Kalungu County East

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My issue goes to the Minister of Works and Transport. Previously, the people of Kalungu had been promised that the road from Lukaya connecting to Bukomansimbi via Lwabenge – This road mainly connects coffee farmers, and we know these are coffee-growing districts. However, it has been named the dustiest road in the district. Previously, all my predecessors had been promising the people that the roads are going to be worked on, but up to now, we have not gotten any remedy. I would like the minister to tell us when that road is going to be tarmacked, such that the coffee farmers - (Member timed out.)

(Members rose_) Honourable members, get back to your seats. Please! Hon. Betty, you said you have delayed in this Parliament. Do you think it is your time to leave? (Hon. Betty Aol rose_) No, you have “delayed” in this Parliament for 20 years; you know how we proceed. Please, resume your seat. Hon. Justine Nameere was tickled by issues of protocol. However, as we speak, we are processing nominations for the position of Deputy Speaker. Of course, as Members of Parliament, beginning tomorrow, you will be taken through orientation. So, we would assume that some of you – but not the honourable member for Bbaale County; he is a second-term Member of Parliament. He, probably, was very deliberate. Decorum is required of us. Decorum! Give to others what you desire to be given: honour and respect. Can we close the nomination at this point if there are no more? The fourth nomination was not seconded. The Member just came to be known, that he has been sworn in. Congratulations, Member from Kalungu. (Laughter) Now that there are more than one, we call for the ballot. I ask the Clerk to start the process. Can we have the agents of Hon. Sarah Aguti, Hon. Asinansi Nyakato and Rt Hon. Thomas Tayebwa? Agents only. I think we can have one for each. I would like to know who is for Hon. Sarah Aguti, Hon. Nyakato and Hon. Tayebwa. Are you two? Hon. Isaac, you leave the woman to - Thank you. Clerk, can we first determine that the ballot boxes are empty. It has been confirmed by the three agents and, now, the voting can commence by calling out the names. (Members voted by secret ballot.)

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

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

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

Thank you, Madam Speaker, for allowing me to raise this matter. The Government is giving out money to the elderly through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. In Kalungu District, we have a very big challenge, which might also be in other districts. These elderly people are supposed to pick up money from the sub-county headquarters. The challenge we are facing is that some of them are too old. They cannot afford to move, and if they are to move, they spend almost half of what they would get. I request the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to devise means - because their children and grandchildren are there; they have their national IDs and the details of their grandparents, but they have tried to ask to go and pick the money, but these parish chiefs have refused. Imagine a person of 85 years who is indisposed has to be taken to the sub- county headquarters to pick Shs 70,000. Madam Speaker, I pray that the leadership in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development devises means of how these elderly can pick up their money, but forcing IN THE PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA Official Report of the Proceedings of Parliament FIFTH SESSION - 7TH SITTING - THIRD MEETING Parliament met at 10.00 a.m. in Parliament House, Kampala. PRAYERS (The Speaker, Ms Anita Among, in the Chair.) The House was called to order. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I beg to lay the observations of the Opposition to this very report so that it can also be incorporated. I pray that as they sit in that meeting, the issue of new districts not having tarmac roads - we, the new districts, however small we are - Madam Speaker, in Kalungu, we have only one tarmac road that leads to the Reverend Sister’s place and another that leads to a church. It was constructed by different people. There is no single tarmac in Kalungu District and Kassanda. Attorney-General, you have not talked about that, but let me table this. You will see it. Thank you.

18634 CONSIDERATION OF THE BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FY 2026/2027 Madam Speaker, we still grapple with the backlog of cases in this country. The Judiciary plans to increase the case disposal rate from 58 per cent in Financial Year 2024/2025 to 60.6 per cent in Financial Year 2026/2027. This will reduce the backlog from 24.2 per cent to 22.2 per cent and dispose of 291,544 cases by the end of 2026, hence the need for an additional Shs 20.12 billion in case backlog reduction strategies, such as special court sessions. The committee, however, noted that a significant number of cases committed to the High Court remained unheard for years alongside infrequent court appearances and extended intervals between hearings. Additionally, the committee is concerned that the Judiciary’s projected plan to reduce the backlog is not satisfactory due to the minimal percentage. The committee has recommended that the funding requested by the Judiciary to tackle the issue of case backlog be deferred temporarily until a comprehensive plan is provided. Implementation of the legal representation at the expense of the state in capital offences in line with the Judiciary Legal Representation at the Expense of the State The committee noted that Article 28(3) of the Constitution requires that every person who is charged with a criminal offence that carries a sentence of death or imprisonment for life is entitled to legal representation at the expense of the state. Similarly, the Judicature (Legal Representation at the Expense of the State) Rules, 2022 have revised the rates upwards for facilitation of advocates on state briefs. To be able to fulfil this mandate, the Judiciary requires an additional Shs 31.97 billion. The committee recommends that Shs 31.97 billion be provided to the Judiciary to facilitate advocates to hold these cases on a State brief. Automation of courts to eliminate delays in the management of cases The committee was informed that the Judiciary plans to roll out the Electronic Case Management System, ECMIS, to an additional 20 court stations, which include, among others: i) Masaka High Court; ii) Masaka Chief Magistrate’s Court; iii) Kalangala Chief Magistrate’s Court; iv) Sembabule Chief Magistrate’s Court; v) Kalungu/Lukaya Grade One Court; vi) Mpigi High Court; vii) Mpigi Chief Magistrate’s Court; viii) Gomba Chief Magistrate’s Court; ix) Butambala Chief Magistrate’s Court; x) Nsangi Chief Magistrate’s Court; xi) Masindi High Court; xii) Masindi Chief Magistrate’s Court; xiii) Kiryandongo Chief Magistrate’s Court; xiv) Buliisa Chief Magistrate’s Court; xv) Kigumba Chief Magistrate’s Court; xvi) Mubende High Court; xvii) Mubende Chief Magistrate’s Court; xviii) Mityana Chief Magistrate’s Court; xix) Kassanda Chief Magistrate’s Court; and xx) Kyegegwa Chief Magistrate’s Court. Madam Speaker, I have read all of them to show the balanced nature throughout the country. The committee recommends that Shs 13.739 billion be provided during the Financial Year 2026/2027 to enable the Judiciary to automate case management business processes, thereby quickening adjudication and reducing person- to-person interactions, thereby mitigating corruption incidents. Budget increase and misalignment The Judiciary’s proposed budget for the Financial Year 2026/2027 stands at Shs 633.97 billion, representing a 43.7 per cent increase from the Financial Year 2025/2026 approved budget of Shs 44.223 billion. The committee noted a 103.5 per cent increase in the travel budget of the Judiciary from Shs 43.79 billion to Shs 89.154 billion, with the Ministerial Policy Statement (MPS) showing extensive travel inland provisions totalling Shs 77.0 billion and travel abroad to Shs 12.2

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank the chairperson and his committee for this report. However, my interest is on page 36, about the Resident State Attorneys. Through you, Madam Speaker, to the minister, whether you like it or not, the money you are spending on feeding prisoners now, who could be given bail through having Resident State Attorneys in the grade one magistrate courts, would be less than what you need here. You are spending over Shs 8 billion on people who can be bailed out but because there are no Resident State Attorneys - in districts like Kalungu District, we have a Resident State Attorney in charge of Masaka, Bukomansimbi -

18645 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2026 As I conclude, you discussed the chief magisterial areas that will be funded. This instrument was passed, meaning that all cases from Kalungu District, for example, being handled in Masaka are under the wrong jurisdiction.

If you created a Chief Magistrate Area for Kalungu District, why do we still have matters going to Masaka? And as a result, you have a case backlog because you have refused to create the chief magisterial area in the created districts. Kindly give it attention.

18648 CONSIDERATION OF THE BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FY 2026/2027 Rugonjo-Nkenda, 132 KV rehabilitation. It is aimed at upgrading the aged 132 KV wooden pole lines to higher-capacity steel pole lines because most of these lines are now breaking down. The locations that will be covered are provided for under the third column, and they include Wakiso, Gomba, Butambala, Bukomansimbi, Sembabule, Masaka, Lwengo, Kyotera, Rakai, Kalungu, Kiboga, Kyankwanzi, Mubende, Kyenjojo, Kibaale, Kagadi, Hoima, and Kasese. Madam Speaker, when we appear before most of the honourable members and in the budget committee, they usually ask this specific committee to report on where power projects, water projects, and mineral beneficiation projects are going to be located. It is the reason the committee laboured this time to report in this format, so that people here know that if Government is placing money, we are placing it for this specific project. I beg to request, Madam Speaker, that we be given time.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Allow me to thank the chairperson for being very elaborate. My problem with your report is that there is no consideration of new districts that do not have district police headquarters. In some of our districts, we have those police headquarters that were used at the subcounty level, which are acting as district police headquarters. When you go to the new cities, some are still having battles between the mother districts and the new cities, where the police headquarters are located and the ownership of property. I pray that in a phased manner, you help us. In Kalungu, we do not have police headquarters.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. When they gave us the notice for this sitting, I dressed very smartly and appeared here, without hesitation, and I have remained seated, in support of these motions. Why can’t the finance minister procedurally create anything for Kalungu or Masaka, so that I can also follow suit in supporting the motion?

Let him plan something small, and he comes and tells us that Kalungu will get this -

Thank you, honourable minister, for giving way. Mr Speaker, if there are any civil servants who are required to fill forms almost every month, it is the lower civil servants, including teachers. Whenever they are asked to fill out forms, they fill them. The clarification I am seeking from you - we had a similar challenge in Kalungu – is: how often do you supervise Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) to know how they are carrying out their work? The problem is not with teachers; they fill whatever you want, spending money every day, with their meagre resources. When you ask the CAO, he says the challenge is in the finance ministry and that they have directives. Secondly, when do you communicate to our civil servants to let them know that there will be a delay of a particular time so that they can be patient while waiting? Civil servants at the lower levels have filled forms as and when they have been required to do so, but they are always frustrated. When do you supervise CAOs? Monthly returns can be a cause for failure to send money if you know that. At the end of the

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for allowing me. I thank the minister for laying all these loan proposals. However, we raise eyebrows on these loans and complaints from honourable members because there are several new districts, including mine, which do not have a single tarmac road, but when it comes to paying back the loans, we are always part of the payment scheme. One time, Mr Tortoise visited heaven and borrowed feathers from the birds. He told them that when we reach and they bring food, we should ask whose food it is. The birds that gave him feathers never ate because whenever they asked whose food, the response was “All of you.” Mr Tortoise had named himself, “All of you,” and all the food was his! Therefore, my procedural matter is: Why don’t we give priority to some of these new districts whenever we borrow so that three or five of them will have some money, through these loans, for tarmac every financial year? In Kalungu, we only have one tarmac road from the church to the Nuns, which was given during the celebration of 100 years. I have been to Kalangala and visited several districts; many loans are brought, but no consideration. Lwemiyanga-Sembabule have some small tarmac these days. Isingiro District has. Mr Speaker, why don’t you help us - when these loans come, even people from Kalungu and Mitooma are paying, but there is no benefit - not a single tarmac road for new districts - apart from those leading us from the main road that we have made. (Hon. Musasizi rose) - Honourable minister, that is my prayer. So, I am tired of having all of you, and yet when it comes to eating, I do not get anything - (Member timed out.)

Mr Speaker, you asked the minister to take note of what I said. I am well aware that you cannot have all the funds, but I said, “Why don’t you at least pick some of those districts?” I am telling you, Kalungu, where I come from, the district main road is only 35 kilometres, and when you look at the traffic, it is even higher than the one in your district. Therefore, is it in order, Mr Speaker, for the honourable minister not to respect what you have taken from my plea? (Laughter)- at least to please me for the day - that he has noted it, and you shall take interest in what I am saying. Because he might also be a beneficiary of what I am saying. Is he in order?

Thank you, Madam Speaker. In some of the new districts, like Kalungu, we have original hospitals under the Catholic Church Foundation or the Church of Uganda. When you visit Villa-Maria Hospital, it has facilities better than health centres IV. One time, I went to Zombo - there is another Catholic hospital there. Madam Speaker, there was a policy which helped these hospitals operate. In Kalungu, where I come from, Villa-Maria Hospital works for Ssembabule, Kiruhura -

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am also happy I have one of my Sheikhs from Kalungu. If you permit it, he can stand up. At least that one is mine as well. I am seconding this motion because I have done some law. On several occasions, I have met the Omulangira Kassim Nakibinge of Kibuli, and he has expressed to me several reasons as to why these Qhadi courts are needed. The Islamic faith is different from my faith. The procedures for managing their marriage affairs are quite different, and this law is very precedential at this particular moment. We should, therefore, process it and have their rights endeavoured and managed through the laws that govern them. At one time, we talked about the Marriage and Divorce Bill, and I accompanied the Muslims on the streets of Kampala - women were saying, “You cannot have this Marriage and Divorce Bill without encompassing Muslims because the methods and the rules governing us are different”. So, I would like to thank Hon. Basalirwa for allowing me to be among those seconding the motion because my family has both Catholics and Muslims. Thank you.

17707 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 6 AUGUST 2025 waste time getting counterpart funding but get it as a package, a matter which Finance is still discussing to see how practical that will be. Otherwise, we are ready for the Kumi–Serere- Kagwara Road. Madam Speaker, this will also be picked up by the Bukungu-Kagwara-Kamuli (BKK); the two ferries and they should be ready by October. What delayed them was the landing sites because the contractor who had been contracted lacked money and deserted the construction landing site. Hopefully, we shall be able to finish that. Kyabakuza-Matete Road -( Interjections ) - No, no. We know about Kalungu.

