be changed and we get contractors who are willing to do the work. The other concern I have is about the Uganda Road Fund. We appreciate that the rest of the regions are benefitting from it but there are some subcounties that were created by the previous Parliament and have not had their codes; so, they are not getting the Road Fund. The minister should take this seriously and know that some sub-counties have to tap into the mother subcounties to have the roads done. We have examples in Mubende such as Kayebe, Kalonga, Kyenda, Lubimbiri and Nabingola should be considered. I know this applies countrywide. The other issue is about the PAPs, people that are affected by some projects. We have a Government school, Nakawala Primary School that was affected by road works that were supposed to be done; Lusalira-Nkonge that I am talking about but it has not been done and time is moving. The school itself had structures which were marked that they were supposed to be brought down. Madam Speaker, I want to thank you so much for the time given but allow me to talk about the land titles of people who are affected by some programmes. We have Mubende-Kakumiro- Kagadi Road. This road was commissioned a long time but the people who were affected up to now have not been compensated. Some even gave their titles to UNRA but the residual titles have not been returned. In this budget, they should prioritise that. Thank you.

12543 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 11 APRIL 2024 Where there are internal capacity challenges, the National Planning Authority should undertake the studies. On budgeting for Anti-Money Laundering, and Combating Financing of Terrorism (AML/ CFT) We recommend that the Uganda Police Force implement the strategic deficiencies under its jurisdiction on pending action items from the National Risk Assessment of 2023. Traffic and Road Safety We note that this department implements an express penalty scheme, which forms the bulk of NTR. We, therefore, recommend an additional Shs 8.6 billion for the procurement of transport equipment and installation of an IOV inspection lane and certification centre and Shs 18 billion for the procurement of 10 mobile inspection stations for IOV. Police Accommodation and Ongoing Con - struction Projects There is continued construction of 240 staff houses in Jinja and Entebbe, which requires an additional Shs 69.986 billion. Construction of eight accommodation blocks at the headquarters in Nakasongola, Sheema, Busolwe, Mitooma, Kanungu, and Kakumiro has a funding gap of Uganda’s Shs 2.24 billion, among others. These projects need independent project designs with national coverage, standardisation and ease of project monitoring? Therefore, we recommend developing a comprehensive project to undertake countrywide interventions with the same standards to ease the monitoring of such infrastructure. Subcounty Policing Model This model is premised on concentrating limited resources at a subcounty for efficiency and effectiveness in providing policing services to the communities. This requires the following: (i) Deploying a minimum of 18 personnel; (ii) 2 motorcycles per police station; (iii) 1 motor vehicle; (iv) A counter phone and radio communication; (v) An office. If this model is to be phased, starting with high-risk crime levels, taking 30 subcounties that have been planned requires Shs 36.946 billion. However, only Shs 5.6 billion has been provided in the Financial Year 2024/2025 budget for only 9 subcounties. We, therefore, recommend that Uganda Police Force first pilot this model with the existing funds provided in the budget and expand it given the lessons learned in the piloted subcounties. On crime management We note that Uganda Police Force intends to expand the Canine units to 10 districts of Nebbi, Koboko, Budaka, Bukomansimbi, Butambala, Zombo, Adjumani, Madi-Okollo, Packwach and Kaberamaido during FY 2024/2025 with a provision of Shs 0.709 billion out of the required Shs 2.968 billion, leaving a gap of Shs 2.259 billion. We, therefore, recommend providing Shs 2.259 billion for the canine unit to take its services to the above districts and closer to communities in the Finacial Year 2024/2025 budget. In addition, the Uganda Police Force should sensitize the masses on the importance of not interfering with scenes of crime to deploy canine dogs effectively in the investigative mechanism. On stationery, Mr Speaker, we note that the shortage of stationery at police units is a source of perceived corruption, dissatisfaction, loss of confidence and ultimately poor police image. A provision of Shs 2.172 billion has been made for the Financial Year 2024/2025, yet the

Mr Speaker, Uganda is a country for everybody. (Applause) You may find Acan in Bukomansimbi or Kakumiro; you never know. However, we shall investigate this and make sure that I inform the colleague.

Mr Speaker, the Office of the Prime Minister is aware of this issue. There are members of the community who refused the land they were allocated in the other area. Some of them have been camping at the RDC’s office. Recently, they even came and camped at my home in Kakumiro and we convinced them to go back. The President and Government are aware. We are handling the matter. For the school going children, the minister for children is here.

Mr Speaker, the constituency where Hon. Muhumuza comes from, will definitely get an ambulance, but after upgrading the Health Centre III to Health Centre IV. He came to Kakumiro and I have been to his constituency too, we involved the Ministry of Health. They are going to upgrade one of the Health Center IIIs in his constituency, so that they have an area where they can - because the maternal mortality rate in his constituency is high and so we need a theater. His constituency is one of the priority areas where we are going to upgrade the Health Center III to health center IV. As for power, now that the Minister in charge is here, I request that you allow her answer that question.

Muhoro-Bwikara- Kyaterekera-Ndaiga is one of those roads that were earmarked for tarmacking in 2016. That road is in our National Development Plan III. In fact, it was supposed to be tarmacked together with the road from Mubende to Kakumiro and Kagadi. However, this was not possible because it is an escarpment – this is the answer they gave me; remember I am part of you. The soils in that area are so porous in a sense that we need a lot of technology. So, the ministry gives that as an excuse, but by all standards – (Break in recording) - connects us to our neighbours, the Democratic Republic of Congo and, so, we need to look for money, though they say it is a lot. They talk in terms of trillions of shillings. They say it is very expensive because it is an escarpment - on the Western Rift Valley; it is not an easy road. They say that the cost of the road from Mubende, Kakumiro to Kagadi - yet those are only 31 kilometres – is four times the money that we use to construct 109 kilometres. It is an expensive road to construct and that is why the ministry has been fearing to start on it. Whenever they do feasibility studies, they realise it is too expensive. That is the only answer I can give. However, that does not mean that, that area should be denied – (Break in recording)- Mr Speaker, we shall continue to engage.

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. In 2022, the Government, led by the Prime Minister, authorised the people of Buhweju, Kakumiro, Bushenyi, and Zombo; the tea suppliers to supply seedlings on credit in 2022. It is now 2024 and they are choking on loans. I am asking the Prime Minister; when will the Government pay these suppliers?

The nursery operators and farmers of Kakumiro, and even those of Zombo did not supply tea, because they wanted to have the tea planted during the season, so Zombo did not supply, because I have always seen Hon. Kwiyucwiny saying that they also now need to supply. Remember, when we came up with this strategy, the Government changed the policy. Before, we bought tea seedlings through National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), and we put all the money in one basket, that is the Parish Development Model (PDM), so that farmers can buy the seedlings themselves. We were here, and we agreed that let these people supply; Government would pay them when we get the money. We have not yet got the money, but when we get it, we shall pay these tea farmers.

Honourable members, before we have Finance, in the public gallery, we have students and teachers from St Edward’s Secondary School Bukuumi from Kakumiro District, where the Prime Minister comes from. They are represented by the Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja and Hon. Tumwesigye Josephat. They are here to observe the proceedings. Please, stand up. You are very smart. (Applause) Thank you for coming and sending us the Prime Minister of Uganda. Please, send her again and Hon. Josephat also. THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE, PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (GENERAL DUTIES) ( Mr Henry Musasizi): Madam Speaker, I beg to move that the Bill entitled, “The Rationalisation of Government Agencies (Financial Sector) (Amendment) Bill, 2024” be read for the first time. Included in this Bill are: i) The Repeal of the Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust Act, Cap. 95; ii) The Amendment of Assets of Departed Asians Act, Cap. 83; iii) The Amendment of Tier Four Microfinance and Moneylenders Act, 2016; iv) The Amendment of the Public Enterprises Reform and Divestiture Act, Cap. 98; v) The Amendment of the National Planning Authority Act, 2002; vi) The Repeal of the National Population Council Act, 2014; and vii) The Amendment of the Physical Planning Act, 2010. I beg to move. Madam Speaker, the Bill is accompanied by the Certificate of Financial Implications.

