Kiboga West County

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity. I am happy that my friend, the Prime Minister is around together with the ministers. Right Honourable Prime Minister, I know the people of Kassanda District are watching right now because their road has become a problem. When I talked to the Minister of Works and Transport, he told me that we still have three years to construct Myanzi-Gambwa-Kassanda- Bukuya-Kiboga Road. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, when will the road be constructed? Another issue is that we have a problem – (Member timed out.)

Mr Speaker, the road she talked about is our national priority. It is in our Fourth National Development Plan (NDPIV) and a priority road in our manifesto. It starts from Myanzi-Kassanda-Bukuya up to Kiboga. The Minister of Works and Transport has been maintaining this road in a motorable state. However, those people want to see a tarmac road. Therefore, if we get money - he is here - that road is a priority. The President promised the people of Kassanda District. Please, look for money. (Laughter)

Thank you. Honourable colleagues, in the VIP gallery this afternoon, we have a delegation from the NRM Secretariat. They include Hon. Dr Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde – Director, Mobilisation. (Applause) Our guests, here we do not clap. (Laughter) I request the Clerk to always brief our guests before they enter the gallery. They were about to say “NRM Oyee!” and the Prime Minister would jump and join right away. (Laughter) I know her. I do not want us to take that route. We also have: 1. Hon. Jacqueline Kyatuheire – Deputy National Treasurer 2. Hon. Ambassador James Kinobe – Commissioner, NRM Electoral Commission 3. Hon. Emmanuel Dombo – Director, Information and Publicity They have come to observe the proceedings of this House. Please, join me, once again, in welcoming them. (Applause) We are always happy to see our former colleagues who come to - from here, they advise us and we always love it. Honourable colleagues, also in the VIP gallery this afternoon, we have our sister, Hon. Christine Kaaya Nakimwero, the former District Woman Member of Parliament for Kiboga. She has come to observe the proceedings of this House. Please, join me in welcoming her. (Applause) Honourable colleagues, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have a delegation from Kalangala District. They include: 1. Mr Sande Gerald Kayita – Chairperson, NRM Kalangala; 2. Ms Noeline Nalongo – the mother to our sister, the Woman Member of Parliament; 3. Mr Moses Kazibwe – Chairperson, Butumiral Kachanga; 4. Adrian Kavuma – the husband to Hon. Aidah. Now, he is an MP by association, not by accessing the emoluments; (Laughter) 5. Hon. Peruth Nabasirye – LC5 councillor; 6. His Worship Dodovic Kiberu – Mayor, Kalangala; 7. Ms Harriet Namisango – GISO; 8. Hon. Charles Kalemba – LC 3 Chairperson, Bubeike; and 9. Hon. Teddy Nalukwago – LC.1 Chairperson, Kibanga; They are represented in Parliament by Hon. Willy Lugoloobi of Bujumba County and Hon. Carolyn Nanyondo of Kyamuswa County, Kalangala District.

142 THE BUDGET SPEECH, 2026 Ugandan products, attract strategic investors and mobilise the diaspora to support national development. 6. On tourism infrastructure, the Government continued to invest in tourism infrastructure and attractions. Progress was made in the development of museums and cultural heritage sites in Moroto and Dokolo. Investments are also underway in the Rwenzori Central Circuit Trail, Kitagata Hot Springs and visitor facilities at the Source of the Nile in Jinja, including an observatory deck and a modern restaurant. The Government also established a new wildlife education centre in Mbale. These investments are enhancing visitor experiences and strengthening Uganda’s competitiveness as a tourism destination. In Financial Year 2026/2027, the priorities under tourism are the following: Mr Speaker, the Government has allocated Shs 567.32 billion to continue developing the tourism sector next financial year. The priority interventions will include: i) The branding and marketing of Uganda as a tourism and investment destination; ii) Tourism infrastructure development; iii) Construction of highway sanitation facilities and tourism site refreshment centres; iv) Improving and enforcing hospitality standards and training; v) Conservation and wildlife protection to increase wildlife population across the national parks; vi) Health tourism; and vii) Economic and commercial diplomacy. I now come to mineral-based industrial development. Mr Speaker, Uganda is richly endowed with minerals. However, sustainable transformation will come not from extracting minerals, but from processing and adding value to them. The Government’s strategy is, therefore, to transform mineral wealth into industrial wealth, and the following steps have been taken in that direction: i) The Government intensified mineral exploration and quantification. Geochemical surveys for gold were undertaken in Kassanda, Kiboga and Mubende districts. Exploration confirmed an estimated 300 million tonnes of iron ore in Kabale, Rubanda, Rukiga, Kisoro, Kanungu, Kiruhura and Hoima districts. Surveys of copper prospects were conducted at the Bukusu Carbonatite Complex, which also has the potential for rare earth elements as well as at the Boma and Lwensankala sites. Evaluation of uranium, manganese, lithium and nickel deposits is also ongoing across the country. ii) To add value to Uganda’s limestone, a new clinker factory was commissioned in Moroto District to produce inputs for cement production. The factory operates a 6,000-tonne-per-day clinker production line with annual production capacity of two million tonnes of clinker and three million tonnes of cement. The project is expected to save the country up to $260 million, annually, in clinker imports and create up to 4,000 jobs. iii) The Government continued to make substantial progress towards the first oil. Construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and the Central Processing Facilities is at advanced stage and nearing completion. The Tilenga and Kingfisher upstream development projects also registered significant progress despite logistical challenges arising from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. During the year, 51 additional wells were drilled, bringing the cumulative number to 199 wells, exceeding the 189 wells required for first oil production later this year. iv) The Government completed the first phase of Kabalega International Airport, providing critical logistics infrastructure to support oil and gas development, tourism, trade and investment in the Albertine region.

151 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 11 JUNE 2026 The following are some of the achievements: i) Government has continued to support older persons through the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE), which has cumulatively reached 489,673 beneficiaries with a total of Shs 836.1 billion. In addition, the Special Enterprise Grant for Older Persons (SEGOP) has supported 17,245 older persons with approximately Shs 13 billion; ii) Under the National Special Grant for Persons with Disabilities, 72,772 beneficiaries have received Shs 48.5 billion across 171 local governments; iii) The Youth Livelihood Programme has financed 24,859 projects, benefitting 275,034 youth at Shs 195.4 billion, while 57,849 youth have benefitted from the Youth Venture Capital Fund; iv) Generating Growth Opportunities and productivity for Women Enterprises (GROW) project has extended Shs 111.1 billion in loans to 4,889 beneficiaries, while the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) has cumulatively supported 244,805 women with Shs 153.5 billion; and v) Government has continued to negotiate bilateral labour agreements to protect workers’ rights, promote decent work and expand overseas employment opportunities for skilled Ugandans. Financial Year 2026/2027 priorities for social protection Next financial year, Government has allocated Shs 173.55 billion for social protection, which will focus on: i) Expanding economic empowerment programmes; ii) Strengthening labour standards; iii) Supporting youth employment initiatives; iv) Promoting women’s economic participation; v) Enhancing social protection systems; and vi) Establishing a robust labour market information system. Mr Speaker, overall, Shs 13.56 trillion has been allocated for the next financial year to invest directly in the people of Uganda through health, education, social protection and water and sanitation. This investment reflects Government’s conviction that people are Uganda’s greatest asset. Enabler 4: Industrial Development and Manufacturing Mr Speaker, nations achieve prosperity not by exporting raw materials, but by transforming them into high-value products. For this reason, Government places high priority on industrial development, manufacturing and value addition. Besides Government investment in manufacturing under the Agro-industrialisation, Tourism, Minerals and Science, Technology and Innovation (including ICT) (ATMS) already highlighted, the following milestones have been achieved in this financial year: a) Government continued investing in the development of industrial parks. The aim is to lower investors’ establishment and operating costs and drive industrial growth. As a result, the number of formal factories has cumulatively risen to 10,437, of which 690 are located within industrial parks; b) The Government continued capitalising Uganda Development Cooperation (UDC) to de-risk private investment in critical areas. UDC’s capital investments have surpassed Shs 1.5 trillion with co- investments across key value chains including textiles i.e. Fine Spinners, agro-processing i.e. Biyinzika Enterprises Limited and Bukona Agro-processing Limited and pharmaceuticals i.e. East African Medical Vitals, Sanga Vetchem Limited and Alfasan (U) Ltd. c) The Government through UDC also invested in the local construction sector. UDC invested in Abubaker Technical Services, a Ugandan firm delivering key national roads including Busunju-Kiboga-

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am profoundly honoured and exceedingly humbled to have been granted this opportunity, more so when it is my maiden speech in this august House. First and foremost, I understand there are technicalities that the Speaker has waived, all in honour of the Rules of Procedure, but we should remember that we are honestly working tooth and nail to raise the economy of this country. That is why we are saying in the operational theme, “Protecting the gains as we strive to make that particular stride into the high middle-income status.” Honestly speaking, look at the coverage of this loan once obtained. How many districts? Case in point, Kyankwanzi has three of such systems that are going to be constructed. My neighbours, Kiboga, are going to have two. Actually, the situation on the ground is that 98 per cent of our produce is affected, more so in areas that grow coffee. The worst disservice we shall do to Ugandans is hiding behind the technicalities, and we fail to grab this opportunity by its horns. Trust you, me. I beg to submit.

89 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 4 JUNE 2026 Additionally, Uganda is now earning $285 million in export earnings. Uganda used to import canned condensed milk from as far away as New Zealand, packed paper milk from Kenya, butter, cheese, yoghurt, powdered milk from Denmark, etc. Uganda is now a big exporter of all those products. That is our work. The people in the cattle corridor need to deepen their work by moving away from okusetura and free-range grazing toward growing pastures and indoor feeding of cattle, goats, and sheep. The only people who indirectly helped us in this were the late King Gasyonga and some community leaders like Eriazari Biteembe, who had mobilised the Banyankore to come back from where they had been dispersed by the spread of the tsetse flies following the invasion of tsetse flies from Karagwe (Tanzania) in 1918 and after. To be saluted in particular is President Dwight Eisenhower of the United States, who deployed USAID to spray against the tsetse flies in 1958 using a chemical known as dieldrin. When President Clinton visited us in March 1998, I wanted him to visit the cattle corridor and see the outcome of the good the USAID had done. However, his people preferred to take him to Mukono to see pancakes. I wanted him to go and see this work, but his people said, “No, you go to Mukono and see pancakes”. I also went with them. Ever since the coming into power of the National Resistance Movement, we have eradicated the tsetse flies in Kiboga, Ngoma, Busoga, and Lango. With the shift from the kusetura (free-range) system to indoor feeding of the dairy and beef cattle, and stopping the primitive practice of property fragmentation after the death of the head of the family, Uganda will overtake countries like the Netherlands, Australia, and Argentina in production levels of dairy products, beef, leather, etc. After this success, I started inviting delegations of leaders from other parts of Uganda to visit and learn. This is where the question of no more sleep, no more kukongola, no more kugumaaza, no more kuhenda , no more politeness to non-performers comes in. This is because I would invite leaders to come and see. This area was like this, and it is now moving like this, and they would visit. I expected that they would go and try to do the same in all our areas in Uganda. The County of Nyabushozi, each day, delivers to the factories and milk coolers 1.15 million litres per day; that is the county alone. There are 115 milk coolers in Nyabushozi alone, which are mainly private, and there are now 160 milk and milk products factories in the whole of Uganda. Having succeeded in the Nyabushozi Kazo area, I have been inviting delegations after delegations. In 1995, I made a country-wide tour on exactly this point. I studied the whole country, and I recommended the two modes of agriculture: Intensive agriculture for people with small pieces of land and extensive agriculture for people with big pieces of land. In the 1996 manifesto, we reduced it into the Four Acre Module with seven activities for intensive farming, and for other products for the plantation big farmers with bigger pieces of land. With four acres or less, you could engage in zero grazing for one acre of pasture with eight Friesian cattle, one acre of coffee, one acre of fruits, one acre of food for the family, poultry for eggs, and piggery in the backyard and fish farming near the wetlands. With large farming, there was more flexibility. You could undertake any or all of these seven that were high-income earners, even when you do them on a small scale, and you could also take on the low-return activities, but on a large scale because the country also needs

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

102. Maganda Julius Wandera Samia Bugwe County South Busia NRM 103. Malende Shamim Woman Representative Kampala NUP 104. Mayanja Moses Busiro County North Wakiso NRM 105. Mbalibulha Christopher K. Taban Bughendera County Bundibugyo Independent 106. Monday Julius Rude (Dr) Bukonzo County East Kasese NRM 107. Lule Eria Erick Kiboga West County Kiboga NRM 108. Meeme Sylvia (Col) UPDF Representative N/A N/A 109. Lwansasula Sarah Woman Representative Jinja City NUP 110. Modoi Isaac Lutseshe County Bududa NRM 111. Mpaata Salleh Bunya County South Mayuge NRM 112. Mubangizi Dedan Buwekula South County Mubende NRM 113. Luyimbazi Nalukoola Elias Kawempe Division North Kampala NUP 114. Masaba Muhamood Mutenyo Bungokho Central County Mbale NRM 115. Mbabazi Jacqueline Older persons Representative Western NRM 116. Migadde Robert Ndugwa Buvuma Islands County Buvuma NRM 117. Mudukoi Fred Oduchu Butebo County Butebo NRM 118. Namatovu Mastula Kamuli Municipality Kamuli NRM 119. Mugenyi Joseph Burahya County Kabarole NRM 120. Mudiobole Abedi Nasser Iganga Municipality Iganga NUP 121. Mugira James (Lt Gen.) UPDF Representative N/A N/A 122. Mugisa Margaret Muhanga Fort Portal North Division Fort Portal City NRM 123. Malinga Isaac Maikut Soi County Kween NRM 124. Masiko Henry Moses (Maj. Gen.) UPDF Representative N/A N/A 125. Mushabe Rujoki Ruth Woman Representative Kiruhura NRM 126. Mpindi Bumali PWD N/A Independent 127. Maseruka Robert Mukono County South Mukono NUP 128. Musinguzi Patrick Kashari North County Mbarara NRM 129. Muhenda Ronald Fort Portal Central Division Fort Portal City Independent 130. Muhooza Desire Woman Representative Kiboga NRM 131. Mujungu Jennifer K. Woman Representative Ntoroko NRM 132. Mujuni Asensio Maari Isingiro County South Isingiro NRM 133. Mukisa Robina Hope Woman Representative Namayingo NRM 134. Mukhaye Miriam Woman Representative Mbale NRM 135. Mulemya Ismail Sowed Busia Municipality Busia NRM 136. Mukiibi Eriasa Sserunjogi Butambala County Butambala Independent 137. Mulindwa David Isimbwa Busongora County South Kasese NRM 138. Mirembe Lydia Daphine Woman Representative Butambala Independent 139. Mugabe Robert Kitagwenda County Kitagwenda NRM 140. Mugabi Muzaale Martin Kisule Buzaaya County Kamuli NRM 141. Musa Noah Koboko North County Koboko NRM 142. Musanje Moses Njeru Municipality Buikwe NUP 143. Musasizi Henry Ariganyira Rubanda County East Rubanda NRM 144. Musila John Bubulo East County Namisindwa NRM 145. Musisi George Kira Municipality Wakiso NUP 146. Mutasingwa Diana Nankunda Woman Representative Buikwe NRM 147. Mutego Ronard Hangujja Bunyole East County Butaleja Independent 148. Nakku Fiona Female Workers Representative N/A Independent 149. Mutekanga Zadock Buhweju County Buhweju NRM 150. Mutonyi Rose Masaaba Woman Representative Manafwa Independent 151. Muyonjo Hussein Jinja North Division Jinja City NUP 152. Mwesigwa Mathias Rubabo County Rukungiri NRM

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

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

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I want to congratulate you upon going through unopposed. Thank you for giving me this time. I want to thank the chairman for the roads he has read but he has forgotten to read our road under the oil roads. I have nine subcounties and all seven subcounties have a pipeline, Madam Speaker. When they were working on those roads, they did not consider our constituency of Bugangaizi East. The road from Narweyo-Kisita-Mpasana- Nkooko, going to Kiboga and Mubende was never considered. Madam Speaker, that road was put in this supplementary budget. The honourable Minister of Works knows about that road because he was there recently.