Yes, Madam Speaker. Kitgum-Matidi-Waal-Kalongo Road is a big challenge and as it slopes down in Kalongo, the terrain is very challenging and I know the district cannot manage. We shall ensure that Kitgum station addresses the issue of the Kitgum-Matidi-Waal-Kalongo Road. On the Pajule-Pader-Patongo Road, under the project we are doing now; Rwekunye- Apac-Lira-Puranga Road on the section of the Puranga-Acholibur Road, we are going to have a loop to Pader District through Pajule. So that will address the Pajule issue and some tarmac into Pader. Madam Speaker, Pader is just like Kalungu. There is no tarmac in Pader. Tarmac goes like this - but we will get there. Obongi Ferry is not in a very good state. We need to have a full rehabilitation of the ferry. Hopefully, when we start the construction of the Laropi Bridge, we shall relieve that more serviceable ferry and bring it downwards. The Koch Goma Bridge is under the Development Response to Displacement Impact Project (DRDIP) in the Prime Minister’s Office so I cannot respond on that. Lira-Otuke-Abim-Kotido Road is the road in the National Development Plan (NDP) IV. We will see whether we go through Achanpi or we first go to Kotido to Abim through Lira. Otherwise, we may eventually go to Achanpi and down to Soroti. Madam Speaker, Kotido-Moroto-Kaabong Road is a tourism project. Already, the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), the contractor who did the Entebbe Expressway, is in discussions with the finance ministry to pre-finance the project all the way from Moroto, Kotido-Kaabong-Karenga and up to Kidepo. Regarding the challenges of the station in Moyo, Madam Speaker, I do not think they have a lot of challenges. The challenge has been the delay to enable them to work, but that one we are resolving. The station managers who are out there are very industrious. They want to work. Once we solve this issue of them being allowed to operate their accounts, I think you will see a difference. Regarding the Karugutu-Ntoroko Road, there is already a contractor; Afcons, who is supposed to do that road. It has taken a while because, I think, again, of funding mechanisms. However, this is an oil road. It is package four of the oil road. It is going to be done soon because we are doing Lusalira-Nkonge now to Lumegere to Sembabule. So when we do that, Afcons will also come and do Karugutu-Ntoroko. Therefore, the maintenance of Fort Portal- Bundibugyo is critical because that is the only route which the people of Bundibugyo have. We have also China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) on that route to do a framework contract for maintenance up to Lamia. What are the adaptive engineering technologies which we are adopting to ensure that our roads survive the vagaries of nature? These are things which we do most of the time. All our projects, 90 per cent of them, must have the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) done and through that, we ensure

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank the chairperson of the committee who came in after I was the vice chairperson. I also had the time to visit these cities when I was the vice chairperson, carrying out the same job. However, your report is stronger than mine. Thank you very much, Hon. Abed Bwanika. The issue of land in the new cities, honourable minister, through the Speaker, must be given a lot of attention. In Fort Portal, the old district was in control of the land against the new city, and they were fighting each other. So, who takes control of land? What is the process of taking over assets between the old district and the new city? Properties in Mbarara - they were complaining. The mother district was in control of the offices within the city, while the administrators of the new city did not have where to sit. Could those assets be taken over by the new city because they are within its jurisdiction now? And what happens to the new districts? Honourable minister, concerning the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID), you are making very good roads in these new cities, even in Masaka, we have them, but what kind of contract did you sign with USMID? This is because after the construction of these roads, there must be equipment to do the routine maintenance. As we talk, Madam Speaker, the National Water and Sewerage Corporation is digging out some areas. After digging out parts of those new roads, nobody repairs them; there is no equipment in place to work on those roads after they are handed over to the Government. Places taken over from different annexed areas - in Kalungu, where I come from - Masaka was in a battle, when it came to taking over some parishes from Kalungu District - Kibisi and Kasanje. But from the time they were taken over by the city, they have not changed. There is still dust. You have put some night lights there, but they are all filled with dust. People need to see the difference, but what is happening is that you are putting strict laws in these new areas, stopping people from building the type of houses they are used to before they became part of the cities. Could we see that change take place, honourable minister? Lastly, on governance structures, we need these leaders in those other cities to resemble those in Kampala City. When you talk about the Lord Mayor of Kampala, you notice that he has an official vehicle with the number plates reading “Lord Mayor.” Then in Masaka, Mbale and other areas, the mayors are still looking like the LC V chairman of where I came from, with an old double cabin. As I enter Masaka or Mbale City and any other city, I want to feel that pinch, interest, love, beauty of Kampala and my mayor should also be in that kind of status –

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to seek guidance from the Ministry of Works and Transport with regard to taking immediate action. Funds were released, and for the first time, I saw the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PS/ ST), having an occasion to release funds to run the next quarter. We have called the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Transport, and I have asked him to give me fuel so that the district’s equipment can be used to repair some of our roads. However, the PS says they do not have any money. When UNRA was being rationalised, they said we were hoping for the best. Here we are, with one of the biggest regions voting for the NRM with the biggest numbers, namely Western Uganda, and they are crying like the rest of us in other areas of Uganda. This is very painful. You should not be crying - Hon. Kateshumbwa, and the others - because you are at home. When we get statements, I agree with them, but sometimes statements keep us waiting. What is happening with the roads? Your Members of Parliament are struggling and receiving numerous questions that they cannot answer. Therefore, failures of the Ministry of Works and Transport have boomeranged on Members of Parliament. As they bring their statements, let us see what they are doing. What is happening is that we, in our small districts like Kalungu where we do not have a single tarmac road, our only road of survival is the main road within the district. The Ministers of Works and Transport are not picking up our calls. It is painful. The PS picks calls but he says I have nothing to do. Therefore, I told him, Mr PS, come and COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

17557 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 29 JULY 2025 explain to my people of Kalungu why you are not working on our roads. He said he could not. I pray that as Members cry from their primaries and others, your crying should be based on the poor maintenance of roads within the Government you are supporting.

Thank you, Madam Speaker, for your communication. Through you, I also wish to inform the Government Chief Whip to take note of this: It seems after the transition under RAPEX, people who got these entities did not know some of the areas they are controlling, Madam Speaker. I have raised to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works and Transport about Kalungu Road, but he does not know that the road is for the Government. When I ask him, he tells me to contact the district engineer, but these roads are different. There are roads manned by the district and roads under UNRA. When we used to have –

17455 THE ELEVENTH P A RLIAMENT OF U G A NDA T H U RSDAY , 2 9 MAY 2 0 2 5 it remain as it was before? What are they doing on Masaka Road that they have failed to clear the area they had closed for four years now? The road is closed and we do not know what is taking place, but accidents are occurring every day. Lastly, whenever they divert roads, those roads where they divert to are not worked on. They leave them as they used to be. When Katonga Bridge broke down, they were using Kalungu- Villa Maria Road to Nyendo. The road was spoiled –

Yes, the early marriages – my daughter was impregnated; she was in P. 6, but I want money. After getting the money, he does not use that money to continue educating her daughter, but rather for his benefit, thereby making the girl a source of income – because of mischief that took place without her willingness or because of her young age. We need to address all these issues and the Government – in the NRM manifesto, honourable minister, you have it stated that you must provide girls with sanitary pads. In this era, in districts and areas like Kalungu or Karamoja, you should be having small factories manufacturing these simple things for these girls. As I conclude, one time, when I was teaching at Shimoni - I was a P. 7 teacher. The training we had for girls, because of the use of senior women teachers – you could see a girl getting that problem during class, but a boy would come and inform you, as you are on the blackboard: “Mr Ssewungu, Jane has got a challenge.” Without making noise, you would move out all the boys, remain with the girls and handle the challenges. Let us work on senior women teachers – build their capacity while in these schools – to manage our girls. Thank you.

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]

16677 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 11 MARCH 2025 Mr Speaker, for us in the Kalungu and Masaka area, power is off every day and during peak hours when people want to cut their hair or prepare food. Honourable Minister of Public Service, you cannot come before this Parliament and tell us that RAPEX is stopping people using ferries from going to their islands. That is very irregular and you deserve a punishment before this House from the Speaker. (Laughter) Thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Allow me to thank the Prime Minister for responding to all the issues, including mine. I have picked out a few issues and I hope she will give them attention. The first one was under rule 41(9) – that is where I am proceeding from. The Holy Family Mission Hospital is non-profit-making. You find that in most of these districts, which were created, there are many missionary hospitals, which have better facilities. Some time back, the Government was working with them and giving them support, but now – (Interjection) - Madam Prime Minister, let me lay my issues clearly. I wish that if you are doing so, you increase the support a little. Normally, I do not go into the specifics for my area, but make it a general issue. A hospital like Villa Maria, in the area where I come from, handles over six districts. When you go to Kalungu, Villa Maria Hospital [Ms Acan PRIME MINISTER’S TIME

16619 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF U GANDA WEDNESDAY, 5 M ARCH 2 025 As we process all loans for the cancer institute, I want my district, Kalungu, which has only two kilometres of tarmac - constructed by the Catholic Church, from the main road to a parish church, to get some tarmac road as a new district. As a new district, we want to benefit from the loans as we pay or even when our children are paying. Lastly -(Interjection)- yes, I support it, but what I am saying – Mr Speaker, the last issue I want to raise - Hon. Kabasharira and Hon. Santa Alum from the UPC - have helped me to say the same issue of that 1 per cent; it is very key. Vultures are waiting for this money. I request the Government to go and read about the loans Obote was taking while in the Government. They would come and perform as fast as possible. Mr Minister, when we pass these loans, what period does it take to make them effective? Do you take three years or five months? In 2013, Mr Speaker, we passed a loan but which became effective in 2020 during COVID-19, and all the areas that were supposed to get power through that loan were all left out because work was done during COVID-19 and the vultures continued enjoying. That is why, as I conclude, today I was listening to a radio programme and the presenters were saying, “If you find the mansions and apartments in Kampala, the owners are government officials. They own 90 per cent of apartments, hotels and all these…” Where do they get that money from? It is from these loans we pass, which take so long to be effected. That is how they end up building and enjoying life yet at the end of the day, they can become victims of the same circumstance, and they will die, by the way. They will die and leave those apartments with the poorly educated children who have been enjoying their lives. They will drink whisky like black label or green label and they will also follow them by selling their assets. Let us pass the loan, but the honourable minister should confirm to this House, and assure us that once the loan is passed, this is the time of performance of the loan and we move on so that all the loans that come in move without any delays.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would also like to thank the two ministers. Mr Speaker, there is a statement that money is available, but the affected person’s children are not at school now. I do not know whether we will receive that. Secondly, I love Hon. Muruli Mukasa very much. You see, whenever these ministers talk, look at their demeanour: you will get what is true and what is not correct. He said money is not cowrie shells and that you can only give money if money is available. In Australia, Mr Speaker, there is a hunting system where hunters go with a certain kind of stick called a “boomerang”. When you throw that boomerang to get a bird and you do not get it, the boomerang comes back to you. Here we are with a boomerang, getting back to us. Mr Speaker, if you look at what Hon. Muruli Mukasa wrote in this statement that he has given – I have taken a keen interest; look at page 15 of this statement. He gives you key issues and challenges on RAPEX and the mitigating measures. Out of all these challenges, they show that there is no money. Once the debate becomes hot, you see a letter coming in to give defences. I, myself - honourable members, I can give you the telephone number of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works and Transport. Call him on an individual basis. I have called him several times concerning the Kalungu roads. He said he has no money. Even when districts are willing to give him machines, he says: “You wait for another three months before I get money to work on your roads. However, even if I give you money, it will be for just patching up the holes and the roads will continue to stay like the way they were.” Here we are, being assured of the money. Look at the minority report that we gave as the Opposition – because there is time to go to heaven. (Mr Musasizi rose_) Just a minute – (Interruption)

Madam Chairperson, I thank the Attorney-General because you have catered for our clause and the minister will be safe, like you have said. However, the reason we are putting in “may” is that you know many universities are coming up, and they are definitely going to compete. Someone might not be interested in having TVET. If you make it mandatory in any university, what if he does not have the facilities to run TVET? You might find the universities in maybe Kalungu and Karamoja - but because of a competing business to build in - the moment they see that they are not getting business - the other fields of education, he rushes. Therefore, if you make it mandatory, then when they are licensing them, they will be required to have all those necessities, which will be difficult for them.

Thank you, Madam Speaker, but he is representing the other one. However, let me take it as you have stated. The powers are vested in you. My issue is for the minister for the presidency. There is a gentleman in Kalungu called Mr Vincent Ssemugenyi. He is a combatant. This man was conned by State House operatives to get access to the President, and he paid them Shs 20 million. My interest- minister for presidency, through the Speaker, is to know why somebody who wants to meet the President of the country has to pay money. What criteria do they use? This is an old man who is going to die. What is the right price for meeting Gen. Museveni in the State House by his own combatants, and who are those people conning people from Kalungu, where I come from?

