Kasese Municipality

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to clear my name. My name is Masereka, not Maseruka, because Maseruka is from Buganda and Masereka is from the Mountains of the Moon in Kasese District. Thank you.

Madam Speaker, the local governments with additional local revenue are the following: Arua City, Jinja City, Lira City, Mbale City, Apac Municipal Council, Agago District, Budaka District, Bugiri District, Buhweju District, Bulambuli District, Bushenyi District, Dokolo District, Jinja District, Kalilo District, Kasese District, Kyikube District, Koboko District, Kyegegwa District, Kyenjojo District, Kyotera District, Mbarara District, Mitooma District, Moroto District, Nakapiripirit District, Nakasongola District, Namisindwa District, Obongi District, Pallisa District, Rubanda District, Rubirizi District, Rukiga District, Sironko District, Tororo District, among others. (Interjections) Madam Speaker, we have also provided Shs 72.9 billion as additional disbursement by the World Bank for the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises(GROW) project. The World Bank approved and disbursed additional funds for GROW project. These funds must be utilised, or the grant will be cancelled at the end of this financial year. Madam Speaker, I now come to the supplementary expenditures that are above the 3 per cent legal limit that require additional financing. The total is Shs 463.15 billion, and the particulars are as follows: i. Shs 56.95 billion for LC1, LC2, and Women Council Committee elections countrywide as directed by the Cabinet. These funds are required to support the Electoral Commission in fully implementing the electoral roadmap, as already approved by the Cabinet. ii. Shs 29.57 billion for AFCON 2027 preparatory activities. Honourable members, the Cabinet directed that we fully fund AFCON 2027, beginning with the immediate requirement in this Financial Year 2025/2026. These funds are required to implement the urgent preparatory works, reduce implementation risk and keep the overall AFCON 2027 preparation programme on schedule. The activities include the following; i) Shs 14.1 billion for preliminary works at Kabalega International Airport. This one will go to the Ministry of Works and Transport. ii) Shs 8.03 billion for priority road works and associated support activities in Kira Municipal Council. iii) Shs 3.06 billion for pitch improvement at Kadiba Football Stadium. iv) Shs 0.31 billion for branding of host cities and content production for the Destination Uganda documentary. v) Shs 1.0 17 billion for Hoima City and Masindi Municipality to finance sanitation and road safety interventions. vi) Shs 1.02 billion for meteorological and aviation safety support system. vii) Shs 1.8 billion for water utility preparatory works for the Hoima cluster. Madam Speaker, we also require; COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

Honourable members, thank you so much for laying the wreaths to our departed. In the VIP gallery this afternoon, we have the immediate fam ily members of the late Hon. Helen Nakimuli. We have Fr Christopher Walusimbi, who is the dad. Father, you are most welcome. We have Ms Irene Nampala, the sister. You are welcome. We also have Mr Nicholas Ntege, Mr Photius Ssekabira, both brothers of the late, and Ms Melanie Namirimu, the daughter of the late. They are here to observe the proceedings. In the VIP gallery this afternoon, we have the following members of Parliament-elect, who are here to support: 1. Hon. Bernadette Chandia Kodili, from Moyo District; 2. Hon. Esther Acom from Serere District; 3. Hon. Lydia Mutende Wanyoto; 4. Hon. Peace Tibyaze from Jinja District; 5. Hon. Betty Nakisita Mpongo from Namutumba District; 6. Hon. Ismail Kasule from Hoima West Division; 7. Hon. Topista Acamfua, Zombo District; 8. Hon. Sarah Itungo Masereka from Kasese District; 9. Hon. Annet Birungi, Workers’ Representative; 10. Hon. Harriet Ntabazi of Bwamba County; 11. Hon. Arthur Atuhairwe Kazoora from Ruhinda South County; 12. Hon. Sylvia Katooko Damba from Kibuku District; and 13. Hon. Adrine Katusiime from Sheema District. They are here to witness today’s proceedings in paying tribute to the late Hon. Helen Nakimuli, and they are all most welcome. We also have the Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). We have Hon. Dr Gerald Siranda Blacks and Hon. Veronica Kadogo. We will continue to introduce you as we receive notifications. I also want to - we have members from the National Unity Platform (NUP) in the VIP gallery. We have Dr Lina Zedriga, acting party president and Ms Jackline Tumushabe, Deputy Party President. We also have Mr Davis Lewis Rubongoya, Ms Katana Benjamin, Ms Sarah Muwonge, Mr Buwembo Habib, Ms Nabatanzi Faridah, Mr Rover Alex and Ms Nalukwago Judith. They are here to follow the proceedings. Also in the public gallery, we have members of the Uganda Volleyball Federation led by the federation president, Mr Sadik Nasiwu Zaid. They are in a delegation, and they are many. We also have students from Kibuli Secondary School, where the girl is studying. You are most welcome. Thank you so much for coming. I have condolence messages here. I have also seen Hon. Rose Akol; she is there. Thank you so much. I have a condolence message from His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and attached to it is Shs 20,000,000. We have a contribution of Shs 10,000,000 from the Buganda Parliamentary Caucus. Allow me to hand over the monies to Hon. Kirumira Hassan so that he will be accountable. I would like to request that the contributions that we are making go towards the support of the child. The Parliament of Uganda will take the responsibility of all the burial expenses, and I am saying ‘all’. I have a contribution from Hon. Anita Annet Among, “AAA”, of Shs 10 million. I have a contribution of Shs 5,000,000 from the Rt Hon. Thomas Tayebwa. [The Speaker] COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. Health is wealth and health is life. Everything else can wait, but not health. Madam Speaker, I thank you for prioritising the health of our fellow citizens. This is in regard to Bwera General Hospital. Right now, Bwera General Hospital is a general hospital. As you are aware, Madam Speaker, Kasese District is such a big community district accommodating about 1.4 million Ugandans. You can imagine 1.4 million Ugandans being served by one general hospital. Madam Speaker, it is my prayer this afternoon that this House considers upgrading Bwera General Hospital to a regional hospital because it not only attends to our fellow citizens, but also to our neighbours in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This hospital is overwhelmed. We would really request, as a community, that Government upgrades Bwera Hospital to a regional hospital. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Madam minister, you are aware that you closed Bwera Teachers College yet Kasese District has 1.4 million citizens. Kaborole District, which has a Government university - the Primary Teaching College (PTC) there was closed same as that for Bushenyi and Mbarara. So, our request, Madam Minister, is that the very PTC that you closed, ungraciously, can be upgraded into a public university because the foundations and infrastructure are lying there, idle. Secondly, honourable colleagues, let us not allow this budget to pass without an increment or a package for the Arts teachers. They go to the same markets, school from the same schools, they have the same needs as they relate to the science teachers. In this particular budget, not even for next year, Mr Speaker, let us have something for our Arts teachers. Finally, this is for you, Mr Speaker, and the message is from Monsignor Dr Landus Bwambale. He said that when you or Madam Speaker are presiding, I have to raise this, that the Catholic schools and other faith-based schools should be supported. They educate fellow citizens. It is a pity that the Government abandons supporting religious schools – (Member timed out.)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. This is very important. Everything else can wait, but not the health of our citizens. I draw the attention of Hon. Musa Ecweru, Minister of State for Works and Transport (Works). You remember, honourable minister, the Bwera Hospital Road. It is totally impassable. Mr Speaker, we have Bwera Hospital which is a district general hospital. Statistically, the population of Kasese District is about 1.4 million Ugandans. It means in its own right, it ought to have a regional facility. Honourable minister, I am happy that you are here. On Wednesday, the Speaker directed the minister, your colleague, to come with an oral answer for Kikorongo-Mpondwe Road. For one reason, Bwera Hospital is at the border in my community. However, because it is a district general hospital, the person from the other end has to use the Kikorongo-Mpondwe Road. I can tell you, a lot of patients never make it to the hospital, Mr Speaker. Madam Minister, you need our support and we are constitutionally duty-bound to give you the support that you need. Mr Speaker, I pity the people; our honourable sisters, at the ministry. We are grilling them with questions: how much can they do? This is a constitutional institution charged with a constitutional obligation to appropriate. They need money. It is this Parliament to give them the money that they need. Mr Speaker, if the problem has anything to do with money, I am going to write to your office. From today and going forward, I do not need a business ticket to go and do official duty. If my business ticket can save something to save my fellow citizens, I will ask that every time you send me overseas on official duty, please give me –

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]

Thank you, Madam Speaker. First of all, I wish our Muslim brothers and sisters a happy month of Ramadan. Number two, I join you, Madam Speaker, in congratulating the Deputy Speaker upon that coveted position. That position has brought out the real leadership in you. You are the Speaker. Somebody else would have said, “Okay, a position of chairperson? I want that too.” However, you have demonstrated leadership, and that is a challenge for everybody. This world is about bringing our heads together for a common good. Madam Speaker, I do not know whether it would not serve us well to aggregate these compensations that are scattered all over the country, Kasese inclusive. In 1996, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked Kasese Municipality and burned cars and houses, but people have never been compensated. In the same Kasese District, in Kitholhu Subcounty, 10 LCI leaders were murdered in cold blood, and their internal organs thrown in their faces for what crime; because they were – I would rather - because compensations are all over the country, including Teso - can we have these aggregated, consolidated, and brought here, so that we can find the money for these people? The reason - yesterday, you directed the Attorney-General to come and give us a full account of what exactly happened with the National Unity Platform (NUP) Office raid, the commanders involved in the raid, who sanctioned it, and why the raid would surely occur without the owners of the premises and without a court order. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