Thank you. One day you might jump on to it and mix with the prisoners. You will transport yourself to prison. Thank you. Next item. That was on a light note, for sure. Yes, Kiboga.

18023 THE E LEVENTH P A R LIAMENT OF UGANDA W E DNESDAY , 17 SEPTEMBER 2025 existing consumers adopting the technologies that comply with this Act. The Bill compels consumers to be compliant within one year, while the majority committee adopted two years. Mr Speaker, we find two years to be so short a time for a business already facing significant costs to procure new equipment that complies with the law in its current form. In conclusion, in its current form, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Bill, 2024, is misaligned with Uganda’s realities, duplicative of existing laws, impractical in its provision, and is silent on critical issues of biomass, affordability, and financing. It also risks becoming an ineffective and unenforceable statute that adds bureaucracy without delivering tangible results. We, therefore, recommend that instead of passing this Bill, the Government should, namely, issue statutory instruments under the Climate Change Act and other laws like the Uganda National Bureau of Standards Act to provide for all relevant matters raised in the Bill. Number two, strengthen the enforcement and coordination of the existing laws and policies on energy efficiency. Number three, prioritise biomass transition and clean cooking solutions in accordance with Uganda’s energy mix. Lastly, lower electricity tariffs and incentivise the uptake of modern energy sources. For those reasons, we therefore, dissent from the committee’s majority report and call for a reconsideration of this Bill. Mr Speaker, we signed this report: Hon. Christine Kaaya Nakimwero, the shadow Minister for Water and Environment, and the Woman MP for Kiboga District and I. Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity. I beg to submit.

Let me go to the piecemeal rehabilitation of general hospitals. The committee noted, with concerns, the piecemeal and adhoc nature with which government was coming up with the rehabilitation, expansion, and equipping of this general hospital, yet many of the old general hospitals across the country were in dire need for rehabilitation, expansion, and equipping, with the exception of a few general hospitals recently renovated, such as Kayunga, Kiryandongo, Yumbe, and Kawolo general hospitals. The Government, through the minister responsible for finance, intimated to the committee that it plans, in the medium term, to prioritise, among others, the construction and rehabilitation of more health infrastructure and the provision of medical equipment to improve quality of care, and the provision of specialised health care services. These include, among others, completion and refurbishment and the equipping of general hospitals that include Abim, Apac, Atutur, Bundibugyo, Kiboga, Kagadi, Kitagata, Kitgum, Pallisa, Itojo, and Masindi. Members noted the need to come up with a project model funding targeting all old and dilapidated general hospitals for rehabilitation. It is recommended that Government designs a comprehensive project model for the rehabilitation, expansion, and equipping of general hospitals across the country in a systematic way as opposed to carrying out piecemeal arrangements. This help us to match the current practices and technologies which were adopted in the new National Standards Designed for health centre facilities 2012. In conclusion, Madam Speaker, the committee has noted the Government efforts to address health systems bottlenecks and improve the effectiveness of the health sector. This project aims to enhance the quality of care in Bugiri General Hospital by upgrading and equipping it with the modern medical equipment and [Mr Ikojo] RESOLUTION TO BORROW

17686 MINISTERIAL S T ATEMENT Hi-Speed Group Co. Ltd. They will be working on those two sections of the road, and they are already working with the finance ministry on the pre-financing arrangement. I think they are finalising the financial terms with the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development. Others will start mobilising equipment to be on those two sections of the roads. The Gulu-Atiak-Nimule Road also needs attention. We are soon hiring an MTF contractor to work on it. Regarding Malaba-Jinja-Kampala-Masaka to Katuna, this is our artery, and as a ministry, we have decided to focus fully on those roads to address whatever requirements there are. We have been addressing those bad spots with our in-house team. However, as far as the Mukono- Lugazi-Jinja-Malaba Road is concerned, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) is fully committed to that road. Right now, we have called the Katonga Bridge, and it is going to concentrate on that section. They have already made the estimates for Masaka to Kampala. As they are doing the bridge, they will also be doing the bad sections as we address the Kalandazi and Lwera swamps, which they are working on now. We hope that once we get the money, we will pay and encourage Abubaker Technical Services to speed up the Busunju-Kiboga- Hoima Road. He is doing a good job, but he needs our full support to pay him in time. This is a local contractor who has proven himself that if supported, he can do good work; he has already proven this on the section we are seeing between Busunju and Kiboga, but he is supposed to complete up to Hoima, including the Kafu Bridge. We are also rehabilitating the Ssezibwa Bridge on Kayunga Road, which is already being worked on by, again, a local company called Dynaco Engineering that is now doing the remaining stages. They have already done the box culverts to take the extra water, and they can do the bridge. On the northern side of Katonga from Kabulasoke, a local contractor called Rodo Contractors Limited is building the bridge. I can discuss these efforts, and we have images of Rodo Contractors Ltd, which even the Minister of Water and Environment can confirm.

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

Honourable members, I welcome you to this afternoon’s sitting. On 3 August 2025, the nation lost a trailblazer in women’s emancipation, Hon. Rhoda Nakibuuka Nsibirwa Kalema. She was one of the first two female Members of Parliament in the National Consultative Council (NCC) from 1979 to 1980. That was the Third Parliament of Uganda. She represented Kiboga in the Constituent Assembly from 1994 to 1995 and served in several Cabinet positions, notably, Minister of Culture and Community Development. She was also a Deputy Minister of Public Service. The deceased was a remarkable leader whose legacy will live on after her demise. On behalf of the Parliament of Uganda and on my behalf, I would like to relay our deepest condolences to the bereaved family, the people of Kiboga, the people of Uganda as a whole, and all the women of Uganda. May we rise and observe a moment of silence in her honour. (The House rose and observed a moment of silence.)

Madam Speaker, thank you so much for remembering our legend. As people from Kiboga, we have lost a mother, a woman activist, and a strategist. I remember when I went through, she was very delighted and said she would push for three more years. I thank God that from the 2021 elections, three more years came through. Yesterday, we formed a team, as leaders of Kiboga, to also take part in the preparations for the funeral. I stand here to report that we are ready to be incorporated into the national planning committee for the final send-off of our mother. The team is not yet sure whether it will be a state funeral or not. However, I am here to confirm that as Kiboga, we are ready to receive the body of our mama and accord her a decent burial. Thank you, Madam Speaker, for observing a moment of silence for her. We, at one time, witnessed the Deputy Speaker visiting her. She has left a lot of write-ups and literature for us to copy from and emulate the good services she accorded this country. Thank you.

I can forgive the MP for Kiboga because she was not in Parliament at the time, but I cannot forgive Hon. Ssewungu and Hon. Ssewanyana. For us to start debating cities means we are not appreciating the urbanisation policy of the Government. And for you to say that every city must look like Kampala or Mombasa, you are not recognising the growth trend for any urban centre. Kampala in 1923 was not the Kampala you see now. Are you in order, Hon. Ssewungu? (Laughter)

The PAPs need Shs 380 billion. a) Alwii-Nebbi Road is about to be completed, but again, the progress is slow; we need to – b) Matugga-Semuto-Kapeeka. Abubaker, who is a local contractor and demands about Shs 44 billion. c) Karuma-Pakwach Road is progressing. The contractor, China Railway 7, together with NEC, demands about Shs 20 billion. d) Busunju-Kiboga-Hoima Road is under reconstruction again by Abubaker, who is demanding another Shs 30 billion on this particular road. e) Karuma-Olwiyo and Olwiyo-Pakwach sections are being addressed, and very soon, they will be finished. Additionally, key bridge projects remain under construction but are constrained because of funding, and it would be better if we had a reliable fund release. a) Katonga Bridge, including Lweera and Kalandazi swamp crossings along Masaka; and b) Then the upper Katonga Bridge, that’s Kabulasoke-Villa Maria Road and Ssezibwa Bridge on Kayunga-Mukono Road. The cumulative effects of these suspensions and delays have led to slow absorption of project resources, exposure to financial claims, risk of asset deterioration, and reputational concerns. If not urgently addressed, these disruptions will compromise Uganda’s ability to deliver critical national infrastructure and maintenance of the existing network. Impact of inadequate funding The funding shortfall of Shs 2.472 trillion in this financial year has had far-reaching consequences on the implementation of the National Roads Programme. These impacts manifest across land acquisition, ongoing project performance, the paved road network, and maintenance of gravel roads. Impact on land acquisition and project commencement Land acquisition remains a prerequisite, and this is in the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, Article 26, for access to the site and commencement of physical works. The delay or absence of funds for land composition has constrained progress on both the Government of Uganda projects and externally funded projects. The lack of access to the site has: a. Prevented contractors from mobilising, leading to suspension of activities; and b. Triggered claims for idle equipment - because it is in the law that if you cannot give the contractor access to land, then we charge you for idle equipment.

It is connected to finance because the arrears to be paid are supposed to come from finance. We need the arrears paid to the people who have worked. Honourable minister, when you talk about roads that were suspended, I want you to include the Busunju-Kiboga-Hoima Road. This is because it is the road that is going to be checked by CAF for us to be able to host AFCON. (Applause) You need to prioritise that road. If you are talking about Shs 30 billion, that is little money. You should be able to get that money. That is a local contractor whom we even gave money to, that is, Abubaker Technical Services. We gave that local contractor our own money, as the Government. Honourable minister, also look at the issue of - did we budget for equipment for districts and cities that do not have them? Did we budget for it?

Madam Speaker, there are districts which were identified as excessively big, so one unit was not enough for them. Also, remember, when we bought the equipment, we did not address the cities, municipalities and town councils. We have already provided the requirements to the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, and last I heard is that it has been put in the system, possibly to use the same arrangement we used in buying the 1,151, which we distributed, so that we can they can get the equipment. That is about the equipment. About the Busunju-Kiboga Road and the contractor, Madam Speaker, when you look at

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

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

Thank you, honourable chairperson. Honourable colleagues, I now open the debate. I will start with Hon. Oguzu Lee, followed by Hon. Nakimuli, Hon. Nsamba, Hon. Isingoma, Hon. Santa Alum, Hon. Kamuntu and Hon. Makhoha. I will then go to this side and come back here. You have three minutes each, strictly. Honourable member, before you come in, I need to recognise our guests. In the public gallery this afternoon, we have students and teachers of Katoma Seed Senior Secondary School, in Kiboga District. They are represented by Hon. Abdul Mutumba and Hon. Christine Kaaya Nakimwero. They have come to observe the proceedings of this House. Please join me and welcome them. Can you stand up for recognition? Thank you. Very smart. Hon. Oguzu Lee?

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the clarification. My next concern goes to the Luwero Triangle – Rwenzori affairs. I concur with the committee to recommend the Shs 15 billion, because for instance in Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Luwero, and Kiboga districts, our grandmothers and fathers fought during the war of 1981 to 1986 but those people were not paid. We have bad roads and hospitals. Sincerely speaking, this area needs to be considered. I therefore concur with the committee in allocating the Shs 15 billion to this area. Thank you

Thank you. Member for Kiboga and Member for Oyam.

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I want to state that some of us, especially women in the Opposition are celebrating our International Women’s Day here because we are not given the right and liberty to celebrate this day back home. I am happy that I am celebrating Women’s Day here, a place where we are treated equally. When you look at the arrangement of the celebration, I do not know how politically and religiously it is balanced. You find that the day has become a one-political party women’s celebration. I request the minister to get into this and try to ensure that all of us, women of different shades, enjoy our day because we are women. Right now, most of us are asked by our children whether we are terrorists or not. We needed the minister to come out clearly to confirm to the country and globe that women in the Opposition are not terrorists but are in the Opposition and that we are in a multi-party political dispensation. Mr Speaker, I was in the hospital on Monday with the WASH Forum in Kiboga and the medical people told us that the mama kits were out of the medical supplies. These are mandatory items that we need as women. I do not know why condoms are everywhere, but items like sanitary pads and mama kits are in the supplies. We cannot run away from these reproductive health items. (Applause)

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity. Yesterday, I responded to the question from the Member. However, the response was mixed up and I apologise because what was uploaded, honourable colleagues, was not proper. Since then, I have gone back and brought even more details, recapping it with the oral question which arose from Hon. Christine Kaaya, the woman representative for Kiboga. I recapped it with yesterday’s because her question was, what we have done to give an update for the farmers to act rationally. I have a detailed report to replace the one of yesterday and it is uploaded, but with more details of the weather forecast, effective March, April and May. I want to draw the attention, as you guided, Mr Speaker, for Members to go into the details of this report, more so beginning from page 10, which identifies the implication for the forecast to different sectors, as requested by Hon. Christine Kaaya. We have responded to different sectors: fisheries, beekeepers, livestock farmers and crop farmers. We have also advised on the water, energy and hydropower generation impact right to the Ministry of Health. Mr Speaker, you guided rightly that we give the information but the implementation is from different sectors. Indeed, we have comprehensively given the impact of this forecast to the different sectors of Government and to our farmers. We pray that as we prepare to receive the rains mid- March, our farmers and other sectors will be accordingly advised. I beg to submit as you guided, Mr Speaker.

16665 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 6 MARCH 2025 iv. Will the Government consider establishing an Emergency HIV Response Task Force similar to the COVID-19 response model to mobilise alternative funding sources and sustain HIV services? v. What is the readiness/strategy to locally manufacture all our supplies?” Mr Speaker, my response is that the suspension of the USAID funding, effective 20 January 2025, has significantly impacted Uganda’s HIV/AIDS programme. To address this crisis, an additional Shs 480 billion is required to bridge the funding gap and sustain essential services in our health facilities. The Ministry of Health has prepared a Cabinet Memorandum to brief the Cabinet on this matter and acquire the Executive’s guidance on how to source resources to bridge the gap in funding. The Government is also engaging with international and local stakeholders to mobilise resources and ensure the continuity of HIV/AIDS interventions. The fifth question came from Hon. Samuel Opio Acuti, MP, Kole North County. He requested for an update on the enhancement of the salaries of district, city and municipal education officers. Response The Government approved the public service pay policy principles as well as a long-term pay plan covering every person paid salaries or allowances from the Consolidated Fund or out of money appropriated by Parliament. The Government adopted a phased approach to implement the approved pay plans. The enhancement plan has been in the National Development Plan (NDP IV). Additionally, the Minister of Public Service submitted to the Parliamentary Committee on the Budget (PACOB) the requirement to enhance the salary of 67 per cent of public officers whose salaries have not been enhanced since the Financial Year 2014/2015. This will require Shs 695.3 billion in the Financial Year 2025-2026 and this will enhance the salaries of 251,682 public officers, including district, city and municipal education officers by at least 30 per cent of the approved long term pay targets, if considered. 6. Hon. Christine Kaaya, District Woman Representative, Kiboga raised an issue of the urgent concern regarding the closure of community radios in some areas of Kiboga and hence, inconveniencing the users. Her prayer is, can the Government update on this matter? Response There has been a surge in the number of illegal operators of communication platforms, including ordinary radio operators and megaphone operators (bizindalo ), sometimes referred to as “community radios”. In response to this, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has regularly undertaken enforcement exercises for the following reasons: a. Because of the public outcry where UCC has received complaints of noise pollution, misinformation, disinformation and hate speech. Some of these radios have also been found to be near schools and health facilities that require a serene environment or a quiet environment. b. Inability for UCC to monitor, control and regulate content aired on these community radios due to lack of appropriate technology. c. These radios are not licensed, hence posing a security risk. d. Competition with licensed radio operators; there is a large number of complaints from licensed radio operators who argue that these bizindalo have taken over their business, considering that they even do not pay license fees and are not subjected to regulatory requirements.