Amen! In the public gallery, we also have students and teachers from Bokwe Primary School in Masindi District, represented by Hon. Dr Florence Asiimwe and Hon. Aled. Join me in receiving them. (Applause) Where are they? They have left. Honourable members, in the meantime, the minister can respond as we get to know the students. Honourable minister, you have a short time within which to respond. You also need to talk about the waiver. To whom do you give a waiver? Do you give it only to the ‘red’ people or everybody? But before you say that, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have pupils and teachers from St Catherine Junior School, located in Mukono Municipality – those ones went? We also have teachers and students from Yesu Akwagala School from Kalungu. They are represented by Hon. Gonzaga Joseph Ssewungu and Hon. Sekindi – he is the former Acting Leader of the Opposition. Join me in receiving them. (Applause) Wave to them. The ladies are behind.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Senior member, it is a brief one. I thank the chairperson of the committee and members for the report. However, still on the Public Service Commission, the observation here is that the committee observed 60 out of 146 required, 42 of the District Service Commission, meaning there is no work going on. Other committees are always going to report staffing gaps in several Government entities, including districts. Once this Commission is not fully constituted, it cannot work. It is the duty of the Ministry of Public Service, under Hon. Muruli Mukasa, a senior member, to carry out supervision of these people. Madam Speaker, let me tell you one interesting scenario. When you go to our districts, you will find that a teacher who wants to be appointed in a Government school can spend Shs 6 million to get a job, yet this teacher is going to earn Shs 400,000 per month. By the time he gets a job, he will have spent one year ahead of him without any payment. It is you, public service, through you, Madam Speaker, to bring all these suggestions to your relevant committees. How do you appoint these people and remunerate them? When they talk about poor remuneration, as Hon. Barnabas Tinkasiimire has stated, the weakness is in Public Service. You are sleeping on the job. At the end of the day, it impacts our citizens. This is very simple. If you want to change legislation or improve their remuneration, bring it to Parliament. Lastly, Madam Speaker, let us not talk about the Shs 1 million that the district chairperson is getting. It depends on the income of the district. A district like Kalungu with low local revenue will not be able to get this money and allowances to pay members to attend. All those should be responded to by the relevant minister, who is not very common here but today he is - (Interjection ) - yes, he is here, and I thank him.

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for this chance. I think this system is a very good one because it gives everyone a chance to say something. For any country to develop, the education system has to be thorough. When I observe what is happening today - those days when we were young, we used to have school supervisors. Whenever they could visit, all the teachers would be on tension. I think nowadays, they already plan. I think there is no supervision done. If there is any supervision being done, then all Government schools would be closed because most of them do not have the qualities to remain open. Many people will agree and it is not only in Kalungu, but across the entire country. On the other issue of the seed schools being constructed, I am on the Committee on National Economy where we approve loans. When we go and visit these seed schools that are constructed, we find that the work is normally of poor quality, no value for money yet the contractors are normally untouchable. Whether it is somebody commissioning, they will have no answer. You find a new school being commissioned actually looking old. Then the other one, for the schools that have existed and that were constructed sometime back, including universities like - (Member timed out.)

Mr Speaker, whereas I am a beneficiary of the Nyendo-Villa Maria-, however, when this loan was brought on this very Floor, I raised issues about that road, of why not include Nyendo-Villa Maria- Kyamulibwa-Kabulasoke. The reasons that I gave here were that when Katonga bridge broke, people were driving 228 Kilometres from Kampala to Masaka through Ssembabule. And yet, when you drive from Kampala through Kalungu from Nyendo to Kabulasoke it is only 48 kilometres. People were going an extra 60 kilometres because of the breakage yet the shortest distance to Masaka is that road, which is part of Nyendo-Villa Maria. I wrote a letter to the Committee on National Economy and Hon. Migadde will bear me witness. I would like to know whether they have paid attention because Nyendo-Villa- Maria Road is tarmacked but it broke down because of the traffic incurred during the breakage of Katonga-Masaka. Mr Speaker, as I conclude, I would like to know: why leave out a road, which is a short- cut, when there are challenges on Kampala- Masaka Road which is shorter than going through Ssembabule to Masaka and then Mbarara? Fortunately, we are all beneficiaries of that road, which is very key. I did write to you but you did not invite me to justify; tell me, through the Speaker.

13756 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT post-harvest handling inputs through the e-voucher system, capacity building for target beneficiaries, and farmer organizations and development of agricultural input markets. The farmers were supposed to register and the Government was co-funding 70 per cent and the farmers 30 per cent and it was in all these areas. E-Voucher The e-voucher is a component that involves support towards the intensification of this program through the provision of subsidised inputs, as I had stated. The project had provided 67 per cent, 50 per cent, and 33 per cent respectively of the total cost of the inputs during the first, second, and third seasons while the farmer contributed the difference, as I stated. The farmer is weaned off the subsidiary by the 4 th season because it is anticipated that by this time, the farmer would have known the value and adopted the use of quality agro- inputs for commercial farming. The committee learnt that most of the farmers were faced with challenges in accessing and operating the e-voucher system. In areas where there are no networks - I even saw this before I became a Member of Parliament because I participated in monitoring. The system encountered frequent breakdowns and network failures, sometimes during critical times of the cropping season, which delayed enrolment, placement of orders, and serving of farmers. The farmers asserted that the e-voucher system where inputs were to be requisitioned and delivered using the Internet, was not working, which resulted in members not receiving their inputs despite paying for them up to the time of the committee visit. Some farmers reported that they did not know how to operate and how the system works. This delayed other farmers from participating in commercial farming. Most districts reported failure of the e-voucher system, as stated above. The committee learnt that the contracted bank, that was UBA, was the service provider for the e-voucher system in some districts, but due to system failures, some farmers’ money got lost in the UBA system. This discouraged many potential farmers from getting enrolled. Mr Speaker, I was in Amuru when this happened, because UBA was not in Amuru. They would go up to Gulu. That is how the funds were lost. Mr Speaker, it was unique in Nebbi. The committee was informed that the Government had withheld the co-funding part of the e-voucher system for 11 months, hence redemption was cut off for some farmers’ money that was locked in the e-voucher system. Furthermore, there were reports of missing balances on farmers’ e-voucher accounts due to system inefficiency, which was very frustrating to the affected farmers. The committee received complaints from some farmers about the quality of some of the agricultural inputs supplied through the e-voucher system, stating that the products received through the e-voucher system were counterfeit/fake. For instance, in Kalungu, there were complaints from the farmers stating that they had received counterfeit fertilisers and seedlings that did not germinate. The committee also received complaints from Balikosa Balibona Biwere Farmers’ Cooperative Growers’ Union Limited in Bugweri District, of adulterated fertilisers. The same were alleged to have been distributed out of season. There were very many complaints, Mr Speaker, I cannot mention all. Like in Hoima, there were complaints. Recommendations 1. The committee recommends that all farmers who were supplied with counterfeit agricultural inputs through the e-voucher system should be compensated and the suppliers of those inputs blacklisted. 2. Farmers who had paid for the e-voucher services and had not received agricultural inputs through the system should be refunded. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) [Ms Auma] SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT

13758 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT Phase III Rollout districts. This was at the procurement process for 145 road chokes spread over 487.7 km. It was at contract signing and site handover by then. Mr Speaker, in the third phase, Lira District was part of it but up to now the constructed roads have no bridges. The bridges were done in a shoddy way, and the heavy rain swept the bridges, yet it was stretching, crossing from Lira to Oyama. Substandard and wrong machinery The committee observed that most grantees were small and medium scale, where pilot projects were established at lower local government structures and levels to bring together farmers’ communities to add value to their farm produce. The committee discovered that the machinery at various grantees’ sites was inadequate and out of capacity to process high-value farm produce. The committee further noted that the machinery was devoid of complete design specification requirements to handle farm produce across the complete value chain, thereby rendering some machines meant for value addition idle because of assembling and installation. The machines were also noted to have visible signs of gradual depreciation. The committee was informed by the members of the Oturukuru Produce Dealers and Farmers Association in Kumi District that they had envisaged the installation of machines with complete value chain specifications and therefore expected the machine to hurl, sort, winnow, and package rice to market standard. This was frustrating. The committee was informed by some grantee members in the district that the district focal point person - because the ministry had allocated each focal point person at the district level, was not guiding, and did not support the procurement of the machinery, meaning that they went blindly and some procured machinery beyond their capacity, others did not have knowledge on how to operate it. The committee further observed that there was a general lack of technical support and guidance as stated in the earlier submission, and this was exacerbated by inadequate budget allocation and release for procurement of machines with requisite complete value chain specification. For example, incomplete and poor workmanship was seen in some facilities that we visited in Kalungu and Rakai districts. Two, non-functional facilities due to lack of electricity in Bugweri - three, government issues in Kole District; there were fights. Non-compatibility of machines in Pakwach, Pallisa, and Nebbi District - these all hindered the well-intended objectives of the project. Recommendation The committee recommends that the Government, through the relevant ministry, especially the Ministries of Finance Agriculture, Local Government, Energy, and Mineral Development, should collaborate to offer guidance and support to grantees to procure machinery with a complete value chain of production. Matching Grants Mr Speaker, the committee found out that some of the projects in some districts that had been constructed as a result of the matching grants were complete and functional. The investment items under this component include offices, storage facilities, shelter for hullers, guardhouses, fences, ventilated improved pit latrines, weighing scales, moisture metres, and a power extension. The committee was impressed by some of the successful groups like the Katwaniza Women Farmers’ in Hoima, Abongo Women Group in Pakwach, and Kasaali Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Kyotera, among others. [Ms Auma] SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT

13760 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT In the table here, it shows the overall project’s financial performance as of 30 September 2022. Honourable members, I hope you have seen. Loan expenditure by subcomponent By April 2022 and 30 September 2022, the project spent a total of $106.9 million. Table 4 below shows the expenditure by sub- component. I am not going to read that. Government and management challenges The committee established that some guarantees were marred with complex governance and management challenges, including but not limited to leadership wrangles, weak management, poor record-keeping, conflict and interest, non-accountability of grants, limited members’ participation, and low firm prices. Some of the management and governance cases the committee encountered during the oversight visit were as follows: a) The Bugweri Maize Farmers’ Cooperative Union and Ayer Joint Youth Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited. The members of Bugweri Farmers’ Cooperative, made accusations of their leadership on misappropriation of this grant disbursed to the union for implementing this project; b) There were also reported cases of impersonation like the case with Limoto Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Pallisa District; c) Reports from Dokolo Young Oil Seed Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited of multiple special interests in the management of the grantees’ affairs on account of financial contributions made by several donors; d) Lack of accountability of funds received by some corporations was likely evident with the improper and no bookkeeping when the committee requested to see the books of accounts. Some cooperatives could not produce them; and e) Some of the farmers’ associations that received matching grants were marred with conflicts of interest within, like the signatories to some accounts of the said association. For instance, the Zambogo Farmers Group in Kalungu, which had 87 members and had a man as the chairperson and his wife. The association had received Shs 160 million. This was managed by a family. There was a lot –

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I also add my voice to those who have thanked the chairperson of the committee. They did a great job, and I was lucky that when they visited the constituency that I represent, I was there. I welcomed them to Kalungu. Of course, what we found there was not exciting. We have a project which is a “white elephant”. Not even a single kilogramme of coffee has been produced, and it is on the main road. Ours is not a case of power.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I join my honourable colleagues to thank the honourable members for the valu - able comments on the report of the committee. I really liked the report of the committee; they did a good job. There is no doubt as a Gov - ernment, we shall implement the recommenda - tions therein. I have taken a big note about the issues of local government. Local governments were involved because at each district, we had a district coordination team chaired by the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), with the secretary, the production officer; mainly the agriculture officer and the other heads of departments. We also had extension workers involved and it was our role to supervise and so on. Indeed, there were some successes, as he has said. If you look at page 15, there were successes in the e-voucher system in Kyotera and other areas. On page 19 of the report, there were functional agricultural processing facilities in Hoima and other areas. On page 17, roads were rehabilitated in some districts like Kalungu and Nebbi at 98 per cent. It is not that the entire project did not - I am looking at the pages in the report. We had challenges as local governments which were certainly beyond the districts. For example, delays in the release of funds. You cannot blame this on the districts. Look at system failures, including banks which were far from some of these areas. There are inadequate extension workers. The minister has pointed out that. We actually have a gap of 2,200 extension workers. In fact, we still have to come to Parliament to say, let us at least have two extension workers per subcounty. Of course, the lack of electricity for some of these APFs as a result of poor identification. Mr Speaker, I think the recommendations made by Members here remain extremely valid. I have picked two or three. SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT

2.3. Dlrbu'.cncat of Flrn& to DLtrlctr The prolcct supports rts operahons at the drstrrct levcl cvery tnancEl year. by dlsbursrng funds to the Drstnct to mplement prolect actrvrtrea through Drstnct Coordrnatron Teams A Drstnct Coordrnatron Team (DCTI ovcrscea (he ptannmg, coordrnatron and rmplementatron of prolcct actlvrtres wrthtn the drstnct tt ls chared by the Chref Admrnrstrattve Offrcer and the Drstnct Agncultural Officer IDAO)/ProJect Focal Pomt Person (FPP) m the Drstnct Productron Department whrch scrv.s as the Secreta_nat for the DCT Each Dlstnct Coordrnatron Team (DCI] compnsea the followrng Chref Admrrusfahve Officer (Chalr), Drstnct Productron Officer (DPO), Drstirct Commuruty Development Omccr (DCDOI, Drstnct Envronment Officcr - DEO, Drstrlct Agncultural Oficer - DAO (Sccretaryl. Officers reeponsrble for productron of the ACDP selccted commodltres $thrn the dlstnct, Drstnct Commercral Otrrcers (DCO|, Drstnct Engrneer (DE|, and Setuor Agncultural Engneer (SAEI Accordrng to the ProJect status rcporl of the Agnculturc Cluster Development P.olect of Jul:/, 2022, the project had drsbursed a total of UOX l9 88bn to the drstr-rcts to support the mplem.ntatron of proJect actrvrtreE The 25 dstncts rn the prlot clusters (1, 2, 6, 1l and 12) came on board at the start of the projcct rn 2O18 whercas the 32 dGtncts rn thc rollout clusters came on board rn 2020 hence the vanatron tn amounts recerved Bclor b r brcrldorn ol ttc fuadr dlrbur.cd to crch dLtrlct r! rt Jutr 2022 (.ubmtttcd by tiAllq. lfrnc Of DLtrict Kalungu Masaka Mprgr Rakar Kyotera tganga /,J s_ ff Clurtcr I 2 CEEuht&rc Dlbu.t.cnctrt (ucxl 442,S00,800 633,887,0O0 468,599,750 s 15,928.500 491.520,0O0 615,798,0O0 J'RI 6

