Kabale District

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to also add my voice and appreciate the Members for today’s contributions towards the President’s address. I will respond to two questions, one from the Kabale District Woman Representative about Government establishing a tourism and hospitality school in Kabale. I would like

391 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 15 JULY 2026 to inform the Member that the Government already has the Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training College in Jinja. It still has a lot of capacity. I would implore you to have your team join. It is a Government school, and it awards diplomas, certificates and degrees. When need arises, Government can always look into that. However, considering the limited resource envelope, it might not come soon. Nonetheless, we appreciate that Kabale contributes a lot towards the tourism sector. Hon. Muhenda commented about Fort Portal being a tourism city. It is very true, and Government is putting special attention on Fort Portal. A lot of money is being invested in that region, especially when it comes to AFCON, and a lot more is going to be invested. Take heart; Government is working on it.

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Mine entirely is to seek your guidance. It goes in line with the submission given by the Shadow Minister of Education and Sports. His entire response to the Ministry of Education and Sports was specifically on STEM. One of the areas he cited was that the President, in his address, gave limited attention to practical resources required to build a strong science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ecosystem. It is on record that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has truly come out to support science, innovations, and technology in the country. He has gone ahead to even earmark resources specifically for research in most of our institutions of higher learning. Furthermore, he has even created a Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation. In this line, we appropriate money in this very Parliament to support the innovations in our country. I respectfully welcome what my colleague said, but I want to say that the President is a champion of science. Even now, you know very well that the complaint has been that science teachers are paid more money than arts teachers. This has been an area where we have all been complaining and battling about. Why did he take that strategic direction? It is because he values science as a way to go. He has always given the example of a pilot versus me, a social worker. How much does a pilot earn vis-à-vis the social worker? Another issue that the Shadow Minister of Education and Sports talked about was the question of secondary school education. Many schools continue to have inadequate science laboratories. Mr Speaker, I want to give areas where we are making inroads and improvements. One, we have a project in the Ministry of Education and Sports called Uganda Secondary School Expansion Programme (USEP). It is a World Bank-Government of Uganda- funded project. We are already in the process of constructing 120 schools and renovating all traditional secondary schools across the country. I confirm that this work is ongoing. ( Applause ) Case studies: Butobere in Kabale, Nyakasura in Kabarole and Teso College Aloet. All these schools are meant to be renovated under that project. Furthermore, we have got another programme in the ministry called U-Learn. U-Learn is also a World Bank-funded project that specifically targets to push secondary education into most subcounties without secondary schools. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, together with the World Bank, is finalising the agreement for this money. It will be implemented during this term of office. Regarding the question of internet connectivity, my ministry does not work in silos. We work closely with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance. I remember we had what we call the Uganda Digital Acceleration Project (UDAP) while I was a minister there. UDAP is a last- mile connection to major government facilities at a subcounty. The area of interest includes secondary schools, primary schools, health centres, and all other key infrastructure in the area. I am sure this Parliament approved the money for this project, and work is going on to connect the internet across the country. For that matter, as far as the Education Sector is concerned, I welcome the views given to me by my colleague, the Shadow Minister of Education and Sports. We are on course. I welcome Hon. Kaluya back to Parliament. I was with him in the Tenth Parliament in another colour. I am happy he has come back in a different colour. That is politics. I wish you all the best. Thank you so much, Mr Speaker.

For the record, Rubanda patients are 130, Kabale has 220 patients, Rukungiri 190, Kanungu 170, Kisoro 150 and Rukiga 100 patients’ increment every single year. The most frequently diagnosed types of cancer in Kigezi are: cervical cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and sarcoma cancer, to mention but a few. My prayer to the Government is to ensure that it prioritises a cancer centre for Kigezi and at least each village has a knapsack sprayer. Thank you very much.

Hon. Mwiru, you can understand. The second-to-last issue concerned the honourable member from Gomba, who said that the President has been threatening to fight corruption. I have a different view. The President is not threatening, but is actually taking action, and the writing is on the wall. We are happy and glad to be having a President who says what he means and means what he says. He is walking the talk, and we should be proud of our President. (Applause) Hon. Molly asked an important question and said, “As sector commanders, what are you doing to fulfil the intention of the President in the State of the Nation Address?” In our sector of industry, we are focusing on creating value for the things that we are producing, especially agro-industrialisation and also import substitution. We would like to manufacture everything we import into the country. For example, honourable colleagues, you may need to know that almost 40 per cent of the honey taken in European countries is made in laboratories, yet here in Kabale, Buganda and Arua, we have a lot of honey. For example, our focus now is on processing honey so that we can export it to these countries – (Applause) - so that they get out of this honey made in laboratories and start enjoying the natural honey that comes from Africa. Lt Gen. Kavuma, I cannot agree with you anymore. We have made good progress over time. We used to import sugar, but now we have excess sugar and also industrial sugar. The sugar that is used to produce soda and others is processed here from Kinyara. We used to import carbon dioxide which is used in soda. We now have factories that manufacture it. We are currently importing close to $1 billion of steel and steel products, but we have now almost set up factories that have reduced this import substantially. So, we are producing steel here. Companies like Roofings and Tembo are setting up in Tororo and Kigezi Subregion to take advantage of the iron ore stocks that we have in our country, which is approximately 312 million tonnes. We want to utilise this to produce steel and steel products. Mr Speaker, the statement of the President was very important and I am glad that Members of Parliament are appreciating it. Let us join hands with the President to industrialise our country,

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Does the Prime Minister agree with me on the fact that the Muhanga- Kashinda-Kahararo seven-kilometre Road that was de-tarmacked four years ago should be tarmacked as soon as possible? It is on the Kabale-Rubanda Road and at the moment, there are several accidents. Actually, two weeks ago, as I drove back to Rubanda to do the Government programmes, I almost got an accident. My prayer is that the road should be tarmacked and if not, at least to have murram as soon as possible. Thank you very much.

344 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS [Mr Naturinda] PRIME MINISTER’S TIME not being found. I want to implore you that, as the ministry – personally I am an irish potato farmer. I grow irish potatoes in Kabale but I am counting millions of losses. My manager just called me and said, “Boss, I think this season, no money.”

Thank you. Honourable colleagues, I wish we could translate the way we are speaking into serious action. When the minister goes for wetland encroachers, we are the first ones here to come and say, our people - I have received many petitions. I request that we get committed. Hon. Eliab, I know the President has been talking, especially about those people who are planting Irish potatoes in the wetlands of Kabale on Katuna Road and Ruhanda. I hope when the minister goes to remove them, you will be there to support her. Now, someone is saying that is a special case – (Laughter) - I remember, for those who were growing rice in Bukedi, the Members of Parliament (MPs) here caused trouble. I hope we can support the minister. We do not have special cases, I hope, when it comes to that.

Thank you. I did not have the time for all that but I appreciate the interest and note that issues of climate change or water and environment have no colours. I am happy with the way we are handling this and it should be maintained. The budget that is needed to deliver this much needed service to our people should be cross-cutting. There is no politics here and I pledge that my office is open. Colleagues, do not waste time to come all the way. Please pick my number and WhatsApp. If there is an issue in your constituency, reach out to me on WhatsApp. I will sit down with my technical team and we will try to respond. You do not have to move around or come and labour to ask for this because the Government is here and willing to serve its people. That is why we are there and the President is very passionate about this. On the wetlands, as I conclude and sit down, please, let us all move together, including our voters. Let us talk the hard talk. We are trying to reclaim what has been destroyed. Our wetlands are the source of the rains. Our forest covers give us rain and they are about to give us money in carbon credit. Please, talk the hard talk. Advise our people. His Excellency the President has said that those in the wetlands need to be evicted but we have to give them an alternative source of livelihood. The President added that those people should organise themselves and go into fish farming. This is a programme which is running. Our voters are not going to go into the wilderness, the Government has planned for them. Let us evict them together with you, the Members of Parliament, but give them an alternative source of livelihood. Therefore, go and organise them. Some are willing to give their titles, like what the President directed on Kabale and Bukedi regions, among others. Those are the areas of special focus. So, when we come to tell the people, instead of planting rice, please go into fish farming, we are willing to have our people helped so that they earn more money in fish farming than rice growing. My colleague from Kabale talked about potatoes. We need to be conscious that we are not destroying the environment. That is

Thank you, Mr Speaker. We have an issue of the Kabale-Lake Bunyonyi Road. Last year, the Government of the Republic of Uganda launched that road, and it was meant to promote tourism and business around Kabale. Unfortunately, the contractor, Samcrete Egypt Engineers and Contractors, has abandoned the site. He has actually removed all the materials, and we are wondering. The people of Kabale, especially those who are involved in the tourism sector, are worried. Businesses are down, and even the production levels have gone down. Mr Speaker, I would like to request the honourable Minister of Works and Transport to intervene. The man - (Member timed out.)

Mr Speaker, I know the Kabale-Lake Bunyonyi Road. The contractor is Temu Contractors, and they were also going to work on the Mgahinga Road; those are tourism roads. As I speak, we are considering terminating the contract of that contractor on grounds that he had no capacity. Mr Speaker, my technical people informed me that this is a loan. When taking a loan, it should be competitive bidding. They had written to the bank that we should not have a contract with this person when they anticipated that the person did not have capacity but the bank refused. Instead the bank accepted and said, “Let us take this person”. Actually, we have received information that even the bank itself is under investigation. Mr Speaker, our officers raised a red flag but the bank went ahead to procure this contractor. Otherwise, we are taking it up and within a few weeks, we shall have terminated that contract and we will get a new contractor on board. This morning, we met the African Development Bank people -

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

147 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 11 JUNE 2026 ii. To date, 297 kilometres of roads have been paved, several roads have been rehabilitated and maintained, and eight major road junctions have been signalled to improve traffic flow and road safety. iii. Mr Speaker, Kampala made history as the first city in Africa to be inducted into the International Network of Tree Cities in the world. The Government will continue building on this heritage and global recognition. iv. In this regard, the Government has prioritised implementation of a clean- up exercise involving restoration of wetlands and green spaces, enforcing integrated physical planning including pedestrian-friendly roads, enforcing trade order and restrictions on all forms of pollution, especially noise. Water transport Mr Speaker, the Government has constructed, maintained and operated 15 ferries to connect island communities to markets and services. The Buyende-Kagwara-Kaberamaido (BKK) ferry has commenced operations. Two ferries on Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale are under construction and are expected to begin service by June 2027. Preliminary works for the Bukasa inland port are nearly complete, paving the way for the commencement of the actual construction. Railway transport Mr Speaker, the Government has commenced construction of the 273-kilometre Standard Gauge Railway from Malaba to Kampala. Upon completion, container transport costs from Mombasa to Kampala are projected to fall from about $3,500 to roughly $ 1,600 and transit time from five days to one day. Rehabilitation of the Tororo-Gulu Meter Gauge Railway reached 66 per cent completion, while the Kampala-Mukono section has been completed. Air transport Mr Speaker, about air transport: a) Physical works for Kabalega International Airport are complete. The Government is now finalising operational requirements to get the airport ready for the first oil and the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2027. b) Construction of Kidepo International Airport is underway to boost tourism in Karamoja. c) Phase I of Entebbe International Airport’s rehabilitation and expansion is complete. With a new passenger terminal and expanded cargo facility, the passenger terminal capacity has risen from 2.0 million to 3.5 million travellers per year. d) Twelve regional aerodromes have been maintained to support regional connectivity for tourism and trade. e) The Government is strengthening Uganda Airlines as critical transport infrastructure to enhance international connectivity for tourism, trade, investment, and the diaspora. In order to enhance operational efficiency, expand and modernise the fleet, the Government is further capitalising the airline by acquiring eight additional new passenger aircraft. The Financial Year 2026/2027 priorities for transport Mr Speaker, Shs 8.79 trillion has been allocated next financial year for transport infrastructure development. The priority areas will include: i. Construction of the Malaba-Kampala Standard Gauge Railway and completion of rehabilitation of the meter gauge railway. ii. Construction, upgrade and maintenance of national, city, district, urban and community access roads. iii. Construction and maintenance of strategic bridges. iv. Development of water transport systems such as ferries and ports. v. Operationalisation of Kabalega International Airport and continued upgrade of regional aerodromes. vi. Expansion of the Uganda Airlines.

7. Nankwanga Stellamaris Woman Representative Bugweri Independent 8. Nanzala Metrine Namisindwa County Namisindwa NRM 9. Nassolo Eugenia Rubaga Division South Kampala NUP 10. Nawe Molly Kamukama Woman Representative Kazo NRM 11. Ndeezi Alex PWD Representative N/A NRM 12. Ngabirano Charles Rwampara East County Rwampara Independent 13. Ninsiima Evelyne Woman Representative Rubanda Independent 14. Nnamara Annet Oyes Byamukama Woman Representative Buhweju NRM 15. Nyakato Asinansi City Woman Representative Hoima City PFF 16. Namujju Cissy Dionizia Woman Representative Lwengo NRM 17. Nyakato Dorothy Woman Representative Kitagwenda NRM 18. Namutaawe Joan Woman Representative Masaka NUP 19. Nayebale Sylivia Woman Representative Gomba NRM 20. Naziiwa Margret Woman Representative Kagadi NRM 21. Nkunyingi Muwada Kyadondo County East Wakiso NUP 22. Nuria Hafsa Teko Woman Representative Kotido Independent 23. Nangoli Gerald Elgon North County Bulambuli NRM 24. Nyeko Johnson Kezekiya Lamwo County Lamwo NRM 25. Obong Peter Acuda Maruzi County Apac UPC 26. Obong Vincent Shedrick Lira West Division Lira City UPC 27. Okiding Sam (Lt Gen.) UPDF Representative N/A N/A 28. Ofwono Opondo P’Odel Older Person’s Representative Eastern NRM 29. Ocen Geoffery Kioga North County Amolatar UPC 30. 3Ogwal Joseph Jones Dokolo North County Dokolo NRM 31. Ojara Martin Mapenduzi Bardege-Layibi Division Gulu City NRM 32. Nameere Justine Woman Representative Masaka City NRM 33. Nkrumah Roland Bufumbira County East Kisoro NRM 34. 3Ojiit Peter Pingire County Serere Independent 35. Ntabazi Harriet Bwamba County Bundibugyo NRM 36. Ocan Patrick Apac Municipality Apac Independent 37. Ogwang Patrick Obura Oyam County South Oyam NRM 38. Okaasai Sidronius Opolot Kumi County Kumi NRM 39. Oketcho George West Budama County South Tororo NRM 40. Oketcho John Francis Bugiri Municipality Bugiri NRM 41. Okeyoh Peter Bukooli Island County Namayingo NRM 42. Okot Peter Tochi County Omoro DP 43. Okumu Gabriel Okoro County Zombo NRM 44. Omara Paul Otuke County Otuke NRM 45. Omoding Emmanuel Serere County Serere NRM 46. Onek Hilary Obaloker Palabek County Lamwo NRM 47. Oneka Lit Amere Denis Kitgum Municipality Kitgum FDC 48. Ongom Patrick Erute County North Lira NRM 49. Ongu James Kwania North County Kwania NRM 50. Opito Vincent Dokolo South County Dokolo UPC 51. Nankabirwa Ann Maria Woman Representative Kyankwanzi NRM 52. Nantongo Fortunate Rose Woman Representative Kyotera NUP 53. Natumanya Flora Woman Representative Kikuube NRM 54. Naturinda Eliab Ndorwa County West Kabale NRM 55. Ngompek Linos Kibanda North County Kiryandongo NRM 56. Ninkusiima John Paul (Dr) Ibanda County South Ibanda NRM 57. Niringiyimana James R. Kaberuka Kinkizi County West Kanungu NRM

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

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

18875 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026 Vote 015 - Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Shs 37.90 billion for capitalisation of Uganda Development Corporation as an additional investment in Atiak Sugar Factory. The second category is self-financing and budget-neutral supplementary requests over and above the 3 per cent legal limit, which require prior approval by Cabinet and Parliament. Of a total of Shs 586.16 billion for Supplementary Expenditure Schedule No.5, which is above the 3 per cent legal limit. A total of Shs 123.03 billion is self-financed and thus budget-neutral. The self-financing/budget- neutral supplementary includes the following: Reallocation of Shs 40.21 billion to cater for additional wages for recruitment of health workers under 19 referral hospitals. Honourable colleagues, there is a need to allocate the wage of Shs 40.21 billion currently budgeted for under the Ministry of Health to 19 referral hospitals. This is required to cater for the recruitment and absorption of critical health workers who were previously supporting these hospitals before the suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding for essential health services. The beneficiary referral hospitals are the following; i. Butabika Hospital, Arua Hospital, Fort Portal Hospital, Gulu Hospital, Hoima Hospital, Jinja Hospital, Kabale Hospital, Masaka Hospital, Mbale Hospital, Soroti Hospital, Lira Hospital, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, Moroto Regional Referral Hospital, Naguru National Referral Hospital, Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital, Kayunga Referral Hospital, and Yumbe Referral Hospital; ii. Shs 9.92 billion for various local governments, which are also detailed in Annex I; iii. Shs 1.44 billion as unspent balances under the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer Programme (UgIFT), which were returned to the Uganda Consolidated Fund at the end of the Financial Year 2024/2025. This funding is required to enable the local governments to meet their outstanding contractual obligations under the programme for this year; iv. Shs 2.22 billion for the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) project as unspent balances that were returned to the Uganda Consolidated Fund at the end of the Financial Year 2024/2025. This funding is required to enable the local governments to meet their contractual obligations and avoid - (Interruption)

18633 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2026 of deceased persons, and inspection of law chambers, as its mandate. The committee recommends that an additional Shs 7.2 billion be provided to the development budget of the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs for the coming financial year to procure 24 vehicles to improve the dispensation of justice and access to justice in various areas. Madam Speaker, the committee noted that state attorneys in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), do related work. However, those from the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs are taxed, while those in DPP are not. We note that to remove this discrimination, there is need for a tax waiver for state attorneys in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs as well. The committee strongly recommends this. Construction and facilitation of regional offices The committee was informed that the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs has continued to face challenges in delivering effective services due to inadequate infrastructure, and limited tools and equipment. With only seven regional offices serving an average of 25 districts each, workloads and case backlogs remain high, and access to justice, especially for vulnerable groups such as orphans and widows, is constrained by long- travel distances of up to even 400 kilometres. Effective Financial Year 2025/2026, the ministry established five more regional offices in Iganga, Masaka, Hoima, Kabale, and Lira. These offices are currently in rented premises. There is a need to construct a permanent regional office over the five-year period, and this would require at least Shs 8 billion. The committee recommends that Shs 8 billion be considered for the phased construction of these offices over a period of 5 years, to enable the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs to execute its mandate across the entire country. Madam Speaker, the construction of offices for the African Humanitarian Agency In 2024, the Government of Uganda bid and won to host the Secretariat for the African Humanitarian Agency. However, the condition was that the hosting country construct offices and residences within two years. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development signed the commitment on behalf of the Government. This included providing office and residential accommodation as the construction takes place. This, altogether, required Shs 360 billion over a period of two years. However, the ministry requires Shs 200 billion for the first year to commence the construction of the African Humanitarian Agency offices. Presently, no funding has been allocated. The committee observes that the failure to provide these funds for the construction of the headquarters means that the country loses the opportunity to host this very strategic agency. We, therefore, recommend that Shs 200 billion be provided in this Financial Year 2026/2027, to enable the ministry to start construction of the office project to fulfil the commitment made by our Government. Under Vote 101, which is the Judiciary, the committee noted a need to fund the timely disposal of cases both civil and criminal, facilitation of court sessions, daily hearings and daily court operations in the 269 operational courts, management of election petitions, facilitation of court-summoned witnesses who are at least not less than 60,000 in total, conduct of locus visits at various court levels to facilitate the minimum of at least 55,112 visits and facilitation for court assessors, at least three per judge. To achieve timely disposal of cases, the Judiciary requires an additional Shs 48.57 billion, and the committee makes a recommendation that these funds be made available to enable the mandate to be achieved.