Thank you, Hon. Ssewungu. When I see some of these things, I ask myself: “What is wrong?” Who provoked this? Sometimes, these are people who are even against the state. The journalist I saw, whose eye was operated on - I do not think the person who did it loves his Government. Some overzealous people are destroying the image of the Government. I ask myself, what would provoke you to hit a journalist? I saw pictures which I could not tolerate. Hon. Bahati, are you - no, let us first get a response. I will allow you. As Hon. Bahati comes to address us, honourable colleagues, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have a delegation of students and lecturers from Bishop Stuart University in Mbarara District. They are represented by Hon. Mwine Mpaka Rwamirama and Hon. Rita Atukwasa. They have come to observe the proceedings of this House. Please join me in welcoming them. You can stand up for recognition. Thank you. (Applause) Honourable colleagues, we also have a delegation of leaders of Kiboga Women’s SACCO from Kiboga District. They are represented by Hon. Christine Kaaya, Hon. Keefa Kiwanuka, and Hon. Abdul Mutumba. They have also come to observe the proceedings of this House. Please join me in welcoming them. Thank you. (Applause) Hon. Bahati, acting Government Chief.

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for hosting our women from Kiboga Women’s SAACO of over 600 women covering the entire district. Mr Speaker, I have a matter of national importance. In November, I sat with the association of taxi drivers. They cited a challenge with motor vehicles called the Toyota drones, especially from Japan; that these vehicles break a lot. Their electrification and ventilation have challenges and are problematic. The breakdowns are too much. They need a lot of repairs and maintenance. Their fuel consumption is very high. The members say that they used to earn and thrive in their households on taxi driving, which is no longer the case. They are requesting that whoever allows these types of vehicles to come into this business should help them because we want to help our people earn from what they do.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Community radios, which I call community microphones, have been selectively cut off, and in districts like Kiboga, where many hills hinder connectivity, we do not receive coverage from national radio stations. Community radios were helping us with communication, but now, our district has been cut off. Why are you implementing this law selectively? If all microphones do not fulfil the requirements of community radios, why are some districts enjoying those rights? Rt Hon. Prime Minister, can you help us re- establish our microphones so that we get equal treatment with other districts?

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

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Before I present the report, I would like to lay the minutes for the trip and also to lay the report, titled: “Report of the Committee on Health on the Oversight Visit to Assess the Status of Abattoirs/ Slaughter Facilities in Uganda.” Mr Speaker, this is a very sensitive topic. All of us eat meat and, sometimes, we do not know where it comes from. I am going to be a bit brief because the report is a bit large. During the plenary sitting of 13 February 2024, Hon. Christine Kaaya Nakimwero, the District Woman Member of Parliament for Kiboga, raised concerns about the deplorable conditions observed in district, city, municipal and town council abattoirs. The concern raised by the honourable member about the status of abattoirs included: 1. Lack of toilets, and for those that had toilets, they were not clean; 2. Lack of proper drainage and, therefore, presenting foul smell, making it unconducive for people residing near the abattoirs; 3. Not having water facilities and supply, which compromises the sanitation and safety of meat and other products; 4. Lack of power supply, which affects automation and lighting facilities; 5. Bushy and unhealthy surroundings of the abattoirs. The Rt Hon. Speaker referred the matter to the Committee on Health, with instructions –

I am trying to conclude. The functionality of waste management is almost at zero because all that they visited did not have drainage systems, waste segregation points, and clogging of waste water is a challenge. Mr Speaker, I am very grateful to the committee, but I would request that at least a Member who raises such an issue - I come from Kiboga; I have town councils. You could have visited at least one town council to appreciate the issue by an honourable member. I beg next time that you consider it.

I INTRODUCTION: During the Plenary Sitting of 13th February, 2024, Hon. Christine Kaaya Nakimwero (DWR Kiboga), raised concerns about the deplorable conditions observed in District, City, Municipal, and Town Council abattoirs. The concerns raised by the Hon. Membet about the status of abattoirs included; a) Lack of toilets and those that have toiiets, they are not clean, b) Lack of proper drainage and therefore present foul smell making it unconducive for people residing near the abattoirs. c) Not having water facilities and supply which compromises the sanitation and safet5r of meat and other products. a) Lack of power supply, which affects automation and lighting facilities. b) Bushy and unhealthy surrounding of the abattoirs. The Rt. Hon. speaker referred the matter to the committee on Health with instructions to undertake oversight visits to abattoirs to investigate the concerns raised and subsequently report back to the House. Pursuant to Rule r99 (r) and (2), of the Rules of procedure of parliament, the Committee on Health conducted oversight visit from 13fr May to 17ft May 2024 to selected Districts, cities and Municipalities. The abattoirs were purposely selected based on their representativeness to the prevailing slaughter procedures/ practices, inspection and hygienic practices and geographic location. This report therefore, presents the key findings and recommendations made by the committee on Health. The findings and the recommendations of the committee mainly hinged on the health aspects, sanitation, meat production processes and hea_lth issues embedded in the general value chain. 4 ,\.. _+P* ffi $r,3

That is the same issue the honourable member for Kiboga was raising here with me. He said especially women who are digging - no, washing clothes cannot. Can’t you have another method beyond thumbprints captured on the ID? Please, I mentioned honourable members who are going to speak from this side. In Parliament, we do not deal with peculiar matters– (Laughter)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Just connected to what the honourable member from Kiboga has said, in the process of upgrading, I have had many cases where someone pays for Yaka but the token does not come. Then you call several

Having given the background, which is there, rich as it is, in their petition they had specific prayers. These are: i) That the relevant committee of Parliament investigates the segregation and the violation of rights of the Banyarwanda in Uganda and makes a report, which we have done. ii) The House urges the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control and National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to issue national passports and identity cards to the Baryarwanda based on their recognition by the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, as an indigenous tribe in Uganda. That a Munyarwanda be appointed as an Immigration Officer and Supervisor to facilitate a fair interview process as opposed to being interviewed by a Mufumbira. iii) That the alleged corruption at the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control be investigated. Honourable colleagues, this is the methodology that we followed to arrive at the report being presented before this August House. The committee, while considering this petition, sought to determine the alleged Government infringement on the rights of the Banyarwanda, who were born and raised in Uganda. During the process, the committee held meetings with and received written memoranda from the following: i) Hon. Joseph Ssewungu Gonzaga, MP - Kalungu West County; ii) Hon. Christine Kaaya Nakimwero, District Woman Representative –Kiboga; iii) The Ministry of Internal Affairs -

Yes, they are the only ones supposed to do it. The monkeys are sharing water bodies and wells and in Kiboga, there are even villages where people have given up growing any food because you cannot harvest. We have mangoes and fruit trees that we call monkey fruits. You cannot harvest anything. That is the information I wanted to give my colleague.

Madam Speaker, I am a teacher’s daughter. In Kiboga, we celebrated Teachers’ Day on that very day. I want to acknowledge that we received Shs 1.5 million from the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) to facilitate all district functions. I do not know if other districts got their money, but I acknowledge that, as Kiboga, we received the money – although it was not enough and, so, we had to part with some of ours to ensure that the function could go on. Madam Speaker, the most important issue that teachers raised on that day was welfare. Many teachers have upgraded. Even nursery teachers and lower primary teachers are being reminded to do so. However, for some teachers, since they upgraded, it is now over five years that nothing has changed on their pay slips. That is a serious matter. Madam Speaker, the private teachers are also crying that they do not have contracts. I do not know how the ministry could come in to help this other section of private teachers, who work without contracts and at any one moment in time, the owner of the school can wake up and chase them away. We calculated and saw that primary teachers, in order to earn at least Shs 600,000 – because we were asking them what increment they were looking at. They are looking at earning Shs 600,000 per month at least in the first year, up from the Shs 400,000. We calculated and it is something like Shs 400 billion per financial year, for a primary teacher to shift from earning Shs 400,000 to Shs 600,000, which we feel is possible with the budget we see here. Madam Speaker, the other issue is about placements; it is becoming a challenge. There should be a register about which schools have staff quarters. Building staff quarters has become a Member of Parliament’s function. It is too much, Madam Speaker. Members of Parliament cannot part with their salary to build these staff quarters. We request that the ministry takes a register of which schools – public schools – have staff quarters and then we can be able to, at least, stand behind the Government. For Members of Parliament to lead in this, Madam Speaker, it is too much. Thank you.

No, they are making supplementary contributions on what they want the minister to bring; making additions on what they want the minister to add to the report. You can also add from something Kiboga, only that you do not repeat what the other persons have said.

Mr Speaker, it has still come out in the report that we have failed to raise revenue from some unprocessed minerals, one of which is gold. This is an issue that the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources has always been battling together with some other committees here. We should find a way of writing off this issue because we cannot keep complaining about the failure of Uganda to earn from the unprocessed minerals. Mr Speaker, when you look at areas, especially next to Kiboga, routes that go to the mining areas are in a sorry state and sometimes we are like, “Yes, we are advocating that the roads be constructed” but we are sealed off. We cannot critically say that this is the money gotten from here and then we advocate for at least a contribution to road maintenance. It is also worrying us that if the exportation of the unprocessed minerals has been stopped, what is happening to the minerals right now? We hear rumours that there is an institution buying the unprocessed minerals now, the miners are earning but at the same time, no revenues are subscribed to our treasury. We need the line minister to update us on the status of the unprocessed minerals whose exportation was halted, how the miners are gaining out of this, who is buying it, and whether the national treasury is gaining anything from this. This is an issue that we need to put a halt to because we have raised it on several instances. Thank you.

Thank you. Kiboga?

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My matter of national importance concerns Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) roads in my constituency and I suspect it affects others. From the time the Rationalisation of Government Agencies and Public Expenditure (RAPEX) Bills were introduced a year ago, UNRA has not been facilitated to work on our roads, particularly in Bukuya, the gold city, where we have a lot of gold and we are also a food basket. Roads connecting Bukuya to Kyankwanzi and also Myanzi to Kiboga are in very bad shape. We are struggling to do business, but it has also affected children going to school. We are even worried that though in the interim, UNRA has not, when it goes, what is going to happen? The Minister of Works and Transport is around now. The money was passed in the budget, but nothing is taking place. We are in a terrible situation. My prayer, Mr Speaker, is that the money we appropriated to go to UNRA be given to the Authority to be doing the work in the meantime, as we wait for rationalisation to take place. If it is not possible, let the Minister of Works and Transport come to Bukuya, particularly Kassanda District - we do not even have a centimetre of tarmac - to come and take over our roads and we support RAPEX in full swing when we know that we are going to benefit. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am happy with my honourable sister who has agreed that I am disciplined; and disciplined people do not tell lies. Kafu is a very big river. It rotates from the Nakasongola side. It goes through Masindi up to the border of Kiboga and Hoima. Her issue is quite different from the one I mentioned on the Floor yesterday but one. She has been on our neck and we are happy that we have been updating what has been going on. Currently, we have added an addendum to the contractor who is on the Busunju-Hoima Road to work on the Kafu Swamp. I must inform you that your official letter informing you of this is on the way. It will come tomorrow. We have already instructed him to take up that matter, as we look for the money to work on the other hand, which cuts from the Nakasongola side. Thank you very much.

14382 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT Observation The committee observed that land was being poorly managed in many public universities and as such, substantial amounts had been encroached on, which could lead to loss. For this particular case, for example, the approximate value of an acre of land around Kabanyolo, at the current market price, is Shs 500 million. Therefore, having 650 acres of land worth Shs 325 billion exposed to encroachment is very risky. How do you have a property of Shs 325 billion but you have no capacity to even demarcate it; to know where I stop, to fence off or even deploy adequate security? So, we find it inadequate. Mr Speaker, as you are aware, for Makerere University, we have requested - I will go through Kabanyolo farm. You will read about all these farms in Kiboga and everywhere where Makerere University has prime land that has been grossly mismanaged and encroached upon. Because of time, I will not do so. Our recommendations are: 1. That the Government should provide funds and ensure that institute land is fully secured and fenced off to guard against further encroachment. (Applause) 2. That Parliament should consider granting more time to the committee to comprehensively investigate matters of land management in public universities. The second one is Nakyasasa Incubation Centre. This is a failure to maintain and operate training sites for the university. Nakyasasa Incubation Centre is one of the training centres under CoVAB –

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My name is Mutumba Abdul, the Member of Parliament representing the people of Kiboga West County in Kiboga District and the Imam of the Muslim Parliamentary Caucus.

Yes, I am raising a procedural matter on the same. Mr Speaker, the Government Chief Whip is present. Sometime back, the Government Chief Whip would call the ministers – sometimes, they are not very far away from Parliament - and they would come and respond to some of these questions later. The Chief Whip would cross-check. Mr Speaker, sometimes the ministers also plan for field trips in our constituencies, and yet we are here waiting for them; for example, Hon. Mayanja, the Minister of State for Lands, Housing and Urban Development was in Kiboga yesterday, without my knowledge. Today, I was waiting for him here to respond to some of the issues. (Laughter) On the same issues, really, they are following up with ministerial activities but I think it would be procedurally right that the ministers gazette some of these three days for plenary. The Chief Whip should also cross-check with them whether they are around to come and respond to these questions. I thank you.

Honourable colleagues we are debating and I want you to bring out all these questions because, in the end, this is a matter which must go to the Natural Resources Committee. When they bring these risks here, it is very difficult to scrutinise deeply. I know the minister can engage with the committee very well. They scrutinize, in detail, and then Members can appear before the committee, for those who have issues. Then we have this matter well concluded. I have picked mostly men; I want to pick ladies first. Therefore, I request all men to sit. I will start with ladies who have been here, not those who just entered. The ones who just entered know themselves. Honourable members for Kiboga, Kalangala, Dokolo, Gulu, you are very many. Honourable member for Mukono, because you have complained, honourable member for Mbale. This is time for ladies, you are men. Honourable members for Masindi, Buhweju, Sheema, Kumi, Napak, Bugiri, Fort Portal, Jinja, Abim, and Adjumani.

Kiboga representative, then Sembabule.

s/N Hospltal Name Dlstrict 1 Abim General Hospital Abim 2 Adjumani General Hospital Adiumani 3 Amuria General Hospital Amuria 4 Apac General Hospital Apac 5 Bududa General Hospital Bududa 6 Bugiri General Hospital Bugiri 7 Kawolo General Hospital Buikure 8 Buliisa General Hospital Buliisa 9 Bundiburyo General Hospital Bundibugro 10. Masafu General Hospital Busia 11. Busolwe General Hospital Butaleja L2. Gombe General Hospital Butambala 13. Iganga General Hospital Iganga t4. Buwenge General Hospital Jinja Kaabong General Hospital Kaabong 6 15. Kaberamaido General Hospital Kaberamaido Kagadi General Hospital Kagadi Kamuli General Hospital Kamuli L9. Rukunyu General Hospital Kamwenge 20. Kambuga General Hospital Kanungu 2L. Kapchorwa General Hospital Kapchorwa 22. Bwera General Hospital Kasese 23. Katakuri General Hospital Katakuri 24. Kiboga General Hospital Kiboga 25. Kiryandongo General Hospital Kiryandongo 26. Kisoro General Hospital Kisoro 27. Kitgum General Hospital Kitgum 28. Koboko General Hospital Koboko 29. Kotido General Hospital Kotido 30. Atutur General Hospital Kumi 31. Kyegegura General Hospital Kyegegwa Annex la: List of Publtc General Hospitals in U nda 19 lz ,/ta.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, about two weeks ago, I received a delegation of over 20 members of staff from Hoima Referral Hospital. They reported to me that at the moment, they have about 65 members of staff who have been deleted from the payroll unjustifiably. This happened in March of this year. Since then, these people have not been earning. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, you know very well the central role played by this hospital in our region. It is a catchment area for about four hospitals; Kiryandongo, Hoima, Kiboga, Kagadi, and some parts of Mubende. So, I think this kind of dispensation is very unfortunate, and we need to move quickly to address it before it escalates.