1 3.O. llGthodology The Commrttce undertook oversrght vrsrts and engagement meetrngs wrth the followrng selccted Farmer Groups and Coopcratrves that benefited from the Agnculture Clustcr Development Prolect DTATRIET CLUATER t I 1 w Lwanda Farmers' Cooperahve Soclcty Nsmbo Farmers and Traders Cooperatlva Socretv JJongoza Colrcc Farmers' Coopcratrve Socrety Ltd Kasaa.h Farmers' Cooperatrve Socrety Bukose Bahbona Blwerre Cooperauve Crowcrs Utuon Llmrted Bug\rerr Marze Farmers' Cooperatrve Unron 2 o Vt Ma,ze llo. oRorrP/Aaaocntrolt I 2 Kalungu Dlst-rrct Lwaben8e Coffee Farmers' Coopcratrve Socrety Bukulula ColIec Farmers' Cooperatrve Zambogo Fa-rmcrs Group Marze and Robusta Coffee Cotnaodlttr 4 5 6 7 Coffee Coffee ColIee 8 9 Rakar Drstnct KyoLera Drstnct Bugu,cn Drstflct ,x Marzc

Thc folloBLn! rrc thc Ftndhgs/Ob.crt rtlon ty thc Coaalttcc tr.ndcr Cotallonclt otrc: &VOUCIIER: The e-voucher r3 a @mponent that rnvolvcs support towards mtensrficatron of on-faim productron and productrvlty through provsron of substdrzed rnputs Thc mputs under tlus component aie marze seeda, fertrlzers, peshcrdcs, hcrbrcrdcs. prumng and starnprng tools (for coffee) and post-harvest handLng matenals (tarpaulns a-nd storage bagsl The prolect provrdes 670/", 5Oo/o atd 33o/o respectrvcly of the total cost of the rnputs dunng tlhe 1.t, 2na and 3.d seasons, rvhrle the faimer contnbutea the dlfrerence The farmer rs weaned olf the subsld]' by the 4th season because rt rs antrcrpated that by ttus hme thc farmer wrll have known the value and adopted the use ofquallt,.agro-hput8 for commercral farmrng I. The Commrttee leaint that most of the farmcrs were faced wrth challenges of acceasrng and opcratmg the e-vouchcr system Tl|e system encountered frequenl breakdown a-nd network fatlures, sometrmes dunng cnhcal trmes of the croppmg seaaon whlch deliaJrcd en.olment. placcment of orders and scrvrng of far.mers Some farmers asserted that the e-voucher system whcrc rnputa were to be reqursttroned and dehvered usrng the tnternct was not worlong wtuch resulted rnto membcrs not recerung therr rnputs desprte paymg for them up to the tme of the Commrttee urart Some farmers reported that they drd not know how to operate and how the systeft works 2. Most dBtncts rcport.d falure of the e-t ouchcr system For rnstance, loss of data from thc system after enrolment whrch causcd delays for the farmers to rccelve therr lnputs Thls also a-ffected the numbcr of faimert enrolmcnt to get rnputs ln Kalungu Drstnct for example. 15.042 orders fo. tnpLtts had bcen madc but duc to cha-tlenges ln the funcionalrty of the EVMS system, onty 7,143 orders had bc.n redeemed - J ,*^ I 3. The Commrttee leamt that UBA had been contracted as the servrce provrder for the e-voucher ayatem ln some dlsLncts but duc to stsLem f€Iu_rcs some ianners, money 4. l, t2 "c.e @ N

got loat ln the UBA systcm Thrs had drscouraged other potentral farm.rs from gettmg enrolled Thrs sccnano rvas partrcularly cncountered rn Masrndr, Nebbr and Pakwach Drstncts In a meehng held ln Ncbbl Drstnct, the Commlttee was rnformed that govemment had wrthheld co-fundrng par( rnto the e-vouchcr system for eleven months hence redemptron was cut off for some farrnera'money that was locked rn the e-voucher system Fuathermore, there wcrc rcports of mrssrng balances on farmers' e-voucher accounts due to system rnefficrcncy wluch was vcry frustratmg to the allected falmers r[. The Comhrttee recerved compliarnts f-rom some fareers about thc qualty of some of the agrrcultural rnputs supphed thiough the e-voucher system statrng that the products reccrved through the e-voucher system were counterfelt/fake For hstance, rn Kalungu there were complarnts fiom the farmera staung that ttLy had recerved counterfert fertrlLers and scedLngs that drd not gerrnmate The Commlttee also reccrved complalnts from Balkosa Bahbona Brwere Farmers' Cooperaave Growers Umon Ltd rn Bug\r.ien Drstnct of adultcrated fertrLzers Thc same fert rzers were alleged to have becn drstnbutcd out of scason S. The Commlttee recervcd s€t eral complarnts about the pnces of agncultural lnputg that had more (l:ran doubled, makmg lt very expenslve for farmers to adopt the recoamended new technologrcs ln Horma Drstnct, for example, tt was reported that l5 accredrted agro dealers were approved to drstnbute rnputs rn the dlstnct, however, due to mcreased pnces for mputs. only three had remaned actrve Ths wa8 affectrng tmely dehvcry of lnputs 6. Most drstflcts reported late rclcasc of operatlonal funds from MAAIF wtuch allectcd efficrent superugron fl S^-a ,x \,e 13

(a) Incomplete and poor worl@anshrp was seen rn soBe facthtres vrslted ln Kalungu and Rakal Drstrrcts (bl Non-funcuonal fac rtres duc to lack of clectncrty rn Bugwen (c) Covernance rssues Kole Dtstnct (d) Non compahb lty of machrncs ln Pakwach, Palrsa and Nebbl Dtstrrcts Corr^mlttcc Rccor,Jr,G d(tlo'^ Thz Commlttac t comr,,nc d,, tha,a Gol,i€,,afilc, toluga d4 thr,o' ghthc r',lclE t l^Lt ic, o, Fanaac€, Pl.I nlng a d, ko^orrdc DctElopr c,^t; Agrlculfr/J,., A^t,,tr4,l l^durtry artd, FTthctlcri toca,l cotrEx,omc t a d E^Gtg! a^d m^G.4l ,,€t,€loprr|Gnt ,ho,tld collobrole to offat gutd.I,,,cc and. aup,ptotT, to GtantacE, to procu?. ,n4,chl^er! ,ltlth coryrletc w,luc chg;l,^ of r,'oduc'lon" 3 frtchtlg Grrtrt!: The Commtttee reports that some of the ProJects m somc dBtncts that had bccn constrlrcted as a result of the matchrng grants were complete and funchonal The rnvcatment ttcms under thrs component rnclude otrrces, storage fac rty, shelter for hullers, guard houaes, fenccs, ventrlated rmproved pr( latnnes (VlPl, wcrghmg scalcs, mot6(ure meters and pow€r extenarona The Commrttce was mpressed by some successful groups Lke Kw^ta za Women Famers Croup rn Horma and Abongo Women Group rn Pakwach and Kasaah Faimers' Cooperatrve Socrety rn Kyotera, among others The Commrttee however notcd q'rth concem that desplte Parhamentaiy approval ln 20 16, of the US $f 50m from thc lntcrnatronal Development Assocratron [tDAl of the World Bank to facrhtate Agnculture Cluster Development ProJect IACDPI, proJect rmplementatron on vanous sltcs wenc noted to be less than 5oolo complete ri,.rth some haung Lmlted space to handle far:m produce rn prepa-.atron for value addrtron procesSes 4. Dchycd dtrbur.Gactrtr of rpDroecd fuadr. The Commrttee alSo recetved submrssrons from some cooperahve socrety members. that desplte reqursrton of funds by vanous fzumer groups, dr-rect drsbursement of funds to fac rtate rmplementatron was as recent as Apr and May 2022 whrch was close to the exprr]' of thc Project For mstance, Bukose Bahbona \ r9

7. GovGranacc lld Urangcrncat Challeagct The Commrttee estabhshed that somc Grantccs werc marred wrth complex govemance and management challcngcs, lncludrng but not llmlted to lcadershlp tfrangles, weak management, poor record keeprng, confuct of rnterest, non-accountablht-v of grants, lmlted members partlclpatlon and low farm pnces Some of the managemcnt and governance casca the Commrttee encountered dunng the overslght nslts as follows (a) Bug\ ren Maze Farmers' Coopcratrve Unron and Ayer Jomt Youth Farmcra' Cooperatrve Soctety Llmlted Thc mcmbers of Buglven Malu Farmers' Cooperatrve Unron made accusatons of ther leadcrshlp on mrsappropnatrng grants drsbursed to the Unron for rmplemenhng thc ACDP (bl Thcre were reported cases of rmpcrsonatron hke the case was wrth Lrmoto Farmers' Cooperatrvc SoclcB' Lmrtcd, PalLsa Dlstnct (c) Reports from Dokolo Young O Seed Farmers' Cooperatlve Socrety Lrmrted, of multrple spccral rnterests ln thc management of the Grantee's affars on account of financral contrrbutrons made by several donors (d) Lack of accountablhty of the funds recerved by some cooperatrves nas targely evldcnced wlth the mproper or no book keeprng. When the Commlttec requested to see thc books of accounts, some cooperatrves could not produce them lhrs was evrdenced at Bukulula, Zambogo and Nsmbo Farmers and Traders Coop Socrety rn Kalungu Drstnct Members of Jjongoza CoIfee Farmers Coopcratlvc Socrety rn Kvotera ff-,{0l.,a v 23

Drstnct rnformed the Commlttee that managemcnt of the Soclety had farled to account for the moncy recclvcd m FY2O2O/21. (el Some of the farmer assocratrons that recerved matchlng grants were marred wrth conlhct of rnterest whcr€ln the srgnatones to some accounts of the sad assoclahons werc rcliatrves. For rnstance. the slgnatones to the Zambogo Farmers Group ln Katungu Dlstnct wtth a mcmbershrp of 87 had the man as the Charperson and hls w e as the secrctary The assocratron had recerved UOX 160,000,000 (one hundred sxty mllhon Sh trngsl as matchlng grant (0 The matchrng grant to Bukuluta Coffee Unron rn Kalungu Drstnct that recerved two hundred and sxteen mrlhon (UOX 216,000,000) was deposlted rnLo the personal account of the charperson ln addltron, the Commlttee lcarnt that the structures of Bukulula Coffee farmer's cooperatrvc was constructcd on a memberh (Mr Senyongal land who eventuall,. took poasessron of the sard faclht-v Wh€n apptl'rng for the matchmg grant, the Cooperatrve had 20O membcrs At the hme of the Commrttee vrsrt, the structure was rdle and not belng put to any uac (g) The Commrttee was rnformed by somc mcmbers of the Lwebenge Coffee Factory ln Kalungu Drstnc( that thc Group's accounts to whlch the matchrng grants was deposrtrd was controllcd by the drstnct leadershlp and therefore some membcrs werc not pnvy to the requrrements and detarls of the financral transactlons thus hmltmg ther access to the - same (h) Project deslgn The Commrttee learnt that some proJect deslgns drd not grve the rmplementlng bcneficlary groups the opportunlty to manage the burtdrng funds and purchase of the machrnes that fit the specfrcahons 'Il:rc Commrttee eshbhshed that funds for the <=yS-, ,fr V 24 q <)

!. ,:t|c Ml^(st ! of Agricl4ltwre, A^t na,l l^dtBtry a d Dbrt",tlcs should 24Adltc t E prccess oJ canncc,tl,ng t E p?otcct to t'tw ^atto al gdd ln ordc" to cnab,, lt tcLto .rlttg oI the cqlltprrld, t th4,t rcqul". co rt]z,nt prrEr ln o"dcr to be fully operqtlo'AaL B. ROID CIIOKEA: The Commrttee leamt that the prolect Pas rntended to provlde support to drstflcts to make access roads [t focused on ehmlnaoon of key choke potnts that regularly lmpeded the rnllow and outflow of farm lnputa and produce Such choke pornts rncluded stretches of roads rn swampy areas Selectron of whlch roads was to be worked on was based on connectlons to hlgh productron areas and processrng faclhty and acccsslb lty to markets The Commrttee notes that lf thc rchablhtahon of the roads rs rndeed done as rs spccrfied, lt w l bnng down the cost of transportatlon of produce and generally rnake lfe easrer for the communrtres As reported above several drstncts werc ldcntrfied to benefit from the component by removal of chokcs along farm/market accesa roads MAAIF reported that the road chokes works u,ere ln three phas€s wrth works elther complete, ongorng or conLracts were bcrng srgncd The Mmrstry reported that works rn Kalungu, Iganga, Bugwen Amuru, Nebbr, and Pakwach and one contract rn Ntungamo were complcted ard handed over to thc dlstrlcts for malntenance The contract for thc constructron ofa bndgc rn Ntungamo was ongorng at 55o/o whrle 19 dlstncts had srgned contracts of whrch 13 had commenced works thcsc lncludc, Rakar, Ismgro, Bushenl l, Kakumro, and Kabale whrch were procured tocalty by the dlstrlcts and Kyotera, Masaka. Bugtn, . centrally by the Mlnlstry Gulu, Nwoya, Rukrga, Maracha and Krbale p rocured x M -:h 30