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15321 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2024 and decisions. Indeed, all the Members of Parliament have been very vigilant and active in this matter, all the 31 signed the report and there is no minority report. I, therefore, wish to read the report. On 18 April 2024, the Rt Hon. Speaker referred a petition by Tibet Hima Mining Company Limited against the alleged unfair termination of their Concession Agreement with the Government of Uganda to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources for consideration, investigation, and report back. The petition was presented by Hon. Solomon Silwany, Member of Parliament for Bukooli County Central. The committee has considered the petition and I hereby wish to report. 2.0 Background On 6 September 2013, the Government of Uganda, represented by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, and Kilembe Mines Limited (hereinafter referred to as “KML”) entered into a Concession Agreement with the Tibet Hima Mining Company Limited, the Petitioner and hereinafter referred to as “Tibet” or the “Petitioner”. The Concession followed a competitive international bidding process in which the Petitioner emerged as the best-evaluated bidder. Consequently, the Government accepted a proposal by the consortium led by Tibet Hima Automobile Industry Company Limited, and awarded the Concession to the Petitioner to revamp Kilembe Mines, which had been dormant for over 30 years. The Government of Uganda was desirous of encouraging further exploration and development of minerals in Uganda, as well as promoting and facilitating the operation of mining companies. It was hoped that this policy would benefit the regions and local communities in which minerals are developed through facilitating the growth of socio- economic infrastructure such as schools, health facilities, and clean water supply systems for sustainable regional and national development. 2.1 Kilembe Mines Limited Kilembe Mines Limited is a public enterprise listed under the Public Enterprise Reform and Divestiture Act, Cap. 78, also referred to as the PERD Act. Among the assets of Kilembe Mines Limited are the copper mine at Kilembe in Kasese District and also the 4.5 Megawatt Hydropower Plant at Mubuku. Tibet-Hima Mining Company is a subsidiary of Tibet Automobile Company of China and a special-purpose vehicle company specifically for carrying out the project under the concession agreement with the Government of Uganda. 2.3 Purpose of the Concession The purpose of the concession was for Tibet to revamp the mines at Kilembe, including their assets such as land, minerals, and mineral rights, which had to be done for a period of 25 years. At the time of execution of the Concession Agreement, the mineral rights held by Kilembe Mines Limited included Special Mining Lease 215, Special Mining Lease 3433, Exploration Licenses 1212, and Exploration License 1248. Under the Concession, KML granted Tibet the right to use the conceded assets in accordance with the terms of the Concession Agreement. The parties also entered into a deed assignment dated 23 December 2013 between KML and Tibet. The deed provided that upon termination of the Concession Agreement, the assigned exploration and mining leases were to revert to Kilembe Mines Limited. 2.4 Termination of the Concession Agreement On the 20 th day of June 2017, Hon. Evelyn Anite, Minister of State for Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, in charge of privatisation and investment, issued a notice of termination of the Concession Agreement to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tibet noting that in spite of the several notices of

15323 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2024 iii) that it investigates the reasons for delay in handing over the Kilembe Mines site. The terms of reference of the committee In determining the petition, the committee guided itself by the following terms of reference: a) To determine whether the termination of the Concession Agreement was unfair; b) To examine the rights of the parties to the Concession Agreement; c) To examine whether there are any remedies available to the parties; and d) To report any other matters incidental to this petition. The laws that the committee referred to are provided there. I do not wish to go back to them. Methodology a) The committee held meetings and interacted with various stakeholders as they are projected, including meetings with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, the Minister of State for Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, the learned Attorney- General, the Management and Board of Kilembe Mines Limited, the Deputy Attorney-General, the Winding Up Commission of Kilembe Mines, civil and political leaders from Kasese District, among others. b) We also had representatives of the committee visit the headquarters of Tibet and its consortium members in the People’s Republic of China; Kilembe Mines in Kasese, and also interfaced with both the petitioner, their representatives, and senior management of Kilembe Mines Limited. c) They made reference to various laws and other documents, including the Concession Agreement, the winding up commission report and other documents as listed in the report. Limitations The committee visited Kilembe Mines seven years after the termination of the concession and could not ascertain the state of the assets at the time of termination. As a consequence, the investigation was confined to the period during the subsistence of the Concession Agreement, through to its termination. 7.0 Findings, Observations, and Recommenda - tions Under this segment, the committee interrogates the terms of reference as set out above and makes relevant observations and recommendations. 7.1 To investigate whether the termination of the Concession Agreement between the petitioner and the Government of Uganda was unfair The termination of the concession by the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development in charge of Privatisation and Investment, Hon. Evelyn Anite, was premised on the following grounds. Provision of written undertaking to the satisfaction of the Government that all consortium members shall participate in the project at appropriate stages of the project, as per clause 2.3 of the Concession Agreement. Payment of the annual concession fees as per clause 15.2 of the agreement. Provision of the exploration guarantee as per clause 19.6.1 of the Concession Agreement, despite notices of default. In order to determine whether or not the termination of the concession was unfair or not, the committee interrogated the performance of key obligations as cited by the Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development in charge of Privatisation and Investment, in her notice of termination. 7.1.1, that is the first issue; clause 2.3 of the Concession Agreement obligated the LAYING OF PAPERS

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My name is Florence Kabugho, Woman Member of Parliament for Kasese District, and I belong to the Forum for Democratic Change Party. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Kitanywa Sowedi is my name. I represent the people of Busongora County North in Kasese District.

Madam Speaker, Atkins Katusabe. By the grace of God, I represent the people of Bukonzo County West, and with the support of the people of Bukonzo County West, Kasese District. Greetings everybody from the Rwenzururu Kingdom. I urge our honourable sisters and brothers that today is a day for Northern Uganda. So, I will focus on Northern Uganda. Madam Speaker, I really appreciate it.

13950 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME 2. The LC16, which is produced in Japan with local regulatory approval in Japan, and it is recommended for both adults and children. Both vaccines are pending emergency use licensure by World Health Organisation (WHO). Disease progression and outcomes Mr Speaker, regarding disease progression and outcomes, despite the self-limiting nature of Mpox, in a number of cases the disease can be fatal and may cause death, especially in children under 15 years, pregnant women, and individuals with weak immunity, such as persons living with HIV/AIDS, which is not suppressed. In addition, the public health implications can be dire for the communities and individuals affected. If robust interventions are not made, infection may spread and a huge patient case number can overwhelm the health system as we have seen elsewhere. Facial and body lesions among immunocompromised individuals can be disfiguring, where they severely affect the quality of life of individuals in the long term. In some cases, patients have been reported to have suffered eye complications and permanent blindness. Mr Speaker, Mpox was previously endemic in Central Africa, especially DRC, and West Africa, but in 2020, the disease re-emerged globally. In 2023, Mpox had a huge rebound in DRC, including rapid expansion in many other African countries. In the case of Uganda, Mr Speaker, on 24 July 2024, the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) confirmed two cases of Mpox from six samples received from Bwera Hospital, Kasese District, from suspected cases. The two cases were: 1. A 37-year-old female market vendor, who also operates a hair salon at Mpondwe Border Point. She is married to a Congolese man; 2. A 22-year-old Congolese pregnant woman from Bunywisa II Village, Bwera Subcounty, who was seeking antenatal care in Bwera Hospital. The two individuals were admitted and treated in Bwera Hospital and have since recovered but have been discharged with no complications. This is the first time Mpox has been confirmed in Uganda. Since then, no new cases linked to the two cases have been confirmed in Kasese District or in Uganda. To date, a total of 42 samples have been collected from suspected cases, and sent to UVRI for testing, and all have tested negative by PCR. Genetic analysis of the virus from the confirmed cases shows it is linked to the Mpox of DRC and we have its scientific classification, which I have included in your documents. It is MPXV Clade 1b, which is linked to the DRC outbreak. Mr Speaker, it is important to note that Mpox transmission in Eastern DRC is expanding rapidly, with a new epicentre in North Kivu, that is adjacent to Uganda. This happens amidst our regular cross-border human interactions between our two countries for trade, culture and social reasons. This means the risk of importation into Uganda remains high, given the long incubation period of seven to 14 days. There are 17 districts in Uganda that share a border with DRC, with regular movement of people and 17 gazetted points of entry as well as many undesignated land and water crossing points along Lake Albert and Lake George. In the previous two years, there has been an influx of Congolese refugees into Uganda, for example, 23,821 refugees in 2023 and 18,423 refugees by July 2024. Furthermore, our troops are currently deployed and pursuing insurgents in eastern DRC, and they are also at risk. Long-distance truck drivers plying the region in the interconnected routes and resting areas within the East African area are among the most at risk and could act as a quick way of transmitting the virus. [Dr Aceng] MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS

13951 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 15 AUGUST 2024 Mr Speaker, allow me to inform this August House that yesterday, 14 August 2024, the World Health Organisation declared Mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. This follows the same declaration by the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) as a public health emergency of continental security on 13 August 2024. The two declarations call for concerted global and continental investment to reduce mortality, maintain stable global trade and economy, and avoid stretching health systems as seen in the DRC and Burundi. Mr Speaker, regarding our intervention, since we identified the two cases when Mpox re- emerged in the DRC, the Ministry of Health undertook a risk assessment in anticipation of potential importation of cases. Several immediate steps have been taken to protect the population. Following the assessment, 23 districts were classified as high-risk districts, and these were the 17 districts bordering DRC, five districts hosting refugees from DRC as well as Kampala, because of its highly mobile population due to trade and other reasons. This guided the development of a one-year Mpox preparedness and response plan. The plan caters for the coordination of all Mpox-related activities, including risk communication for prevention, surveillance for case identification and detection, laboratory investigation, management for confirmed cases, vaccination, and research. Mr Speaker, regarding the way forward, an emergency response mechanism, that is, the incident management system, consistent with what we used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2022 Ebola epidemic outbreak has been activated at the Ministry of Health and in Kasese District. The ministry has since reached out to the U.S. Government in Uganda and the World Health Organisation (WHO)for vaccines so that we can prioritise the high-risk groups. These are the health workers, their contacts, and other frontline workers, but also the vulnerable ones that I previously highlighted. We are working with WHO to enhance cross-border collaboration among countries in the region for real-time information sharing and cross-border surveillance. In conclusion, I wish to appeal to this august House to supplement the Ministry of Health’s efforts by amplifying the Mpox prevention messages, within your respective constituencies. The message that we want you to carry forward is that we need to avoid physical contact with anyone who has signs and symptoms of Mpox, as I mentioned above. Remember that the pustules resemble those of chickenpox. People should avoid sharing clothes, bedding, and other personal items with infected persons. Wash hands with soap and water, or use an alcohol-based sanitiser after contact with a suspected case of Mpox. Contacts and frontline workers should be encouraged to take vaccination when it is available. Lastly, on that issue, suspected cases should be reported to the nearest health facility for assistance, or call our toll-free line. As I conclude, Mr Speaker, allow me to register my appreciation and that of the entire ministry to this august House for its continued support of the health sector whenever the need arises. I beg to submit.

