Buikwe District

17 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026 151. Ssentayi Muhamad Bukoto County West Lwengo NRM 152. Rugumayo Edison Ntoroko County Ntoroko NRM 153. Senteza Richard Lugazi Municipality Buikwe Independent 154. Wakooli Godfrey Matembu Butiru County Manafwa NRM 155. Suubi Kyinyamatama Juliet Woman Representative Rakai NRM 156. Wabusani Steven Makwa Bushigai County Bududa NRM 157. Wamakuyu Ignatius Mudimi Elgon County Bulambuli Independent 158. Wanyama Richard Samia Bugwe Central County Busia NRM 159. Wanyoto Lydia Mutende Woman Representative Mbale City NRM 160. Zaake Francis Mityana Municipality Mityana NUP 161. Wokuri Geofrey Bungokho County South Mbale NRM 162. Wakabi Pius Bugahya County Hoima NRM 163. Tumwesigye Elioda Sheema County North Sheema NRM 164. Sserunjogi Hassan Mukiibi Bukomansimbi South County Bukomansimbi Independent 165. Wekomba Sarah Nambozo Woman Representative Bulambuli NRM 166. Zambaali Bulasio Mukasa Nansana Municipality Wakiso NUP 167. Uhuru Nelson Maracha County Maracha NRM 168. Wembabazi Beatrice Woman Representative Hoima NRM 169. Zawedde Victorious Woman Representative Nakasongola NRM 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.)

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

5 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026 153. Ezama Siraji Brahan Aringa County Yumbe NRM 154. Fungaroo Kaps Hassan Obongi County Obongi FDC 155. Gashaija Shyaka Steven Entebbe Municipality Wakiso NRM 156. Goire Moses Budaka County Budaka NRM 157. Gonyi David Robert UPDF Representative N/A N/A 158. Guma David Gumisiriza Ibanda County North Ibanda NRM 159. Habyara Fortunate Bufumbira County North Kisoro NRM 160. Ibaseret Josephine Nkibs Agule County Pallisa NRM 161. Ibrahim Ibrahim Aisu Pallisa County Pallisa NRM 162. Ikiriza Knight UPDF Representative N/A N/A 163. Drito Martin Andi Upper Madi County Madi-Okollo NRM 164. Ilukol Emmanuel Bokora County Napak Independent 165. Isamat Abraham Kapir County Ngora NRM 166. Isingoma Patrick Mwesigwa Hoima East Division Hoima City Independent 167. Ismail Muhammad Lomwar Kotido Municipality Kotido NRM 168. Itungu Sarah Masereka District Woman Representative Kasese NRM 169. Jalameso Fred Ajuri County Alebtong UPC 170. Joyo Harriet District Woman Representative Obongi Independent 171. Kabaasa Balaba Bruce Rubanda County West Rubanda NRM 172. Kabanda David Kasambya County Mubende NRM 173. Kabasharira Naome Rushenyi County Ntungamo NRM 174. Kabuye Kyofa Nakaseke Central County Nakaseke NRM 175. Kafuuzi Jackson Karugaba Kyaka South County Kyegegwa NRM 176. Kaheeru Vincent Freedom Kyaka North County Kyegegwa NRM 177. Kahima Moses Mugabe Ruhaama East County Ntungamo NRM 178. Kajwengye Twinomugisha Wilson N y a b u s h o z i C o u n t y Kiruhura NRM 179. Kaka Lubega Ismail Uthuman Kakuuto County Kyotera NRM 180. Kakooza Joseph Buwekula County Mubende NRM 181. Kaliisa Jovrine Kyomukama District Woman Representative Ibanda NRM 182. Kambale Ferigo Kasese Municipality Kasese NRM 183. Kampanya Abdu Swaibu Iki-Iki County Budaka NRM 184. Kanaabi Jimmy Buikwe County South Buikwe NUP (The House rose at 4.18 p.m. and adjourned until Thursday, 14 May 2026 at 8.00 a.m.)

18620 CONSIDERATION OF THE BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FY 2026/2027 logistics costs, decongesting highways, and enabling the oil and gas sector. Madam Speaker, the committee notes with concern the following: a) The Islamic Development Bank commitment of €410 million covers only 15 per cent of the €2.7 billion project cost, with over €2.2 billion unconfirmed, creating material risks to the November 2026 financial closure deadline; b) Shs 491.9 billion (60 per cent) in the project- affected person compensation remains unpaid, with 5,028 PAPs uncompensated, predominantly in the dense urban Buikwe- Mukono-Wakiso-Kampala corridor, directly threatening right-of-way clearance and lender conditionalities; c) Only 47 per cent of acquired land has been formally titled, exposing untitled parcels to legal encumbrance risks; d) There is no publicly disclosed revenue model or debt service schedule to demonstrate Standard Gauge Railway’s fiscal viability against its €2.7 billion debt obligation; and e) Uganda already lost eight years (2015- 2023). Between 2015 and January 2023, the Government of Uganda maintained a contractual arrangement with China Harbour Engineering Company for the construction of the Malaba-Kampala section. However, the contract was terminated in January 2023 after eight consecutive years of failure to execute, during which financing negotiations with Chinese lenders stalled due to the connectivity concerns with Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway. Madam Speaker, the committee, therefore, recommends that the Government: i) Presents to Parliament by end of quarter one of the Financial Year 2026/2027, a comprehensive Standard Gauge Railway financing plan with confirmed lender commitments, co-financing structure for the remaining €2.2 billion, and a contingency strategy if November 2026 financial closure is not achieved; ii) Fast-tracks release of the outstanding Uganda Shs 491 billion PAP compensation with priority ring-fencing for the Buikwe- Mukono-Wakiso-Kampala corridor, and operationalise an independent grievance redress mechanism for contested valuations with clear timelines; iii) Directs the Uganda Land Commission to complete titling and transfer all 2,001 acquired Standard Gauge Railway acres within six months; iv) Tables a dedicated debt sustainability analysis for the Standard Gauge Railway before financial closure, incorporating revenue projections, freight tariff structures, and debt service schedules; and v) Submits quarterly Standard Gauge Railway progress reports to the physical infrastructure committee from April 2026 until financial closure and full construction commencement, covering financing, land acquisition, Limited Notice to Proceed (LNTP) works, local content compliance, and Uganda-Kenya coordination. 7.1.5 The Government Debtors to Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) A total of Shs 152.538 billion, representing 77 per cent of the total trade debtors and receivables. These funds related to unpaid for services, security, navigation services and rent. The accumulation of long outstanding Government debtors constrains Uganda Civil Aviation Authority’s cash flow and exposes the authority to a heightened risk of revenue loss and impaired service delivery. The committee was informed that delayed payment of these debts has constrained the timely expansion, harmonisation, and replacement of safety capital investments at Entebbe International Airport. I invite the Members to look through the table of debtors as at 31 March 2026. In respect to that, the committee recommends that the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority/ Ministry of Works liaise with Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to come up with a repayment schedule from the aforementioned MDAs where deductions can

18032 RESOLUTION TO BORROW viii) Strategic Water Towns Supply and Sanitation Project - Phase 2 Implementation Plan, ix) The Resettlement Action Plan, x) The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development letter dated 14 January 2025; confirming Government’s will and availability of counterpart funding for the Strategic Water Supply and Sanitation Project - Phase 2, and xi) The Strategic Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project - Phase 1, physical and financial project progress reports, as of January 2025, xii) The Strategic Water Supply and Sanitation Project - Phase 2, Project Management Structure. The committee also conducted a field visit to Kayunga District and assessed the performance of the project. The committee visited the Kayunga-Busaana Town Water Supply System. The construction of the main works had been completed and the scheme had been handed over to the Central Umbrella of Water and Sanitation for operation and maintenance. The committee visited the Kamuli Town Water Supply System. The construction of the main works had been completed, and the system had been handed over to the National Water and Sewerage Corporation. The committee looked at the performance of loans in the water sector. The Ministry of Water and Environment had about 14 donor-funded projects, with a total loan portfolio of about $1,346.98 million to finance them. As of the end of June 2025, 53.62 per cent of this money had been released—that is, about $722.23 million had been disbursed to the 14 projects. However, projects that were not performing well included irrigation scheme development in Unyama, Namalu, and Sipi regions; irrigation for climate resilience; supply and installation of solar-powered water supply systems in rural areas; construction of water and sanitation infrastructure; and associated activities in Isingiro District. Mr Speaker, phase two is taking over from phase one. Mr Speaker, this House, around December 2018, passed a loan of 44 million units of account, equivalent to Shs 59.4 million, to implement phase one of the project. Phase one covered substantially 96 per cent of the $59.4 million for the loan from the African Development Bank that had been released. The Government of Uganda, in totality, had released all the counterpart funding to 100 per cent. That was $6.6 million. Mr Speaker, the systems that were constructed under phase one included: Dokolo Town water supply system, improvement works in Kapchorwa Town water supply system, maintenance of Nakasongola Water supply system, Kyenjojo- Katooke Town water supply system, Buikwe Town water supply system, Bundibugyo water supply system, Kayunga - Busana water supply system and Kamuli water supply system. A total of about 40 institutional and public toilets were constructed, and detailed designs for an additional 10 water supply systems in the Upper Nile and the Kyoga catchment areas were done. Additionally, skilled training of women and youth in the water and sanitation business and the development of regulatory tools and review of the water and sanitation services tariff regime were completed under phase one. Mr Speaker, we also assessed that phase one had the following challenges: Phase one was affected by COVID-19, which led to an escalation in the prices of construction materials. Land acquisition was also a challenge for major installations, changes in the scope of works, and extreme weather conditions had an effect on phase one. Mr Speaker, the minister has already informed this House of the objectives of phase two of the strategic town water supply and sanitation