4.1,5 COUFOf,EI{T FOIrR: COORDIIATIOI{, UAIAGEUEI{t AIID ICT PLAAFOR The objectrvc of thrs component ls to provrdc support servrces to the thrcc tech ca.l components and rs responstble for thc coordmatron and management of the proJect at natronal, clustcr and dlstnct level Th€ component anms at - 1 Frnancrng thc rncrcmental op€ratrng costs for the prolccts 2 Undertakmg monrtorrng and evaluatlon actrvltles and tmpact evaluatron studres 3 Developrng and lmplemenhng web-based, gco-tagged ICT platforms for leamrng, knowledge management and stakeholder's fcedback UllIF rct)ortcd thrt rr rt .ruly 2C12, thct hrd undcrtrhea thc followlng: Frvc (OS) ICT systems had been developed and were at the field deptolment stage The ICT sotutrons support collcctron, storage, and drsscmlnatron of productron, chmate, rnarket, and advlsory rnformatron to Agnculture sector stakeholders Ihe servrces offered under thLrs component rncludc, ltrc e-voucher managcment system by MCash (financral rnclusron platform) MAAIF reportcd that thrs q'as berng used to supply mputs to farmcrs n seasons 20228 The e-extensron system Thls enables access to extensron adnsorres by farmers and the e-dEry componcnt ls for monrtonng ofcxtensron workers The Commlttee was rnformed by MAAIF that e-drary functlon had bccn deptoyed rn 16 drstncts The drstncts are, Kyotera, Kabale, lsrngro, Bushenyr, Krkuube, Klryandongo, Masrndr, Horma, Kagadl, Kyegegwa, Krbaale, Kassanda, Krkumuro, Mubende, KyenlonJo. Kuml, Serere, Sorou, Kapochorwa, Bukwo, Mba.le, Palhsa, Butebo, Namutumba, Iganga, Bugvren, Bugrn, Kalungu, Mprg, Masaka ttee, 36 o

however, notes that the uptake of thesc scrvlcea la st l low because some e-workcrs do not have the necessary gadgets whrlc rn aome areas therc are challenges of accesslng and uslng lT The mobrle sorl testng apphcatron Thls rs aorl testrng to rdenbfy mlssii'lg nutnents and lnform fertlhzer use A So[ Nutnent Data Collectron Mobrle 'i Apphcahon was developed and used rn 12 dlstncts Samples were collected from 7,098 farmers m 12 dlstncts and so[ fertrlEatron plans wcre developed. The next step is thc drssemrnatron of the results to the farmcrs . MAAIF contractcd Jabba Engmeenng Lmrted to customrze a so testrng apptrcatron, undertake garden profilmg and sorl nutrlent testlng for benehcraqr farmers and supply soll test krts so as to rncrease adoptron of precrse opUmal fertrlEer apphcatron for rmproved crop productlvlty . Specrfically, Jabba was cxpected to, r Produce gardcn profiles and offer so testrng scruces to 7,2OO b€neficrafles rn 720 sub countues, ll Dcvelop a data collechon tool (a mob e App) that fac rtates soll tcstrng for mdlrduals irl Carry out sof nutnent data analysrs modcl for lntegratron $1th ACDP MIS of NAFAS rv Provrde 24O crop specrfic fert zatron plans and 12 nutnent drstnbutron geo-mapa, v Supply 14 mobrte dlgrtal soll tcstmg klts and provrde tra_rnlng to ACDP prolect focal persons and MAATF on klts usage . Under (v) Jabba Engneenng (U) Ltd dchvered Sorl Test Krts wrth complete rcagents to 12 drstrlcts as rndrcated rn the table bclow Dl.trlct Cluttcr Focal pcrtoa Co.trct Patrlck 075193403s Ogaz,a 07427? t696 Emmanucl o?0672334t I Kalungu tganga Palhaa 2 3 4 Mbale Rose Nablryc 5 Sorotr Odcny James Peter 6 Gulu o7726737a9 07?5619409 Codfrey Anywat o774454040 .#1,ft-rJ ry N

This bridge is under threat. These are my prayers; 1. Can the Minister of Works and Transport explain why the site has been abandoned and why there is no deliberate effort to fix the important trade route? 2. Can the works minister give us a date when this will be fixed? 3. Can the Minister of Works and Transport pre-emptively work on a shorter route to act as an alternative during the repairs and reconstruction of this bridge? I propose the Villa-Maria-Kalungu-Masaka Road. I beg to submit.

>!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

Honourable mem - bers, can I read the districts, which are includ - ed? Hon. Ssekikubo is that okay? With the amounts. Honourable members, listen. Read: Vote 804 – Alebtong District – Shs 848,733,704; Vote 805 – Amolatar District – Shs 220,815,010; Vote 807 – Amuria District – Shs 76,091,072; Vote 811 – Budaka District – Shs 569,774,320; Vote 812 – Bududa District – Shs 871,310,151; Vote 813 – Bugiri District – Shs 80,000,000; Vote 816 –Buikwe District – Shs 634,351,309; Vote 817: Bukedea District - Shs 557,998,824; Vote 818: Bukomansimbi District - Shs 138,976,150; Vote 819: Bukwo District - Shs 3,457,961,447; Vote 820: Bulambuli District – Shs 237,021,273; Vote 823: Bunyangabu District – Shs 371,453,937; Vote 825: Busia District - Shs 2,493,045,786; Vote 830: Buyende District - Shs 325,110,681; Vote 831: Dokolo District – Shs 1,200,052,179; Vote 832: Gomba District – Shs 132,794,807; Vote 834: Hoima District – Shs 663,105,613; Vote 835: Ibanda District - Shs 2,181,084,002; Vote 837: Isingiro District – Shs 3,142,687,738; Vote 838: Jinja District - Shs 2,158,144,238; Vote 840: Kabale District - Shs 122,770,149; Vote 841: Kabarole District – Shs 413,457,210; Vote 842: Kaberamaido District - Shs 1,189,601,445; Vote 846: Kalangala District – Shs 499,303,936; Vote 848: Kalungu District – Shs 1,919,206,727; Vote 851: Kanungu District - Shs 2,355,337,661; Vote 855, Kassanda District – Shs 1,076,055,328; Vote 856: Kasese District - Shs 1,428,572,362; Vote 858: Kayunga District - Shs 886,274,114; Vote 861: Kiboga District – Shs 877,544,449; Vote 862: Kibuku District – Shs 55,309,755; Vote 864: Kiruhura District - Shs 1,272,038,110; Vote 866: Kisoro District – Shs 1,147,709,409; Vote 867: Kitagwenda District – Shs 292,329,260; Vote 868: Kitgum District - Shs 260,346,061; Vote 869: Koboko District – Shs 1,346,133,500; Vote 870: Kole District - Shs 508,409,292; Vote 872: Kumi District - Shs 2,856,532,203; Vote 875: Kyankwanzi District - Shs 280,000,000; Vote 876: Kyegegwa District - Shs 2,218,090,875; Vote 877: Kyenjojo District - Shs 1,050,288,984; Vote 878: Kyotera District - Shs 1,273,322,749; Vote 879: Lamwo District - Shs 403,256,222; Vote 881: Luuka District - Shs 931,990,097; Vote 882: Luwero District - Shs 5,365,516,069; Vote 883: Lwengo District – Shs 1,967,438,860; Vote 884: Lyantonde District - Shs 253,488,082; Vote 885: Madi-Okollo District - Shs 676,404,553; Vote 887: Maracha District – Shs 416,761,385; Vote 889: Masindi District – Shs 84,336,637; Vote 890: Mayuge District – Shs 930,316,165; Vote 891: Mbale District – Shs 1,720,742,693; Vote 892: Mbarara District - Shs 455,148,176; Vote 893: Mitooma District - Shs 505,896,701; Vote 894: Mityana District - Shs 471,519,063; Vote 895: Moroto District – Shs 165,753,246; Vote 896: Moyo District - Shs 1,293,741,625; Vote 899: Mukono District – Shs 2,529,351,767; Vote 900: Nabilatuk District – Shs 1,252,915,918; Vote 901: Nakapiripirit District – Shs 30,000,000; Vote 902: Nakaseke District – Shs 933,060,184; [Mr Ekanya] THE SUPPLEMENTARY EXPENDITURE SCHEDULE NO.2

Mr Speaker, we do not, as the Government, attach your voting patterns to development. Otherwise, other areas that do not vote NRM would not receive any support. We depend on the needs of the people, as NRM. (Applause) I was in Kalungu and I know what he is talking about. In a few months, that bridge is going to be worked on so that we can connect those people from that area to the main road. Two, I already told you that the road from Masaka to Villa Maria is one of those roads that we commissioned recently and it is going to be re-tarmacked. Thank you.

Madam Speaker, you are right – and there are very many hovering around here –(Laughter) - but I represent all of them. Madam Speaker, I would like to seek your guidance on the road they have talked about, which matter is going to the Committee on National Economy. The road they have given – and the ministers for finance should pay attention because Madam Speaker has allowed me - the road from Nyendo to Bukalasa is tarmacked, but had challenges when Katonga River was flooded. There is a very serious road from Bukalasa to Gomba, which is just 35 kilometres. I do not know why they are not including that road. I met the Executive Director of Uganda National Roads Authority. When you look at the money they have spent on this small murram road, it would have been saved by constructing a tarmac road. My prayer, if permitted, is that the road from Nyendo up to Gomba should be tarmacked because it is a shortcut if there is a problem along Masaka Road. When I go to the Committee on National Economy, I will raise my issues. As you seek for this loan, attention should be given to Villa Maria-Kalungu-Kyamulibwa- Gomba Road. It will solve all problems. Katonga is already damaged yet UNRA is going to repair it. Why don’t you work on the same road? When you go to Bukomansimbi- Sembabule Road, it is tarmacked. Sembabule to Gomba Road is tarmacked, save for the work on that small part such that my constituency also benefits. Madam Speaker, new districts with no tarmac roads should be given some attention. (Applause) You create a new district, but you do not give them a simple tarmac. In my constituency, the only tarmac I have is from one Catholic who built a short tarmacked road from the main road to the Catholic Church. That is the tarmac road we have. If that road is given attention under this loan, it would – (Interruption)

Madam Speaker, since you allowed me, in good spirit - Hon. Haruna Kasolo is from that region. He knows the road I am talking about. Hon. Mathias Mpuuga knows the road I am talking about. It is the main road from Villa Maria to Gomba and the distance is small. Why do you go for a small loan of 11 kilometres yet you would cover around 45 to 60 kilometres? This is because it is advantageous when the road along Masaka is impassable. So, do not play with Kalungu, honourable minister.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise on the subject matter of the budget for the coming financial year. You mentioned that issues at times come to the committee to provide hospitals; among others and those who are not on the committee are at a loss. Now, let us get to know that the right provisions of the law state that Parliament will do oversight of all the funds approved. At the same time, it becomes so complicated to do the monitoring and oversight when we are just lamping up the money. For example, the entities provided by the technocrats; money for roads, but we are providing a budget for a financial year. That means you must have mentioned, which roads are supposed to be done in the financial year so that when you mention, you must justify why it has to be done according to the Munyarwanda , that they have left a certain section of the road. (Laughter) It must be justified at that point in the budget. Why you are constructing this road to Kalungu and you are not constructing the road from Bukungu to Kagwara, must be clear. If we are going to construct health centres, tell us how many health centres you intend to build and their location. If you are building a school, tell us we need money for classrooms, how many classrooms, where and why? Why are you building classrooms in Bukedea yet you are not doing the same in Ntungamo? You must justify. Why

Mr Speaker, I sometimes sympathise with my Government. When Katonga Bridge was washed away by floods – all the trucks, including small vehicles, at first, were going through Mpigi, Ssembabule, up to Villa-Masaka, Kalungu. I expected you, Hon. Namugga, to appreciate. It takes a brave Government to have such alternative routes. She was asking about what the people of Ssembabule did to this Government.