13492 DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS TO SECTORAL COMMITTEES 5. Hon. Yusuf Nsibambi of Mawokota County South; 6. Hon. Francis Mwijukye of Buhweju County; 7. Hon. Ssemakula Luttamaguzi of Nakaseke South County; 8. Hon. Fred Kayondo of Mukono County South; and 9. Hon. Nelson Okello of Maruzi North County. I designate the following Members on the Committee on Public Service and Local Government: 1. Hon. Betty Ethel Naluyima of Wakiso District; 2. Hon. Jimmy Lwanga of Njeru Municipality; 3. Hon. Teddy Nambooze of Mpigi District; 4. Hon. Juliet Kakande Nakabuye of Masaka City; 5. Hon. Godfrey Atkins Katusabe of Bukonzo West; and 6. Hon. Julius Peter Emigu of Ochero County I designate the following Members on the Committee on Education and Sports: 1. Hon. Geoffrey Ssolo Kayemba of Bukomansimbi South County; 2. Hon. Joseph Gonzaga Ssewungu of Kalungu West County; 3. Hon. Michael Kakembo of Entebbe Municipality; 4. Hon. Emmanuel Ongiertho of Jonam County; and 5. Hon. Sarah Aguti of Dokolo District. I designate the following Members on the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries: 1. Hon. Dr Abed Bwanika of Kimaanya- Kabonera Division; 2. Hon. Charles Matovu of Busiro County South; 3. Hon. Veronica Nanyondo of Bukomansimbi District; 4. Hon. Stella Isodo Apolot of Ngora District; 5. Hon. Florence Kabugho of Kasese District; 6. Hon. Betty Aol Ocan of Gulu City; 7. Hon. Asinansi Nyakato of Hoima City; 8. Hon. John Paul Lukwago of Kyotera County; 9. Hon. Maxwell Akora of Maruzi County; and 10. Hon. Santa Okot of Aruu North County.

>!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

k 'I ii. #ri- - T ,? tu,*ur- r:l(- .: 26 =4 l.t ( \ l.---e-' )r Amount (OOO') Vote Descrlptlon 9,294,589 849 Kamuli District 5,106,892 850 Kamwenge District 6,153,676 Kanungu District 851 1,79o,475 452 Kapchorwa District 4,186,932 853 Kapelebyong District 2,540,91O 854 Karenga District 10,750,O50 855 Kasanda District 7,5t8,684 Kasese District 856 5,716,721 857 Katakwi District 7,805,t37 858 Kayunga District 7,725,674 Kazo District 859 7,254,6tO 860 Kibaale District 5,224,94t Kiboga District 861 4,t16,9Ll 862 Kibuku District 3,758,385 863 Kikuube District 3,866,206 864 Kiruhura District 4,506,327 865 Kiryandongo District 5,272,352 866 Kisoro District 2,t65,239 867 Kitagwenda District 3,085,928 Kitgum District 868 2,315,301 Koboko District ) eos 3,574,80L 470 Kole District 2,4t6,269 Kotido District 871 6,068,O43 872 Kumi District 2,956,24r 873 Kwania District 2,501,053 Kween District 874 5,O22,485 875 Kyankwanzi District 6,76L,447 Kyegegwa District a76 5,675,220 877 Kyenjojo District 3,579,392 Kyotera District 878 3,036,906 879 Lamwo District 3,674,946 Lira District TBBo 3,27t,477 881 Luuka District 6,O7a,216 Luwero District 842 6,840,262 883 Lwengo District 1,743,388 Lyantonde District 884 2,5t3,735 885 Madi-Okollo District i iF!": N\','" k

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

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

10655 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2023 In the group of 2021, over 50 are still languishing in Kitalya and Luzira prisons without trial. Twenty Eight of these have been produced in the Army court-martial, but their trial has never taken shape more than three years after arrest, including a one Olivia Lutaaya, a mother of three little children who was arrested immediately after giving birth on 8 May 2021. Mr Speaker, the questions of the day: i. Is the people’s Parliament dosing on duty, complacent or timid to demand the military to account for their actions and conduct in the court-martial where hundreds of Ugandans are casually produced as a show without consequence? ii. Is the UPDF subordinate to the laws of the land or the country was long captured by a subtle military junta without an official proclamation of the rule by decree? Torture in Detention Facilities: Mr Speaker, the growing culture by the State security apparatus to torture suspects while in detention, the case of Samuel Masereka, the Registrar of the NUP in Kasese District and the famous case of Kakwenza Rukirabashaija are classic examples of people who have ever been abducted by security personnel and subjected to despicable torturous treatment. Other similar incidents occurred in the recent past. For instance, when Hon. Kyagulanyi was arrested from Arua and tortured while in detention, Hon. Francis Zaake has on several occasions faced it rough to the extent of almost losing his sight, and many other incidents. We cannot say that these are isolated incidents. Mr Speaker, I sense danger in muzzling dissenting voices and delimiting space for holding accountable those in power. If this happened to them today and no statement or remedial action has been taken by the Government, how shall we all be spared if our turn comes? In the recent past, Mr Speaker, this august House has condemned such violations, but the same old habits have continued to manifest mainly through enforced disappearances, arbitrary illegal arrests and detention, torture in detention, detention without trial, unlawful detentions, extrajudicial killings, property grabbing, political persecution, assaulting journalists and other professionals in the course of duty, among others. Human Rights Violations in Fishing Communities Mr Speaker, in 2017, the President of Uganda directed that the UPDF be deployed at major lakes in Uganda, following the reported depletion of fish stocks due to over and illegal fishing. Following that deployment, the fishing communities have on numerous occasions, cried out on gross violation of their rights by the men and women in uniform. Reports of rape, defilement, destruction of properties, murders, unjustified arrests and illegal closure of many landing sites have been reported. Part of the response to these cries by Parliament was the enactment of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 20l3. The continued presence of the UPDF and their selective actions against citizens must arouse the curiosity of any serious House of Parliament. Entire communities have been displaced, rendered homeless and jobless. Many persons have been killed, maimed and dishonoured. Do the victims of these illegal actions have any representatives in Parliament? In the circumstances and absurd as described above, we have the following demands for the Government to meet without excuse: 1. Full accountability for the November 2020 murders in Kampala and beyond, including the actions taken on Police Patrol 999/17 and others listed above, whose occupants were well captured by different media houses and vigilant citizens, shooting live

seven (7) coffee huller structure s Kabujoge ra Coffee Farmers group (Kitagwen da) Buhanda Coffee farmers group (Kitagwen da) 2,O70,767, s4s) strLlctures at Kabujogera and Buhanda and noted the following; r The project was expected to be comPleted bY 3Qtt' Ocaber 2022; r The drying slabs at both sltes were not yet complete; r There were no transformers to connect the coffee huller equipment; e At the Buhanda site, the area was not fenced, exposing the facility to potential vandalism. structure will be delayed due to absence of the power source. This will result in delayed service delivery. contractor; however, the beneficiaries were advised to consider it for safety purposes. o NAADS had communicated to Ministry of Enerry the need for power connection to the milling facilities. Whereas the PS promised that the Ministry would provide the required support for power extension to the sites, no action had materialized to date. 5 Construc tion of mini irrigation scheme at Nyakakin du Kasese District Oo/o of 4,063,330, 200 r At the time of inspection between 18th - 22na October 2022; works had not commenced at the site of the irrigation scheme four months after the contract for the works was signed. r This result delayed service delivery will in a o The initial delay in commencement of the works was due to delay in finding suitable Clerk of works locally with the district. . The contractor was instructed to commence works. \ --} E 6 Yumbe Factory >}.<- )E, Fruit 12,525,O00 ,000 At the time of inspection between 18tt to 22nd October 2022, the expected project completion date 17-11-2022 r Plant installation was 100% complete r Construction of the dispatch shade is on- going. . Works on electricaI fittings, correction of minor defects and final coat painting was ongoing o Works on packaging shade, guard house, waste skip, and wall o Much as the equipment installation is at lOOo/o (installed and tested) completion of peripheral works like the dispatch shade, packaging shade and boundary wall could delay utilisation of the facility. a o The funds for supporting the establishment of the Yumbe Mango fmit processing factory had been mobilized along a Financial Year arrangement through Budget support. r Management reported that substantial progress had been made, and factory establishment was at the final stage. tn RI $lt \\N'l 7 =$s ai6l -t( , ,i (llu{"(((1 \.-^- i \ ,@ o

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I rise on a matter of national importance. The matter relates a disaster in Katunguru, which is an area around Lake Katwe in Kasese District occupied by a fishing community. Last week, on the 16 th , this area experienced a heavy hailstorm that destroyed homes and property including goats, chickens, and ducks and 19 homesteads were affected, nine of them severely. As I speak, the affected persons are virtually internally displaced in the community and only living at the mercy of good Samaritans. Mr Speaker, I appeal to the Office of the Prime Minister to take interest in this matter and provide relief services to the affected persons and homesteads. I thank you.

