Lwemiyaga County

Constituency in Ssembabule District

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2026

July 2026

A member from Lwemiyaga County, Ssembabule was named to the Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation.

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Mr Speaker, pursuant to Rule 165, I designate the following to the Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation. 1. Hon. Zadok Mutekanga, Buhweju County 2. Hon. Emma Lokubal, District Woman Representative, Nabilatuk 3. Hon. Eunice Namatende, District Woman Representative, Bugiri 4. Hon. Francis Okullo, Ochero County, Kaberamaido 5. Hon. Wandera Sadala, Bugweri County, Bugweri 6. Hon. Berunado Ssebbugga, Budyebo County, Nakasongola 7. Hon. Christopher Komakech, Aruu County, Pader 8. Hon. Jovia Katusiime, District Woman Representative, Kiryandongo District 9. Hon. Eng. Tiyo William Taylor, Ayivu Division East, Arua City 10. Hon. Peter Kiti, T’oo County, Bukwo 11. Rt Hon. Anita Annet Among, District Woman Representative, Bukedea 12. Hon. Wabusani Stephen Makwa, Bushigai County, Bududa 13. Hon. Drito Martin Andi, Upper Madi County, Madi-Okollo 14. Hon. Lanyero Christine Awany, District Woman Representative, Nwoya 15. Hon. Brig. Gen. (Rtd) Emmanuel Rwashande, Lwemiyaga County, Ssembabule 16. Hon. Rogers Byamukama, Masindi Municipality, Masindi 17. Hon. Iddi Basajja, Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality, Bushenyi 18. Hon Patrick Aeku, Soroti County, Soroti 19. Hon. Mulindwa David Isimbwa, Busongora County South, Kasese 20. Hon Faith Nakut Loru, District Woman Representative, Napak 21. Hon. Banya Emmanuel Natal, Koboko County, Koboko. I beg to designate.

7 July 2026, page 21 · Said by Aceng Jane Ruth Ocero, City Woman Representative, Lira City (NRM) (recorded as THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF WHIP (Dr Jane Ruth Aceng)) · Open the original page

May 2026

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

15 May 2026, page 5 · Said by THE DEPUTY CLERK, PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS · Open the original page

April 2026

A member for Lwemiyaga was called upon.

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Thank you, Hon. Basil. Honourable member for Lwemiyaga?

15 April 2026, page 6 · Said by THE SPEAKER · Open the original page

2025

July 2025

A member described violent attacks in Lwemiyaga during elections, including communication blackouts, use of military vehicles, and soldiers shooting at a peaceful rally. The member highlighted the establishment of a military barracks to detain election workers and the tragic death of a young man shot by soldiers.

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Thank you, Madam Speaker. I will be careful not to go through the matters that could be internal affairs to the NRM, which will probably be handled by the Tribunal, but there are those broad issues that are cross-cutting, and on which side of the aisle you stand; they are here for Ugandans. As a result, I will talk about those that concern all of us, irrespective. The issue about violence meted out to the voters, and the systematic way – I pity and I do not envisage what is coming, whereby, for instance, there was a communication blackout, telephone masts were hacked, and we could not communicate, some were vandalised, and those who were able to communicate were communicating using military walkie-talkies. They continued communicating on walkie- talkies, whereas we had a communication blackout, the ordinary one we use. We had more than 40 vans commonly known as “drones” and double cabins with covered number plates. On top of the people who were dressed in civilian clothes in those vehicles, there was the outright use of military vehicles, particularly the notorious lorry, H4DF 3329, with the combat-ready soldiers driving around in support of the Nkoni Squad (people who are wielding sticks), using live ammunition, and the creation of a barracks, that is not known in our policy statements, because barracks are set up by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, but in the Lwemiyaga case, a barracks was set up to incarcerate abducted election coordinators and agents. That cannot be an individual or Gen. Rwashande’s action; it has now moved from individual competition to adversaries, to enemies, to belligerents. In a country where there is no insurgency, there is no activity to warrant the establishment of a military barracks. Sadly, on the 26 th of April, we were having a peaceful rally, and soldiers came driving in a military truck – the H4DF 3329 – disembarked, and started shooting at us. They shot down and up, changing magazines. At that time, once you were being shot at from a distance of five metres, you could not run; you stood to die. You could not run – I cannot say I was strong- hearted, but it did not give one room to run, even if one wanted to. There was this young man who said, “Honourable, they have come to kill you.” He came and stood in front of me, and I thought – I pushed him away, saying “ Nvaako ”, meaning “Get away from me,” because he had life. Little did I know that as I was pushing him, a bullet hit my finger, and it took him, shattered his heart, and he collapsed. He died on the spot. That bullet was meant for [Mr Mao] COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

29 July 2025, page 12 · Said by MR THEODORE SSEKIKUBO (NRM, Lwemiyaga County, Ssembabule ) · Open the original page

A member said that a soldier, Lt Zziwa, who lives in Lwemiyaga, shot an MP and others, and that the army has returned to attack civilians in Ssembabule, despite promises to hand control to the police. The incident shows ongoing impunity.

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17559 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 29 JULY 2025 me because my yellow movement shirt was splattered with the blood of Fred Ssembusi. It is agonising that you cannot sleep to know you would not be here, you would be dead. You cannot be sure you would be here. I knew I would be dead once you realise the circumstances of Fred Ssembusi’s death, but most painful, the culprit, Lt Zziwa, who came aboard that truck and was commanding – at first, he did not have the rifle in his hands. He moved and picked one from one of the soldiers. He came and held it under his armpit, and he turned and released the bullet that shot Ssembusi. The issue of the killer soldier, Lt Zziwa, maintained his barracks at Lwemiyaga. He continues there, and today he is in Lwemiyaga. He is the same Zziwa who shot at us on the 17 th while we were having NRM primaries, shattering the glass of my vehicle. The same person is untouchable. I remember at the burial of Ssembusi, the Commandant of the Mechanised Division Masaka, Maj. Gen. Sunday assured the mourners that Lt Zziwa was being held by the army for interrogation. It was a lie. He is still around. He shot at me on the 17 th again. Even in the chairman’s elections, he was still there commanding the operations. Those who know the President’s intolerance of the use of a gun, how did we arrive at this? For a person to kill, injure an MP, but also there is another, Moses Tebingana, who had eight stitches on his head. He was lucky that the bullet went through the skin of his head. It is his vein that got ruptured. It bled for two days, but now he is okay. How come the guns that are supposed to be protecting civilians are being turned against the people? Madam Speaker, when all this is said and done, the level of impunity, the soldiers who retired to command, they were not merely opponents, but they took command of the UPDF. There is Gen. Phinehas Katirima, and he is the one who abducted the polling officials and removed the election materials – But the last one, Madam Speaker, before the last election, the Inspector General of Police, Mr Abbas Byakagaba, came to Ssembabule and assured all of us that the President of Uganda, His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni, had taken a decision to withdraw the army and allow the police to take the lead but what we witnessed was the total reverse. The army came back with vengeance. I remember when they were shooting at us, the police ran away. They abandoned us, and wherever the army could appear, the police would somehow find their way out and drive away. We have generals, Gen. Phinehas Katirima, Gen. Emmanuel Rwashande, who is a candidate, but has turned into commanding the UPDF. He is the one who ordered Zziwa to go and clear us, and when the officer reported back to him, he said, “I thought you had killed someone, you killed a dog”. That Ssekikubo was never killed because somebody else was killed –

29 July 2025, page 13 · Said by MR THEODORE SSEKIKUBO (NRM, Lwemiyaga County, Ssembabule ) · Open the original page

May 2025

A contractor for the Kampala‑Mityana‑Mubende Road has been persuaded to resume work but has not been paid; a member asks the Lwemiyaga County representative for input.

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Thank you. Honourable members, there is a report from the Ministry of Works and Transport, where they said that the contractor for the Kampala-Mityana-Mubende Road has been convinced to go back on the road, though they have not paid, so they want to make payment to that contractor. If we are talking about that - and Hon. Zaake can confirm that the contractor has been there for one week now. Hon. Ssekikubo of Lwemiyaga County?

29 May 2025, page 15 · Said by THE SPEAKER · Open the original page

February 2025

The Pope will visit Lwemiyaga on 19 th, then Gulu and Jinja. Parliament hopes to welcome him, arrange his itinerary, and support the visit. Members are invited to attend and give blessings.

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Yes, a small Theodore. He is on a three-country visit, starting with Nairobi, Kenya, and will be arriving in Uganda on the 18 th of this month – next week. We hope he will have audience with His Excellency, the President and, thereafter, he will be received at the Church. On the 19 th , Madam Speaker, the Pope will be having his patriarchal visit to St George and Andrew Church, Lwemiyaga – that will be a Wednesday – before proceeding to Gulu on the 20 th . He will conclude his visit with the eastern region in Jinja. We hope we will have his itinerary arranged, but the bishops of those areas are well-informed and are coordinating well. I take the opportunity, Madam Speaker, to invite you, the Rt Hon. Prime Minister and all the honourable Members of Parliament. Let us meet the Pope and take the blessings. It is non- partisan. We are all one in God, and that is his message. He comes at a time when the country needs his message, and we look forward to the support from Members of Parliament, with your presence and in every way. I am glad that Hon. Elijah Okupa is heading the protocol at the reception of the Pope and I hope he will work tirelessly to ensure that everything goes well, together with the other members. I beg to submit, Madam Speaker. I thank you for the opportunity and blessings from the church.

13 February 2025, page 4 · Said by MR SSEKIKUBO · Open the original page

2024

September 2024

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“THEODORE SSEKIKUBO, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, LWEMIYAGA COUNTY, SSEMBABULE DISTRICT RE: MOTION FOR THE REMOVAL OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONERS NAMELY; HON.”

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14295 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2024 ON THE 16 TH OF AUGUST 2024, HON. THEODORE SSEKIKUBO, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, LWEMIYAGA COUNTY, SSEMBABULE DISTRICT RE: MOTION FOR THE REMOVAL OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONERS NAMELY; HON. ESTHER AFOYOCHAN, HON. MATHIAS MPUUGA, HON.PROSSY AKAMPURIRA AND HON. SOLOMON SILWANY Reference is made to the notice of motion that you filed with the Clerk to Parliament on 5 August 2024 in relation to the captioned subject matter. The Clerk to Parliament forwarded the same to my office in compliance with the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Uganda. I note that you are inviting me and by extension the House, to process the motion for the removal of parliamentary commissioners, namely; a) Hon. Esther Afoyochan b) Hon. Matias Mpuuga c) Hon. Prossy Akampulira and d) Hon. Silwany Solomon I am aware that on 24 May 2024, the Office of the General Counsel was served with the Miscellaneous Cause No. 0085 of 2024, Bwette Daniel v. Parliamentary Commission, wherein the applicant applied for judicial review against Parliamentary Commission, seeking, among others; The prerogative orders of certiorari to call for and quash a Parliamentary Commission’s decision of 6 May 2022 of granting a service award to four backbench commissioners and Leader of Opposition for being illegal, ultra vires, arbitrary, biased, irrational and unfair and other related matters. The grounds for the application were that: 1. The payment to the former leader of the Opposition and backbench commissioners was termed as “service award” a term that is alien in the parliamentary payments and does not form part of the legitimate benefits which accrue to a serving member of Parliament. 2. Neither Parliament nor any of its committees was involved and as such, the process leading to the impugning decision was tainted with illegalities, procedural impropriety, irrationality and so the impugning decision is inoperative, null, and void. 3. The respondents’ action of awarding themselves a service award was illegal, arbitrary, null and void. 4. The respondent’s actions complained of are an abuse of statutory powers and discretion, mismanagement of a statutory body and an abuse of constitutionally guaranteed rights of Ugandans, contrary to the constitution of the Republic of Uganda. 5. The respondents did not have any reasonable or lawful justification for making the impugning decisions which directly contravenes the Constitution. The matter in controversy in court was whether the decision of the Parliamentary Commission of 6 May 2022 to pay the outgoing Leader of the Opposition and backbench parliamentary commissioners, Shs 1,700,000,000 was illegal, procedurally improper and irrational. On the other hand, the base for your motion to remove the commissioners from office was that; 1. The commissioners’ participation in the meeting held on 6 May 2022, at which the service award was considerably approved by the Parliamentary Commission, was in contravention of paragraphs 3(a) and (f), 4, 5 and 7 of Appendix F of the Rules of Procedure. 2. The commissioners participated in a meeting that considered and approved a matter in which they had pecuniary interest.

17 September 2024, page 53 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

August 2024

A member from Lwemiyaga County says he is the chief petitioner of a motion and that he went to Gulu to collect signatures, assuring the speaker he did not end up in shame.

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Madam Speaker, Theodore Ssekikubo is my name. I represent the people of Lwemiyaga County in the Parliament of Uganda. Thank you. Madam Speaker, as you are aware, I am the chief petitioner of – (Laughter) - the motion that was properly processed and handed over to your office. I am glad to be in Gulu because as I sought for signatures with my colleagues, we set up camp here. The people of Gulu, I have come back to you to show you that I never ended up in shame. The signatures were obtained. Madam Speaker –

28 August 2024, page 7 · Said by MR THEODORE SSEKIKUBO (NRM, Lwemiyaga County, Ssembabule) · Open the original page

Families in Lwemiyaga say they were illegally evicted and mistreated by their MP. A member said the petition will be sent to the Minister of Lands, who will investigate and report back in three months.

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Honourable colleagues. I welcome you to today’s sitting. On 15 July 2024, I received a petition from families in Lwemiyaga, Sembabule who claimed to have been illegally evicted from their lands and mistreated by Hon. Ssekikubo Theodore, Member of Parliament for Lwemiyaga County. In accordance with Rule 30(6) of our Rules of Procedure, I have considered to refer the same petition to the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development who will coordinate with other relevant ministries whose issues have been brought to the Floor and report back within three months. It was a wide petition. Under Rule 30(6), in the opinion of the Speaker, a petition can be referred to a committee or a minister who is responsible. I feel the minister - it needed a lot of investigative work than the one we usually see in the press where people come and show whatever they can. The minister will go deeper, working with the relevant minister. PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA

8 August 2024, page 3 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

May 2024

A member said that high taxes and rising fuel prices make transport too expensive, causing people from Lwemiyaga to avoid going to Kampala for important matters. He urged the government to keep taxes unchanged to help struggling communities.

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Inputs are transported. Even the final products are transported. Therefore, Madam Chairperson, I urge the Government that the way the tax is, is already too much. I know some of my people from Lwemiyaga forego even coming to Kampala on very critical issues because they cannot afford the transport to and fro. Now, that we are officially increasing the price of fuel, the owners of taxis and buses are also going to officially increase the transport fares and charges. This is very negative on our communities. Let us maintain the tax the way it is. We can do something else, but not at this point in time when business is so bad and the economy is not doing well.

16 May 2024, page 18 · Said by MR SSEKIKUBO · Open the original page

January 2024

Members from Dokolo South, Lower Madi, Mbarara North, Lwengo, Mwenge North, Agago North, Kashari North, Lwemiyaga, Mityana North, Kibuku, Bungokho Central, and Napore West were designated.