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

18652 CONSIDERATION OF THE BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FY 2026/2027 The gravity-piped water schemes are intended for Mbunga-Nyakazinga and Bughema in Kasese, and Mpunga in Kanungu. The climate-span smart wash clusters for Rwere in Kateretere, Bugarama-Karweru and Kagarama-Bushura-Kibuzigye in Rubanda, Kabale and Kisoro areas. Karamoja region schemes Under the institutional water schemes, Nadunget SS in Moroto, Amita Prisons in Abim. Public sanitation facilities There shall be two institutions in Karenga and one in Ngora. Additional water schemes in Kalapata, Lorengedwat, Tokora, Kathile listed under the broader solar and service expansion. The committee notes that the ministry’s water for production portfolio is particularly important in the drought-prone and livestock- dependent areas for expanding irrigation agriculture. Colleagues, we have selected water for production projects, which you will all see. I want to allow you to see them by yourselves. Under table 16, in Isingiro, Kanungu, and then those in Karamoja. Another area that will be covered is Agule in Kalaki, Soroti District, Bulusambu in Mbale, Biduku in Nakaseke, Kiryandongo, Masaka, Oyam, Gulu, Nwoya, among others. There will be solar-powered irrigation water systems also cited in the numerous areas across Central, Eastern, Northern, Karamoja, and Southwestern regions. Colleagues, the other aspects are those that I believe we will go through. I just would like to invite you to the aspect of the unfunded priority under Vote 019. Madam Speaker, the committee notes that under the project 2041- this is 7.6 colleagues: 100 per cent Service Coverage Acceleration project, (SCAP 100, Umbrellas Phase II), the Ministry of Water and Environment has identified critical financing gaps for targeted investments in water pipeline extensions, power extensions to pump stations, off-grid solar installations, and pump stations and drilling of production wells in small towns, rural growth centers, and the six umbrella and water and sanitation projects countrywide. Colleagues, in totality, the SCAP 100 project was in response to His Excellency, the President’s promise that every village in Uganda should have at least one clean water source. So, SCAP 100 was intended to ensure that water sources are placed in districts and in administrative units such as sub-counties, so as to distribute water using piped water systems. So SCAP 100 is crucial because it responds to the Government’s undertaking to the citizens. Here, the committee identified a funding gap of Shs 35.85 billion for Financial Year 26/27, which would support the undertaking of rehabilitation of water supply and sanitation skip schemes, as well as extend 5,000 kilometers of pipeline water to provide for 5,000 new water connections in the various communities of the country. The committee further notes an unfunded requirement under the water and sanitation development facilities that are responsible for the design, construction, and setting up of infrastructure for rural water supply. Colleagues, the unfunded priorities under Vote 019 are provided for under table 18. Madam Speaker, permit me to conclude with National Water and Sewerage Corporation. National Water and Sewerage Corporation remains central to urban water service delivery and to several other sectors, most visible investments in towns and municipalities. The committee notes that National Water and Sewerage Corporation medium-term financial and investment plan covers five projects currently supported by government

18701 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2026 On page 27, we have several votes: i) Vote 013, Education and Sports Ministry, where we observed that external funding to development projects of Shs 138.21 billion and Shs 69.01 billion for the operationalisation of UNITE and the TVET council; ii) Vote 164, National Council for Higher Education, and there we observed that Shs 18 billion was for infrastructure development; iii) The National Council for Sports for AFCON preparation activities was Shs 122.89 billion, but that one has been revised; iv) Vote 169: Uganda Vocational and Technical Assessment Board; v) Vote 170 for UPAB, Shs 9.1 billion; vi) Makerere University, we looked at the infrastructure development, where it required Shs 67.01 billion; vii) Vote 302: Mbarara University, Shs 3 billion for construction; viii) Vote 303: Makerere University Business School. We looked at the support for infrastructure development for research, Shs 23 billion; ix) Vote 304: Kyambogo University, for evidence-based research of Shs 3 billion. Busitema University supported research and innovation, also Shs 3 billion; x) Muni University, Vote 306 of Shs 30 billion for the teaching hospital; xi) Vote 307: Kabale University for the expansion of Medical School, Shs 5 billion xii) Vote 308: Soroti University, construction of the School of Engineering, Shs 10 billion; xiii) Vote 309: Gulu University, infrastructure development of the Senate Building, storage facility, and lecture theatres at Shs 10 billion; xiv) Lira University: Vote 310, completion of university infrastructure at Shs 10 billion; xv) Mountain of the Moon University, for construction of the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Shs 10 billion; and xvi) Vote 612 for local government, which was a salary enhancement for primary and the arts teachers, which was Shs 500 35.01 billion. When we move to page 29, I think those are narrations. Page 30 has tables you can read. I am rushing to the recommendations. I will Key planned activities of Financial 2026/2027 Vote 013: Ministry of Education and Sports, the narration is there. Vote 111: National Curriculum Development Centre. We have the narration. Vote 128: Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Here we note that no funds were provided for marking of the new secondary school curriculum papers. Last time, the markers rioted and there is a need to add UNEB money like we are going to make proposals. Education Service Commission The committee was informed that the Commission is also working closely with Chief Administrative Officers to ensure that human resources - there is that coordination between the Ministry of Education and Sports, CAOs’ offices, and the Education Service Commission when it comes to human resource recruitment. On National Council for Higher Education, the narration is there. On Vote 169: Uganda Vocational and Technical Assessment Board, the narration is there. About National Council for Sports, operationalisation of Hoima City Stadium and related facilities, the narration is there. Vote 170: Uganda Health Professionals Assessment Board, you will look at the narration. Vote 301: Makerere University also has the details there.

18702 CONSIDERATION OF THE BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FY 2026/2027 Vote 302: Mbarara University of Science and Technology - you can read. Vote 303: Makerere University Business School - you will read on that page. Kyambogo University - the same story. Busitema University - we have such narration. Muni University - you will look at the construction of the multi-purpose health science lab and the rest. Kabale University, Vote 307 - the narration is there. Soroti University, Gulu University, Lira University, Uganda Management Institute, Vote 313 for Mountain of the Moon University - you can read the narration. Observations Madam Speaker, we had general observations, and it was observed that the sub-programme was allocated Shs 989.82 billion at the time of the finalisation of the draft estimates. Of course, we have the ULEARN project, the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) - the narration is there. However, there are key critical activities within the sub-programme that remain unfunded, yet they are critical in the attainment of the set targets within the five-year National Development Plan (NDPIV). This is the implementation of free and compulsory Universal Primary Education (UPE), which continues to be underfunded at Shs 309.16 billion. Recommendation The committee recommends that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development funds the various votes under the sub-programme in time within the first half of the financial year, to ensure timely financing towards the planned activities in order to achieve the set targets. The finance ministry is also urged to allocate additional Shs 309.16 billion towards the implementation of free and compulsory primary education and Uganda shillings 14.95 billion towards the implementation of free Universal Secondary Education (USE) and Universal Post O-Level Education and Training (UPOLET) Education. The Ministry of Finance is also urged to allocate an additional Shs 66.30 billion and Shs 21 billion towards the grant-aiding of 100 secondary schools in subcounties without government support, and 300 primary schools in parishes without government ones, respectively. The Ministry of Finance is also urged to release funds to the Technical, Vocational and Educational Training (TVET) Council, to promptly avoid any challenges in the transition to the TVET Act because of limited funding to the council. Vote 013, Ministry of Education and Sports Madam Speaker, the committee recommends that an additional Shs 5.11 billion be provided by the Ministry of Finance to cater for these increments, and supplement its efforts towards vocational skilling as envisaged by the National Development Plan IV. The re-purposing of non-core Primary Teachers College (PTCs) into the eight health training institutions and eight TVET institutions. Recommendation The committee recommends that the finance ministry allocates Shs 65.78 billion towards the re-purposing of the 16 non-core PTCs into eight Health Training Institutions (HTIs), seven TVET institutions, and one seed secondary school. Increment in unit cost of the training grants and indentures, internship fees in health training institutions

18708 CONSIDERATION OF THE BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FY 2026/2027 Flats, and Shs 7.55 billion towards outsourcing cleaning and security guard services. Kyambogo University On Kyambogo University, the committee recommends that the Uganda Land Commission and the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development undertake a comprehensive land audit to resolve overlapping tenure conflicts. Two, the committee also urges the finance ministry to allocate Shs 28.58 billion in a phased manner for the recruitment of academic staff in the medium term to bring the staffing level to at least 50 percent. Gulu University The committee recommends that the finance ministry allocates an additional Shs 2.902 billion to cover shortfalls arising from salary harmonisation, Shs 18.643 billion in the mid-term to increase the university’s staffing level to at least 50 per cent. Secondly, that the finance ministry allocates Shs 28.41 billion for the completion of the construction of Gulu Constituent College in Moroto, and Shs 12.815 billion to complete the construction of the Business and Development Centre. Muni University For Muni University, Madam Speaker, we recommend that the Finance Ministry allocates Shs 14.698 billion towards the completion of the various construction projects which have stalled at the university, and Shs 15.302 billion towards kick-starting the construction of the teaching hospital. Mbarara University of Science and Technology The committee recommends that the Finance Ministry allocates an additional Shs 35.43 billion towards the recruitment of staff in the medium term to increase the staffing level to at least 50 per cent. Shs 0.491 for salary scale harmonisation for non-teaching staff. The Finance Ministry is also urged to additionally give Shs 2.8 billion towards retooling of labs and workshops, with specialised machinery and equipment for teaching, research, and innovation. Soroti University The committee recommends that the Finance Ministry allocates Shs 5 billion for the procurement of the necessary equipment and machinery for instruction of the three new engineering courses. Lira University The committee recommends as follows: i) That the Finance Ministry provides Shs 5.0 billion to promote additional critical staff, and Shs 1 billion to cover shortfalls; and ii) Shs 1 billion to cover shortfalls within the welfare facilities and NSSF; and Shs 1.5 billion for the research and innovation fund. Vote 307: Kabale University The committee recommends that an additional Shs 3 billion be allocated to the university to support its research agenda for Financial Year 2026/2027. Vote 305: Busitema University The committee recommends that the ministry for finance provides an additional funding of Shs 14.862 billion to increase on its staffing levels from 10 per cent to at least 50 per cent. Shs 5.23 billion for strengthening labs and ICT to provide in the provision of its services in IT. Vote 312: Uganda Management Institute (UMI) The committee recommends that finance allocates an additional Shs 15.2 billion for the construction of a new purpose building at Kampala branch, new classroom office at Mbale branch, and new classroom office block at Mbarara branch.

18349 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 12 MARCH 2026 iv. Vote 116 – National Medical Stores; v. Vote 127 - Uganda Virus Research Institute; vi. Vote 134 – Health Service Commission; vii. Vote 151 – Uganda Blood Transfusion Services; viii. Vote 401 – Mulago Hospital Complex; ix. Vote 402 – Butabika Hospital; x. Vote 403 – Arua Regional Referral Hospital; xi. Vote 404 – Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital; xii. Vote 405 – Gulu Regional Referral Hospital; xiii. Vote 406 – Hoima Regional Referral Hospital; xiv. Vote 407 – Jinja Regional Referral Hospital; xv. Vote 408 – Kabale Regional Referral Hospital; xvi. Vote 409 – Masaka Regional Referral Hospital; xvii. Vote 410 – Mbale Regional Referral Hospital; xviii. Vote 411 – Soroti Regional Referral Hospital; xix. Vote 412 – Lira Regional Referral Hospital; xx. Vote 413 – Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital; xxi. Vote 414 – Mubende Regional Referral Hospital; xxii. Vote 415 – Moroto Regional Referral Hospital; xxiii. Vote 416 – China-Uganda Friendship Referral Hospital, Naguru; xxiv. Vote 417 – Kiruddu Regional Referral Hospital; xxv. Vote 418 – Kawempe Regional Referral Hospital; xxvi. Vote 419 – Entebbe regional far hospital; xxvii. Vote 420 – Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital; xxviii. Vote 421 – Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital; and xxix. Vote 422 – Yumbe Regional Referral Hospital. I beg to lay.

Madam Speaker, I move under Rule 153(1) of the Rules of Procedure Parliament of Uganda and in accordance with Section 12(13) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015. I rise to lay on the Table, the Ministerial Policy Statement for Financial Year 2026/2027 for the Ministry of Education and Sports Vote 013 and 19 – other Votes under the education and sports skills development sub-programme, namely; i. Vote 111 – National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC); ii. Vote 128 – Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB); iii. Vote 132 – Education Service Commission; iv. Vote 164 – National Council for Higher Education; v. Vote 166 – National Council of Sports; vi. Vote 169 – Uganda Vocational and Technical Assessment Board; vii. Vote 170 – Uganda Health Professionals Assessment Board; viii. Vote 301 – Makerere University; ix. Vote 302 – Mbarara University of Science and Technology; x. Vote 304 – Kyambogo University; xi. Vote 305 – Busitema University; xii. Vote 306 – Muni University; xiii. Vote 307 – Kabale University; xiv. Vote 308 – Soroti University; xv. Vote 309 – Gulu University; xvi. Vote 310 – Lira University; xvii. Vote 312 – Uganda Management Institute; xviii. Vote 313 – Mountains of the Moon University; and xix. Vote 612 – Local Governments. Madam Speaker, I beg to lay on Table.

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

Mr Speaker, the issue that we are talking about is so disheartening because in Kabale, where the minister who has just been talking comes from, since August of last year up to today, the teachers in primary who are on the Government payroll have not received their salary. It is the same with those in secondary schools and other institutions.

Mr Speaker, I would like to start with the issue of salaries. From the finance side, we know, as you said, that salary is a statutory obligation, which must be paid by the 28 th Day of every month. Payment of salaries is decentralised, meaning that accounting officers at every level are in charge of their wage bills. Perhaps there are issues of ins and outs, skipping one month or the other, but from our side, we know that the Government wage bill is fully financed and all obligations are paid monthly as they fall due. On the one of Kabale, there is an issue, which we are dealing with. I was supposed to have dealt with it during the budget process, but I did not get proper – there was miscommunication. There were two requests; one was picked and the other was not picked at that time, but I am handling it. Hon. Ssekikubo, yes, you are correct. The budget is split into four quarters. At the beginning of each quarter, by the 10 th Day of the first month, we release funds as and when they are available. Mr. Speaker, yes - (Interruption)

Thank you, Madam Speaker, and I thank both the shadow and the Government minister. We have a whole directorate of water development, and they do it. That is their work: to monitor all the water bodies. We also have a department of international waters, which means that they have scientists who check the water every day. If you do not check the water daily, you are putting Ugandans at risk. Based on those reports, we would have a report now. Secondly, we have the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), which is supposed to regulate mining in the subregion. We have raised these issues several times that there is uncontrolled mining. A lot of soil erosion is changing the state of the water in the lakes in Kisoro, Kabale, and the rivers. In my place, we do not need research to know that the river has dirty water because of soil erosion -

17878 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT the Members and NPA’s guidance, they were pushed from 41 to 55 districts benefiting from this project. We also looked at the RELIV Implementation Manual, the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development’s letter dated 21st on the financial implications of the loan and the RELIV Appraisal documents; the procurement plant, the management structure and the Physical and Financial Progress Report on externally-funded projects. Madam Speaker, the committee went ahead and looked at the performance of previous projects that were under the sector, and more specifically, the one for Uganda’s Climate Smart Agriculture, which is actually not doing very well. The loan was approved on 25 June 2024. The closure is supposed to be 2028 and the loan amount is $325 million. To date, the disbursement is only $26.51 million, translating to 7.6 per cent of the loan amount. We were also looking at loans that are not doing very well in the project. For example, the one for irrigation for climate resilience, which was approved in December 2020. To date, the disbursement is only 21 per cent. We looked at the National Oilseed Project, which was approved in July 2021, which was $99.59 million. The disbursement is only 19 per cent. Madam Speaker, the committee looked at the project’s target population of 200,000 households. That has been stated by the minister. The minister has gone through the objectives and the beneficiaries of the project. Like I said, the project will be allocated in 55 districts. An annexure is attached. Some districts were not part of it, but with the intervention, a few other districts were also included. The annexure has 51 districts, but the districts of Kumi, Kabale, Kasese and Namutumba were added while looking at other parameters – (Interjections) - we shall find out from the minister.

17908 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT General reviewed 71 human rights awards, court awards, ex-gratia and compensation ordered by courts and reported that awards worth Shs 1.98 billion remained unpaid for the period ranging from two years to over 10 years. We have these pending and the committee recommends that the accounting officer should budget for the awards, and the Government should provide the requisite funds. The accounting officer, together with the Uganda Human Rights Commission, should establish the details of the beneficiaries for quick settlement to avoid the accumulation of interest. Madam Speaker, whenever we delay payment of these arrears, interest is paid on these arrears. So far, the Government is going to pay Shs 159 billion as interest on these arrears that have not been paid on time. Madam Speaker, the other report is the report of the Committee on Public Accounts (Central Government) on national regional referral hospitals and other specialised hospitals. Honourable colleagues, I am going to summarise. We are looking at the details of the following hospitals in summary. We are looking at the following: Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Naguru, Jinja, Mubende, Fort Portal, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Kabale, Lira, Gulu, Moroto, Hoima, Arua, Butabika, Mulago, Kawempe, Kiruddu, Soroti, and the Mulago Women’s Specialised Hospital. Implementation and budget performance Madam Speaker, for all the regional referral hospitals we observed - I will begin with the implementation of the approved budget. Regional referral hospitals are expected to collect Non-Tax Revenue (NTR) to support the Government budget. Honourable colleagues, the total NTR was supposed to be Shs 20.406 billion, and there was an over performance of Shs 21.924 billion. However, this should be noted. From the table, the Government projected to collect the above, but Shs 21.924 billion was collected, meaning there was an over-performance. Honourable colleagues, as a committee, we noted that all accounting officers who did not meet their budgeted Non-Taxable Revenue (NTR) targets, or failed to realise their NTR contravened instructions 4.102 of the Treasury operations. The committee noted that less/non-transfer of NTR to the treasury deprives the Government of revenue and also noted that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development failed to provide revenue targets to some of these entities. That is why there was an over-performance and also an underestimation of NTR by these entities. Therefore: (i) The accounting officer should ensure that NTR targets are set based on strong assumptions and benchmarks to enable realistic NTR. (ii) The accounting officers should institute mechanisms to ensure that a billed NTR is fully collected. (iii) The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should always make prompt responses to requests of NTR revisions by entities. (iv) The accounting officers should incorporate all NTR sources during the budgeting process. Performance of the Government of Uganda warrants Madam Speaker, a total of Shs 475.44 billion was budgeted to be released to these referral hospitals and national specialised regional hospitals. However, a total of Shs 470.65 billion was released. From the above table, the Government

17913 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 2025 The accounting officer concurred with the observation and explained that the implication of salary enhancement on pension and gratuity were equally highlighted by the ministry, budgeted for and presented to Cabinet for consideration. The committee recommends that the Government should conduct reforms on the policy for enhancing salary for all the calibres of teachers. I, therefore, beg to submit. Long outstanding subscription fees These are payables. We have challenges with subscription fees. The Auditor-General observed that the ministry had arrears of Shs 2.27 billion under the ministry, out of failure to pay for the agreed texts of the Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations and this is the ministry for tourism. I beg to submit this as a report of a summary of the ministries as highlighted under. Lastly, this is a report of the Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) on universities. I am just going to read them: Kyambogo University, Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Makerere University, Gulu University, Uganda Management Institute, Kabale University, Lira University, Muni University, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Soroti University, Busitema University, Mountains of the Moon University (MMU) and Law Development Centre (LDC). Budget performance for universities and tertiary institutions It is the same story of budget cuts across all these universities. There is also a challenge of underutilisation of warrants, where Shs 21 billion remained unutilised across all entities. Recommendations The accounting officers should strictly adhere to the annual budget performance. Performance of Non-Tax Revenue (NTR) In all the universities there is underperformance, where the annual approved budget for all of them was Shs 290 billion, but only Shs 265 billion was collected. The issues of domestic arrears cut across. Issues of students’ halls of residence The students’ halls of residence are very old, dilapidated and there is a limited budget for repairs of these halls. On accumulation of domestic arrears, it is the same story. Under long outstanding receivables, it is the same story. Irregularities in supplementary funding This was submitted by the committee chairperson during the consolidated accounts, where entities received supplementary budgets that they had not requested for, from the humble Ministry for Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Delayed projects were highlighted in the report for projects. Dilapidated structures cut across the board. Madam Speaker, I am trying to summarise in the interest of time. That has been a summary of these reports. I kindly beg that we pick interest and time to read through. I thank, you, Madam Speaker, for the time and thank colleagues who have enabled us to have this work completed. Thank you for listening in.