Madam Speaker, Hon. Musherure raised a matter concerning the need for Government to stress its commitment to road safety through implementation of the existing rules and regulations. Her prayer was that she wanted me to update the House on the timelines for approval of Traffic and Road Safety Regulations. I had highlighted a number of regulations and Members have them on Alfresco. The answers are almost similar to what we have just resolved. Therefore, I request that you allow me to go to another question. Hon. Dr Ayume Charles, Member of Parliament for Koboko said that there is a high number of road traffic injuries reporting to public hospitals in Uganda and increasing cost of treatment. His prayer was whether Government can update the House on the intervention to reduce road carnage. It is almost the same; I feel the answers I gave are similar to what we discussed with the Speaker this morning. I, therefore, request that you allow me to go to another question. Honourable members can read on their iPads because we have uploaded this. Hon. Atkins Katusabe, Member of Parliament for Bukonzo County West, Kasese District. He raised a matter of concern about the floods that ravaged parts of Kasese District, submerging houses and sweeping away bridges and the threat of a resultant crack on a massive rock. His prayer was that the Prime Minister gives a status update and interventions made. Madam Speaker, Government is aware of the above concern. Through the Ministry of Works and Transport and the Uganda National Roads Authority, Government undertook short-term, medium and long-term interventions in Kasese. Among the short-term actions, the ministry has to date constructed three cable footbridges. That is Kyabayenze Cable Foot Bridge on Lhubiriha River, of Mihani, Karichadi Cable Foot Bridge and Ruboni-Kyambogho Cable Foot Bridge. Further, the ministry is doing protection of River Nyamugasani eroded banks using force on account. In addition, the ministry rehabilitated Mubuku-Karusandara Prison Road is measuring 12 out of 22.4 kilometres affected by floods. The Ministry of Works and Transport also extended additional support in form of metal culverts and equipment to Kasese District Local Government to enable it to reinstate the damaged infrastructure. Clearing of flood debris on the affected roads, repair of damaged bridges, protection works and desilting of blocked drainage structures, has been done. In terms of medium and long-term actions, the Ministry of Works and Transport designed and is constructing Karujumba Bridge connecting Kyarumba and the Kisinga subcounties. The structures consider the climate effects already experienced in the region. The Government through UNRA is constructing a number of bridges that are climate resilient, including: i) Nyamugasani Bridge (Lower) on Rwentare-Katwe-Katojo Road, ii) Kyanya Bridge on Mobuku-Maliba- Kyanya-Ibanda Road, iii) Isango Bridge on Bwera-Kithoma-Kiraro Road, iv) Rwembyo and Kajwenge Bridges on K i n y a m a s e k e - K i s i n g a - K y a r u m b a - Kibirizi Road, v) Kanyampara Bridge on Kinyamaseke- Kisinga-Kyarumba-Kibirizi Road, all of which are ongoing.

Allow me to withdraw the statement that the ministers in the Ministry of Health are very healthy, but have refused to come and answer the questions of Ugandans. (Laughter) STATEMENT BY MINISTERS ON: II) THE ATTACK ON LHUBIRIHA SECONDARY SCHOOL IN MPONDWE, KASESE DISTRICT, ALLEGEDLY BY THE ALLIED DEFENCE FORCES (ADF), ON FRIDAY, 16 JUNE 2023

9217 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 22 JUNE 2023 I have organised a small map there, but you can see – (Laughter) We are showing only that part around the Rwenzori from Kibale National Park down up to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Lake Edward and when you enter Congo, we are showing from Bulibo through Virunga National Park, Kasindi, Mpondwe - We had this problem in Mpondwe and I am going to talk about it. You will know about Butembo, Butwe and Beni and those mountains after Rwenzori National Park. Madam Speaker, the ADF is mostly in the northern parts of the road from Kasindi to Beni. You can see Kasindi and Beni on the north- west. Kasindi is in the middle near Mpondwe and then Beni. The northern parts of that road and south of the road are occupied by UPDF and where the UPDF is operating from, life has come back to normal with the population settling back to economic production. For example, they have gone back to cocoa and coffee farming, shops are open and schools are running. All the shops, if I have to volunteer some information, are full of Ugandan goods. When you go to all these towns from Beni, Bunia, Masindi – but that is something else. In the DRC, where Congo allowed us to operate, the ADF could not go to camp there; they only remained in small groups. I used a Luganda word - bukunkumuka – When you have dry cow dung and you remove the lump, what remains is little. These remaining bukunkumuka; small, scattered remnants that cannot attack barracks and police stations - But why do they attack civilians and schools, killing innocent people? We are very sure that they do this: 1. To give themselves publicity. 2. To make the world know that they are still there. 3. To detract us (UPDF) back from attacking them in Congo in their main camps. We have denied them space locally, but we also need to finish them from their perennial hideouts in Congo and this country should not remain in this panic forever. What the ADF is doing is not a sign of strength, but of weakness. Otherwise, why don’t they attack military and police barracks or ambush army vehicles? As you know, Madam Speaker, when you burn a log, even the ash that we call evvu in Luganda, can get into your eyes and cause pain. The bukunkumuka should be wiped out or evvu well swept because all these can cause damage. They tried this in Ntoroko on 13 December 2022 and they were planning to do exactly what they did to this school recently. They were 51 when they attacked; out of the 51, 26 were put out of action. (Interjection) Yes, we counted them. When fighting, you are not blind. We counted them and 26 were put out of action and their bodies remained there. The remaining 25 were captured and we have them in prison. When we capture them, we do not kill them; we put them in prison. This was a bigger and well-armed group than that one of Lhubiriha, the recent Kasese group, which were less than 10 terrorists. We are carrying out investigations to establish and get answers to some pertinent questions, which everyone, including honourable Members, are asking: 1. Why didn’t people, both security and civilians, see them? 2. Why were there no identification or suspicion of new or strange faces? All these will be answered by all the investigations that are going on and the findings will avail these answers. We have already removed the logs, but we now need to remove the ash. Regarding this instant case, on 16 June 2023, at around 2300 hours (11.00 p.m.), suspected ADF rebels, numbering between five to 10, attacked Peter Hunter Secondary School, Nyabigando also known as Lhubiriha Mpondwe Secondary School in Kasese District. Following the attack, 37 students, one security guard who challenged the attackers and four other civilians were killed. That made it 41 lives lost, but we have

Thank you very much, honourable minister. Honourable members, you have heard the statement on what happened in Kasese. It was a very unfortunate incident and, of course, at the end of the day, you cannot blame anybody. It happened and our security forces need to become more vigilant. Let me start with the Members from Kasese District and then we go to the in-laws and relatives. (Laughter) Let us not take a lot of time because we are about to go to Prime Minister’s Time. I wish you could give us a way forward as you discuss: what do we do?

Madam Speaker, I want to agree with the presentation of my colleagues, the Member for Bukonzo West County and the Woman Representative for Kasese District. It is true, we who were at the scene realised there was thin deployment. Why? It is because the Major General who is commanding our forces in Congo informed us that they heard about the attack when they were in Congo. They attempted to come from Congo to rescue our people, but the Congo border could not allow them to quickly cross to the Uganda side. That is what the Major General confessed. Madam Speaker, this meant that we were relying on a force that had already crossed to Congo to come and rescue a situation in Uganda. That confirms there was thin deployment. What happened at the scene was terrible. By the time our students died, they had cried for help. One of the girls who died is my cousin’s daughter. These people cried, but got no help. It was terrible. Our students were butchered; they were slaughtered like goats. It took over an hour as our students were being butchered. It is, therefore, my request that the UPDF considers serious deployment on the ground. This is very serious. Our people died badly. If you reached the scene, you would feel pity. The boys who resisted being stormed into the dormitory were burnt beyond recognition. When we were removing the bodies, we could not recognise any of them until they carried out the DNA tests. The way forward is that the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs should work closely with us, the leaders from Kasese. Let us also use the media to call upon our people who have been diverted into rebel work to come home. We are lucky our king has been released and we are grateful to the President. So, let us work closely with him to mobilise our people to leave this rebel work. We have vigilantes in Kasese who are trained at the village level. I would like to recommend that since we have a thin deployment, let us reinforce deployment by involving our vigilantes on the ground. They should be armed so that in case we are attacked, our local people who are trained participate in defending themselves. If we had such an arrangement, there would have been some prior preliminary self-defence. I conclude by thanking you, Madam Speaker and every Member, for the concern about the killing of our people in the Rwenzori Region. Thank you, for listening to me.