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11365 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 9 JANUARY 2023 15. Hon. Felix Okot-Ogong - Dokolo South County; 16. Hon. Ronald Afidra - Lower Madi County; 17. Hon. Rukaari Mwesigwa - Mbarara North Division; 18. Hon. Cissy Namujju - Lwengo; 19. Hon. David Muhumuza - Mwenge County North; 20. Hon. Amos Okot - Agago North County; 21. Hon. Hope Nakazibwe - Mubende; 22. Hon. Basil Bataringaya - Kashari North County; 23. Hon. Theodore Ssekikubo - Lwemiyaga County; 24. Hon. Muhamad Nsegumire - Mityana County North; 25. Hon. Sarah Opendi - Tororo; 26. Hon. Herbert Kinobere - Kibuku County; 27. Hon. Richard Wanda - Bungokho Central County; and 28. Hon. Philiphs Lokwang-Ilukol - Napore West County. Madam Speaker, I beg to designate.

9 January 2024, page 29 · Said by THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF WHIP (Mr Denis Obua) · Open the original page

2023

October 2023

The sentence that names Lwemiyaga County

“…Rep t2 Hon. Gafabusa Richard Muhumuza Bwamba County --'f', -.-t, 13 Hon. Mugabi Muzaale Martin Bluzaaya County t4 Hon. Ssekikuubo Theodore Lwemiyaga County 15 Hon. Abigaba Cuthbert Mirembe Kibale County 16 Hon, Okumu Gabriel Okoro County 1 I ,T$' -t@-”

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t REPORT OF THE COMMTTTEE ON PUBLTC ACCOUNTS (COMMISSIONS, STATUTORY AUTHORTTIFS & STATE ENTERPRTSESI ON THE REPORT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY SERVICESFOR FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 3OTH JUNE, 20.22 AND OTHER MATTERS s/N NAME CONSTITUENCY SIGNATURE 1 Hon. Ssenyonyi Joel - C/Person Nakawa West lS=-a 2 Hon. Akello Lucy - D/CP DWR Amuru 3 Hon. Lagen David Agago County 4 Hon, Mbwatekamwa Gaffa Igara West County 5 Hon. Afoyochan Esther DWR Zombo 6 Hon. Anywar Riclry Richard Agago West County 7 Hon. Acan Joyce Okeny PWD National 8 Hon. Achan Judith Peace DWR Nwoya x.-+ 9 Hon. Akampulira Prossy Mbabazi DWR Rubanda 10 Hon. Atwijukire Dan Kimosho Kazoo County 11 Hon. Bakkabulindi Charles Workers Rep t2 Hon. Gafabusa Richard Muhumuza Bwamba County --'f', -.-t, 13 Hon. Mugabi Muzaale Martin Bluzaaya County t4 Hon. Ssekikuubo Theodore Lwemiyaga County 15 Hon. Abigaba Cuthbert Mirembe Kibale County 16 Hon, Okumu Gabriel Okoro County 1 I ,T$' -t@-

18 October 2023, page 92 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

July 2023

The sentence that names Lwemiyaga County

“…NRM (ffi+- t2 Hon. Gafabusa RLchard Muhumuza Bwamba County NRM 13 Hon. Mugabr Muzaale Martin Bvzaaya County NRM t4 Hon. SSekikuubo Theodore Lwemiyaga County NRfitr J I Hon. Abigaba Cuthbert Mrrembe Kibale Countv NRM 16 Hon, Okumu Gabriel Okoro County NRM t7 Hon. Kambale Ferigo (New ) Kascse Municipality NRM”

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOT]NTS (COMMISSIONS, STATUTORY AUTHORITTF,S & STATE ENTERPRTSESI ON THE REPORT OF AUDITOR GENERAL ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF I(AMPALA CAPITAL CITY AUTHORITY FOR FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 3OTI{ JI'NE, 2022 s/N SIGNATURE NAME CONSTITUENCY PARTY 1 Hon. Ssenyonyi Joel - C/ Person Nakalva West NUP 2 Hon. Akello Lucy - D/CP DWR Amuru FDC 3 Hon. Lagen Davrd Agago County NRM 4 Hon, Mbwatekamwa Gafla lgara West County NRM 5 Hon. Afoyochan Esther DWR Zombo NRM 6 Hon. Anvrvar Ricky Richard Agago West County NRM 7 Hon. Acan Joyce Okeny PWD National NRM 8 Hon Achan .Judrth Peace DWR N',r'ova NRM 9 Hon. Akampulrra Prossy Mbabazr DWR Rubanda NRM 10 Hon. Atwij ukrre Dan Krmosho Kazoo Coungr NRM 11 Hon. Bakkabuhndr Charles Workers Rep NRM (ffi+- t2 Hon. Gafabusa RLchard Muhumuza Bwamba County NRM 13 Hon. Mugabr Muzaale Martin Bvzaaya County NRM t4 Hon. SSekikuubo Theodore Lwemiyaga County NRfitr J I Hon. Abigaba Cuthbert Mrrembe Kibale Countv NRM 16 Hon, Okumu Gabriel Okoro County NRM t7 Hon. Kambale Ferigo (New ) Kascse Municipality NRM

6 July 2023, page 138 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

2022

December 2022

The sentence that names Lwemiyaga

“For a long time I am aware that the people of Lwemiyaga Constituency, which is represented by Hon. Theodore Ssekikubo, have been requesting to have a district and I am uncomfortable commenting on matters that are not in my constituency.”

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Mr Speaker, I want to repeat that I interacted with Hon. Mary Begumisa at my home when she wanted to stand for the position of woman representative in the district. It is my belief that the gesture I extended, maybe, was perceived as power of authority, which is not true. I challenge the honourable member, the pastor and my Woman Member of Parliament, if she never interacted with me over the subject matter. I hold the respect of the Minister of Local Government as an outstanding person of high integrity with a reputable long record of working experience, tested and conversant with both the Constitution and the Local Government Act and its provisions. For a long time I am aware that the people of Lwemiyaga Constituency, which is represented by Hon. Theodore Ssekikubo, have been requesting to have a district and I am uncomfortable commenting on matters that are not in my constituency. However, I am also aware that some subcounties in my constituency, Mawogola West County, have made resolutions for the creation of lower administrative units, guided by Article 179(4) and forwarded them to the district council for approval. They are to be presented to the Minister of Local Government, as the legal process requires, and to this august House for consideration. On the allegation - if Hon. Mary Begumisa does not want the creation of new subcounties and lower units in Mawogola West County, she can engage the respective councils and follow the due process instead of making such allegations against me. Mr Speaker, if I may ask, how does alteration of boundaries or creation of districts [Ms Bangirana] PERSONAL EXPLANATION

7 December 2022, page 14 · Said by Anifa Bangirana, Mawogola West County, Ssembabule (NRM) (recorded as MS BANGIRANA) · Open the original page

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2026

July 2026

Ssembabule District

A member from Lwemiyaga County, Ssembabule was named to the Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation.

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Mr Speaker, pursuant to Rule 165, I designate the following to the Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation. 1. Hon. Zadok Mutekanga, Buhweju County 2. Hon. Emma Lokubal, District Woman Representative, Nabilatuk 3. Hon. Eunice Namatende, District Woman Representative, Bugiri 4. Hon. Francis Okullo, Ochero County, Kaberamaido 5. Hon. Wandera Sadala, Bugweri County, Bugweri 6. Hon. Berunado Ssebbugga, Budyebo County, Nakasongola 7. Hon. Christopher Komakech, Aruu County, Pader 8. Hon. Jovia Katusiime, District Woman Representative, Kiryandongo District 9. Hon. Eng. Tiyo William Taylor, Ayivu Division East, Arua City 10. Hon. Peter Kiti, T’oo County, Bukwo 11. Rt Hon. Anita Annet Among, District Woman Representative, Bukedea 12. Hon. Wabusani Stephen Makwa, Bushigai County, Bududa 13. Hon. Drito Martin Andi, Upper Madi County, Madi-Okollo 14. Hon. Lanyero Christine Awany, District Woman Representative, Nwoya 15. Hon. Brig. Gen. (Rtd) Emmanuel Rwashande, Lwemiyaga County, Ssembabule 16. Hon. Rogers Byamukama, Masindi Municipality, Masindi 17. Hon. Iddi Basajja, Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality, Bushenyi 18. Hon Patrick Aeku, Soroti County, Soroti 19. Hon. Mulindwa David Isimbwa, Busongora County South, Kasese 20. Hon Faith Nakut Loru, District Woman Representative, Napak 21. Hon. Banya Emmanuel Natal, Koboko County, Koboko. I beg to designate.

7 July 2026, page 21 · Said by Aceng Jane Ruth Ocero, City Woman Representative, Lira City (NRM) (recorded as THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF WHIP (Dr Jane Ruth Aceng)) · Open the original page

May 2026

Ssembabule District

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

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Parliament listed members from many Ugandan districts, including Laroo‑Pece Division, Gulu City, Jinja South Division East, Jinja City, Kibaale, Mubende, Luuka, Luweero, Nakaseke, Mayuge, Mawokota County South, Mpigi, Namutumba, Budadiri County East, Sironko, Napak, Kayunga, Wakiso, Buyaga West County, Kagadi, Ssembabule, Manjiya County, and Bududa.

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

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“Aine Godfrey Kaguta Mawogola North County Ssembabule NRM 24.”

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2 ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS 6. Abeja Susan Jolly District Woman Representative Otuke NRM 7. Abigaba Cuthbert Mirembe Kibale County Kamwenge NRM 8. Acamfua Topista District Woman Representative Zombo Independent 9. Acan Joyce Okeny PWD Representative N/A NRM 10. Achayo Juliet Lodou Ngora County Ngora NRM 11. Achia Lokiru Gabriel Jie County Kotido NRM 12. Achola Catherine District Woman Representative Pallisa NRM 13. Aber Lillian District Woman Representative Kitgum NRM 14. Acom Alobo Joan City Woman Representative Soroti FDC 15. Aayoo Joyce Makamoe District Woman Representative Abim Independent 16. Acon Julius Bua Otuke East County Otuke NRM 17. Adeke Anna Ebaju District Woman Representative Soroti FDC 18. Adidwa Abdu Bukooli South County Namayingo Independent 19. Agaba Gilbert Workers Representative N/A Independent 20. Agaba Peter Ibanda Municipality Ibanda NRM 21. Ahebwa Wilber Manyisa Nakaseke North County Nakaseke NRM 22. Akello Beatrice Akori District Woman Representative Agago NRM 23. Aine Godfrey Kaguta Mawogola North County Ssembabule NRM 24. Akello Lucy District Woman Representative Amuru FDC 25. Akello Rose Lilly District Woman Representative Karenga NRM 26. Akol Anthony Kilak North County Amuru NRM 27. Akorikin Francis Kapelebyong County Kapelebyon NRM 28. Aguti Sarah District Woman Representative Dokolo UPC 29. Akugizibwe Aled Ronald Buruli County Masindi NRM 30. Akumu Catherine Mavenjina Older Persons Representative Northern NRM 31. Alenyo Marshall Godfrey Jonam County Pakwach Independent 32. Alioni Yorke Odria Aringa South County Yumbe NRM 33. Among Anita Annet District Woman Representative Bukedea NRM 34. Magogo Moses Hassim Budiope East County Buyende NRM 35. Opolot Isiagi Patrick Kachumbala County Bukedea NRM 36. Okwere David Beecham Bukedea County Bukedea NRM 37. Namulondo Sarah District Woman Representative Buyende NRM 38. Pedun Josephine District Woman Representative Ngora NRM 39. Aeku Patrick Soroti County Soroti NRM 40. Alyela Denis Omodi Lira East Division Lira City NRM 41. Akifeza Grace Ngabirano District Woman Representative Kisoro NRM 42. Akugizibwe Lawrence Mwenge County North Kyenjojo NRM 43. Amanya Cohen Kyampene Igara County West Bushenyi NRM 44. Achia Cathy District Woman Representative Kaabong NRM 45. Acom Esther District Woman Representative Serere Independent 46. Amaniyo Draville Sheilah District Woman Representative Mukono NUP 47. Aceng Jane Ruth District Woman Representative Lira City NRM 48. Ajilo Maria Gorretti Elogu District Woman Representative Kalaki NRM 49. Adome Francis Lorika Moroto Municipality Moroto NRM 50. Ameede Agnes District Woman Representative Butebo NRM 51. Amongin Jane Frances Okili District Woman Representative Kaberamaido NRM 52. Angura Fredrick Tororo South County Tororo NRM 53. Angwech Colline Kioga County Amolatar UPC 54. Anifa Bangirana Mawogola West County Ssembabule NRM 55. Anyakun Esther Davinia District Woman Representative Nakapiripirit NRM 56. Acheng Sandra District Woman Representative Kole NRM

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

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April 2026

Ssembabule District

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“18647 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2026 Luwero, Nakasongola as well as water supply schemes in districts such as Terego, Moyo, Lamwo, Zombo, Agago, Pader, Namutumba, Mayuge, Ssembabule, Mityana, Isingiro, Kazo, Kyenjojo, Bukedea, Kanungu, Moroto, Kakumiro and Abim, among others.”

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

16 April 2026, page 43 · Said by Ariko Herbert Edmund Okworo, Gweri County, Soroti (NRM) (recorded as MR ARIKO) · Open the original page

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The parliament announced a plan to add 1,073,500 new electricity connections across Uganda, with 140,337 in the Northern region. It also outlined mineral exploration projects in several districts, including Ssembabule, Luweero, Kyenjojo, Kiboga, Kassanda, and Nakaseke, to boost local mining value chains.

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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 -

16 April 2026, page 45 · Said by Ariko Herbert Edmund Okworo, Gweri County, Soroti (NRM) (recorded as MR ARIKO) · Open the original page

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The parliament announced many water and sanitation projects across Uganda, targeting prisons, health centres, rural growth centres, schools and industrial parks in districts such as Moyo, Oyam, Madi‑Okollo, Yumbe, Zombo, Pader, Napak, Namutumba, Mayuge, Jinja, Mbale, Manafwa, Ssembabule, Kyegegwa, Rakai, Namayingo, Kikuube, Isingiro, Rubirizi, Kyenjojo, and Rubanda. These schemes aim to improve drinking water, sanitation and rural development.