17524 BUDGET SPEECH iv. The government is revamping the road and drainage infrastructure within the entire Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA), to the extent that the entire city is now a construction site. Banange bebale. A total of Shs 1.4 trillion has been dedicated to improving roads and drainage within GKMA. To deal with traffic congestion arising out of the gridlock generated by roundabouts, all major junctions are being improved and signalled with traffic lights. The Kampala Flyover and Road Upgrading Project has been completed. v. Construction of 10 bridges is ongoing at an average of 74.7 per cent progress. Madam Speaker, next financial year, the Government has significantly increased the budget for road infrastructure development. I have allocated an additional Shs 790 billion, bringing the total budget for roads to Shs 4.28 trillion. The following will be prioritised next financial year: 1. Start construction and complete ongoing works for road projects as highlighted by His Excellency the President in his State-of- the-Nation Address. In addition, the roads which had been left out to be prioritised are: Puranga-Acholibur (65 kilometres); Kampala- Gayaza-Kalagi (33 kilometres); Lugazi- Buikwe-Kiyindi (28 kilometres); Kabwohe- Bwizibwera-Nyakambu-Nsika-Nyakabirizi (92.2 kilometres); Kisubi-Nakawuka-Natete- Kasanje-Mpigi-Mawugulu-Nanziga-Maya- Buwaya (71 kilometres); Busega-Mpigi (10 kilometres); Najjanankumbi-Busabala (11 kilometres); Lusalira-Nkonge-Lumegere- Sembabule (97 kilometres); Karugutu-Ntoroko (50 kilometres); Kabale-Lake Bunyonyi (15.1 kilometres), Kisoro-Nkuringo-Lubugiri-Muko (70 kilometres); Laropi-Moyo-Afoji (39 kilometres), including a bridge at Laropi, Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo (105 kilometres); Namagumba-Budadiri-Nalugugu (33 kilometres); Tororo-Busia (25 kilometres); Katuna-Muko-Kamuganguzi (104 kilometres); Moroto-Lokitanyala (42 kilometres); Hamurwa-Kerere-Kanungu (47 kilometres); Lyantonde-Kashagama-Nyabitanga-Ntusi road (57.7 kilometres); Isingiro-Rugaaga- Mutukula-Ngarama-Kashumba-Kasese on the border with Tanzania (164 kilometres) – I hope my friends who were talking to me yesterday, I have satisfied you. Masindi Bridge; and Karuma Bridge. 2. Start construction and complete ongoing works for bridges as highlighted by His Excellency the President in his State-of- the-Nation Address. 3. Commence implementation of the Kampala- Jinja Expressway through a Public-Private Partnership framework. 4. Prioritise maintenance of the core national road transport network and DUCAR. Railway Transport Madam Speaker, in November 2024, His Excellency the President launched construction of the 272-kilometre Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Malaba to Kampala. The SGR is a strategic investment for our country. It will cut cargo transport cost by half from the current $120 per ton, and reduce transit time from Mombasa to Kampala from seven days to one day, turning Uganda into a land-linked country as opposed to being landlocked. The initial works for the construction of the SGR have started. Madam Speaker, Government has completed the refurbishment and commissioning of the Mukono-Kampala Metre Gauge Railway line. In addition, rehabilitation of the 375 kilometres of the Tororo to Gulu Metre Gauge Railway will be completed by February 2026. Madam Speaker, next financial year, priority interventions will include completing the rehabilitation of the Tororo-Gulu Metre Gauge Railway line; refurbishment of the Mukono-Jinja Metre Gauge Railway line; and construction of the Standard Gauge Railway from Kampala to Malaba.

17526 BUDGET SPEECH ii) Enhance access to electricity through implementation of the $638 million Electricity Access Scale-up Project covering grid expansion, connectivity and clean energy options for one million new electricity connections. Further, the Government will continue investing in priority transmission lines and sub-stations, particularly to the industrial parks, growth centres and other strategic manufacturing facilities like the clinker factory in Moroto, Karamoja; the fertiliser factory in Kampirigisa, Mpigi; Simba Cement Factory in Mbarara, Western Uganda; Dei BioPharma in Matugga, Wakiso District; and; the Coffee Factory in Ntungamo, among others. iii) Commence development of new power generation plants to meet the growing demand. These include new hydropower plants at Ayago and Oriang in Nwoya District, and Kiba in Oyam District, the development of nuclear power in Buyende District, and the rehabilitation of Kiira- Nalubaale Power Plant. Industrial Development and Manufacturing Madam Speaker, with regard to industrial development and manufacturing, the following achievements have been registered: i) The Government has operationalised eight industrial parks, which include Namanve, Luzira, Bweyogerere, Mbale, Soroti, Kasese, Mbarara, and Jinja industrial parks. We have also supported the development of three privately-owned industrial parks, which are Liao Shen Kapeeka in Nakaseke District, MMP in Buikwe District, and Tian Tang in Mukono. ii) To-date, a total of 628 companies/industries have been allocated land within the various industrial parks, 47 per cent of which are in manufacturing. Out of all the companies allocated land, 307 are fully operational, 195 are undertaking construction, and 122 have commenced preparatory activities. The parks have attracted a total capital investment of $4.5 billion and created 181,403 jobs. iii) Madam Speaker, several industrial parks have become centres of innovation, hosting firms that have introduced new technologies and products, such as: a single HIV pill (Quality Chemicals Ltd); GIS transformers (Orion Electricals); plastic-to-fabric recycling (Fei Long Investment Ltd); locally manufactured electric vehicles (Kiira Motors); the first powder-free surgical gloves (East African Medical Vitals); and import substitution products like fridges, transformers, toiletries, textiles, ceramics, televisions, and blankets. iv) The government has supported industrialisation by investing in strategic manufacturing facilities through Uganda Development Corporation with a total investment of Shs 1.2 trillion. Madam Speaker, next financial year, I have provided Shs 308.9 billion to further support infrastructure development in industrial parks, including roads, waste management, drainage, and utilities; and Shs 187 billion for capitalisation of Uganda Development Corporation (UDC). Security, Good Governance, and Rule of Law Madam Speaker, security, good governance and the rule of law are the foundation for socio- economic transformation. Everybody knows that. During this financial year, the following achievements were registered: i) Strengthened and modernised the security infrastructure to protect Ugandans, investors and our visitors from any security threats. We have invested in security apparatus and more sophisticated intelligence network and border control mechanisms. ii) Provided adequate funds to security institutions, including the Military, Police, Prisons, and intelligence agencies for operations, and improving the capacity and welfare of men and women in uniform. iii) Promoted regional and international relations, including playing a strategic role in peace processes in Somalia, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Equatorial Guinea;

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

Yoto Oo*ttnttec rm*|uGtrmo] 816 Buikwe District 29.OO7.649 8t7 Buledea District 32.070.566 818 Bukomansimbi Distrist 20,843,921 819 Bukwo Distric{ 29,903,022 820 Bulernbuli District 28.423.678 82L Buliisa District 17.598.564 822 Bundibuso District 39,387,931 823 Bunyangabu District 25.L62.958 824 Bustrenyi District 33.454.206 825 Busia Distrist 44,489.383 426 Butaleja District 39,776,276 827 Butanbala District 30.754.023 828 Butebo District 20,o39,759 829 Burnrma District 15.991.120 830 Buyende District 26.906.353 831 Dokolo District 25,699,646 832 Gomba District 22.803.54L 833 Gulu District 23.531.301 834 Hoima DisEict 24,263,480 835 Ibanda District 29.69L.O7L 836 Imnm District 43.204.562 837 Isingiro District 58,063.351 838 Jinja District 38.577.730 839 IGabone District 19,792,798 840 IGbale DisEict 40,769,459 841 IGbarole District 21.563.389 . 842 Ihberamaido District 20.586.216 -l 843 Ihsadi District 40,821,563 844 IGkumiro District 31,795,417 845 ) 1C.547.241 : I I , I 7,

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17128 BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR THE FY 2025/2026 The project remains incomplete to date due to delays in approving the Partial Risk Guarantee requested by pre-qualified consortia. In respect to this, the committee recommends and urges the Government to prioritise this project and ensure that land acquisition is strongly prioritised in the short term. The project is very crucial due to the fact that it is meant to decongest the Kampala-Jinja Highway. The Standard Gauge Railway The committee noted that the Government’s commitment to providing and releasing adequate funds for Project-Affected Persons’ compensation on this project remains sluggish, years after the launch in 2014 and its implementation since 2016. Delayed acquisition of the right-of-way has financial implications, since some Project- Affected Persons may require revaluation of their land. This has cost implications for the taxpayer. This is evidenced in the way that there is an ongoing reassessment of sections between parts of Buikwe to Kampala. Busega-Mpigi Expressway The committee recommends and urges Government to reduce risk of payment and contractor accumulation of interest claims on delayed payments by acting expeditiously. Works on the new Kampala inland port at Bukasa The committee recommends that the Ministry of Works and Transport should: i) Expedite the completion of all outstanding Phase 1 works, (including the dredging and swamp reclamation) in order to pave the way for the commencement of other project phases; ii) Ensure that the Ministry of Finance completes payment of all affected persons, fully secures the project site from access by all compensated Project-Affected-Persons (PAPs), unauthorised occupants and evicts any illegal occupants; and iii) Establish a full resource technical PIC to facilitate progress on the project and clear any outstanding claims by the consultants. 1.5 Loopholes in the provision of ferry services The committee recommended the following: i) The Government should undertake long-term, comprehensive, countrywide planning, including needs assessment, demand projection and cost implication to inform prioritisation and optimisation of ferry service provision; and ii) Regularly assess and compare the efficiency of ferries across Uganda, to identify opportunities for improvement and optimisation. 1.6 Upgrade of Bridges in the country The committee recommends the following: i. That the Government provides timelines on the proposed new bridge over Karuma, including: expected completion of feasibil - ity studies, necessary approval processes, preliminary and final designs, leading to the commencement of works in June 2026; and ii. Immediately implement the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), indicating the land acquisition for the bridge, funding for the RAP and compensation to the project- affected individuals. 1.7 National road projects with minimal budget provision The committee recommends that the Government avails additional resources for the implementation of these crucial projects. Mr Speaker, as I had earlier indicated, the committee also scrutinised the budget performance of the Sustainable Urbanisation

Thank you. Honourable colleagues, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have the Student Leaders Association of Ndejje University from Kampala Central and Luwero District, respectively. They are represented by Hon. Muhammad Nsereko, Hon. Shamim Malende, Hon. Hassan Kirumira and Hon. Brenda Nabukenya. They have come to observe the proceedings of this House. Please join me once again in welcoming them. (Applause) I am told they are friends to Hon. Frank Kabuye. (Laughter) Honourable colleagues, in the public gallery, we also have students and teachers of Ngogwe Baskerville Secondary School, Buikwe County South, Buikwe District. They are represented in Parliament by Dr Michael Bayiga Lulume and Hon. Diana Mutasingwa Nankunda Kagenyi. They have come to observe the proceedings of this House. Please join me in welcoming them. (Applause) Let us have Hon. Matovu and then Dr Apio.