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

I will resume from where I ended – Hon. Dr Nicholas Kamara of Kabale Municipality; 4. Hon. Dr Timothy Batuwa of Jinja South Division West; 5. Hon. Dr Michael Lulume Bayigga of Buikwe County South; and 6. Hon. Kenny Auma of Kwania District. On the Committee on Foreign Affairs, I designate the following: 1. Hon. Muwada Nkunyingi of Kyadondo County East; 2. Hon. Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye Division West; 3. Hon. Stephen Sserubula of Lugazi Municipality; and 4. Hon. Bob Okae of Kwania North County. I beg to designate. On the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, I designate the following members: 1. Hon. Christine Nakimwero Kaaya of Kiboga District; 2. Hon. Evans Ronald Kanyike of Bukoto County East; 3. Hon. Patrick Oshabe Nsamba of Kassanda County North; 4. Hon. Susan Mugabi of Buvuma District; 5. Hon. Charles Tebandeke of Bbale County; 6. Hon. Aisha Kabanda of Butambala District; and 7. Hon. Jimmy Akena of Lira East Division. I beg to designate. Madam Speaker, on the Committee on Presidential Affairs, I designate the following members: 1. Hon. Ronald Balimwezo of Nakawa Division East; 2. Hon. Francis Butebi Zaake of Mityana Municipality; 3. Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya of Kawempe Division South; 4. Hon. Abubaker Kawalya of Rubaga Division North; 5. Hon. Isaias Johny Ssasaga of Budadiri County East; 6. Hon. Denis Amere Onekalit of Kitgum Municipality; and 7. Hon. Peter Okot of Tochi County. I beg to designate. Madam Speaker, on the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs, the following are the members for designation: 1. Hon. Derrick Nyeko of Makindye Division East; 2. Hon. Abdallah Kiwanuka of Mukono County North; 3. Hon. Betty Nambooze Bakireke of Mukono Municipality; 4. Hon. Naboth Namanya of Rubabo County; 5. Hon. Moses Bitek Okot Junior of Kioga County; and 6. Hon. Gilbert Olanya of Kilak South County. I beg to designate. On the Committee on Physical Infrastructure, I designate the following members: 1. Hon. Godfrey Saazi of Gomba East County; 2. Hon. Denes Sekabira of Katikamu County North; 3. Hon. Francis Katabaazi of Kalungu East County; 4. Hon. Moses Kabuusu of Kyamuswa County;

13390 THE EXCISE DUTY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2024 feed at the Aquaculture Research and Development Centre in Kajjansi; establish and/or upgrade seed storage, threshing and drying facilities to ensure sustainable supply of quality seed under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries - Shs 134 billion. Transport infrastructure development The Government plans as follows: 1. Start construction of the SGR and continue implementing preparatory activities for SGR; that is update of feasibility studies for the western and eastern routes, and undertaking environment, social, economic impact assessments; acquisition of right of way for SGR (206 acres) of land are already acquired in seven districts. That is Tororo to Mayuge, among others – Shs 2.221 trillion; 2. Maintenance of 13 aerodromes; that is Arua, Gulu, Pakuba, Masindi, Lira, Kidepo, Moroto, Soroti, Tororo, Jinja, Mbarara, Kasese and Kisoro – Shs 3 billion; 3. Construction and upgrade of national roads and bridges – Shs 1.27 trillion. Some of these include – (Interjections) - colleagues, this is on roads. The Government plans to spend Shs 1.27 trillion and I will mention some of the roads: a) Hoima-Wanseko Road – Shs 141.1 billion; b) Kampala Flyover – Shs 69.8 billion; c) Construction of 66 selected bridges – Shs 54.2 billion; d) Rwenkunye-Apac-Lira-Acholibur Road – Shs 238 billion; e) Kisoro-Mgahinga National Park Headquarters Road – Shs 83.26 billion; f) Moyo-Yumbe-Koboko Road – Shs 180.6 billion; g) Upgrading of Kyenjojo-Kiruhura-Bwizi- Rwamwanja-Kahunge, Mpara-Bwizi – Shs 50 billion; and 4. Upgrading of Jinja-Mbulamuti-Kamuli- Bukungu Road from gravel to paved standard – Shs 34.5 billion. Continuation of the rehabilitation of over 450 kilometres of national roads. Some of those roads include: a) Kampala-Jinja Highway – Shs 20 billion; b) Busunju-Kiboga-Hoima – Shs 25.05 billion; c) Mityana-Mubende Road and Mityana Town Roads inclusive – Shs 42.38 billion; d) Alwii-Nebbi road and upgrading of Pakwach and Nebbi Town Council roads in total – Shs 17 billion; e) Rehabilitation of Karuma-Pakwach Road – Shs 20.05 billion; and f) Reconstruction of Matugga-Semuto- Kapeeka Road – Shs 61.12 billion; 5. Rehabilitation of district, urban and community access roads will continue under the Ministry of Works and Transport. There is Shs 142.3 billion; and 6. Shs 1 billion to each district, city and municipality for road grading, murram and compacting. In total, Shs 176 billion has been allocated for this purpose; Colleagues, in the last financial year, they are roads that the Ministry of Works signed contracts for and work has started. Those ones are worth Shs 33 billion, but they are not yet completed and not even paid. There are those where contracts have been signed but work has not commenced. They are worth Shs 33 billion. There is a whole list in the annex. There are also roads where the contracts have been procured but have not been signed, worth about Shs 13 billion. In the last cash release, the Government gave this particular vote Shs 19 billion, whereas the total requirement is Shs 79 billion. So, the budget at base is Shs 26 billion. We must recommend Shs 34 billion to cover those roads. The list of those roads covers the whole country. 7. The following ferries development/ construction will be undertaken. The total for this ferry is Shs 11.8 billion. That is: a) Substantial completion of two Bukungu- Kagwara-Kaberamaido (BKK) ferries and their landing sites; SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT [Mr Achia]

>!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

It is okay. And I thank my colleagues, Hon. Oguzu and member of Kiboga for the clarity.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Unfortunately, I did not get time to talk about my issues. I am seeking clarification from the committee chairperson. On page 14, they have observed – but they did not give us any recommendation – that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is making variations on the wage pay for local governments in anticipation of the payroll audit. We are getting a number of complaints from districts. People with slips, who have been verified, have already been knocked off the payroll. Districts of Kiryandongo, Hoima and Kiboga – I have received from a number of districts. You have not made any recommendation, yet the ministry is going to stop this money. We want to find a solution and the minister is here; she should commit herself.

Thank you, honourable minister, for giving way. Members, currently the districts you notice that they contribute over 40 per cent to the district treasury. For example, in my district, they have contributed over Shs 240 million to the Kiboga District Treasury but for the last two quarters, the department has never gotten any money to help them follow up with land surveys and then also the committee responsible for monitoring - the people who want leases have to be paid by the applicants. I think the problem comes from the poor harmonisation. When we are in the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, they say that land is outside their mandate yet in the local governments, land is under natural resources. When natural resources receive the money, they over-focus on other issues of natural resources other than land and that is what brings a lot of land disputes, especially in districts like Kiboga. Thank you.

Mr Speaker, during the Cabinet meeting of 18 th March this year, the President mentioned that exact road as a priority for the Government. In fact, he also mentioned the road from Myanzi- to Kasanda and Bukuya, up to Kiboga as a priority road, according to him. Another one is in the North. Therefore, we are fast-tracking those three roads as a directive from the President. The only issue is availability of funds. The moment funds are available; it is a priority road.

Let me also allow the Opposition – the Member for Kiboga.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Many of the complainants came after His Excellency Yoweri Museveni was in power. Our people from Kiboga, who brought Mr Museveni to power, have camped at Lwamata for four years. They decided to leave their villages. It is very important to harmonise the different ministries because every time we complain about this, the ministry for Luwero is referred to us. It is important that ministries harmonise. They have told us that probably the President has already compensated these people, but they confirmed that they have not been compensated. To us, the new legislators who do not have any proof that these people were compensated, we have even failed to help them. However, I have people of Kigemuzi who have been in Lwamata. At first, they were in a playground, but they were chased. Now, they have rented – up to seven oldies rent a small room! They are in Lwamata. In case anybody wants to go and meet them, they are there. We have lists. They told us there were some programmes. Last year, they were informed that they would benefit from other Government programmes. However, we need to come out clearly and sort out these issues because at least we were the first before the Lakwenas and those “Send Obote Back”. We – (Member timed out.)

Thank you, honourable minister. Any further additions from the Government side? None? Thank you. I am scanning to see the ones who were here first. I will start with the ones who came early. Hon. Betty Engola, Dr Aate, Prof. Mushemeza, Martin has already spoken, Hon. Muwuma - Hon. Kayemba has been in and out, I do not know what he is operating in the corridors - (Laughter) - so he will wait a little. He decided to take the assignments of the Leader of the Opposition instead of the Speaker, who is the cardinal one, and he has to be here - and Kiboga Woman MP. Yes, I am going to pick you, honourable colleagues. For those who have spoken, I am not sure I will pick you again. If you know you have already submitted since we started today - Please, let us shoot.

That is a wonderful contribution Hon. Nsereko. In addition, it is in line with what colleagues were saying. Because they said, “We are giving you this money but we need performance indicators”. In the end, if you are saying “I am only carrying desirable programs when you no longer have viewership, who is going to view? Yes, if you do not have viewership, who will view those desirable programs? So you must strike a balance. Transmit desirable programs, but also maintain viewership so that you have people viewing those programs. Otherwise, you will just get money for the sake of it. I need Hon. Santa, Hon. Christine, Hon. Hanifa and then Kiboga- I will need the doctor on nodding syndrome.

Honourable member for Kiboga.

Hon. Opendi, do not mind, the report is going to be processed. In this period, we are fighting to ensure that we finish all pending reports because there are many, even some are before committees. I would like to make it clear that rule 25 of our Rules of Procedure, which talks about Order of Business, does not give petitions the first call. In fact, it gives reports on 2(p). That is where you even go to reports of Parliament. There are others that are very critical because Parliament is designed in such a way that we give Government business more priority. However, the report is going to be handled. I am trying to ensure that we go through all these pending reports because all chairpersons would like to see their reports worked on. Honourable colleagues, I see we are again going to be late. Yes, Member from Kiboga?

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My concern goes to the carrying capacities in schools. Most inspectors of schools have forgotten to monitor this. Your child gets aggregate four, goes to a school and the class has 600 plus students. When you go to the dormitory, they tell you, “Do not worry, in a month, another dormitory will have been established”. The issue of carrying capacities in schools needs to be ascertained because the inspectors have forgotten about it. As of yesterday, my teachers from Kiboga District informed me that the capitalisation grant for this term has not reached their bank accounts. I am wondering, the term started on the 5 th , and February is the second month in the financial quarter. What is delaying money from reaching these accounts? Teachers are just improvising chalk and all the necessities that you can think of. Can we get confirmation from the minister that these funds will reach the school accounts soon? I thank you, Mr Speaker.

11818 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT would like to give us. Honourable Member for Kiboga -

Mr Speaker, my people from Kiboga, especially the Banyarwanda, are denied passports. The rest of us use our IDs to process the passports. I do not know why, when it comes to this tribe, they are segregated. The point at which they are segregated is even after they have paid money. I do not know: will their IDs be renewed this time round? They are worried that if they cannot proceed with their IDs to process passports, it is a challenge. Mr Speaker, we also need to strengthen the photocopies of the IDs. It is very dangerous to move with the original everywhere. I do not know how the photocopy can, in some way, be recognised to process certain things. It is dangerous and that is why replacements are many and tedious. It is a challenge to our people, especially the elderly and the people with disabilities. I beg to submit. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My submissions would be to help ourselves direct our decisions as far as deforestation, degazettement and gazettement are concerned. Mr Speaker, I want to put it forward that poor performance, for example, of a Member of Parliament does not lead to removal of a constituency but just leads to election of a new person. The same would apply to NFA. If there are some challenges with its performance, it is not good to close it but it is better to improve its performance. We are aware that NFA only manages 15 per cent of the forest reserves in Uganda. The rest are managed by the districts and private people. The challenge is the perception countrywide that people think every forest reserve is managed by NFA. The district leaders hide in there, even when they spoil their forests. They put it on NFA and inform the public that it is NFA that does not mind. The rest of the 85 per cent of the forest reserves we have in Uganda are managed by local governments and private people. Mr Speaker, there is the concept of community forestry that we used to have under the rainforests and what we call natural forests. It is natural forests versus plantation forests. Some people call natural forests, rainforests while others call plantation forests, commercial forests. The concept of community forestry was working well under the natural forests where people would be allowed to access some of the resources. However, when it comes to plantation forests where NFA has licensed private people to manage some of these forest reserves, the concept is not there; it dies. So, we need to come out clearly with the concept of community forestry in plantation forests such that the natives do not feel that when private people carry on the responsibility of Government, then they cease to use such resources. The issue of Government relocating people, this issue that Nakasongola is raising - You will find it across the entire cattle corridor, including Kiboga District. We have a Mailo tenure system and the former owners of public land had their leases expire. The district leaders, instead of allocating our people; the natives, portions, it is new people that come to these districts. Mr Speaker, we request for help. District land boards should give natives part of this land, especially when leases expire. Otherwise, Nakasongola people cannot access forests. There is land that has been given out to other people. Let us revise the reallocation of expired leased land to our natives. I want also to put it directly that bona fide occupancy does not apply to gazetted forest reserves and gazetted wetlands. Even if you have sat there since 1983, when the Government comes out to replant forests, you are supposed to leave. Bonafide occupancy does not apply to gazetted forest reserves. So the Government can look out for – (Member timed out.)

11635 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024 Mr Speaker, during the Prime Minister’s field trips that availed seeds to the farmers, a kilogram of Longe 10H was going for Shs 20,000, which one kilogram can only produce 20 kilograms. Look at that expense on seed alone. Then we have pesticides, fertilisers and post-harvest handling expenses. The price of Shs 400 is too low. The same applies to vanilla in Kiboga. Vanilla is currently going for Shs 5,000 and you can only get the Shs 5,000 when you bring vanilla to Kampala. My prayers are that we are an unaligned country. We are a mixed economy. Can the ministry at least come up with a break-even price; offer our farmers a break-even price, and then establish storage facilities where this maize can be kept for some time? Otherwise, seeing our farmers spend on inputs and then earn as little as Shs 400 is very shameful. The demand for maize as the most consumed food group here in Uganda is still high. Another prayer, Mr Speaker, is for the minister to open up. Who are the exporters of maize in this country? We need to open up more and more. These are the people who will find competitive prices. Otherwise, when we close and leave a few people to export maize, that is why they can offer whatever they want and you have to accept the price regardless of whether it is too low because you have no other option. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

11645 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024 I want to give this additional information so that these stakeholders the minister mentioned - like the African Development Bank, Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) based in Khartoum, and the people from Nebbi, Zombo, and Arua district or Vurra need to have a meeting to fast-track to see that we get a loan for this very important road. This area is highly - we call it actually the “food basket” for West Nile. It has a lot of coffee, the Government is promoting tea in that area; we have a lot of fruits, matooke - all these things are supplying the greater north. Related to that, we have many of the forest reserves; talk about the plantation forests. We have Lendu, Okavurero, Awang and Ossi. These are very important investments of the Government. In addition to those, we have two dams on River Nyagak. Since the road is in poor shape and the area is agro-based, it is now difficult for many people to benefit from agriculture. As a result, agriculture is not helping them. They have gone to environmental degradation and it is affecting two dams, that is, Nyagak I and Nyagak III. In fact, this is why you see Nyagak I is producing only 1.7 megawatts of electricity because of degradation. We need the road so that people can move away from environmental degradation. On the revenue side, Shs 3 billion is the estimated market in the DR Congo. With these four borders plus the three more potential borders, if they are open, we can generate a lot of money from there. Accidents on these roads are very many. Breakdown of vehicles moving on these roads is too much yet the cost of maintenance is very high. On the issue of health and emergency, the whole area does not have any referral hospital, apart from the regional referral hospital in Arua. If the road is in bad shape, how are we going to rescue our people in case of an emergency? You may recall that in 2021, when Zombo was attacked two times by bandits from the DR Congo, one of the reasons was - they tried all other alternatives but there was no market for their produce; so they were tempted to go and join those people in the DR Congo. We quelled that one because we never wanted it. But even the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) could not maintain or contain the bandits because there were no roads to cross with those machines. There are no bridges. Therefore, we need that road. This road was pledged by the President in 2010. He repeated it throughout all the elections. We have reminded him in writing and also verbally. In conclusion, the market is available if we can develop this road. From Zeu, for example, to the border of the Central African Republic, is only 750 kilometres. Imagine the market we are going to tap into in that area. Therefore, my prayer remains that we must fast track the loan with the African Development Bank, and the loan with BADEA so that we can do this very important road. The money we shall generate there will help to do internal roads in Kiboga, Nakaseke, Luwero, and other parts of Uganda. This is a very important road for the security and development of Uganda. I thank you.