Thank you, Madam Speaker and I would like to thank the committee chairperson for the report. I have two issues. First of all, I want to say that I belong to the Parliamentary COVID-19 Task Force. We recommended Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and oxygen plants. Secondly, we have also recommended CT scans under the Committee on Health. In Kabale Hospital, the CT scan was being done in Mbarara, and you needed to get transport and travel from Kabale to Mbarara to undergo a CT scan. Therefore, I think Shs 150,000 is a good beginning, but it can be reduced. Madam Speaker, my last point is about procurement. We need to plan when we start procuring. There seems to be somebody either at the Ministry of Health or somewhere in a hurry to procure as quickly as possible. When you see the way CT scans were procured - no staff and no infrastructure. In fact, as we talk, at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, the CT scan is done - somebody spent two days there, and the CT scan has been done. What were they waiting for? It was an interpretation of the CT images in a private unit. When you look at the oxygen plants, we acquired a lot of oxygen plants in haste and most of those oxygen plants have now died. Moreover, they have acquired the third ones in some instances, like in Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. We have acquired the third oxygen plant which is too expensive and the other two are already dead. Madam Speaker, my view does not differ from that of other honourable members. We need to plan as much as possible ( Member timed out.)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. If I can move to the issue of the oxygen plants, 24 high-capacity oxygen plants were procured. However, the oxygen plants for Lira, Mbale, Mbarara, and Hoima were procured by the Global Fund, not the Government of Uganda, and they came in after, not at the same time as the government ones. To date, 15 oxygen plants have been installed and are working. Nine are not. This is because each installation requires a transformer, which the Ministry of Energy was not able to provide. Parliament provided for some, and for the others, we are still waiting for the money. The Chairperson of the Committee on Health has pushed for this several times, but it is true that it consumes a lot of power. We have been pushing that the hospitals be put on the industrial line if we are to maintain them. We have yet to have a breakthrough with this request. The issue of the intensive care unit beds. Madam Speaker, you will recall that this funding was provided at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, we needed intensive care unit beds and oxygen as urgently as possible for the patients. Therefore, they were procured with the intention of having to install them in existing buildings. Some were installed, some were impossible. To date, Parliament has provided funding to construct ICUs at Jinja, Masaka, Mbale, Arua, Hoima, and Kabale. The rest, not yet. We have been requesting, and it is there in our budget. When you go through it, you will

17664 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT new district headquarters as a priority in the Financial Year 2024/2025. The Government should introduce a legal framework to streamline and guide both mother districts and the new cities on asset sharing, relocation and infrastructure. Madam Speaker, the committee also looked at remuneration of political leaders in the new cities. The committee observed that in Regulation 4 of the First Schedule of the Local Government Act, cities with high local revenue will have more funds to spend on emoluments of their officials as compared to those with less revenue, which not only creates discrepancies in payments to the public servants, but also creates room for abuse of funds in disguise of emoluments. The committee observed that discrepancies in emoluments and allowances cause a decline in morale and create unnecessary competition for jobs within high revenue generating local governments, and low level generating local governments thus attracting an environment of corruption. The committee recommends that the Government should introduce a Bill that will govern the operation of cities. The committee recommends that the Government should amend the Local Government Act and any other relevant laws that govern a city or urban area, to harmonise the salary and emoluments of staff and political leaders, regardless of revenues generated. Madam Speaker, the committee looked at the funding of the cities. The committee observed that the process of creating cities was done without due consideration of the criteria laid out in the Local Government Act, Cap 243. The committee observed that in the process of creating these cities, some rural subcounties were annexed to the existing municipalities without putting into consideration several critical issues about the future growth and development of the cities. The committee observed that the Government has failed to fund cities as per the status. The committee recommends that the Government should ensure adequate and sustainable funding to the newly created cities in the subsequent financial years before the remaining five cities take effect, that is Entebbe, Moroto, Nakasongola, Kabale, and Wakiso, to enable them to meet the demands and expectations of a city status. The committee recommends that the Government should be transparent with Parliament and the public, stating whether it can fully implement this commitment. General observation The committee on Government Assurance and Implementation did its assessment and found gaps in the operationalisation of the 10 cities created by the Government and approved by Parliament. The gaps were largely attributed to a lack of an enabling regulatory and legal framework, office space and accommodation, appropriate physical development plans, inadequate staffing, and inadequate funding. Conclusion The committee concludes that to a large extent, the Government has not implemented this assurance to fully operationalise the new cities. I, therefore, pray that the report of this Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation, on the status of implementation of the government assurance to fully operationalise the newly created cities, be considered by this House and the recommendations therein adopted. Madam Speaker, I beg to report.

Honourable members, I want to thank the mover and all the seconders for all those kind words that they have said about His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Uganda, and for his address to the nation on the state of affairs of this country; where we are coming from, where we are and where we are going. We will require a response from the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament to the State-of- the-Nation address before we can open a debate on the Floor. I have been reliably informed that the Leader of the Opposition will be ready within one week to respond. After that, we shall allot time for the debate because the rules allow us to give him time to respond. Based on that, we will now go to the next item. MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT TO AUTHORISE KABALE REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL TO SUBLEASE FIVE ACRES OF ITS LAND TO KABALE UNIVERSITY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 32(6) OF THE PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACT, 2015

Thank you, Madam Speaker. This is a motion for a Resolution of Parliament to authorise Kabale Regional Referral Hospital to sublease five acres out of its land to Kabale University. The motion reads thus: “WHEREAS Kabale Regional Referral Hospital is a public hospital and the registered proprietor of land comprised in Volume 3119, Folio 24, situated at Kabale City; AND WHEREAS Kabale University is a public university operating and offering various academic programmes, including medicine, with a medical school currently housed within Kabale Regional Referral Hospital; AWARE that Kabale University, on 8 August 2022, requested Kabale Regional Referral Hospital for a sublease of five acres of land out of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital land to enable the university to expand its teaching space for the Faculty of Medicine; NOTING that Kabale Regional Referral Hospital Management Board in its sixth sitting held on the 16 September 2022 approved the request to allocate the university five acres of land for expansion of the Faculty of Medicine to comprise operating theatres, specialist clinics and patient wards for oncology, neurology, orthopaedic surgery, as well as lecture theatres to create a befitting medical school at Kabale University; FURTHER NOTING that the Ministry of Health approved Kabale Regional Referral Hospital’s Management Board decision to sublease five acres to Kabale University for expansion of its teaching space; RECOGNISING that Kabale University secured initial funding of Shs 3 billion for the desired medical school expansion from the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in the Financial Year 2022/2023; APPRECIATING the role that Kabale University Medical School plays in closing the medical professional gap by training medical professionals within the Kigezi subregion in the south-western Uganda districts of Kabale, Kanungu, Rubanda, Rukiga, Kisoro and Rukungiri; NOTING that the statutory requirement for parliamentary approval under Section 32(6) of the Public Finance Management Act, CAP 171, for Kabale Regional Referral Hospital to encumber its land through subleasing it to Kabale University; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that Parliament authorises Kabale Regional Referral Hospital to sublease five acres out of its land to Kabale University for the expansion of the Faculty of Medicine to comprise operating theatres, specialist clinics and patient wards for oncology, neurology, orthopaedic surgery, as well as lecture theatres.” [The Speaker] MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Our regional referral hospitals act as teaching hospitals for the universities and therefore, we work together to expand the hospitals to offer comprehensive teaching to our students. Therefore, allow me to additionally inform this august House that the request before us today of authorising Kabale Regional Referral Hospital to sublease five acres of its land to Kabale University, which is a public institution of higher learning, is not just a matter of land; it is an investment in the future of health care delivery, medical education and regional development in Kigezi subregion and beyond. Kabale University, through its School of Medicine, is a key partner in the provision of specialised health care services, medical training and research, and as you heard, several facilities will be constructed on the said land, including facilities for neurology, oncology and many others. We are all aware that the regional referral serves a catchment population of 2.4 million people across the districts of Kabale, Kanungu, Kisoro, Ntungamo, Rubanda, Rukiga and Rukungiri, and these people have different ailments just like any other region, and therefore deserve specialised services as well. The hospital also receives cross-border referrals from the neighbouring countries of Rwanda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Therefore, the increasing demand for specialised care in these areas necessitates infrastructure and human resource development that cannot be achieved by the hospital alone and within the existing infrastructure. It is important for us to note that currently, the university is operating within a repurposed and dilapidated former outpatient department at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, which was initially marked for demolition. Therefore, as the Ministry of Health, we fully support this sublease to enable the establishment of a functional and expanded medical school and a hospital that can offer better teaching and services. It will also go ahead to enhance research output, improve retention of health workers in the region and promote sustainable medical education closer to the communities in need. This also presents us with an opportunity to strengthen our national health system through strategic collaboration with the academic institutions. Madam Speaker, I therefore thank this House for the support that they are granting not only to the university but also to both the health and the education sectors. I beg to submit.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I stand to second the motion for resolution of Parliament authorising Kabale Regional Referral Hospital to sublease five acres out of its land to Kabale University as moved by the minister. Madam Speaker, the partnership between Kabale Regional Referral Hospital and Kabale University School of Medicine aims to improve health service delivery to a population of 2.4 million people in the districts which have been mentioned like Kabale, Kanungu, Kisoro,

17620 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME Ntungamo, Rubanda, Rukiga, and the rest. The catchment area goes beyond the borders of Uganda. We have part of Rwanda and eastern DRC. Kabale University School of Medicine contributes to hospital service delivery through training specialists in surgery, urology, orthopaedics, dermatology, neonatology, radiology, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology. Therefore, there is a dire need for teaching, laboratory, and office space. Currently, the university is housed in a squeezed Outpatients Department (OPD) which the minister has alluded to. Madam Speaker, Kabale University requested for the five acres, and both parties agreed. We request that this motion be passed and land be granted for the expansion of the university. I beg to submit.

17621 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 31 JULY 2025 When you look at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, as we speak, it still remains a 100- bed facility despite being a regional referral hospital that is supposed to serve close to 2 million people - I think that is the regional referral hospital. Certainly it would have been better for the regional referral hospital to have its facilities but because of challenges of finances, it is okay for Kabale University to actually acquire this land so that they can put up the building, since they have the resources. This facility, once constructed and completed, will go a long way in enabling the people within the region and beyond to actually get specialised services in a conducive environment because as we talk about quality health and tertiary care, we need the human resource, which is lacking in most of these regional referral hospitals. From what we have, Madam Speaker, most of the regional referral hospitals have less than 30 per cent staffing and therefore, rely on the universities to provide services to the population. As such, people within the region will be able to benefit from the tertiary care, specifically utilising the university facility and the university staff. As I conclude, I urge the Ministry of Finance and this House that as we plan for next year’s budget - it is actually a shame for us to speak about regional referral hospitals and the staffing is just 30 per cent with some at 24 per cent - we need to increase funding so that they can be able to recruit the many doctors that they are unable to recruit as we speak. Madam Speaker, I support the motion.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise to support the motion that Parliament authorises the Ministry of Health, through Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, to sublease five acres of land to Kabale University for expansion of the medical school.

Kabale Hospital to sublease five acres to Kabale University for expansion of the hospital medical school. First of all, having the teaching university together with the hospital provides proximity, which is closer and makes operation very easy and I think we should support this. This is self-explanatory because it is Government to Government and investing in the future of health in the country. However, I only have one concern; that the framers of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015 realised that land is of high value and any piece of land in the country that is going to be disposed of or subleased must be known by the whole country and Parliament because it is of high value. I would, therefore, like to know whether Parliament and the committee have done due diligence - and good enough we now have the Committee on Lands. We would not want to handle it in Parliament when the committee has not gone out to confirm whether the five acres exist because we can sit here and approve and then you find out that they have spoken of five acres and yet even the ministers for health and education may not be aware that it is 10 acres and some people have apportioned the other five acres amongst themselves. That is why I think the committee should go and confirm that it is five acres, we have seen them so that later on, we do not get back into issues on the land. That is my only simple concern on this but I support the motion. Thank you.

Honourable minister, you will make a clarification on that, but for now, I am putting the question that the House authorises Kabale Regional Hospital to sublease five acres of its land to Kabale University. This is pursuant to Section 32(6) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015 on Asset Management. (Question put and agreed to.)

Madam Speaker, he is too tall, so for people who are short like me, when you take a photo with him, you look like a dwarf. (Laughter) In brief, he should prepare a stool. Thank you so much. Madam Speaker, I have another question from Hon. Veronica Nanyondo, the District Woman MP of Bukomansimbi. Her prayer is that there is an effect on the implementation of the new lower secondary school curriculum on primary school leavers. Can the Government update us on this matter? My response is that at the moment, primary school leavers transition from the knowledge- based curriculum to competence-based curriculum in secondary school, under the revised lower secondary school curriculum. The process of revising the primary school curriculum to make it competence-based has already commenced to harmonise curriculum designs across primary and secondary level education. Once this is complete, the learners will be introduced to competence-based teaching and learning from primary school and progress with it to secondary education. I got another question from Hon. Ronald Balimwezo Nsubuga, MP for Nakawa Division East. He says that Uganda has very many experienced jua kalis, but they have no industrial parks and have continued to operate in a domestic setting, with very high electricity and water domestic tariffs. This is something that has crippled their businesses, yet they compete with investors who operate in Government industrial parks. These investors in Government industrial parks have always been incentivised in the form of tax exemptions, low electricity and water tariffs. This makes it harder for the jua kalis to compete favourably with them in the same market. His prayer is; When is the Government going to set up jua kali industrial parks? My response is that in this principle, for all Ugandan investors - if they all go through the Uganda Investment Authority, industrial parks have been designed with spaces specifically planned for setting up Small and Medium- sized Enterprises (SMEs), which cater for jua kali artisan activities. SME parks of 20 acres have been planned in all the operational industrial parks of Namanve, Soroti, Kasese, SINO-Mbale, and others. The Uganda Investment Authority also acquired the Mbarara SME Park of 12 acres that has been handed back to Gatsby Group, the SME artisans from Mbarara. The Government’s vision is to develop new industrial parks in phases, depending on the availability of resources in Gulu, Nebbi, Arua, Madi-Okollo, Yumbe, Pader, Paidha, Dokolo, Rukungiri, Isingiro, Oyam, Lira, Hoima, Buliisa, Kisoro, Kakumiro, Nakasongola, Luwero, Nakaseke, Mubende, Mityana, Masaka, Kabale, Bushenyi, Tororo, Rakai, Kamuli, Kween, Busia, Soroti, Gomba, Kayunga, Kyegegwa , and Iganga, where land has been mobilised by districts and already offered to Uganda Investment Authority for industrial development to foster innovation and equitable, sustainable industrial growth. Madam Speaker, the major infrastructure, for example, workplaces with shared common user facilities such as production equipment, showrooms for Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to use as they sell and grow their businesses, will be constructed within the said industrial parks. 10. Hon. Lucy Akello, the District Woman Member of Parliament for Amuru, raised an issue on the lack of radiologists in the regional referral hospitals like Gulu, Soroti, Mbale and others.

17592 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS The implementation of the ongoing road and bridge projects under the ministry has been significantly disrupted due to prevailing funding shortfalls. Although partial payments were effected in the fourth quarter of the Financial Year 2024/2025 on some of the projects, the amounts released were insufficient to restore full momentum. Most contractors have not resumed full operations and most project sites remain partially mobilised or idle. As of July 2025, 27 projects have been affected by either full suspension or a significant reduction in progress. These projects include the following: 1. 18 projects are fully funded by the Government of Uganda, where contractors have suspended or slowed down works due to delayed payment. 2. Nine externally financed projects where delays are primarily attributed to the Government’s inability to provide timely counterpart funding for land acquisition, taxes or enabling works. The following projects are currently fully suspended due to non-payment: 1. Masindi-Biiso and Kabale-Kizilanfumbi. This is a critical oil road. The amount of money demanded by the contractor –

Thank you, Madam Speaker, for the protection. As I was saying, the following projects are currently fully suspended due to non-payment: a) Masindi-Biiso and Kabale-Kiziiranfumbi, one of the critical roads. The contractor demands Shs 111 billion, so we cannot expect that contractor to continue working; b) Works on the Najjanankumbi-Busabala are suspended because we owe the contractor Shs 44 billion, and we also need money for land acquisition; c) Moroto-Lokitanyala. This one is at about 80 per cent progress, but we need to find the money so that the project can be completed; d) Mityana-Mubende. We gave the contractor, out of the money which was appropriated, the Shs 462 billion, Shs 39 billion out of the IPCs, which he had, but he told us

Madam Speaker, we are now in that process. We started with Gayaza-Kalagi Road, which had also deteriorated. Now, we are doing Jinja; we are left with only one or two sections at Bulyantente and somewhere near Kigombya. Mabira was done. I think there is a section in Mabira where the Kenyans had an accident when they were doing the pilgrimage. So, we are in that process. We want to reduce on contracting for every simple work. I remember we had potholes between Mijera and Kafu and those were done by ourselves. The unit went and treated those potholes. When we move from Jinja Road, we intend to move to Kyegegwa, between Kyegegwa and Kyenjojo, because that section has also greatly deteriorated – (Interjection) - no, the Kabale- Mbarara Road has a contractor who is working on it.

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

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.

17494 ADDRESS ON THE STATE OF THE NATION In Tororo, where we have got large deposits of limestone, and Kabale, where we have got iron ore, the Government has facilitated the use of these minerals for making cement and steel, respectively. In Kabale, we have put in place the infrastructure for mining the iron ore from which domestic steel manufacturers have started making high- quality steel. There are now 10 gold refineries in the country producing gold, which is refined to 99.9 per cent purity. There are gold mining activities in Busia by a Chinese company called Wagagai, and the Government embarked on the registration of artisanal miners in Buhweju, Busia, Mubende, Kassanda and Karamoja. Registration will be expanded to cover all artisanal mining areas in the country. In Moyo, there are gold reserves and huge limestone deposits, apparently, which are raw material for cement production in Madi- Manzora. We currently have three cement manufacturing plants, namely Tororo, Hima, and Simba Cement, a high-quality tin smelting plant in Mbarara with an annual capacity of 1,600 tons. A number of cement factories are coming up in Karamoja. The Government is also facilitating the establishment of a modern mineral laboratory in Entebbe, which is in the final stages of accreditation to international standards. This financial year, the Government started the capitalisation of the Uganda National Mining Company. This company will take an equity stake of up to 15 per cent in all medium-scale and large-scale strategic mining operations in the country. This is to ensure that as we attract foreign direct investment capital, the country benefits directly, in addition to monitoring what is happening in the sector. The company will be capitalised to a tune of Shs 500 billion over five years. Oil and gas With regard to oil and gas production, the Government is investing in the requisite infrastructure for commercial production. Kabalega International Airport is near completion, and 700 kilometres of tarmac roads have been constructed in the Albertine area. The civil works for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) are scheduled for completion next financial year, both in Uganda and Tanzania. The Ugandan National Oil Company commenced the petroleum bulk trading business in August 2024. The objective is to ensure the security of fuel supply, reduction in the petroleum pump prices, and ensure the quality of petroleum products on the market. Since the Government started implementing this initiative, Uganda has experienced some reduction in fuel pump prices. We rejected the old mistake of a whole country like Uganda buying petroleum products from middlemen in Kenya. Can you imagine? Your people were buying petroleum for the Republic of Uganda, a member of the United Nations, from middlemen. Can you imagine? You cannot believe what happens in Africa. I did not believe it. And you know, in these ministries, there are people called commissioners. Have you heard of them? Commissioner of ignorance or what? (Laughter) When I came to know of it, I said, “This would not happen. Why not buy from refiners? Don’t you know where the refineries are or the bulk suppliers?” You can’t believe it. Africa is really a continent of wonders; a whole country buying petroleum from middlemen! I did not know of this, and I was sitting there, “President, President.” (Laughter) In the minerals sector, the Government’s investment next financial year will prioritise the following:

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Vot :, utilttfffm frffid(UAXmO'l 406 Hoima Hospital r08.000 407 Jinja Hospital 108.000 408 Kabale Hospital 108.000 409 Masaka Hospital 108.000 410 Mbate Hospital 1.408.000 4LL Soroti Hospital 108.OO0 4t2 Lira Hospital 108.O00 4L3 Mbarara Reeional Hospital 108.000 4L4 I&leode Reeional Rcferral Hospital 135.000 415 Moroto Regional Referrat Hospital 130.139 4L6 Nqgq4LLReferral Hospital 7.2L6.OOO 4L7 IEryddfr Referral Hospital 1.377.O00 418 I(awem.pe Refql Hospital 810,OOO 419 Entebbe Resional Beferral Hospital 810.000 420 Mulaso Specializd Women and Neonatal Hospital 2,O4L.200 42L Kanrnm Referraf Hospital 300,000 422 I flrloar Abrocd 501 Uganda Mission at the Unitcd Nations, New Yo,rk 1.092,000 502 Umnda Hish ConEission in the United Kinsdom 503 Usanda Hish Commission in Canada. Ottawa 17,687.4L3 504 Umnda Histl ComEission in lrdia. New Deltri 505 Uganda Hisb Commission in lGtrya,Nairobi 3,390.O00 506 Usanda Hinh Commission in Tanzania . Dar es Salaam 6,390,000 so7 Uganda High Cpmmission in Nigeria, Abuja 508 Uganda High Commksion in South Africa, Pletoria 150,000 509 Uganda Hiih Commission in Rtrnanda, Kigali 510 Uganda Embassy in the United States , Washington 511 Upnda Embassy in Egrpt, Cair! 5L2 Ueanda Embassv in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa 513 Uganda Embassy in China. BeiiinE lt. 514 UFnaa Embassrr in Snilzerlsnd. Geneva utl 400,000 515 Uganda Embassy in Japan. Tokyo WD 516 5L7 Uganda Embassy in Denmark, Copenhagen ,f -H I 7 518 uganda EmbaEsrrin Belsium, Brussels /V \ ' 7 \-- 4.g68.s87 N s N$ a 53 d

Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the late Pope Francis. I first saw Pope Francis in 2015 when he visited Uganda. I thank him because he brought blessings to the construction of the Uganda Martyrs Shrine, Namugongo. It is now a beautiful place for pilgrimage. (Applause) I am privileged to have seen my mother for the last 11 years, a walking pilgrim from Kabale Diocese. Madam Speaker, I also had an opportunity to meet Pope Francis on 24 August 2024. I was part of the delegation, which you led, and had a private audience with the Pope. Not only a private audience, but also the discussions we had, especially on peace and justice, were quite immense. We thank him for that. I also had an opportunity to attend the burial of Pope Francis. What do I pick from this? Simplicity and humility. Even in death, what he prayed for was that his burial be simple. It was the first time I saw the whole world in attendance, but everything was done in a simple way. Madam Speaker, I pray that God continues to grant eternal rest to the late Pope Francis. Thank you.