That is what we are going to do. We will make sure that the reports reach the relevant ministries so that we can take action. Honourable members, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have students and teachers from Mt. St. Mary’s College, Namagunga, in Lugazi Municipality. Where are you? You are most welcome and very smart. The school is in Buikwe District. They are represented by Hon. Stephen Sserubula, and Hon. Diana Mutasingwa. Join me in receiving them. (Applause) The Bishop, who will officiate on Ash Wednesday, is from the Archdiocese of Lugazi. Thank you so much for coming. Next, yes?

My question to the Prime Minister, Mr Speaker, is how the Government assesses priorities for different regions. I come from Buikwe District. In Greater Mukono – those are districts of Kayunga, Buvuma, Buikwe and Mukono – we do not have a public university. Recently, we heard about the issue of the prison being transferred from Luzira to Buikwe. When I talk about seed schools in Buikwe, we only have one called Isugu, out of the 15 subcounties we have in the whole of Buikwe District. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, our request is also to consider Buikwe District regarding the seed schools, as other regions have also been considered. Thank you.

Annex 3 QUARTERLY REPORT OF SLAUGHTERS FROM JUNE TO AUGUST 2024 AROUND I(AMPALA CAPITAL CITY ANIMAL SPECVIES DIVISION BOVINE GOATS AND SHEEP PORCINE GRAND TOTAL CENTRAL 18537 4493 23030 KAWEMPE t8634 9802 28436 LUBAGA 9746 9746 PORK FROM BUIKWE 118074.8k GS 118074.8Kgs GRAND TOTAL 3717 t 4238 9746 and 118074.8 kgs 89648 animals and 118074.8 Kgs

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Most of the concerns to the minister now are in respect to connections. I have heard Members of Parliament mention their respective constituencies and the processes that have been undertaken in surveying and coming up with maps, which are going to be followed to ensure people in the villages are connected to the grid. The minister needs to tell us what he has been doing with all the finances that this Parliament has passed and whether he needs more money, even if it means a loan. When I came here, Mr Speaker, we approached the Prime Minister who sat with the minister for energy and directed that we, who come from Buikwe, where we have the biggest dam, should have power prior to any other area. However, up to today, we have not seen anything. Since the minister is being bombarded from every constituency, wouldn’t it be right, that he comes out with another statement on the connection of power to the various areas where mapping and surveying have been done? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker, first, for encouraging Members to listen to each other. Number one, there is something called “mischief”. I was an adult when we established these agencies and the reason given by the Government was that we were establishing strategic agencies to propel the development of this country. After painfully listening to my brother, Hon. Rwamirama, who I will not refer to as “Bright” today - (Laughter) - I heard him saying that the mischief was about the fat salaries. If it was about the fat salaries and humongous budgets then, before we rationalise UCDA and these agencies, we should start with those who created these humongous expenditures. Indeed, if we are to rationalise on a rational basis, we should start with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. We gave them district farm institutes. Where are they? Where is the farm in Buikwe? We gave them extension farmers. Where are they? If we are to deal with redundant expenditure, we should - we gave them ranches. Where are they? We should start with the rationalisation of this ministry itself and not entrust it with the functions of an entity that has been the brightest star in the country. (Applause) Madam Speaker, we were informed by the majority report yesterday - and I want to thank my sister, the chairperson - that coffee has been accounting for 55 per cent of the agricultural exports. Why don’t we want to spend on entities and areas which give us money? The reason we maintain agencies like Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is because they are strategic. Do you want to tell me that a blameless entity called UCDA, which has promoted coffee after the destruction and death of Coffee Marketing Board, should be sacrificed because some people are not doing their work? Can we talk about expenditure in a Government or Parliament, for strategic reasons, that gives money to a private company and then we say we cannot give money to an agency? We were informed yesterday that this Authority is going to be absorbed in the ministry. At what level? As a directorate? A department? As a unit? Since when? If we are to do this, why don’t we get Authorities like Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda Investment Authority, Uganda Revenue Authority and put them back to the mother ministries, because we want to rationalise? Madam Speaker, there are people who are deeply concerned in this country. Why haven’t

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I heard the minister very well and he was talking about the Government wanting to rationalise because it loves the coffee farmers and wants to support them. I want to tell the honourable minister that, at the time the Bill was returned to Parliament, as Members of Buganda Parliamentary Caucus, we took the responsibility of consulting people from different areas. We went to Butambala, we went to Mityana, we went to Luwero, we went to Buddu; we went to Buikwe and many other parts of the country. The people that you are talking about, honourable minister – those coffee farmers that you are saying you want to help and support – are saying they do not want this rationalisation. Therefore, if you are doing it for Ugandans, Ugandans are saying, please, do not rationalise – (Member timed out.)

15094 THE NATIONAL COFFEE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2024 they were optimistic that this would improve their revenue collection. For example, districts such as Wakiso District Local Government and Pakwach District Local Government reported and submitted to the committee their revenue enhancement plan. Committee observation The committee observed that: i. Under-collection undermines service delivery, as councils greatly rely on local revenue for support, supervision and council sittings. ii. Under-collection of local revenue denies the entities resources for implementation of the planned activities. iii. Some entities did not have robust revenue collection mechanisms, which explains the low local revenue collections. iv. The entities that performed well set revenue targets that were below their revenue potentials, and this explains the over-performance. Committee recommendations The committee recommends that: i. The accounting officers should strengthen local revenue collection efforts to ensure the availability of adequate funds for service delivery, for instance, by conducting in-land benchmarks with the best performing local governments. ii. The accounting officers should conduct revenue enumerations and assessment exercises to inform revenue planning and enforcement. iii. The accounting officers should put in place revenue enhancement plans to increase local revenue to match the entity’s revenue potential. iv. Owing to the positive feedback regarding IRAS, the Government should consider rolling out the system to all entities that have not started using the system. v. Accounting officers should strengthen capacity building for parish chiefs and town clerks, charged with the duty of revenue collections. Madam Speaker, we are looking at the performance of government warrants. The Auditor-General noted that most entities received less than what they budgeted for, thereby affecting service delivery. For instance, Lira City budgeted to receive Shs 68,046,036,451, out of which Shs 47,554,468,848 was warranted, resulting in a shortfall of Shs 20,491,840,032 representing 70 per cent performance. Nebbi District Local Government budgeted to receive Shs 46,692,271,928 out of which Shs 41,427,847,639 was warranted, resulting in a shortfall of Shs 5.264 billion, representing 89 per cent performance. Buikwe District Local Government budgeted to receive Shs 53.915 billion, out of which Shs 35.836 billion was warranted, resulting in a shortfall of Shs 18,793,000,000, representing 66 per cent performance. The auditor, however, noted that the realisation of budget funds to finance work plans is always impacted by the limited resource envelope resulting from the persistent budget cuts. The accounting officers explained that they had no control over warrants and cash limits but continuously engaged the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to provide funds for the affected activities. Additionally, the accounting officers from some entities informed the committee that they received funds over and above what they had requested, for which they could not absorb. For instance, the accounting officer of Butambala District Local Government [Mr Olanya] STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT

Just a minute young – I will come back in a bit. In the public gallery, we have pupils and teachers from Crane Junior School, Lira City. You are most welcome. They are presented by Hon. Vincent Obongo Shedrick. Hon. Shedrick is around and Hon. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health. Thank you for coming. First stand-up; you are very smart. You are most welcome. In the public gallery this afternoon, we have teachers and students from St Stephen’s Secondary School in Njeru Municipality, Buikwe, represented by Hon. Diana Mutasingwa and Hon. Jimmy Lwanga. The Leader of the Opposition deployed Hon. Jimmy Lwanga. You are most welcome. Thank you for coming. When you go back tell them you have very good Members of Parliament. Yes, Member for Bizkaia County?

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Kiteezi was a disaster waiting to happen. I express my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. My grief has been exacerbated by the information I have received from the area Member of Parliament, Hon. Muwada Nkunyingi. He has said that some of those who are homeless, hopeless, and devastated are from Mbale. You know Bududa is synonymous with disaster. This could be people who have moved from a frying pan to a fire. Most of the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Bududa are either in Kiryandongo, Bulambuli, Mbale, Kayunga, Buikwe, and/ or the suburbs of Kampala. I want to bear with the new minister and salute her zeal and zest with which she has come to this disaster preparedness ministry. Much as we have been lamenting about the ill- preparedness - and you mentioned it in your statement; the contingency fund - Mr Speaker, this fund is provided for in the Public Finance and Management Act. Most of the thorny issues revolve around limited funding or constraints in finances or lack of funding by KCCA - but we have a provision. Section 26 even gives the formula. Three and a half times - that is what is calculated. The annual appropriated budget of the previous year is supposed to be in the Contingencies Fund. However, this is not the case – (Mr Musasizi rose_) - no, I am extremely informed on this one. (Laughter) I know why you have not been allowed. Mr Speaker, thank you for the protection.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Prime Minister came to this Parliament and announced the Executive order of the President on the retraction of the licenses and permits given to people who are ferrying the trees in the national forest reserves. We were very happy with that. When I asked her whether she has any practical measures in order to effect it, she was very emphatic that this is a Presidential directive, so it must be complied with. Mr Speaker, I am here to report that Kisisita, Nyimu, Nakizza, and many other forests in Buikwe are now falling down, and instead, the perpetrators are planting eucalyptus and pine as plantations of their own, other than the natural forests. I want to ask again, what practical measures you would like to employ this time. Thank you.

Mr Speaker, the Executive Order of the President, Number 3, still stands. What I am going to do is to ask the Ministry of Water and Environment to go to those forests in Buikwe to find out exactly what happened. I request my team to put this as a written question so that I come up with a more concrete answer to his question.