Honourable members, you do not force somebody to be where they do not want to be; you let them go. Honourable members, on a rather sad note, on Saturday, we woke up to very bad news of the killing of about 43 students in Mpondwe, Kasese District. They were allegedly killed IN THE PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA Official Report of the Proceedings of Parliament THIRD SESSION - 3RD SITTING - FIRST MEETING Parliament met at 1.59 P.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, honourable colleague. Honourable colleagues in the Public Gallery this afternoon, we have Mr Robson Magoma, Local Leader from Kasese District Local Government. He is represented by Hon. Sowedi Kitanywa and Hon. Florence Kabugho. He is here to observe proceedings of this House. Please, join me in welcoming him. ( Applause) Thank you. Also, in the VIP gallery this afternoon, we have Hon. Lyandro Komakech, former Member of Parliament, representing Gulu Municipality. He is accompanied by his master’s students; he went to the academic field now from Makerere University Department of Political Science. They include: 1. Mr Michael Taremwa 2. Mr Pius Muhoozi, and 3. Mr Vivian Karibwende. Please, join me in welcoming them. (Applause) Thank you. Thank you, Hon. Roland. I think it was very important for us to allow both sides to be – but for the record to be corrected, the minority report was signed by eight Members and not nine. The reason is that Hon. Nathan Banyima signed both the majority and the minority reports and it is not allowed. (Laughter) The rules are clear and it is not allowed. Under Rule 204(7) of the Rules of Procedure, you cannot withdraw a signature once you append it, and the majority report came first before the minority; therefore, his signature is with the majority report. I have checked both signatures and I am observant on such matters. Honourable colleagues, I will first allow the Government side to make a response on these matters and then I will go to Hon. Sarah Opendi who brought the matter and then I open up to the rest. Government? THE MINISTER, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT (SECURITY) (Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Jim Muhwezi): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I would like to thank the Members of the two committees; the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs and the Committee on Physical Infrastructure, for a job well done. (Applause) As you may know, when the mover of the motion, Hon. Sarah Opendi, raised this matter some time back, we have had protracted discussions all this time and we have answered most of the questions, even those raised by the minority report. In fact, I was taken by surprise because we had interacted exhaustively and I was confident that there was no minority report.

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

8607 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023 Payment of ineligible persons Madam Speaker, Government lost billions of money due to the payment of salaries to ineligible teachers in various local governments. The individuals discovered in secondary school and tertiary institutions used forged minute numbers to access Government payroll. A case in point is Kanungu District Local Government with 12 individuals who forged minutes and earned a total of Shs 97.7 million, and in Kasese District Local Government, eight secondary school teachers forged documents and earned a total of Shs 83.9 million. There are also cases of overpayment and underpayment of salaries, pensions, and gratuity. We have provided details and we have also provided observations as a committee. Now, permit me to take you to the recommendations. 1. Accounting officers of the affected local governments should, in the future, ensure that they adhere to Section B (a) (7) of the Uganda Public Service Standing Orders (2021); 2. Accounting officers should ensure recovery of overpaid amounts from the affected persons; 3. Accounting officers should ensure the processing of payments of top-up salary amounts in respect of the persons who were underpaid; 4. Accounting officers should liaise with the Ministry of Public Service to reconcile the different salary amounts paid to their respective entity employees; and 5. Finally, for the use of wrong bans, accounting officers should ensure correct payments are made in compliance with Section B (a) (6) and (7) and Section B (c) (1) of the Uganda Public Service Standing Orders. Madam Speaker, we have management of deductions under 3.6. We have provided details. The committee has also provided observations that members can look through. Further, we have provided recommendations under that and please permit me to just mention these two recommendations. 1. Government, through the Ministry of Public Service, should ensure that the Human Capital Management System accurately deducts a Local Service Tax from all employees in accordance with the Income Tax Act; and 2. In the meantime, accounting officers should make sure recoveries are done from staff whom less Local Service Tax was deducted None-Tax deductions We have provided details and observations but we have recommendations wherein: 1. The Ministry of Public Service should harmonise the deductions with the respective financial entities to avoid financial loss to staff. This is informed by the fact that the Government of the Republic of Uganda, represented by the Ministry of Public Service, entered into a service agreement with UCLA and UBA on 3 January 2020, to manage loan deductions for all civil servants; 2. The Ministry of Public Service should review the agreement signed with the lenders with a view of streamlining the irregularities in the management of salary loans; 3. Accounting officers should ensure strict adherence to Section 2.12 and 2.14 of the Service Agreement between the Government of Uganda and these lenders; and 4. Finally, we recommend that Government should expeditiously roll out the Human Capital Management System (HCMS) to resolve most of the irregularities that local governments are experiencing. Delayed access to payroll The committee found out that there are still local government entities that take between five to 12 months before staff are enrolled onto the payroll. Madam Speaker, we also found out that there are local governments that take between

Mr Speaker, I would like to present the report of the Committee on Health on a field visit to Kasese to assess the status of Kilembe Mines Hospital. I beg to lay the original copy of the report with its annexes attached and minutes of the committee meetings. I would like to give a brief background of Kasese District, their health services and then the river in question, before I narrow it down to the committee observations and recommendations I would like to draw your attention to page 5; the background of Kasese District. It has five constituencies, 14 urban councils, three divisions and 27 rural subcounties. There are 133 health facilities, of which, 25 are private- for-profit and 17 are private-not-for-profit. 91 [Mr Mpuuga] SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT

Well guided, Mr Speaker. Kilembe Mines Hospital started operations in 1954 to provide medical services to workers of the Kilembe Mines. Later, the management of Kilembe Mines Ltd decided to extend provision of medical services to residents of Rwenzori Subregion and Kasese District in general. Prior to the 2020 flooding by River Nyamwamba, the health facility was providing orthopaedic services to patients from Rwenzori Subregion and beyond. The hospital was located in Kilembe Valley, Bulembia Division in Kasese Municipality. Bulembia Division has a population of over 28,000 people and has Kilembe Health Centre Dispensary as the only Government health facility Ownership of this hospital Kilembe Mines Hospital is owned by Kilembe Mines Ltd, a parastatal with 99.996 per cent shareholding. Following plummeting copper prices in the 1970s, Kilembe Mines Ltd could not adequately fund its operations, including the hospital services. This prompted management to source for partners for the hospital. The management of Kilembe Mines Hospital is under a tripartite arrangement. In 1982, Kilembe Mines Ltd entered into a partnership with the Catholic Church through the Diocese of Fort Portal to run Kilembe Mines Hospital. It was agreed that Kilembe Mines Hospital was to continue providing medical services to workers of Kilembe Mines and the surrounding population. Due to its high operational costs, the partnership could not sustain the running of the hospital and they approached the Government, through the Ministry of Health, requesting for support. In 1995, a tripartite agreement was signed between Kilembe Mines Hospital, the registered trustees of the Diocese of Kasese and the Government, represented by the Ministry of Health. It should be noted that the Diocese of Kasese was created out of the Diocese of Fort Portal. According to the tripartite agreement, each of the parties was assigned the following roles:

8360 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR Kilembe Mines Ltd was to own all assets and liabilities effective the day of execution of the agreement, including newly acquired ones. The Government of Uganda, represented by the Ministry of Health, through Kasese District Local Government, was to recruit and pay salaries for hospital staff. (c) The Diocese of Kasese was to be responsible for the day to day administration of the hospital. The tripartite agreement was reviewed in 2003, 2010 and 2017. The last edition of the tripartite agreement lapsed on 15 March 2022 after a five-year duration. Under the agreement, Kilembe Mines Hospital was managed by a management committee comprising 10 voting members answerable to the Minister of Health in accordance with article 5. Flooding of Kilembe Mines by River Nyamwamba On 1 May 2013, River Nyamwamba burst its banks and flooded its catchment area including Kilembe Mines Hospital. This followed flooding episodes in 2014 and most recently 2020. Prior to 2013, River Nyamwamba had last flooded 50 years ago. Those are the pictures, Mr Speaker. They should have been much clearer in colour. On page 12, there are more pictures there. The water really carried huge boulders and these are responsible for the destruction of the infrastructure of the hospital. The pictures speak louder than words. I will not spend a lot of time there. I would like to draw your attention to page 15. Expiry of the Tripartite Agreement On 15 March 2022, the tripartite agreement expired and was not renewed by the parties. Kilembe Mines Limited, Kasese District Local Government and Kasese Municipal Council informally agreed to continue running Kilembe Mines Hospital at a new site which is about 200 meters from the original Kilembe Mines Hospital. Kilembe Mines Limited in consultation with the district leadership resolved that the health services be housed in Kilembe Mines Limited structures that were safer from the threat of floods. The structures were renovated by Kilembe Mines Limited while the local community offered free labour during renovation, after which health services resumed on 1 April 2022. However, on 2 December 2020, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr Diana Atwine wrote to Joint Medical Stores (JMS) to deactivate the credit line for essential medicines and health supplies for Kilembe Mines Hospital and directed that it is redistributed to other health facilities. The names of the health facilities are highlighted in the report, Mr Speaker. It is against this background that the Committee on Health conducted a field visit to Kasese Municipality. The objectives of the visit are clear. In the interest of time, I would like to go to page 20 on committee findings, observations and recommendations. The current status of Kilembe Mines Hospital What is the legal status of Kilembe Mines Hospital? The committee noted that upon expiry of the tripartite agreement on 15 March 2022, the parties did not renew the agreement. Therefore, the legal status of Kilembe Mines Hospital remains uncertain. The committee was informed that the Kilembe Mines Limited wrote to the Chief Administrative Officer of Kasese District Local Government on 24 February 2022, requesting for a continued partnership with Government in managing Kilembe Mines Hospital but no response has been received. That is Annex 5 of the correspondence letter. The same request was transmitted to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health but there is no response to date. On 5 March 2022, the Chief Administrative Officer of Kasese wrote to the Solicitor- General seeking legal interpretation of [Dr Ayume] SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT

8361 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 2023 the status of Kilembe Mines Hospital but no response has been received to date. The letter is attached in Annex 6. The committee found out that Kilembe Mines Hospital is managed by Kilembe Mines Limited and the Government through Kasese District Local Government and Kasese Municipal Council. However, it has no board, no laboratory accreditation documents and official stamps, among others. Committee observations Kilembe Mines Limited is willing to continue partnering with the Government of Uganda to provide medical services at Kilembe Mines Hospital but the Government has been non- committal. The failure by the Government to provide guidance on the way forward as requested by the district leadership creates a lot of uncertainty and tension among the community. Currently, Kilembe Mines Hospital has no legal status within the Government structure despite offering the much-needed medical services to the people of Kasese, especially those living along the ranges of Mount Rwenzori. Lack of a legal status also erodes the confidence of health development partners and stakeholders in providing support to Kilembe Mines Hospital. Kilembe Mines Hospital, Kasese District Local Government and Kasese Municipal council are operating under an informal arrangement. The committee recommendations In the short-term, the Ministry of Health should engage Kilembe Mines Limited about the possibility of signing a bilateral agreement to offer health services to the community. This should include an evaluation of the repurposed facility opposite the old facility which is currently offering services to be supported as a health centre IV. Government obligations should include staffing, provision of medicines and sundries, primary health care, non-wage and additional services like imaging and dental should be included. The Solicitor-General should provide a legal opinion about the status of Kilembe Mines Hospital within one month of adoption of this report. The opinion of the Solicitor- General will provide a way forward to the Ministry of Health and Kilembe Mines Limited regarding the future of the hospital. The management of Kilembe Mines Limited should explore the option of establishing Kilembe Mines Hospital as a community health facility for eventual recognition and support by the Government. Physical state of Kilembe Mines Hospital Committee observations The original site of Kilembe Mines Hospital was severely destroyed and is prone to future flooding, meaning that we cannot revamp the hospital. Kilembe Mines Hospital provides services to a large catchment area. This includes six subcounties in the mountainous areas with a population of 350,000 and Bulembia Division with a population of 28,000. The current facility across the road is functional and is providing outpatient, inpatient, maternity and surgical services. Partners like Daktari from Belgium are willing to support the facility in terms of setting up infrastructure and provision of medical equipment. Recommendations of the committee The former site of Kilembe Mines Hospital should be condemned; there should be no future attempts to redevelop it. The Ministry of Health should expedite the process of bilateral agreement between Kilembe Mines Hospital and the Government so as not to discourage potential donors from supporting the health facility. Staffing levels of Kilembe Mines Hospital The committee recommends that the staff should be retained but in units where there is excess or might be redundant because of limited scope of services, some can be redistributed to nearby Government facilities.

8363 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 2023 As the Government identifies an investor for Kilembe Mines Limited, one of the requirements should be the construction of a community hospital on higher ground at the site of the six acres that were identified. Progress on the desilting of River Nyamwamba In 2022, Parliament approved a Shs 17 billion loan for desilting 5.4 kilometres of the river in order to prevent future occurrence of floods. Desilting involves the maintenance of earthworks, putting gabions and establishing a dike. In addition to the desilting, the loan was supposed to be used for reforestation and giving start-up capital to the locals to start alternative income-generating activities. Works commenced on 18 July 2022. The contractor is Ambitious Construction and the subcontractor is Afro Building. The project areas are Masule, Kyanjuki Village and Kyanjuki Camp. In a meeting held with the Ministry of Water and Environment officials on the 1 st of February, the health committee was informed that the progress of works was at 84 per cent and the contract was meant to expire on 7 February 2023. During the committee’s visit to Kilembe Mines Hospital, a grader belonging to one of the contractors was levelling the ground where some of the stones had been removed. However, the committee noted that the gabions built along the riverbanks were low and could easily be over-flooded by the river and the progress of works was minimal. So, the 84 percent did not fit into the observations of the committee. On page 30 and page 31 are pictures. Mr Speaker, as I conclude, these are the committee’s recommendations: The Office of the Auditor-General should take interest in the current scope of works and activities done versus the funds allocated. The Ministry of Water and Environment should involve the local community in identifying projects which are supposed to mitigate the effects of environmental degradation and improve livelihoods. The population should be discouraged from settling along the slopes, riverbanks and engaging in deforestation. Desilting of the river bed should be done periodically to prevent high water levels during the torrential rains. Therefore, the Ministry of Water and Environment should purchase equipment for this purpose and hand them over to Kasese District Local Government. The height of the gabions in the low-lying areas, which is supposed to hold the river embankment, should be high enough and firm to prevent flooding – one of the observations was that the gabions were quite low. Mr Speaker, the committee’s conclusion is that Kilembe Mines Hospital has been exposed to three flooding episodes by River Nyamwamba in the last 10 years. The hospital is in a low-lying area that is prone to flooding. The most recent floods of 2020 have destroyed the hospital beyond a repairable state and any ambitious attempts to renovate the hospital puts the lives of the patients and health workers at risk. Therefore, this site should be declared not fit for the purpose of a hospital and it should be closed. Given the large catchment area of Kilembe Mines Hospital, which includes mountainous areas, the removal of health services significantly affects the quality of life of this population. Therefore, the Ministry of Health should maintain health services within the vicinity of the defunct hospital as the Government prioritises the recommendations above. This means that the facility offering primary health care services – across the road from the defunct hospital – should continue to be supported by the Ministry of Health and Kasese District Local Government. Any investor willing to take up Kilembe Mines should construct a hospital in a new location, not only for the workers of the mines, but as part of their corporate social responsibility. In the interest of environmental conservation, the Ministry of Water and Environment should protect the environs of River Nyamwamba Basin, including its origin in the glaciers of Mount Rwenzori.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the chairperson of the Committee on Health, Dr Ayume, and the Members on the committee – for the comprehensive report on Kilembe Mines Hospital. Mr Speaker, as a ministry, we do associate with some of the committee’s findings, observations and recommendations. We have had several engagements with the Kasese District leadership – even with Members of Parliament from that area – and we have moved to implement some of the recommendations. For example, we do appreciate and agree that the population of Kilembe Mines is high. Therefore, we are upgrading Rukoki Health Center IV to the status of a hospital. However, in the meantime, we are putting up a health facility within the vicinity of Kilembe Mines, to serve the population. As for the other recommendations, we await the clearance of the legal status of Kilembe Mines. At the same time, we have moved to ask the district leadership to deploy all the workers of Kilembe Mines Hospital within the public facilities, where they are available, to decongest the health facilities around. Mr Speaker, as a ministry, we shall further internalise the committee’s recommendations and see the actions to take to ensure that the people of Kilembe Mines and Kasese get health services as they are entitled, and to ensure that we enhance and strengthen the facilities that are already available there. I thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for giving me another opportunity to talk about Kilembe Mines Hospital in Kasese District. I thank the chairperson of the Committee on Health, for the presentation of the report. Actually what has made me very happy is the reactivation of the credit line. Mr Speaker, you have heard about the population that was being served by Kilembe Mines Hospital: 360,000 from six sub-counties and 28,000 from a division. As I speak now, those people are at the mercy of the Government. When Kilembe Mines Hospital was washed away by the floods, Kilembe Mines Limited provided other structures that are currently housing the hospital where people are getting medicine from. So, if that credit line is reactivated, my people are going to celebrate. Mr Speaker, the issue of Rukoki Health Centre; the maternity ward was burnt about 18 months ago. The Government has done nothing to ensure the maternity ward is worked on. It is the Rotary Club, together with the people who fundraised to make sure that that ward is roofed but women are still giving birth under trees and those who were being served by Kilembe Mines Hospital have nowhere to go. I pray that the issue of reactivating the credit line is worked on so quickly so that the women can have somewhere to rest or get medicine. Just as I have reported before, Mr Speaker, I reported about five women dying in just one week at Bwera General Hospital. Now how about – (Member timed out.)

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity. I rise on a matter of national importance regarding the escalating tension between the cultivators and pastoralists in Ngoko village, Hima Parish, Kitswamba Subcounty in Kasese District. The tension is as a result of the resettlement of the pastoralists in 2007. The Government resolved to resettle the pastoralists that had occupied Queen Elizabeth National Park on Government’s former pieces of land, that is, Hima Army Production Farm and Ibuga Refugee Settlement Camp. During the process of resettling the pastoralists, the cultivators, who were staying adjacent to the Government land, were displaced. As a result, the cultivators sought court redress. In 2016, they secured a ruling in their favour. The High Court in Fort Portal ruled, among other orders, that the cultivators should retain their land, which was equivalent to 766 acres. From 2016 to date, the cultivators have never accessed the land, yet there is a court order. The office –