Members, this is a platform for all of us. There is a bridge between Mubende and Kakumiro at a place called Kihimbira. The river is called Nyamuhuguza. On 4 th November, the river swept away all the culverts. One person died and a number of motorcycles belonging to the people from Mubende were washed away. My colleagues, the Members of Parliament and I reported this matter to my office; now, as the Prime Minister. (Laughter) Engineers were sent on site; they came up with specifications and a big budget of Shs 11 billion to work on the bridge. They do not even have any money to work on it. That bridge is where the President passed when he was going for the trek. Some of you accompanied the President during that trek between Butorogo and Kakumiro to Birembo. I caused a meeting between the Ministry of Works and my colleagues, members of Parliament, in my office –

At that time, I was the Prime Minister. (Laughter) Honourable colleagues, I want to give you this story so that you can agree with me on how to move. We did not have the Shs 11 billion as Government and so, we resolved to use the Public Private Partnership approach. The Ministry of Works told us that they could give us the engineers and as of now, Eng. Odong is on site. They gave us an excavator, which we fuelled as Members of Parliament. Honourable Member from Mubende, I remember you brought your Shs 5 million and Hon. Pascal Mbabazi contributed 50 iron bars of 16 millimetres. The culverts were provided by the Ministry of Works and Hon. Aisa Agaba also contributed 50 iron bars, I believe she might be here. I also did my part and the community contributed hardcore stones to a tune of 180 trucks. The districts contributed trucks; Mubende brought two trucks and Kakumiro brought two trucks. As I speak now, the bridge has cost us an average of Shs 400 million, it is done and we have cast concrete. Sometimes, our engineers exaggerate – (Interjections) - No, let me speak, I told you that I am speaking as a Member of Parliament.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to inform the Honourable MP for Kakumiro, who also happens to be our good Prime Minister that there is a lot of connivance; even at local government level between contractors and our civil servants. In Mukono, we had a bridge at Lweza village that the Municipal Engineer costed at Shs 650 million for reconstruction. However, because the money was not readily available, we locally organised to fundraise and do that work through the Uganda system of bulungi bwansi . The same work cost us Shs 68 million. Mr Speaker, the money we sent, although little, would have earned us bigger work than what we finally got. Recently, in my municipality, they constructed less than 1 kilometre of tarmac at Shs 625 million. Early this week, the Municipal Engineer and Town Clerk approved a contract of Shs 700 million from the money that was sent from the Shs 1 billion maintenance fund to maintain the 1 kilometre that had been constructed using Shs 625 million. I stand here to inform my honourable colleague and also to support her that the country is being taken for a ride by these engineers through the contracts committees. They overprice work and most probably, share this money between our workers and the contractors.

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Last weekend, a school called St Margaret in a village called Busesa, Buyanja East in Kibaale District, was gutted by fire. Thankfully, nobody was hurt. However, the entire premise was burnt down. The district security team responded, but they did not have the required equipment. Even the neighbouring districts of Kakumiro and Kagadi did not have a fire engine that could come in to help. My prayer and request is that the Government puts in place a fire engine, at least in the district, to be able to help. Now that we have got the extension of electricity to a number of villages, we are likely to have a lot of such calamities and we may not be helped in time. I beg to submit.

11047 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2023 14) There are districts that were performing exceptionally well, for example, Kisoro, Tororo, Rukungiri, Ibanda, Kumi, Apac, Kakumiro, Bukedea, and others, with performance standing at above 90 per cent.

10848 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT allocating 15 per cent of their annual budget to improve the health sector. The health sub- programme budget has been increased in nominal as well as in percentage terms. In the Financial Year 2021/2022, the allocation had reached 14 per cent. Government enhanced the salaries of scientists, mainly the medical personnel. This will push the ratio even higher. Government also reported that in the medium term, given the change in focus in the National Development Plan III to prioritise enhancing the productivity and social well-being of the population in the country, more investment is expected in the sector in the medium term. In the budget for the Financial Year 2023/2024, Government has prioritised the human capital development programme to which the health sub-sector belongs. Starting with the Financial Year 2023/2024, Government is committed to annually increasing the budget for antiretroviral treatment by Shs 50 billion per annum. The committee recommends the provision of adequate funds to the health sector as per the Abuja Declaration to enable the sector improve the health needs of the citizens. Recommendation 16: The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should provide adequate funding to the National Environmental Management Authority to maintain and sustain early warning systems where applicable. The Government reported that the total budget for Vote 150 for National Environmental Management Authority has been increased from Shs 18.943 billion in the Financial Year 2022/2023, to Shs 41.360 billion, in the Financial Year 2023/2024 to facilitate recruitment of additional staff and strengthening environmental protection. The committee recommends that this should be done. Recommendation 17: The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should increase funding to provide adequate accommodation to police officers - Mr Speaker, there is a long narrative that follows; I will try to summarise it. In the budget for the Financial Year 2022/2023, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development provided Shs 26.212 billion for the following: i. The construction of seven accommodation blocks - 10 units per block - in the districts of Nakasongola, Sheema, Busolwe, Mitooma, Kanungu, Kakumiro, Katwe- Kabatoro and Ntungamo; ii. Completed the construction and commissioned seven blocks, a total of 420 housing units of the Naguru Apartments; iii. Construction of Kira Division staff apartments, 24 units is at 80 per cent; iv. Erected and installed 5,410 double- occupancy uniports out of 6,446; a total of 84 per cent across the country; and v. Constructed 45 housing units, five units each block, in Butebo, Bukwo, Namisindwa, Amudat, Alebtong, Nabilatuk, Karenga, Kwania and Obongi, pending commissioning. In the budget for the Financial Year 2023/2024, the budget for residential buildings is Shs 26.412 billion, a slight increase of Shs 0.2 billion from the level of Financial Year 2022/2023. The committee recommends that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should give special consideration to the development budget of Uganda Police Force. Mr Speaker, by way of summary, permit me to state the following – that the report captures recommendations in respect to: i. The Ministry of Water and Environment (page 21); ii. The Petroleum Authority of Uganda, (page 23); iii. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (page 23);