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18651 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2026 intended for Laropi and Lefori in Moyo, Akoro and Pangila, and Padibe West in Lamwo. The institutional water supply and sanitation project This one is intended to supply the Arocha prison in Apac and the Iceme health centre and surrounding areas in Oyam. The rural growth centre schemes in Ewanga in Madi-Okollo, Edrayo in Terego, Rodo and Nyori in Yumbe. The gravity and piped water schemes are intended for Ambe GFS in Zombo, the Ogili water supply and sanitation scheme in Agago, as well as Pader. The solar-powered schemes for Achukudu solar RGC in Napak. Colleagues, I am sure that the Hon Faith Nakut is now going to give me a bit- Table 12, in the Eastern region. There are rural growth centre piped water projects that are intended for Bulange in Namutumba, Nango in Mayuge, Bubugo- Itanda in Jinja, and Kagumba in Kamuli. Additional rural growth centre schemes, one intended for Oyama RGC in Kaberamaido. The institutional water supply and sanitation schemes in Ivukula prisons and the surrounding areas in Namutumba. The public sanitation facilities are intended for Mulatsi S.S. in Mbale and Lubani SSS in Jinja. The urban and small town water system schemes under the Water and Sanitation Development Facility East. In Manafwa, Bulangira, Bukumi, Kaproron, Kadungulu, Iyolwa, Mukura, Atutur and Mbale Industrial Park. Central region The ministry intends to undertake piped water schemes in Nankondo in Ssembabule, Moone in Nakasongola and Bulera in Mityana. The institutional water and sanitation schemes - Masaka Army Barracks. The solar-powered water schemes in Kyegegwa, Rakai, Namayingo and Buvuma districts. Then the other additional schemes and extensions are intended for Ngoma, Nyanseke, Busaale, Lunya, Kapeeka Industrial Park extension and Kikuube. In Western and Southwestern regions The major towns and cluster water systems. In Nyakashaka and Rubaya in Buhweju and Mbarara, Mabira, Bukiro, and Nyabisirira, Ntungamo Industrial Park, among others. The integrated water management and development schemes Kaliro-Namungalwe and Kyegegwa-Mpara- Ruyonza-Kabagore. This is the learned DAGs area. Isingiro water and sanitation scheme That is for the Isingiro District. Institutional water schemes in Butanda Secondary School in Kabale, Rugazi Health Centre IV in Rubirizi, and Ishekye School of the Handicapped in Sheema. The rural growth schemes Kyampangara and Nyamushojwa in Kazo, Kasaba in Kyenjojo, Rwentuha in Kyegegwa and Buhanda in Mubende. The solar-powered scheme Bikone and Isule-Katebenyangorongo in Kasese; Kagunga Iremera 1, Iremera 2 in Kisoro; and the Rubanda extension scheme.

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March 2026

Ssembabule District

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“The use of guns in elections against women was so high, especially in Ssembabule.”

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I want to thank you, Madam Speaker, and equally congratulate all honourable colleagues who made it to the 12 th Parliament. Madam Speaker, I appreciate you celebrating with the women of this country. Happy belated Women’s Day to the women of Uganda and colleagues in this House. The theme was very clear: “Justice, Action and Human Rights.” That is the matter that is on the table, and I implore you, Madam Speaker, to make sure that we observe human rights and justice for women in this country. And we should also remind colleagues that in the recently concluded election, women were mistreated. The use of guns in elections against women was so high, especially in Ssembabule. We were seriously brutalised. So, Madam Speaker, I implore you that as you do take charge of that Chair — I do not know what will happen in the 12 th Parliament but I pray that you give priority to issues of women, most especially women in leadership, and politics. I want to thank you, Madam Speaker, and I take leave of the Floor.

12 March 2026, page 3 · Said by MS GORRETH NAMUGGA (NUP, Mawogola County South, Ssembabule) · Open the original page

2025

December 2025

Ssembabule District

The parliament member listed many roads needing upgrades, noting that some, like Fort Portal‑Bundibugyo‑Lamia, lack budget funding, while others such as Koboko‑Yumbe‑Moyo and Luweero‑Butalangu have money available once approved. The focus is on improving national and oil roads across the region.

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

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September 2025

Ssembabule District

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“In Kalungu, where I come from, Villa-Maria Hospital works for Ssembabule, Kiruhura -”

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

11 September 2025, page 5 · Said by Ssewungu Joseph Gonzaga, Kalungu County West, Kalungu (NUP) (recorded as MR JOSEPH SSEWUNGU (NUP, Kalungu West County, Kalungu)) · Open the original page

July 2025

Ssembabule District

A member said that a soldier, Lt Zziwa, who lives in Lwemiyaga, shot an MP and others, and that the army has returned to attack civilians in Ssembabule, despite promises to hand control to the police. The incident shows ongoing impunity.

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17559 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 29 JULY 2025 me because my yellow movement shirt was splattered with the blood of Fred Ssembusi. It is agonising that you cannot sleep to know you would not be here, you would be dead. You cannot be sure you would be here. I knew I would be dead once you realise the circumstances of Fred Ssembusi’s death, but most painful, the culprit, Lt Zziwa, who came aboard that truck and was commanding – at first, he did not have the rifle in his hands. He moved and picked one from one of the soldiers. He came and held it under his armpit, and he turned and released the bullet that shot Ssembusi. The issue of the killer soldier, Lt Zziwa, maintained his barracks at Lwemiyaga. He continues there, and today he is in Lwemiyaga. He is the same Zziwa who shot at us on the 17 th while we were having NRM primaries, shattering the glass of my vehicle. The same person is untouchable. I remember at the burial of Ssembusi, the Commandant of the Mechanised Division Masaka, Maj. Gen. Sunday assured the mourners that Lt Zziwa was being held by the army for interrogation. It was a lie. He is still around. He shot at me on the 17 th again. Even in the chairman’s elections, he was still there commanding the operations. Those who know the President’s intolerance of the use of a gun, how did we arrive at this? For a person to kill, injure an MP, but also there is another, Moses Tebingana, who had eight stitches on his head. He was lucky that the bullet went through the skin of his head. It is his vein that got ruptured. It bled for two days, but now he is okay. How come the guns that are supposed to be protecting civilians are being turned against the people? Madam Speaker, when all this is said and done, the level of impunity, the soldiers who retired to command, they were not merely opponents, but they took command of the UPDF. There is Gen. Phinehas Katirima, and he is the one who abducted the polling officials and removed the election materials – But the last one, Madam Speaker, before the last election, the Inspector General of Police, Mr Abbas Byakagaba, came to Ssembabule and assured all of us that the President of Uganda, His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni, had taken a decision to withdraw the army and allow the police to take the lead but what we witnessed was the total reverse. The army came back with vengeance. I remember when they were shooting at us, the police ran away. They abandoned us, and wherever the army could appear, the police would somehow find their way out and drive away. We have generals, Gen. Phinehas Katirima, Gen. Emmanuel Rwashande, who is a candidate, but has turned into commanding the UPDF. He is the one who ordered Zziwa to go and clear us, and when the officer reported back to him, he said, “I thought you had killed someone, you killed a dog”. That Ssekikubo was never killed because somebody else was killed –

29 July 2025, page 13 · Said by MR THEODORE SSEKIKUBO (NRM, Lwemiyaga County, Ssembabule ) · Open the original page

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“You set an investigation into Hon. Ssekikubo, yet these matters are not Ssembabule.”

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Thank you, Madam Speaker. The procedural issue for which I am seeking your guidance is on the matters we have raised. You set an investigation into Hon. Ssekikubo, yet these matters are not Ssembabule. For example, you had the Minister of State for Defence, Hon. Oboth-Oboth, using a UPDF chopper in his NRM election. I do not know whether a chopper is an NRM equipment. Therefore, the procedural issue I am raising is whether you should not allow an investigation into the messy NRM primaries.

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June 2025

Ssembabule District

A member said more money will be spent on roads in Ssembabule, Kiboga, Kassanda, Rakai, Luweero, Kayunga, Nakapiripirit, Kira, Mayuge, Kampala, Kyenjojo, Pakwach, Nakaseke, Dokolo, and Mpigi. Existing road projects will finish, and new maintenance and bridge work will start next year.

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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.

5 June 2025, page 19 · Said by GEN. (RTD) MUSEVENI · Open the original page

May 2025

Ssembabule District

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“Sheikh Mubajje sold the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council farmland in Ssembabule to two different people.”

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I am going to show you photographs; wait. (Laughter) Next page. As you can see in this schedule, as of 13 July 2022, we had given Pinetti this amount of money. We have now increased. You can go to page 14. They are not putting them properly, but you can see Pinetti and President Museveni. (Laughter) Continue below. I think it was deliberate, but here it is, very clear. You have Pinetti addressing Hon. Matia Kasaija and the Secretary to the Treasury. So, Pinetti is now addressing the workers of the President. She is a very special person. You may deny it, but she is; that she can meet the President and then summon the whole of the finance ministry. I am now on page 15; paying Mubajje debts Also in the budget, there is Shs 14 billion to help Mufti Ramadhan Mubajje repay his debt. Sheikh Mubajje sold the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council farmland in Ssembabule to two different people. One of the buyers took him to court and obtained an order to attach Uganda Muslim Supreme Council property, including the national mosque. Now President Museveni has ordered that taxpayers’ money be allocated to Mubajje to help him repay the money he ate. This allocation is captured in the second budget call circular. Like President Museveni, Mubajje changed the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council Constitution to remain in office when he clocked 70; birds of the same feathers. Page 16; I have finished 38 per cent of the budget which is going to pay debt. You need to know at the end of this debate that actually there is no budget you are passing. 38 per cent has gone to the debt. 16 per cent of the budget is to Government employees, including ourselves here. Wage will consume Shs 8.5 trillion of the budget, representing 11.5 per cent. It takes the second biggest share. The Auditor-General in his annual report, dated December 2023, said that verified public employees on the payroll are 396,997 which is 0.8 per cent of the total population. Uganda’s population is 45.9 million. So you, who are less than 1 per cent of the population, you are taking 11 per cent of the total budget. The President on Labour Day, May 1, in Nakapiripirit District said that Public Service now employs 480,000. This would still be less than 1 percent. And wage is not the only expense taxpayers are incurring on public servants. There are other direct expenses listed below, which totals to about Shs 4.4 trillion. Taxpayers are spending, if you add, Shs 12.8 trillion on public servants, representing roughly 16 per cent. You can look at that table. After paying us a salary of Shs 8.5 trillion, then we are the ones travelling using these vehicles, we are the ones in consultancy, special meals and drinks, buying fuel, workshops, welfare and entertainment, research, vehicle maintenance, donations, advertising and public relations, beddings, clothing and footwear, travel abroad, residential building acquisitions, vehicle acquisition, books, periodicals, newspapers, furniture fittings, official ceremonies and functions. When you add wage and these attendant costs, you come to Shs 12.8 trillion. Mind you, Shs 37 trillion has already gone to debt servicing. You are now chopping off Shs 12 trillion to just less than 1 per cent of the population. Interestingly, 1 per cent is wondering why the Parish Development Model (PDM) is not making the rest of the population wealthy. The rest of the population; you give them one per cent of the budget, which is Shs 1 trillion. The President is Uganda’s employee number one. He is the head of all of us, the 400,000 public servants. His residence has been given Shs 500 billion, and his office Shs 306 billion. This financial year, the budget for the residence alone, after the supplementaries, came to Shs 1 trillion, the same amount that you give to PDM. So after consuming Shs 16.7 trillion of the entire budget, number one employee fuels his

15 May 2025, page 47 · Said by MR SSEMUJJU · Open the original page

April 2025

Ssembabule District

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“17149 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 16 APRIL 2025 Matete Road, Ssembabule-Mbirizi, you do not have money.”

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17149 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 16 APRIL 2025 Matete Road, Ssembabule-Mbirizi, you do not have money. Hon. Musasizi has to come and explain. Why are you putting us in a circus of budgeting yet you do not have money? You have repeatedly come to this Parliament to lie to people. Honourable colleagues, you do not have a budget. You are here lamenting over the roads; these people have no money. When you look at the unfunded priorities, you can do nothing. We should get back to the consolidated report on financial statements from the Auditor-General; you have nothing. We waste time and taxpayers’ money here for you to lament about roads when you cannot even afford to work on a single kilometre next financial year. He is here nodding his head here (Laughter)- We do not have money to work on roads, honourable colleagues. You will talk about the equipment. But the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development needs to be here to explain where they will obtain the funding. Look at this – (Interjections) – I am guiding you; we are wasting money. He should respond. I am telling you, Mr Speaker, we have no money. Getting back to the private sector, look at the contractors. They borrow at 23 per cent interest, but for the foreign contractors, it is three per cent. Why are you frustrating the private sector? You no longer give contracts to the local contractors. We are here suffering with foreign contractors. You come here and say, “Buy Uganda, Build Uganda.” From where? You are giving all the contracts to foreigners; who will make money? Unemployment among the youth – how are you going to give them jobs? Mr Speaker, we need to become serious. The Auditor-General submitted a report, and as the Committee on Public Accounts (Central Government), we guided that why don’t we first – (Member timed out.)

16 April 2025, page 39 · Said by MS GORRETH NAMUGGA (NUP, Mawogola County South, Ssembabule) · Open the original page

February 2025

Ssembabule District

A delegation from Mawogola North County, Ssembabule District, visited Parliament and was welcomed by members.

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Honourable members, in the public gallery, this afternoon, we have a delegation from Mawogola North County, Ssembabule District. The delegation is led by my colleague, the District Speaker, and the District Deputy Speaker, and includes all the Speakers and Deputy Speakers of the six subcounties in Mawogola North County. You are most welcome. They are represented by Hon. Shartsi Kuteesa. Hon. Shartsi, can you just greet your people? My colleagues, the Speakers, you have a very good Member of Parliament. The other representative is Hon. Mary Bemugisa. I am telling you; you have gold in that lady. (Applause)

27 February 2025, page 8 · Said by THE SPEAKER · Open the original page

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“I want to take this opportunity to also remind the House that in 1997, Ssembabule was carved out of Masaka.”

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Yes. Madam Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to welcome my people to Parliament. Thank you very much for leading this House with distinction. We are so proud of you, Madam Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to also remind the House that in 1997, Ssembabule was carved out of Masaka. All these years, I am proud to say that under the NRM Government, the people of Ssembabule are patriots; they have participated in Pan- Africanism; they have benefited socially and economically; and they are reaping the benefits of supporting the NRM Government. I pray that we continue in this spirit. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

27 February 2025, page 8 · Said by Musherure Shartsi Nayebare Kutesa, Ex Officio Member (N/A) (recorded as MS MUSHERURE) · Open the original page

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“My response is that based on the above project design, Ssembabule is a beneficiary of the Electricity Access Scale-up Project.”