Is the Bill seconded? (Members rose) The Bill is seconded by the Hon. Kateshumbwa, the Veterans, Hon. Acon, Hon. Alanyo, Col. Nekesa, Hon. Okot, Hon. Mutembuli, MP from Kabale, Doctor, Hon. Ojok, Hon. Annet, Hon. Patience, MP for the Elderly, Hon. Betty, MP from Isingiro, Hon. Sam, MP from Alebtong, Dr Ayume, Hon. Siraji Ezama, MP from Tororo, and MP from Bukedi. Speak to your motion.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Kisoro-Kabale Road was a very expensive project that was abandoned and if it is not worked on within a few weeks, it is going to cause a serious crisis. There are four spots, one in Bwindi and another in Muko, that are giving way. When the President was in western Uganda, we talked about it and the minister promised to come and fix it and now that it is a heavy rainy season, it is going to give way. All tourism roads in Kigezi have not been worked on. Tourism roads around Bwindi are not even first-class murram, and yet that forest brings in Shs 600 million every day. So, it is high time we start considering these areas where the Government is making a lot of money and put in some more money. Thank you.

17175 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 16 APRIL 2025 Presidential pledges The committee recommends that the Government, through the ministry for finance, commits to fulfilling all the presidential pledges that were made with the earlier unfulfilled pledges taking the first call. Specific issues on the universities Makerere University The committee recommends that the ministry for finance allocates an additional Shs 15 billion to enable the university to undertake renovation and the construction works to full completion, since it is an old university and most of the infrastructure needs rehabilitation. Mbarara University of Science and Technology The committee recommends that the ministry for finance allocates additional Shs 4.1 billion for recruitment of at least 26 new staff and promotion of the staff who meet the criteria. Makerere University Business School (MUBS) The committee recommends that the ministry of finance allocates Shs 9.199 billion to MUBS for its institutional development project for acquisition of the assets and equipment of PWDs. Kyambogo University Recommendation The committee recommends that the finance ministry allocates an additional Shs 9.9 billion for a perimeter wall to avert encroachment on the university land for the university to be able to effectively manage its resources and maintain it in a secure environment. The committee also recommends that an additional Shs 9 billion be given to fulfil the presidential directive for the renovation of the student halls of Kyambogo. Busitema University The committee recommends that the finance ministry allocates an additional Shs 10.32 billion to the university to recruit additional staff and an additional Shs 15 billion to address its infrastructural challenges in its six campuses, including the Maritime Institute and the Kabwangasi Primary School Teachers’ College. Muni University, which has several uncompleted buildings The committee recommends that the finance ministry allocates: i) Shs 4.6 billion for the completion of the main building; ii) Shs 1.6 billion for the completion, renovation and expansion of Madi-Okollo farm; iii) Shs 2.55 billion for completion and renovation of Erepi Primary Teachers’ College; iv) Shs 2.3 billion for the completion of the Multipurpose Health Science Lab; v) Shs 0.9 billion for the completion of the construction of a welding workshop, to roll out engineering programmes; vi) Shs 2.75 billion to construct a modern ICT hub; and vii) Shs 0.363 billion for lab equipment to support increased health research and training for medical professionals. Kabale University The committee recommends that: i) Additional Shs 18.772 billion be provided to Kabale University as seed capital for its infrastructural development; ii) Shs 1.78 billion for the university to clear its previously inherited arrears from private expenses of the university; and iii) An additional Shs 0.65 billion to meet the demands of the Government-sponsored students.

16558 THE CONTRACT FARMING BILL, 2023 Tororo County North and Tororo District and the 120 in other parts of the country are given their PDM funds. Mr Speaker, we are coming to the end of our term. How do you expect Geofrey Ekanya and you, Mr Speaker, to visit others yet we have 120 parishes not receiving PDM funds in the fifth year? One of them is in Kabale where the minister for finance comes from. What is happening? I am seeking your indulgence to ensure that the directive and the resolution of this Parliament, where we appropriated money, is upheld; that these parishes receive their money.

Madam Speaker, this issue was partly raised yesterday and the Government gave a response. At the moment, as Hon. Niwagaba has rightly said, the people who have titles in the wetlands and are using those wetlands in Kabale, are doing it, not that they grabbed the wetland, but because they went through the process of the government then. Now, there is no forceful eviction of people from the wetlands. That is the assurance we can give you. On Monday, His Excellency, the President guided that the compensation process for some of the land or the people who own the wetlands should commence. The Attorney-General was given instructions and he has started the process. Thank you.

Madam Speaker, I raised an issue that I thought the committee interrogated, and it relates to the transparency of, generally, waivers and exemptions, the provisions in the law notwithstanding. It is important, as a committee and also as Parliament, to provide guidance to the public so that at the end of it all, we know some - because the provision in the law, in itself, is not complete. How does a peasant from – Where does Hon. Musasizi come from? Where does a peasant deep down in Kabale, where he comes from, get to know about these opportunities? I thought that, perhaps, we would have some sort of –

15976 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT The CDF, who is one of the supervisors of the General Court Martial, has said that Dr Besigye can only get out of prison in a coffin. He had even arranged to kill him and went ahead to identify a tree in Gulu - and that is why I sympathise with you. Sometimes, these jobs - I think one time we may need – one time, the late Prof. Khiddu Makubuya was asked to offer advice to the President and he said, “ In law, you may or may give no advice ”. That is how he used to talk. “In this case, I choose to give no advice.” That is what he told the President and that is one of the reasons he was eventually sacked. What advice do you give to a person who has made the statements that the CDF has made? Then, the President, who went to Luweero to fight, killing people because he wanted power – (Interjections) - Yes, in Luweero they were not hunting; they were killing. He even speaks about how he was robbing guns from different barracks in Kabamba, Masindi to Hoima. He lights up. The trouble is that you support him but you do not read his books because if you did, you would find all this information. He went to Luweero, killed, robbed banks, including one in Kabale, and then he said he was fighting point number one of the NRM, which is democracy. He has now said that judges do not rule. So, who rules Uganda? Is it the President and his son? That what they say is sacrosanct and even the Attorney-General is wasting his time. So, I would like the Attorney-General to help me understand whether you can advise two military men who have already expressed themselves. Finally, Mr Speaker, the Constitution does not allow Parliament to take any decision whose effect will alter a judgement of the court. In advising these military people who are not listening, the Attorney-General was talking about an amendment. Can he tell us- I listened to Hon. Fox Odoi very carefully and I want to thank him; he said there was nothing to amend. However, the Attorney-General said that they advised him to amend. What are you advising them to amend, Sir? Thank you very much, Mr Speaker.

15770 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT all over, and you can hear that it is on both the NRM, and the Opposition sides. People are saying that their voters are asking for money to get recommendations. This is totally unacceptable, and it has got to be nipped in the bud. Mr Speaker, the process has not commenced in many places, including here in Kampala where the Electoral Commission is headquartered. I am thinking about deep rural places in Abim, Bupadhengo, Moyo, Kabale, and so forth. It is the worst of situations. The Electoral Commission told us that Kampala was given a bit of special attention and that more kits were distributed here, which is also not true. Mr Speaker, I was given information by one of my colleagues, Hon. Susan Mugabi from Buvuma. In most of these islands, and by the way, not just islands, there is no electricity, so these kits cannot operate. There is no connectivity at all. They are meant to print many forms, but they do not even have where to print them from. However, the Electoral Commission says that the process is moving on smoothly. No, that is not true. Mr Speaker, it is important that the Government concedes that there is a need for more time for this exercise because we all want it. It is good for all of us and our democracy. Let us increase the number of days because there have been glitches up to date, and in many places, the exercise has not commenced. We need more time for this process to be a free and fair one. Mr Speaker, for an election to be free and fair, it is not just on the D-Day. It begins with a process. When people feel like they are being disenfranchised - the young people, you are locking them out because of all these different quandaries - that is not a free and fair election. Can we increase the time? Mr Speaker, I do not know what your guidance is going to be, but I would like to move a motion without notice under Rule 59 of our Rules of Procedure that Parliament urges the Government to extend the duration of the update of the voter registration process by two months. It is important, and the Government can suggest whichever period. What is important is the need to extend this process - (Interjections)- So far, several days have passed, but the process has not commenced in many places. On 10 th February, the Electoral Commission is looking forward to announcing that they have stopped the exercise, yet the kits will not have reached some places. The exercise will not have been carried out. I hope that the Government will find it relevant to extend this process without Parliament having to urge it and push it around. Find it important to extend this exercise and then sort out the sticky issues. Otherwise, you may extend the time but then the sticky issues and complaints remain apparent. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Thank you. I will really be glad to see the action being taken because some people are dying. However, on the abuse, Rt Hon. Prime Minister and colleagues, we are going into the election period; a lot is going to be done to you. What we usually call “saddling” is going to be tougher. You have names and people are going to use your names. Recently, I woke up and saw some lady running a video with my photos on the internet that I was sleeping with some celebrity lady in town. It was around 7.00 a.m. She appeared to be seriously breaking the news. I found out that she does that because she is hiding in Canada. She is on TikTok . My wife was the first to send it to me. She talked authoritatively about someone whose number I do not have and someone whom I have never spoken to. She has also talked about another Member of Parliament here. I sent a message to one of our colleagues whom she talked about and told him that he had also been added to the list. TikTok pays and people are desperately looking for content. There is someone called “ Ssenga Acid”. She attacks people in Luganda but she is a Mukiga from Kabale. I must now follow her. We cannot allow this nonsense to continue because you are hiding in Canada. One day they will visit Uganda and the law will be applied here. You cannot just go on destroying people’s families. It is not only me; I am told many people have encountered this. You cannot go on destroying people’s families because you are safe in Canada and then they pay you; you run content and adverts are being run on your page. You make money by destroying my name, reputation and you think we shall keep quiet. I think we have to go for these people. We cannot allow this nonsense to continue; we must report to the police to ensure they are investigated. Some of these things are annoying. We have been patient but to come and put someone on me because you want to run content and make money is very unfair.

Thank you for that information. I had actually not heard about it. Honourable members, in the Public Gallery this morning, we have the district representatives from Kabale and Rubanda. We have; 1. Hon. Nelson Baba, the LC V chairman, Kabale District. You are most welcome. (Applause) 2. Hon. Stephen Kasyaba Ampeire, the LC V chairman, Rubanda District. You are most welcome. (Applause) They are represented by Hon. Musasizi, Hon. Prossy, Hon. Bahati, Hon. Catheline and Hon. Niwagaba, the Shadow Attorney-General. You have very good Members of Parliament. In the Public Gallery this morning, we also have student leaders from St Juliana High School, Kyadondo East. Where are they? They are there. You are most welcome. They are represented by Hon. Muwada and Hon. Ethel Naluyima. Hon. Ethel, you can greet your student leaders.

The Chairman of Rubanda, Steven Kasyaba, my chairman, and my friend for a very, very long time, and Chairman Nelson Nshangabasheija of Kabale District. Join me in welcoming them. (Applause) Madam Speaker, this motion I am moving benefits both chairmen. The road starts from Kabale, goes through Rubanda, and comes back to Kabale - (Interjections) - No, I am doing my job. (Laughter) Moyo-Laropi – (Interjections) – please, the minister is a beneficiary, and she is here. Pursuant to Article 159 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, and Section 34 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015 as amended, and Rule 155 of the Parliamentary Rules of Procedure, I beg to move a motion for a resolution of Parliament to approve the proposal for Government to borrow up to $15.222 million from the African Development Bank, and $73.15 million from the African Development Fund, as additional funding for the construction and development of the Laropi-Moyo-Afoji, including the bridge at Laropi, and Katuna-Muko-Kamuganguzi Road. I beg to move.

Madam Speaker. I congratulate the minister, the chairperson, and Kasilo here, Kabale, Rubanda, Moyo, Laropi, Ngora, and Serere - I congratulate you. However, I have a concern for the minister of finance.

Okay. The industrial courts, LDC interventions that contribute to justice service delivery, court-related forensic analysis interventions, LC courts, DPP interventions that contribute to justice service delivery are more directly related to the administration of justice programme. Therefore, the committee recommends that all the interventions currently under the governance and security programme that relate to the enhancement of equitable access to justice for social economic development and the strengthening of justice service delivery systems should be transferred to the administration of justice programme. It is an issue of alignment of the 18 programmes, as highlighted above. Regionally balanced development The committee observes that although commendable progress has been registered in reducing poverty, regional disparities have, however, remained and increased vulnerabilities across regions. The chairman had mentioned it, so, I will not read it. The committee recommends that the Government prioritises the development and implementation of regional development plans, including comprehensive regional physical plans, to ensure balanced economic growth, equitable service delivery, and equitable resource distribution. I would have asked for an investment map, but the committee did not allow. Promotion of games and sports The committee observes that the National Development Plan (NDP) IV provides for several interventions for promoting games and sports but does not provide interventions relating to physical exercises for health reasons, amateur sports for mass participation and professional sports for commercial benefit. In addition, the committee observes that the NDP IV high-impact projects focuses only on the establishment of four regional sports stadia and 14 district sports grounds in the traditional sub-regions of Uganda. These do include international and national stadia. Further, the committee observes that the desired high-level programme results by the year 2029- 2030 provide insufficient information in regard to niche sports rankings. This hinders the effective monitoring of the high-level program results. Therefore, the committee recommends two interventions. a. That the NDP IV is amended to incorporate interventions for physical exercises for health reasons, amateur sports for mass participation and professional sports for commercial benefit. b. NDP IV high-impact projects should be amended to include three international stadia, Namboole, Hoima, and Akii- Bua, 10 KCCA artificial surface grounds (Rubaga, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Central Divisions) and 15 national stadia (Arua, Moroto, Soroti, Mbale, Tororo, Iganga, Jinja, Lugazi, Luwero, Masaka, Mbarara, Ntungamo, Kabale, Kasese and Fort Portal. Railway master plan The committee observed that the NDP IV mentions that in order to lower the cost of doing business, the focus will be on improving the transport infrastructure. However, the NDP IV is silent on the need to develop a railway

Honourable members, before the LoP comes in, in the public gallery, we have officials from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. They include Ms Angela Nakafero (commissioner at the ministry), Ms Rebecca Nagawa – please, stand up. Are you not here? They are there. We also have Ms Doreen Bakeiha. They are accompanied by staff from the Department of Corporate Planning and Strategy, Gender and Equity, Parliament of Uganda, led by Mrs Salome Anyoti. You are most welcome. (Applause) They are here on the statement of 16 Days of Activism – a campaign against gender-based violence. In the public gallery, we also have a delegation of leaders and officials from Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. They are led by Dr Filbert Nyeko, the Senior Executive Consultant. Where are you? You are most welcome, and thank you so much for coming. (Applause) They are represented by Hon. David Bahati, Dr Kamara and Hon. Catheline. Hon. Catheline, first come and greet your people. Dr Kamara, you start.

I thank you for your indulgence, Madam Speaker. I also want to take this opportunity to welcome the executive members of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital to Parliament. This is a mode of parliament, which is only in four hospitals: Moroto; Gulu; Lira; and Masaka. These are representatives of the workers in the hospital. They include heads of departments, the in-charge and top management. The only thing they do not do is to make laws. However, they do oversight, debate and also represent their members. Madam Speaker, they have also told me to thank you and the entire Parliament for the appropriation that Parliament has done because Kabale Regional Referral Hospital now has a modern CT scan. Through your appropriation, Members, Kabale Regional Referral Hospital also has a modern ICU under construction. On top of that, I also want to thank you, Members, for your appropriation, which has enabled Kabale Hospital to have three oxygen plants. (Applause) However, they still have challenges and one of the top challenges is the staff structure. Under the new structure, Kabale Hospital always comes lowest. Its staffing level is at 22 per cent. Since we have started the budgeting process, my prayer is that, at least, Kabale Hospital gets the budget to raise its staffing level, at least, to 50 per cent, such that it can be at the level of other hospitals. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Madam Speaker – and honourable members – I want to add my voice to Hon. Nicholas’ in appreciating you and the Ministry of Health. You have done what it takes to empower and equip Kabale Hospital. We are very happy. I appreciate the effort by Hon. Anifa Kawooya, who also went there and did what she did. (Applause) Thank you so much, Hon. Anifa Madam Speaker, I want you to continue thanking these people who have managed to

15372 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT [Mr Ndamira] COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR work in hard and bad conditions in Kabale, but have managed to produce results. Madam Speaker, you know that Kabale is the coldest area. However, they have managed to work in those conditions. Also, most of the health centres are in hard-to-reach areas. Madam Speaker, as you have always guided, can you also guide and direct the Government to empower the health centres which are in hard-to-reach areas, for them to get equipped with equipment and necessary health workers, for them to enjoy their work. Thank you so much.

Thank you. The people of Kabale, you have brought very good Members of Parliament. You have a doctor here, Hon. Bahati, Hon. Musasizi – finance minister, those people need –(Laughter)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I want to welcome our people from Kabale Regional Referral Hospital to this Parliament. Madam Speaker, it is not the first time, but I have always said that Hon. Kamara, much as he is from the Opposition, always supports our programmes. (Applause) Today, our people have witnessed what I have always told them –

Madam Speaker, Kabale Regional Referral Hospital serves a population of close to one million people from Kisoro, Rubanda, Kabale, Rukiga, Rukungiri and Kanungu. Therefore, it requires – much as we have given them what we can in the circumstances, they deserve more. Working with the Ministry of Health, we shall look into the challenges and provide the support as required. (Applause) Thank you.

Thank you so much, Madam Speaker. I want to thank the honourable colleagues from Kabale for thanking you because the success that we have registered is through you and this Parliament. I want to welcome our people from Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. Madam Speaker, I have interacted with them more than five times. I am the one responsible for inaugurating the board. I have only come to say that very soon, as the finance minister has said, there are many health centres – more than 10 –that are going to be commissioned very soon. We have laid out the programme and equipment. Like everywhere, we shall continue working with you to ensure that you have strengthened health system in our health centres. We are moving and very soon we shall reach you. Thank you.

There is also a minority report, which was signed by two members. Madam Speaker, I would like to present the report. Introduction On Tuesday, 6 August 2024, the fourth session of the Seventh Sitting of the First Meeting of Parliament, the National Teachers’ Bill was read for the first time by the Minister of Education and Sports for Higher Education, Dr Chrysostom Muyingo. The Certificate of Financial Implication was laid on the Table as required by Rule 118 of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament, and the Speaker referred the Bill to the Committee on Education and Sports. In the background, the Education (Pre-Primary, Primary, Post-Primary) Act, CAP 247, is the law that provides for the development and regulation of pre-primary, primary, and post- primary education and training. Part five of the act provides for the registration and licensing of teachers. The Ministry of Education and Sports informed the committee that the Act does not, however, provide for the overall regulation of teachers by mandating responsible bodies to regulate the teaching profession. Therefore, the National Teachers’ Bill seeks to regulate the teaching profession and promote, maintain and protect the ethical standards of the teaching profession. As the Minister has alluded to, the objectives of the Bill are; a) To promote, maintain and protect the ethical standards of the teaching profession. b) To regulate the teaching profession. c) To provide for an institutional framework for the implementation of the policies, decisions and directives issued by the minister regarding teachers. d) To promote the continuous professional development of teachers. e) To provide for the career development of teachers within the teaching profession. f) To establish the National Teachers’ Council. g) To provide for the powers and functions of the minister in relation to teachers and the teaching profession. 3.0 The Methodology 3.1 We used desk research, and the committee reviewed various legislations, these included: a) The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda in 1995, b) The Education Act 2008, CAP 247, c) The Education Service Act, CAP 85, d) The Insolvency Act, CAP 108, e) The Local Government Act, CAP 243, f) The Oath Act, CAP 19, g) The Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Act, CAP 66, h) The Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act, CAP 262. The Committee reviewed the National Teachers’ Policy of 2019 and the legal framework on teacher professionalisation in other jurisdictions, including Tanzania and South Africa. In the meetings, the committee published notices for public hearings invited 22 stakeholders, held meetings and received memoranda from the Ministry of Education and Sports, National Curriculum Development Centre, Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB), Muni University, Mountain of the Moon University, Kabale University, Busitema University, Lira University, Soroti University, Makerere University, National Council for Higher Education, Education Service Commission, Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU), UPTU.