10675 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2023 Mr Speaker, the Ministry of Health has updated its specifications and only allows robust solar systems that can work up to a minimum of l5 years. A few facilities that have so for benefited and the systems have been installed and commissioned, are as follows; 1. Kiboga - Bukomero Health Centre IV; 2. Kazo - Kazo Health Centre IV; 3. Buhweju - Nsika Health Centre IV; 4. Kamwenge - Rukunyu Government Hospital; 5. Kakumiro - Kakumiro Health Centre IV; 6. Omoro - Lalogi Health Centre IV; 7. Kapelebyong - Kapelebyong Health Centre IV; 8. Bukedea - Bukedea Health Centre IV; 9. Sironko - Budadiri Health Centre IV; 10. Manafwa - Bugobero Health Centre IV; and 11. Oyam - Anyeke Health Centre IV. Mr Speaker, these health centres have their power reliability at 100 per cent for the last two years and that is the direction that the Ministry of Health has taken to reduce the recurrent expenditure to the minimum. My response to the second prayer is that the standard for the general wards provides for separate sections for male, female and children. Once funds are realised, the required infrastructure shall be put in place at Kassanda Health Centre IV. My response to the third prayer is that on 20 September 2021, the Emergency Medical Services Policy was approved by the Cabinet of Uganda, and it spells out the allocation of ambulances to defined catchment areas. The new policy is to allocate one Type B ambulances per 100,000 population equivalent to one constituency in Uganda. The allocated ambulance serves the population in that constituency. The policy disbanded the prior arrangement of the issue of allocating ambulances to health facilities in order to serve a wider population better. Mr Speaker, the ambulance vehicle is situated at the most accessible and secure health facility in the constituency, preferably on the highway. In the year 2020/2021, Kassanda District was allocated an ambulance registration UG6859M for Bukuya Constituency. For now, though situated in one of the constituencies, the ambulance is provided with fuel to respond to emergencies across Kassanda North and Kassanda South constituencies, in Kassanda District. In the Financial Year 2024/2025, we plan to procure additional 180 Type B and Type C ambulances to fill the gaps. The Government is committed to fill the gaps in ambulance vehicles at the constituency level for the Financial Year 2025/2026. The fifth question came from Hon. Chelangat Alinga Solomon, Member of Parliament, T’oo County, Bukwo District. He stated thus: “ Bukwo District is predominantly an agricultural district. People mainly grow maize for both commercial and subsistence purposes. However, the President has been discouraging people from maize farming unless on a large scale because it is not economically viable. Therefore, our people were advised to shift to short term crops, which are more profitable. The Government of Uganda thought of giving our people some incentives through the Agriculture Cluster Development Program (ACDP), under the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, I have issues of concern that have discouraged our people from taking the good advice from the President. i. Government through ACDP, procured a contractor, Bold Energy, in April 2021 to supply farm inputs, like maize seed and fertiliser. The contractor did their part, but the Government has never met its obligation of paying the contractor. This has put the contractor in a very fragile

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for your protection. I appreciate the democracy that we have in Uganda today and the high quality healthcare centres that we have. I request the minister to also think about my constituency of Bugangaizi East that lacks a health centre IV. I also need my people to benefit. Since you are taking health camps to Kitgum District, my people in Kakumiro would also want to benefit –(Member timed out.)

Mr Speaker, that issue came to Cabinet’s attention on Monday and the President guided that Shs 1 billion was for maintenance of roads and that the already existing budgets should remain. The Shs 1 billion was a relief by Government to help all the districts across the country. For example, Wakiso District which is big has a budget of over Shs 1.2 billion. The next district, which is Kiboga has a budget of Shs 460 million. Kakumiro District has a budget of Shs 396 million and Mitooma District might be having even less.

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.

10423 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2023 relatives, and I am told some of them paid averagely Shs 2,000,000 to get the job. So, we ended up with parish chiefs who are below standard. So, when it comes to issues of entering data, these people do not know anything and so, they keep deceiving our villagers to move here and there because they are not able. The community development officers at subcounty level, according to the Ministry of Local Government and the Parish Development Model Secretariat, were called upon to come in and help. In fact, a subcounty can register over 100 people in a day, in a parish. Mr Speaker, what we did was to ask the parish SACCOs to come up with an identified list of people, come with the people physically at the subcounty and enter the names of the people in the database. One can actually register names of individuals in a parish in a day. Also, we added the technical people and we received support from the Minister Information, Communication Technology and National Guidance. The ministry gave us two officers who helped us at the subcounty level. Mr Speaker, that big team would handle a subcounty per day. They enter the data, but this data does not mean people must go through the data to get money. The money does not come from the data. We need the data to ensure our people can be identified to avoid duplication because someone can get money from Kakumiro - and - some people have multiple families. I can get money from one parish in Kakumiro and get money from Kagadi. To manage that, we agreed that we need data to avoid double or even triple payments. Therefore, honourable colleagues, I would like to interest you to use this approach. Get in touch with your Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs), commercial officers and district planners so they can go and handle each subcounty because they have the knowledge. Otherwise, some of them are waiting for Government to give them money, which money is not there. It is just patriotism that can help us move this project called PDM. I am requesting you, honourable colleagues, to use this approach because for us, we are now at 100 per cent. All the districts I asked to adopt this idea are now at 100 per cent. We are now waiting for the Shs 50 million they are going to send to our district this quarter. In fact, that money should be sent to only districts that have completed entering the data of its people in the subcounty. If we do not do that, they will - honourable members, banks are using our money; they are taking advantage of the delay to give beneficiaries money and lending this money out. It is a planting season and people should have used this money to buy seedlings and empower themselves economically. Let us all go back to our districts and ensure the district officials help our subcounties by training especially our parish chiefs who do not have the knowledge. Thank you very much.

When I retire, that is where I am going. So, I need to fight for the sector. (Laughter) Honourable colleagues, many of you will join me. Hon. Oguzu Lee had suggested something to me; that when they appear before the committee, they should appear in the regions so that it is not just a Kampala affair. I will detail that in the terms of reference when I am forwarding the petition. Thank you. Honourable colleagues, in the Public Gallery this afternoon, we have Speakers from some of the western region districts. They include the Speakers of Rwampara, Kiruhura, Kazo, Ntungamo, Sheema, Ibanda, Hoima, Bundibugyo, Buhweju, Kagadi, Kakumiro, Rukiga, Mbarara, Kikuube and Kasese. They have come to observe how we are running the House and they will be advising the Deputy Speaker, later on, on how to run the House better. Thank you for coming, friends.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to appreciate the committee. Borrowing from Bunyoro, I would like to appeal to colleagues - We have a road running from Mubende- Kakumiro-Kibaale-Kagadi. It passes through many districts and it was done. We are talking about service delivery to our people, but look at most of our roads within the Kampala Metropolitan Area. People are selling items on the roads. We are saying even markets are going to be developed. Mr Speaker, we should have passed this loan long ago so that people can have better services in terms of infrastructure. Therefore, I appeal to colleagues to pass this loan so that infrastructure is developed in Kampala and its neighbouring districts.

9370 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT [Mr Ssemujju] look at Hon. Nakadama and Hon. Nabakooba – they were beneficiaries – I still think they are suspects; maybe their charges have been withdrawn. Mr Speaker, can Parliament be briefed on who is still a suspect or who we should congratulate for surviving because that tradition has happened in this Parliament? That is the point of privilege I want to ask because these are our colleagues. The last time I raised this matter, you said we should sympathise with them. They should also tell us if they are still on the run or if they can now sit here. Maybe that is the reason some of them are here today and tomorrow, they are not here. I will be surprised by a person like the Woman MP for Kakumiro who took 3,000 iron sheets and she is not on the charge sheet. I am really surprised.