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

13466 PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET SPEECH FY 2024/2025 iii. Improving the quality of power supply through the systematic operation and maintenance of existing power infrastructure; iv. Increasing access to clean energy by supporting clean cooking technologies; v. The development of five micro-grid power plants using wind and solar hybrids in Karamoja; and vi. Preparatory activities for the 8,400MW Nuclear Power Plant in Buyende District. Industrial development and manufacturing Madam Speaker, in our tenfold growth strategy, the Government is going to step up efforts to accelerate the diversification of the economy, add value to raw materials to boost exports and import substitution to continue reducing our import bill, and also build more basic industries to produce items that Ugandans use daily such as sugar, soap, cooking oil, clothes, medicines, construction materials, et cetera. Our industrialisation efforts are being undertaken mainly through the private sector, but with the State playing a de- risking role. The Government, through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC), is undertaking targeted investments to increase Uganda’s manufacturing capacity. During the financial year we are ending, the following investments have been undertaken by UDC to increase local manufacturing capacity: i. The Atiak Sugar Factory has acquired modern mechanised equipment for the sugarcane fields in Amuru and Lamwo districts and installed modern irrigation systems; ii. Four tea factories have been supported to expand and process tea for both domestic market and export. These are: Kayonza Growers Tea Factory; Kigezi Highland Tea Factory; Mabale Growers Tea Factory; and Mpanga Growers Tea Factory; iii. Continued support to Mutuma Commercial Agencies (Ltd) in Luuka District to produce intermediary and final products such as surgical cotton, cotton cake, soap stock, and cotton-seed oil; iv. Investment in Bukona Agro-processors Ltd in Nwoya District to process cassava and cereals into ethanol for cooking. It produces 40,000 litres of ethanol per day; v. Investment in Budadiri Arabica Coffee Mills (Ltd) in Sironko District to process coffee for export; vi. Additional investment in Soroti Fruits Factory (Ltd) that is processing six metric tons of fruit (mangoes and oranges) per hour into fruit concentrates and juice; and vii. UDC has also invested in East African Medical Vitals (Ltd), manufacturer of examination and surgical gloves, to increase the company’s production capacity to create jobs and also save the country foreign exchange through import substitution. Madam Speaker, the Government is also continuing to develop industrial parks to provide investors with the required infrastructure and utilities. Work is in progress in Namanve Park (with 190 companies operating); Liao Shen Park in Kapeeka (19 companies); Sino-Uganda Industrial Park in Mbale (18 companies); Luzira Park (11 companies); Bweyogerere Park (eight companies); and MMP in Buikwe (seven companies). Other operational industrial parks include Jinja, Soroti, Kasese, Mbarara, and Tian Tang-Mukono Industrial Park. So far, over $3.5 billion has been invested in these parks in the form of foreign direct investment. Over 266,812 direct and indirect jobs have so far been created. Security, good governance, and rule of law Madam Speaker, peace and security, as well as the rule of law, are the foundation for all other

\*, q , i x onL & I .-4 1. t! .L C--/ rll f:) lr /... ( t !.{ -t t I t.' r. -,: Anount (OOO'I Vote Descrlptlon 23,367,459 809 Apac District Anra District L8,397,332 810 30,127,960 811 Budaka District 32,553,O55 812 Bududa District 37,760,tr7 813 Bugiri District 8t4 Bugweri District 22,934,t60 t8,395,462 815 Buhweiu District 27,Or2,84r 816 Buikwe District 8L7 Bukedea District 3r,487,669 818 Bukomansimbi District 20,244,423 Bukwo District 27,562,7t9 819 820 Bulambuli District 28,t95,238 14,678,016 82t Buliisa District Bundibugyo District 35,O81,962 822 \ 823 Bunyangabu District 24,t30,664 $.sz+ Bushenyi District 32,544,724 39,104,258 825 Busia District 826 Butaleia District 36,872,757 827 Butambala District 29,98t,750 828 Butebo District t4,866,234 15,011,553 829 Buvuma District 830 Buvende District 25,292,570 831 Dokolo District 25,388,251 832 Gomba District 22,5L6,206 Gulu District 20,t92,982 833 = 834 Hoima District 22,441,719 \83s Ibanda District 26,593,089 836 Iganga District 40,2t3,822 56,094,4t9 837 Isingiro District Jinia District 37,533,316 838 839 Kaabong District 17,947,269 Y L3 Htr+ .4i- (:-

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

Honourable mem - bers, let me read: Vote 804 – Alebtong District; Vote 805 – Amolatar District; Vote 807 – Amuria District; Vote 811 – Budaka District; Vote 812 – Bududa District; Vote 813 – Bugiri District; Vote 816 – Buikwe District; Vote 817 – Bukedea District; Vote 818 – Bukomansimbi District; Vote 819 – Bukwo District; and Vote 820 – Bulambuli District. Is that what you want? When I say, Alebtong is Shs 848 billion, there is no difference between that and what I was doing before.

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

13115 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 2 4 APRIL 2 024 Copy to: The Vice President; The Rt Hon. Prime Minister The Minister of Works and Transport The Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development The Attorney-General Paul Zhang, the Chairman of Tian Tang Group Limited”. Madam Speaker, I am bringing this letter so that you get to know the company and the person behind it. On 22 February 2024, the Minister of Internal Affairs did write to the Attorney-General. The letter reads: “The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Parliament Avenue, Kampala. Invitation to a consultative meeting on the proposed relocation of Luzira Prisons. The Tian Tang Group approached His Excellency the President of Uganda with a proposal to redevelop Luzira Maximum Security Prison into an ultra-modern city suburb. Further reference is made to the letter of the President, which I have just read. The Uganda Prisons Service has identified 3.5 square miles of land in Buikwe, out of which they have agreed to purchase one square mile for the said relocation. The family of the late Antonio Lutwama Kabogoza, who owned the land, has unfortunately never applied for letters of administration since the late passed on in 1928 - note that, honourable members - although they have agreed as a family and beneficiaries to sell the said square mile to Uganda Prisons. In light of the current legal impasse on processing letters of administration from the old Buganda estates, the family lawyers have formed an opinion that they, the beneficiaries, can still sell their interest in the said land to the Uganda Prisons Service for the prison’s relocation.” They are saying in this letter here that that legal opinion is addressed, which of course we shall ask the minister to produce. “The purpose of this letter, therefore, is to invite you and the Administrator-General to my office on 6 March 2024 at 2.00 p.m. at the Ministry of Internal Affairs boardroom for a joint meeting to review the said position of the family and whether your office has any objection or proposal to articulate the said presidential directive. Signed Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire cc The Administrator-General .” Madam Speaker, you have seen from this letter that Luzira Prison is 260 acres. The letter requesting for land in Luzira is for a one-star hotel and conference centre. Does it need 260 acres? Why don’t you give them two or three acres, if we are to give? Two – (Interjections) - Sorry, these are questions I am posing, not that, that is my proposal. I am posing those questions –

12967 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA FRIDAY, 19 APRIL 2024 that increased production of high-value crops has stimulated the establishment of processing facilities. For instance, five foreign investors have established Hass Avocado processing factories in Namanve, Buikwe, Nakaseke, Kasese and Kyenjojo districts. The handling of the avocado produced has improved through these investors who can utilise and add value to all the Avocado produced in Uganda and generate more export earnings under the guidance of NAADS. Madam Speaker, ensuring food security is a key constitutional responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries that NAADS is better placed to deliver as a frontline agency of the Ministry. Secondly, this is an ongoing and not a term responsibility that needs to be maintained. NAADS has become the face of the ministry with farmers throughout the country, and a household name in most of families. The committee does not believe that the ministry can substitute NAADS on food security and perform in this endeavour. On whether the NAADs administration costs are so high that they drain the Treasury at the expense of service delivery, the committee notes that the claimed savings are more than the projected budget for the Financial Year 2024/2025 by Shs 67.88 billion. This is unbelievable, as NAADS has been allocated only Shs 35.5 billion in the Financial Year 2024/2025. This is the analysis of the certificate of financial implication for NAADS. The committee also notes that although NAADS does not collect non-tax revenue, it is an important player in the agricultural value chain, which is the mainstay of Uganda’s economy. The current level of GDP export growth and employment creation is majorly based on agricultural production that NAADS has helped to grow and sustain. It would be reckless to mainstream NAADS into the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and risk this gain. Madam Speaker, in conclusion, the pivotal role played by NAADS in filling the gaps in the agricultural sector and providing demand- driven services, in line with modern agricultural trends and global market demands, cannot be overemphasised. This calls for strengthening of the institution, rather than mainstreaming it into the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries. The committee, therefore, recommends that the National Agricultural Advisory Services (Amendment) Bill, 2024, for purposes of food security and value addition, should not be passed. (Applause) Madam Speaker, I beg to report. (Applause)

12568 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORTS The Petroleum Authority of Uganda also wants to do a real-time monitoring centre so that they know the amount of oil being pumped at any one time. The committee recommends that Government allocates additional Shs 50.7 billion to enable the Petroleum Authority of Uganda to develop the real time monitoring centre. On the disaster recovery solution, the committee recommends that the Government allocates an additional Shs 8.15 billion to enable power to develop the disaster recovery solution. Mr Speaker, those are the recommendations on the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. I now move to the Ministry of Water and Environment. Allow me also to premise my presentation by saying that water is life. There is a lot of contamination of the waters that we drink. If you go to developed countries, you find that you can drink water directly from a tap. We cannot do that here in Uganda. Our focus was drawn to the contamination going on in Lake Victoria and the need to establish a quality laboratory to assess whether we are drinking arsenic, lithium, or whatever chemicals that are entering Lake Victoria, which will have adverse health effects in our lives in the near future. The observations under this sector include: Mainstreaming climate change and implementation of the Climate Change Act, 2021. We recommend that the Government provides Shs 10.9 billion to the climate change department under the ministry to enable implementation of the Climate Change Act. On carbon trading mechanisms, our recommendations are that: (i) Government should implement a centralised platform for collecting and storing emissions data from regulated entities, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and accessibility of information. (ii) Government should provide training, technical assistance, and capacity-building programmes to empower regulators, market operators, and market participants with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate carbon markets effectively. (iii) Government should develop electronic trading platforms and market infrastructure to facilitate the buying, selling and trading of carbon credits. (iv) Government should allocate resources towards development of the carbon trading policy and regulations. The next is the need to support rural water project-source per village as directed by His Excellency the President. Our recommendation agrees with him that Government should provide Shs 50 billion to support improvement of water storage and network expansion countrywide. Strategic towns, water supply and sanitation project Key towns where this project is being implemented include Kamuli Municipality, Kyenjojo - Katooke, Buikwe, Dokolo, Kyenjojo Town Council and Katooke Town Council. Our recommendation is that Governments should provide Shs 12 billion as counterpart financing. Mr Speaker, you talked about this earlier on required for this project. Failure to provide this funding will result into penalties on the side of Government. Inadequate budgetary allocation to Service Coverage Acceleration Project (SCAP 100- Umbrellas)