Honourable members, I told you that I needed two clarifications and I was buying time to have my good MPs in the House, since they come earlier than me. I need two clarifications; a clarification from the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on certificates of financial implications and a clarification from the Attorney-General on the titling of the laws. However, before we do that, I will hear from the Member for Kalungu.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to thank the committee for this good work, for letting a team go there and fact find these issues. Generally, the committee has done a good job. However, on the issue of families, which were there, what has not come out is that when the forest was gazetted in the 40s, as raised by the Member from Amuru, there were families in that area. The forest is gazetted and those families keep staying there. They are not kicked out. Now, when the National Forest Authority (NFA) became very active, these people were asked to leave without any compensation. That is true. It is not that the forest reserves established in areas were vacant. In the main, yes but as they were doing it, they also included real villages and there is evidence to this effect. Where is the evidence? Long standing burial grounds, graves and trees which show human habitation. So it is true. I was born in that area. I represented that area for a very long time so I know. Therefore, it is not just in vain. When they are talking of compensation, there is some truth in this matter. It is not that people have gone in after gazettement and now they want to be compensated. That is not the case. In areas of Kalungu in that Kasagala Forest Reserve, there are people who have been there for a long time. When the gazettement took place, they were there, then they were asked to leave recently without any compensation. Mr Speaker, I may not get a chance to say something extra. The committee has done a good job. Maybe to enrich the report further to stop this conflict now that the Ministry of Water and Environment is in charge of bulk water, they could establish these water points outside the forest reserves so that people do not have to have this conflict. However, in case that has not happened and to stop this conflict, NFA must incur an extra expense. Where they have created these corridors, they make sure there is actual fencing so that when people are going to get water with their animals, they do not stray. Mr Speaker, you know pastoralists. When they see grass over there, they will go there. To stop all this, if they could fence so that people go to the water points and come out without injuring the forest, that would be very good. Thank you.

Mr Speaker, these are responses on action-taken reports from the ministry. I would like to apologise because it is long overdue. I will start with responses to the report of the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs on the field visits to Government prisons and prison farms. The issues raised by the committee were congestion and overcrowding in prisons. They recommended that the Uganda Prisons Service development budget should be increased to enable the rehabilitation, expansion and construction of more prisons facilities, to accommodate the increasing number of prisoners and reduce congestion in the existing facilities our response is as follows: The first is that we had inadequate funds allocated for the expansion of prisoners’ sleeping accommodation. The development is inadequate and was budget was cut from Shs 37.227 billion, in the Financial Year 2020/2021, to Shs 27.388 billion, in the Financial Year 2023/2024. The average prisoners’ population of 75,707 as of 1 August 2023, exceeds the prisons’ carrying capacity, which is 20,321. This is exceeded by 55,386 prisoners. At a projected daily average of 80,640 inmates and a projected increase in holding capacity, congestion is projected at 396.8 per cent. This is phenomenal and needs to be addressed. In the Financial Year 2022/2023, the service expanded prison accommodation through the construction of a new prison at Ntungamo and the expansion of prisoners’ accommodation at Rukungiri, Lira, Mutuufu, Kamuli and Kiruhura prisons. Completion of prisoners’ accommodation in Kisoro, Ntwetwe, Isingiro, Maiha, Lukaya, Loro, Yumbe, Lwabenge in Kalungu, Koboko, Bamunanika and Kigandalo, which has been planned in 2023/2024. The strategy is: a) To construct five low-cost security prisons at Shs 3.8 billion each. Shs 19 billion is required per year for this to be realised; b) We need to construct one regional mini- max prison (Kitalya Model) with a capacity of 2,000 prisoners at Shs 33.3 billion per year. The total annual requirement for prisoners’ accommodation is, therefore, Shs 52.3 billion Recommendation two by the committee was that the Government should develop the National Corrections Policy to guide transformation from penal to productive correction. The response is as follows. The development of National Corrections Policy is ongoing. Once complete, this policy will provide a framework for community participation as well as private sector and non-state actors’ involvement in offender rehabilitation and reintegration process. The regulatory impact assessment has been completed and a draft policy is being developed. The other issue raised was about the inadequate staff housing and accommodation. The committee recommended that the management of the prison should prioritise the construction of low-cost housing and should phase this using the incremental approach as a multi-year project for decent accommodation. The responses are as follows: The rate of growth of staff population is not matched with the rate of expansion of staff accommodation. Currently, 7,936 staff, which is 55.9 per cent, are not properly accommodated. In the Financial Year 2022/2023, the service completed 320 staff houses, increasing the proportion of staff properly housed, from 42.6 to 44.1 per cent. Shs 1.4 billion has been PRESENTATION OF ACTION -TAKEN REPORTS

Yes, I read to you a petition by the people of Kansanga, Kalungu Heritage Zone and Kiwafu, by those people that request compensation for their properties that were lost during the preparations for the NAM summit. Allow, Mr Speaker, colleagues, to lay this.

A while ago, we had the Minister of Health here. You know what she said – they had to collect ambulances from all hospitals to assist the NAM guests. What were the alternatives for the hospitals at that time? Yes, I have an ambulance in Kalungu; you took it. What did you give me? What have you given to these hospitals after returning the ambulances? Did you service them? Have you given them some consideration for what they did for you? What happened at that time to the patients that were in the hospitals?

Mr Speaker, the issue of saying that they have managed emergencies is unprecedented. I wish the minister said that they have at least tried. In Kalungu, we have a road from Gomba through Kyamulibwa where Katonga washed away a bridge. The people there are now using boats to cross that river. The best evidence can come from the minister next to you, on your right. He can tell you more because that area is in his constituency. He also crosses that river with his vehicles and the lead car, using a boat. (Laughter) Therefore, if you talk about trying to manage emergencies - these Members of Parliament have always raised matters of national importance and they are not yielding results. I pray, honourable minister, that maybe you say that you are trying though in actual sense, you are not trying. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

11282 SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEDULE NO.1 FOR FY 2023/2024 Public Debt Portfolio Analysis The committee observed that the preliminary country’s total nominal public debt stock stood at Shs 86.779 trillion as at the end of June 2023. This is equivalent to 46.9 per cent of GDP compared to 48.4 per cent as at June 2022. Of the total public debt stock as at June 2023, external debt constituted 60.2 per cent, which is US$ 14.24 billion while domestic debt constituted 39.8 per cent, which is US$ 9.4 billion. Preliminary findings from the annual debt statistical bulletin indicated that a total of approximately US$ 3.29 billion external debt was committed and remained undisbursed as at 30 June 2023. This debt would increase Uganda’s stock in the medium-term, even without signing any new loans. With the growing level of public debt due to its significance in meeting the country’s huge financing development needs, there is need to pay close attention to the cost of debt and the economic rate of return of projects financed through debt. The committee recommends as follows; (i) Given the existing global uncertainties (lower global growth, persistent high inflation in advanced economies, tight global financial conditions, slow growth in domestic revenue and climate change disruptions), the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should prudently project and manage the funding mix as well as review its priorities to avoid escalation of debt beyond a sustainable level. (ii) The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should fast- track implementation of strategies to enhance domestic revenue generation for the country and reducing or rationalising government expenditure. (iii) Acquisition of additional debt should be targeted towards those sectors that trigger export growth and contribute to domestic revenue mobilisation. Criteria for selection of beneficiary districts The committee was informed that the selection of the beneficiary districts was based on the following; climate change vulnerability of the watersheds, poverty levels of sub-regional level and watershed degradation. The committee, however, notes that some of the districts which met the criteria were omitted. For example; Namayingo, Busia, Masaka, Soroti, Kwania, Lira, Gulu, Rwampara, Ntungamo, Pakwach, Kapchorwa, Mukono, Nabilatuk, Luwero, Kalungu, Kalangala and Buvuma. The committee, therefore, recommends that the districts of Namayingo, Busia, Masaka, Soroti, Kwania, Lira, Gulu, Rwampara, Ntungamo, Pakwach, Kapchorwa, Mukono, Nabilatuk, Luwero, Kalungu, Kalangala and Buvuma should be absorbed on the climate smart project due to the climate change vulnerability of the watersheds, poverty levels of sub-regional level and watershed degradation concerns in these districts. The inclusion of these districts will not alter the value chain in their respective subregions. Conclusion The committee, therefore, recommends that the request by Government to borrow up to US$ 325 million and receive a grant of up to SDR 19.5 million (equivalent to US$ 25 million) from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group to finance the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project be approved subject to these recommendations. I beg to report.

10846 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT Recommendation 5: The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should ensure that all ministries, departments, agencies (MDAs) and local governments have specific budgets for gender equality and social inclusion, including women empowerment as per the Public Finance Management Act, 2015. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development reported that they are in conjunction with the Equal Opportunities Commission, which issues the Gender and Equity Certificate to each qualifying MDA after a thorough analysis of their budget. This was work in progress. The committee recommends a budgetary increase for gender equality and social inclusion of the following categories: children, older persons and persons with disabilities. Recommendation 6: The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should allocate and release adequate financial resources to clear the pending pension arrears and regularly allocate, and release adequate financing to the public service pension schemes, going forward. Mr Speaker, the Government reported that Shs 38.8 billion has been provided for in the budget for the Financial Year 2023/2024 to cater for verified pension and gratuity arrears. The committee recommends that accounting officers should prioritise the timely payment of pensions. All pension arrears should be cleared. Recommendation 7: The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should prioritise budgetary allocations to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF) to ensure the sufficient investment in agriculture to help with information gathering and research, thereby contributing to development. The budget for MAAIF has increased from Shs 564.4 billion in the Financial Year 2022/2023 to Shs 1,030.994 billion in the Financial Year 2023/2024. The funds will be geared towards supporting the mechanisation of agriculture, the establishment of irrigation facilities and supporting PDM interventions in local governments, among others, in order to increase agricultural production across the country. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development also reported that it has supported MAAIF through the Agricultural Cluster Development Project to establish the National Food and Agricultural Statistical System (NFASS), to ensure that agricultural data is reliable, timely, consistent, disaggregated and accessible to facilitate planning and decision making. NFASS has been piloted in five districts of Nebbi, Amuru, Iganga, Kalungu and Ntungamo and is being rolled out to five subregions of Lango, Karamoja, Bukedi, Teso and Elgon. The committee recommends the timely release of funds to enable the ministry and other stakeholders to effectively implement the planned activities as per their work plan. Recommendation 8: The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development should effectively fund remand homes. The Government reported that funds have been allocated in the budget for the Financial Year 2023/2024 to fund the activities of remand homes. Recommendation 9: The Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development should sufficiently fund the Uganda Human Rights Commission so that it can pay competitive wages to its staff and address the challenge of high staff turnover. The Uganda Human Rights Commission has sufficient wage allocation for staff in post – this is what the Government reported. Salary enhancement awaits a comprehensive review of salaries across government entities.

10801 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2023 the prescribed time to ensure the timely preparation of the treasury memoranda and timely implementation of recommendations of Parliament; NOW, THEREFORE, Parliament, in accordance with Article 163(5) of the Constitution and Section 19(4) of the National Audit Act, 2008, resolves to adopt the recommendations of the Auditor-General in respect to the following local government entities: Entities under the Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) 1. Mbale District Local Government; 2. Mbale City; 3. Namisindwa District Local Government; 4. Manafwa District Local Government; 5. Bulambuli District Local Government; 6. Kibuku District Local Government; 7. Tororo District Local Government; 8. Sironko District Local Government; 9. Budaka District Local Government; 10. Busia District Local Government; 11. Busia Municipal Council; 12. Butaleja District Local Government; 13. Kapchorwa District Local Government; 14. Kapchorwa Municipal Council; 15. Kween District Local Government; 16. Tororo Municipal Council; 17. Bukwo District Local Government; 18. Pallisa District Local Government; 19. Bududa District Local Government; 20. Soroti District Local Government; 21. Soroti City; 22. Amolatar District Local Government; 23. Kaberamaido District Local Government; 24. Kalaki District Local Government; 25. Serere District Local Government; 26. Amuria District Local Government; 27. Dokolo District Local Government; 28. Bukedea District Local Government; 29. Katakwi District Local Government; 30. Kapelebyong District Local Government; 31. Otuke District Local Government; 32. Kumi Municipal Council; 33. Kumi District Local Government; 34. Ngora District Local Government; 35. Nabilatuk District Local Government; 36. Nakapiripirit District Local Government; 37. Karenga District Local Government; 38. Kotido District Local Government; 39. Kotido Municipal Council; 40. Amudat District Local Government; 41. Kaabong District Local Government; 42. Moroto District Local Government; 43. Moroto Municipal Council; 44. Abim District Local Government; 45. Napak District Local Government; 46. Kamuli District Local Government; 47. Kamuli Municipal Council; 48. Iganga District Local Government; 49. Iganga Municipal Council; 50. Jinja District Local Government; 51. Jinja City; 52. Northern Division, Jinja City; 53. Southern Division, Jinja City; 54. Kaliro District Local Government; 55. Buyende District Local Government; 56. Mayuge District Local Government; 57. Bugiri District Local Government; 58. Bugiri Municipal Council; 59. Namayingo District Local Government; 60. Namutumba District Local Government; 61. Njeru Municipal Council; 62. Lugazi Municipal Council; 63. Luuka District Local Government; 64. Bugweri District Local Government; 65. Buikwe District Local Government; 66. Mukono District Local Government; 67. Mukono Municipal Council; 68. Wakiso District Local Government; 69. Nansana Municipal Council; 70. Makindye-Ssabagabo Municipal Council; 71. Kira Municipal Council; 72. Mpigi District Local Government; 73. Nakaseke District Local Government; 74. Luwero District Local Government; 75. Mityana District Local Government; 76. Mityana Municipal Council; 77. Buvuma District Local Government; 78. Entebbe Municipal Council; 79. Butambala District Local Government; 80. Kayunga District Local Government; 81. Nakasongola District Local Government; 82. Masaka District Local Government; 83. Masaka City; 84. Kimaanya-Kabonera City Division; 85. Nyendo-Mukungwe City Division; 86. Kalungu District Local Government; 87. Gomba District Local Government;

Mr Speaker, it is not wrong for anybody to own boats or any business, if they do it legally; it is okay, but illegal fishing is illegal and bad. We have a one Kaweesa who manages boats in Kamungu and Kamaliba in Kalungu district and these boats inconvenience people on Lake Victoria, especially the fishermen that I represent. This gentleman is a close ally to Hon. Bamulangaki Ssempijja, the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs. The boats were labelled “ Wacha Waseme” and they were yellow in colour. When I and the Leader of Opposition and the other MPs were moving around, we discovered- after talking about it that they were now changed to colour blue and when we went back, they were now changed to black. These boats are managed by a one Kaweesa who usually dons a military fatigue-

10426 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME Also on privatisation, remember the popular or rather notorious World Bank Structural Adjustment Programme and the disadvantages, especially when it came to privatising state- owned enterprises. We actually had more disadvantages than advantages. The recent cases of the track record of Government speak volumes about privatisation. Let us go to the Lubowa Specialised Hospital, the recent Pinetti coffee issue, Yumbe and even Munyonyo. This means that even if you procured a private person to run this factory, you may not expect heaven on earth, given the recent bad track record, Rt Hon. Prime Minister. The question by Hon. Godfrey Saazi was equally supplemented by Hon. Katabaazi of Kalungu. It was all about the preferential treatment being given to buses, even when the tonnage is extremely higher than for some of the trucks. By the way, the complaints about trucks are rife. In fact, what they are waiting for is to generate signatures. Mr Speaker, you will soon receive a petition here from these truck owners.