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Arising from the reports of the oversight visits on PDM and the debate, I found it imperative to produce detailed reports on how much money has been given to each parish, under PDM. Mr Speaker, I beg to lay on the Table a report on the parish revolving fund (PRF) disbursement to the parish SACCOs for Financial Year 2021/2022, as of June last year. Mr Speaker, I beg to lay the report on the parish revolving fund disbursement to SACCOs for the Financial Year 2022/2023, as at the end of February this year. Mr Speaker, I beg to lay the report on the parish revolving fund disbursement to SACCOs, by district, for this financial year, as at the end of March this year. Mr Speaker, the responses I am going to present to the Members have been uploaded on the iPads, but I request the IT team, through you, Mr Speaker, that the report be put on the screen so that we can follow it together. Mr Speaker, this statement is presented to Parliament in response to issues raised by Members of Parliament during the debate on the motion for the adoption of the sub-regional oversight reports on PDM, as directed by the Speaker on 4 April 2023. For consistency, Mr Speaker, I have decided to use the format of the terms of reference which were given for the oversight activity. These were; 1. To determine the exact amount of approved funds that have been disbursed to the various parishes. 2. To examine the eligibility of the various categories of beneficiaries of the PDM funds. 3. To assess the effectiveness of utilisation of the PDM funds disbursed to the beneficiaries. 4. To establish the extent of adherence to the guidelines and procedures by the various actors in the implementation of PDM. 5. To examine any other matters incidental and make recommendations for corrective actions. I have responses to 25 very important questions, which I believe the honourable members keep meeting in the public. I, therefore, beg that we go through these responses. TOR 1: To find out the amount of approved funds disbursed to the parishes: Question 1: “How much money was disbursed to the various parishes for PDM last financial year and this year?” In Financial Year 2021/2022, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development released Shs 86 billion as parish revolving fund to the PDM SACCOs. This year, in quarter one and quarter three, out of the 10,594 SACCOs, which we have, the finance ministry disbursed Shs 25 million each to 9,937 SACCOs, which were ready, across the country. The total amount disbursed was Shs 25 million to each of these which comes to Shs 248.475 billion. This is an implementation rate of 93.7 per cent in terms of SACCOs so far funded within one financial year of implementation, which, to me, is commendable. There has been some delay, mainly in Kampala and Kasese District, because of some errors in the training and registration of the SACCOs and the leadership of some of those SACCOs. These errors have been corrected and as I [The Deputy Speaker] MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Off Budget Flnanclng ln FY 2023 /24, UWA expects support from Development Partners in form of grants and donations to a tune of UGX 46.36 billion as shown in the table below. Revenue Catcgory Reveauc CatGgory Forecast Forecast Actual FT 202312(J24 FY 2022l2O2s FY 2O2tl22 l{on Tax Revenue /AiA PA Entry Recreational Activities and 66.98 56.46 56.23 Concessions Income 4.74 0.95 3.23 Other Internally Generated Income 6.37 10.68 6.91 CroU Subvcntion Government Subventions 28.66 38.66 51.38 External Finance 46.37 49.08 0.00 Total 153.12 155.E3 t17.75 4.3 Kcy Plaaned Activittes for FY 2ol2312ol24 al Mtniotry Of Tourisn, Wlldlife and Antlqultlca The Mtnlatr5r rcported thc followlng as the key laplcnentcd la W 2023 I 24: ned actlvltles to bG I To develop six (6) museums and cultural heritage sites for cultural tourism- and heritage conservation promotion namely Kikorongo Equator monument (in Kasese District); Karamoja Museum and handcraft center (in Moroto district); Napak Open Air Museum Interpretation centre; Fort Portal Re u I[j tr

7420 SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN NSSF Muhonja, 75, died in police custody, following his abduction from his cotton plantation in Katholhu, Nyakiyumbu in Kasese District. Madam Speaker, I remember you copying me in, in one of your correspondences to security, to explain the circumstances surrounding his death. As the trend has always been, he was bundled into a drone van, driven to Masaka Police Station, then to Ssembabule and, later on, to the Special Investigation Unit, Kireka, where he died after two weeks. This entire time, the police found no reason to inform his family that they were holding him. Instead, after his death, they stealthily buried him. The police later claimed that Mzee Muhonja slid and fell in the bathroom, which caused his death. To the contrary, a post-mortem examination report suggests that he died of pneumonia. Before we knew it, the police went and exhumed his body from the KCCA Cemetery and handed it over to the family without following due process. We all know the nature of due process in exhuming a body, but this was never done. This means that it was a well-coordinated move by security to cause disappearance of evidence for the murder of the 75-year-old citizen. Madam Speaker, on this, we demand that the Prime Minister comes here and explains to the country the steps taken to apprehend and prosecute the people behind the killing of this citizen. The beauty is that the person who commandeered his abduction was named. His name is Maganda. We would like to know what the Government has done to prosecute all those involved in his killing and trying to hide evidence by burying him stealthily in a cemetery and, later on, trying to hide evidence of the cause of death. Madam Speaker, I will not speak a lot on the second issue of corruption in the Office of the Prime Minister since the House is undertaking inquest on this subject matter. However, I can only state that the Office of the Prime Minister is turning out to be a cursed office. I hope somebody can go and exorcise the ghosts of corruption in that office. We shall debate more when the report of the House comes here. The second last issue, Madam Speaker, is that on 8 February 2023, NEMA instituted express penalties in respect of various environmental breaches, ranging between Shs 3 million and Shs 100 million. The fines are not only unrealistic, but also inequitable and, therefore, should be clarified, at least, for the benefit of the citizens. We recognise the fact that there is a huge negative impact of improper waste management on the ecosystem. We observe that the express penalty scheme was drafted in haste. We request that the minister for environment comes to the House to explain the cascading nature and hierarchy of these penalties because as Parliament, we are the best educators of our citizenry. Therefore, we need to understand how the ministry came up with these penalties and the figures that look arbitrary and the way they were fixed. Madam Speaker, two weeks ago, Senior Health Officers (SHOs) laid down their tools – we all know what happened. We demand that the Minister of Health explains circumstances under which these public servants stopped working and caused suffering in our health facilities. The minister should be able to explain how many people lost their lives as a result of that industrial action – which is legitimate in the first place – and who caused the delay in meeting the Government’s part of the bargain. They laid down their tools because of the Government supplying them air and promising them lies overtime. We want to know who we should blame and who should be hanged for that action of not paying the salary promised and on the roll? This is so that it does not happen again in future. Madam Speaker, we need to be very careful and not allow ministers – and the Government in general – to get away with this kind of negligence. While we blame health workers for industrial action, somebody responsible for their action must come and explain whether they slept on duty so that we can know what to do with them. The beauty is that this House is very warm for action on ministers sleeping on [Mr Mpuuga] STATEMENT

7131 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023 meetings with the senior management team and the leaders of Kasese Municipality about the bylaw on homosexuality that was being processed. The meetings were also attended by the Members of Parliament; Hon. Godfrey Kabbyanga, Minister of State for Information, Communication Technology and National Guidance; Hon. Kitanywa Sowedi, MP Busongora North; Hon. Mujungu Gideon, MP Busongora South; and Hon. Ferigo Kambale, MP Kasese Municipality. The two who missed were in another meeting and missed with apology. Mr Speaker, from the above engagement, we discovered that Kasese Municipal Council was processing a bylaw titled “The Local Government Access to HIV and TB Services for Key Population Bylaws.” By the time of my intervention, the bylaw formulation process was at the stage of second reading in the council, having been approved by the Social Services Committee. The objectives of the bylaw are: 1. To give full effect to the Council of functions, powers, responsibilities and services at all levels of local government. 2. To increase access to HIV/TB prevention and care services among the key populations in Kasese Municipality. 3. To reduce high rate of new infections of HIV/AIDS, TB cases in Kasese Municipality. 4. To regulate health services by health facilities in Kasese Municipality. Mr Speaker, the most contradicting part of the bylaw is the preamble which states that the bylaw provides for enforcement on the human rights freedoms of marginalised population and increasing access to HIV and TB services in Kasese. The interpretation section of the bylaw refers to marginalised population as homosexuals, transgender, sex workers, and drug users. This, therefore, means that the bylaw that was being processed could have had a hidden motive of promoting homosexuality. This is against section 38 of the Local Government Act, Cap 243, that gives legislative powers to local government councils to enact ordinances and bylaws, which are not inconsistent with the Constitution. Mr Speaker, all the formulation processes were supported by an NGO called, Human Rights Promotion Forum, which is operating from Kasese District and headed by a one Bob Kyamanywa. I have already forwarded the name to the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, with his telephone number, for further follow-up. Actions taken I took the following actions: a) I instructed the municipal council leaders to drop the process of the bylaw since it was contradicting the laws of Uganda and the socio-cultural wellbeing of the people of Kasese and Uganda at large, which they agreed to do. b) I instructed Kasese Municipal Council to always seek legal support from the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, specifically the Office of the Attorney-General, whenever they are coming up with bylaws. I further advised them to seek guidance from the Ministry of Health whenever they are coming up with health-related bylaws. c) I requested the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pick interest and internalise the operations of this NGO called the Human Rights Promotion Forum, which was promoting that bylaw. d) I undertook to ensure that the Ministry of Local Government carries out an induction for Kasese Municipal Council leaders by end of February 2023.

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

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. It did not occur to me that I would stand on this Floor to respond to an issue that I absolutely have no idea about. However, as a Member of the Kasese family, I take your guidance, Mr Speaker. And as a representative of Kasese community, I would like to make it crystal clear that the purported bylaw is not a position of the Kasese community or even the district. I wish the MP for Kasese Municipality was in the House, but he is together with the Committee on Health back home trying to pursue matters that relate to our community. Kasese District is a highly religious district. We are law-abiding citizens and peace-loving Ugandans. We also know that we have one Constitution that we pay allegiance to. I would like to imagine that probably, it was an oversight, but as community leaders, we do not take this lightly. We will get deep down to the community. I have not heard any one of our bishops or even the district Khadi support anything that contravenes the Constitution. I give assurance to my fellow citizens that Kasese, as part of Uganda, upholds a value system and I do not want that to define or describe the people of Kasese. I know that my district chairperson, the Resident District Commissioner, my fellow MPs and the entire Kasese leadership will dive into this. We will give you maximum cooperation to ensure that this does not become the identity of the people of Kasese. So, we completely disassociate ourselves from the events.