15281 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 2024 disability, four members of the public, two of whom shall be teachers and one advocate with at least 10 years of experience in legal practice. In the committee’s interaction with Kabale University, they indicated that the composition of the council negates enough representation of professional and experienced teachers, given that the business of the council mostly relates to teacher education. The UNITE informed the committee that in its current form, the Bill leaves out the teacher trainers from the National Teachers Council. Teacher trainers play an important role in the preparation of teacher trainees, providing them with the knowledge, skills and values required to function in the teaching profession in general. So, leaving them out will create a gap between the council and teacher trainers and, ultimately, the teacher training institutions. Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) stated that the condition of not being engaged in active teaching should be removed so that membership is not limited to those who have retired. They also stated that there is no need for members of the public. They proposed that nominations should be done by the teacher labour unions to represent the collective interests of the teachers, whom they represent. This would also result in better decision- making that reflects the needs and concerns of the teaching community. Another labour organisation, COFTU, indicated that the council should be representative of the teaching professional strata, namely pre- primary, primary, secondary, and tertiary. This is to minimise a particular category of educationists or even none at all dominating and hijacking membership and decision- making. The committee interacted with Busitema University, which proposed that teacher educators should have more than five years’ experience in management in a teachers’ college or faculty of education. Mountains of the Moon indicated that the number of years for teachers on the council should be increased to 10 years as it is for the advocate of the council. Makerere University also indicated that the composition of the council needs to be explicit on the different levels of a teacher so that all levels are represented – pre-primary, primary and post-primary levels. In the conduct of the committee’s desk research, the committee noted that Tanzanian Teachers Professional Board is comprised of nine members – a chairman who is appointed by the president from among registered senior professional teachers, eight qualified members to be appointed by the minister from the following institutions: a representative from the ministry responsible for education; a law officer representing the Attorney-General’s office; one representative nominated by teachers’ organisation; one representative from the private sector; one representative appointed from among persons with requisite qualifications to assist the board in the discharge of its functions; a representative from regional administration and local government; a representative from the Teachers Service Commission; and a representative from the institutions responsible for training of teachers. This is approved or provided for under Section 5 of the Tanzania Teachers Professional Board Act, 2018. So, that was just a leaf that we borrowed. The committee also perused through the Council for Educators of South Africa Act, 2001, and found out that the South African Council for Education is comprised of: the chairperson; 14 educators and four lecturers collectively nominated by the organised profession; five persons nominated by the department of education; two persons nominated by the national associations representing schools governing bodies; one person nominated by the council for higher education; one nominated by the councils; one person nominated by the national bodies representing independent or

15286 THE NATIONAL TEACHERS’ BILL, 2024 matters relating to the teaching profession, law, management and administration. Committee observations The committee observes that it is pertinent that the Bill provides for qualification of a Registrar and a Deputy Registrar of the Council. The committee further observes that the Bill should provide for the appointing authority of the Deputy Registrar. Recommendation The committee recommends that: a. The Registrar should have a qualification of at least a post-graduate degree and 10 years’ experience and knowledge in teaching, law, management or administration. b. The Deputy Registrar should have five years’ experience and knowledge in teaching, law, management or administration. c. The Deputy Registrar should be appointed by the minister on recommendation of the Council. 4.7 Requirement of Competence Test The committee notes that clause 27(3) and (4) of the Bill provides that the Council may require a person applying for registration to do a competence test. In the committee’s interaction with Busitema University, they indicated that the competence test is not necessary since it will call for establishing another body to carry out the competence test. The competence test is a no- confidence test on the training institution. They further stated that if there are any checks and balances, they should be at the level of accreditation of institutions and their programmes. Kabale University stated that it is unrealistic to expose a teacher to a competence test prior to registration, yet their entire training is aimed at exhibiting the competencies required of a professional teacher. Uganda Private Teachers Union (UPTU) informed the committee that whatever may be tested at this stage should be included in the teacher training packages, and upon passing, a teacher should be registered automatically. A qualified teacher from an accredited institution cannot be examined again by a body whose role or core role is not explicitly to undertake competence examinations. UNATU indicated that competence tests are not necessary and should be removed from this provision because one has already qualified by the time of seeking registration and the appointing authority has already done its job in testing the competence of the teacher during the recruitment process. NAPSTA proposed that registration should be automated immediately after the university and internship, and that there is no need for competence test immediately after qualification, but it could be necessary during renewal of license. NOTU stated that clause 27(3) and (4) should be deleted from the Bill as it undermines the credibility of teacher training institutions and also may be stressful to a teacher. The Ministry of Education and Sports clarified to the committee that competence tests will be given to teachers from foreign jurisdictions who intend to teach in Uganda. Committee observations The committee observes that the provision as it is in the Bill is not specific to foreign teachers and thus should be clearly set out in the law if the ministry’s intention was for it to apply to only teachers from foreign jurisdictions. Recommendations a. The committee recommends that clause 27 should be amended to provide clarity that

15287 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 2024 the competence test shall be applied only to teachers from foreign jurisdictions who intend to teach in Uganda. b. The Bill should provide for the requirement of a competence test for foreign-trained teachers. 4.8 Requirement of a degree in education Clause 28 of the Bill provides that a person is eligible to be registered as a teacher if he or she possesses a degree in education. Clause 65 requires teachers to comply with the requirement under clause 28 within 10 years of the amendment of the Act. The stakeholders had the following submissions in regard to the requirement of a degree. Kabale University indicated that the Bill should incorporate the qualification of a Post- Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) among the eligibility requirements for teacher registration. Busitema University proposed that the pre- primary teachers should not be required to have a degree to be eligible to register as teachers and the gradual phasing out of primary and lower secondary teachers without degrees was done with Grade II primary teachers of the 1970s and 1980s. The Education Service Commission stated that the extension or expansion of the eligibility for registration should be expanded as follows: i) Degree in education ii) Relevant degree and Post-Graduate Diploma In Education and iii) Diploma in Education, i.e. Grade V Teacher who acquires a relevant degree qualification. NOTU indicated that clause 28(1)(a) should be amended to provide for only a qualification in education. It is their view that we do not need the same teacher academic qualification to handle varied education levels like nursery, primary, or secondary levels. Instead, emphasis should be put on necessary skills at particular levels, for example, early childhood development, skills for nursery teachers. UPTU informed the committee that graduates with BA (Arts), BSC (Sciences) with a Post- Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) will automatically be disqualified as the provision of the Bill is very specific with a degree in education. They further stated that in practical terms it is unproven and unnecessary to require a nursery teacher to possess a degree instead of the required Early Childhood Development skills as until now no clear nursery education curriculum has been put by the ministry except for the learning framework which is still on the experimental version. UPTU further stated that considering the deplorable working conditions and especially the salary levels of most teachers in private schools, it is practically impossible to assume that they must conveniently acquire the degree qualification required except when issues of their welfare and particularly salary levels are well answered. Accordingly, the Government should start by seconding salaries for private teachers to develop their abilities to attain the requirements. Otherwise, this is exclusively intended to exclude low-paid teachers from the teaching profession. That was UPTU. Muni University proposed that there is need to define the degree in education to include a postgraduate diploma in education and a postgraduate diploma in teacher education. The directors of private institutions in Uganda under Nakawa Urban Council indicated that the eligibility requirement for a person to have a degree and be registered as a teacher is very ideal since it aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 4 of quality education by 2030 through increasing the number of qualified teachers and improving education facilities with equal access to affordable vocational training and higher education for all.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wish to respond as the shadow minister of health in a short but very elaborate way that the problem of shortages of medicine in the country needs us to find well-defined solutions to settle; if you look at it from the angle of malaria, which is the biggest disease burden. In 2022, the World Health Organisation, which is an authority in matters of health, indicated in its report that there are 12.7 million cases of malaria in Uganda annually, meaning every day 34,000 Ugandans get sick with malaria. In the same report, 17,556 are estimated deaths, which means 48 Ugandans die daily of malaria. Malaria is a curable disease and that gives us a better understanding of what medicines we need in the country. I have been with the Committee on Health and we have gone through various hospitals in Northern Uganda, eastern and western. It hurts to get into those hospitals and knowing that 48 Ugandans die daily, you find no malaria drugs in those hospitals; in Padibe, Moroto and Kabale - yet the same drugs are on the shelves at National Medical Stores (NMS) in Entebbe. What is missing is the money to fuel a truck to transport the drug from the shelves in Entebbe to that distant health facility to save the life of the five-year-old child or the life of a mother. I looked at the documents of National Medical Stores, during the budget process, the cost of logistics for National Medical Stores is only 7 per cent. Our prayer has always been that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development front-loads that money, 7 per cent is small. For a quarter, National Medical Stores needs 25 per cent. But this logistical support is only 7 per cent. They can do it in one quarter. MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Eight years ago, the Government secured land in Kabale Subcounty in Hoima District for the construction of an industrial park. The Government paid money and relocated people, but currently, this land is being encroached on by some people in Government – (Interjections) - it is not for today. I will come with evidence next time, but my question is –

You have helped to bring in a live example. We need to know who an investor is. If those people have been licensed by the local authorities, have you given them guidance? Maybe you need to consult with the Attorney-General on how they should handle such people. It would seem in this country when your colour is brown, you are said to be an investor. Or if you are coloured, they just give you a permit to be an investor. You need to tell the country. Two, we need to understand the policy on acquiring land. In some places, some people are supposed to donate their land for free. In others, the land is supposed to be bought. This financial year we appropriated money for buying land I do not know, in Kabale. How special are some regions compared to others that the land from certain regions is supposed to be taken freely, while others are supposed to be paid for? Thirdly, madam minister, your ministry is one of the major contributors to low tax revenue in this country. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development - in a report a few days ago, said the Government is foregoing Shs 2.9 trillion in tax expenditures. It means there are tax exemptions given or tax waivers for all in the name of attracting investors. Isn’t it time you reconciled with your colleagues, ministers, that we qualify who must be an investor? Many of these people come, they exploit the tax incentives and run away. We have supermarkets that have been closing after exploiting tax benefits. So, it is important you work with your colleagues to determine who qualifies and who should not qualify so that we have a code which works. Most importantly, your code is not protecting the land rights of the people. I would want to know that the board has now been suspended or disbanded. How is that sector going to work? Shall we expect a situation where maybe Hon. Kasaija will bring any opponent of his and put him as chairperson? How is the board going to work? There is a tendency – if I feel there is a threat, I can -

Thank you very much. I stand to defend this Bill. Mr Speaker, if you see coloured food that is literally contaminated – vis-à-vis the locally produced food by our parents and ourselves. It is made cheap and available to the communities right in the last village of Terego. Bottled drinks with very sweet names that can prompt you to take it. At the end of the day, you are either obese or you have deficiencies. If we do not regulate these kinds of unnecessary adverts that derail people from determining to eat the right foods – Additionally, we have so many young girls/ teenage pregnancies in our communities who think their children should be best fed on these fizzy foods. At the end of the day, we get malnourished children, and those with so many deficiencies and performance in classes and other types of work. It is imperative upon us as a Parliament to come up, support this Bill and make sure that we pass it. Because this is where we are going to determine the future of Uganda. For example, it is a problem for KFC to get our potatoes here from Kabale. They get their potatoes from South Africa, thinking that our potatoes in Uganda have deficiency, who tested this? There are many aflatoxins in our food. By passing this Bill, we are going to determine the quality of food we are producing- far from suffering from losing market for our food to Kenya and the rest. Thank you, so much.

Mr Speaker, the Auditor-General reviewed the staff establishment of the following public universities to ascertain their completeness and relevance to the entity established and noted the following: Universities This is how it is presented: approved structure, filled position, the gap, and the percentage of the field position. 1. Soroti University has an approved structure of 1,312. The number of positions filled is 242, the gap is 1,700, and 18 per cent of filled positions. 2. Busitema University has the approved structure of 3,559, filled positions are 503, the gap is 3,056, and 14 per cent percentage filled. 3. Kabale University has approved structure of 2,076, filled positions are 506, the gap is 1,570, and 24 per cent filled. 4. Kyambogo University which was a bone of contention, the approved structure 2,598, filled positions are 913, the gap is 1,685, and 35 per cent filled. 5. Makerere University, Kampala has approved structure of 5,835. Filled positions are 3,141, the gap is 2,694, and 53 per cent. That is why our boss was once there in that department. It is the best university - ( Interjections ) - No, there is Law Development Centre (LDC). 6. Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) has an approved structure of 2,609, filled positions are 581, the gap is 2,042, and 22 per cent. 7. Gulu University has an approved structure of 1,568, filled positions are 571, the gap is 977, and 36 per cent. 8. Lira University has 991, field positions are 265, the gap is 726, and 26 per cent. 9. Law Development Centre (LDC) 202, field positions 135, the gap is 67 and the percentage is 68. Mr Speaker, from what I have just read, it is only Makerere University that is staffed at over 50 per cent of the approved staff structure. What this means is that for the other universities, there is very little they can do to achieve the output. For example, Busitema and Soroti Universities as well as Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), which have 14, 18 and 22 per cent staffing levels respectively are depriving learners of the much-needed services. We are aware - the rest is history. That is the information that fills the staffing levels of all public universities drawn from a special audit done by the Auditor-General on the directive of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am not speaking as the Vice-Chairperson, Budget Committee. Before coming to the Budget Committee, I was the Chairperson of the Committee on Information, Communication and Technology. You sent us to all the public universities in the country and we found three key things: One, some of these universities collect more NTR and they budget for it, but when they - you know, you made a statement yesterday – finance minister - when they request for this money, that money is not forthcoming. We found dire situations in Kabale, Mountains of the Moon, Soroti, Gulu, Muni, and Busitema Universities. The report was presented by the current Chairperson of the Committee on Information, Communication and Technology, Hon. Alex Niyonsaba. There is a problem of the return of NTR and some of these universities have stagnated because they do not get their NTR in order to expand their facilities. Some of them are teaching students in tents. Two, because of the ban on recruitment, universities like Mbarara lost very senior PhD staff who had just qualified and had come back from Europe. However, because they did not have a wage, they could not recruit and we lost them to the neighbouring countries. It was painful. Others went to the United States of America. I think there are more issues that we could discuss with respect to these universities. There is the question of the responsiveness of the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development in returning NTR - even to expand the facilities that are there. Secondly, the question of ban on recruitment. We are losing the most senior cadre staff - and even the application of retirement to professors in universities is dangerous because you find some of the young professors who have just come from abroad, but just because they have reached 60 years, they are treated as civil servants. Most of them are forced to retire at a time when they should provide support to young academics in the universities. How do you retire a professor at 60 years, when he is still able to support this country? They are being treated as civil servants. Mr Speaker, I think we need a more comprehensive analysis of some of the issues facing the universities today.

14376 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT Makerere University had a budget of Shs 377.35 billion. It got a warrant of Shs 368,910 billion. Unwarranted amount of money was Shs 8 billion. The warranted money was 98 per cent. The unwarranted one was two per cent. Gulu University had a budget of Shs 78.482 billion. It got the warrant of Shs 69.291 billion. The unwarranted amount was Shs 9.19 billion. The warrant performance was at 88 per cent. UMI had a budget of Shs 36.93 billion. The warranted amount was 36.718 billion and the unwarranted one was only Shs 182 million. In terms of percentage, it is 100 per cent. Kabale University had a budget of Shs 63.2 billion. The warranted amount was Shs 54 billion. Unwarranted amount was Shs 8.55 billion. The warrant percentage was 86 and the unwarranted was 13.5 per cent. Lira University had a budget of Shs 30.815 billion. The warranted amount was Shs 30.776 billion while the unwarranted was Shs 39 million. The warrant, in terms of percentage, is nearly 100 per cent. Muni University had a budget of Shs 25.940 billion. The warranted amount was Shs 24.733 billion and the unwarranted amount was Shs 1.207 billion – a warrant percentage of 95 per cent. Mbarara University of Science and Technology had a budget of Shs 59.4 billion. The warranted amount was Shs 57.547 billion and the unwarranted amount was Shs 1.85 billion. The warrant percentage was 73 per cent. Soroti University had a budget of Shs 24.758 billion. The warranted money was Shs 22 billion, while the unwarranted was 2.73 billion. The warrant was at 92 per cent. Busitema University had a budget of Shs 61.5 billion. The warranted amount was Shs 52.44 billion, while the unwarranted was Shs 9.1 billion. The warrant percentage was 85 per cent. Mountains of the Moon University had a budget of Shs 45.9 billion. It was warranted at Shs 44 billion. The unwarranted was Shs 1.8 billion. The warrant percentage was 96 per cent. LDC had a budget of Shs 29.663 billion. The warranted amount was Shs 29.651 billion and the unwarranted was just Shs 12 million. This was a 100 per cent warrant. Mr Speaker, the total amount of money budgeted for universities was Shs 1,058,000,000,000. What was warranted Shs 1,010,902,000,000. The unwarranted was Shs 47 billion. The percentage of the warranted amount was 96 per cent, while the unwarranted was 4.4 per cent. The accounting officers attributed the shortfall to non-release of funds by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Committee’s observations The committee observed that the shortfalls in revenue imply that these public universities could not fully finance their programmes, which, in turn, affected service delivery. The committee further observed that a total of Shs 47.116 billion remained unwarranted across the universities. For example, Busitema, Kabale, Soroti and Gulu Universities had the biggest percentage of annually leased budgets of 14.8 per cent, 13.5 per cent, 8.4 per cent and 11.7 per cent respectively, as illustrated in the table above. The committee, however, commends the Government for the 100 per cent release to Kyambogo University and Lira University including Uganda Management Institute and the Law Development Centre. Recommendations The committee recommends as follows: The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should provide adequate funding to public universities as appropriated by Parliament to enable the implementation of planned activities.

14377 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2024 The Accountant-General strictly enforces section 15(2) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), 2015, which requires that the annual cash flow plans issued under subsection (1) be the basis of the release of funds to entities. Utilisation of the Government of Uganda Warrants The Auditor-General reported that the majority of public universities and tertiary institutions did not fully utilise or absorb all their warranted funds which translated into underperformance and non-implementation of some of the planned activities, subsequently affecting the achievement of overall objectives of the entities, as illustrated in the table below. Mr Speaker, the table below shows you the approved budget, the warranted money, what the universities were able to utilise, what remained unutilised, and the percentage. I do not need to go through it one by one but take note that a total of Shs 25.17 billion remained unutilised by entities irrespective of the fact that the money was warranted to them. Recommendations The committee recommends that the accounting officers should strictly adhere to the annual budget performance contract signed with the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PS/ST) pursuant to Section 45 of the PFMA, 2015. The contract binds accounting officers to deliver on activities in the work plan of the Vote for the financial year submitted under section 13(15) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015. The Government should consider lifting the ban on recruitment in public universities by Public Service. I think it has been done - (Interjection) . Not yet? The argument for the unutilised warrants of Shs 25,173 billion was that this money had been for the recruitment of staff but there was a ban. So, the entities could not utilise this money and hence it was swept back. Performance of Non-Tax Revenue The Auditor-General audited the performance of Non-Tax Revenue (NTR) across public universities and tertiary institutions for the Financial Year 2022/2023 and noted that the majority of entities significantly underperformed in their NTR collections in respect to their approved targets except for Busitema and Kabale Universities and the Law Development Centre, as illustrated in the table below. Mr Speaker, we have put a table for what NTR was approved by Parliament and what the universities collected. Because of time, Members can go through one by one - the variance between A and B and the performance. A total of Shs 37.332 billion remained uncollected, irrespective of the fact that the universities had budgeted for them. Observation The committee observed that Instruction 4.10.2 of Treasury Instructions, 2017 requires planning and budgeting to be closely linked to the budgets to reflect the entity’s policies over the period covered and should represent a statement of intent against which performance is measured. Therefore, not meeting budget targets for NTR undermines the importance of the entire budgeting process and affects the posting in the entity’s accounts. The committee further observed that universities run a risk of loss of revenue from students who do not pay full amounts of fees at the end of the year. This eventually results into bad debts which deny the university resources for implementation of planned activities. There are students who get admitted but never get to register. Mr Speaker, this is a big issue across universities. So many students get admitted but because of poverty, they do not get to register. For you to be registered in the university, especially for privately-sponsored students, you have to first pay; admission is not enough.