Madam Speaker, I want Members to appreciate this ban. Recently, there have been a number of small Chinese- owned factories and they are cutting trees indiscriminately and our people are paid peanuts and they are exporting this timber raw. They are not adding value and yet they were given licenses to add value so that they can come up with plywood and furniture to export, but they are taking our products raw and exporting them out of the country. Those factories are the ones we stopped yesterday. We are saying enough is enough. We were given statistics that every day, each company can cut over 1000 trees and they are more centered in the districts of Mubende, Kibale and Kakumiro. Recently, as I was flying to Mayuge, I saw another one in one of the forests. They are going to finish our forest cover. So, the President directed me to stop that practice. I want to request the Members to support this initiative - (Applause )-

9121 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 15 JUNE 2023 Madam Speaker, after the on-going audit of the Government payroll, the ban on recruitment will also be lifted to enable cover the staffing gaps in education. Government will continue to support sports activities and entertainment talents and enforce copyrights for performing artists. Safe Water The national coverage for safe and clean water for human consumption now stands at 70 per cent; with 67 per cent in rural areas and 72 per cent in urban areas, but we still need more. In rural areas, gravity flow schemes have been completed at Lirima in Manafwa, Lukalu- Kabasanda in Butambala and Nyabuhikye- Kikyenke in Ibanda. Piped water systems have also been constructed at Nyakabingo in Rukungiri, Kabuyanda in Isingiro, and Orom Water Supply System in Kitgum-Lamwo. In addition, 40 solar-powered mini-piped schemes serving 173,000 persons have been constructed across 15 least-served districts including Lyantonde, Sembabule, Yumbe, Rakai, Buyende, Kamuli and Kakumiro. In urban areas, nine piped water supply and sanitation systems have been completed in Dokolo, Padibe - Lamwo, Odramacaku - Arua, Kagadi, Morulem and Alerek (Abim), and Kambuga II in Kanungu. Access to safe and clean water will be enhanced to achieve 85 per cent coverage in rural areas and 100 per cent coverage in urban areas by the year 2025. Next year, the main activities towards this goal include the construction of 1,540 boreholes in 1,050 villages and town wards; building 49 large, 67 medium and 80 small piped water schemes in both urban and rural areas, and the rehabilitation and maintenance of 50 water systems in growth centres. Interventions that build human capital have been allocated Shs 9.57 trillion, representing 18.2 per cent of the total budget. In addition, the Government, together with the World Bank, are implementing the $500 million in Uganda through the Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer programme to construct health centres III, IV, seed secondary schools and micro-scale irrigation facilities in local governments that do not have these facilities. Enhancing Infrastructure Stock and Quality The stock and quality of infrastructure is a key enabler for economic growth, development and social transformation. Transport Infrastructure Transport infrastructure development has been a major hallmark of Uganda’s recent economic development. The road sector in 1986 totalled 7,900 km. Today, it has expanded twenty-fold to almost 160,000 km. While only 6,700 km of today’s road network is paved, the road network now allows access to even the remotest parts of Uganda. Next financial year, we will substantially complete 16 national road projects including Atiak-Laropi, Moroto-Lokitanyala, Kawuku- Bwerenga, Namugonde-Bugiri, Nsambya- Mukwano, the Kampala Flyover and Rushere Town and Kyamate Access roads. In addition, priority will be accorded to maintenance of existing road networks, both national and District Urban and Community Access Roads (DUCAR). The Bukungu-Kagwara- Kaberamaido (BKK) Ferry and related landing sites, and Lake Bunyonyi ferries and their landing sites will also be completed. Madam Speaker, emergency repairs of the Kampala-Malaba Metre Gauge Railway were completed this year. (Applause) My team will have to come and explain this. The full rehabilitation of the Kampala–Malaba and Tororo–Gulu Metre Gauge Railway will

9095 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023 3. Wildlife conservation, especially of Mgahinga, Lake Mburo, Semliki, Kibale, Murchison, Kidepo, Katonga, Tooro- Semliki, and Queen Elizabeth; 4. Preventing the conflict between wildlife and human activities; 5. Enhancing digital destination marketing, using modern ICT online technologies; 6. Strengthening enforcement and adherence to tourism standards through a strict licensing regime for service providers in the sector. Achievements Tourism directly employs a total of 1.5 million people in Uganda along the entire tourism value chain and contributes 6.7 per cent of the country’s GDP. In the year 2022, Uganda’s national parks hosted 367,000 visitors, surpassing the pre- COVID-19 levels of 323,000 visitors recorded in the year 2019. Sixty-three per cent of these were domestic tourists. So, Ugandans are getting richer; the middle class are now visiting our national parks. I congratulate you. Mukulike obwavu, atte namwe mweyagaleko. Although the coronavirus stopped people from outside from coming to the country, the figure here shows that arrivals into the national parks went up and the main reason was because of the Ugandans who were going to the national parks. In the year 2022, Uganda’s national parks hosted 367,000 instead of 323,000, and this is in spite of the coronavirus. Why? It is because 63 per cent were the rich Ugandans, who were moving around the country, even during the coronavirus time. The international visitor arrivals increased to 815,000 in 2022 up from 473,000 in the year 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there is recovery, the performance is still lower than the 1.5 million tourists recorded in 2019. Full recovery is expected in the year 2025. Leisure and holiday visitors stayed longer (11 nights) in 2022 compared to 7.6 nights in 2019, and spent higher daily at US$ 172 per night compared to US$ 168 per night in 2019. The wildlife populations for most animals have increased. For example, the number of elephants increased from 5,700 in 2011 to 8,000 now, while the buffalos increased from about 36,000 to over 44,000 during the same period. Mountain gorillas in Bwindi-Mgahinga Conservation Area have steadily increased over time from just 200 in the 1990s to about 459 now. Infrastructure Development The total national road network now stands at 21,000 kilometres of roads, of which 6,000, which is 29.6 per cent is tarmac; paved. Although the construction of bituminous roads started more than 60 years ago, more than half of the paved network has been constructed to bitumen standards within the last 15 years. The Government continues to implement 16 projects to upgrade over 892 kilometres of national roads to paved bituminous standards while at the same time rehabilitating 300 kilometres to restore their service life. Construction of the following roads has been completed, adding 351 kilometres to the paved network: i. Critical oil roads through the towns of Buhimba - Nalweyo - Bulamagi - Igayaza - Kakumiro (93 kilometres); ii. Masindi - Biiso, Hohwa – Nyairongo - Kyarusheesha - Butoole and Kabale - Kiziranfumbi roads (78 kilometres); iii. Rukungiri - Kihihi - Ishasha/Kanungu (97 kilometres); iv. Kapchorwa - Suam Road (73 kilometres); v. Kitala - Gerenge (10 Kilometres);

Honourable members, it is free sitting. You do not have to stand as if you are looking after cows. Member for Kakumiro, move this side.

Madam Speaker, the money meant for luxury under State House should be used to fund the priorities in the health sector that have not been provided for. The funding gap is Shs 700 billion and that is what our committee was able to provide. Office of the Prime Minister This office has been allocated Shs 222 billion. The Prime Minister, according to Article 101(a) of the Constitution, is charged with the following responsibilities – Shall be the Leader of Government Business in Parliament and be responsible for the coordination and implementation of Government policies across ministries, departments and public institutions. The Prime Minister is, therefore, at the heart of running the State. This Parliament is aware that the current Prime Minister is right now hiding in Kakumiro and remains a suspect in the case of disappearance of iron sheets meant for Karamoja. Not only did she fail to coordinate and implement the distribution of iron sheets to Karamoja but she personally took 3,000 iron sheets. Her deputies; Hon. Rebecca Kadaga and Hon. Rukia Nakadama also shared. I would like to remind this Parliament that money meant for Karamoja iron sheets and goats worth Shs 339 billion was passed by this Parliament in a supplementary request. It cannot be the same Parliament now placing a whole Shs 222 billion in the hands of those who have feasted on the Shs 339 billion. Madam Speaker, you owe it to the country. The honourable colleagues involved in this case have demonstrated inability to supervise public funds. The President wrote to the Prime Minister and copied that letter to all of us; he accused his own ministers of theft and subversion. He actually promised action. I, therefore, propose that the budget for the Office of the Prime Minister, save for the salaries of staff, be withheld until the President has taken his promised political action. There is no way this Parliament will place money in the hands of suspects who are hiding and they are not even sitting in office. Below I reproduce what is already in the letter that each one of you has. Moreover, there was even a proposal from the accounting officer of that department, late Keith Muhakanizi, that this department must be restructured immediately. Honourable members, I would like to remind you that the two ministers of Karamoja; Hon. Mary Kitutu and Hon. Agnes Nandutu have already been charged and were remanded to Luzira. That ministry is, at the moment, without a minister or a deputy because the two ministers were just granted temporary freedom to go to hospital and visit law chambers. On page 67 of the estimates of revenue and expenditure, Shs 4.7 billion has been provided for the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs under budget output. This Parliament should not send money to a ministry that, at the moment, is crumbling; our money should not crumble with the ministry. I invite Parliament to look at Section 11(g) of the Public Finance and Management Act. In the case of civil servants, the law does not allow anyone to be appointed an accounting officer if he has accountability issues. It states: “An appointee or a designated accounting officer in accordance with this Act, except the Secretary to the Treasury, shall not appoint or designate a person or an accounting