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16534 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME My response is that over the last 10 years, the Government concentrated on grid extensions across the country with minimum service connections. The Electricity Access Scale- UP Project was, therefore, designed to make service connection for optimal utilisation of the existing network. The project covers no-pole connections, one-pole connections, transformer injections in a radius of about three kilometres from the existing network. The third prayer from the honourable member was: on what basis were the beneficiaries selected? Given that the project obtained financing of more than $600 million, the Government must justify why people of Mawogola North remain underserved. My response is that based on the above project design, Ssembabule is a beneficiary of the Electricity Access Scale-up Project. The Government is also developing the Grid Expansion and Support to Parish Development Project to address issues of un-electrified administrative offices, public institutions and value addition centres, of which Ssembabule is a beneficiary. Surveys have started from West Nile and will soon roll out to other parts of the country. The next question was from Hon. Rose Obigah, the Woman Representative, Terego District. She requested for an update on the illegal mining activities in Onivu Village, Okavu Parish, Odupi Subcounty, Terego District. My response is that on 20 January 2025, a joint team visited the site where the illegal mining activities were reported. Upon investigation, it was established that the illegal mining activities were being conducted by Li Kuang Mining Co. Ltd, a company holding Exploration Licence EL00383, with jurisdiction of operation in Yumbe and Obongi districts. The company was found to be operating outside its licensed area, specifically in Terego District, in violation of the terms of its licence. As a result, all mining activities at the site were immediately suspended, and operations were halted to prevent further environmental degradation and oil spills in the area. To further address this matter, the ministry, through the inspector of miners for the West Nile region, undertook a detailed inspection visit to the area on Tuesday, 4 February 2025. It was confirmed that the operations were not within the jurisdiction of the company licensed. The operations were illegal, being undertaken under an exploration licence. Li Kuang Mining Company Limited was directed to remove all its machinery and equipment from the site, and vacate the site entirely. The company was advised to restore environmental damages caused by its activities. Madam Speaker, artisanal miners were encouraged to form associations to register and acquire artisanal mining licences. Madam Speaker, a Show Cause Notice will be issued to the company for potential cancellation of its licence (EL00383) due to non-compliance. Hon. George Bhoka Didi,MP, Obongi County:the Obongi-Sinyanya ferry operations have been on halt since the 10 th of February this year, due to a bad landing site and mechanical problems. Efforts have been made to contact the Minister of Works and Transport regional and national offices, to provide urgent repairs to the Obongi ferry, but repairs have not been done up to now. The breakdown of this ferry affects pupils who cross from Sinyanya on a daily basis to attend classes in Obongi, patients who access health services in Obongi Health Centre IV, and the business fraternity that transports goods from Arua and Adjumani, to Juba in South Sudan. His question is that: what steps have been taken by the Ministry of Works and Transport to expeditiously restore the Obongi ferry operations? My response is that between August and early December 2024, the water levels, as you all know, at the Obongi-Sinyanya ferry crossing,

27 February 2025, page 24 · Said by Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative, Kakumiro (NRM) (recorded as MS NABBANJA) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“…d Fund as part of the rationalisation process, her prayer was: could the Office of the Prime Minister clarify how people of Mawogola North, Ssembabule will ensure the completion of the promised Akagari Bridge, which connects Gomba to Ssembabule District?”

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16536 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME I have personally written letters to UNRA, Ministry of Works and Transport, Office of the Prime Minister, and the President’s Office, but no valid attention has been paid to my pleas. His prayer is a request that we take interest in this matter and provide an update. Madam Speaker, Bwizibwera-Nsiika- Nyakashaka-Nyakabirizi Road with a spur to Kabwohe, is in the National Development Plan (NDP) III and in the NRM Manifesto of 2021- 2026. The road is being implemented in phases. Even yesterday, the President, while in Bushenyi, talked about the same road and that the road will be implemented in phases; (i) A civil commercial contract for the upgrade of Bwizibwera-Nyakambu-Nsiika with a spur to Kabwohe road was signed in March 2023 and awaits confirmation of financing before physical works can commence. (ii) A detailed design for the upgrade of Nsiika- Nyakashaka-Nyakabirizi Road (48.3km) is currently ongoing and is expected to be completed by May 2025. Thereafter, procurement of civil works contractors will commence. Madam Speaker, upgrading of Nsiika-Ibanda- Kabujogera-Mashooro-Rwenjaza-Kyambura has been considered in National Development Plan IV (NDP IV) and will be prioritised subject to availability of resources. Madam Speaker, I want to thank you on this note because the Members do not give detailed information. That is why I am on question number eight. Hon. Shartsi Musherure, MP, Mawogola County North: Following the dissolution of both the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), and the Uganda Road Fund as part of the rationalisation process, her prayer was: could the Office of the Prime Minister clarify how people of Mawogola North, Ssembabule will ensure the completion of the promised Akagari Bridge, which connects Gomba to Ssembabule District? I wonder how they will do it. Madam Speaker, my response is that the Akagari Bridge on River Katonga is on a district road. Following the request from the area Members of Parliament, the former Uganda National Roads Authority intervened and installed the culverts that made the location motorable. The district will be advised to complete the outstanding works using the Shs 1 billion. Hon. Michael Timuzigu Kamugisha MP, Kajara County, Ntungamo asked that all counties in Uganda be turned into districts except 19, which are in the districts of Ntungamo, Isingiro, Kasese and Tororo. These districts are treated like former counties in provision of all services and staff. Each has one road maintenance unit, one district hospital, gets the same share of Government-sponsored students in public universities, gets the same share of seed schools and construction of primary schools, to mention but a few. According to Hon. Timuzigu, these districts have, therefore, not been able to fairly benefit from the decentralisation policy and are slowly being left behind in development. For example, in Ntungamo, parents have to first build primary school classrooms up to window level for the district local government to come in and do the completion and this is against the Government policy of no-fees payment in Universal Primary Education (UPE) schools. Prayer: When is the Government going to complete the harmonisation of district sizes by giving the remaining 19 counties district status to start developing at the rate of other districts? Madam Speaker, my response is that the Ministry of Local Government issued a moratorium, suspending creation of any new local government units or alteration of boundaries in April 2021, under which we were still operating, until a new position is approved by the Government.

27 February 2025, page 26 · Said by Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative, Kakumiro (NRM) (recorded as MS NABBANJA) · Open the original page

January 2025

Ssembabule District

A member raised the case of Prossy Nambalirwa from Mawogola County, Ssembabule District, who is stuck in Saudi Arabia and needs help to return home for treatment. The member urged the ministry to act quickly and fast‑track the Labour Externalisation Bill to protect migrant workers.

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Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have a very simplified but important matter in regard to regulated labour externalisation. Mr Speaker, in December, not only on social media but in the newspapers, we saw cases of children and people working from abroad – the migrant workers - complaining about the situation that there is, especially in Saudi Arabia. To be specific, we had a case of Prossy Nambalirwa, from Mawogola County, Ssembabule District, who was stuck in Madinah in the hospital. I thank the embassy that they intervened and this girl was picked from Madinah and taken to Riyadh at the embassy. However, to date, she is stuck at the embassy because the company only managed to get an air ticket for Nambalirwa, but they could not get an air ticket for the embassy staff to escort her to Uganda. The ministry says it has no money, but this is not the only case. We have so many cases of migrant workers who are stuck in other countries, inclusive of Saudi Arabia. Mr Speaker, number one, my prayer is that the ministry should intervene immediately to ensure that Prossy Nambalirwa gets home as soon as possible so that she can get treatment. Number two, the Labour Externalization Bill must be fast-tracked into law by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to ensure that the dynamics within this sector are managed and followed up. The other prayer is that expanding the scope of the external employment management information system is vital in obtaining comprehensive labour externalisation data but currently this system does not cover all the areas that would help to bring this sector to order, and so, essential information is left out. Mr Speaker, I implore this Parliament to get interested in what migrant workers go through in all the countries, not only in Saudi Arabia but the United Arab Emirates too. This matter has been on the Floor of Parliament several times, but the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has remained adamant. A lot of taxes are picked from this sector. This should not only be a source of revenue to the country; the migrant workers should be protected. Thank you.

22 January 2025, page 7 · Said by MS GORRETH NAMUGGA (NUP, Mawo - gola County South, Ssembabule) · Open the original page

2024

December 2024

Ssembabule District

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“They had injected billions of money into it and had started in the cattle corridor areas of Nakaseke, Gomba, Ssembabule –”

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Rt Hon. Prime Minister, this project was under a gentleman called Sembeguya. They had injected billions of money into it and had started in the cattle corridor areas of Nakaseke, Gomba, Ssembabule –

19 December 2024, page 37 · Said by MR LUTTAMAGUZI · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“They had started supplying goats, especially in the cattle corridor areas; my district of Nakaseke, Gomba, Ssembabule - Many youths had actually received part.”

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Yes, Mr Speaker, there was a goats’ project programme under the Government of Uganda where they injected billions of money. They had started supplying goats, especially in the cattle corridor areas; my district of Nakaseke, Gomba, Ssembabule - Many youths had actually received part. However, the programme abruptly stopped. We want to know because we have received several petitions from these youths on what happened to that programme.

19 December 2024, page 37 · Said by MR LUTTAMAGUZI · Open the original page

November 2024

Ssembabule District

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“In the public gallery this afternoon, we have a delegation of leaders under the Buganda Kingdom and the councillors from Mawogola County, Greater Matete, Ssembabule District, led by Hon. Katumba Moses and Mr Byekwaso.”

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Chairperson, first take some water as I introduce my people. In the public gallery this afternoon, we have a delegation of leaders under the Buganda Kingdom and the councillors from Mawogola County, Greater Matete, Ssembabule District, led by Hon. Katumba Moses and Mr Byekwaso. They are represented by Hon. Gorreth Namugga. (Applause) The members are up there. Please stand up. Where are the members?

27 November 2024, page 41 · Said by THE SPEAKER · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“Thank you, Madam Speaker, for allowing the people of Ssembabule to access the Parliament of the Republic of Uganda.”

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Thank you, Madam Speaker, for allowing the people of Ssembabule to access the Parliament of the Republic of Uganda. (Applause ) I have been telling them that this is a People’s Parliament, the Parliament where the honourable minister from the alternative Government always sits to represent you. (Applause) These people have a road that they have always complained about, that is the Kyabakuza- Matete Road and Hon. Katumba Wamala should make a response on that. Secondly, I thank you, Madam Speaker, that we were given a Seed school. We did not have one in our constituency but now we have. The only request that we have is the school stopped at senior four, we want an additional Shs 1 billion to have senior five to senior six.

27 November 2024, page 43 · Said by MS GORRETH NAMUGGA (NUP, Mawogola County South, Ssembabule) · Open the original page

October 2024

Ssembabule District

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“(NUP, Mawogoola County South, Ssembabule): Thank you, Madam Speaker.”

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(NUP, Mawogoola County South, Ssembabule): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I represent the women in Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA), Central Region, and on behalf of those women, we do apologise for whatever happened to the man in uniform. That is not how women behave. However, we should observe human rights across the board. We have observed severally that so many people have been assaulted. Even in politics, women have always been assaulted. We should carry on the responsibility to respect everyone in different professions or categories, no matter their sex or gender. As leaders, I request that we condemn the act done by a fellow woman but also encourage other leaders, Government inclusive, to respect everyone on duty no matter the political affiliation or gender. I thank you, Madam Speaker.

22 October 2024, page 3 · Said by MS GORRETH NAMUGGA · Open the original page

September 2024

Ssembabule District

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“THEODORE SSEKIKUBO, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, LWEMIYAGA COUNTY, SSEMBABULE DISTRICT RE: MOTION FOR THE REMOVAL OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONERS NAMELY; HON.”

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14295 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2024 ON THE 16 TH OF AUGUST 2024, HON. THEODORE SSEKIKUBO, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, LWEMIYAGA COUNTY, SSEMBABULE DISTRICT RE: MOTION FOR THE REMOVAL OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONERS NAMELY; HON. ESTHER AFOYOCHAN, HON. MATHIAS MPUUGA, HON.PROSSY AKAMPURIRA AND HON. SOLOMON SILWANY Reference is made to the notice of motion that you filed with the Clerk to Parliament on 5 August 2024 in relation to the captioned subject matter. The Clerk to Parliament forwarded the same to my office in compliance with the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Uganda. I note that you are inviting me and by extension the House, to process the motion for the removal of parliamentary commissioners, namely; a) Hon. Esther Afoyochan b) Hon. Matias Mpuuga c) Hon. Prossy Akampulira and d) Hon. Silwany Solomon I am aware that on 24 May 2024, the Office of the General Counsel was served with the Miscellaneous Cause No. 0085 of 2024, Bwette Daniel v. Parliamentary Commission, wherein the applicant applied for judicial review against Parliamentary Commission, seeking, among others; The prerogative orders of certiorari to call for and quash a Parliamentary Commission’s decision of 6 May 2022 of granting a service award to four backbench commissioners and Leader of Opposition for being illegal, ultra vires, arbitrary, biased, irrational and unfair and other related matters. The grounds for the application were that: 1. The payment to the former leader of the Opposition and backbench commissioners was termed as “service award” a term that is alien in the parliamentary payments and does not form part of the legitimate benefits which accrue to a serving member of Parliament. 2. Neither Parliament nor any of its committees was involved and as such, the process leading to the impugning decision was tainted with illegalities, procedural impropriety, irrationality and so the impugning decision is inoperative, null, and void. 3. The respondents’ action of awarding themselves a service award was illegal, arbitrary, null and void. 4. The respondent’s actions complained of are an abuse of statutory powers and discretion, mismanagement of a statutory body and an abuse of constitutionally guaranteed rights of Ugandans, contrary to the constitution of the Republic of Uganda. 5. The respondents did not have any reasonable or lawful justification for making the impugning decisions which directly contravenes the Constitution. The matter in controversy in court was whether the decision of the Parliamentary Commission of 6 May 2022 to pay the outgoing Leader of the Opposition and backbench parliamentary commissioners, Shs 1,700,000,000 was illegal, procedurally improper and irrational. On the other hand, the base for your motion to remove the commissioners from office was that; 1. The commissioners’ participation in the meeting held on 6 May 2022, at which the service award was considerably approved by the Parliamentary Commission, was in contravention of paragraphs 3(a) and (f), 4, 5 and 7 of Appendix F of the Rules of Procedure. 2. The commissioners participated in a meeting that considered and approved a matter in which they had pecuniary interest.

17 September 2024, page 53 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

August 2024

Ssembabule District

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“I am Pastor Mary Begumisa, the Woman Member of Parliament for the good people of Ssembabule District.”

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Thank you, Madam Speaker, for this great innovation. I am Pastor Mary Begumisa, the Woman Member of Parliament for the good people of Ssembabule District.

28 August 2024, page 18 · Said by Begumisa Protazio, Ndorwa County East, Kabale (NRM) (recorded as MS BEGUMISA) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

A member asked the government to revolve unused youth fund money, release politically imprisoned youths, and create more skilling centres in Ssembabule District, especially in Mawogola County, where only one distant polytechnic exists.

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I would like to thank the honourable minister, for his submission and also appreciate the contribution of the Government towards skilling the youth in this country. I have a comment about the Youth Livelihood Programme that has now lasted for some 10 years and above. This is a revolving fund but some amount, close to Shs 43 billion has not been revolved. Therefore, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development must ensure that this money is revolved. This is according to the Auditor-General’s report; the money was recovered, but it was not revolved. That should be noted. Two, we should listen to the plight of the youth who engaged in the demonstrations against corruption. Many of them are in prison on charges of being a public nuisance. How I wish on this International Youth Day celebration, honourable minister, the incarcerated youth get released unconditionally. Also, we have many youths in prisons for political reasons; four years, five years yet they have not appeared before courts of law. If the Government really cares for the youth, it should look into this matter by ensuring that the youth get justice. Lastly, Mr Speaker, we all know that we have just concluded the population census and it is clear that Uganda is among the countries with a youthful population but unemployed. The youth have been made unproductive. Honourable minister, can you think about the youth that are very skilled but redundant in the homes of their parents? Kindly think about them, so that this country can serve us as a whole nation, non-selectively. Mr Speaker, Ssembabule District has been left out on issues of skilling centres yet it is one of the most populated districts. Think about Ssembabule District. We only have one vocational school, Lutunku Community Polytechnic that is in Mawogola County North, far away from the most populated constituents of Mawogola County. Therefore, honourable Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, think about how you can uniquely cater for Ssembabule. Even Mawogola County West which is represented by Hon. Anifa Kawooya - Mawogola County South represented by Hon. Namugga is more vulnerable. It is not being selfish but Ssembabule is very vulnerable in many areas. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

8 August 2024, page 14 · Said by MS NAMUGGA · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“The reasons that I gave here were that when Katonga bridge broke, people were driving 228 Kilometres from Kampala to Masaka through Ssembabule.”