Thank you so much, Mr Speaker. I thank the chairperson for the report. I sympathise with the people of Karamoja for what they are going through, particularly a famine where we thought the country had food security. It is very controversial - Previously, the Member of Parliament for Kiboga was complaining about excess of food crops but Karamoja is complaining of hunger. I would like to find out from the Front Bench, particularly; I do not see the Ministers for Karamoja Affairs, whether they took lessons from the First Lady when she was the Minister for Karamoja Affairs, we never used to hear of frequent famine in that region and there was a boost in terms of food crop growing and Karamoja had stabilised in terms of food. I do not know whether they do benchmarking or do handovers to learn from such. We would wish to know what she had done to turn over that kind of food insecurity in the region so that we do not see our people dying of hunger because of food. Mr Speaker, recently, I saw the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries distributing tractors in Karamoja. I do not know how the Government works, whether they work in silos or not, because how do you distribute tractors without putting into consideration the climate change issues in Karamoja region? Dealing with the water for production would be a priority and then, you distribute tractors because now tractors are redundant; you have put in a lot of money and you have secured them but they are just there and people are dying of hunger. In my view, the Government needs to consolidate the funds and prioritise what comes first and then next because if you provide water, then people will be willing even to engage in agricultural productivity without using the tractors; who is using the tractors? Is it the “ wanaichi” or it is those Karamojong bourgeoisie that have - are capable of tilling a lot of land? Mr Speaker, I Government needs to prioritise and see where to invest in terms of getting food for our people. The issue of irrigation –(Member timed out.)

11581 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2024 Introduction Mr Speaker, FMD is a highly contagious viral disease that affects all cloven-hoofed (two hoofed) animals. These include cattle, goats, sheep, pigs and wild animals such as buffaloes, deers and antelopes. The disease spreads very fast, through close contact between infected and non-infected animals. The disease is transmitted through aerosols (fluid droplets) breathed out by infected animals and contact with affected surfaces. The aerosols can be transported by wind to far areas. The affected animals get wounds in the mouth, feet and teats in female animals. FMD is the most dreaded disease in international trade of animals and animal products. Countries that have eradicated the disease do not allow trade with affected countries, or those that control the disease by vaccination. The disease causes significant economic losses to the farmers and to the country due to disruption in animal production, productivity and in trade of animal and animal products. Scientists and economists have estimated the economic cost of FMD to a farmer per unit livestock to be $20 per infection. The cost can be higher with repeated infections. Our target, therefore, as Government, is to not only control the disease but eradicate it. Mr Speaker, the ideal situation that enables any livestock producing country to fully control and eradicate FMD requires the following interventions: i) Undertaking a bi-annual compulsory vaccination exercise of the entire susceptible animal herd in the country (all two hoofed animals; cattle, sheep, goats and pigs). For purposes of universal coverage, compliance and bio-security considerations (since vaccines are live organisms), governments normally offer the vaccines as a public good. This, however, varies from country to country, depending on the number of animals and the budget implications for buying the vaccines recurrently. ii) Another control and eradication approach is the “test and slaughter” followed by safe disposal of the carcasses (burning and/or burying). When the veterinary authorities confirm the outbreak, they determine the affected animals and those at risk for destruction. This, however, is followed with compensation by the government, which is a very expensive practice. This is the practice in developed livestock-producing countries like the United Kingdom, among others. You kill or destroy, but compensate the farmer. iii) In addition to the above, movement control restrictions (quarantine) are always imposed either in part or as a whole in the affected geographical location depending on the epidemiological assessment by the competent authorities. The competent authorities, Mr Speaker, are veterinary authorities. These animal movement restrictions, however, are temporary measures to disrupt transmission but their duration depends on the discipline and compliance of the different stakeholders (farmers, traders, processors and enforcement agencies) and also on the country’s ability to implement interventions (i) and (ii) above. Current situation in the country Mr Speaker, there are 36 districts currently affected and under quarantine. These are; Budaka, Bukedea, Bukomansimbi, Bunyangabu, Butaleja, Fort Portal City, Gomba, Ibanda, Isingiro, Kabarole, Kassanda, Kayunga, Kazo, Kiboga, Kibuku, Kiruhura, Kumi, Kyankwanzi, Kyegegwa, Kyotera, Luuka, Lwengo, Lyantonde, Mbarara, Mbarara City, Mityana, Mpigi, Mubende, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Namisindwa, Ngora, Ntungamo, Rakai, Rwampara and Ssembabule. All districts neighbouring the aforementioned districts are at high risk, under strict surveillance and the authorities are advised to remain vigilant. These include; Apac, Amolatar, Bugiri, Bushenyi, Butaleja, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kaberamaido, Kaliro, Kamuli,

11582 THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2023 Kamwenge, Katakwi, Kasese, Kibaale, Kiboga, Kyenjojo, Mbale, Masindi, Mayuge, Mukono, Namalemba, Nakapiripirit – I am trying to remember Namalemba; my apologies – Pallisa, Rukungiri, Sironko, Wakiso and Soroti. Policy and control measures in place Our policy on FMD is for the Government to avail vaccines to farmers as a public good for reasons explained earlier. For many years, I think since during colonial times, the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has been providing a budget item for procuring vaccines. This, however, has been insufficient and only covers 1.1 Per cent of the susceptible domestic animal population, contrary to the recommended at-least 80 per cent coverage, leaving the rest of the herd vulnerable. This explains why the country experiences repeated outbreaks. Although the Animal Diseases Act, CAP. 38, empowers the Commissioner of Animal Health to order for the destruction of affected animals under the “test and slaughter” approach, the country cannot afford to implement this provision of the law due to high compensation budget requirements. Mr Speaker, with the budget limitations alluded to above, our ministry adopted the ring vaccination methodology, targeting the locations with animals at high risk. When we buy a few vaccines annually, the budget we get gives us, on average, half a million doses. We distribute them to district veterinary officers of the most prone districts and those with outbreaks to carry out ring vaccination around the infected herds or kraals. We also institute quarantine and other measures in the affected and susceptible districts to prevent spread or disrupt transmission. Mr Speaker, our total susceptible animal herd that requires FMD vaccination, as per current estimates, is 44 million cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. This, therefore, requires an annual vaccine stock of 88 million doses for the bi- annual vaccination requirement at a cost of $2 per dose. The financial implication for this translates into $ 176 million. The Government has been studying this financial implication and notes the financial stress it would impose on the national Budget, if the requirement for the bi-annual mass vaccination is to be achieved. Accordingly, and with the guidance of the President, a Cabinet Paper is scheduled for discussion at the next Cabinet sitting on Monday, 5 February 2024 to consider a number of policy options, including cost-sharing by the farmer, since the cost per dose is affordable by most livestock farmers. I will revert to this House and the country on the final position adopted by Cabinet. In the meantime, my ministry has repurposed some of the budget you gave us, under the development budget, and managed to avail 2.56 million doses to the country through the district veterinary officers of 94 districts last year. The list is attached to this brief. It shows which district veterinary officers took what. Under the same arrangement, we have ordered for 2.3 million doses, expected in a few months to come. Mr Speaker, another challenge associated with procuring FMD vaccines is that they cannot be bought off-shelf, since they are biological; live organisms with a short shelf life. You order and they manufacture for you. This explains the delay in their supply chain. In the circumstances, it becomes inevitable for the Commissioner of Animal Health, who is the commander of the animal disease control chain in the country, to order or impose animal movement restrictions or what you know as quarantine in affected districts. Quarantines are unpopular and an inconvenience to people’s livelihoods yet again, inevitable as temporary measures to control further spread to alarming and uncontrollable epidemic levels. We can lose the whole herd, if we do not become strict. If the stakeholders can be disciplined and comply with the quarantine protocols, the MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS [Mr Tumwebaze]

Thank you. Let us have the honourable lady from Iganga, honourable lady from Rukungiri, honourable lady from Kibale, honourable lady from Kanungu, honourable lady from Arua, honourable lady from Terego, honourable lady from Kiboga and the honourable lady from Butambala. (Laughter) Let me start with the ladies – and the honourable lady from Napak. Please, in that order, let us do it quickly and then I go to the honourable men. (Laughter)

Thank you. Let us listen to the Member for Terego and then Member for Kiboga.

11350 DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS TO COMMITTEES OF PARLIAMENT [Mr Obua] 3. Hon. Rosemary Nyakikongoro – Woman, Sheema; 4. Hon. Arinaitwe Rwakajara - Workers; 5. Hon. Moses Magogo – Budiope East; 6. Hon. David Kabanda - Kasambya; 7. Hon. Amos Kankunda – Akankuna – Rwampara; 8. Hon. Samuel Okwir – Moroto County 9. Hon. Sylvia Nayebale – Gomba; 10. Hon. Josephat Tumwesigye - Bugangaizi; 11. Hon. Herbert Ariko - Soroti East Division; 12. Hon. Agnes Atim - Amolator; 13. Hon. Donald Katalihwa – Mwenge County; 14. Hon. Aggrey Bagiire – Bunya County South; 15. Hon. Samon Bwiire – Bulamogi; 16. Hon. Keefa Kiwanuka – Kiboga County East; 17. Hon. Maximus Ochai - West Budama North; 18. Hon. Solomon Silwany – Bukooli Central; 19. Hon. Derrick Orone - Gogonya; 20. Hon. Alex Ruhunda – Fort Portal Central; 21. Hon. Iddi Isabirye – Bunya South; 22. Hon. Mourine Osoru – Arua City; 23. Hon. Annet Katusiime – Bushenyi; 24. Hon. Gyaviira Ssemwanga - Buyamba; 25. Hon. John Baptist Lokii - Mathenico; 26. Hon. Muhamad Ssentayi – Bukoto County West; 27. Hon. John Teira – Budiope County North; 28. Hon. Faith Nakut – Napak; 29. Hon. Mwine Mpaka – Mbarara South Division; 30. Hon. Brenda Namukuta - Kaliro; 31. Hon. James Kaberuka – Kinizi County; 32. Hon. Lillian Aber - Amolator; 33. Hon. Catheline Ndamira - Kabale; 34. Hon. Linos Ngompek – Kibanda North; 35. Hon. Dicksons Kateshumbwa – Sheema Municipality; 36. Hon. Laura Kanushu - Workers; 37. Hon. Fred Opolot - Pingire; 38. Hon. Bernard Odoi – Youth Eastern; 39. Hon. Juliet Bashiisha - Mitooma; 40. Hon. Michael Bukenya - Bukuya; 41. Hon. Moses Aleper - Chekwii; and 42. Hon. Fadil Twalla - Tingey. Madam Speaker, I beg to designate.

I designate the following Members to the Committee on Climate Change: 1. Hon. Christine Kaaya – Kiboga; 2. Hon. Charles Matovu - Busiro South; 3. Hon. Jimmy Lwanga - Njeru Municipality; 4. Hon. Ronald Balimwezo - Nakawa East; 5. Hon. Hellen Nakimuli – Kalangala; 6. Hon. Dr Nicholas Kamara - Kabale Municipality; 7. Hon. Asinansi Nyakato - Hoima City; 8. Hon. Richard Lumu – Mityana; and 9. Hon. Santa Sandra Alum – Oyam. I beg to designate, Madam Speaker.

That is why I have not made a prayer to play it, but I will make it available as House property for your consideration. I will highlight some of the cases that clearly indicate glaring contradictions in the statement presented by the minister vis-à-vis the statements obtained from the police, witnesses, and other state departments. I will make a few highlights, not the entire 18. Let me sample for the House to make a judgment. Case 1 is that of Ddamulira John The minister has presented a report indicating that Ddamulira John is not among the people in Government custody. Contrary to what the minister stated in his report, Ddamulira’s disappearance was reported to the police and an SD Reference was obtained to that effect. I have indicated it, Madam Speaker. Contrary to what the minister stated, Ddamulira’s data is well captured with NIRA the number that is in report. He had a national ID and voter allocation slip. Madam Speaker, we should also note, at this stage, that the case of Ddamulira John, just like many other cases of enforced disappearances was reported to the police and the police is on record admitting his arrest and detention. On 22 November 2020, Mr Patrick Onyango, the Spokesperson of Kampala Metropolitan Police, confirmed Mr Ddamulira’s arrest and several others on allegations of participating in protests around the Kampala Metropolitan Area but denied torturing the suspects. I quote him - “It is true, he (Ddamulira John) is one of the people we arrested but I cannot tell you where he and others are detained now. We did not torture any person. As an institution, torture is prohibited as a form of interrogation”. The Daily Monitor of 22 November quoted Mr Onyango confirming detaining Mr Ddamulira John. Madam Speaker, Ddamulira John’s matter has been investigated by the Uganda Human Rights Commission, the Central Regional Office, and in a letter referenced, quoted, and dated 9 December 2020, addressed to the Chief of Military Intelligence (CMI) indicated that the commission carried out an investigation at Central Police Station Kampala and it was established that the victim, Ddamulira John, is being detained at CMI Kampala. Madam Speaker, that corresponds between the Human Rights Commission and the Uganda Police. For your information, Members, the relatives of Ddamulira John on 11 January 2021 reported this matter to State House as well; who in turn forwarded the same to the Uganda Human Rights Commission for further management. I have attached correspondence between the police and the Uganda Human Rights Commission on the arrest of Ddamulira. Madam Speaker, invariably, this is a matter in dispute and we have situated Ddamulira at CMI. John Bosco Kibalama The minister denies knowledge of the holding point of John Bosco Kibalama, which contravenes what the Prime Minister, Rt Hon. Nabbanja asserted during a press interview in the corridors of Parliament that, “We are fortunate that Kibalama was traced. He was arrested recently in October in a place called Kakiri. He is one of those claimed to have killed police officers in Kiboga, Wakiso and other places.” Madam Speaker, a missing person case for Kibalama was reported at Nakanyonyi Police Station under that reference a day after his abduction on 3 June 2019, discrediting the minister’s narrative that the family did not contact police for any remedy. The Deputy Attorney-General, Hon. Jackson Kafuuzi, was featured on NBS Television talk show, “The Frontline,” and tried to spin the

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I come from Mubende, where the late served as a woman MP. By then, Mubende was still one bloc before Mityana and Kassanda districts were created. I think Kiboga had already been curved out and it was Mityana, Kassanda and now, Mubende. I join the rest of the mourners, both nationally and worldwide, to mourn the demise of our great leader and mentor who did great work in our district. She is remembered for mentoring many into active politics, especially women, both at local and national levels. She was a consultant for everyone. If you are to research and read any article about Mubende, you will find her name on every page, if not, on every paragraph. We appreciate her. When we heard of the sad news, people in the entire area went into mourning, especially those who worked with her and some of us who have just joined politics. At the time she came here as a woman MP, some of us were young; I was in Senior One. We have read about her and associated with people who served with or were mentored by her. Her work was great. Mr Speaker, not only Mubende people but the entire nation should appreciate the family that brought her up and nurtured her to prepare her to serve this nation before even Independence. As Maama Cecilia Ogwal was speaking, we learned a lot from her and we need to appreciate her. Such great families should be appreciated. We thank her for serving the nation and not forgetting the family. She has left behind a great family, which we should appreciate and learn from. As leaders, we give our time to other things and sometimes forget our families. As you serve the nation, we should plan for our families. Her history is rich and a great lesson to leaders.