The funds will be used to improve water storage and network expansion countrywide. This will make the network more economically viable and serve more people from the available sources. It will also increase the number of sources per village under the rural water component. Recommendation: . Government should provide UGX. 5O billion to support improvement of water storage and network expansion countr5mide. (df Strategic Towns lllater Supply and Sanitation Project (STWSSPI The Committee observed that Government secured donor financing amounting to USD 66 million from the African Development Fund for the implementation of Strategic Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project with Government to provide counterpart funding. However, project implementation continues to be affected due to lack of counterpart funding. This will escalate the cost of the project implementation due to penalties arising from delayed payment of contractors. The Committee was informed that the Ministry requires additional funding of UGX. 12 billion to meet the counterpart funding obligations to increase the network coverage in the towns under implementation which include the following; Kamuli Municipality, Kyenjojo-Katooke, Buikwe, Dokolo, Kyenjojo town council and Katooke Town Council. \ -l I , rx \ Y Y .r. h d' 32

Honourable members, listen to the minister. If you have those good ideas, that is why we have this debate. You will be able to give them to the minister to improve. He may not know what is in Buikwe because he comes from Igara. Do you get it? So, make those comparisons.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, allow me to inform this House that on the 3 rd of February, the women of Arua City and the other women who are transacting business in silverfish were stopped by UPDF officers in Kiyindi landing site in Buikwe. Knowing that most of these women obtain monies from SACCOs, Parish development Model and “Emyooga”, how are they going to be helped because they do not understand why they were stopped and would like government to explain since most of them have loans to repay. Thank you. PRIME MINISTER’S TIME

?.2 TEA GROIIIING IN UGANDA Tea was first cultivated in Uganda in the early years of the 2oft century at the botanical gardens in Entebbe. The crop was a success and commercial cultivation started in the 1920s. Unfortunately, Uganda's tea industry was decimated by political upheaval in the 197Os. It was revived in the early 1990s due to availability of Commonwealth development funds, foreign expertise, and investment by Indian owned companies (Ahmed Tea London, 2or9l. In the FY 2022123, tea was Uganda's fourth largest agricultural export after coffee, fish and maize, earning the country over USD 90 million. This represented a 5.3% increase compared to FY 2O2l122. Tea has generated an average of 3.60/o of Uganda's export earnings over the last five years and is recognizsed to have a higher potential to contribute more to national revenue, employment and environmental conservation (NAADS, 2021). Over the past eight (8) years, tea has been fetching average earnings of USD 76 million for the country, having apexes at USD 94 million 2018. Tea estates produce about 54o/o of the tea in the country while the small holder tea growers contribute about 460/o of the total average. The industry employs close to 8O,OOO farmer households and supports 150,000 skilled and unskilled workers with about one million people directly deriving their velihoods from tea growing (NAADS, 2021). The traditional tea-growing districts in Uganda are: Mukono, Buikwe, Mubende, Mityana, Masaka in the central region; Kyenjojo, Kibale, Hoima and Kabarole in the western region; Bushenyi, Buhweju, Kanungu and Kabale in south-western Uganda. Recently, tea growing has expanded to new districts like Kisoro, Rubanda, Rukungiri, Sheema, Nebbi, Zombo, Isingiro, Ntungamo, Mitooma, Ru 2O2Ol. Kamwenge and Mbarara (NAADS, .l ffit^-- t "# ffili, -\ l. 2 --- j=.r t\S'rr '.i'-5r a 1 hk h

11885 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2024 manufacturers and increase the competitiveness of locally manufactured products within the region and beyond. The National industrial policy 2020 also seeks to build a fully integrated, competitive, high value and productive industrial sector through increased: 1. value addition of the local materials and products with comparative advantage for social economic transformation; 2. export of manufactured products by facilitating industries to increase production and match market demands in terms of both quality and quantity; 3. employment in the industrial sector through establishment and promotion of industries that create large-scale employment opportunities, ensuring inclusive growth and sustainable development; and 4. adoption of environmentally sustainable technologies by manufacturing subsectors. Currently, the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) operates eight public industrial and business parks namely; Kampala, (Namanve), Luzira, Bweyogerere, Jinja, Soroti, Mbale, Kasese, and Mbarara Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Park. The authority also supports three operational private industrial parks namely; Liao Shen Kapeeka, MMP Industrial Park Buikwe and Tian Tang Mukono, thereby making it eleven industrial and business parks across the country. Accordingly, on 4 June 2021, His Excellency the President while addressing Parliament on the State-of-the-Nation promised to supply electricity to industrial parks directly from some of the Government dams in a bid to reduce the end-user cost of electricity for manufacturers and increase competitiveness of locally manufactured products. In particular, His Excellency the President stated, and I quote, “The cost of electricity is distorted by mistakes committed by some of the actors without my knowledge… We shall see how to get out of this mistake. One solution that I have already ordered for the industrial parks is to supply power directly from some of the Government dams to them. I will not be deflected from that…” It is on this basis, and in line with the Rules of Procedure of Parliament, 2021, that the committee scrutinised the level of implementation of the aforementioned assurance and now presents this report to the august House. Mr Speaker, I am not going to read everything. The content of the report is uploaded so Members can read. I want to go direct to the scope. This report focuses on the following key areas: 1. implementation of the presidential directive; and 2. the state of power supply to the industrial parks. Methodology Documents were reviewed and they are stipulated in the report. There were meetings with the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development and there were field visits to selected industrial parks namely; 1. Mbale Industrial and Business Park; 2. Soroti Industrial and Business Park; and 3. Jinja Industrial and Business Park. Committee findings Implementation of the presidential directives In June 2021, His Excellency the President directed the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development that the cost of electricity manufactured had been reduced to $0.05 per unit and the industrial parks should get power directly from the Government operating hydro power stations of Karuma, Isimba, Nalubaale, Kira, without going through Umeme distribution network where it is technologically possible.

11886 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT Reducing the cost of electricity to the manufacturers Pursuant to the President’s promise, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development committed that by July 2022, all industrial consumers in industrial parks would be buying power directly from generation plants at a tariff of $0.05 per unit. An annual subsidy amounting to Shs 160.34 billion was needed to support this direct purchase. Details of the annual subsidy required by industrial park are indicated in Table 1 below. Members can read through the table. The committee further established that the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development had commenced implementation of the $0.05 per unit as part of the January 2022 annual tariff review by the Electricity Regulatory Authority. However, this was done as a pilot targeting two industrial parks; Liao Shen Industrial Company Ltd in Kapeeka and MMP Industrial Park in Buikwe. According to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, this was to enable monitoring and evaluation of the impact of low tariff incentives on the industry’s productivity and competitiveness of the products with the associated demand response to inform the plan for full implementation of the directive of the manufacturers buying electricity at $0.05 per unit. It was projected that the implementation of this pilot would lead to a revenue shortfall of about Shs 11.89 billion in the energy sector for the period January to December 2022. Extension of power directly from the Government operating hydro stations Consequent to the directive on 18 June 2022, the Government completed the amendment of the Electricity Act, 1999, which provided for the need for regulation to prescribe the terms under which industrial consumers may purchase electricity directly from generation or transmission companies. The development of the regulations commenced and the following steps were being taken:

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Observations and recommendations The committee observed that the implementation of the $0.05 per unit implemented by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development through a pilot did not foster the spirit of fair competition among industrial parks because it benefited only privately operated industrial parks like Liao Shen Industrial Park Company Ltd in Kapeeka and MMP Industrial Park in Buikwe. The committee recommends that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should allocate the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development funds (subsidy) amounting to Shs 160.34 billion in the Budget for the Financial Year 2023/2024 to cater for full implementation of the presidential directive in all industrial parks to allow manufacturers purchase electricity at $0.05 per unit. Secondly, the committee observed that although His Excellency, the President directed the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to supply electricity to manufacturers directly from power generation plants, the execution of the directive had no supporting regulations in place, as required by the Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2022. The committee recommends that the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development should table before Parliament, within one month, proof of the regulations clearly prescribing the terms under which industrial consumers may purchase electricity directly from generation or transmission companies, and a clear roadmap/ plan on how the Government intends to extend electricity to industrial parks, directly from power generation plants.

11807 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2024 they take is a National Identity card. They have boxes and boxes of National Identity cards because it is the only security that our people have in order for them to borrow money. I now see the process of the identity card renewal coming. They are either going to make a loss because their securities will no longer make sense or, if there is a requirement that somebody must hand in the old identity card, many people will miss out on National identity cards in Buikwe South and Buikwe District in general, because that is where these moneylenders are. Dear Sir, how would you like to handle such citizens who have mortgaged their national IDs? Thank you.

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

9764 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT Buikwe, Nakasongola, Luwero and Wakiso. They have gone ahead to even confiscate the merchandise of traders. We would like to know from the minister, who is seated right here, whether that directive was to operate in the whole country. What alternatives have been put in place to replace charcoal as a source of energy in this country? As you are aware that electricity is expensive and the yellow gas, which was being distributed, is nowhere to be seen. Honourable minister, since charcoal and firewood have been banned, what alternatives have been put in place to ensure that Ugandans survive in this country?

Thank you, Mr Speaker, I would like to join my colleagues to appreciate such a wonderful and moving State-of-the-Nation Address. The President addressed the agricultural status of this country and also looked at our economic level. Uganda, as a country, appreciates that we are at high massive levels of consumption. I would like to appreciate the concerns of the President that the infrastructure in this country has been reaching out. I know Members from very far constituencies can bear witness that we actually have good roads that our farmers and those that we anticipate in the agricultural products can reach the market and Members from different constituencies like Hon. Saazi can reach Kampala and legislate. So, the infrastructure has been a very issue. When you look at the technology, Uganda is running very fast in technological advances. If we are trying to digitalise - it is very surprising that most Members when articulating issues refer to other countries in terms of technology. If we appreciate as a country and the President’s focus on technology, I know we shall be Legislating far better so that people in faraway areas such as Buikwe can still join the rest of the country. [Mr Muzaale] DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS ON THE STATE OF THE NATION

9351 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 4 JULY 2023 On 15 December, before we went for the Christmas break, I raised the matter of national importance regarding the court backlog. The Attorney-General who was here undertook to present an amendment regarding the Magistrate’s Courts Act within a period of one month. I appreciate the challenges regarding backlog in the High Court but these have been caused by the limited jurisdiction in the Magistrate’s Courts, which is limited to Shs 50 million. Mr Speaker, magistrates in Buganda Region are limited to handling cases below Shs 50 million and many of them are seated. I call upon the honourable minister to think about what is happening in the Magistrate’s Courts because even a plot of land, which cost Shs 55 million has to go to the High Court. In Buganda - Wakiso, Buikwe, Mukono - you can hardly find an acre which goes below Shs 200 million. Therefore, I call upon the House to support me in this very motion of the minister, we also amend Section 207 of the Magistrate’s Courts Act to increase the monetary value of the Magistrate’s Courts to -(Member timed out.)