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

8 August 2024, page 46 · Said by Ssewungu Joseph Gonzaga, Kalungu County West, Kalungu (NUP) (recorded as MR SSEWUNGU) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

A 97‑kilometre road upgrade will link Lusalira, Kasambya, Nkonge, Lumegere and Ssembabule.

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LUSALIRA-KASAMBYA-NKONGE- LUMEGERE-SSEMBABULE ROAD UPGRADING PROJECT (97KM)

8 August 2024, page 52 · Said by THE DESIGN AND BUILD OF PACKAGE 4 · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“Hon. Namugga is asking if you have said Ssembabule.”

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Honourable minister. Hon. Namugga is asking if you have said Ssembabule. Let us have a comprehensive debate on the road sector. We shall try to remain within the boundaries. I will give you directions.

8 August 2024, page 52 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

Parliament approved borrowing to upgrade a 97‑km road that passes through Kasambya and Ssembabule.

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Mr Speaker, in line with Article 159 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, and Section 36(5) of the Public Finance Management Act 2015, as amended, and Rule 155 of the Parliamentary Rules of Procedure, I beg to move a motion for a resolution of Parliament to authorise the Government to borrow up to Euro 126,440,160.68, an equivalent of $136.95 million from Citibank, to finance the design and build of the Lusalira-Kasambya-Nkonge- Lumegere-Ssembabule Road Upgrading Project of 97 kilometres. I beg to move. [Mr Kirumira] MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

8 August 2024, page 52 · Said by Musasizi Henry Ariganyira, Rubanda County East, Rubanda (NRM) (recorded as THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE, PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (GENERAL DUTIES) (Mr Henry Musasizi)) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

A new Class II paved road will link Kasambya, Ssembabule and Fort Portal, cutting travel time and freight costs. The government and Citibank will fund the 334.91 billion shilling project, aiming to boost local access to goods, services and development.

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Thank you, Mr Speaker. The project description is as follows. The Lusalira- Kasambya-Nkonge-Lumegere-Ssembabule Road is an existing Class A gravel road, located in the central region of Uganda that connects the districts of Ssembabule and Mubende. The road starts off the junction along the Mubende-Fort Portal Road, through a Y-junction in Lumegere, and terminates in Ssembabule, connecting to Ssembabule- Masaka Road. The road is part of the national road network that links the rest of the network to the west, by the Fort Portal Road, and the south by the Ssembabule-Masaka Road. Mr Speaker, the Government of Uganda carried out a feasibility study and a detailed engineering design of the project road, which was completed in October 2017. The road will be designed and constructed to Class II paved standard, with asphalt concrete surfacing, and a design life of 20 years. The lane width will be 3.5 metres, the carriage width will be 7.0 metres, and shoulders of 2.0 metres on either side in urban areas, and 1.5 metres on either side in rural areas. Objectives of this project Mr Speaker, at the national level, the project objectives are: i) To facilitate the efficient development and production of strategic national resources; ii) Reduce travel time and lower freight transportation costs along the national road network; and iii) Promote equal access to social and economic development across the country, and by doing so, enhance the Government’s effort to poverty eradication and economic development. At the local level, the objectives are: i) T o improve access to goods and passenger transport services; ii) Reduce transport costs along the route; and iii) Improve access to social and economic development opportunities along the route, by providing high-capacity road infrastructure. Project financing The total project cost is Shs 334.91 billion exclusive of value added tax, of which Shs 479.8 billion (approximately Euros 126.44 euros) will be funded by Citibank, and Shs 55.11 billion, 10.3 per cent of the project cost by the Government of Uganda. The Government will also be responsible for any tax that may arise under this loan. The civil works commercial contract was signed on 12 September 2022, and works are expected to commence upon signing the financing agreement. Financing terms Mr Speaker, for the loan amount, I have already stated it as Euros 126.44 million. The maturity period is 10 years including three years of a grace period. The interest rate is six months Euribor plus a margin of 5.0 per cent per annum, of which the insurance premium is 2.25 percent per annum, of which insurance premium is 2.25 per cent per annum. Insurance is provided by ATIDI, or in other words, the African Trade and Investment Development Insurance, who is covering 100 per cent of the loan. An arrangement or upfront up-front fee is 1.44 per cent calculated on the loan amount paid up-front, commitment fee is 1.75 per cent of undisbursed balances of the loan, agency fees

8 August 2024, page 53 · Said by MR MUSASIZI · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

Parliament approved borrowing about $137 million to fund the design and construction of a 97‑km road upgrade that includes Kasambya and Ssembabule.

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Honourable colleagues, I now put the question the motion for resolution of Parliament to authorise the Government to borrow Euro 126,440,160.68, (equivalent to $136.95 million as at 5 December 2023) from Citibank to finance the design and build of package 4: Lusalira-Kasambya- Nkonge-Lumegere-Ssembabule upgrading project (97km) be adopted. (Question put and agreed to.) Motion adopted.

8 August 2024, page 60 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“13731 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 7 AUGUST 2024 Mr Speaker, I rise on a matter on which you guided from the Chair, that you had received a kind of special petition from petitioners purportedly from Ssembabule.”

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13731 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 7 AUGUST 2024 Mr Speaker, I rise on a matter on which you guided from the Chair, that you had received a kind of special petition from petitioners purportedly from Ssembabule. You had indicated that you would be calling me. To date, I have not heard from you. As you know, once a petition is received, it should be processed. This is so that my name, which was tainted when a crowd was allowed to invade Parliament – purportedly petitioning against a murderer and land grabber – could be cleared. I do not sit comfortably there – once my name was put on the line. I, therefore, pray that you proceed to process the same so that this House can be informed about the outcome of that petition.

7 August 2024, page 3 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“I thank my colleague, the minister from Ssembabule – you know I was also a minister.”

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Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank my colleague, the minister from Ssembabule – you know I was also a minister. I would like to submit on a few issues. Honourable colleagues, we are looking for Shs 18 billion. We do appreciate that there might be policy changes but at a later stage. We are talking about Shs 18 billion. We have just given ROKO Construction Limited Shs 300 billion. We gave Dei BioPharma Limited Shs 500 billion. We have classified expenditure

6 August 2024, page 28 · Said by MS GORRETH NAMUGGA (NUP, Mawogola County South, Ssembabule) · Open the original page

July 2024

Ssembabule District

A member said the Katonga Bridge, key for trade to several countries, was destroyed two years ago and closed for over six months. While temporary fixes were made, traffic had to use the long Ssembabule Road, causing traders extra cost and time.

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I rise on a matter of national importance concerning Katonga Bridge. Katonga Bridge is on an international route, which serves western Uganda, northern Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Two years ago, this bridge was swept away and closed for more than six months. Temporary measures were taken to repair this bridge and traffic was channelled through the long Ssembabule Road, which was inconveniencing to the traders for those six months in terms of money and time –

23 July 2024, page 13 · Said by MR BATARINGAYA · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“Created a diversion for most of the heavy trucks to go through the longer route of Mpigi, Ssembabule, Masaka and then re- join Mbarara; 2.”

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Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have heard the matter of national importance raised by Hon. Bataringaya. First of all, I want to correct the dates. The bridge was not washed away two years ago. It was washed away last year in May, so, it was not two years ago. This is what we are doing: as you have rightly said, Hon. Bataringaya, when the safety of the bridge was compromised, we did the following: 1. Created a diversion for most of the heavy trucks to go through the longer route of Mpigi, Ssembabule, Masaka and then re- join Mbarara; 2. Put a temporary crossing for light vehicles including pedestrians; and 3. Put up a bailey bridge, which serves the crossing of all trucks, including heavy trucks. A bailey bridge is not a permanent structure. That bridge was compromised because of the change in the environment – meteorological changes; the change of behaviour of Katonga River. We had to study the meteorological behaviours of that river so that we can make a new structure, which is resilient and can stand the test of time. We could not rush into re- establishing more or less the same bridge, which had been compromised. Therefore, what has been done is that a contractor has already been identified and given the contract to conduct the new design of that bridge. This was a design-and-build contract. The design was made, reviewed and passed. The construction of the bridge will start around October when everything else has been done. The contractor is not only addressing Katonga Bridge, but will also address the challenges in

23 July 2024, page 13 · Said by THE MINISTER OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT (Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“…ra-Serere- Bugondo Road; the Soroti-Amuria-Acan Pii- Patongo-Abim Road; the Kanoni-Mityana Road; the Myanzi-Kassanda-BukuyaKiboga Road; the Ssembabule-Lyantonde-Rakai Road; the Luwero-Butalaangwa-Ngoma–Masindi Road; the Bwizibweera-Nsiika-Nyakabirizi Road; the Nakivaale-Rakai Road; the Fort Portal-Kijura Road, etc.?”

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You are debating in anticipation. Honourable members, as I said, I am going to read the President’s letter. The letter is addressed to the Right Honourable Speaker, Parliament of Uganda, Kampala. It is dated 22 June 2024. The Reference is: “Budget Reallocation by Parliament.” The letter reads: “The recent case of the Members of Parliament that were arrested for some alleged offences has again highlighted the mistake of Members of Parliament interfering with the constitutional mandate of the President of budgeting for the Country by reallocating monies budgeted for the core sectors of the economy. In the last four financial years, the Members of Parliament have reallocated a total of Shs 3.71 trillion. This is real sabotage. When we reconstructed the Kampala-Masaka Road, we used Shs 440 billion. Therefore, diverting Shs 3.71 trillion in four years is equivalent to aborting nine big roads of the Kampala-Masaka type, or a much larger number of smaller roads. You know very well the important roads that we have been struggling with. You have seen how much the Tirinyi-Pallisa- Kumi Road has helped the people of the area by avoiding the need to pass through Mbale City when they are travelling to Soroti. You have seen how the Musita-Mayuge- Namayingo-Busia Road has helped the people of that area. You have seen how the Mukono- Katosi-Nkokonjeru-Nyenga Road has helped the people of that area. Yet, for the Tirinyi- Palisa-Kumi Road, we used Shs 443.42 billion only. How much happier would Ugandans be, if we had tarmacked the Kumi-Ngora-Serere- Bugondo Road; the Soroti-Amuria-Acan Pii- Patongo-Abim Road; the Kanoni-Mityana Road; the Myanzi-Kassanda-BukuyaKiboga Road; the Ssembabule-Lyantonde-Rakai Road; the Luwero-Butalaangwa-Ngoma–Masindi Road; the Bwizibweera-Nsiika-Nyakabirizi Road; the Nakivaale-Rakai Road; the Fort Portal-Kijura Road, etc.? I have written on this issue - see my letter dated 28th April 2020. The Attorney-General has guided on the matter. The courts have guided, yet the practice goes on. There are three mistakes involved here and these are: (i) Indiscipline in budgeting; (ii) Sabotaging national priorities; (iii) And now the suspicion of massive corruption. I am, therefore, writing to request that this practice stops. As per Article 91(3)(c) of the Constitution of 1995, I decline to assent to the Appropriation Bill, 2024 and return it to Parliament, and request that no reshuffling of the Budget should ever happen again without the input of the Executive. Apart from the legality and constitutionality of the issues involved, there is common sense. Sprinkling money by MPs to get cheap popularity in constituencies will make us lose to focus on core items. How can patriots be part of this mistake? Signed by the President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.”

2 July 2024, page 4 · Said by THE SPEAKER · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“Madam Speak - er, I lay before Parliament a proposal to borrow up to Euros 126,440,168 equivalent to $136.95 million, as at 5 December 2023, from Citibank, to finance the design and building of Lusali - ra-Nkonge-Lumegere-Ssembabule Road up - grading project of 97 kilometres.”

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Madam Speak - er, I lay before Parliament a proposal to borrow up to Euros 126,440,168 equivalent to $136.95 million, as at 5 December 2023, from Citibank, to finance the design and building of Lusali - ra-Nkonge-Lumegere-Ssembabule Road up - grading project of 97 kilometres. I beg to lay.

2 July 2024, page 47 · Said by Kasaija Matia, Buyanja County, Kibaale (NRM) (recorded as THE MINISTER OF FINANCE, PLAN - NING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOP - MENT (Mr Matia Kasaija)) · Open the original page

April 2024

Ssembabule District

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“Actually, why is there no Ssembabule?”

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Actually, why is there no Ssembabule?

30 April 2024, page 61 · Said by THE CHAIRPERSON · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“I have been listening; I was attentively waiting for Ssembabule.”

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I have been listening; I was attentively waiting for Ssembabule. We had budgetary shortfalls and we thought the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development would address our concerns but I have waited in vain; I am not seeing anything here. Madam Chairperson, I was at the district; the district is doing badly; we are waiting for the supplementary yet nothing is forthcoming.

30 April 2024, page 61 · Said by MR SSEKIKUUBO · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“Madam Speaker, when it comes to the issue of equipment, you realise that much as we have equipment which is going to be supplied to the new districts, we also have a challenge of old equipment in districts, for example in Ssembabule, which was bought them in 2012 and 2017.”

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Madam Speaker, this brings us back to responsibility, right from the Committee on National Economy, the one that considers the loans. The reasons for some of these delays include the feasibility studies not being conducted, and all the backup documents when borrowing money. This is our responsibility, right from the time of borrowing. However, it comes back to the Ministry for lands – delays in compensation of landowners and delays in the processing of land titles, which should be considered too. Madam Speaker, when it comes to the issue of equipment, you realise that much as we have equipment which is going to be supplied to the new districts, we also have a challenge of old equipment in districts, for example in Ssembabule, which was bought them in 2012 and 2017. Most of it is ageing, and when you look at the money that is allocated for maintenance, it is very little. We need to increase the money for maintenance of road equipment –

12 April 2024, page 72 · Said by MS NAMUGGA · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“I suggest that for districts like Ssembabule, which are in the lowlands, their money should be increased, compared to other districts .”

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When it comes to the District Urban Community Access Roads (DUCAR) budget, we need to increase the money. I suggest that for districts like Ssembabule, which are in the lowlands, their money should be increased, compared to other districts . (Laughter)

12 April 2024, page 73 · Said by MS NAMUGGA · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“(Laughter) When it comes to Ssembabule, it is unique.”

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For Bukedea, you are fairly okay. (Laughter) When it comes to Ssembabule, it is unique. For example, for the rains that have just – (Interjections)- no, Ssembabule has almost been swept away. When it comes to roads, if other districts are getting Shs 1 billion, Ssembabule should be given an additional 10 per cent, considering the nature of its location. That is the truth, Madam Speaker. Thank you.

12 April 2024, page 73 · Said by MS NAMUGGA · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“Right now, there is no connection yet it is a very pivotal road, which would have saved us the burden of going to Ssembabule, when Katonga Bridge was closed.”