I also rise to support the motion to pay tribute to Owekitiibwa Joyce Rovincer Mpanga. I am from Greater Mubende and actually, Kiboga was part of Mubende at the time when she was MP. Therefore, we have lost our former Member of Parliament. The people of Kiboga are greatly saddened by the death of Owekitiibwa Joyce Rovincer Mpanga. On their behalf, we would like to pay our most heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family, the people of Lungujja, His Excellency the President of Uganda for the time that she served in his Government, His Royal Highness, the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, the Lukiiko and many people that she served with there, and the many friends around that are all grieving at this moment in time. It is very sad to lose her at this particular moment in time. However, amidst these tears and as we console the family, we thank God who lent her to us. The life expectancy at the moment is 63 years; she has lived for 90 years. We thank the Almighty God for the years that He gave her. We also thank God for the great work that she has done; a lot of it has been talked about. We thank God for the family that He has given her; the distinguished lawyers, poets, and all distinguished men and women who are serving diligently in this country. We thank God for what she has achieved; her selfless struggle as a role model for women’s emancipation and the key support roles she has played in Buganda Kingdom. Above all, I heard Prof. Mushemeza saying that we are about to lose the battle on corruption. We thank God that He gave us somebody who was incorruptible and we will greatly miss her and her contribution. We will miss the way she has been mentoring the many people that have talked about their close association with her. She leaves after a distinguished service, without any stain; we thank God for that. May her soul rest in eternal peace. (Applause)

11015 THE E LEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF U GANDA T U E SDAY , 21 N OVEMBER 2023 Yes, other people may fear to approach Maama Cecilia. Maama Cecilia, feel free to also talk about the wrongs of some women. Do not wait for us to come to you because by the time we come, it may be very difficult to reverse. Please, feel free to talk to us and correct some of the actions that we are undertaking - These women would invite us - Mr Speaker, we can invite some of these ladies to our WhatsApp groups to speak to us, but we are over-exalting some functions on these groups. Can we host some of these ladies to talk to us on our WhatsApp groups as visitors? This is because they readily have smartphones and they want to speak to us. They need to be rewarded in some way. For my Maama Rhoda - the one we call Jajja Rhoda in Kiboga - because Hon. Dr Ruth is Maama and I am Baaba - Maama will be happy to see Members appreciating her by buying her book, which costs Shs 50,000. She will be contented that at least the 11 th Parliament recognises her contribution to Uganda. I thank you, Mr Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the minister for his statement. I represent Kiboga West constituency which happens to be in the central region and we are always served by the Central Mechanical Workshop. I appreciate the ministry because the technical team has been coming to the districts to service these machines. However, they always take long to come and service the machine when a request is advanced to them. Mr Speaker, in a way, we lose time because when the service is over, the machines have got to be parked waiting for the technical team to come from the Centre to service them. Looking at the absorption of the Shs 1 billion, you will find that at the end of the financial year, we shall not have completed the work that we planned to do. Secondly, I do not know whether the minister is aware that Kiboga District Local Government secured some money for major repairs of some machines that were grounded. We agreed with the ministry that the mechanical workshop team should come to Kiboga and repair these machines, including overhauling one of the graders. About Shs 300 million was used by the mechanical workshop, but the three machines that were repaired recently; about two months ago - Much as they told us that they did their work and completed, when these machines were taken for testing, all the three failed to work - (Member timed out.)

10386 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME 1. Continuous sensitisation and enforcement of the relevant rules and regulations by relevant Government agencies. 2. Replacing missing road furniture, such as road signs, and reflectors, and the use of appropriate alternative materials to minimise vandalism and safety. 3. Towing of abandoned vehicles off the road. In the medium-term, funds have been earmarked for road safety improvement works which include; 1. Reintroduction of mandatory vehicle inspection under Uganda Police. 2. Road marking to ensure that the curves, lanes, and junctions are visible to drivers both during the day and at night after the completion of the Gulu Highway. And this will be done next month. 3. Installing humps and rumble strips to slow down the traffic along the road, especially in trading centres and areas that have been identified as black spots. 4. Adequately equipping the relevant enforcement agencies with tools to aid effective enforcement of the law. 5. Strengthening road monitoring and surveillance for timely detection and removal of abandoned vehicles from carriageways. As a long-term solution, Government has embarked on the process of constructing a new metallic bridge at Katonga so that the traffic can go back to using the main Kampala-Masaka Road, which was designed as an international trunk route. Construction works are ongoing and passenger buses have since been cleared to use the Katonga Bridge. Mr Speaker, in conclusion, the Government of Uganda, under the able leadership of His Excellency, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, is committed to ensuring the safety of Ugandans and all efforts are being made to improve the road safety along the Mpigi– Kanoni-Sembabule-Villa Maria route. The next question came from Hon. Kaaya Christine, Woman Member of Parliament, Kiboga District, on the irregular boundary opening and demarcation of forest reserves in Kiboga District. Her prayers are: 1. What are the criteria followed by the National Forestry Authority (NFA) in demarcating central forest reserves? 2. Why is the boundary opening exercise encroaching on private mailo and freehold land? 3. Can NFA avail the recent survey report such that we can compare it with the affected land titles, with a view of establishing a true ownership? My response is: The criteria followed by the National Forestry Authority in demarcating central forest reserves is as follows: (i) Stakeholders meeting The stakeholders involved are: the Resident District Commissioners, the District Police Commanders, the District Internal Security Officers, the District Local Council V, the District Staff Surveyors, the District Natural Resource Officers, the District Environment Officers and the forest adjacent communities. (ii) Reconnaissance survey (iii) This is a familiarisation tour of the central forest reserve boundary done jointly with the forest-neighbouring communities with the view to: a. Identify all the available survey marks or control extension basing on known national points in the area to guide the boundary opening; b. Identify all the available corner marks

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

Mr Speaker, I have been able to follow the Parish Development Model up to yesterday. I think some people are taking advantage of our citizens. Mr Speaker, there is no subcounty in this country that does not have a computer, and most subcounties across the country have an average of four to five parishes. Let me share with you the experience in my district. Issues of computers came - and - we have 105 parishes, 24 subcounties and six towns councils. I shared this idea in Nakasongola, Nakaseke, Luwero, Mityana, Mubende, Kyankwanzi, Kiboga, Kassanda, Kagadi and many others, and I have been on TV so that the whole country can get information. Mr Speaker, what happened is that in most areas, our people recruited parish chiefs who are not fit for the job. They recruited their

Hon. Cecilia Ogwal, Hon. Aogon and the Member for Kiboga.

9944 THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) BILL, 2023 In the public gallery this afternoon, we have students and teachers of Busulwa Memorial Secondary School, from Kiboga District. They are represented by Dr Keefa Kiwanuka and Hon. Kaaya Christine. They have come to observe proceedings of this House. Please, join me in welcoming them. (Applause) Also, we have pupils and teachers of Bishop East Nursery and Primary School from Mukono Municipality represented by Hon. Betty Nambooze and Hon. Nabukeera Hanifa. They have come to observe proceedings of the House. If they are still around, please, join me in welcoming them. (Applause) It has gone on record that we have welcomed them. I am sorry, I always need to be informed early so that we do that.

9321 THE ELEVENTH P ARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY , 4 J ULY 2023 Also in the public gallery, we have a delegation from Katera Parish, Bukomero sub-county, Kiboga District represented by Hon. Kaaya Christine Nakimwero and Hon. Dr Keefa Kiwanuka. They have come to observe the proceedings of the House. Please join me in welcoming them. Thank you.

9321 THE ELEVENTH P ARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY , 4 J ULY 2023 Also in the public gallery, we have a delegation from Katera Parish, Bukomero sub-county, Kiboga District represented by Hon. Kaaya Christine Nakimwero and Hon. Dr Keefa Kiwanuka. They have come to observe the proceedings of the House. Please join me in welcoming them. Thank you.

Mr Speaker, I would like to thank Hon. Sarah for the presentation and the report. Based on the recent reports, for example, in Kiboga, out of the 365 days, 349 days have no adequate equipment and items to use in the hospital, meaning the hospital has only like 15 days. I visited our maternal clinics and I realised that most of the times, nurses have no materials including gloves. They are willing to serve women, but they have nothing to use. So, they just look on. One nurse asked me: “Should I begin work without gloves; where is my safety?” I just had to run out and buy some of these items. There is a tendency by our medical personnel to hurriedly attend to women who go to hospitals with their husbands. Yet, many women these days are left to toil on their own. I do not know how they grasped that without PETITION

Let me give an opportunity to the former Chairperson of the Committee on Education and Sports, Hon. Connie Galiwango and then the Member for Kiboga.

Is the motion seconded? (Members rose) It is seconded by Hon. Oboth, Hon. Gidudu, Hon. Kimosho, Hon. Bakkabulindi, Hon. Nancy Acora, Hon. Allan Mayanja, Members from Kiboga, Mukono, Wakiso, Luwero and Ssembabule, Hon. Santa and the Attorney-General; that should be underlined. (Laughter) Rwampara, Hon. Tom, Hon. Bright, Hon. Pamela, UWOPA, Masindi, and many other Members.

Honourable mem - bers, none of the Members from Kasese Dis - trict is on the Committee on Budget and Kasese is a very big district. So, we should stop saying, “Members who are on the Committee on Bud - get”. Hon. Atkins is a poor man. (Laughter) He is not a member of the Committee on Budget. 142) Vote 857: Katakwi District - Shs 25,335,675,000 143) Vote 858: Kayunga District - Shs 37,361,049,000 144) Vote 859: Kazo District – Shs 18,099,602,000 145) Vote 860: Kibaale District - Shs 17,514,216,000 146) Vote 861: Kiboga District – Shs 25,621,222,000 147) Vote 862: Kibuku District – Shs 21,510,868,000 148) Vote 863: Kikuube District – Shs 22,027,669,000 149) Vote 864: Kiruhura District – Shs 18,214,354,000 150) Vote 865: Kiryandongo District - Shs 28,181,672,000 151) Vote 866: Kisoro District - Shs 41,251,167,000 152) Vote 867: Kitagwenda District – Shs 19,274,549,000 153) Vote 868: Kitgum District - Shs 28,277,064,000 154) Vote 869: Koboko District - Shs 19,175,066,000 155) Vote 870: Kole District – Shs 24,145,853,000 156) Vote 871: Kotido District – Shs 11,301,208,000 157) Vote 872: Kumi District - Shs 25,388,394,000 158) Vote 873: Kwania District – Shs 22,753,848,000 159) Vote 874: Kween District – Shs 19,391,073,000 160) Vote 875: Kyankwanzi District – Shs 24,244,929,000

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

Thank you, Madam Speaker, for the opportunity. When you listen to the comments of these RDCs, it is as if there is an invisible hand. Kiboga is not included in the report -(Hon. Otimgiw rose)

Madam Speaker, this is not a joking matter but we have our smiles on for certain debates. First of all, the report on the Kiboga incident is missing. We have a district women’s SACCO. We hold annual general meetings and this was going to be the first annual general meeting for the SACCO. However, because I am the patron, the annual general meeting was cancelled. The RDC together with the deputy RDC and the DPC came, analysed the function and said, “It seems

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I was saying that it is not only on women’s days, but RDCs intervene in all functions planned by the Women and Opposition Members of Parliament. The RDC would somehow accept and then asked me to wait. She called some people and then came back with a report saying, “No, they have refused me.” There is some invisible hand which we needed the head of all RDCs to tell us here. It is as if they would get ashamed to let the functions continue but they were under certain instructions. We had also invited a lot of service providers to talk to some of these women; service providers in insurance, auditors of the SACCOs, and medics, and we had paid for food and all those items. For us in Kiboga, we were given only 30 minutes for women to eat the food and run away from the venue. Since they had put their soldiers at the entrance of the venue, most of the women did not turn up due to the intimidation and all those expenses are on us. Therefore, before we listen to any apology, we want to recover all the costs that we spent on those days. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Like my brother from Sigulu Islands, I represent six subcounties where there is mining of both artisanal and medium-scale miners. Mr Speaker, I would like to invite you to take a trip to Bukuya. You will note that the journey on the road from Myanzi to Kiboga, which is supposed to take about 45 minutes takes two hours. I am telling you this story to understand where I am coming from. When you reach the epicentre of mining, there is a town called Lugongwe. Paradoxically, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development is supposed to take electricity there but people are generating their own power using diesel generators. It is very expensive, by the way, because if you have a fridge in that area, you pay Shs 10,000 per day for the generator to run it. The miners use cyanide; the processors use mercury and very soon, we shall be dealing with the complications of contamination of the water sources in Bukuya – very soon we will be facing complications of water contamination. The minister, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa, is my mentor and I would like to urge her to convince Cabinet and the President to cancel these tax exemptions because when you come and see what we are going through; what is coming from Bukuya and what we have there, you may end up crying. I also urge the minister to deploy more officers in the field because I know groups of foreigners who mine and I do not think they declare any of the gold they export. I am ready to be an informer. I think we can even earn more than Shs 600 billion if the ministry is well equipped and staffed to come and we do the work together. As a community, we are also not happy because the gold is being mined in all the six subcounties of Bukuya by both middle- and small-scale miners. We know that the gold is there and people are taking and exporting it. Therefore, I urge the minister to convince the Cabinet and the President to cancel the exemption, even before Parliament comes in to engage. Otherwise, we need a lot of corporate social responsibility to help Ugandans to benefit from their minerals and we get to gold roads, for instance. I know that for the electricity lines, she can just write a letter, but we need gold roads like the Myanzi-Kiboga Road – and she is from Kiboga. So, we need the gold roads just like the oil people have the oil roads. If the Government is exempting them, let it borrow and invest in the area such that we also feel comfortable. Otherwise, we shall start fighting with those people who are taking the gold. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

We shall have the Member for Kiboga, Hon. Mayanja, Member for Soroti and Hon. Komakech. Colleagues who have not been here, why are you standing up? I will not pick you.