8756 BUDGETARY PROPOSALS & ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 129) Vote 844: Kakumiro District – Shs 25,000,313,000 130) Vote 845: Kalaki District - Shs 15,868,505,000 131) Vote 846: Kalangala District – Shs 14,894,914,000 132) Vote 847: Kaliro District – Shs 28,487,386,000 133) Vote 848: Kalungu District - Shs 25,170,989,000 134) Vote 849: Kamuli District – Shs 46,518,428,000 135) Vote 850: Kamwenge District - Shs 29,011,951,000 136) Vote 851: Kanungu District - Shs 41,511,765,000 137) Vote 852: Kapchorwa District – Shs 18,548,597,000 138) Vote 853: Kapelebyong District – Shs 12,049,109,000 139) Vote 854: Karenga District - Shs 10,726,827,000 140) Vote 855: Kassanda District - Shs 22,543,695,000 141) Vote 856: Kasese District - Shs 73,970,823,000

8469 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023 Disclaimer: The electronic version of the Official Report of the proceedings of Parliament (Hansard) is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Office of the Clerk to Parliament. I hope Kaberamaido District has not returned any money for wage because once we upgraded some health centres, we also budgeted for wage through this Parliament. So, I am wondering why Kaberamaido is at 39 per cent, when the national coverage is above that. There could be an issue, which I wanted, through you, Rt Hon. Speaker, to investigate. And so, I request the honourable member to team up with me so that we can know the root cause. Otherwise, you may find that the situation in Bukedea District may be different. In Kakumiro District, as I speak now, it is almost at 60 or 62 per cent. Why is Kaberamaido still at that low level? Why are other districts still low? So, we need to investigate and find out. Some of those issues arise due to delays by some of the district service commissions. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The clarification I would like to get from the Rt Hon. Prime Minister is: I represent the people of Lower Madi County and Madi-Okollo District. In our wage bill for the recruitment of health workers and the entire staff, we had, as I speak, about Shs 1.8 billion unspent. We came to the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to Treasury (PS/ST) as a district, through the Public Service Commission, and we worked on the figures for recruitment this very time. That figure was reduced to Shs 1.48 billion. From the advice given by the PS/ST, when the Public Service Commission had allowed Madi- Okollo District to do the recruitment, the PS/ ST said, “No, for now, no recruitment of public officers shall be done, neither will it happen in the coming financial year.” For the health sector in Madi-Okollo District, the number of staffing is below 35 per cent; at least Kaberamaido has 38 per cent and Kakumiro is at 68 per cent. The issue of staffing cuts across this country. Madam Speaker, through your office, I appeal that Government removes that ban on recruiting public servants next financial year. If not, services to this country and the people we represent are going to be highly affected - from the health sector to education and everywhere. Or if Parliament does not say; “We need recruitment of public servants in our districts,” it is going to be a task for us. I beg to submit.

8379 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 2023 The committee was further informed that a team composed of personnel from the Directorate of Research, Planning and Development, Human Resource Development, Human Resource and Management, crime intelligence and logistics and engineering was constituted to review the applications and come up with a short list for applicants for the post of PPC general duties and PPC drivers to be invited for interviews. Recruitment criteria for PPCs, a total of 9900 applications were received out of which 1846 including 1261 males and 585 females, qualified to be shortlisted for interviews. Of the 15 applicants Uganda police received from Buhweju District, none of them qualified, some districts failed to meet there quarter namely: Nabilatuk, Koboko, Yuymbe, Kakumiro, kibale, kikube, KIryandongo, Kyegegwa, Kitagwenda, Rakai, Lwengo, Kalungu, Kazo, Bududa, Sironko, Kaabong, Mityana, Mpigi, Gomba, Nakaseke, and Buyende. Police Force leadership explained the allocation of these quarters was in line with the constitutional requirement of nationalistic and patriotic police forces and shall ensure that members of the Uganda police force are rec recruited from every district in Uganda. It was further explained that quotas allocated to districts are based on the population projections as provided by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). The committee observed that the recruiting exercise had variances in the number of short- listed candidates per district. For example, Masaka City had 14, Masaka District had seven, Gulu City had 32, Soroti had 22 and Mitooma four. The committee queried the criteria used to allocate the said numbers. It further noted that in the circumstance where a district or a city did not meet the number for the quarter, the balance was given to the neighbouring district since districts are being cut often but stay within the geographical area. The committee was informed that variance in recruitment is based on the population quarter of which the formula is provided by the constitution and based on UBOS figures. The committee is satisfied that the variance in quarters given to different districts is justified. The committee noted that the recruitment exercise was centralised with the application being submitted at regional police offices and forwarded to police headquarters for processing. The committee recommends that whereas the Police Force conduct the recruitment exercise at the regional level due to COVID-19 pandemic, in future, the exercise should be done at the district headquarters as has been the practice. This will promote transparency in the exercise. Recruitment criteria for UCE leavers A total of 1488 applications were received and of these, 853 were found suitable for the next stage. These cut across all classes of driving permits. The recruitment exercise was in accordance with the second advert run by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The committee noted that all interested persons had to file applications accompanied by a recommendation letter from local authorities, as proof that the applicant is a resident of a particular district, a Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) with 4 credits including English and at least a pass in mathematics obtained not earlier 2018, a valid driving license for those applying for the position of PPC drivers and a national id card as proof of Nationality. The committee recommends that there should be a verification committee comprised of the LCIII chairperson, subcounty chief and GISO before the applicant submits the application to the police force to minimise forgeries. The committee is satisfied that the advert for recruitment was made public on print media, radio and television and therefore applicants were aware of all the requirements for the positions they applied for. Originality and Identity of Applicants It was alleged that most of the people shortlisted per district were not residents of the said district. A case in point was Masaka City

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline – the Project- Affected Persons (PAPs) – in the districts of Hoima, Kikuube and Kakumiro have not

Mr Speaker, the Cabinet, on Monday, discussed this matter. We agreed to look for money and pay those people. Yes, some were paid but others continue to complain. So, investigations are still ongoing, and the Chief Government Valuer is equally in the know. They have been to Kakumiro many times, even before I became the Prime Minister. The issue is now at the compensation stage. I promise that the Government will help our people.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Greetings from the people of Bugangaizi East. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, I have been hearing about compensations in Karamoja, Bugisu and everywhere. However, we have people who were moved from Mpokya since 1992, and they are all over Uganda - Kasese, Kamwenge, Bugangaizi East in Kakumiro District, Kagadi, and Isingiro. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, when do you plan to compensate – okay, while some were compensated, others have not been compensated. When are you compensating the people that were moved from Mpokya? Thank you.