9351 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 4 JULY 2023 On 15 December, before we went for the Christmas break, I raised the matter of national importance regarding the court backlog. The Attorney-General who was here undertook to present an amendment regarding the Magistrate’s Courts Act within a period of one month. I appreciate the challenges regarding backlog in the High Court but these have been caused by the limited jurisdiction in the Magistrate’s Courts, which is limited to Shs 50 million. Mr Speaker, magistrates in Buganda Region are limited to handling cases below Shs 50 million and many of them are seated. I call upon the honourable minister to think about what is happening in the Magistrate’s Courts because even a plot of land, which cost Shs 55 million has to go to the High Court. In Buganda - Wakiso, Buikwe, Mukono - you can hardly find an acre which goes below Shs 200 million. Therefore, I call upon the House to support me in this very motion of the minister, we also amend Section 207 of the Magistrate’s Courts Act to increase the monetary value of the Magistrate’s Courts to -(Member timed out.)

9119 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 15 JUNE 2023 Madam Speaker, Shs 2.24 trillion has been allocated for food security, irrigation, climate change mitigation, value chain development, agricultural research and disease/pest control, among others. Supporting private sector growth Madam Speaker, the private sector has been directly supported through industrial parks’ development, promoting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and facilitating tourism. Industrial development and investment Madam Speaker, eight Government-owned industrial parks are currently operational at Namanve, Jinja, Bweyogerere, Mbale, Soroti, Mbarara and Kasese and Luzira. In addition, there are three industrial parks developed under a public-private partnership arrangement at Kapeeka, Mukono and Buikwe. The Uganda Investment Authority has acquired 12 square miles for industrial development, provided by various local governments in 18 zones across the country. Uganda’s global reputation as an investment destination has been boosted significantly in the recent past. Uganda has been named the No. 1 investment destination in East Africa by AIM Global 2023 at Dubai. In addition, our country has been ranked among the top 10 African countries for the best investment destinations in Africa by the African Development Bank. It is now also ranked the first in East Africa for capital market growth by Absa Bank. SME development Madam Speaker, SMEs in the manufacturing and export sectors will be supported with US$ 20 million under the Investment for Industrial Transformation and Employment Trust (INVITE Trust), which will provide grants and concessional credit to qualifying SMEs. These SMEs will access new and innovative financing products with long-term financing of up to 15 years. This intervention aims at increasing Ugandan manufactured export products, generating direct and indirect jobs for more than 200,000 workers and safeguarding existing jobs for 530,000 workers. Madam Speaker, an allocation of Shs 209.28 billion has been provided through the INVITE project next year. Tourism Uganda has increasingly been recognised as a tourism destination and is ranked by CNN as one of the top 10 tourist destinations in the World. We will, therefore, promote domestic and inbound tourism, including the use of digital platforms. Uganda will also be marketed as a global and regional centre for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE). Hospitality standards will be enforced through the licensing, grading and classification of tourism facilities. Shs 249 billion has been allocated for the promotion of tourism. Madam Speaker, all the private sector interventions I have detailed above have been allocated Shs 2.37 trillion. Building human capital Madam Speaker, Uganda has registered visible improvements in healthcare outcomes, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. On average, a Ugandan now lives longer – at 64 years, up from 53 years just as recently as 2015 – attains more years of schooling and enjoys a higher income per capita than ever before. Let me repeat this because it is interesting, especially to me who is working day and night to make sure that the youth and the sick are helped to recover: Uganda has registered visible improvements in healthcare outcomes, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. On average, a Ugandan now lives longer

9089 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023 7. Mbarara Industrial Park for small-scale enterprises for which 35 workplaces are occupied; and, 8. Kasese Industrial Park where one company is operational and five are at still construction stage. Both Karamoja and Koboko industrial Parks will soon start. In addition, we have three industrial parks, which are operated under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. These include Liao Shen Kapeeka with 17 factories, MMP Industrial Park, Buikwe, with six companies operational and Tian Tang in Mukono with four companies. The total capital investment within the industrial parks so far, is $2.93 billion and 98,263 direct jobs have been created with many more indirect jobs. In total, 226 factories are operating within the industrial parks while 303 are either under construction or at the planning stage. The development of industrial parks is one of the vehicles for socio-economic transformation with the projected creation of 2.5 million jobs in the next five years. The factories in the industrial parks do not include the standalone factories owned and operated by many different investors. These are factories that belong to Mukwano Group of Companies, Mulwana Group and so on. These are a total of 354 factories and employing an additional 100,000 people. The total number of factories in Uganda is 4,008, employing a total number of 150,000 people. The Parish Development Model We are committed to creating wealth and jobs by moving households from the non-money economy to the money economy. To achieve this goal, the Government launched the Parish Development Model to accelerate socio- economic transformation. Using this approach, 39 per cent of households, which are currently in the non-money economy - the majority of whom are in subsistence agriculture - will move into the money economy. The Parish Development Model will increase incomes, improve quality of life and eradicate poverty at household level through the modernisation of agriculture, industrialisation, improved service delivery and using modern communication technologies. Through the Parish Development Model, agriculture will be transformed from subsistence to commercial. This approach will organise and deliver public and private sector interventions for wealth creation, and employment generation using the parish as the economic unit for planning, budgeting and service delivery. Therefore, the 10,594 parishes in the country will be the growth and service delivery units in the Parish Development Model. Government has committed Shs 1,059 billion this financial year for its rollout countrywide. So far, parishes which established SACCOs have received Shs 50 million each, benefitting 906 SACCOs and more than 21,000 individual beneficiaries. Government will deepen the implementation of the Parish Development Model beyond the financial inclusion pillar by maintaining the disbursement of Shs 100 million to every parish next financial year and in the subsequent years. When I visited some parts of the country, I was told that some of the Parish Development Model money has given to people who were not eligible. This includes politicians and public servants. I was also informed about the delays in accessing the funds released by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to the target beneficiaries. In some cases, a few elite people come together and form SACCOs, and take all the funds released for the entire parish. The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has arrested a number of

Why don’t we listen to the whole list? You said we should read the list and we are reading it. Honourable members, listen to the figures. I do not think any of these Members will take this money into their pockets. 30) Vote 720: Masindi Municipal Council – Shs 11,172,470,000 31) Vote 721: Mityana Municipal Council – Shs 10,365,633,000 32) Vote 722: Moroto Municipal Council – Shs 5,143,627,000 33) Vote 723: Mubende Municipal Council – Shs 10,465,947,000 34) Vote 724: Mukono Municipal Council – Shs 19,829,177,000 35) Vote 725: Nansana Municipal Council – Shs 24,351,761,000 36) Vote 726: Nebbi Municipal Council – Shs 6,907,898,000 37) Vote 727: Njeru Municipal Council – Shs 13,394,572,000 38) Vote 728: Ntungamo Municipal Council – Shs 4,845,867,000 39) Vote 729: Rukungiri Municipal Council – Shs 9,415,996,000 40) Vote 730: Sheema Municipal Council – Shs 14,106,079,000 41) Vote 731: Tororo Municipal Council – Shs 9,365,323,000 42) Vote 801: Abim District – Shs 18,295,895,000 43) Vote 802: Adjumani District – Shs 31,965,889,000 44) Vote 803: Agago District – Shs 31,061,514,000 45) Vote 804: Alebtong District – Shs 23,689,489,000 46) Vote 805: Amolatar District – Shs 19,357,798,000 47) Vote 806: Amudat District – Shs 10,632,904,000 48) Vote 807: Amuria District – Shs 22,290,290,000 49) Vote 808: Amuru District - Shs 22,428,999,000 50) Vote 809: Apac District – Shs 20,739,922,000 51) Vote 810: Arua District – Shs 16,085,370,000 52) Vote 811: Budaka District – Shs 25,157,873,000 53) Vote 812: Bududa District – Shs 26,411,933,000 54) Vote 813: Bugiri District – Shs 34,828,388,000 55) Vote 814: Bugweri District – Shs 19,367,086,000 56) Vote 815: Buhweju District – Shs 15,085,933,000 57) Vote 816: Buikwe District – Shs 24,383,139,000 58) Vote 817: Bukedea District – Shs 26,466,423,000 59) Vote 818: Bukomansimbi District – Shs 18,428,274,000

8755 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023 94) Vote 809: Apac District – Shs 20,739,922,000 95) Vote 810: Arua District – Shs 16,085,370,000 96) Vote 811: Budaka District – Shs 25,157,873,000 97) Vote 812: Bududa District – Shs 26,411,933,000 98) Vote 813: Bugiri District – Shs 34,828,388,000 99) Vote 814: Bugweri District – Shs 19,367,086,000 100) Vote 815: Buhweju District – Shs 15,085,933,000 101) Vote 816: Buikwe District – Shs 24,383,139,000 102) Vote 817: Bukedea District – Shs 26,466,423,000 103) Vote 818: Bukomansimbi District – Shs 18,428,274,000 104) Vote 819: Bukwo District – Shs 22,102,420,000 105) Vote 820: Bulambuli District – Shs 22,999,426,000 106) Vote 821: Buliisa District – Shs 14,874,929,000 107) Vote 822: Bundibugyo District – Shs 33,203,487,000 108) Vote 823: Bunyangabu District - Shs 19,891,642,000 109) Vote 824: Bushenyi District – Shs 28,896,953,000 110) Votes 825: Busia District - Shs 32,967,494,000 111) Votes 826: Butaleja District - Shs 33,927,473,000 112) Vote 827: Butambala District – Shs 23,446,766,000 113) Vote 828: Butebo District - Shs 16,607,616,000 114) Vote 829: Buvuma District – Shs 13,321,617,000 115) Vote 830: Buyende District – Shs 22,651,177,000 116) Vote 831: Dokolo District – Shs 21,223,707,000 117) Vote 832: Gomba District – Shs 21,231,932,000 118) Vote 833: Gulu District – Shs 21,678,185,000 119) Vote 834: Hoima District – Shs 20,331,850,000 120) Vote 835: Ibanda District - Shs 21,754,328,000 121) Vote 836: Iganga District – Shs 38,124,629,000 122) Vote 837: Isingiro District – Shs 43,369,358,000 123) Vote 838: Jinja District - Shs 37,285,315,000 124) Vote 839: Kaabong District - Shs 16,287,466,000 125) Vote 840: Kabale District – Shs 32,609,628,000 126) Vote 841: Kabarole District - Shs 20,343,712,000 127) Vote 842: Kaberamaido District – Shs 14,913,324,000 128) Vote 843: Kagadi District - Shs 35,348,272,000