a REPORT ON THE MINISTERIAL POLICY STATEMENT AI{D BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR THE COMMTTTEE ON EDUCATION, SPORTS AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SUB.PROGRAMME FOR FY 2023124. No NAME CONSIITUENCY PARTY Hoo. Twesigye John Nlomuhlro Choirpecon Hon. Iibosiimwo Jorom Rurongo Hon. Eogrrre Aggrey Henry BUNYA WEST EUNYARUGURU COUNW NRIA NRM NRM 2 t SIGNATURE 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. ll. 12. 13. 14. t5. t{on.Culhbcrl Abigobo Mlrcmbe V/Choirperon KIBAI.E COUNTY NRM Mr- Hon. Asiimwe Musrrme Molly RWAMPARA COUNTY NRM Hon. Nyokolo Dorothy DWR KITAGWENDA NRM Hon. Nyomuloro Phiono YOUTH NAIIONAL NRM Hon. Acibu Agnes NEEBI DISTRICT NRM Hon. Komoteneti Josyline DWR NIUGAMO NRM Hon. Awich Jone DWR KABERAMAIDO NRM Hon. Kubeketeryo Jomes EUNYA COUNlY EAST NRM Hon. Lokwong Philiphs llukol NAPORE WEST COUNTY NRM Hon. Mutumbo Abdul KIBOGA WESl COUNTY NRM Hon. Etuko lsooc Jookino UPPER MADI NRM Hon. Dr. Tobon Shorifoh Aole OWR KOBOKO NRM Hon. Poporu Lillion Obiole DWR ARUA NRM l-lon. Kotusrme Annel Mugisho DWR EUSHENYI NRM OPS WESTERN t6 17.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I also add my voice to thank the chairperson and members of the committee for a very good report, which we support. I also thank the Members of Parliament for their overwhelming support to the sector of ICT. I think we are moving together and we should support the sector so that we realise digital transformation in this country. I have taken note of the issues. A number of them are pieces of advice, like one that my sister, the Woman Member of Parliament of Kiboga was raising; the issues of e-waste and looking at the radioactive emissions. I take note of all these issues and we shall definitely act on them, as a ministry. UBC, like the chairperson noted, inherited debts and liabilities from Uganda Television and Radio Uganda and a number of them have not been covered. I agree with you that UBC should run like a business and compete with the private sector. I have made that point to the management, but they need some support to waive off some of the debts, get some injection of resources and get going. Indeed, the President has directed that all government departments should run their adverts on UBC. Together with the Prime Minister, to whom the directive was given, we are discussing how this can be meaningfully implemented. On the other side also, if you were to put all the adverts, then UBC would just run adverts. We are discussing it to see how to implement this directive, but it is intended to support UBC to have resources in order for it to run and be able to stand on its own eventually. The challenge of UBC is the resource envelope; being cut off by the international satellite company is a challenge. That is why the other upcountry stations have been switched off. I also add my appeal to the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to find money so that we take back the stations, but also we complete the migration process so that the free-to-air service covers the whole country. At the moment, like the chairperson said, majority of Ugandans have to hook on the pay TV like DSTV and GOTV in order to access UBC, and yet it is a service which everybody should access without paying through the pay TVs. There were points about UCC. Indeed, they are correct; that we raise money through UCC. The law stipulates that 50 per cent of the money is remitted to the Consolidated Fund. Therefore, we expect the finance ministry and the Government to remit back substantial amounts in order for us to extend ICT services to the country. We hope that through this engagement with the Committee on Budget and Parliament, we will be able to get more resources. On construction of data centres, we recently passed a loan which is going to be implemented by the National Information and Technology Authority - Uganda (NITA-U), supported by the World Bank. We have a provision for constructing additional data centres because we currently have one in Jinja and another one in Kampala, but as you know, we generate a lot of data. There are countries which store their data outside; in other countries. We do not

Thank you. The certificate of climate change responsiveness is for the whole budget – can you refer to the law and tell me under which law? I know what I am talking about. Under section 30 of the Climate Change Act, the certificate is for the whole budget and it was tabled. If you have another law which says it is for each sector - (Laughter)- Members of the committee, please, do not come up. I will pick Hon. Wagahungu – I also need MPs from tourism-related areas. I will then pick the Member for Bughendera, Hon. Aza, Hon. Teira, the Member for Amolatar, the Member for Kiboga, the youth representative – I will pick you, honourable colleagues. And if I pick you on this, I will not pick you on the next one, for fairness.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have an issue with the naming of the ministerial policy statement because if more ministerial statements get uploaded, it will be disturbing for us to identify the current one for revision. Anyhow, on the issue of compensation, some of us do not live near national parks but we are also invaded by wild animals. I once said it here that Kiboga had been invaded by the white calabash monkeys that ate everything. When we approached UWA, they requested us not to kill them yet they did not respond to our plea for help. Our district did not have a Vermin Control Officer, so, the monkeys ate everything. There is a subcounty where people cannot grow anything; the people vacated the land. So, it is important to consider protecting those people. Mr Speaker, we have a lot of tourism attractions. I do not support the idea of establishing new zoos in other areas. There are already a lot of undeveloped tourism attractions. For example, in Kiboga District, we have four of them that have never appeared anywhere and no development has ever occurred. So, many of those so-called new tourist attractions simply need to be advertised and get known. So, what is the problem with the operationalisation of the levies from the different sectors? Even the tourism development levy is not operational. I think we need to revise this. My final submission is in regard to the trade ministry. Mr Speaker, one of the unfunded priorities is the transportation of commercial – (Member timed out.)

Mr Speaker, the procedural matter I am raising is that whatever we say here goes on the record. Some Members are giving very good information. The honourable member from Kween has just said that they lost hundreds of people. A while ago, an honourable member from Kiboga also said that people vacated a whole subcounty. We need to understand. There are no people living in a whole subcounty because of monkeys. (Laughter) We know that there is a challenge but let these people clearly substantiate. When you talk about a subcounty being affected by monkeys and all the people vacate leaving their property plus hundreds of people dying - let us have a clear image of this so that it goes well on the record.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I also take this chance to thank the chairperson and the committee for the good recommendations. I also thank them for including the cattle corridor in the programmes; I think they know the problems we experience. When I look at the milk collection centres, I would like to let the House know that the milk production in the cattle corridor of Kyankwanzi, Kiboga and Nakaseke, is now very high. Therefore, I request that if there is any chance for more funding, that would be good because then, we would get a milk factory in that cattle corridor for more production and to even save our milk from getting spoilt because our production is now high. I thank you.

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

Thank you for shutting down this honourable minister who was coming to share the microphone. (Laughter) The question – I am concluding quickly - by Hon. Christine, the Woman Member of Kiboga about Kyankwanzi, Rt Hon. Prime Minister, you did not dispense the justice that I anticipated to this question because a one Bosco Kasoko died. You were over defensive in your response. We have seen similar challenges around Mount Elgon National Park where these trigger-happy UWA authorities have killed people. Equally, the NFA could have armed themselves because they knew the encroachers would maybe turn violent. And if anyone was killed unlawfully, their survivors are entitled to compensation. You did not go that farther. The question by Hon. Mbwatekamwa - he had a very valid concern about cement. The fundamental question we should ask is: how much cement is in the cement that we use? I am saying so because the Uganda Bureau of Standards is sleeping on the job. We should begin with trying to measure that cement. It is no longer the exact quantity. Even twisted bars, Mr Speaker, Y12, the standard length should be 40 feet - is it is an imperial system - in feet. However, it is much less. It is 38, 36 or 34.

Honourable chairperson, allow me to borrow a second from your time. In the public gallery this afternoon, we have a delegation of leaders and constitu- ents from Kiboga East in Kiboga District rep- resented by Hon. Dr Keefa Kiwanuka and Hon. Christine Kaaya Nakimwero. They are here to observe the proceedings of this House. Please, join me in welcoming them. (Applause) You can stand up for recognition. (Applause) Thank you.

Thank you. I will start with Hon. Ruhunda, Hon. Timuzigu, Hon. Kirabo - Hon. Byakatonda, I will pick you on the next topic. Then I will pick Hon. Namugga. Leader of the Opposition, you can guide me: who is the shadow minister – Kiboga, those are the five I am picking. Colleagues, this is for information purposes, you will forgive me – when you look at our agenda, if we had a resolution to make, I would have allowed a very wide debate, but if it is for information purposes, the practice in the Commonwealth is like that. Two minutes each.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the honourable members for the comments they have made. I also want to single out the shadow minister - the Woman MP for Kiboga - who took off time to go to the Secretariat to get details. I appreciate her for that. (Applause) She also raised the issue that the people working at the Secretariat are on contract. Yes, they are, but are paid by development partners, not the Government of Uganda. That is a serious matter and we are still grappling with it. In addition to that, the coordination work done by the Secretariat is still funded by development partners, not the Government of Uganda. As the Office of the Prime Minister and the Executive or Government, we must find a solution to it. It would also show our commitment. She also brought out the issue of the annual reports. Yes, we make them. I pledge that as long as I am still the minister in charge of SDGs in the Office of the Prime Minister, I will make the annual reports. That is the only way we can bring it to the attention of Parliament and also use this forum to inform the country about what is happening. That is when we shall also be following the different SDGs that are of priority for that particular year. Mr Speaker, allow me also to inform you that when it comes to water and sanitation - SDG No.6 - we have been to the UN to make our report and I will have to come here and make a report. Where it requires that we do not even have to wait for the annual one, Mr Speaker, I will put our prayer to you that we could be accorded some little time and we report on the progress as per the particular SDG, as time goes on. On the issue raised by the Leader of the Opposition, yes, it is true we left the Millennium Development Goals and went for Sustainable Development Goals. When we talk of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the indicators and the 232 targets, they do not apply everywhere. We only go for those that are applicable to us because these are for everything on earth, above the earth, on the ground and below the sea. The Speaker has explained the issue of pollution. We are one continent that contributes less, yet we are the ones with the mitigation factors, especially the forests. When you look at the forest coverage in the whole world, the biggest is in Africa. Therefore, we offer solutions, yet there is little that is accorded by those who cause the problem to those who offer the solution. Anyway, those are for discussions. On the issue of the Parish Development Model as a Last Mile Strategy, I assure the Leader of the Opposition that we are in it together. We, as leaders in this country at this time, it is our responsibility to make it work. What we maybe have to improve on is the time, space and forum for discussion so that we appreciate the challenges and find solutions together to whatever challenge we are faced with. It is a programme that covers all the SDGs. The only issue is that we have taken on and put forward the first pillar of financial inclusion. If you look at it, it will be able to cover the biggest issues to do with poverty and also provide the different facilities to the people. The other issues raised by Members were pieces of advice. Hon Alex Ruhunda advised us to go and localise these SDGs and make them aligned to our development programmes. What I want to say is that our National Development Plan III is 96.6 per cent aligned to the SDGs. We just need to do a little more alignment, but most importantly, make sure that we work with everybody while implementing them. Hon. Timuzigu raised the issue of corruption. It is a big thorn to all of us, but we cannot name it as an SDG because it cuts across. It is an issue we must deal with to make sure we achieve all of the 17 SDGs.

Thank you. Honourable Member, you have debated. So, on Wednesday, I do not expect you to debate because that is a submission on debate. Let us go to the next item. Honourable Member from Kiboga, you have a point of procedure?

Honourable members, I will assign a team to go and visit that stadium and report back. The team is going to be headed by Hon. Mathias Mpuuga. I am going to ask Hon. Mpuuga to lead a team involving Hon. Omara, Hon. Kibalya and – I am looking for a lady – Kiboga. Honourable members, I will need feedback from the committee on how far the construction of the stadium has gone.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I will start with what my colleague from Elgon came up with - on issues of why they are leaving some districts. International organisations are now piloting the four Elgon districts. Once we are sure that we have successfully acquired this, we should be able to take to other districts including Mt Rwenzori. On the issue of bridges during floods in Elgon, the Ministry of Works did the assessment and I am sure they are working on this report. Lake Albert submerging most of the health centres as raised by Hon. David - we also have Butyaba Health Centre III. This was newly constructed by the Office of the Prime Minister in Buliisa. About the cracks in Bududa - we are doing the relocation right now with a cash transfer; we have ring-fenced all the settlements that are on those cracks. These are the people we are going to relocate by this Wednesday. Most of them are going to receive their cash in two weeks’ time - by the 15 th of April - and they have to leave the place. We are only still waiting for the Ministry of Finance to release the Shs 50 billion to top up and make it Shs 10 million for each beneficiary, since the organisation is giving us Shs 7 million for each of them. But at least, they will first receive the Shs 7 million as we give them a condition to leave. So, that is going to be taken care of. Then in Bududa alone, we are giving 2,116 beneficiaries, compared to the rest of the districts in Elgon. On the question raised by Hon. Mudimi, I think the Prime Minister has clarified the issue of Bunambutye land. On the question raised by Hon. Mpuuga, the Prime Minister has also responded – it will depend on the rationalisation. On the question by the honourable member from Kiboga, we know very well that we have district disaster management committees in each of these districts and the chief administrative officer is the chairman of the committee. So, the way we disseminate information - we know our people pick this information through the radios and TVs, but at the same time, the district disaster management committees at the districts handle the issue of training. They are all trained and they are –(Interruption)

7843 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 30 MARCH 2023 The district has designated 40 COVID-19 vaccination points and 37 Hepatitis B screening centres in all health centres in the district for six days. centres in the district for six days. The health management and response teams are handling COVID-19 as well as Hepatitis B and extending effective services to host communities and refugees. Madam Speaker, we enjoin our political leaders and other community leaders to take lead in the vaccination and screening exercise of COVID-19 and Hepatitis B so that the population embraces the exercise to save the host communities and refugees in Adjumani District. Hon. Norah Bigirwa Nyendwoha, Woman Representative for Buliisa, said that many parts of the country are facing drought, which is affecting the production of food and cash crops. The farmers are entering the first season of the year and usually, it is very short with little rain. Government, over time, has been promising to support Ugandan farmers - both small and large scale - with irrigation schemes for the farmers to access water for production. However, this seems not to have taken off and many farmers are worried. Her prayers are that: I should assure this House and our farmers the extent of Government’s assurance to access water for production. When is the Government fulfilling the promise on the solar power irrigation systems? My response is that the Government has continued its efforts to invest and improve access to water for production. The Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, is supervising the construction of six irrigation schemes in different parts of the country including Mubuku II, Doho II, Ngenge and Rwengaju, to mention, but a few. Construction of the irrigation schemes including Acomai in Sironko and Atari in Kween have started. The Government has supported farmers and farmer groups by installing solar-powered irrigation schemes in various sites in the districts of Ntungamo, Hoima, Mubende, Kamuli, Koboko, Kumi, Kabale, Mukono, Kiboga, Buvuma, Ssembabule, Kayunga, Yumbe, Kaberamaido, Kaliro, Buikwe, Masindi, Butambala, Bukomansimbi, Kapachorwa, Iganga, Kaabong, Rukungiri, Amolatar, Adjumani, Mbale, Pader, Rukiga, Nakaseke and Katakwi, among others. This is to promote adoption of improved and efficient water for agricultural technologies for the crops and livestock. The Government has constructed over 1,555 valley tanks with a total holding capacity of 10,840,000 cubic metres in order to address the challenge of water for animals, especially in the cattle corridor and drought prone districts. Honourable members, even Buliisa will eventually benefit. Hon. Geoffrey Macho, Member of Parliament for Busia Municipality asked that Busia Boarder Seed Secondary School is located in Mukungu B Village, Central Parish, Eastern Division in Busia Municipality. The school was started in 2019 and had an enrolment of 497 students by the close of year 2022. The school was started as a response to Government’s policy of having public secondary schools at subcounty level. It also came as a result of a Presidential pledge. Though Busia Municipality donated land of approximately 25 acres, the Government has not come up clearly to ensure that people benefit from the Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Programme (USEP). His prayers are that: 1. The Ministry of Education and Sports comes out clearly on the USEP in relation to this school before term one of 20 – Madam Speaker, these questions came earlier, but since we have not had a chance – it says at the start of the term. 2. The ministry should implement the Presidential pledge.