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Thank you Mr Speaker. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, I would like to bring it to your attention that the President, in 1996, promised to tarmac the road from Kifampa to Villa Maria. It is a very pivotal road. Right now, the bridge was washed away – it is part of Katonga; it was washed away at the same time. Right now, there is no connection yet it is a very pivotal road, which would have saved us the burden of going to Ssembabule, when Katonga Bridge was closed. I would like to know when that pledge - he had said that if we voted for him in 1996, he would do it. We voted for him. He was voted in, again. However, up to now –(Member timed out.)

4 April 2024, page 54 · Said by MR FRANCIS KATABAAZI (NUP, Kalungu East County, Kalungu) · Open the original page

February 2024

Ssembabule District

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“I had picked Hon. Komakech, the honourable lady for Mbale and then Ssembabule.”

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12110 PRIME MINISTER’S T IME Here at Nakasero, they take your MRI pictures and they are read and interpreted from India. Results come from there. So, what about from near here – by the time the pictures take an aeroplane to India and come back? (Laughter) You can task them to be quicker. I had picked Hon. Komakech, the honourable lady for Mbale and then Ssembabule. Honourable members, you are seated four people. I cannot say, “one, two, three” and you follow each other. I have to keep picking from all sides, one by one.

29 February 2024, page 38 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“Member from Mbale, followed by Ssembabule.”

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Thank you. Member from Mbale, followed by Ssembabule.

29 February 2024, page 39 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

A member asked why heavy trucks keep using the Matete‑Ssembabule‑Mbirizi road, blocking Mawogola residents from using it. He said he has written many letters to the Ministry of Works and Transport, but the road is still used by trucks and he wants intervention.

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Thank you, Mr Speaker. In the times when we got challenges on Masaka Road, Katonga Bridge. Matete-Ssembabule-Mbirizi was an alternative route. Heavy trucks used that road and it was wasted, we can no longer use that road as the citizens of Mawogola. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, what did the people of Ssembabule do to this Government -(Interruptions)- yes, I should ask. I have written so many letters to the Ministry of Works and Transport to at least intervene to allow that road to be used by the people of Mawogola; and it is still being used by heavy trucks. When do you intend to intervene and rescue the people of Mawogola so that we can also do business, Thank you.

29 February 2024, page 39 · Said by MS GORRETH NAMUGGA ( N U P , Mawogola County South, Ssembabule) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“Rt Hon. Prime Minister, the people of Ssembabule voted for you.”

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Rt Hon. Prime Minister, the people of Ssembabule voted for you.

29 February 2024, page 39 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“When Katonga Bridge was washed away by floods – all the trucks, including small vehicles, at first, were going through Mpigi, Ssembabule, up to Villa-Masaka, Kalungu.”

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

29 February 2024, page 39 · Said by Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative, Kakumiro (NRM) (recorded as THE PRIME MINISTER AND LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS (Ms Robinah Nabbanja)) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“12112 PRIME MINISTER’S T IME Ssembabule District has been voting for the NRM Government and we appreciate.”

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12112 PRIME MINISTER’S T IME Ssembabule District has been voting for the NRM Government and we appreciate. (Laughter) Yes. They have done something good and that is why they have such alternative routes, unlike other areas where we have not-appreciate for once. If it is an alternative in a bad state, honourable members of Parliament, if you have a big question like that, put it in writing so that- for me, I get written questions from the Clerk.

29 February 2024, page 40 · Said by Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative, Kakumiro (NRM) (recorded as THE PRIME MINISTER AND LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS (Ms Robinah Nabbanja)) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

A member said that the Adjumani Water Supply and Sanitation Project will build a 12,000‑cubic‑meter intake, a 4,000‑cubic‑meter supply plant, 51.8 km of distribution pipe and a 1,150‑cubic‑meter storage, plus sanitation facilities for Adjumani and nearby towns.

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11889 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2024 per day, and 6,000 cubic meters per day to 9,000 cubic meters per day, respectively. The project also entails laying of 85 kilometres of pipe network, construction of a 2,000 cubic meter capacity reservoir, and the rehabilitation and expansion of the sewage system. The scope of work under the neighbouring towns is being implemented under the Ministry of Water and Environment. 3. Adjumani Water Supply and Sanitation Project This project targets Adjumani Town Council, Pakele, Zaipi and Ciforo, among others and involves the construction of water intake structure of capacity 12,000 cubic meters per day, water supply plant of capacity of 4,000 cubic meters per day, laying of 51.8 kilometre of water distribution network and installation of the water storage capacity of 1,150 cubic metres and construction of sanitation facilities. iv. Source protection measures in Arua, Gulu, Mbale and Bushenyi areas Works under package two of the Gulu project are currently at 61 per cent and the project is expected to be completed by the end of October 2024. Contracts for Adjumani and Mbale were signed on 21 December 2023, and the contractor is currently mobilising to commence works; this is expected in March 2024. The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) and Gulu City are jointly implementing the integrated program to improve living conditions in Gulu through grant financing from KFW. This program is being implemented in two phases. The works under phase 1 were completed in 2020 and the system is operational now. The scope of works included the following: 1. Rehabilitation and expansion of Oyitino Dam, raw water intake and Gulu water treatment plant run raw water intake and good water treatment plant from 4,000 cubic metres per day to 10,000 cubic metres per day. This also included development of ground water capacity of 2,000 cubic metres per day; 2. The rehabilitation and expansion of the sewage system; 3. The construction of a faecal sludge treatment facility at Pece–Cubu; 4. The construction of 20 water-borne toilet facilities in public places; and 5. The construction of 30,000 cubic metres per day water intake in the River Nile at Karuma. The scope of work under phase 2 includes the following: 1. Construction of a Water Treatment plant of capacity 10,000 cubic metre per day at Karuma; 2. Construction of 5,000 cubic metre capacity reservoir at Customs Corner in Gulu City; 3. Installation of reservoirs in the six small towns along Gulu Highway, namely Karuma, Kamdini, Minakulu, Bobi, Koro- Abili and Palenga; and 4. The construction of a sludge storage facility at Pece-Cubu. Works under Phase 2 are at 43 per cent progress, and the project is expected to be completed by July, 2024. Ongoing projects scope includes only towns that are en-route to Gulu along the highway (Karuma, Kamdini, Minakulu, Bobi, Kolo- Abili, Palenga). Apparently Oyam North is not en-route and will only benefit from other National Water and Sewerage Cooperation (NWSC) budgetary arrangements that are gazetted by the Ministry of Water and Environment. The Hon. Gorreth Namugga, Member of Parliament, Mawogola South Ssembabule District, said: According to 3 rd National

15 February 2024, page 23 · Said by Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative, Kakumiro (NRM) (recorded as THE PRIME MINISTER AND LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS (Ms Robinah Nabbanja)) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“Mr Speaker, the road from Isingiro-Rakai up to Ntuusi is currently being designed from Isingiro-Rakai up to Ntuusi in Ssembabule.”

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Mr Speaker, the road from Isingiro-Rakai up to Ntuusi is currently being designed from Isingiro-Rakai up to Ntuusi in Ssembabule. I would like to allay the fears of my sister that the project will cover every part.

15 February 2024, page 27 · Said by Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative, Kakumiro (NRM) (recorded as THE PRIME MINISTER AND LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS (Ms Robinah Nabbanja)) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“Rt Hon. Prime Minister, when we were passing the loan to connect water to Isingiro, we passed two loans that covered water in Isingiro, Ssembabule, Rakai and all those areas.”

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Rt Hon. Prime Minister, when we were passing the loan to connect water to Isingiro, we passed two loans that covered water in Isingiro, Ssembabule, Rakai and all those areas. Maybe the implementation needs a follow-up.

15 February 2024, page 28 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“…Lwengo, Lyantonde, Mbarara, Mbarara City, Mityana, Mpigi, Mubende, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Namisindwa, Ngora, Ntungamo, Rakai, Rwampara and Ssembabule.”

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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,

1 February 2024, page 15 · Said by Tumwebaze Frank Kagyigyi, Kibale East County, Kamwenge (NRM) (recorded as THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES (Mr Frank Tumwebaze)) · Open the original page

January 2024

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“You only see Hon. Musasizi, my friend from Ssembabule and others.”

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11423 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 25 JANUARY 2024 their roles so let us agree and we give you the names of these people and something should be done. Otherwise, we always spend time in the absence of ministers. Imagine, a minister who last appeared at the Committee on Appointment, moreover, he or she is an ex-official of Parliament not coming into Parliament! You only see Hon. Musasizi, my friend from Ssembabule and others. It is not fair, Mr Speaker. Something must be done.

25 January 2024, page 5 · Said by Ssewungu Joseph Gonzaga, Kalungu County West, Kalungu (NUP) (recorded as MR SSEWUNGU) · Open the original page

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“I can take him -(Interjections)- yes, it is true some projects are not finished and some poles even in Ssembabule, where I come from - (Interjections)- Mr Speaker, having been here for 20 years on the same committee, even my house is not connected , but as you have said, there is a programme for scaling up.”

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11429 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 25 JANUARY 2024 you and the Government for what has been going on. Mr Speaker, I would like to put the record right. Before I came to the front bench, for the last 21 years, I have been a member of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. I can say that at that level, I provide institutional memory on that committee. Mr Speaker, Bukomansimbi is my neighbour. I recall vividly that my brother knows that under the Government of Uganda project, Bukomansimbi benefited from a line that was supposed to continue and it was installed and we inspected it. Therefore, it is not true that there has never been electricity in Bukomansimbi before or after independence. I can take him -(Interjections)- yes, it is true some projects are not finished and some poles even in Ssembabule, where I come from - (Interjections)- Mr Speaker, having been here for 20 years on the same committee, even my house is not connected , but as you have said, there is a programme for scaling up. Mr Speaker, you are aware that even when I was a member on that committee, two two- thirds of your constituents were scheduled for connection, but they have not been connected. Therefore, it is a national concern that we should handle together. The Minister of Energy will come here as you have said and bring a comprehensive report showing us what is going on and what is remaining. I do not want us to generalise that since independence, nothing has been done in Bukomansimbi. Mr Speaker, I offer to go with my colleague tomorrow evening, so that I show him where electricity is connected. Thank you.

25 January 2024, page 11 · Said by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH (GENERAL DUTIES) (Ms Anifah Kawooya) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

A member named several representatives from different counties to sit on the Committee on Public Accounts (Local Governments).

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Madam Speaker, I beg to designate the following honourable members to the Committee on Public Accounts (Local Governments) as members: 1. Hon. Mary Begumisa - Ssembabule; 2. Hon. Jacob Karubanga Ateenyi - Kibanda South County; 3. Hon Lilian Paparu Obiale - Arua; 4. Hon. Agnes Abwoli - Workers; 5. Hon. Jovanice Twinobusingye - Kiruhura; 6. Hon. Acan Joyce Okeny - PWD; 7. Hon. Kevin Oginga Kaala - Palisa; 8. Hon. David Lagen - Agago County; 9. Hon. Joel Leku - Terego West County; 10. Hon. Sowedi Kitanywa - Busongora County North; 11. Hon. Godfrey Onzima - Aringa North County; 12. Hon. Phyllis Chemutai - Kapchorwa; 13. Hon. Okullu Aabuka Jalon - Lamwo County; 14. Hon. Etuka Isaac Joakino - Upper Madi County; 15. Dr Emely Kugonza - Buyanja East County;

9 January 2024, page 31 · Said by THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF WHIP (Mr Denis Obua) · Open the original page

2023

December 2023

Ssembabule District

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“However, currently people are still suffering going all the way through Ssembabule.”

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11320 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION [Mr Bahati] LAYING OF PAPERS Secondly, the Minister of Works and Transport is here. We visited Katonga Bridge with the Deputy Speaker and we were told that the road would be opened before the end of November. However, currently people are still suffering going all the way through Ssembabule. I do not know when the works minister, Gen. Katumba, will open that road because I saw it completed. Thirdly, the bus fares increase because when one takes people to Mbale or Mbarara, they come back with empty buses. So, we must also put something there to compensate them. When a bus takes people upcountry, it comes back with empty seats –

13 December 2023, page 6 · Said by Byanyima Nathan, Bukanga North County, Isingiro (NRM) (recorded as MR NATHAN BYANYIMA (NRM, Bukanga North County, Isingiro)) · Open the original page

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A member warned that cattle keepers in Ssembabule face theft and anthrax risk, and that malaria is high in the rainy season. He also asked Parliament to fund road repairs and upgrades in Masaka and nearby industrial areas.

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Thank you. Honourable members, as we go for Christmas, to those of us who are cattle keepers, there is going to be a lot of theft. Then, we have also heard about the Anthrax outbreak in the districts of Kazo, Ssembabule and Kyotera; so, we should be able to protect our cows from being infected. This is also due to the weather because it is a rainy season – so, there is a lot of malaria. We should take note. Honourable members, I now put the question that the motion for a Resolution of Parliament to authorise – by the way, I do not need a motion because the debate has been done. Honourable members, I now put the question that the motion for a Resolution of Parliament to authorise Government to pre-finance reconstruction of the Masaka-Mutukula Road (89.5 kilometres) and rehabilitation of the Nyendo-Villa Maria Road (11 kilometres); upgrading of 3.5 kilometres access road to the Uganda People’s Defence Force barracks in Masaka; 3.5 kilometres access road to Masaka Industrial Park; and an additional scope of 28.5 kilometres for Kikagati-Kafunzo Road at a total cost of Shs 691,680,000,000; be approved by this House. (Question put and agreed to.) Motion adopted.

13 December 2023, page 23 · Said by THE SPEAKER · Open the original page

November 2023

Ssembabule District

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“A case in point is in my district, Ssembabule.”

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He is here. Kindly, Hon. Raphael Magyezi, the civil servants are getting directly into PDM through politics, to antagonise our people. A case in point is in my district, Ssembabule. Please, handle your civil servants. I know it is affecting you somewhere else in the country. Thank you.

22 November 2023, page 37 · Said by Begumisa Protazio, Ndorwa County East, Kabale (NRM) (recorded as MS BEGUMISA) · Open the original page

October 2023

Ssembabule District

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“Ssembabule District Local Government; 93.”

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10802 STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS 88. Kassanda District Local Government; 89. Lyantonde District Local Government; 90. Kalangala District Local Government; 91. Bukomansimbi District Local Government; 92. Ssembabule District Local Government; 93. Mubende District Local Government; 94. Mubende Municipal Council; 95. Rakai District Local Government; 96. Lwengo District Local Government; and 97. Kyotera District Local Government.” I beg to move, Mr Speaker.

25 October 2023, page 44 · Said by Silwany Solomon, Bukooli County Central, Bugiri (NRM) (recorded as MR SOLOMON SILWANY (NRM, Bukooli County Central, Bugiri)) · Open the original page

August 2023

Ssembabule District

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“We have a challenge along Masaka Road; buses go through Ssembabule yet they are not meant to go through axle points.”