14379 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2024 indicate the outputs of a Vote for the financial year while Regulation 11(2) (d) of the Public Finance Management Regulation, 2016 states that the work plans for a Vote shall indicate the funding allocated to each activity. The committee observed that most of the entities failed and neglected to comply with these statutory provisions, which impacted the alignment of the activities to policy statements, thereby distorting the planning and implementation of Government programmes. The committee further observed that to assess the performance of outputs, all supporting activities must be costed and quantified. Thus, failure to provide detailed costing for activities implies that the costing at the output level cannot be justified, and as such, there is a risk that entities either over or under-budgeted for those outputs. Committee recommendations 1. The Minister of Finance should address the compatibility challenges of the programme budgeting system for purposes of capturing and imputing costed outputs and activities for entities; 2. Parliament should not approve budgets for entities without costed outputs and activities. The accounting officers of Soroti, Muni and Lira Universities should be held liable for not costing their respective budgets output and activities as required by Regulation 11(3) and Regulation 12 (2) (d) of the Public Finance Management Act; and 3. The Minister of Finance should continuously build the capacity of the users of the PBS dedicated to the quantification function. Implementation of Outputs Mr Speaker, the Auditor-General assessed the implementation of outputs that had been fully quantified and noted those activities had been partially implemented and those that had been completely unimplemented, as illustrated in the figure indicated in the table below. Mr Speaker, I will not go through this table, I will only highlight two universities and let the Members read the full text of this because it is the heart of the audit. Kabale University The Auditor-General sampled three outputs that had been fully quantified with a total of 17 activities worth Shs 2.511 billion, fully implemented. Only one output with five activities and expenditure worth Shs 1.375 billion was fully implemented. Two outputs with 12 activities worth Shs 1.36 billion were partially implemented. The entity fully implemented three activities. Two activities were partially implemented, while seven activities remained unimplemented. Mr Speaker, this means that this entity got money, fully warranted and paid to it, and they spent it, and some activities remained unimplemented. That means that money was either diverted or there was a sub - Later on, I am going to establish the figure from the account for each university that diverted and mischarged anywhere. That is an example. Mr Speaker, the Auditor-General, in my other report, which I have filed, needs to style up. I have provided the way this should be structured. For him to come to Parliament and tell us only Shs 2.5 billion was sampled out of the Kabale University budget of Shs 77 billion and then he goes on to say only Shs 1.3 billion was fully implemented then for the Shs 1.3 billion, he simply gives a narration of what activities were implemented, no amount of money placed - That turns a PAC committee into another audit bureau, which is out of our scope and makes our work extremely difficult. Mr Speaker, we will beg you, at the right time, to cause an interaction with the Office of the Auditor-General because if this continues, I would have recommended to Parliament to reject the Auditor-General’s report almost entirely. I was only persuaded by Members because, in our humble view, there is always room for improvement.

14414 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT hospitals is the charge being placed on basic medical services that could ideally be so critical in diagnosing diseases; the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), other equipment and the scanners. They now charge everything to be accessed. This increase in NTR is basically because basic accessible medical equipment in all hospitals, today, is charged and that is a key point. It is not a positive on that note. People should not cheer up that NTR is in hospitals where you are charged when you want an x-ray, MRI and whatever equipment; those who cannot afford it, know what happens. NTR transfers to the Treasury The Auditor-General noted that two entities, including Uganda Blood Transmission Services and Moroto Regional Referral, did not transfer their NTR to the Treasury. On the other hand, only six entities, including Mbale, Jinja, Gulu, Hoima, Kawempe, Soroti regional hospitals and the Uganda Cancer Institute transferred all their collected NTR to the Treasury. The committee observed that underperformance in NTR negatively affects the implementation of planned activities. The committee further noted that accounting officers who did not meet their budgeted NTR targets or budget for NTR at all contravened Instruction 4.10.2 of the Treasury Instructions, 207. Further, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development failed to provide proper revenue targets to some regional referral hospitals. In other instances, low NTR targets were set ignoring other revenue sources like hospital private wings. Committee recommendation 1. NTR targets should be set in consultation with both the accounting officers and the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to enable realistic NTR budgeting; 2. The accounting officers should institute mechanisms to ensure that all billed NTR is fully collected during the period in which it relates; 3. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should always make prompt responses to requests for NTR revision by entities; and 4. The accounting officers should consider all their NTR sources at NTR budgeting to avoid cases of NTR under collection. Performance of Government Warrants The Auditor-General reported that the Government had allocated a total budget of Shs 558.107 billion to 19 regional referral hospitals and five specialised health institutions, out of which Shs 584.681 billion was warranted, which is 98.31 per cent, implying a shortfall of Shs 9.426 billion, which is only two per cent. The detailed breakdown of this figure per hospital is under Table 2 of the main report. The committee noted that 16 entities received less than their budget. These include Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital, Mulago National Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda Heart Institute, Kiruddu, Butabika, Masaka, Entebbe, Mbale, Naguru, Jinja, Mubende, Kabale, Mbarara, Gulu, Lira and Moroto Regional Referrals. The committee observed that revenue shortfalls inhibited the effective implementation of the entity’s planned activities and thus affecting service delivery. Revenue shortfalls further place spending pressures on entities, which promotes diversion and mischarge of funds. The committee recommends that the Government should always fully release funds as approved and in a timely manner to all referral hospitals. Utilisation of warrants Many accounting officers attributed their underutilisation of resources - where we put ACT - you go to the main report - to late releases of resources from the ministry for

14255 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2024 missed the cow. The people were appreciative. So, her impact was not only in Kigezi but also in central Uganda. We last met when we had an ordination for Catholic priests in Kabale. Immediately after the ordination, that was I think on 10- 16 August, I requested her to join us at the Bishop’s residence for lunch but she said she was rushing but promised to meet us again. However, she took three of her friends to a shop - this is a story from one of her friends. She told one to pick a dress and another a suit. Now, the one who was offered a dress said, “You will buy me a dress when I come to Kampala.” She was asked, “How sure are you that you will find her alive? Better take it now, if not -” So, she was forced to take something and the Personal Assistant (PA), a man, went away with the suit. There is a way God does His things. When she was narrating that story to me, I said, “Oh my God!” The late Hon. Sarah was extremely humble; you would never hear of any pomposity. Most of us in leadership and especially those on the Front Bench, want to lead a pompous life. She was extremely humble, social and down-to- earth. (Applause) You would wonder – some of the places where she and I used to meet for “one, one”, goat ribs and the like were not these classy places. They were very humble places. Hon. Kasolo, you may know some of them, but I hope you are not pompous. So, Hon. Sarah was very humble and sociable. Yes, the Leader of the Opposition has talked about her integrity, and it relates back to when she was a district employee in Kisoro. Up to now, you cannot hear about any scandal of a financial matter or otherwise connected to Hon. Sarah. Lastly, it is about her loyalty to the people and her constituents. Hon. Sarah was in the constituency almost every weekend whenever she would not be outside the country. At least, personally, whenever I would be in Kisoro - I occasionally go to Kisoro for some business – I would meet Hon. Sarah. If I did not meet her in Kisoro, I would meet her in Kabale District, literally every weekend. I think it could be part of the reasons why she has gone very fast. She loved her people and worked for them. Madam Speaker, you mentioned the pending projects: there are projects which had been begun across the country – roads, bridges, schools and health centres. These projects were partly – actually, contracts had been signed, works had started, but all of a sudden they stopped because of the changes we made in the budget. Madam Speaker, I would implore you to talk to the Executive. Let us look at those projects in the entire country, especially for us who come from these areas that are prone to landslides. Honestly, for the bridges, roads and schools that had begun to be constructed, if we do not complete them, we are going to see deaths. So, talk to the Executive. The Prime Minister is here, the finance minister is here – there are a few ministries: works, health and education. Sit with them and look at those particular ones countrywide and let us have them completed, in memory of Hon. Sarah. May my late sister’s soul rest in eternal peace. (Applause)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am Dr Nicholas Kamara. I am the Member of Parliament representing the people of Kabale [Ms Achan] COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

14050 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT In Gulu City, 162 lights had been replaced using local revenue from property tax. However, vandalism of the solar batteries was reported as a major challenge experienced by the USMID project during phase I. Gulu City alone had 15 criminals arrested and are being prosecuted The USMID project has no component for land acquisition and, so, the local government depends on the goodwill of the people. Where the people refuse, the carriageway is reduced since there is no provision for land compensation in the project. Further, the committee was informed that, often, road construction works involve relocation of utilities. However, during the process of implementation, the utility companies demand that local governments replace them with upgraded and more expensive installations. The committee recommends as follows; 1. Local governments should continue sensitising the population of the individual benefits of paved roads to increase on the goodwill of project-affected persons. 2. Utility companies that are upgrading their utilities should work hand in hand with the relevant stakeholders. 3. Concerned government ministries, departments and authorities should work together and come up with clear guidelines and engage with one another so as to address disagreements between local government entities and utility companies. Madam Speaker, allow me to take this opportunity to thank Gulu City for the good management of the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) Project. I thank Gulu City, because in other parts of the country where we went for oversight, there is a delay. For example, in Mbarara, Ntungamo and Kabale, there was a serious delay. We can say that Gulu City is a benchmarking point for successfully implementing the USMID Project. Madam Speaker, allow me to touch briefly on the regional mechanical workshop, then I will conclude. I will invite Members to go through the report because of time constraints. Gulu Regional Mechanical Workshop was established in 2001, as a regional workshop servicing 12 districts at the time, in the subregions of Acholi, Lango, Karamoja and West Nile. The beneficiary districts have since increased to 38. The workshop’s primary responsibility is major repairs on equipment since the districts have a percentage of road maintenance budget to cater for the minor repairs. The committee was informed that the workshop does not have sound supervision vehicles, making it difficult to supervise equipment. Like I noted earlier on, Madam Speaker, the committee recommends that at least each subregion should have its own mechanical maintenance workshop. Madam Speaker, the committee also interested itself in the rail lines. The rehabilitation of the Meter-Gauge Railway from Malaba- Soroti- Lira is ongoing. What is concerning is the pace at which the project is being undertaken. We visited the logistic hub in Gulu. We thank the Government for this beautiful facility, but this logistic hub can only function when it is well fed by a properly rehabilitated rail line. Madam Speaker, we visited Gulu Airport and we interfaced with officers from the Civil Aviation Authority. The committee recommended that this particular airport facility should be upgraded to an international airport. We also got information from Arua Airfield, which is being upgraded under a public-private partnership. Madam Speaker, the committee recommends that the Government expedite completion of Arua International Airport by fully compensating projects affected persons in addition to providing the necessary funds. Other aerodromes that the committee interested itself in are the Kitgum Airfield; the Kidepo Airfield which is being upgraded to an international standard; and also Pakuba. [Mr Awany] COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I want the attention of my very good friend, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa because I want to quarrel with her today. I want to quarrel with you today although you are my good friend. One, I am surprised that Kabale District was left out of the rural electrification programme, and yet at the time this loan was procured, Kabale was one of the benefiting districts and in particular my constituency which has always been marginalised simply because Wilfred Niwagaba belongs to this side. I would want to know why you ultimately removed Kabale – (Interjection) - no, I was that side but I was chased - why did you remove Kabale from the benefiting districts? Could that explain the reason why, when the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) was disbanded, all the poles it had planted in some of the parishes remained with no wires to date? I would pray Mr Speaker, that an investigation be made on this particular loan, on how it was applied by REA and subsequently when it was transferred to the ministry. Who performed? Who failed to perform? And where is the money? 2. On the electricity access scale-up project, you have mentioned the number of health centres to be connected, water stations, schools and the like. I would like to know the list of these water stations in western Uganda, specifically for Kabale, Rubanda and Rukiga districts. I also want to know which schools and health centres in western Uganda, particularly Kabale, are going to benefit. Because there is a lack of equity in your ministry. Maybe you will

The procedural issue I am raising is that this Bill on Alcohol Drinks and Control was referred to a joint Committee of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives and that of Health. Incidentally, the reports are out; the minority and majority. The Committee on Health was assigned duties by your office. They are in northern Uganda, establishing the status of the health care facilities and conducting investigations on Nodding Disease Syndrome misappropriations. The three sponsors of the minority report, Hon. Dr Batuwa, Member for Jinja (Shadow minister of health), Hon. Dr Kamara, and the Member for Kabale -(Interjection)- a moment - I am on a point of procedure - I raised the procedure issue. Attorney-General, you are in slumber.

13800 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME MINISTERIAL STATEMENT The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, in collaboration with other line Ministries, Departments and Agencies, development parterres, and Civil Society Organisations, coordinate the activities to mark International Youth Day. As such, this statement details the key aspects of the national celebrations for the current year, 2024. The purpose of the statement i. To inform Parliament that Uganda will join the rest of the world to commemorate International Youth Day on Monday 12 August 2024; ii. To inform Parliament that the theme for this year’s celebrations is: “Skills Development for Enhancement of Opportunities for Youth”, aware that we must put a lot of emphasis on skilling the youth within the 21 st Century - hard, soft and digital skills among others; iii. To inform Parliament that Soroti District will host the celebrations at Soroti Core PTC, in Soroti District; iv. To inform Parliament that all local governments and cities have been informed and guided to observe the International Youth Day in accordance with the National Guidelines for the commemoration of national days; v. To inform Parliament that His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will preside over the celebrations; vi. To invite all Members of Parliament to participate in the national celebrations. Expected outcomes of the International Youth Day, 2024 The International Youth Day, 2024 has been preceded by International Youth Week, which started on Monday, 5, and will run until 11 August, 2024. During this busy and eventful week, various activities are taking place, including but not limited to the following: a) A symposium and dialogue guided by the theme “Skills Development for Enhancement of Opportunities for Youth”, games and sports, community engagement (including the cleaning of homesteads and workplaces. The other activities are: tree planting, blood donation, voluntary HIV/AIDS testing and counselling, radio and television talk shows, exhibitions by young entrepreneurs (demonstrating value addition-related projects or enterprises), and the Annual National Youth Council meeting, which will take place on Sunday at Soroti University Main Hall. The celebration will also witness a cultural entertainment presentation of the Youth Leaders’ Memorandum and our ministry’s report on various government programs aimed at empowering young people to address unemployment and effectively contribute to the country’s socioeconomic transformation. Lessons learned from the previous celebrations In collaboration with the partners and the youth of Uganda, a transformative movement that connects youth empowerment, reproductive health, and environmental conservation beyond International Youth Day, enhances not only the lives of countless young individuals but also optimizes the power of collective action in steering toward a brighter and sustainable future. Celebrating International Youth Day allows the political and civil leaders to give accountability to both the youth and the whole country on what the Government has done and future plans for the youth. The young people are also able to state what they have done for themselves and commit to continue doing for their personal development as a contribution to sustainable national socioeconomic and political transformation. Key achievements since last year’s celebration on 12 August 1993 in Kabale

Thank you so much. Hon. Kakembo talked about the new cities. That new cities were created and approved by the Tenth Parliament. There is need to operationalise these cities to enable us prepare for the forthcoming general elections and demarcation of constituencies. He asked, when will we operationalise Entebbe City? My response, Mr Speaker, is that the Government in April 2020, created 15 cities in Uganda to be operationalised in a phased manner. The 10 cities of Arua, Mbarara, Gulu, Jinja, Fort Portal, Mbale, Masaka, Hoima, Lira, and Soroti, took effect on 1 July 2020. These were to be followed by the five cities of; Entebbe, Moroto, Nakasongola, Kabale and Wakiso, meant to be operationalised as follows: On 1 July 2022, it was supposed to be Entebbe City. 1 July 2023, it was supposed to be Moroto, Nakasongola, Kabale, and Wakiso cities. However, in August 2020, the law (The Local Governments Act Cap 138) was amended, and midterm operationalisation of administrative units and local governments abolished. The newly created administrative units and local governments can only take effect six months before the general elections, and this amendment affected the next phase of the five cities. The Ministry of Local Government is currently carrying out the technical studies and consultations with stakeholders in the five cities, to prepare them for the operationalisation of 1 July 2025, subject to the guidance by Cabinet. Question number 6 is still from Hon. Ojok, Member of Parliament, Omoro County. His prayer is; what is the status of Government intervention in realisation of transitional justice law, to address the question of war reparations in Acholi Subregion? My response is that on 17 June 2019, Cabinet under Minute 239 (CT-2019), (Cabinet Memorandum CT (2018)38), approved the National Transitional Justice Policy as follows: a) Noted the key aspects of the National Transitional Justice Policy. b) Approved the National Transitional Justice Policy. c) Approved the wide dissemination and publication of the National Transitional Justice Policy. d) Approved the fast-tracking of the legislation on the National Transitional Justice Policy. e) Directed the ministers of Internal Affairs and Justice and Constitutional Affairs, to provide a transitional period between the implementation of the National Transitional Justice Policy, and the enactment of the relevant laws on the transitional justice to give the Government ample time to identify the most sustainable source of funding for the undertaking. The National Transitional Justice Policy is an overreaching framework of the Government of Uganda designed to address peace, justice, accountability and reconciliation needs of post conflict Uganda. Mr Speaker, it is therefore, seeking to engage with all parts of the country that have been affected by civil strife, conflict, and not only the Acholi Subregion. Since the approval of the policy, it has been disseminated and efforts are being undertaken to present principles for a proposed Transitional Justice Law. It should be noted that the principles for the policy were withdrawn from the Cabinet in February 2023, to enable the responsible ministries to harmonise certain issues, including administrative arrangements for the law.

When will operationalization of Entebbe City take effect? RESPONSE: Rt. Hon. Speaker and Honorable colleagues, Government in April 2O2O Created 15 Cities in Uganda to be operationalized in a phased manner. The 10 Cities of Arua, Mbarara, Gulu, Jinja, Fortportal, Mbale, Masaka, Hoima, Lira and Soroti took effect on l"t July 2O2O. These were to be followed by 5 Cities of Entebbe, Moroto, Nakasongola, Kabale and Wakiso meant to be to be operationalized as follows: l"t July 2O22-Entebbe City l"t July 2023- Moroto, Nakasongola, Kabale, Wakiso lities. However August 2O2O, the Law (The Local Governments Act Cap 138) was amended and midterm operationalisation of Administrative Units and Local Governments abolished. The Newly created Administrative Units and Local Governments can only take effect six months before the General elections. This amendment alfected the next phase of 5 Cities. The Ministry of Local Government is currently carrying out the Technical Studies and consultations with stakeholders in the 5 Cities to prepare them for operationalization on l"t July 2025, subject to the guidance by Cabinet. 11

Annex lb: List of Specidized National & Regional Referral Hos itals # Name Level Local Gorft 1 Arua Hospital Regional Referral RRH Arua City 2 Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital RRH Fort Portal City 3 Gulu Hospital Regional Referral RRH Gulu City 4 Hoima Hospital Regional Referral RRH Hoima City 5 Jinja Regional Hospital Referral RRH Jinja City 6 Kabale Hospital Regional Referral RRH Kabale District 7 Kawempe National Referral Hospital NRH Kampala 8 National Referral Mulago Hospital NRH Kampala 9 D Mulago SWN Hospital Specializ ed Hospital Kampala 10 Uganda Cancer Institute Specializ ed Hospital Kampala 11 Uganda Heart Institute Specializ ed Hospital Kampala t2 Kiruddu National Referral Hospital NRH Kampala 13 Butabika National Referral Hospital NRH Kampala l4 China Uganda Friendship (Naguru) Hospital NRH Kampala 2l

I am saying that in Kabale we do not have that land. I am a Member of Parliament, and I am speaking for my people I do not have one even acre. Now, I am asking, if those people do not have one acre, can we reduce it to what we have? Why can’t the ministry at least bring a heifer to that family that needs to also grow economically? Thank you, Mr Speaker.