8477 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023 Disclaimer: The electronic version of the Official Report of the proceedings of Parliament (Hansard) is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Office of the Clerk to Parliament. I am informed that the people had been mobilised to take part in the Women’s Day celebrations, which had not been cleared by the Police. The event was scheduled to take place on 21 st at Kyanja Village, Bwema Subcounty in Buvuma District. The DPC deployed a team of officers to ensure that the function did not take place because Hon. Nakaziba Suzan had not informed the Inspector General of Police. The police officers arrived at Kyanja Village at about 8.00 p.m. and immediately reported their presence to the area LC Chairperson. At the request of the police, the LC authorities informed the residents that the event had been postponed. On 20 April 2023 at around 7.15 a.m., one Matovu Stephen, the NUP mobiliser and a campaigner in the district, moved through Kyanja and Kaziru villages chanting NUP slogans telling people to be strong and turn up in big numbers for the event. At about 1.00 p.m. on the same day, a boat carrying a group of men docked at Kyanja Landing Site. It was also loaded with food items including bunches of Matooke , a sack of rice and household utensils like saucepans, plates, knives. The organisers planned to prepare meals for the people at the function - I think the knives were for peeling. I was informed that the police officers confiscated all these items. At about 3.00 p.m., a group of other officers from the Field Force Unit joined the team at Kyanja to tighten security. On 21 April 2023, at around 9.30 a.m., the police received information indicating that Hon. Nakaziba was at Ssenyi Landing Site in Buikwe preparing to cross over to Kyanja Village to meet the people who had gathered for an unauthorised meeting. Part of the team of officers - I am talking about those that I have mentioned above - was deployed on water to monitor Hon. Nakaziba’s movements and stop her from reaching Kyanja – (Interjections) – I am reporting, honourable colleagues.

Thank you Madam Speaker. First of all, allow me to thank you for having rescued our honourable colleagues when they were arrested. Secondly, I condemn brutality. Madam Speaker, for the incident involving Hon. Susan, I was there. I only survived the teargas because they undermined my size. (Laughter) I was there in Buvuma. For the report the Prime Minister has given here, the police misinformed her. On that day, when I went to support my colleague on the other side – we were at Kiyindi Landing Site. Even the District Police Commander (DPC) came and took my full address. They wanted me to identify myself, which I did. Shortly after, they were asking for Hon. Susan. I did not know that they were looking for her, actually. I had never been to Buvuma – that was my first time there. Shortly after, Hon. Susan jumped in my car – actually, she was hiding in the boot of my car. The soldiers started running after us – even the police. We had to run away from that place. We connected to – I do not know which district that was, Madam Speaker. We went to another –(Interjection)- no, it was not Buvuma. We had not yet crossed. Even the speed boat that we were supposed to use was confiscated. Madam Speaker, I saw whatever happened to Hon. Susan with my own eyes; nobody told me. I condemn what happened. We went to somebody’s home – we did not know the lady – in Buikwe. We even ended up undressing and wearing somebody else’s clothes. It was that serious. On reaching the other side, we found the security officers waiting for us on the water. I refused this time – I told Hon. Susan that I have a phobia of water. So, it was Hon. Susan and Hon. Manjeri who stepped into the boat to go to the other side. Madam Speaker, it was a very nasty experience. Any person, leader or Ugandan should not be in that situation. We have Members of Parliament who are mandated to carry out their roles. Even Arua City Members, are complaining about the RCCs; they have become a headache. In Hon. Susan’s case the, RDC actually has an interest to contest in Buvuma. That is what is happening. So, Madam Speaker, I think we should look into that. If they are sent to disorganise us – Madam Speaker, as our leader, we have faith in you. Please, something must be done. On that day, I tried calling you, but the number was engaged. That is how we ended up running like mad dogs on the streets. Indeed, I condemn the brutality and those officers must be apprehended for what they did. For Arua, we may not hold guns, but if the opportunity was given for us to exchange – and they are not in uniform – you can trust me. For us, we are trained in that one, Madam Speaker. (Laughter)

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.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I also want to thank my honourable sister; today, she has earned her pay for the staying power she has exhibited. Secondly, we missed her for the time she was away – when she went to represent the Minister of Education and Sports in Japan. I can assure you, my sister, that humility will one day take you to the galaxy. (Laughter) So, I thank you. I will respond to a few issues she did speak about; I will not be very elaborate. One, Mr Speaker, the question that was initially misconstrued to have been asked by Hon. Musa Noah – not Hon. Wanzala – remains valid. I think the Rt Hon. Prime Minister should take very seriously the issue of registration of pupils in primary schools. When the Member complained about the distance that parents have to travel to have their children registered, the Prime Minister insisted that actually, the parents should find their way to the districts. Can I challenge the Prime Minister, to some degree of imagination and creativity by the Government; if I were the Prime Minister, I would utilise the young people that are educated with no jobs, put those apps on their phones and send them to schools. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, there is a challenge. Please, engage people to be a bit innovative. You need people to be more imaginative and solve this problem. In my Government, that would not be a problem, Rt Hon. Prime Minister. (Laughter) Secondly, on the issue raised by Hon. Juliet Achayo, Member of Parliament for Ngora, relating to the challenge of education and lack of vocational schools in the community, having given a background of insecurity, I think, again, it speaks to some level of lack of deeper thought on the part of planners in education. I want to invite, for some level of ingenuity, those planning for our education system that our country is not uniform. In Karamoja, for example, there was a well-done programme of basic education that enabled so many children to access education then. Their education was different from the one that was delivered to the children in Masaka, for example, because they are unique. Will the Prime Minister think better about this challenge and challenge the Ministry of Education to think through on how they can best solve this problem, without having to refer this community to a time when the Government will construct vocational schools - because I am not sure how long this Government is going to last? So, we need some immediate solutions. Your Government has been around long and the problem persists. You probably need to think better and offer a quicker solution. Thirdly, Mr Speaker, the issue of the Busoga Central Forest Reserve is a bigger problem. I want to invite the Prime Minister to find an occasion and visit the central forest reserve in Buikwe and Mukono, generally, with Hon. Dr Lulume Bayigga; there is a big problem. First of all, the NFA is abusing its powers and causing very grave environmental damage. I do not know whether they are being supervised or there are some other entity operating in their own world. I invite you to visit with Hon. Dr Lulume Bayigga - I actually ask him to invite you to go and see the level of damage caused to our environment by the NFA by actually cutting down a natural forest and planting eucalyptus in square miles of land, and they are still doing so in part of the central forest reserve in Buikwe, where there is huge damage. Of course, you know what has happened on Mityana Road – it is entirely down and you see eucalyptus rising; there is a problem.

Honourable chairperson, just read starting with Buikwe, Bukomansimbi, Butambala, Buvuma -

Madam Speaker, there is a table, which is Annexure 1 in our report. It begins with Buikwe and the number of connections for Buikwe is 17,257.

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.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Under Section 207 of the Magistrates Courts Act, the jurisdiction and powers of magistrate’s courts to hear and determine cases and matters of civil nature in light of the value on the subject matter in dispute is as follows: 1. The Chief Magistrate is authorised to handle a matter not beyond Shs 50 million. 2. Magistrate Grade I is authorised to handle a case whose value cannot exceed Shs 20 million; and 3. Magistrate Grade II is authorised to handle a matter whose value cannot exceed Shs 500,000. Today, the High Court is grappling with cases of backlog arising from the fact that several cases are now being filed in the High Court. Even a small plot around Wakiso, Mukono, Buikwe and Mpigi - you just find yourself exceeding Shs 50 million and that has created a backlog in our Judiciary. I have tried my best to reach to the Attorney- General and the Secretary to the Judiciary to ensure that the Magistrates Court Act is

Yes, - consistent with the purpose that was declared. Madam Speaker, that is to say, “conserve biological diversity ecosystem, protect soil, air and water quality”. Madam Speaker, these forests have been given out. They have even gone ahead to prevent residents from getting firewood, water sources and even natural things like herbs. Madam Speaker, to that effect, I have two prayers: 1. The ministry responsible should come out with a statement to brief us on the status of Uganda’s forest cover. They should tell us how the NFA has given out these forests to private investors and why of all tree types, they are planting Eucalyptus all over. 2. Madam Speaker, assuming it is not in the law, the Minister responsible should direct the NFA people, through a regulation, to coordinate with local leaders on the ground to establish forest protection committees so that we can at least reserve some forests. Madam Speaker, on Friday, as Members of the Buganda caucus, we toured Buikwe District and experienced the same situation; forests have been depleted. The leaders are not consulted and the land is being shared. Madam Speaker, I beg to move.

6113 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2022 extensive excursion in the Central Region here in Buganda. The issue of the Central Forest Reserve is a very serious matter. The Shadow Minister for Environment is computing a document and I put the House on notice; it will be laid here and debated, about who is doing what in the Central Forest Reserve. For example, in Buikwe, where we were last week, on Friday, licensees cut down a natural forest and were logging trucks of firewood for sale. Madam Speaker, this is criminal and we were going to provide a report here but it is appropriate that the Prime Minister lays her report so that we can debunk the concoctions in it, from our own presentation.