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Through you, Madam Speaker, to the Prime Minister, you are in real trouble. There is no way you can conduct business here without your office being serious because you are the Leader of Government Business. The Government Chief Whip has always been writing; even to us on matters that we raise. We have a challenge along Masaka Road; buses go through Ssembabule yet they are not meant to go through axle points. The prayer I would like to make regarding this matter of fuel is, allow buses to go through Katonga. People are failing to travel because transport is very expensive. They carry only 59 people on the bus. Who can help us since the Minister of Works and Transport is not here? The people conducting transport business are collapsing because people no longer use those buses. Instead, coasters are plying that road. Madam Prime Minister, I inquired with the engineers and they said that there is no reason as to why buses cannot use that road. It is becoming very costly for them to go through Ssembabule yet nothing is being done about fuel prices. Rt Hon. Deputy Prime Minister, you should come out directly and tell us where the real Prime Minister, Hon. Nabbanja, who is fully facilitated to appear here every week, is. It is now three weeks and she has not appeared here. (Interjection) - maternity leave? Where did she get it from?

31 August 2023, page 10 · Said by Ssewungu Joseph Gonzaga, Kalungu County West, Kalungu (NUP) (recorded as MR JOSEPH SSEWUNGU (NUP, Kalungu West County, Kalungu)) · Open the original page

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“It is seconded by Hon. Ibanda, Hon. Milton, the Member from Ssembabule, Hon. Alobo, Hon. Christine, by all the cattle keepers.”

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Is the Bill seconded? It is seconded by Hon. Ibanda, Hon. Milton, the Member from Ssembabule, Hon. Alobo, Hon. Christine, by all the cattle keepers. (Laughter) Hon. Charity, Gen. Kavuma, all of them. Would you love to speak to your Bill?

30 August 2023, page 25 · Said by THE SPEAKER · Open the original page

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“Honourable colleagues, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have teachers and students from various schools under Queen of Apostles, Katimba Catholic Parish, Ssembabule District.”

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Thank you. Honourable colleagues, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have teachers and students from various schools under Queen of Apostles, Katimba Catholic Parish, Ssembabule District. They are represented by Hon. Gorreth Namugga and Hon. Mary Begumisa. They have come to observe the proceedings of the House. Please, join me in welcoming them. (Applause) Honourable colleagues, the Member is going to conclude. Hon. Batuwa, when someone is holding the Floor, please, sit. These are simple rules that you should get accustomed to – (Laughter) – because they raised a point of order. It will be up to you, honourable colleagues, to judge. The decision will be for the House. I facilitate a Member to present his view here. After Hon. Batuwa, I expect another Member to object, saying: “In Netherlands and Canada, some products are allowed for recreation. So, should we also allow them here to accommodate the Canadians who visit Uganda - because they are also our brothers and sisters?” Everyone will present their case. I will allow those who are for “ mairungi”, Hemp and even poison – (Laughter)- to present their case, if it fits in here. I will also allow those for shisha and everything else and then, I put the question. So, honourable member, I want you to be specific: what do you want the House to do?

22 August 2023, page 19 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

July 2023

Ssembabule District

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“Ssembabule- Mbirizi is the alternative route for heavy trucks now, but the road is impassable- the dust is simply too much.”

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Thank you, Madam Speaker. Much as you have advised that some of the matters on roads should be taken to the Leader of the Opposition, I have something very important that the minister should hear it here on the Floor, since it is coming from the shadow minister. Madam Speaker, everyone is aware of Katonga Bridge along Masaka Road. Ssembabule- Mbirizi is the alternative route for heavy trucks now, but the road is impassable- the dust is simply too much. Trucks from Congo and Rwanda use that route. I advise that to avoid accidents, especially for school-going children, the Government should intervene by gravelling that road, not spot grading. I encourage the Government to kindly intervene otherwise, Ssembabule is in trouble. The community is seriously complaining, businesses have been frustrated, boda bodas are no longer using that road, and all the light trucks cannot use the road. Madam Speaker, this is very urgent and so, I could not wait for the LoP to address this. Thank you.

12 July 2023, page 5 · Said by MS GORRETH NAMUGGA (NUP, Mawogoola County South, Ssembabule) · Open the original page

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“These include; Rakai, Lyantonde, Kyotera, Masaka, Masaka City, Lwengo, Bukomansimbi, Kalangala, Kalungu and Ssembabule.”

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

6 July 2023, page 22 · Said by Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative, Kakumiro (NRM) (recorded as THE PRIME MINISTER AND LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS (Ms Robinah Nabbanja)) · Open the original page

May 2023

Ssembabule District

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“(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.”

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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.

24 May 2023, page 28 · Said by THE DEPUTY SPEAKER · Open the original page

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“On Matete-Ssembabule road, there is contractor on that section – (Interruption)”

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

23 May 2023, page 11 · Said by THE MINISTER OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT (Gen. Katumba Wamala) · Open the original page

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“Otherwise, people are spending a lot of money moving via Ssembabule.”

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

23 May 2023, page 11 · Said by Ssewungu Joseph Gonzaga, Kalungu County West, Kalungu (NUP) (recorded as MR SSEWUNGU) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“…21,557,840,000 253) Vote 924: Rukungiri District – Shs 40,111,677,000 254) Vote 925: Rwampara District - Shs 21,241,513,000 255) Vote 926: Ssembabule District – Shs 29,341,783,000 256) Vote 927: Serere District – Shs 32,000,876,000 257) Vote 928: Sheema District – Shs 26,927,219,000 258) Vote 929: Sironko District – S…”

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8759 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023 229) Vote 900: Nabilatuk District – Shs 8,965,015,000 230) Vote 901: Nakapiripirt District – Shs 11,039,255,000 231) Vote 902: Nakaseke District – Shs 33,609,209,000 232) Vote 903: Nakasongola District – Shs 29,199,461,000 233) Vote 904: Namayingo District – Shs 24,345,537,000 234) Vote 905: Namisindwa District – Shs 25,757,056,000 235) Vote 906: Namutumba District – Shs 29,395,177,000 236) Vote 907: Napak District – Shs 14,554,931,000 237) Vote 908: Nebbi District – Shs 28,393,138,000 238) Vote 909: Ngora District – Shs 20,015,428,000 239) Vote 910: Ntoroko District – Shs 17,856,009,000 240) Vote 911: Ntungamo District – Shs 52,482,302,000 241) Vote 912: Nwoya District – Shs 19,818,194,000 242) Vote 913: Obongi District – Shs 11,259,732,000 243) Vote 914: Omoro District – Shs 23,623,072,000 244) Vote 915: Otuke District – Shs 17,308,500,000 245) Vote 916: Oyam District – Shs 36,647,321,000 246) Vote 917: Pader District – Shs 28,538,070,000 247) Vote 918: Pakwach District – Shs 20,416,756,000 248) Vote 919: Pallisa District – Shs 32,319,522,000 249) Vote 920: Rakai District – Shs 35,470,398,000 250) Vote 921: Rubanda District – Shs 26,781,538,000 251) Vote 922: Rubirizi District – Shs 17,650,350,000 252) Vote 923: Rukiga District – Shs 21,557,840,000 253) Vote 924: Rukungiri District – Shs 40,111,677,000 254) Vote 925: Rwampara District - Shs 21,241,513,000 255) Vote 926: Ssembabule District – Shs 29,341,783,000 256) Vote 927: Serere District – Shs 32,000,876,000 257) Vote 928: Sheema District – Shs 26,927,219,000 258) Vote 929: Sironko District – Shs 32,016,598,000 259) Vote 930: Soroti District – Shs 22,110,246,000 260) Vote 931: Terego District – Shs 25,198,993,000 261) Vote 932: Tororo District – Shs 57,785,129,000 262) Vote 933: Wakiso District – Shs 78,280,713,000

18 May 2023, page 73 · Said by THE CHAIRPERSON · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“When the route to Ssembabule gets cut off, we shall have nowhere to pass.”

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8635 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023 Many people who sell fish, mchomo and all these kinds of things have been affected economically but we have not seen anything being done. In fact, even the other side of Lwera has sunk in. So, we are completely cut off. This would have been worse if loss of lives was involved. I think God is warning us but we are not listening. We have raised the issue of having an alternative route. That is why the route is longer now. There is an alternative route which only needs to be fixed; it is only 48 kilometres from Villa Maria to Kabulasoke but it has never been worked on. They have given us a deaf ear. When the route to Ssembabule gets cut off, we shall have nowhere to pass. That is the information I am giving. (Laughter)

16 May 2023, page 7 · Said by Kiconco Patrick Katabaazi, Rukiga County, Rukiga (NRM) (recorded as MR KATABAAZI) · Open the original page

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“That would save people from going through Ssembabule to Mbarara and other parts of the country – (Interjection) - Let me conclude.”

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

16 May 2023, page 8 · Said by Ssewungu Joseph Gonzaga, Kalungu County West, Kalungu (NUP) (recorded as MR JOSEPH SSEWUNGU (NUP, Kalungu County West, Kalungu)) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“The alternative route is Ssembabule -Mbirizi.”

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Thank you, honourable colleague, for giving way and I thank you, Madam Speaker. The alternative route is Ssembabule -Mbirizi. From Kampala to Masaka, the route is 120 kilometres. From Kampala through Mpigi - Gomba to Ssembabule Town is 146 kilometres. The alternative route would have been Ssembabule - Mbirizi; that is a distance of 36 kilometres from Ssembabule Town to Mbirizi. When you get to Ssembabule Town, you are diverted through Bukomansimbi back to Masaka. For those of you who can look at that route, it gives you an additional 80 kilometres. Therefore, economically, it is not viable and this will get back to the common user of commodities because they are going to be automatically expensive since that is the route used for trade. I know it is raining but can we have graders on Ssembabule-Mbirizi road to divert traffic from Bukomansimbi to Masaka and then to the western region? I would like to appeal to the House to recommend that all machines in Uganda should go to Ssembabule-Mbirizi road. Thank you.

16 May 2023, page 8 · Said by MS NAMUGGA · Open the original page

April 2023

Ssembabule District

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“The table is as below: i) Butambala District – Shs 1.5 billion ii) Ssembabule District – Shs 127,469,171 The committee was informed that Shs 127 million was appropriated for Vote 926: Ssembabule District, for the Financial Year 2022/2023 to support health centres in the district.”

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7879 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 5 APRIL 2023 Ethics and Integrity. Therefore, we recommend approval of Shs 401.68 billion for those various Votes. Shs 1.627 billion as reallocation within the local government budgets. The table is as below: i) Butambala District – Shs 1.5 billion ii) Ssembabule District – Shs 127,469,171 The committee was informed that Shs 127 million was appropriated for Vote 926: Ssembabule District, for the Financial Year 2022/2023 to support health centres in the district. However, the accounting officer requested that the above funds be reallocated for the purpose of procuring land for a health centre IV. The Ministry of Health informed the committee that the said land was donated to the district by an individual. In light of the above, the committee declines the approval of reallocation of Shs 127 million for Vote 926: Ssembabule District Local Government, to procure land and recommends that this fund should be retained for its original purpose. The committee recommends approval of Shs 1.5 billion to Butambala Local Government. Part B This is a supplementary request that requires prior parliamentary approval. Government is requesting for Shs 1.538 trillion under Schedule No.1 with the addenda. This is above the 3 per cent legal limit for both development and recurrent expenditure. The Votes are as follows: i) Vote 004: Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs – Shs 339.809 billion required to cover the shortfall on wage. This will be funded by a corresponding suppression in the classified equipment project. The committee recommends approval of Shs 339.809 billion. ii) Vote 010: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. A request of Shs 12.979 billion is required as external financing from the World Bank for Uganda Multi-Sector Food Security and Nutrition Project. Honourable Members, you will read that narration. We recommend approval of Shs 12.979 billion. iii) Vote 011: Ministry of Local Government, Shs 13.978 billion is required as follows: a) Shs 13.179 billion as external financing from the African Development Bank for Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Project (MATIP 2). This is required to facilitate the completion of the activities. b) Shs 799 million is required as unspent external funding from USAID for Financial Year 2021/2022 for the coordination of implementation of Northern Uganda Development Enhance Local Governance Infrastructure and Livelihoods Programme (NUDEIL). The committee recommends the approval of 13.978 billion to the Ministry of Local Government. Vote 014: Ministry of Health made a request for Shs 208.825 billion as follows: Shs 176.943 billion was provided by the World Bank to UNICEF for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines under the Uganda COVID-19 Response Emergency Preparedness Project. We recommend the approval of that request. Shs 31.882 billion for reimbursement of funds spent by the Government of Uganda on the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines also under the same programme. There is also a risk allowance of Shs 8 billion. There is also Shs 11.5 billion court award to Sino Africa Medicine and Health Limited.

5 April 2023, page 27 · Said by Wamakuyu Mudimi Ignatius, Elgon County, Bulambuli (INDEP.) (recorded as MR WAMAKUYU) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“The challenges of the PDM are immense and just like Emyooga , we will continue to have challenges, but I wanted to inform you that Ssembabule District, and in particular my constituency of Mawogola North, has 117 beneficiaries from three parishes.”

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Thank you, Mr Speaker. The challenges of the PDM are immense and just like Emyooga , we will continue to have challenges, but I wanted to inform you that Ssembabule District, and in particular my constituency of Mawogola North, has 117 beneficiaries from three parishes. By the end of this week, beneficiaries from 65 parishes, which make up Ssembabule District, will have received their money. As we vouch for community mobilisation, information and mindset change, there are good stories to tell. I am following up as the Member of Parliament, knowing that this is part of my role of oversight and I just want to emphasise that this is a Government programme which must work. For those who are keen, just like Emyooga , I have good stories to tell. People have returned [Ms Nyamitoro] REPORTS ON THE PARISH DEVELOPMENT MODEL

4 April 2023, page 36 · Said by Musherure Shartsi Nayebare Kutesa, Ex Officio Member (N/A) (recorded as MS SHARTSI MUSHERURE (Independent, Mawogoola North County, Ssembabule)) · Open the original page

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“However, there is a good story from Ssembabule.”

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7843 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 4 APRIL 2 023 funds and Emyooga is working. The PDM can also work, but we have a lot of work to do. However, there is a good story from Ssembabule. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

4 April 2023, page 37 · Said by Musherure Shartsi Nayebare Kutesa, Ex Officio Member (N/A) (recorded as MS SHARTSI MUSHERURE (Independent, Mawogoola North County, Ssembabule)) · Open the original page

March 2023

Ssembabule District

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“…red 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, Nakasek…”

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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.

30 March 2023, page 33 · Said by Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative, Kakumiro (NRM) (recorded as THE PRIME MINISTER AND LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS (Ms Robinah Nabbanja)) · Open the original page

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“…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 so…”

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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

16 March 2023, page 7 · Said by GEN. MUSEVENI · Open the original page

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“As the trend has always been, he was bundled into a drone van, driven to Masaka Police Station, then to Ssembabule and, later on, to the Special Investigation Unit, Kireka, where he died after two weeks.”

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

9 March 2023, page 8 · Said by MR MPUUGA · Open the original page

January 2023

Ssembabule District

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“My poor are left homeless and my prayer is that the Rt Hon. Prime Minister should move to Mawogola in Ssembabule District and give our people food, iron sheets and cement.”

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Mr Speaker, my matter is about the heavy rains that destroyed close to 10 villages. My poor are left homeless and my prayer is that the Rt Hon. Prime Minister should move to Mawogola in Ssembabule District and give our people food, iron sheets and cement. Mr Speaker, it has become a routine for the Prime Minister to only give beans and posho to the people in disaster. This time, I call upon the Prime Minister to give beyond mere food and other common items. Thank you.