Honour - able member, we handled that issue yesterday - the issue of value. That was the issue of seri - ous debate yesterday; I will not open it up here again today. We sorted it. Honourable colleagues, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have pupils and teachers of St Cosmas Bakijjulula Primary School from Kalungu District. They are represented in Parliament by Hon. Joseph Ssewungu Gonzaga and Hon. Aisha Sekindi. They have come to observe proceedings of the House. Please join me in welcoming them. (Applause) You can stand up and we welcome you. Also, we have members of the Wakiso Miraa Growers and Dealers Association Limited, an umbrella body of the Uganda Khat /Miraa Growers and Dealers in Uganda. They have come to observe proceedings of the House this afternoon. Please, join me in welcoming them once again. (Applause) Thank you.

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker, for the communication. Indeed, I support you. It is very funny that a trailer breaks down on the road and then, the owner goes to Nairobi to get spare parts and it takes a whole week when the vehicle is still there. What happens in other countries and what you should advocate for is equipping police. In other countries, they have road towing vehicles and you are charged highly as soon as the vehicle breaks down. I have gone severally to the Committee on Defence and Veteran Affairs beseeching them to provide the Police with better motorcycles, which can chase those who commit offences. Imagine police is riding a Boxer and they are running after one boxer as well. In other countries, Police is well equipped because there is crime, but how do you control crime? By having well equipped Police so that it manages those who commit crimes. However, in Kalungu and Bukedea, there is no single motorcycle and there is traffic.

9448 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT House on the Greater Masaka Industrial Skilling Centre. The Greater Masaka Industrial Skilling Centre is part of the 19 zonal industrial hubs countrywide. This Industrial Skilling Centre was launched by the President on 24 May, 2023. I participated fully in this launch because I was present. The hub offers free hands-on training to the youths aged between 18 to 35 years drawn from the nine districts that make up the Greater Masaka Subregion and the Masaka City. These include; Rakai, Lyantonde, Kyotera, Masaka, Masaka City, Lwengo, Bukomansimbi, Kalangala, Kalungu and Ssembabule. The industrial hub is a presidential initiative by His Excellency, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The objective of the hub is to, among others, eliminate unemployment among the youth and change the economic status of the people who never had the chance to attain formal education. The hub offers services such as: (i) Hands on training to the youths (skilling); (ii) Value addition; that is coffee and maize hullers have been delivered to add value to coffee and maize respectively; (iii) The common user facilities are also there. State of the art machines in welding and carpentry. Trades have been installed for common use by both graduate trainees and the community. This will enhance their income through increased production; and (iv) There is a Four-Acre Demonstration Farm to train farmers in the respective regions. This is across the country. This will contribute to the transformation of Uganda into a middle-income economy through imparting skills. The courses offered, among others, include tailoring, hairdressing, building and construction, carpentry and joinery, metal fabrication, food processing and bakery. Currently, the hub has a total of 221 trainees who are undertaking this training at Masaka Zonal Industrial Hub. Upon completion of the six months’ hands-on training, the trainees will obtain a minimum level one certificate of Uganda Vocational Qualifications under the Directorate of Industrial Training and the Ministry of Education and Sports and are ready to be self-employed. The Youth Skilling Hub was launched at Kiyimbwe Village in Bugabira Parish in Masaka. Mr Speaker, this is a great opportunity and I urge the youth to take advantage of this presidential initiative that will improve their livelihood. The second question came from Hon. Oguzu Lee Dennis, a Member of Parliament, Maracha County. The Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Program-

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The law schools in most of the universities in Uganda subject students to pre- entry exams. After sitting the pre-entry exams, they study for four years and go to the Law Development Centre, where they spend the whole year. However, after completion, there is a very big hurdle for these young people to get practicing certificates from Uganda Law Council. Law students, frankly speaking, are not like doctors that are paid for internships; they only have to get their practicing certificates. Mr Speaker, a parent spends money to educate his child, the child qualifies to practice law, but they spend almost three years without practicing because they are not eligible to practice. They are being arrested in courts of law for masquerading as lawyers. I talked to the Secretary Uganda Law Council and the challenge is not about the funds. Mr Speaker, we need to amend the Advocates Act because those who vet the graduates take a long – they sit once a month – meaning that a number of our young people are missing jobs. For example, those who wanted to be magistrates missed out since they did not have practicing certificates. Those who wanted to work in the Office of DPP, have failed. Therefore, we would like to know why students leave Law Development Centre, after being qualified, but cannot practice law and earn an income. Instead, they spend money on gazettement and all that and continue suffering. I am one of them; I should not be looking for services for my people in Kalungu for things such as bail applications, but I cannot go to court. Lastly, can we hear from the Attorney-General? Can they bring the Advocates Act here and we amend it so that we put a body that vets these young people and they start working other than having them arrested with their qualifications?

9093 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023 My people have mixed up my papers but I will manage them. They have put page 21 before 20. Let me read it the way it is. They will sort it out. Here, they are saying districts of Buhweju, Bushenyi, Ibanda, Isingiro, Kabarole, Kamwengye, and Kanungu. They are talking about irrigation and saying, as a result, 2,373 acres have been added to the area under irrigation enabling 14,961 farmers to produce cabbages, tomatoes, apples, onions, pineapples, watermelons, green pepper, etc. They are still talking about irrigation. The following medium-scale irrigation schemes have been completed: Ngenge 808 hectares - Honourable Members of Parliament, get to know these things. These people may say “completed” when it is not. So, this is an opportunity for you to help them. We have: 1. Ngenge in Sebei - 808 hectares irrigated; 2. Rwengaju - 116 hectares; 3. Tochi - 500 hectares; 4. Mubuku II - 480 hectares; 5. Doho II - 1,000 hectares; 6. Olweny - 600 hectares and so on. Communal Valley Tanks The Government has constructed 44 communal valley tanks in Nabilatuk, Kotido, Amudat, Kaabong, Karenga, Soroti, Butebo etc. This has created a storage capacity of 6.6 billion litres serving 89,000 livestock. This is where they have mixed up. They put page 20 after page 21 but this is not the end of the world. (Laughter) Ekitatta muyima- ffe abaganda, tulina eddagala ly’ebizibu bino. Awo wengambila nti kasita obeera n’obulamu, ensobi zingenda kutelera. These people put page 21 before page 20. Somehow you can combine them. There has been a major disruption to transportation arising from the damage of Katonga Bridge which was washed away by floods. The floods also led to the eroding of wetland vegetation and gardens in the upstream parts of the catchment. This flooding was caused by a dam breach along the four- kilometer stretch of the Kalungu- Gomba Road in Bugomola Village, Lwabenge Subcounty in Kalungu District. The water had progressively built up on one side of the road due to blocked culverts, creating a damming effect. This created a massive force beyond the capacity of the road, creating a dam breach, which led to a sudden release of a large volume of water that moved downstream the Katonga River. As the flood wave moved downstream with a lot of papyrus and gardens causing significant damage to infrastructure. The interventions to address the problem of floods involve the protection of water catchments and the general environment so that they perform their function of storing and releasing water safely, even when there is increased rainfall. Regular maintenance of water bodies and rivers so that they perform their water storage and conveyance function. Demarcation and protection of lake shores, riverbanks and wetlands. To limit encroachment by settlements, construction of water storage facilities, agricultural activities and other developments. Strengthening of the early warning systems and enforcement of the water and environmental laws at all levels. People who damage the environment, do so at their own risk. Have we not seen enough examples? Nantabulirwa yasabala bwa bbumba . That is what we say in our language here. “The one who does not listen to advice insisted on using a clay boat on the lake and drowned in the lake”. Somebody made a boat from clay and people told him that clay cannot make a boat, do not do it but he could not listen. He made a clay boat, put it in the lake and drowned there. And that is how our people here in Buganda got a proverb, Nantabulirwa yasabala bwa bbumba . We tell people that please - in the book of Genesis- Ate bino bya Katonda - this is now

Mr Speaker, I would like to thank you for your communication. On the issue of the expired courses, with your indulgence, I pray that the Committee on Education and Sports gets more time to look into this. They have invited teachers for training in the new curriculum. However, some of the teachers were denied entrance to some of the schools such as St Henry’s College, Kitovu where the training was supposed to take place. This means that even the new curriculum for secondary schools is not going to perform well. Mr Speaker, in the 10 th Parliament, we rejected that new curriculum for secondary schools but later on, it was changed after convincing the Minister of Education and Sports. Therefore, the Committee on Education and Sports needs to look at this matter very seriously. The minister will come here tomorrow – he has been on radio speaking a lot of falsehoods. He is not aware of what is happening; therefore, the committee has to carry out deeper investigations regarding these expired courses. Lastly, Mr Speaker, you have talked about the Budget. I pray that the Parliamentary Commission pays keen attention to the committees of Parliament. Stories are running in the media that members of the Committee on Budget have feasted – free sharing regarding the interests of their constituencies. I am a member of the Committee on Education and Sports and I have been on this committee for over two terms. I fight for Kalungu but my attention goes to Karamoja and those island areas that we promised to give boarding schools. How do we have members of the Committee on Budget, starting with the chairman, giving themselves roads, hospitals - That is what – (Member timed out.) Mr Speaker, as I conclude, this was the same story when Mr -

8791 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023 Highway on one side and Kabulasoke to Villa Maria on the other. Currently, Kalungu District is completely cut off from Uganda. I have to drive 220 kilometres to Lukaya instead of 110 kilometres. Many people have suffered because this is the highway that connects to -

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Yes, the issue of Katonga is a concern because this is our main trunk road; it manages not only internal trade, but also external trade. We have already put a contractor on site; China Communications Construction Company (CCCC). The contractor who did the Nambigirwa Bridge on the expressway is the same contractor who has done the Paraa Bridge connecting Masindi to Nwoya. It is also the same contractor who has done Lugogo Bridge in Luwero. We are sure of his capacity and competence and we have instructed him to do this in three phases namely: phase one will create an avenue to enable small vehicles, boda bodas and pedestrians to move. That is his first priority. As he does that, he will also create a bypass. We will also undertake a full redesigning of the bridge so that we have a more resilient bridge for that position. That is for the main road. For the Kabulasoke-Kalungu part, we have another contractor; a local one. Of course, he is still challenged with the volume of water in that section because Kyoga overflowed and as a result, Katonga was affected. The contractor is assessing how much can be started and done but please, appreciate that this is not a culvert crossing; it is a bridge. On Matete-Ssembabule road, there is contractor on that section – (Interruption)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to thank the minister for his good response. However, the clarification I seek is that yesterday, I spoke to the Chairperson of the Committee on Physical Infrastructure, Hon. Karubanga and the Executive Director of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Madam Kagina. Mr Speaker, the matter we need to address urgently is to work on Kabulasoke Bridge, Katonga so that people start accessing Kalungu as a short cut. Otherwise, people are spending a lot of money moving via Ssembabule. When I talked to the Executive Director of UNRA and the engineers, they assured us that they can provide a brief remedy on Katonga Bridge. Honourable minister, since you said you are using a local contractor, the clarification I seek is, can the Committee on Physical Infrastructure

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

8636 THE TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2023 and they said they were safe. I never knew that gentleman very well. Madam Speaker, with your indulgence, we pray that the Minister of Internal Affairs comes here and gives us a comprehensive statement on what exactly is happening. When you listen to the spokespersons of police, Mr Enanga and his friend, Mr Onyango, one sheds tears out of pain because they give a lot of misleading information. Recently, following Jajja Ichuli’s death, Mr Enanga said that the killer had a pistol and a gun. If he had both then you know him. Why don’t you apprehend him? Such questions are valid. This business of giving misleading information will not solve the problems of killings in this country. Even the security organs that have been put in place by private developers are doing the same. Madam Speaker, I pray, with your power and indulgence, that you ask the Minister of Internal Affairs to come and give us a comprehensive statement and that the Committee of Defence and Internal Affairs handles this matter comprehensively because, as you said, Madam Speaker, none of us is safe. As I conclude, regarding the issue of Masaka Road, we had the Executive Director, Ms Allen Kagina and the Minister of State for Water and Environment in the area. The short cut, like my honourable colleague stated, is around Kalungu. Again, River Katonga crosses the same area, but that bridge is also broken. When we went there with the Executive Director, she said that she never knew there was a road as short as that going to Masaka. Now, people are suffering because they have refused to work on the road from Bukalasa to Kabulasoke, which is around 45 kilometres. That would save people from going through Ssembabule to Mbarara and other parts of the country – (Interjection) - Let me conclude. Madam Speaker has given me room. The issue -