6064 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT from vote 582 on page 28, which is Buikwe District Local Government, which had an unqualified opinion. Query one looks at the payment of salaries, pension, and gratuity. And just briefly under that, it specifically looks at the absorption of funds where the audit report revealed that Shs 15,040,000,000, representing 93.1 per cent, was spent out of the total of Shs 16,150,000,000, resulting into unabsorbed balance of Shs 1,110,000,000. That amount was returned back to the Treasury because it was not spent. Madam Speaker, the committee observed that the money that was not spent was majorly meant for paying secondary school teachers. And the committee observed that unfortunately, the Ministry of Education and Sports had not deployed those teachers who should have been paid. We also noted that part of the money returned was meant for the recruitment of staff. Accordingly, the committee has come up with recommendations as follows: (i) The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Sports should ensure that recruitment and posting of secondary school teachers is expedited to save the Local Government entity from returning funds meant for salaries to Treasury; and (ii) The accounting officer should ensure that the recruitment to fill the vacant critical positions is conducted to enhance service delivery and avoid the return of funds to the Consolidated Fund. Query No.2 was about the payment of salaries using the wrong scales. Here, the committee detected that the entity used the wrong scales for payment and as a result, about seven staff were overpaid by a tune of Shs 6,542,796 while 24 staff were underpaid by a tune of Shs 20,566,092. Madam Speaker, the committee noted that payment of staff salaries based on wrong salary scales was indicative of fraudulent actions, and a breach of subsection (B-a)(6) and (7) of the Uganda Public Service Standing Orders, 2010. We also noted that there was reluctance by the accounting officer and the Human Resource Officer in updating annual increments on the salaries of the staff. As a result, the committee gave recommendations as follows: (1) The accounting officer and the Human Resource Officer be held personally liable and reprimanded for failing to update increments on the salaries of staff leading to underpayment. Here, we particularly pointed out that their actions contravene the provision of subsection (B-a)(6) and (7) of the Uganda Public Service Standing Orders, 2010. The officers - Mr Ntulume George and Sebalya Hadijah - should be reprimanded. Again, on query No.3 on the delayed deletion of staff from the payroll, the audit report noted that Shs 4,697,808 was wrongly paid to two staff who had retired. The committee observed that the deletion of staff from the entity’s active payroll was a violation of subsection (B-a)(12) of the Uganda Public Service Standing Orders, 2010, which states that Payment of salary to public officers be stopped immediately they cease rendering services to Government under whatever circumstances, including death. Therefore, the committee recommends that the accounting officer should ensure the full recovery of all the funds that were paid. The committee further recommends that the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to Treasury should reprimand the accounting officer and hold him personally liable for causing financial loss to Government. Under the management of payroll deductions, the committee noted under, query 2.1, the over and under-remittances of deductions. The audit report revealed that whereas Shs 2,999,737,881 was deducted from employees’ salaries to be remitted to different beneficiaries, only Shs

6068 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT i) The company was given the land for 49 years effective from 15 October 2018 and was expected to complete the said project by 15 October 2023. However, since then, we noted that there was not much development on the land as squatters were also posing challenges to the development. The committee made the following observations: i) There were two signatories on the agreement, that is, the accounting officer and the district chairperson, who illegally signed yet he is not the custodian of the district property; ii) The district was not availed with a copy of the proposed plan for the satellite town; iii) The district signed the agreement without ascertaining the capacity/capability of M/s Bless to Bless in the execution of this development. iv) The agreement between Buikwe and M/s Bless to Bless contravenes Section 34(1) of the Public Finance Management Act. As a result, the committee made the following recommendations: i) This agreement be considered null and void and the land reverts back to the district. ii) Political leaders should refrain from committing Government property as the binding document is the responsibility of the accounting officer as the custodian of Government property. iii) The district leadership should take all the necessary measures-

The former Chairperson of Buikwe District Local Government.

Madam Speaker, on page 28 – that is part two – we look at specific audit queries across local governments. Here, I will start with Vote 582 - Buikwe Local Government, which has an unqualified opinion. Query 1.0 looks at payment of salaries, pension and gratuity. Query 1.1 looks at absorption of funds. The audit report revealed that Shs 15,040,000,000, representing 93.1 per cent, was spent out of a total of Shs 16,150,000,000, resulting in an unspent balance of Shs 1,110,000,000. That is the amount returned the Treasury. We have indicated the explanation as given by the accounting officer and I will not spend a lot of time on that, but I will take you to the committee’s observations. The committee observed that – indeed, Madam Speaker, most of the Shs 1.1 billion that was not spent was money meant for payment of salaries for secondary school teachers, who were not posted to the local government by the Ministry of Education and Sports. Part of the money was meant for recruitment of staff.

5689 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022 The minister in charge of fisheries undertook to visit the area the next day. Through our conversation, she was committed to visiting even Kiyindi in Buikwe South and also to involve Buvuma. She is only held back from undertaking that visit by the lack of finances. She cannot move to Mukono or Buikwe because she is not facilitated. I had a telephone conversation with her and that is why I can speak with confidence about this. Therefore, Mr Speaker, whereas the ministers are in affirmative about answering the demand side -

I would like to invite this Parliament to the following forests because we cannot talk about climate change without talking about the forest cover which is dwindling every day; Mabira forest, which is just remaining on the roadside. I am talking about Kisisita forest in Buikwe, which has now been cut down in the pretext of planting new trees, especially Eucalyptus. Namazzina, which was about a square mile of forest cut down completely and eucalyptus being planted. Mr Speaker, I would like to invite this Parliament to give me a chance to present the motion on this at an appropriate time. Thank you very much.

5658 THE COMPUTER MISUSE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022 Madam Speaker, the Kampala-Jinja Mainline and the Kampala-Southern Bypass, collectively form the Kampala-Jinja Expressway Public Private Partnership Project. The proposed project comprises 77 kilometres of the Kampala-Jinja Mainline Expressway, and 18 kilometres of the Kampala Southern Bypass; Urban Expressway to be constructed as follows: i) The first 3 kilometers will be four lanes on each side; ii) The next 17 kilometers will be three lanes on each side; iii) The remaining 57 kilometers will be two lanes on each side; and iv) The 18 kilometers of the Kampala Southern Bypass will be two lanes on each side. The project links to Kampala Flyover Project along Jinja Road, Kampala Northern Bypass at Namboole and Kampala-Entebbe Expressway at Munyoyo. Madam Speaker, the procurement process for the project is ongoing, and the bidders are expected to return their technical and financial bids in January 2023. At the moment, Government is continuing with the land acquisition process, and 44 kilometres have been acquired to date. The target dates for the acquisition of the right of way are: i) December 2023 for Kampala-Namagunga and Kampala Southern Bypass; and ii) In June 2024, for Namagunga-Jinja. Madam Speaker, the construction of the Kampala-Jinja Expressway is a five-year project scheduled to commence once these processes are completed. Question three Question number three came from Dr Bayigga Lulume, the Member of Parliament, Buikwe District. The Rural Electrification Agency had its activities halted and taken to a vote where we thought that improvements were going to be effected. According to Hon. Lulume, they have not seen any improvement at all and that our people would like to have power lines extended to their villages. His prayer is: Can the Prime Minister inform this august House when the activities of extension of power lines in Buikwe District will resume? My response is that the Minister for Energy and Mineral Development is implementing two energy schemes that include the Government of Uganda Lot 8 Project; and the grid intensification under Energy for Rural Transformation (ERT) in Buikwe District. Madam Speaker, under the Government of Uganda Lot 8 Project, the following works have been done: i) The installation of nine transformers in the areas of Ssugu, Kirangira, Mutwe, Nakatyaba, Bukasa and Mutale areas. These works commenced and were handed over to Umeme on 3 August 2022; ii) The installation of five transformers in areas of Yalelo Fish Farm, Butembo Town Council, Buwagajo Town Council and Nawa Town Council. The commissioning and handover was done on 21 July 2022; and iii) Pole erection has been completed in the areas of Kanyenye. The installation of the transformer is scheduled to be done this month. [Ms Nabbanja] PRIME MINISTER’S TIME

5659 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2022 Madam Speaker, Government, through the grid intensification under the Energy for Rural Transformation Lot 3, has installed and will continue to install more transformers in areas of Gimbo, Kokola, Tega, Monde, Kabanaga, Nakawungu, Natwala, Buzama, Kikooli, Makonge, Kyambogo, Bulyantete, Katungulu and Nsakya. These works are also scheduled to be commissioned in September and October 2022. Madam Speaker, the works in Buikwe District have progressed considerably well and are nearing completion in various schemes earmarked to be commissioned by the end of 2022. Question 4 Madam Speaker, Question 4 came from Hon. Atima Jackson Lee Butu, the Member of Parliament, Arua Central Division, Arua City. According to Makerere University School of Public Health, teenage pregnancy cases rose by 25 per cent, and as a country, we have fallen short of our pledge made at the East, Central and Southern African Community Health Conference held in Lusaka, February 2020, to reduce it to 13 per cent. In his constituency, Arua Central Division, there are many teenage mothers who seek help to continue with education to fulfill their dreams. His question is: What is Government’s plan to address the high number of teenage child-mothers who got pregnant during the COVID-19 lockdown and have been abandoned by their families? My response, Madam Speaker is as follows: According to the Ministry of Education and Sports Report, 2020, between 15 to 20 per cent of school dropouts are triggered by child marriage and teenage pregnancies. Madam Speaker, Government is taking appropriate measures to address this challenge. Measures taken so far include the following: 1. The Vice President’s Office, the Office of the Prime Minister in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports, together with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, have developed the National Guidelines to Return Child Mothers to School, and this is in black and white. Countrywide roll-out of these guidelines is underway. Honourable colleagues, I request you to take part in this strategy through the continuous sensitisation and mobilisation of our country. 2. Two, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has developed the second National Strategy to End Child Marriage and Teenage Pregnancy. This strategy was officially launched on the Day of the African Child, 16 June 2022. The key areas of focus of this strategy are: i) Strengthening family and community capacity to support children to end child marriage; ii) Changing the negative and harmful social, religious and cultural norms and practices that drive child marriage; iii) Strengthening birth registration and certification; and iv) Economically empowering families through the existing Government livelihood programmes, including the Parish Development Model, the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme, the Youth Livelihood Programme, Emyooga and Operation Wealth Creation. v) Creating awareness to increase uptake of sexual and reproductive health services and information. Madam Speaker, the Ministry of Education and Sports, under the able leadership of Mama Janet, the First Lady, launched a national multi- media campaign to end child marriage, teenage pregnancy, defilement and promote positive parenting.