25 January 2023, page 11 · Said by MS GORRETH NAMUGGA (NUP, Mawogola County South, Ssembabule) · Open the original page

2022

December 2022

Ssembabule District

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“Due to torrential rains that have hit Ssembabule and other areas in the country, the Kagari Bridge, connecting Ssembabule to Gomba, is now impassable.”

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Thank you, Mr Speaker. Due to torrential rains that have hit Ssembabule and other areas in the country, the Kagari Bridge, connecting Ssembabule to Gomba, is now impassable. The embankment has been washed away. Hon. Rwakoojo and I have been keen to work with the people in this area and assure them that something will be done on their behalf. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, kindly help us know whether UNRA can take up this bridge and do urgent repairs as well as adopt this bridge because Ssembabule District is unable to afford its maintenance. Thank you.

8 December 2022, page 32 · Said by Musherure Shartsi Nayebare Kutesa, Ex Officio Member (N/A) (recorded as MS SHARTSI MUSHERURE (Independent, Mawogola North County, Ssembabule)) · Open the original page

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“Mr Speaker, I am directing Hon. Musa Ecweru here – (Laughter) - to go to Ssembabule and make sure that, that bridge is repaired for the people to use it.”

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Mr Speaker, I am directing Hon. Musa Ecweru here – (Laughter) - to go to Ssembabule and make sure that, that bridge is repaired for the people to use it. Thank you

8 December 2022, page 32 · Said by Nabbanja Robinah, District Woman Representative, Kakumiro (NRM) (recorded as MS NABBANJA) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“This is in response to the allegation made by Hon. Mary Begumisa (Woman Member of Parliament, Ssembabule District) during the Parliamentary sitting of 1 December 2022.”

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Mr Speaker, I rise under Rule 55(1) of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament on a personal explanation. This is in response to the allegation made by Hon. Mary Begumisa (Woman Member of Parliament, Ssembabule District) during the Parliamentary sitting of 1 December 2022. I thank you for this opportunity. Under Rule 73 of the Rules of Procedure, some of the allegations the honourable member raised are sub judice, as they are matters before the courts of law. A case in point are the five people the honourable member alleged that were her supporters and I had arrested them and that they have not been produced in courts of law. I do not have the powers to arrest any person. These people were arrested by the police upon complaints reporting a case for which I am among the complainants. The matter is before Court under reference SDO 2/31/10/22. On the allegations of land, Mr Speaker, it is also untrue as the said land is registered and titled under Anifa Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) - a large agricultural producer in agroforestry, fish and subsistence farming. There is no way I can grab land, which has documentary proof that it belongs to an organisation. Under Rule 84 of the Rules of Procedure, I find the allegations unbecoming, and imputing improper motives on me personally. They are full of personal allusions and very speculative without substantial and supporting evidence. The fact that they are not supported by any evidence and were not substantiated, they fall below the Parliamentary standard under matters of national importance. In accordance with Rule 229 of the Rules of Procedure, the allegations are defamatory, undignified, very offensive and criminal in nature that need –

7 December 2022, page 13 · Said by Anifa Bangirana, Mawogola West County, Ssembabule (NRM) (recorded as MS BANGIRANA) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“At no single time have I come closer or met the honourable member in Ssembabule District, save for when all the honourable members from the district were invited to a district roads committee, and when the technical staff from the Ministry of Health…”

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Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was saying that in accordance with Rule 229 of the Rules of Procedure, the allegations are defamatory, undignified, very offensive and criminal in nature that they need to be subjected to an investigation. It is not true that I have ever threatened Hon. Mary Begumisa or her family members or supporters. At no single time have I come closer or met the honourable member in Ssembabule District, save for when all the honourable members from the district were invited to a district roads committee, and when the technical staff from the Ministry of Health, led by the Permanent Secretary, carried out support supervision on health facility units in the district. My colleagues are here to bear me witness. I have never ever met Hon. Begumisa at any function, any place, or anywhere other than those two times. Mr Speaker, the honourable member, having failed to lay supportive evidence to justify that her life and that of her family were in danger, and to compel them to camp at the parliamentary parking yard and not having reported to the Parliamentary Police Unit or any other unit, is demonstration that the honourable member is seeking cheap popularity and attention. It is not true that the family of the honourable member is camped at this parliamentary parking yard due to insecurity. I know for a

7 December 2022, page 13 · Said by Anifa Bangirana, Mawogola West County, Ssembabule (NRM) (recorded as MS BANGIRANA) · Open the original page

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“The allegation that there is political chaos in Ssembabule District is unfounded and absolutely untrue.”

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6638 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT fact that Mr Wilber Begumisa, the husband to the honourable member, whose home in Lwebitakuli Trading Centre, is about three miles from my home and whenever the honourable member is in Parliament, Mr Begumisa is always seen parked in the parliamentary parking yard, waiting for the honourable member; which is okay. (Laughter) The honourable member’s allegation that Lwebitakuli District, composed of three subcounties and other local units, had been authorised by the Ministry of Local Government by “orders from above” and as a presidential directive, is very outrageous because the creation of a district is a process and a preserve of Parliament under Article 179 of the Constitution of Uganda. Furthermore, Article 179(4) states: “ Any measures for the alteration of boundaries or creation of districts or administrative units shall be based on a number of considerations, among which are the wishes of the people concerned .” It is not a preserve of an individual. No matter how one is perceived to be untouchable, it is a preserve of this Parliament. The allegation that there is political chaos in Ssembabule District is unfounded and absolutely untrue. For the record, Hon. Begumisa in 2001 unsuccessfully attempted to join this august House. She stood as a candidate for Reform Agenda and miserably lost to me.

7 December 2022, page 14 · Said by Anifa Bangirana, Mawogola West County, Ssembabule (NRM) (recorded as MS BANGIRANA) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“6639 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2022 or administration units in Ssembabule District threaten the honourable member and her family or cause political chaos in the district?”

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6639 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2022 or administration units in Ssembabule District threaten the honourable member and her family or cause political chaos in the district? I am aware that some of you, my colleagues, are waiting for an opportunity when Article 179(4) will come - maybe in 2025 - to have creation of new units in your areas and I will be supportive. For the record, Mr Speaker, I want to say that immediately after our elections - honourable colleagues, this is not something that is just coming up today. These allegations were made in 2021. Similar ones were made before the Minister of Security and the Government Chief Whip – by then yourself, Mr Speaker. All of us - MPs from the district - were invited. I made my case and you, with the honourable Minister of Security, well guided that Hon. Mary Begumisa should find ways of harmoniously working with the rest of the Members from the district. Furthermore, in 2021, the honourable member alleged that her upcountry home was under attack. Police carried out investigations and established that the attacker is a person who was suffering from mental disturbance; he was a mad person, and her neighbor, moreover. And there is evidence at the police. On 2 November 2021, the honourable member wrote to the Rt Hon. Speaker asking her to define for her the role of the Woman Member of Parliament vis-à-vis the role of a constituency MP. Mr Speaker, roles of Members of Parliament are well-defined in the Constitution. It was, therefore, not necessary for the honourable member to request the Speaker to do research and to interpret the law. The allegations made in that letter were established to be null and void because, again, I defended myself before the Rt Hon. Speaker and I am sure the allegation that I am the one who should have caused insecurity because of being in the constituency - Mr Speaker, my short background, as I finalise: I participated in the 1995 Constitution making process. I have been in this august House for over 20 years, consecutively. (Applause) I have represented this august House at the Pan-African Parliament for five years. I have represented the Pan-African Parliament both at the African Union and the UN for a, on issues of gender and human rights. I was a district local council Speaker in the 1990s. I am a seasoned politician. Honourable colleagues, this long record of my legislative profile is a testimony that I am well conversant with both the legislative law and local government procedures. At no single time of my tenure have I ever made a personal statement. In conclusion, the current allegations of the honourable member are not new. They are not backed by evidence and they are speculative. As I said, they are only calculated to attract sympathy and to cause tension between us, the two Members. Honourable members, the issue is not one that should have been brought under the issues of national importance because in Ssembabule District, there are many issues of concern that the Member should have raised in this august House. Mr Speaker, my prayers are: 1. Matters that are before courts of law should be left to run their own course for justice to prevail; 2. Other matters raised should be thoroughly investigated and for all so that this matter is put to rest; 3. Finally, it is my humble prayer that I and the honourable colleague strive for coherence and harmony in our respective constituencies. Once again, Mr Speaker, I thank you for this opportunity. (Applause)

7 December 2022, page 15 · Said by Anifa Bangirana, Mawogola West County, Ssembabule (NRM) (recorded as MS BANGIRANA) · Open the original page

November 2022

Ssembabule District

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“…da, Kayunga, Kiboga, Kyankwanzi, Kyotera, Luwero, Lwengo, Lyantonde, Masaka, Mityana, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Rakai, Ssembabule, Wakiso, Bugweri, Kitagwenda –(Interjections) - that is central.”

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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.

22 November 2022, page 23 · Said by MR IKOJO · Open the original page

July 2022

Ssembabule District

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“Ssembabule District is a drought-prone area and so, we face challenges of water in our schools.”

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Thank you, Madam Speaker, and the minister for responding to those questions. Ssembabule District is a drought-prone area and so, we face challenges of water in our schools. Our children walk long distances –

7 July 2022, page 45 · Said by MS GORRETH NAMUGGA (NUP, Mawogola County South, Ssembabule) · Open the original page

Ssembabule District

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“On the issue of water in schools, children walking long distances, new classroom blocks in Ssembabule, Madam Speaker, the partners we get come with their different packages because we are not constructing all these classrooms with funding entirely from Government of Uganda.”

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Thank you, Madam Speaker. I undertake to do that. On the issue of water in schools, children walking long distances, new classroom blocks in Ssembabule, Madam Speaker, the partners we get come with their different packages because we are not constructing all these classrooms with funding entirely from Government of Uganda. The seed secondary schools, for instance, that we constructed -117 in phase one - were as a result of an arrangement between Government of Uganda and the World Bank and the packages are there. Others may come – (Interruption)

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Lwemiyaga County

Named directly

2026

July 2026

A member from Lwemiyaga County, Ssembabule was named to the Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation.

May 2026

No statements were made about any places.

April 2026

A member for Lwemiyaga was called upon.

2025

July 2025

A member said that a soldier, Lt Zziwa, who lives in Lwemiyaga, shot an MP and others, and that the army has returned to attack civilians in Ssembabule, despite promises to hand control to the police. The incident shows ongoing impunity.

May 2025

A contractor for the Kampala‑Mityana‑Mubende Road has been persuaded to resume work but has not been paid; a member asks the Lwemiyaga County representative for input.

February 2025

The Pope will visit Lwemiyaga on 19 th, then Gulu and Jinja. Parliament hopes to welcome him, arrange his itinerary, and support the visit. Members are invited to attend and give blessings.

2024

September 2024

August 2024

A member from Lwemiyaga County says he is the chief petitioner of a motion and that he went to Gulu to collect signatures, assuring the speaker he did not end up in shame.

Families in Lwemiyaga say they were illegally evicted and mistreated by their MP. A member said the petition will be sent to the Minister of Lands, who will investigate and report back in three months.

May 2024

A member said that high taxes and rising fuel prices make transport too expensive, causing people from Lwemiyaga to avoid going to Kampala for important matters. He urged the government to keep taxes unchanged to help struggling communities.

January 2024

Members from Dokolo South, Lower Madi, Mbarara North, Lwengo, Mwenge North, Agago North, Kashari North, Lwemiyaga, Mityana North, Kibuku, Bungokho Central, and Napore West were designated.

2023

October 2023

July 2023

2022

December 2022

Named through Ssembabule District

2026

July 2026

A member from Lwemiyaga County, Ssembabule was named to the Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation.

May 2026

No statements were made about any places.

No statements were made about any place in the extract.

April 2026

March 2026

2025

December 2025

September 2025

July 2025

A member said that a soldier, Lt Zziwa, who lives in Lwemiyaga, shot an MP and others, and that the army has returned to attack civilians in Ssembabule, despite promises to hand control to the police. The incident shows ongoing impunity.

June 2025

A member said more money will be spent on roads in Ssembabule, Kiboga, Kassanda, Rakai, Luweero, Kayunga, Nakapiripirit, Kira, Mayuge, Kampala, Kyenjojo, Pakwach, Nakaseke, Dokolo, and Mpigi. Existing road projects will finish, and new maintenance and bridge work will start next year.

May 2025

April 2025

February 2025

A delegation from Mawogola North County, Ssembabule District, visited Parliament and was welcomed by members.

January 2025

A member raised the case of Prossy Nambalirwa from Mawogola County, Ssembabule District, who is stuck in Saudi Arabia and needs help to return home for treatment. The member urged the ministry to act quickly and fast‑track the Labour Externalisation Bill to protect migrant workers.

2024

December 2024

November 2024

October 2024

September 2024

August 2024

A member asked the government to revolve unused youth fund money, release politically imprisoned youths, and create more skilling centres in Ssembabule District, especially in Mawogola County, where only one distant polytechnic exists.

A 97‑kilometre road upgrade will link Lusalira, Kasambya, Nkonge, Lumegere and Ssembabule.

Parliament approved borrowing to upgrade a 97‑km road that passes through Kasambya and Ssembabule.

A new Class II paved road will link Kasambya, Ssembabule and Fort Portal, cutting travel time and freight costs. The government and Citibank will fund the 334.91 billion shilling project, aiming to boost local access to goods, services and development.

Parliament approved borrowing about $137 million to fund the design and construction of a 97‑km road upgrade that includes Kasambya and Ssembabule.

July 2024

A member said the Katonga Bridge, key for trade to several countries, was destroyed two years ago and closed for over six months. While temporary fixes were made, traffic had to use the long Ssembabule Road, causing traders extra cost and time.

April 2024

February 2024

A member asked why heavy trucks keep using the Matete‑Ssembabule‑Mbirizi road, blocking Mawogola residents from using it. He said he has written many letters to the Ministry of Works and Transport, but the road is still used by trucks and he wants intervention.

A member said that the Adjumani Water Supply and Sanitation Project will build a 12,000‑cubic‑meter intake, a 4,000‑cubic‑meter supply plant, 51.8 km of distribution pipe and a 1,150‑cubic‑meter storage, plus sanitation facilities for Adjumani and nearby towns.

January 2024

A member named several representatives from different counties to sit on the Committee on Public Accounts (Local Governments).

2023

December 2023

A member warned that cattle keepers in Ssembabule face theft and anthrax risk, and that malaria is high in the rainy season. He also asked Parliament to fund road repairs and upgrades in Masaka and nearby industrial areas.

November 2023

October 2023

August 2023

July 2023

May 2023

April 2023

The Pope will visit Lwemiyaga on 19 th, then Gulu and Jinja. Parliament hopes to welcome him, arrange his itinerary, and support the visit. Members are invited to attend and give blessings.

A new Class II paved road will link Kasambya, Ssembabule and Fort Portal, cutting travel time and freight costs. The government and Citibank will fund the 334.91 billion shilling project, aiming to boost local access to goods, services and development.

Parliament approved borrowing about $137 million to fund the design and construction of a 97‑km road upgrade that includes Kasambya and Ssembabule.