Madam Speaker, with what is happening on Masaka road, the immediate intervention would be around Katonga through Kabulasoke. That is the only way you can work on that road. Otherwise, the other journey is very far yet there is business. I pray that the team looks at Katonga in Lwabenge as you come to Kalungu. That is the only solution. Otherwise, people are suffering. Madam Speaker, we need to pay attention to Masaka road because all the companies that had been working on it did not pay attention to that bridge. Therefore, can we focus all our attention on the bridges in the different districts where they are constructing new roads? These people stole money and left that bridge saying it was very strong and built by the colonialists yet it broke at once. They stole money, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am going away from Google and those modern issues they are talking about; I am going to Kalungu and Bukedea directly. On the issue of mobile money, I want clarification from the minister and the chairperson of the committee. In Kalungu – (Interjections - agent banking, there is no problem; we shall land there one day. A businessman in Kalungu carrying out agent banking has the security of the money and risks. When I withdraw or bank Shs 1 million, there is a charge of Shs 20,000 but this gentleman in agent banking gets Shs 1,000. Who is sharing the Shs 19,000 yet the risk is on the agent of the bank? This is painful and I want to find out. Lastly, I would like to disagree with the issue of tax exemption for some professionals. The answer we need is a threshold. We have requested this from the Ministry of Education and Sports. Let us raise the salaries of these people then look at the threshold for us to tax them. How can you tax teachers, LC III chairpersons, and LC III councillors? They are given Shs 20,000 per sitting and it is taxed? Then you think you are having equity in the country? I disagree with that and would pray, chairperson - you know you are from Kiboga; I will tell them directly that this is the man who has

8345 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 2023 of him summoning committees because there would be no separation of power at that stage. I pray, to maintain the name of Parliament and its dignity; the committees of Parliament must be respected. They have powers of the High Court as stated by our rules. However, the trend that has grown is building fear and threatening the committees. If I am summoned as a committee to the Office of the Prime Minister, what kind of report do you expect a Member or the committee to write after that meeting? I pray that as the Speaker of Parliament and the custodian of our rules; let us abide by the rules. There is no minister - even the Prime Minister, I was in PAC in 2011. By that time, Rt Hon. Amama Mbabazi was the Prime Minister. We summoned him, and he refused to come, so we used the powers of the High Court; the police looked out for him and brought him to the committee. This business of ministers summoning committees is weakening my strength as a Member of Parliament from Kalungu. I will not accept that while you are the Speaker of this House and the Rt Hon. Speaker, Anita Among. I pray.

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. I would like to thank the chairperson and the committee for the good report. I am interested in knowing how much fuel is allocated to the tractors in the districts. How much is set aside for their maintenance? You can buy road units, but you do not provide the fuel to run these machines. Secondly, Kalungu, where I come from, is among the newly created districts. However, we have only one small tarmac road of one kilometre that goes to a certain Catholic Church built by an individual. I want to know whether you have put money aside for every new district that has no single tarmac. When shall we ever have tarmac in new districts? What is the interest of creating districts and we just have those roads with no single tarmac? Lastly, on the issue of Kampala, I do not know whether they have looked at Salaama Road. There are matters of litigation in KCCA where the IGG stopped contracts from proceeding. Have you looked at that? What is taking place? We need these roads maintained. On the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, the contract was supposed to have lighting but there is none and as a result, a number of accidents occur along that road. Can we know whether something has been done regarding the challenges on that road? We need to have lights because people are getting killed all the time. On the issue of the new districts, we would like to get an update when we shall get at least one main tarmac road for a district. Buhweju is here – (Member timed out.)

I want to thank you very much, Madam Speaker, for that good communication. My interest goes to the Ministry of Education and Sports. Madam Speaker, I raised an issue here about the closure of Primary Teachers Colleges (PTC) and core PTCs. As we talk, the colleges are not functional and the tutors have not been placed anywhere. Secondly, recently, I watched, on TV, a school in Arua with over 300 children in one class; others - 400 pupils - were studying through the window struggling to get the white man’s knowledge. All these are areas of bullying of children. Madam Speaker, you directed this ministry; so, we cannot sit in this House without getting a statement from the Ministry of Education and Sports on what procedures they are following to close teacher’s training colleges. Yet, we are going to lose teachers and shall be lacking teachers in the near future. What is the future of those colleges since they are being closed? I have a college in Kalungu called Kabukunge Primary Teachers College. As we talk, the principal is worried, he has no money. They have no funds, tutors are not paid and they do not know their destiny. We would like to know: are we getting graduate teachers? How are they prepared? What is the National Council for Higher Education saying about this particular programme? Madam Speaker, we need to know from the Ministry of Education and Sports. Otherwise, we are in trouble; teachers are retiring and others are leaving the profession. So, who is going to replace those that have left when colleges are closed? Hon. Muyingo and his team, educated as they are, are keeping a low profile and not informing this House the status of teachers.

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I thank the chairperson and the committee for the report. They recommended the recruitment of teachers and non-teaching staff in secondary schools or Government-aided schools. Recently, the Education Service Commission advertised, teachers applied and they were interviewed. After the interviews, successful candidates were given appointment letters. However, you cannot go to any district without posting instructions. The teachers are out there in the country without posting instructions. We want the Minister of Education and Sports to tell us why the teachers have appointment letters without posting instructions. Secondly, the Science teachers who were posted in our rural schools, especially secondary schools, teach for only one day and come back to teach in Kampala schools. If our committee had gone to the villages to sample, they would have had a balanced report, and they would have sampled the town schools and rural schools. Next time, let them sample the schools in Nakasongola, Kalungu and Kampala so that we have a balanced report. I thank you, Mr Speaker.

Mr Speaker, thank you very much. With that comprehensive report from the Ministry of Works and Transport, I pray that he gives us the names of those districts without a single tarmac road. We always see tarmac roads being given to different areas – and new districts were created. In Kalungu, we do not have a single tarmac road, apart from

7102 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT [Mr Ssewungu] COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR the one road going to a church and it was built by one Christian. (Laughter) We want to know why new districts like Kalungu, Buhweju and others do not have a single tarmac road within their area, yet they were created for development.

And even outside this House, I will continue reminding you. Otherwise, it cannot take all this time. I am not asking for somebody from Kalungu to become a Governor or one of my family, but we must have a substantive Governor of the Bank of Uganda.

The districts to be connected are: Buikwe, Bukomansimbi, Butambala, Buvuma, Gomba, Kalangala, Kalungu, Kampala, Kassanda, Kayunga, Kiboga, Kyankwanzi, Kyotera, Luwero, Lwengo, Lyantonde, Masaka, Mityana, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Rakai, Ssembabule, Wakiso, Bugweri, Kitagwenda –(Interjections) - that is central. I am going region by region. In eastern Uganda, we have Amuria, Budaka, Bududa, Bugiri, Bukedea, Bukwo, Bulambuli, Busia, Namayingo, Butaleja, Butebo, Buyende, Iganga, Jinja, Kaberamaido, Kaliro, Kamuli, Kapchorwa, Katakwi, Kibuku, Kumi, Kween, Luuka, Manafwa, Mayuge, Mbale, Namisindwa, Namutumba, Ngora, Pallisa, Serere, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Kalaki and Kapelebyong.

6127 THE E L E V E N TH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 8 N OVEMBER 2022 THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES (ANIMAL INDUSTRY) (Lt Col (Rtd) Bright Rwamirama): Madam Speaker, on behalf of Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, I wish to respond to the questions raised about the status and the actions of Government in controlling animal disease, specifically the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). We have uploaded this report on the intranet. We have an introduction where we are talking about how FMD affects animals and its economic consequences, and how it is spread. I wish to state the status. From January to October 2022, 22 districts reported FMD outbreaks. These include Adjumani, Amuru, Bukedea, Ibanda, Jinja, Kalungu, Kapchorwa, Kayunga, Kiruhura, Kween, Kyotera, Lyantonde, Masindi, Mpigi, Nakapiripirit, Nakasongola, Napak, Ntungamo, Sembabule and Tororo. It is also important to note that quarantine restrictions were lifted in 11 districts, which is 50 per cent of the affected districts since then. Action taken by the Government In Uganda, FMD prevention and control is achieved through animal movement control (quarantine restrictions) strategic/ring vaccination and awareness creation campaigns. With regard to vaccination, given its cost implication, the strategy adopted by the ministry is to conduct strategic/ring vaccination where an outbreak is reported. Ring vaccination entails vaccinating all the immediate herds surrounding the affected herd so that the disease can be contained and eventually, controlled without causing serious socio-economic consequences. Colleagues, the success of ring vaccination hinges on the timely reporting of the diseases. It is, therefore, important that disease outbreaks are reported as early as possible so that measures of prevention can be instituted in a timely manner and cost effectively since only surrounding herds will be vaccinated to prevent the spread of disease to other areas. We have insisted on this strategy because we do not get enough doses to vaccinate the national herd. You must be aware that Uganda has almost 17 million herds of cattle, 17.4 million herds of goats, five million sheep, 4.5 million pigs and all these are susceptible animals to FMD. Due to limited resources, we came up with this strategy. When it is reported early, this strategy works but we are looking forward to when we have enough resources to make sure that we do it and cover the entire national herd. Currently, a combination of animal movement regulations through quarantine restriction and ring vaccination remains the most appropriate approach for FMD control in Uganda. Colleagues, the following actions have been undertaken to contain the current FMD outbreak in these affected areas. These include: i) Institution of quarantine restriction at the subcounty level and areas within the 20-kilometre radius to prevent the spread of disease. This involves the prohibition of the movement of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, their products and by-products from, to, through and within affected areas. Livestock markets, slaughter places including butcheries and animal shows within the affected subcounties were also closed. This is premised on the “prevention is better than cure” adage; ii) The ministry plans to vaccinate the susceptible livestock in the affected 22 districts listed above with 930,200 doses of FMD vaccine expected in the country this week on 10 November 2022. The next consignment, which is 1.6 million doses is expected in the country in two months’ time. You must observe that this is not adequate but once deployed effectively, it does prevent FMD to some extent;

Thank you, Madam Speaker, for that good information and that good survey. However, there are a number of issues I raised here and you directed the Minister of Education and Sports to come and respond to them. I do not know why the ministry is refusing to respond to these issues. The New Vision last Sunday ran a story that there are 286 secondary schools in Uganda without headteachers. They went on to give the details of these schools. I raised the issue here that teachers have run out of teacher training colleges. Tutors are not teaching and we are not going to have teachers in the near future. Recently, when the blind children were burnt, the Minister of Education and Sports went there and said that she never knew the school, yet, it is a Government-aided school with teachers on the payroll. Therefore, could we get time to find out why we raise issues here on the Floor of Parliament, you give directives to ministers and they adamantly refuse to come back to respond to the issues we give? If they continue holding these matters, these are the challenges we have. Madam Speaker, right now, Science and some Arts teachers are getting Shs 4 million. I was talking to Hon. Muruli Mukasa. He recently said that he is going to deduct the money from the Arts teachers who got the Shs 4 million. I raised the matter here inquiring about what was going to be done to Arts teachers who were not given the Shs 4 million. The minister promised to come here and explain but nothing is happening. Headteachers are running out of offices to become blackboard teachers. Schools will no longer get teachers who want to become headteachers. The issue of education is very serious. In Kalungu alone, we have over 30 primary schools without toilets. Government has released money for only two schools to build [Mr Kaberuka] COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

The chairperson’s argument is that these sites which we are adopting are not properly verified. For example, they want to declare Villa Maria the first brick house; the district where it is located is said to be Masaka, but it is in Kalungu - and we are adopting a schedule. The only argument that can be carried is that this list was solicited, but adequate verification has not yet been done. If we adopt it as it is, where do we go from here? That is why, if the minister is given time to come up with a verified schedule to be adopted, it may carry water.

4352 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME have gone through. It has had an impact on the parents, teachers plus the students. You will get the sad information, after the results are out, because you will get to know that a big number stayed out because of those hurdles. Universal Primary Education schools are supposed to pay nothing. If they are paying Shs 150,000 for e-registration, it is as if they have paid for UPE funds for the last seven years. Are you getting me? So, you either make it free as you gave it to them or not. Otherwise, if you put a charge on parents, children are going to stay without studying next year and they will not be paying because they cannot afford. You know very well you are not buying reports for schools and reports are paid for by parents. Those who cannot afford do not get reports in UPE schools. These are facts you cannot run away from; whether in Alebtong or Kalungu. These are known everywhere. Let us take that keen interest, as the Speaker said, and have a win-win situation. Once parents are impacted on paying, with this lockdown and the economy, that is why you are going – those are the questions. You started with one million children in P.1 but at pre- registration in P.7, you have less than 600,000 children. Where are the 400,000 disappearing to? One of the factors might also be that one. This is in good spirit.