Rt Hon. Prime Minister, National Medical Stores (NMS) supplies drugs to our health centres and hospitals in cycles. Cycles one and two are usually supplied in July and September, respectively. However, both cycles were combined and supplied in December. As I speak, Cycle three that is supposed to be supplied in December and Cycle 4, which is supposed to be supplied in February, have not been supplied. Right now, health centres in Ibanda – and this is not in Ibanda only, but all health centres in Uganda, including those in Kakumiro, Bukedea and other districts - (Laughter) - do not have even the cheapest drugs like Panadol – my nickname – in those health centres. The National Medical Stores says they are going to continue combining cycles, time after time. It is like missing lunch and you are given dinner and lunch at the same time. This results into wastage, theft and, to some extent, drug expiry. Therefore, the NMS is essentially asking whoever got sick in those previous months to be sick again at the time when they would be supplying medicines. My prayer is that the NMS should start supplying drugs as per the cycles rather than combining them. This is because, first of all, when you bring drugs for, say four cycles, you will not have stores in which to keep those drugs. So, somehow people end up stealing drugs, yet our people are suffering. Therefore, Rt Hon. Prime Minister, kindly, give us a stand as a country and what the Ministry of Health is supposed to do to make sure our poor people are able to access free health care.

Madam Speaker, Kakumiro and Kasambya are in my constituencies. We have had a number of meetings and I am aware that we lost some lives. In 2017, chimpanzees took away a baby. We rescued that baby after two days. My brother, I need to inform you and direct the minister, who is here, to go and relocate the chimpanzees forthwith to a better place because we need them for tourism. The communities had started killing them, but we restrained them. I request that you relocate the chimpanzees from Kakumiro.

7738 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION [Ms Nabbanja] And after getting money, it is our wish that we support our districts. There are those big districts, which are already getting Shs 1 billion and above. For example, Wakiso is getting more than Shs 1 billion, yet Kakumiro is getting Shs 300 million, unfortunately, because we are not as big as Wakiso. A district like Kabale – those big districts that you know that have a bigger kilometre road coverage, are getting some good amount of money. Therefore, Mr Speaker, I request that Members of Parliament pick interest in the already available resources so that they are put to good use. Thank you.

I want to thank you, Madam Speaker. In your communication, you said you agreed with the Leader of the Opposition and the Government Chief Whip that matters of national importance should be raised an hour towards Prime Minister’s Time. I am trying to understand and seeking your help, I have two issues: The first issue that I have registered has nothing to do with the Prime Minister; it is with the Minister of Works and Transport. The second point I have, Madam Speaker, is that as far as I and the people of Kira Municipality are concerned, the woman MP for Kakumiro, who happens to be the Prime Minister, remains a suspect in the disappearance of iron sheets for Karamoja. Do I wait and raise my question to a suspect, yet my question is to the Minister for Works and Transport? I needed guidance from you, Madam Speaker, because I am really uncomfortable until that suspect has been -

Honourable Chair- person, why don’t you say that it shall be in Kakumiro or Bukedea?

6984 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT [The Deputy Speaker] COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR Honourable colleagues, join me in congratulating His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Uganda and the companies in the oil and gas sector, for launching oil drilling in the Hoima Graben. We are all looking forward to this and I want to take this opportunity to thank the Parliament for playing its role. Now, the bigger role we have is oversight on this, to ensure that this oil does not turn into a curse but rather an opportunity for this country. I request the committees responsible to ensure that you do your oversight role effectively. The President launched the activities yesterday in Kikuube District. Let us continue to work together so that we can have our first oil as projected by Government in 2025. Honourable colleagues, as you may all be aware, the NRA Liberation Day will be tomorrow, 26 January. It is the date when the NRA fighters led by His Excellency, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in 1986, won the five-year guerilla bush war that liberated Ugandans from the tyrannical regimes at the time. The theme for this year’s celebrations is, “ Our Resolute Effort to Transform Uganda is a Promise We Shall Fulfill .” The venue for the official celebration will be at Kakeeka Playground, Kakumiro Town Council in Kakumiro District. His Excellency the President, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, will be the chief guest. I implore you, colleagues, to attend. It is a public holiday. Let us all go to Kakumiro to celebrate with fellow Ugandans. Colleagues, there is a record I want to correct and that is why we have the Hansard . When compiling the Hansard and tallying the votes that each one recorded, we found a small error from what I had announced here, as the Clerk had given them to me. We do not have very clear rules, which provide for correction of such in terms of the House, apart from going through the motion. I have invoked rule 228(2) of the Rules of Procedure because under rule 282(1), the Clerk is mandated to ensure that he gets a correct record of the Hansard. Then, under subrule 2, the Clerk does it on the directive of the Speaker. Therefore, basing on that, I want to correct the record to read as follows: On advice of the Clerk, after going through the Hansard and looking at how each Member voted, the official record, after combing through the Hansard, is: The “Yes” votes - 349 The “No” votes - 4 The “Abstain” votes - 3. Therefore, I want that captured very well on the record. Colleagues, most of you are on social media. Today, after what we discussed here for a short time, I received a barrage of messages from very many parents regarding the issue of homosexuality. What I thought I knew, I am really shocked. To my shock, I received the news that Kasese Municipal Council attempted to pass a bylaw that recognises homosexuals and transgender people as minorities. It first came to me on social media. I did the verification, my office called the clerk and called the CAO, and we confirmed it. This was brought with the clearance of the Executive, brought by the Speaker of Kasese District. I want to make this very clear to all local governments in the country that there is no local government that can pass a bylaw that contravenes national laws; that is repugnant . (Applause) I have - and this is a very serious warning - I want the Minister of Local Government to train these people because it is embarrassing. I have gotten information that the council was being facilitated by an NGO called Human Rights Promotion Awareness Forum. They are

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Allow me to also thank the chairperson of COSASE and the members for the detailed report. I also concur with most of the members that we badly need to have UNRA remain a standalone institution. However, the observations that have been made by the committee are realistic and are the very issues that our people in Mubende and various other regions within Uganda are facing. We have PAPs on Mubende-Kakumiro- Kagadi Road, which have up to now not been paid. We have held several meetings with UNRA that have raised the hopes of the people of Mubende, but the hopes were watered down by their unresponsiveness after the very many meetings that have failed. About the delayed payment of funds to UNRA, we have a road that is under maintenance from Mityana to Mubende. This work has stalled for many months and we have had a number of accidents on that road. We recently visited UNRA with Hon. Kabanda, the MP of Kasambya and we were told that they do not have money for this project. Madam Speaker, we need the minister and the responsible agency to speed up this project. The other thing is the Lusalira-Nkonge Road. Like the COSASE Chairperson presented, we have a number of projects that, sometimes, the President directs they should be given to particular people. These should follow the law, like the Rt Hon. Speaker has guided so that we see these projects moving. Our people were told not to develop the land anymore, if it is on the road side. They have over waited and nothing has been given to them; neither have we seen the road works start. Madam Speaker, I would like to thank you and beg the minister and the responsible authorities to take charge so that we can have all these projects worked on. Otherwise, I thank the committee chairperson and the members. Thank you.