7607 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 MARCH 2023 Comparing with our school studies of what had happened in Europe and North America, we started wondering why there was no similar socio-economic transformation in Africa, starting with Uganda. We soon found out, through analysis, that indeed Uganda’s society can change through two routes. These are: universal free education for all Ugandan children, and all families joining the money economy. I am glad the women came to Kiruhura District and I was able to show them how the pastoralists, in that whole huge area of: Isingiro, Kashari, Kiruhura, Kazo, Lyantonde, parts of Rakai, Ssembabule, Gomba, Kyegegwa, parts of Mubende, what we call Kiyoonga, Kiboga (Ddwaniro), Kyankwanzi, Ngoma- Wakyato, Buruuli (Nakasongola), Masindi, etc. had partially undergone socio-economic transformation by stopping nomadism, adopting dairy farming for cash and sending children to school at their cost. I would like to discuss that partial success with the NRM caucus for us to harmonise our thinking. I want to call a special meeting of the NRM caucus - because I do not want to continue talking as if I am begging people to come and cultivate my garden when I am engaging Ugandan leaders to see how to rescue their people from poverty. It is not correct that we should go on like I am begging people to do something for me, when we need to do this for our people. I call the success in the cattle corridor “partial” because elements in the society still have irrational practices, carried on from tradition, that negate progress; what we call reactionary, reacting negatively, vis-a-vis positive progress. These are the practices of fragmenting land on inheritance and depending on only nature to provide the pasture yet it is more reliable if we grow the pasture. Once I had that partial success by 1995, I went to the whole country and gave all the message of transformation. However, like the Jews, many people are either not bothered or are waiting for another Messiah even when the message is clear and verifiable. Verifiable, how? Visit the cattle corridor that used to be wilderness, ( engaando countryside like Acacia hohii), which is now an area of semi-modern farms, producing millions of litres of milk per day for the local markets and for export. The exports have hit $106 million per year. Algeria is going to also buy our powdered milk worth $150 million. If this area could transform, so could the others. In the manifesto of 1996, we put forward the four-acre model of coffee, fruits, pasture for zero-grazing dairy, food crop production, piggery and poultry in the backyard and fish farming near the wetlands. This was the medicine for the small holders. Those with bigger pieces of land were more flexible and could help the country grow and participate in producing products that needed large scale production to make economic sense that the country needed such as cotton, maize, sugarcane and ranching for beef. In terms of funding, the latter group would be supported by the Uganda Development Bank. It is the four-acre model group that I decided needed grants or soft loans direct from Government. We started with Entandikwa , Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture, this was all money put aside for this purpose, the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), Operation Wealth Creation and now the Parish Development Model. These efforts were for agriculture. With the non-agricultural or broad-spectrum activities, we have put in place the following: the women fund, the Youth Fund, microfinance and now recently, “Emyooga”. With all the pre-Parish Development Model funds, the modes were that Government officials were the ones selecting the

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The chairperson of the committee knows we have the report on our iPads. I thought he was going to read the report, but it is as if he is moving a Bill. He is reading his own notes; so, where is he getting them? Madam Speaker, you have differed a number of reports because of not being uploaded on our iPads. It is also common practice of my good friend, Dr Kiwanuka from Kiboga -

Much obliged, Madam Speaker. I have delegated this responsibility to my Shadow Minister for Environment, Hon. Christine Kaaya, the woman MP for Kiboga, to present the statement.

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

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Honourable colleagues, let us try to retrieve the report, probably, it could be shared again. There were a number of issues shared in that report. However, most important to my district - because it was part of it - the issue of political leaders’ gratuity not having a code threatens our politicians at the grassroots. Many of the politicians do not have a future as far as their livelihood is concerned. There were issues of delayed access to the payroll. For example, in my district, it was quoted that 13 staff had been missing on the payroll for one to three months. Madam Speaker, the same applied to the pensioners accessing the payroll. It was also reported that it ranged from one to 12 months before some pensioners appeared on the payroll. Most important to note was also that the stalk- out in the hospitals within our districts - mine specifically - reported that out of the 360 days in a year, 349 days did not have enough stocks in the hospital. We can now see the reasons for high maternal deaths in those hospitals. We need to check the deliveries in line with the increasing population. What Kiboga used to get some time back is the same. There is no relationship between population increase and stocks given to the districts. Public servants are also affected by the delayed reporting by the Chief Accounting Officers (CAOs); there are certain delays in the systems. I do not know the exact challenge related to the salary process; the CAOs keep referring to that system, which is sometimes down and slow; you hear of it still loading and then, allegedly, somebody misses salary. Concerning that system, the ministry has provided some training to some districts, but others still need the support of the Ministry of Public Service to develop staff capacity, to avoid delays to salary earners. Transfers from the Government units Some of the transfers from the Government units were at 50 per cent. For staff enrolment, there are some posts that are missing in the local governments, yet, the wages are being shared. I mean the National Budget Framework Paper provides the same wage like we have been told, but we wonder why some posts remain vacant. Most important for us in Kiboga is the Vermin Control Officer, yet, monkeys and other wild animals have started encroaching on our food. He also brought out the issue of no strategic plans for the districts. Most strategic plans were shared with the National Planning Authority, but there was no approval. Members of Parliament move without strategic direction

6740 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT The worst performing entities in this regard in terms of absorption capacity were Hoima City at 30 per cent, Kitgum Municipal Council at 36 per cent, Gulu City at 36 per cent and Masaka City at 37 per cent while those that absorbed 100 per cent of their releases were Arua City, Kitagwenda District Local Government, Terego District Local Government and Madi- Okollo District Local Government. (i) Cost of service in local governments The Auditor-General’s report highlighted the amount of resources spent on non-core service delivery activities such as employee costs and transfers to other units like subcounties, schools and health facilities. These amounted to Shs 1,101.75 billion, equivalent to 74 per cent of the expenditure made by the entities. In other words, on average, the Government spent three shillings on each shilling for outputs that directly affect service delivery. The entities with the highest cost of administration of over six and above, include Masaka at eight, Nakasongola at seven, Gulu City at seven, Bundibugyo at six, Mbale City at six, Kiboga at six, Mpigi at six and Arua City at six, while the most efficient local government was Kalangala and Obongi District Local Governments at 0.4 per shilling for output service delivery. (ii) Local revenue performance of Financial Year 2020/2021 The audit reports for the 60 entities reported on indicated that some local governments’ local revenue was not reported on, well aware that this is a core source of revenue for the functioning of the district councils. This denied the councils facilitation to supervise and monitor the works of local governments. These local governments included Mitooma District, Nakasongola District, Kyankwanzi District and Lamwo District. Mr Speaker, details of these are provided in Annex one. Overall, the local governments underperformed on local revenue, registering revenue underperformance of Shs 30.4 billion of the target of Shs 68.248 billion, translating into local revenue performance of only 56 per cent. The local governments that performed dismally were Kole District, Soroti City, Zombo District, Kitgum Municipal Council and Moroto District Local Government. (iv) The performance of salaries, gratuity and pensions The report of the Auditor-General highlights the planned salaries, gratuity and pensions by the entities for the financial year. The reports overall indicated that Shs 632.75 billion was approved for salaries, gratuities and pensions at the close of the financial year. And at the close of the financial year, Shs 610.543 billion was availed to pay salaries, gratuities and pensions. However, only Shs 571.3 billion was actually absorbed by the entities, causing a return of Shs 38.6 billion to the Treasury, indicating underperformance of 6.3 per cent in the budget item. Mr Speaker, the committee made observations and request Members to look through those observations. I will take you directly to recommendations: The committee recommends that – i. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development accounts for the under-release for funds to the local governments. ii. Accounting officers under whose supervision local governments fail to utilise funds released to them be held personally liable. iii. entities whose cost of administration was above six times the cost of output service delivery be subjected to further investigations to ascertain the source of the abnormality in the operation cost of the local government.

Thank you. The good thing is that in conflict of laws - a subject, which I think all of us studied in law school - the moment you have a conflict of laws and they are all very clear statutes, the one which came last takes precedence because they are all in equal measure. It is only the Constitution which - What he is saying is that it needs to be expressly stated, but as of now, you must comply. That is what the law clearly states. I am glad, honourable minister, that you have admitted that it was an oversight, but it was an oversight from all of us. I would like to appreciate the honourable colleague from Kiboga for raising this matter. When she consulted me, I told her that I would give her space to raise it so that the minister can take the necessary action. Honourable colleagues, you know that we are considering the budget – Hon. Kabanda, you had an issue. Is it a procedural matter? If it is clarification, it is not provided for.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The matter I am raising is related to the shortage of medicines and essential medical supplies in Kiboga Hospital and other lower health units.

6654 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME For the last three weeks or so, Kiboga Hospital, which serves Kiboga and the neighbouring districts like Kyankwanzi, Nakaseke and Kassanda, has had no medicines and other essential supplies. The health of our people in that area is at risk, especially at this time when they are heading into the festive season and when the rate of accidents on the roads, especially Kiboga-Hoima Road, is on the increase. My prayer, Mr Speaker, is that the Government immediately procures drugs and mobilises medicines so that we can save the lives of our people.

Mr Speaker, I worked as a Minister of Health and I know the procedures of getting medicine from the National Medical Stores. I request the Member to link up with the Ministry of Health. Where possible, we can even organise - I can coordinate that meeting and we see what has gone wrong. The fact is medicine is supposed to be given to health centres, up to health centres II. Therefore, I am wondering why Kiboga is not getting medicine. However, if he has information, I request that he brings it.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question to the Prime Minister is about we, the people of Kiboga District, who are hosting a number of NRA war veterans that stay in miserable households in Lwamata. We need a pronouncement from the Prime Minister on whether the Government will really compensate these people or whether they should leave and go.

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

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

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Based on the accountability request, the reports on the performance of some of the machines - for example, ambulances and scans – are sometimes misleading because they are not considered in the details of the reports. I thought that probably if the hospital gives accountability of the rate of wear and tear of an ambulance, that is enough for us to advocate for either a new one or not. I will give an example of Kiboga Hospital. We have already shown that the ambulance we have should be written off. However, we see other hospitals coming up with their requests for brand new vehicles and they are given. The same applies to these other machines. Money spent on repairs and maintenance of the scans and our ambulances is very high compared to the purchase of new items. Therefore, I would request the committee to look at the rate of wear and tear reports for all these medical machines to ensure that we account properly and help our country save money other than spending a lot on repairs and maintenance. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I also add my voice to second and support this motion. I urge recruitment agencies to be very careful. A few weeks ago, I got a phone call - I was here - from the Officer in Charge (OC) of Ndeeba Police Station. I was invited to the station to meet someone who was a criminal but I was surprised to realise the person was only having mental case. The man was staying with me; he is I think addicted to smashing glasses everywhere, whether they are for vehicles or not. He did it to me and I handed him over to relatives in Nakaseke. However, when I went there, I found out that this man works for a security agency and when one time was given a gun and told to guard vehicles – I think it was a car parking - he smashed all car screens. So, when I got to Ndeeba Police Station, I told them that the guy was not a criminal; it is a mental case. That is when they handed him over to the medical personnel. I would like to remind some of you - if you can remember what happened in Kiboga. There was this district engineer, Eng. Gordon; he was my friend. This engineer was killed by a mob because - (Member timed out.)

Thank you. They are going for extremists, who, sometimes, are tied with ropes. And the moment the ropes are off, they even call you: “Yours is at least okay. Please, take him.” My father has been sick since 1997 and I have been treating him. So, I have serious experience. Anyway, we do not have those other recovery options that “maybe wait here and you receive this counselling.” So, we are calling on the rehabilitation centres to trickle the services down from the national up to the lower levels. Let us have these nurses, at least, at health centres III. Otherwise, for somebody from Kiboga - our ambulance is ever the police cabin. It is not these normal ambulances yet our people need to be treated with dignity. Not that every time someone has to go to Butabika, they have to be on a police patrol pick-up. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

5665 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 2022 iv) Objects that have been contaminated with body fluids (like blood, faeces, vomit) from a person suffering from Ebola or the body of a person who died from Ebola. Symptoms of Ebola Any suspected Ebola patient will present some of the following symptoms: i) Sudden onset fever; ii) Fatigue; iii) Chest pain; iv) Diarrhoea; v) Vomiting; vi) Unexplained bleeding; vii) Yellowing of eyes; viii) Bleeding manifestation is usually presented late after the above symptoms. The Ministry of Health has strengthened its efforts to prevent further spread of the Ebola virus within the country through the following interventions: 1. The National Rapid Response Team [NRRT] has been dispatched to support the District Rapid Response Team (DRRT) in Mubende in responding to the virus outbreak. The team has been equipped with a sizeable amount of logistics, including an isolation tent, EVD kits and other essential supplies. 2. The ministry has put in place surveillance and contact tracing. This surveillance involves tracing contacts of the confirmed cases, screening travellers at both designated and undesignated points of entry, as well as active case search both within communities and health facilities. 3. Line listing of all possible contacts to the deceased index case has commenced in Mubende and Kiboga districts. 4. Safe and dignified burial of the confirmed index case will be conducted today, 20 September 2022. 5. The Ministry of Health will intensify risk communication and community engagement to increase awareness about Ebola among the communities. Mr Speaker, there have been unexplained deaths and the ministry wishes to respond as follows: On suspicion of the viral haemorrhagic fever, the district rapid r esponse team in Mubende initiated investigations in the community as there were unconfirmed deaths in different communities. This was as a result of community reports of strange illness and sudden deaths in the villages of Madudu and Kiruuma subcounties. The district team verified the deaths as follows: A total of six deaths had occurred in Kiruuma and Madudu subcounties, involving three adults and three children between 1 and 16 September 2022. The deceased have since been buried. However, the Ministry of Health cannot confirm that they succumbed to the Ebola virus disease because they had already been buried. Their contacts are being listed and will be followed up for surveillance and tracing of their contacts. Mr Speaker, the Ministry of Health has instituted preliminary containment measures to control the outbreak in the district and the surrounding districts. The ministry calls upon the population across the country and Mubende subregion, in particular, to remain calm but vigilant, and to report any suspected cases to the nearest health facility for assessment. Appeal to health workers Mr Speaker, the Ministry of Health urges all health workers to have the highest index of suspicion and maintain heightened safety precautions. Private clinics are encouraged to observe the standard operating procedures and report any suspected case to the nearest district health authorities for further investigations and management.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I appreciate the Ministry for the report. I would like to report to the House that Kassanda borders Mubende. Actually, Madudu Subcounty where the case was found, borders Bweyongede Parish in Kalwana Subcounty in Kassanda District. We have two gold mines as well and these people are always moving from one area to another, crossing our districts like that. Unfortunately, in the interventions that the minister has read, I have not heard Kassanda District being mentioned anywhere. They mentioned Mubende and Kiboga, leaving Kassanda in the middle and not addressing those issues. I do pray that the ministry would send those interventions; the rapid teams, etc. - to Kassanda District, so that our people can be taken care of. Right now they are in panic mode and very worried about the consequences of what may happen since we are neighbours. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am in possession of a copy of a document entitled, “List of shortlisted applicants for the position of probation police constables, general duties and drivers.” Mr Speaker, my concern on this list is the variance in the number of applicants per district. There are districts, for example, Obongi with two applicants shortlisted; Maracha with four; Madi-Okollo with three; your own district Mitooma with only three; Gulu City with 33 applicants shortlisted; and Kiboga has only two.

Yours is about Namboole. Okay, let Kiboga first then we conclude.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. This goes to my Minister for Defense. In Kiboga, we have an area that neighbours the Kokoola Barracks. However, we have tried to study their training programs, but we have failed. And sometimes when they are on their training, they even shoot shots that scare our people. Therefore, to your office, my prayers are that at least the neighbouring communities be made aware of these training programs such that they can go on with their agriculture activities for some days. However, as of now, they can spend like two days from morning to 1pm without doing any activity but hiding in the anthills because that is what was told to them, that the bullets who do not find them once they hide in the anthills. Therefore, I request that at least the barracks begins to relate with a neighbouring community such that they are safe, and they can ably attend to the economic activity. Thank you.

4342 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME When our friends from Butaleja knew that it was per day - whether you work, stand, chat or make phone calls - they lowered their ability to work. The UPDF resolved to employ them won contract. That now will be on contract; you agree on a portion. There are those who are getting Shs 30,000 and those getting Shs 20,000. It is all according to what you have agreed on. Therefore, there is no working per day. One works according to their speed and the work portion agreed upon so that has been resolved; I was there. There will be no more cry. They are happy, motivated and encouraged to work harder. You know our people. About the barracks, this is a serious concern from Kiboga. I have taken note of the interference with the firing range, practices and training. We are going to handle this; we shall get back to you. Madam Speaker, I was fired more questions than; I think I will come more regularly. Hon. Komakech, you were spot on. We went there but there is no soldier who is above a minister. As we were there with you, you realised that the commander who was on ground was doing his own things -