The engineers. We had a challenge and it is still going on. We have court cases, but we have decided to go the hard way to fight them in courts of law. There was also counterpart funding. There was a lot of delay, honourable colleagues, in counterpart funding because the Government was providing 67 per cent and the farmers were giving 33 per cent. However, it was very hard to raise the money. The selection of the farmer groups was sometimes very funny. They could not raise that money and it stayed for a long time. However, there are success stories. In Kigezi, I heard somebody say that they had not smelt it. I know success stories in Rubanda, Kabale, Rukiga, and Ntungamo, where post-service facilities were done. I think the committee chairperson has seen some of these. We had a challenge and we are learning from it. We took precaution and warned the officers. That is how we managed to get some of the good work done. On the e-voucher, we cannot run away from technology. If we are representing our people, we must encourage new innovations. This was very simple and I am going to come to the problem. Currently, the market demands that you know what you eat from the farm to the table. In animal resources, in crop resources, and in fisheries, we cannot run away from ICT. The challenge we had is that at the time when they gave the contract, the participating service provider was not very good. We have a case in court with that service provider and the money was chopped. We engaged another service provider who did fairly very well. On the fertilisers, their use is no longer an option, honourable colleagues. You cannot avoid fertilisers and irrigation in this climate change era, and poor weather conditions, because the soils are exhausted. We need to add fertilisers. We have a problem of fake fertilisers and poor application. If you put too much fertiliser on the crop, you will kill it. The other problem we still face is extension workers. We need more extension workers than we have in local governments. I have been fighting with my senior colleague to have extension workers recruited. Also, supervising them in local governments is a big problem. Most of the local government leaders do not supervise the extension workers. The issue of allowance and money is not really genuine. When you pass the budget for the agriculture ministry, there is a lot of money that we send to extension workers. Recently, we have enhanced their salary as scientists. For them not to work is not a good sign. As leaders, we need to urge local leaders to make sure that extension workers do their work. There was an issue with soil suitability mapping. We have done soil suitability mapping and we advised the farmers on the suitable enterprise for each area. This information is at every subcounty and is also available at the Parish Development Model Secretariat. We have not done comprehensive soil suitability for the whole country but we have the equipment; we have sampled various areas and given recommendations for suitable enterprises. With the involvement of the local government, this was between the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), and we worked together.

lhtnc Ol Dl.trlctr Kakumu'o Krbaale Kagadl Kassanda Mubende hrryandongo Horma lilkuub€ Meslndr Rukrga 168,701,150 Arua 207,900,000 TOTAL l9,8a6,OO?,S49 E .ra s Clurt r Cutluhtlec DlrbEt|cnctrt (uoxl 440,615,386 350,962,7s0 366,240,538 24O,707 342 178,500,000 478,215,000 377,772,464 10 349,4t6,766 345,575,083 574,201,OO0 Bushenln Ntungaeo 91 r,645,600 329,597,S00 lt 261,568,000 s65,750,O00 595,002,833 326,923,833 135,505,O0l Ismgrro Kabale Rubanda Nebbr Pakwach Yumbe 120,801,O0O Maracha L2 N

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

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

13704 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT DR NICHOLAS KAMARA (FDC, Kabale Municipality, Kabale: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I also thank God for saving your life. I have two points and the first is about regulations. I have seen documents from the National Council for Higher Education recommending some universities to train 100 medical students. However, when it is time for graduation, you hear these medical schools graduating over 300 medical doctors. So, one thing we should do, as Parliament, is to interact with the National Council for Higher Education and ask them: you recommended 100 medical students, why is this university graduating 300? We should also interface with the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council and the universities, which are training way beyond what the National Council for Higher Education recommended.

13464 PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET SPEECH FY 2024/2025 iii) Maintenance of 13 aerodromes, including Arua, Gulu, Pakuba, Masindi, Lira, Kidepo, Moroto, Soroti, Tororo, Jinja, Mbarara, Kasese and Kisoro. Madam Speaker, with regard to water transport, the following were accomplished during the financial we are talking about - we are winding up: i) Completed the construction of three strategic ferries, namely; Amuru-Rhino Camp Ferry and two ferries for Bukungu- Kagwara-Kaberamaido (BKK) route on Lake Kyoga; ii) Completed the construction of the Maritime Training Institute in Namasagali, and commenced construction works for the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) at Mwanza; iii) Completed 46 per cent construction works for search and rescue centres at Kaazi and 25 per cent at Kaiso, Panyimur and Zengebe landing sites; and iv) Continued with the development of new Kampala Port at Bukasa. With regard to railway transport, the following were accomplished during this financial: i) Acquired a 161-kilometre corridor for the standard gauge railway between Tororo and Mayuge; ii) Twenty eight per cent completion of rehabilitation of Tororo-Gulu Metre Gauge Railway; and iii) Completed emergency refurbishment and rehabilitation of the Malaba-Kampala- Namanve Metre Gauge railway. Madam Speaker, during Financial Year 2024/2025, more focus will be put on maintenance of the roads we have built, building a few new strategic roads, accelerated rehabilitation of the metre gauge railway and commencement of construction of the Standard Gauge Railway. I have provided a total of Shs 4.989 trillion for that purpose. In particular, the following transport infrastructure will be undertaken: Roads and Bridges i. Tarmacking of an additional 306 kilometres of roads under the ongoing projects; ii. Completion of upgrading of 210 kilometres of the following roads: Muyembe- Nakapiripirit (92 kilometres) and 25 kilometres of service roads; Kira-Matugga Road and improvement of five junctions (21 kilometres); Tororo-Busia Road (26 kilometres) and Mayuge and Busia town roads (18 kilometres); Kawuku-Bwerenga Road (6.6 kilometres) and Namugonde- Bugiri Road (1.6 kilometres); selected town roads (7.5 kilometres), in Pallisa and Kumi (12.2 kilometres); and remedial works on Ntungamo-Kabale-Katuna Road (65 kilometres); iii. Commencing the upgrading/construction of 643 kilometres of the following road projects: Kisoro-Lake Bunyonyi Road Kisoro-Mgahinga National Park Headquarters Road; Koboko-Yumbe- Moyo Road; Yumbe-Ure Road; Kitgum- Kidepo; Namagumba-Budadiri-Nalugugu Road; Katine-Ochero Road and 2.9 km of town roads in Kaberamaido and Kalaki towns; Kyenjojo-(Kihura)-Bwizi- Rwamwanja-Kahunge and Mpara- Bwizi; Iganga-Buloopa-Kamuli; and Jinja-Mbulamuti-Kamuli-Bukungu; and Jinja City roads; Kisubi-Nakawuka- Natete; Nakawuka-Kasanje-Mpigi; and Nakawuka-MawuguluNanziga-Maya- Kasanje-Buwaya roads; iv. Upgrading to bitumen standard (tarmac) 16.9 km of roads in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, and Gomba District; v. Completing the construction of 20.2 km of Kayunga-Nabuganyi Road; vi. Completing the construction of Kakiri- Masulita-Mawale Road (23 km);

13477 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 13 JUNE 2024 recommended by the NRM ever since 1995, will create so many jobs that will exceed the job levels of Uganda. Uganda does not have enough - Once we develop our full capacity, Uganda will not have enough workers. By the way, this one happened during the time of the British. When they introduced a few activities here like coffee, cotton and sugar growing, that is how Africans from Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan came here. That small money economy during the British time, created so many jobs that the internal people were not enough. That is why our brothers had to come from Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan to work here. Even now, if we all become wealth creators in the four sectors, there will be many jobs. I have given the example of Mr Nyakaana in Fort Portal, using one acre to employ 15 people. We calculated that if seven million people did that, we would create more jobs than the whole population of Uganda now. However, as of now, we already have 922,000 people employed in manufacturing. Show those factories again if you have them; show them on the screen. These are all new factories. In 1986, we had only 80 factories when we launched the Uganda Manufacturers Association, we now have more than 8,000 like those. These are already employing 922,000 people and something. The whole of the public service - army, police and civil service – has 480,000 people. So, the factories are now employing two times the number of people working in this public service. So, those saying, “Jobs, jobs, jobs”; the jobs are there, but you must be qualified for them by doing the right thing. All those are new jobs. You can see all of them are brand new factories; they are not old. These are the factories now, giving us 922,000 jobs. The services - the hotels, tourism, transport and banks - are now employing five million people. Show one of the factories; the one which was there now. Put it back; the one, which was showing - those are hotels. Go back to the one you had shown. It was a factory where workers were seated. No, there is another one, which is bigger. Anyway, they are all the same. You can see how many people – jobs are there. Look at that group now; all those young people. (Applause) “Jobs, jobs, jobs”; just talking. (Laughter) They do not listen and then they have their wonderful papers, like the wonderful - what do you call it? – Daily Monitor ; that Monitor group. Hovyo hawo, wajinga hawo . (Laughter) They are like enemies of Africa. The other day, I saw them when they tested Karuma power, 600 Megawatts. I think there was some blackout or something. So, they were celebrating in their paper, Daily Monitor , that “you see, the transmission network cannot handle the power” and I had heard that opinion. It is very interesting to see how the enemies of Africa link up. So, the logic of the Daily Monitor newspaper is like what I used to hear from some of the civil servants in the Government who are also on the side of the Daily Monitor . They were saying, “But if we have the power station at Karuma, how shall we evacuate the power?” If you cannot evacuate it, have the factories near there. They can all be around Karuma if you do not have to carry it far away. When the Owen Falls Dam was opened by Queen Elizabeth in 1954, electricity was only in Jinja. That is why the original factories concentrated there. We did not have electricity in Mbarara; we did not have it in Kabale. We did not have it but it was enough that it was in one part of Uganda and all the factories congregated there. That is a step forward. If electricity is there but you cannot distribute it far away, let the people from nearby use it. That is not a problem; that is a step forward. It is not something to mourn about and demonise. Now, out of the five million employed in services, 40,000 of them are employed in ICT, then 66,000 are employed in mining and quarrying. This is just endozo . Endozo is a word

ry.n'v &e o[l- ,tn \ "si ;NN .s t i t: i. t. I 8 (: t Amouat (OOO'f Vote Descrlptlon 63,620,755 160 Uganda Coffee Development Authority(ucDA) 4,831,755 161 Uganda Free Zones Authority Uganda Microfinance Regulatory AuthoriW to,466,294 162 163 Uganda Retirements Benefits Regulatory Authority 15,381,657 t64 National Council for Higher Education t5,891,289 31,529,180 165 Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board National Council of Sports t78,684,L72 t66 t67 Science, TechnolF5/ and Innovation 3r7,742,939 301 Makerere UniversiW 340,375,803 302 Mbarara University 56,499,64t t2t,453,L76 303 Makerere University Business School ) so+ Kyambogo UniversiW 131,616,555 305 Busitema UniversiW 5t,495,729 31,269,650 306 Muni University 307 Kabale University 58,701,033 308 Soroti University 28,662,468 309 Gulu University 63,844,236 Lira University 34,420,tO4 310 311 Law Development Centre. 25,425,r45 35,504,266 3t2 Uganda Management Institute Mountains of the Moon UniversiW 38,842,2L9 313 i 401 Mulago National Referral Hospital 92,708,Ot9 402 ) Butabika Hospital 17,515,837 13,679,781,851 Sub total -Central Votes ( Errcl. Referrals and Missionsl Referral Hospitals Arua Hospital ro,592,846 403 404 Fort Portal Hospital tt,654,O7t Y. .--:\ - A It ,i'r f.Fft i. "l ',I\.

-+, ,L'{ r Anount (OOO') Description Vote L2,19t,793 405 Gulu Hospital tt,309,247 406 Hoima Hospital t8,467,606 Jinia Hospital 407 tt,o77,oto 408 Kabale Hospital 10,487,888 409 Masaka Hospital t7,694,t3t Mbale Hospital 410 9,79t,927 411 Soroti Hospital t5,682,495 4t2 Lira Hospital 16,559,583 4t3 Mbarara Regional Hospital 12,256,956 4L4 Mubende Regional Referral Hospital 10,943,300 415 Moroto Regional Referral Hospital LL,824,457 4t6 Naguru Referral Hospital 25,160,483 Kimddu Referral Hospital 4t7 22,589,r92 t 418 Kawempe Referral Hospital 13,062,585 419 Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital 27,646,183 420 Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital 12,368,354 Kayunga Referral Hospital 42r tr,429,3t7 422 Yumbe Referral Hospital 292,789,423 Sub total -Referral Hospltds Missions Abroad 20,806,699 Uganda Mission at the United Nations, New York 501 Uganda High Commission in the United Kingdom 1t,840,947 502 5,955,050 Uganda High Commission in Canada , Ottawa 503 7,677,777 504 Uganda High Commission in India, New Delhi 5,341,493 505 Uganda High Commission in Kenya ,Nairobi 9,273,94t Uganda High Commission in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam s06 4,023,569 507 Uganda High Commission in Nigeria , Abuia i .i +.- . t,' :,' r Il-, ,I -4 M\L 9 I ,l \.. . .!: # i\r.i I I '11 .t --.ts----- \

-"* .l i'l tv" f. (-> 4l- * OAL t T ,,/i t:' ^"Hi-* .) \.. Amount (OOO'I Descrlption Vote 9,877,949 531 Ankara Uganda Embassy in Tur 3,99t,682 532 Uganda Embassy in Somalia, Mo shu 8,682,632 533 Uganda Embassy in Malaysia, Kuala Lum ur 9,306,488 Uganda Consulate in Kenya, Mombasa 534 6,787,857 535 Uganda Embassy in Algeria, Algiers 6,t48,639 Uganda Embassy in Qatar, Doha 536 3,451,001 Uganda Mission in Havana, Cuba 537 3,475,000 538 Uganda Mission in Luanda, An 1a 264,336,145 Sub total -Mlssions Abroad ( Local Governments 40,679,88O 601 Arua city 2t,529,439 '\ 602 Fort-Portal city 28,O30,761 Gulu city \os 15,154,886 604 Hoima city 43,319,158 605 Jinja city 30,495,727 Lira city 606 30,239,526 607 Masaka city 39,177,649 608 Mbale city 36,031,699 Mbarara city 609 20,o6L,624 610 Soroti citv 8,879,420 70t Apac Municipal Council 6,476,93O 702 Bugiri Municipal Council 13,604,742 Bushenyi- Ishaka Municipal Council 703 8,671,010 704 Busia Municipal Council 15,990,314 705 al Council Entebbe Municip 16,424,644 Ibanda Municipal Council 706 7,638,634 707 Iganga Municipal Council 17,668,8r7 708 Kabale Municipal Council ,i, -\_:-- il^- 11 - --j!..ii,- "i+: 1j- \-i ' i''. --Ff" ( .\- . \

ait r [.' ,, .K .m- lir 2 I { ,&- .2 4l=# . '.t t. li ,',) .\ ,Lt Amount (OOO'I Descrlption Vote 2,006,435 313 Mountains of the Moon Universi 12,339,276 Mulago National Referral Hospital 401 2,262,036 402 Butabika Hospital 14,973,335,870 Sub total -Central Votes ( Drcl. Referrals and Mlsslonsf Referral Hospltals 108,000 Arua Hospital 403 109,81 1 404 Fort Portal Hospital 108,0o0 405 Gulu Hospital 108,000 Hoima Hospital 406 tt6,276 407 Jinja Hospital 108,000 Kabale Hospital 408 108,000 409 Masaka Hospital 5,109,39s 4LO Mbale Hospital 108,000 Soroti Hospital 4tl 108,000 4t2 Lira Hospital I 108,000 Mbarara Regional Hospital 4t3 L42,LO2 4t4 Mubende Regional Referral Hospital 108,000 415 Moroto Regional Referral Hospital 216,OOO \ 416 Naguru Referral Hospital l,377,OOO \+rz Kiruddu Referral Hospital 810,000 Kawempe Referral Hospital 418 810,000 4t9 Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital 2,O4t,200 420 Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital 11,7o3,784 Sub total -Referral Hospltds Mlssions Abroad Uganda Mission at the United Nations, New York 501 2,90t,9r8 502 Uganda High Commission in the United Kingdom 9,700,000 503 Uganda High Commission in Canada , Ottawa Uganda High Commission in India, New Delhi 504 I , li , '.'; I i l, --l-l t ./' \1,. \: Ii \ ,,- H 4:-

.+_ lA*' "' - #+- I dI,\ h 24 . - l B l X Amount (OOO'| Descrlption Vote 635 o23 I Munici al Council 707 2,t84 771 Council Kabale Munici 704 2 238 353 709 Kamuli Munici al Council 801 696 Ka chorwa Munici al Council 7ro 3 374 618 7tt Council Kasese Munici 8 4tt 400 Kira Munici al Council 7t2 406 243 713 Council Kisoro Munici 2 331 982 Council Munici Ki 7L4 529 160 Koboko Munici al Council 715 629 284 Kotido Munici al Council 716 807 186 Kumi Munici al Council 717 2 9t4 388 7ta Council Munici 16 o46 686 7t9 Makindye- S sabagabo MuniciPal Council 1 454 635 Council Masindi Munici 720 1 387 188 Council Munici Mi 721 744 299 Moroto Munici al Council 722 5 462,294 Mubende Munici al Council 723 6 401 99t 724 Council Mukono Munici 10 505 394 Nansana Munici al Council J zzs 311 301 \-zzo Nebbi Munici al Council 429 909 N al Council eru Munici 727 I 910 156 728 Council o Munici N 1 o59 681 Council Rukun ri Munici 729 2 851 608 Sheema Munici al Council 730 3 528 439 73t Council Tororo Munici 9 o56 849 Abim District 801 5 061 3a2 Ad umani District 802 5 086 244 District 803 3 62L o37 District AIebto 804 7 t44 543 805 Amolatar District 2 946 471 Amudat District 806 9 513,880 Amuria District 807 3 s99 449 Amuru District --808 2 394 342 District A 809 3 190 840 Arua District 810 5 310 694 Budaka District 811 -_*3-- /{* M 'l-,1.i- t,

What issue are we dealing with here? I come from Hamurwa. There is a trading centre there. And there is a bank agent in this trading centre – (Interjections) - I think here we respect each other. Madam Chairperson, for me to walk to an agent banker in my trading centre, I do not have to incur transport costs. However, if I am to go to Centenary Bank in Kabale, I have to board a taxi, put in time and spend a day going to look for money in the bank. Agency banking has brought services nearer to the people. As a result of this, people have benefited. So, when you derive a benefit, give us some small portion as tax – (Interjections) - yes.

Yes. Hon. Obua and Hon. Jonathan –(Laughter) What Hon. Jonathan said is, when you look at schedule 1, you are looking at the location and land size of the institute and the institute here - You have Kabale located on land in that size. You have Kaliro located at that place, you have Mubende, Muni, Bunyama - Basically, those kinds of things. The issue of why the urgency, the budgetary aspects, the advertisement - If you do not have the documents, I can give you mine and you read from them. Let us first answer one thing at ago. Hon. Ibrahim, you are the one who asked about that issue and we are saying we are answering what you asked for. No, I have not read everything. Why are you talking about Kasese? I have not read everything for you.

Or they missed something small, so if you are going to look for figures, Sironko is not there. Should we who are not there complain? Therefore, they are capturing those who have small issues. Please, this is a supplementary. Vote 708: Kabale Municipal Council

I put the question that a total sum of Shs 525,304,774 be provided for under Vote 708 for Kabale Municipal Council as supplementary recurrent expenditure for the Financial Year 2023/2024. (Question put and agreed to.) Vote 712: Kira Municipal Council

13104 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT The total requirement for the requisite road equipment units for this purpose is $70 million, which we hope can be funded through debt financing using the same scheme under which we got the 1,115 units in 2017. My ministry is in the process of procuring road construction equipment for the new districts, as I have said, but we need another Shs 29 billion for the vibro rollers, tippers and water bowsers. These were not included in the tranche which you gave us last time. We shall continue engaging through both the Budget Committee, Committee on Physical Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development to avail Shs 29 billion so that we can complete the purchase. Zonal equipment centres Madam Speaker, the zonal equipment centres are currently housed within the premises of the regional mechanical workshops. The ministry had planned to create nine zonal centres in Moroto, Mbale, Jinja, Gulu, Arua, Luweero, Hoima, Mbarara, and Kabale at an estimated cost of Shs 45 billion. We shall continue engaging the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on this endeavour. The zonal equipment centres operate shared road equipment such as bulldozers, excavators, backhoe loaders, self-loaders and low beds. While the shared equipment is insufficient to cater for the requirements of the entire country, its availability has been greatly reduced due to insufficient maintenance funding. That is a requirement for additional money. Mechanical Engineering Training and Advisory Centre (METRAC) Madam Speaker, since 2017 when the ministry acquired the new equipment, the ministry has implemented several regional training sessions for district operators. While this training format was not sustainable, it was the only option given the circumstances. In 20l8, the Government of Japan, through the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), gave a grant of $2.3 million to the Government of Uganda for the construction of the Mechanical Engineering Training and Advisory Centre in Luwero. Phase I of the project, comprising a gatehouse, classroom block, maintenance block, and administration block, have been completed and the project has been handed over. It is just a few kilometres from Luweero town. Here, we shall train and retrain operators so that we have - because the machine performance will be as good as the man behind the operation. If we have a bad operator – and, in most cases, what we have seen is that people have drivers, not operators. In this centre, we are going to train operators and we are working with the Ministry of Education and Sports so that they can also be tested under the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) and given certificates of equivalent so that they can be able to be employed outside. Madam Speaker, phase 2 of METRAC requires Shs 9.8 billion, which began this financial year. So far, the Government has availed Shs 1 billion for the construction of a few of the amenities. Mt Elgon Labour-Based Training Centre Madam Speaker, Mt Elgon Labour-based Training Centre (MELTC) is a national training centre under the Ministry of Works and Transport for applying labour-based technology (LBT) in the rehabilitation and maintenance of national, district, urban and community access roads. The training centre is located 20km from Mbale City, along the Mbale-Budadiri Road and adjacent to Uganda Technical College, Elgon. Madam Speaker, MELTC provides training and capacity building in developing, maintaining, and utilising critical road infrastructure assets in the District, Urban, and Community Access Road (DUCAR). Its contribution to the DUCAR network includes:

Madam Speaker, NFA is the custodian of what we call the Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) under the United Nations Framework Convention where NFA is also leading the monitoring, verification and reporting of carbon emissions. The only defence we have, as Uganda, to safeguard the extraction of fossil fuels globally - It has been projected that the extraction of fossil fuels under the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, the Kabale Airport and the oil refinery yet to start, is going to emit over one million tons of carbon. Whenever we attend international meetings, we confirm to them that with our affirmative action of the National Forest Authority, we are ensuring that forest acreages are going to be maintained. To safeguard our oil extraction and energy prospects, we are confirming that the forest cover under the management of NFA is going to absorb all the carbon. Therefore, if we remove NFA, our defence for our fossil oil extraction is dead. We are saying that, affirmatively, with the heat you received in the last period, we can only defend ourselves by maintaining the National Forest Authority. (Applause)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank the chairperson for a good report. (Member rose_) I was invited by the Speaker. I am giving information. The point I would like to make is about the oxygen plants. In Kabale Hospital, we have three oxygen plants. One was brought during COVID-19 times. The second oxygen plant was donated by UNICEF but both are down. Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) started constructing a new oxygen plant but it has never worked. I heard that all over the country, oxygen plants are not working. We should put money in the Budget to make sure that these oxygen plants are maintained and oxygen supplied properly in our regional referral hospitals. I beg to submit.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I just want to add information to what the committee chairperson has said, that we work with the Ministry of Health and most of the equipment that is procured now is digital. Like in the area of radiology, the X-ray and CT scans are digital to the extent that if you take an X-ray machine in Kabale Hospital and you do not have a radiologist, you can digitally share it with the radiology department in Mulago, they do the interpretation, a report and send it to in Kabale; that is where we are going.