No, the answer for Nakasongola may be different. Therefore, I take the responsibility to come back next week and deliver the answer because these are two districts with different geographical issues. Hon. Julie Achayo, Member of Parliament of Ngora Constituency asked another question and the question goes: “The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) is the head of public service in the district, the head of administration of the council and the accounting officer of the district. He is, therefore, a very important person. The last three consecutive CAOs who have been transferred to Ngora were all officers who were about to retire. The current Chief Administrative Officer, the fourth in the row, is also pending retirement. Whereas they may have the experience, the danger is that they characteristically fear to take certain critical decisions. They are not innovative, and prefer to play it safe as they wait for their retirement, thus, making the district lag behind. Why has the Ministry of Local Government, consistently deployed CAOs in Ngora District who are due for retirement?” My response is that the chief administrative officers and their deputies, and the city and municipal clerks are employees of the Central Government and are appointed by the Public Service Commission, in accordance with Articles 188 and 200 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995 (as amended). The chief administrative officers, deputy chief administrative officers, city and municipal town clerks are, therefore, deployed by the Ministry of Local Government, which is also responsible for monitoring their performance. The history of the last five CAOs deployed in Ngora District, is as follows - I thought that it is necessary for us to give the history: i) Mr Lawrence Wadada was 57 years at his deployment at Ngora in 2020 and his home district is Sironko. He is still in service in Ngora. ii) Mr Andrew Mawejje was 52 years when he was deployed in Ngora in 2018 and his home district is Kibaale. He is in service at Kakumiro District and he is doing a very good job. In Kakumiro, we are very proud of him. iii) Mr Bruno Mwayita was 58 years in 20l7 when he was deployed in Ngora and his home district is Budaka. He has retired. iv) Mr Alex Kwizera was 49 years old in 2014 when he was deployed in Ngora and his home district is Kisoro. He retired in 20l8. v) Mr Davies Dembe Bayeza was 50 years old in 2011 when he was deployed in Ngora and his home district is Kanungu. He retired from Sheema. Mr Speaker, the retirement age in the Public Service, except for Justices of the Supreme Court and the Court of appeal, is 60 years. It is evident that it is not true that the chief administrative officers deployed in Ngora Local Government are those nearing retirement. It is also not true that public officers nearing retirement pose a danger to the service because of fear to take certain critical decisions and that they are not innovative.

6348 In northern Uganda, we have Abim, Adjumani, Agago, Alebtong, Amolatar, Amudat, Amuru, Apac, Omoro, Arua, Dokolo, Gulu, Kaabong, Kitgum, Koboko, Kole, Kotido, Lamwo, Lira, Maracha, Moroto, Moyo, Nakapiripirit, Napak, Nebbi, Nwoya, Otuke, Oyam, Pader, Pakwach, Yumbe, Zombo, Obongi, Terego, Karenga, Kwania, Madi-Okollo, Nabilatuk, and Obongi. In Western Uganda, we have Buhweju, Buliisa, Bundibugyo, Bunyangabu, Bushenyi, Hoima, Ibanda, Isingiro, Ntungamo, Kabarole, Kagadi, Kakumiro, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kasese, Kibale, Kiruhura, Kiryandongo, Kisoro, Kyegegwa, Kyenjojo, Masindi, Mbarara, Mitooma, Ntoroko, Rubanda, Rubirizi, Rukiga, Rukungiri, Sheema, Kikuube, Kazo and Rwampara. Madam Speaker, those are the areas that will be covered by the project.

6213 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2022 by the miners; I think part of the question required some assurance. If there is pollution of water sources, then you are dealing with a dicer question. I would have expected you at least to give assurance that an inspection is on. Otherwise, the answers are more futuristic than addressing an immediate community concern. I want to invite you to probably engage with the Member and understand the problem much better. If the question is actually immediate, probably you are dealing with a very serious health problem that requires urgent handling so far. On the question raised by Hon. Nanyondo Veronica on the lower secondary curriculum, first of all, we discussed in this House of Parliament - the 10 th Parliament, to be particular - when this curriculum was taking off. We warned that probably a lot more consultation would have been undertaken but for some reason, we were in a hurry. For the record, all of us would like to have a new curriculum designed in a manner that will make our children more empowered from the lower stages of education. Madam Speaker, what the Rt Hon. Prime Minister did not inform the Member who asked the question is what became of those other schools that were not involved in the orientation. The record is 6,020 schools, Government and private. The number is much bigger. It is on record that very many teachers, up to now, do not understand how to implement this curriculum. It is actually causing disorientation to the learners and the teachers. A teacher becomes very frustrated if he cannot confidently deliver. Part of the challenge is that even the materials - the prototype books that were provided were not enough. The private schools did not get it. They have been spending a lot of money to photocopy. Some of the teachers actually are teaching by guesswork. Probably, the country requires more assurance that over time, Government must admit to the gaps and immediately come in to close them. Madam Speaker, one of the challenges arising from the manner of implementing this curriculum is that the component of inspection in education has since collapsed. I do not know whether it is financing or sheer negligence. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, if you want to sample, I want to challenge you to start from Kakumiro. Go and sample private and Government secondary schools. Just make out of your routine as you move. Go and find out how they are struggling to implement this curriculum. I worry that if you do not arrest the situation much earlier - because we have at least two years before the first cohort is outed. We can arrest it in the middle and offer remedial intervention to both teachers - because there is no education system better than the quality and preparedness of its teachers. Therefore, the teachers still have gaps. They need a lot of technical backstopping to appreciate the length and breadth of this curriculum. It is still the problem. Do not feel shy, Rt Hon. Prime Minister, to report to the gaps so we plan for this country together. There are problems. Inspection has serious challenges. You may not be able but I understand the haste with which these questions require answering. You may have to invite Parliament to join you in making the situation better. You are also aware that in the countryside, there is hardly any power, and ICT services are not there. The teachers who are supposed to offer them are non-existent. I do not know what you are going to do. I envisage gaps. We need to admit to them and make things better. The second last is the question raised by Hon. Ssasaga. In my opinion, the response is more procedural. Madam Speaker, I do not know whether we may be compelled to require the Clerk to put a date for filing questions on the Order Paper. This question has been answered late by the Rt Hon. Prime Minister. It becomes a bit problematic when a question is answered late and probably some of the issues raised have been overtaken by events.

Rt Hon. Prime Minister, I am happy with the statement. We were actually appreciating that we are happy with the re- organisation of the markets. You got it wrong. We said we are happy with the re-organisation that is happening in Kampala. However, we want this to go even outside Kampala and we re-organise other parts as well. (Applause) We want you to go to Soroti, Kakumiro, Bududa, Mbale; go to all those areas because Madam Prime Minister, truth be told, what you are doing is a good job; let it not stop in metropolitan Kampala. We need a law in place. This House made a law that we need in place. When we made the law, but we do not know what happened to it because it has never been returned. We do not know. That is what we want to know from Government.

Thank you, Madam Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise on a matter of national importance concerning the land grabbing and illegal evictions of the people in Bugangaizi East County in Kakumiro District. Over 12,000 residents in three villages of Kijwenge, Jumangabo and Buhumuliro are facing evictions from the Kashambogo Group that is claiming ownership. The land in question is on Plot No. 58, Block 333 and it hosts three villages out of which two are part of Bugangaizi East and Bugangaizi West, which is one village. The affected communities have settled on the said land since 1992. They were the people that were evicted from Mpokya Forest Reserve in Kabarole District; that was in 1992, and were resettled in Bugangaizi East and Bugangaizi West in Kakumiro District. For about 30 years now, these people have settled on this land and others have been born and raised on this land uninterrupted and they live in harmony. It was until 2017 when the Kashambogo Group emerged, claiming ownership of this land and within no time, they presented a land title as evidence of ownership, whose details indicate that it was acquired in 2017 -

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I want to thank the honourable colleague for having brought up the issue. I want to commit myself that we will investigate and present a report to the House. However, on the issues of Kakumiro, as a ministry, we have compensated some landlords and I think very soon, over 2,500 titles are going to be issued to the bona fide occupants in Kakumiro District. Thank you. (Applause)