Ah ah! You do not just switch on a microphone and start saying “Information.” You are raising the same thing; we need the hospital operational. Can we hear from the minister? Honourable minister, did you close the hospital? THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH (GENERAL DUTIES) (Ms Anifa Kawooya) Thank you, Madam Speaker. First of all, I wish you a happy New Year and wish you good health and blessings as you steer this august House in the Year 2023. Madam Speaker, I do share the pain of my colleagues and the people from Kasese. The reason for closing that hospital is that the people of Kasese and my colleagues in this august House are aware that there have been many floods in that area. These are facts. I am happy that he has called on the Committee on Health to go to the ground. Following the repeated flooding and destruction of the Kilembe Mines Hospital by water from River Nyamwamba, health service delivery was reallocated to the other health facilities. That was step No. 1. River Nyamwamba - everybody who comes from Kasese knows what the damage is; everything flooded and the entire hospital flooded. What we did, as a ministry in the immediate, was to reallocate all other health services to all other health facilities within the municipality where the community has been accessing healthcare. We have met with some of the Members from this area. To ensure availability of medicine in the operational health facilities, the Ministry of Health approved the reallocation of the essential medicines and health supplies and credit line budget from Government to other private not-for-profit health facilities within Kasese District, and they are handling the patients. That was the immediate concern we started with. Among these entities and facilities was the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau, which is the biggest with health facilities and all equipment that were within Kilembe Mines Hospital. After the flooding, the ministry entered into a tripartite agreement between the Ministry of Health, Kilembe Mines Hospital and the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau, which expired in May 2022. The honourable colleague is well aware of all other issues between Kilembe Mines Hospital, the Ministry of Health and the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. This has not yet been renewed and there are no financial obligations for the ministry to Kilembe Mines Hospital. We were giving additional financial help like other health facilities, but once the hospital flooded, we had to look for immediate solutions. This issue has been with us and even as I speak, before the Health Committee yesterday, but one, we had to give them the explanation. The Ministry of Health has immediate plans to construct another public health centre IV in Bulembia Division. We are doing our best to have another alternative. There is no Kilembe Mines Hospital now because it flooded. The services are being taken to other facilities around. The letter that the colleague alluded to was about medicines – it was not about removing or abolishing the hospital, but to have the medicines that were going to Kilembe Mines Hospital distributed to the other facilities to ensure that health service delivery continues – (Interjections)- Let me conclude on this.

I sympathise with my sister, but also thank you, Madam Speaker, for being a mother to all of us by prioritising the security and safety of your Members. Honourable member, you are in the right hands; we have a Speaker who really cares. About five days ago, Kasese was confronted by heavy floods. ( Interjections) My honourable brother is saying he saw it because the news was all over the television stations. Up to 257 houses and two churches were affected by these floods. The communities are still flooded and you cannot even see the houses because they are submerged in water. Our fellow citizens are now taking shelter in schools and churches. Madam Speaker, the bitter part of it is that we had just got two bridges constructed and in two communities. Those two are at the verge of being swept away, yet, those bridges cost a lot of taxpayers’ money. Madam Speaker, I have, briefly, about six prayers: 1) That UNRA goes to Kasese – Kisororo and Karambi – and saves the two bridges from being swept away because it is going to take Government about 10 years to get money to restore these bridges. Before they are swept away, please, save those that are already in place. 2) I have just said that where your people used to get the food from is all over flooded. In other words, the communities have nowhere to go get food. They are sheltered in churches and schools. Can we get Government going to those two communities in the five subcounties of Karambi, Isango, Kitororo, Kanyasi, Bwera, Ihandiro and part of Nyakiyombu - to avail food relief? 3) There is a huge crack - maybe the geologists should also be deployed there - that is separating the two communities. Behind the cracks, there is a huge rock, as big as this very building, just right on the mountain. Our worry is that if, God forbid, the crack were to give way, the stones would roll over the settlements leading to loss of lives. Madam Speaker, the Kasese District Woman Member of Parliament and I have already appealed to our community members to relocate, but the question they keep giving us is: “Where do we go? Atkins, do we go to your home?” Yet, we have nowhere to put them. Our prayer is: Can Government relocate the citizens to safe places as we work out a way of sorting this? Disaster mapping not only in Kasese, but the entire country is necessary because this is a season for heavy pounding storms, rain and floods; let us get a disaster mapping plan in the entire country. 4) About UNRA - Honourable Minister, can you save the roads? One can hardly connect from one community to another. Please, find the money. If you do not have it, the Speaker is here and we are here. You can ask for a supplementary budget so that we have the roads fixed. Lastly, as I take leave to give the honourable minister a chance, there is the issue of compensation. Kasese people are familiar with our communities - putting up some iron sheet

6153 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 2022 Shs 15.68 billion out of the required Shs 36.68 billion was appropriated in the budget for the current financial year, leaving a funding gap of Shs 20 billion. The Electoral Commission had planned the election activities to take place commencing in June 2022 in order to avert a vacuum that would arise when the term of the current women council office-bearers expired on 23 August, 2022. Therefore, the Electoral Commission embarked on preparatory activities for the conduct of the elections hoping that additional resources would be provided by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. On release of details of the approved budget estimates for Financial Year 2022/2023, the Electoral Commission realised that the approved budget levels were not sufficient to conduct the activities. Without the required funding, the Electoral Commission had to indefinitely suspend the activities geared toward elections of women councils because there were no funds. It should be noted that the term of women councils and committees elected in 2018 expired and therefore lapsed on Tuesday, 23 August 2022 and therefore, there is currently no women council or village committees at national level. The Electoral Commission was invited and, indeed, appeared before the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to brief them on the status of women councils and their Vote 102 for Financial Year 2022/2023. This matter was brought to their attention, including the activities, which had been completed at the time of the suspension of the women council elections. The Electoral Commission received Shs 12.5 billion non-wage for both operations and electoral activities for the first quarter of which Shs 3.613 billion was allocated toward the conduct of by-elections for directly elected Members of Parliament for Soroti East constituency in Soroti City, Gogonyo County in Pallisa District, Bukimbiri County in Kisoro District, Busongola County in Kasese District and local Government councils by-elections in 26 districts across the country. The balance of Shs 8.445 billion went to the operational costs whose actual requirement for the quarter was supposed to be Shs 9.252 billion. Accordingly, the Electoral Commission is constrained to pay the outstanding obligations, yet, service providers and ad hoc staff that were engaged during the concluded activities are agitating for their pay. The Commission can only resume activities when the requisite funds are provided. Consideration should be given to the Electoral Commission’s request for a supplementary budget of Shs 20 billion to bridge the funding gap and immediately release the appropriated Shs 15.68 billion. This will enable the Electoral Commission to settle outstanding obligations and also fulfil the statutory requirement of organising and conducting elections for new office bearers for women councils and committees from village to national level. I beg to submit.

6055 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 2022 doubles as the Commander-in-Chief, directed all servicemen and servicewomen to clear road barriers or what we call “roadblocks.” When going to my community in Kasese District – that is before the Ebola outbreak - I either take the Mubende route or Mbarara Road. Before the Ebola outbreak, I went via Mubende and there was no roadblock or road barrier anywhere, indicating that officers and men had inclined their ears to the word and instructions of the Commander-in-Chief. However, when I went to Rwimi, almost getting into my district Kasese, I found road barriers. And when coming back through Mbarara, it occurred to me that the entire highway was clear until I went to Katunguru, getting into my community district, Kasese; that is where I found road barriers. Madam Speaker, like everybody knows, Kasese is part of Uganda. I do not know why roadblocks should be off the road everywhere else in Uganda and in all of the districts except Kasese. This is not only limited to the roadblocks. You are aware, Madam Speaker, and you have received delegations from Kasese - the fish allowed in other markets - the same fish - is impounded in Kasese. While all the borders in Uganda are open, the Kasese–DRC border is the only border that is closed. When I raised this matter in this Parliament, the Prime Minister was there. She indicated that she was not aware. Madam Speaker, my prayers to the Commander-in-Chief and that is the President -

Madam Speaker, I would like to commit that the matter brought forward by our senior colleague - that is for the former Members of Parliament - they are not only disturbing you, they also come to my office. I commit that I will inform the Head of State who promised us, so that this matter is put to rest. (Applause) Madam Speaker, allow me to inform fellow Ugandans that we woke up once again to terrible news about the landslides in Kakiika Village, Kagoro Parish, Rukoki Subcounty, Kasese District; where it is reported that so far, over 16 people have been confirmed dead, seven people are seriously injured and are in hospital, while three are reported still missing. Initial reports indicate that over 30 households, consisting of about 150 people, have been displaced. This is a tragedy. I bring condolences from the President of the Republic of Uganda to the families that have lost their dear ones. On learning about the sad occurrence, the President has directed Government to provide Shs 5 million to each family that has lost a loved one, to help in the burial arrangements. Madam Speaker, as soon as I received the information this morning, through our colleague the honourable Member of Parliament for Busongora South - the newest, Hon. Thembo, the Office of the Prime Minister activated our Emergency Response Unit headed by Brig Gen. Kinalwa, who is already on the ground. The District Disaster Management Committee in Kasese is carrying out search and rescue operations together with other partners and other security agencies. Affected households have been advised to move to Kagere Church of Uganda in Kasese Municipality. My office has, this afternoon, dispatched food and non-food relief items to the affected families. On the ground, the Office of the Prime Minister is coordinating partners such as the Uganda Red Cross, the World Health Organisation, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Works and Transport, the Uganda Police Force, and Save the Children, to avail emergency support. Madam Speaker, in view of all of this, H.E. the President of the Republic of Uganda has called on the nation to protect the environment so that nature can also protect us. What we are witnessing across the country, for example in Kasese, Mbale and elsewhere is as a result of destruction of the environment. We appeal to the general public to heed the information that is provided about weather forecasts by government agencies and also to move to safer places. Honourable colleagues, we will continue monitoring the situation as per the weather forecast and keep issuing updates to the country. Madam Speaker and Members, I thank you. (Applause)

Honourable members, Hon. Sarah is the Woman Member of Parliament for Tororo, not Kasese District.