Thank you very much, chairman. When you listen to the chairperson and look at his report, most of the issues are cross-cutting; there is a mismatch between recruitment plan and the actual recruitment, which is contrary to Section 13, 15(d), 15(1) and 17(3) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015, which is leading to a total loss of Shs 421 million. That money should have been sent to our Consolidated Fund account. Secondly, there is a lapse in the payroll management characterised by overpayment of people who have retired, people who have left the service and people who died; all those kinds of people. Maybe, these ghost workers, which is really a breach on paragraphs (L-d) (1), and Section (B-s) of the Public Service Standing Orders, 2010, section 19(1) of the Income Tax Act and the Public Finance Management Act. All these issues are being raised; payment of contractors before they finish the work, the shoddy work - Prime Minister, the tendency is that once they find that this accounting officer has this problem, they transfer them. That is recycling problems from one area to the other. How we wish, as a House this time round, that you terminate and remove such accounting officers. There are many accounting officers out there who are looking for jobs. However, if you are going to get an accounting officer from Apac and take him to Gulu, he takes the same character to Gulu. Accounting officers, then again, you take him to Kakumiro; so what are you solving? We are losing a lot of money. We are saying Government is not giving money, yet, it is individuals. Instead of spending Shs 70 million, you spend Shs 150 without authorisation from the PS/ ST. Are we still following the law? Or, are we having an ad hoc kind of work in institutions, not under your leadership? Let us start with the youth.

6032 The moment you feel any symptoms, please, go for treatment. We are banking on you, honourable members, because when you speak, your people listen. Early treatment, as we have seen in the 45 recovered individuals, is associated with a good outcome. For most of the individuals that have died, time was lost while running from one clinic to another, including going to shrines to consult witch doctors. The population understanding the signs and symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease and avoiding exposure to it; especially, contact with the sick persons’ body fluids vomit, stool, faeces, blood, saliva, sweat, urine - all these can infect you if you are in close contact with a patient. This exposure may be through direct handling, deliberate or incidental, or even accidental of linen, surfaces, cleaning, sharing of lavatories, beddings, or through handshaking, hugging, or caring for a confirmed case. Madam Speaker, I would like to inform this House and the entire population that the symptoms of Ebola in the early phases are similar and consistent with most common febrile illnesses like malaria, where the clinical cause of the disease begins with high-grade fever, headache, sore throat, abdominal pain, in the upper abdomen especially, fatigue, general body weakness, intractable vomiting and diarrhea, plus bleeding manifestations, may not be an early presentation. So, if you feel some fever, please, do not stay at home because you can be helped. This emphasises the aspect of seeking care early if you had contact with anybody who has Ebola. The outbreak epicentre remains Mubende and Kassanda specifically. In the Mubende District, the most affected subcounties are Madudu, Kiruma and East Division of Mubende Municipality. While in Kassanda, the subcounties of Kikandwa and Kalwana are the most affected. At the beginning of the outbreak, the epidemic spread to the three districts of Bunyangabu, Kagadi, Kyegegwa. Two districts have completed the 21 days of contacts follow up and even individuals have been retired from the contact list. They are back home and do not have the Ebola virus. Since there has been no second retransmission, we believe transmission may have been interrupted. However, intensified surveillance continues in these districts for another 21 days to complete the 42 days cycle before they can be cleared. A new case appeared in Kyegegwa late last week, and so, we have restarted the countdown afresh. To stop further exportation of cases into other parts of the country, His Excellency, the President of Uganda directed the restricting of movements into and out of the districts of Mubende and Kassanda. However, internal movement is allowed and transit vehicles are free to cross through to other districts; if one is going to Kakumiro, Kabarole, Fort Portal, they can cross through but not stop anywhere in Mubende. The President’s directive of restricted movement was based on optimising control effects in the same geographical area and minimising the spread to other areas. The penetration of Ebola in heavily populated areas creates a situation of rapid spread and is associated with sustained and protracted person-to-person transmission. Urban Ebola transmission is complex and Government will do it takes to ensure control of transmission in the urban settings, especially the Kampala Metropolitan Area, which includes Wakiso. To illustrate the extent of the spread in urban transmission, a single case can quickly set up several transmission lines. In short, in a very short time, as shown in this graphics, just one person in this congested city can spread Ebola to very many other people. [Ms Muhanga] MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Thank you, Prime Minister. One thing I need you, Members, to know is that when you went out and followed up on Emyooga , whatever was happening changed. It is now better than any other programme because of the oversight role you play. You will be helping the people in your constituencies, but also yourselves, to ensure that you come back to the House. We want you back. When you do this oversight role, you can even own it by saying “I am the one who brought it” when it is actually a Government project. Hon. Kadogo promised to bring all of us back. (Laughter) Honourable members, I will expect regional reports on PDM from you. That will be the first thing we are going to discuss in the next meeting – how much money has been disbursed to your district, to how many groups and things like that. Hon. Prime Minister, we want the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to give us a record of how much has gone to, for example, Kakumiro, Alebtong and Bukedea. We want that report and it should be put in the Members’ Pigeon Holes for them to use as a working document. When they are making a follow up, they need to know what they are doing. Members of EALA, we expect you to, always, give us reports on what you discuss for us to keep abreast on what is happening there so that we can customise it. Honourable members, I want to, once again, thank you for the work you have done the whole day. I, therefore, adjourn the House sine die . (The House rose at 7.26 p.m. and adjourned sine die.)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, you remember two months ago, you visited Kikuube, specifically to monitor the road construction going on there. You gave a directive to UNRA and also to the road construction companies that are working on Buhimba-Kakumiro-Hoima-Kyenjojo Road, to give access roads to the people of Kikuube. Since then, your people cannot access their homes. They have not been given access roads. I pray that maybe you talk to them again because your people are suffering. Those with vehicles cannot –

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, you are aware that we have one road in Kyankwanzi, which is tarmacked, but it is becoming a disaster to us. Almost every day, a person is killed due to the accidents of speeding cars going to Hoima, Kikuube and sometimes going to Kakumiro. We request for humps in Kikamirambaazi and Katanabirwa. Thank you.

Mr Speaker, let me take this opportunity to inform colleagues that the Ministry of Health and my office have reactivated the district taskforces in the neighbouring districts of Mubende, Kakumiro, Kyegegwa, Kassanda, Mityana, Gomba, including Kampala and Wakiso, so that we can train them on how to communicate appropriately. We have a national taskforce meeting on Sunday, and we have agreed that we meet in Mubende so that we can also have those other taskforces in Mubende attending. Mr Speaker –(Interjections)- yes, we want to meet in Mubende because that is where the problem is. It is not true that we have lost eight people. So far, only two people have died. The others being talked about - we do not know yet the cause of their death because they were buried before they were diagnosed. Mr Speaker, we shall be on top of our game. You are aware that Uganda is good at managing pandemics; we shall also be on top of this.

Thank you. As the chairman comes, honourable members, in the Public Gallery this afternoon, we have pupils from St John’s Nursery and Primary School, Kakumiro District. They are represented by the Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja and Hon. Fred Byamukama. They have come to observe the business conducted in this House and see their Prime Minister. Please join me in welcoming them. (Applause) Thank you for coming and I hope you are inspired by your Prime Minister, one of you. (Applause) Thank you. Honourable chairperson? You have strictly 20 minutes because I need 40 minutes of debate.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, remember that Mubende benefited from a very good project - the Mubende-Kakumiro-Kagadi Road. As leaders from Mubende, we raised a red flag against the way the drainage system was constructed, which is very narrow and shallow. We came to your office and you convened a meeting with UNRA. A team came to Mubende, but they have not undertaken any