Correct. The ICT sector is the fastest growing sector in the world that can transform someone from zero to one of the biggest people in the world, if given the opportunity. Uganda has benefited from a few persons, for example, one of our young men that participated in the digitalisation of the health sector through what we call the “health tracker” - what you see on your watches; you walk and it tells you have walked these steps - to gather data. One young man from Kabale, who is now part of the Silicon Valley - those are some of the people that were duly neglected here; no one took care of them. He came up with an algorithm that would detect the heartbeat and it is now being used by medical experts in the world to gather data; it is being used for diagnosis but also for personal tracking. I would like to implore my fellow legislators and leaders to take interest in information and communications technology. This is the third pillar that this Government clearly states should be the driver of economic growth and prosperity in this country. I will give you one example, Agriculture, because ICT is multi- sectoral and you can talk about how it impacts agriculture. For example, in the tracking of animals, animal theft, but also the use of Artificial Intelligence in order to detect an outbreak of an epidemic like Foot and Mouth Disease or other diseases among animals, with the use of ICT sensors, motion sensors, feeling sensors mounted on animals, which would help you save costs in future. I will talk more about agriculture. The use of Artificial Intelligence in determining whether the soil will be productive for a given plant and determining, given the rain patterns, what plant to grow in a given area so that the margin of error is limited through investment in agriculture, in lieu of first having the background of technology and Artificial Intelligence. Honourable members, when I talk about ICT being cross-cutting, then it comes to the over- the-top Apps my colleague talked about such as social media. The reason we are seeing some people misusing social media is simple. We have not taught them how to use these social media Apps for their own benefit. There are those that use these social media Apps to make money genuinely without necessarily hurting others. However, there are those that deliberately use them to break the law. As Parliament, we have come up to strengthen our laws through the amendments that we made. We should have the national digital transformation strategy of teaching our people how to use the world of internet to make money to curb unemployment. For example, the President was talking about business

Madam Speaker, this is education. I wish we had more time. I am actually presenting only the gaps. Allow me in only 10 minutes to summarise this as quickly as possible. Under vote 321: UMI, I said that the committee recommends Shs 10 billion for the construction of a multipurpose block, Shs 4 billion for a new classroom block, Shs 1. 3 billion for salary shortfalls, Shs 2 billion for research. Vote 313: Mountains of the Moon University The committee recommends that the finance ministry commits an additional Shs 17.6 billion to address salary harmonisation, Shs 39.59 billion for short falls, Shs 7.24 for contractual obligations, Shs4 billion to conduct transformative and scientific research, Shs 0.49 billion for major rehabilitations. Vote 307: Kabale University The committee recommends that Shs 15.513 billion is provided for infrastructural development and re-retooling. There is a further recommendation of Shs 6.65 billion to fund an increased number of government sponsored students, Shs 7.8 billion as NTR to finance the administrative operation of the university. Vote 305: Busitema University Madam Speaker, the university requires an additional Shs 10.4 billion to address the challenge of staffing. Honourable colleagues, as you said, you realise most of these universities have a problem with staffing. Madam Speaker, I request that under the key unfunded and underfunded activities of the education and sports subsector – there is an annex that is attached. It is a very big document with very many pages. I request that Members read it at their own time.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I propose that the Shs 335 billion allocated to rural electrification be brought to light. We should be given the allocation per district. How many new connections shall we have for Apac? How many new connections will there be for Nakapiripirit? How many new connections will be for Kabale, so that we can make a follow-up? Thank you.

Bzsiness Deuelopment and. Qualitg Assurance (1) National business development services guideline developed for 200 men, women, and youth & mainstreamed in the BFP in Central, Northern, West Nile & Eastern Regions. (2) 220 MSMEs of men, youth and women entrepreneurs trained on making Business Plans, Financial Literacy, Resource Mobilization, and Record Keeping. Kiruhura, Rwampara, Kabale,Rubanda, Mitooma, pallisa, Serere, Oyam, Kalaki and Otuke. (3) 60 youths, women, and entrepreneurs prepared to attend trade exhibition in South Sudan Capital, Juba. (41 160 MSMEs of men, women, youths PWDs mobitized and sensitized on the importance of product certification, aud.its, food fortification, and GHp for enterprises in Kotido, Napak DLG, Abim, Amudat, Zombo, Arua, Madi-Oko1o Serere & Kole. (5) T\ryo (21 Business tinkages established between MSMEs and large-scale enterprises for men, women and PWDs. in Soroti City, Amuria, Katakwi, Kumi, Busia, Tororo and Butaleja for men, women and pwDs. (6) 850 MSMEs profiled per region of the country and MSMEs database populated for 212 youths 212 women, 25Omen and 176 pWDs. in Central, Northern and Western Regions. Process ing and. Marketing (1) A detailed study and assessment on various stages of the textile value chain in Uganda from yarn production to manufacturing conducted. ( t u , T +n {> ,.:'._J!!}.$F (\-.

Recommendation o The Committee recommends that additional UGX 4.219 billion is provided to reinstate the wage ceiling back to UGX. 28.7 billion. [f Recruitment of additional Stalf under PAU The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) is monitoring and regulating six key projects being implemented concurrently. These include the Tilenga, Kingfisher Development Area (KFDA), the East Africa Crude Oit Pipeline, and Kabale Refinery Project, Kanyrataba and Ngassa deep and shallow exploration contract areas. The Authority needs UGX 12.13 billion to recruit 49 additional staff (01 Manager, 16 Senior Officers, 28 Officers, and 4 Technicians) next financial year to effectively monitor and regulate these projects, together with their associated social and economic aspects. The need for additional staff is because, in addition to the increasing intensity of the activities, they are being implemented at the same time and in different locations within Uganda, Tanzania and overseas. The absence of these additional staff during this period, when these key, large, and high-cost projects are being undertaken, will lead to less than-ideal technical and financial decisions being taken by the companies and Government, to the detriment of the country. Recommendation o The Committee recommends that Government allocates additional UGX. 12.13 billion to enable PAU recruitment additional staff. (kl Real-Time Monitoring Centre (RTMC| The RTMC which requires provision of UGX 5O.7 billion will be a system of physical infrastructure (including computers, computing systems, display systems, communication equipment, connectivity equipment) and software which will be based at the PAU offices in Entebbe but digitally linked to all the oil and gas areas in the country. 2L , .\, I i I I i --==1F+- '-*:-- '-'..- T t *- b L \\t L' I

Recommendation . Government should provide UGX. 12 billion as counterpart Iinancing requirements for STWSSP. Failure to provide this funding will result into penalties on the side of Government. (ef Inadequate Budgetary Nlocations to Senrice Coverage Acceleration Project -(SCAP 1OO - umbrellasf In July 2OI9 , the GoU established the " lOOo/o Service Coverage Acceleration Project; umbrellas (SCAP 1OO - Umbrellas)" to re-enforce efforts towards improved water services in small towns across the country. The project objectives are to extend water service coverage to the unserved population (by serving all villages within or near the supply area), and to upgrade, expand and renew the existing infrastructure in order to ensure reliable water and sanitation service delivery. This project supports operation and maintenance in 498 urban centres countrywide. The Committee has noted and appreciates the work done by the Umbrellas of Water and Sanitation across the country through the expansion of pipe networks and rehabilitation of water supply systems with the aim of achieving a safe water source per village. In FY 2024 125, the project plans to improve water storage and network expansion countr5nvide for the areas of Bugarama-Karweru, Ruhwere-Kashenyi-Kateretere and Kagarama - Rushuura-Kibuzirye in Kabale and Rubanda districts in south western Uganda requires. The Ministry therefore, seeks additional funding of UGX 25 Billion in the FY 2024125 to support the project by extending and refurbishing water infrastructure in the small towns. ? a\ ( I { U t(t) (- .(- 33 I t'

12426 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The Ministry of Local Government undertook to communicate to the local governments to improve the existing infrastructure to provide ramps for persons with disability on all office infrastructure. Recommendations i. The Ministry of Local Government should ensure that affirmative action for disadvantaged regions is covered in its project. ii. The Ministry of Local Government should communicate to all local governments to ensure a safe environment for people with disabilities and follow up to ensure they have implemented the infrastructure update. Induction of local leaders Madam Speaker, cases of conflict in local governments continue to persist. This is attributed to lack of induction on roles and responsibilities of different players in local governments. The Ministry of Local Government is in need of Shs 5 billion to conduct induction for newly elected local leaders in the remaining local governments. The committee observed that the induction of local leaders at this time is likely to be a waste of resources since the next general election season starts next year, and new leaders may be elected. Committee’s recommendations The committee recommends as follows: (i) The Ministry of Local Government should instead plan for induction in the Financial Year 2025/2026 for the new leaders who will be elected in the 2026 general elections, since the current leadership will be ending their term of office in the same financial year. (ii) Shillings 3 billion, from the proposed Shs 5 billion for induction in the ministry’s budget for the Financial Year 2024/2025, be allocated to facilitate the ministry in ensuring the functionality of the agro- processing facilities that were built under Community Agriculture Infrastructure Improvement Programme (CAIIP). (iii) Shillings 2 billion, from the proposed Shillings 5 billion for induction, be allocated for capacity building activities under the Ministry of Local Government. (vi) Review of Decentralisation Madam Speaker, permit me to look through the recommendations. The committee recommends that Shs 2 billion in the budget for the Financial Year 2024/2025, be provided to cover consultation and preparatory activities for the review of the decentralisation policy throughout the country. (vii) Operationalisation of the remaining five cities Madam Speaker, Parliament approved the establishment of 15 cities in 2020, of which 10 are already operational. The remaining five cities of Wakiso, Entebbe, Kabale, Moroto and Nakasongola are set to commence on 1 July 2025, and the Ministry of Local Government requires Shs 1 billion for preparatory activities. The committee recommends that funds worth Shs 1 billion for preparatory activities –

Madam Speaker, these are cities that were approved by Parliament in 2020 and they are; Wakiso, Entebbe, Kabale, Moroto and Nakasongola. (Applause) The committee recommends that funds worth Shs 1 billion for preparatory activity –

Secondly, on the issue of the new cities, I want to clarify. The current government ban is on the creation of new administrative units. The cities we are talking about; Moroto, Kabale, Nakasongola, Entebbe, and Wakiso, we are not talking about creating them, they were already created. I am talking about operationalising the units which were already created and we need a position from Parliament at this time because I am sure the Electoral Commission needs to be guided in terms of the way ahead. In terms of when they should be functional or when they start, it is the 1 July 2025. So it is not a requirement for this current budget in terms of funding them, what we now need is just Shs 1 billion shillings to carry out studies on the boundaries, on the revenue capacities and so on, which we shall then present to the Parliament. Thirdly, on the issue of ex-gratia of the local councillors. Colleagues, it is an agreed position of Parliament and it is good practice to avoid a supplementary budget if we know that it will happen. Already we are telling you that there are some funds in terms of arrears and shortfalls in the budget to pay the councillors as ex-gratia and it is coming to Shs 42 billion. When we do not include it in this year’s budget, we will create a supplementary budget even at the beginning. That is an important point we need to look at. Madam Speaker, we have prioritised physical planning because of increased urbanisation in the country. We need a fund for physical planning so that we have well-guided urbanisation in the country. We are requesting for only Shs 5 billion. Why are we bringing this and why did we bring them to the committee? They are considered at this stage as unfunded priorities and it is this House to appropriate and pronounce itself on this. I totally agree with the committee. We are going to issue a circular to all local governments to ensure that they include a ramp for persons with disabilities on their buildings. Thank you for bringing that out; it is really important. SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORTS

?.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

2.9 HrsToRY OF TEA GROWING rN ZOI0IBO Tea growing in Zombo was initially introduced in the 1960s. However, the economic activity collapsed due to the political turmoil of the 1970s. Following a request by the Alur King (Wimu ker Alur) to His Excellency the President to support tea growing in Abanga and other parts of the Alur Kingdom in order to improve the livelihoods of the people; Government re- introduced tea growing in the district during the FY 2OI3l2014 through the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) II Programme. This happened at an opportune time when Government had started the expansion of tea production in the western and south-western regions of Uganda. In 2014, tea nursery beds were set up by Giant Seeds Company in Zombo and Nebbi districts. The National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) procured and distributed tea seedlings to the farmers for planting. ln 2016, nursery beds were established again in Zombo district by the sa.rne company and more tea planting was done in 20 17 and 20 18 in block farms. ln 2018, more nursery operators were invited to set up nursery beds across the district to increase the quantity of tea seedlings available to farmers. It was at that time that tea farmers' groups/cooperatives and nursery operators' organizations emerged, prompting the formation of the 300- member Zombo Tea Growers Cooperative Society Limited. However, procurement of tea seedlings by NAADS remained low, causing loses to nursery operators and this, coupled with the impact of COVID-19, negatively affected tea growing. In 2022, Government through NAADS, embarked on the process of distributing tea seedlings to farmers in 16 tea growing districts namely: Buhweju, Bushenyi, Mitooma, Rukungiri, Kisoro, Kyenjojo, Zornbo, Rubanda, Rukiga, Kabale, Kanungu, Sheema, Kikuube, Rwampara, and Kabarole. The main suppliers of these tea seedlings were Tea Development Agency Limited (UTDAL) and Zombo Nursery a Operators and Farmers' Associa POK& Vl- \ 3 :E# ffi** tS' d#*il/,' #

indicating that the delegated procurement worth UGX 40,484,267,200 had. he rn executed, the relevant documents are yet to be received by the Secretariat. ln contrast to the above, ten (10) District Local Governments comprising Kabale, Rukiga, Rubanda, Kisoro, Rwampara, Kabarole, Kyenjojo, Kagadi, Kikuube and Zombo were unable to meet the required procurement and submission deadlines to enable NAADS Secretariat commence the procurement process. Some of them have since written to NAADS and Government Ministries requesting for authorization to carry forward the procurement and delivery of the seedlings to subsequent seasons of 2023 but we have not been in position to advise awaiting for clarification from your office and or cabinet. The indicative numbers of tea seedlings amongst the ten Districts as at the time of communication of the delegated procurement based on the verified tea seedlings is 33,944,957 tea seedlings estimated at UGX 13,577,982,800. The purpose of this letter therefore, is to: i. Update you on the progress of implementation of the Cabinet decision (and related guidance) on procurement and distribution of tea seedlings in the earmarked district local governments. ii. Present the matter regarding the inability of up 10 DLGs to meet the required procurement and submission deadlines as specified in the Cabinet decision and related guidance. iii. Seek your guidance regarding the expected feedback from the NAADS Secretariat to the ten (10) DLGs that failed to meet the required procurement and submission deadlines as specified in the Cabinet decision and. related guidance. Thank you Godfrey Mugisa Masereka Ag. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CC: The Rt. Honorable Prime Minister CC: Hon. Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) CC: Hon. Minister of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries(MAAIF) CC: Hon. Minister of State Agriculture, MAAIF CC: Permanent Secretary, MAAIF CC: Permanent Secretary, MOLG

sNo Oistrict No. of Nursery operator s No. of Seedlings verified in nurseries No. of seedlings demanded Submis sion Date Remarks I Bushenyi 92 23,240,300 23,240,300 r.o7.22 Submitted time, Procurement initiated. tn 2 Buhweju 304 103,246,999 101,210,669 r.07.22 Submitted time, Procurement initiated ln 3 Mitooma 38 9,411,429 9,41L,429 r.07.22 Submitted time, Procurement initiated tn 4 Sheema 2 6 L,007,902 1,200,000 7.10.22 Submitted time, Procurement initiated tn 5 Rukungiri 1,894,579 2,000,000 5.10.22 Submitted time, Procurement initiated in 27s 16,991,296 27,921,979 7.t0.22 Submitted time, Procurement initiated in 7 Rukiga 5 3,110,000 2,973,000 26.r0.22 Did not submit in time. Procurement not initiated 8 Kabale 4 2,809,900 4,935,650 3.tt.22 Did not submit in time. Procurement not initiated 9 Rwampar a 2 17 1,3 1g 108,000 26.10.22 Did not submit in time. Procurement not initiated 10 Rubanda 12 3,553,916 4,651,000 26.r0.22 Did not submit in time. Annex 1: sumrnary of verified tea seedlings and farmer demands submitted by oistrict Local Governments under the cabine[ decision as at 31.og.23 6 Kanungu

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I beg to lay on the Table the Ministerial Policy Statement for the Ministry of Education and Sports for the Financial Year 2024/2025 for: 1. Vote 013 – Ministry of Education and Sports; 2. Vote 111 – National Curriculum Development Centre; 3. Vote 128 – Uganda National Examinations Board; 4. Vote 132 – Education Service Commission; 5. Vote 164 – National Council for Higher Education; 6. Vote 165 – Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board; 7. Vote 166 – National Council of Sports; 8. Vote 301 – Makerere University; 9. Vote 302 – Mbarara University of Science and Technology; 10. Vote 304 – Kyambogo University; 11. Vote 305 – Busitema University; 12. Vote 306 – Muni University; 13. Vote 307 – Kabale University; 14. Vote 308 – Soroti University; 15. Vote 309 – Gulu University; 16. Vote 310 – Lira University; 17. Vote 312 – Uganda Management Institute; 18. Vote 313 – Mountains of the Moon University; and 19. Vote 612 – Local Governments. I beg to lay.

Thank you. Hon. Nambeshe, you will not be an activist on everything. 1. We have the Uganda Golf Union and they are taking care of young people from all backgrounds. 2. Ronald Rugumayo is one person from a very humble background; he is not rich. The best golfers in Uganda are not rich. Deo Akope is from a very humble background. Okay? Hon. Sarah Opendi used to be the best golfer, the daughter revolted, refused to follow, she keeps saying she will be coming, so we have a champion in waiting here; she went for tug of war. Honourable colleagues, when we were in Rwanda for games, Hon. James Kakooza who was the chairperson of the disciplinary committee, came with his disciplinary team to receive complaints about golf, but they were chased because in golf, we play without any referee; it is a game of honest people. If you cheat, you are cheating yourself because you mark yourself and submit the results yourself. It is up to you; so, he could not get anything. It is a game, which I would advise - By the way, on a very serious note, we have Mzee Basaliza, who won a tournament at 96 years - Here at Kampala Club. Yes, he plays golf. Golf is like our presidential terms; there is no age limit. You people who want an age limit on everything, on golf, we do not have, but it is also very good for you. It is a game, which can be played by anyone. My son plays at six years, Mzee Basaliza plays at 97 years, but we have not been supporting it under the National Council of Sports (NCS) and it is one game we are going to push for because it helps preserve green belts in most of these cities. If you go to Kabale, Fort Portal and wherever there is a golf course, at least, you have a green area in a city or town, which is very important. Leader of the opposition - COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

Thank you, Rt Hon. Prime Minister. Honourable colleagues, you know rule 41, under Prime Minister’s time; no clarification or supplementary question. Unfortunately, these are your rules and that is what you gave me to ensure that it is implemented. Under this rule, we do not have procedure on Prime Minister’s time. Let us use it effectively. Now, we are getting to oral questions. I will start with Hon. Mamawi, Honourable member from Kiryandongo, Rakai, Tororo – that is Hon. Otaala, Youth Kabale, Hon. Nanyondo and Pan–African Parliament. Honourable colleagues, you know we have enough time. Just ensure that you shoot and do not go through a lot of – so that we can accommodate all of you. The Prime Minister usually gives us enough time. At 5.00 p.m., Prime Minister’s time will end then we will continue for another one hour on matters of national importance so that we can accommodate all of you. (Applause)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question to the Prime Minister is about the erratic electricity supply in Kabale. You would be very lucky to be in a Kabale or Kabale Town, which I represent and have electricity supply for a whole day. Many people have talked about erratic electricity supply, one of the culprits being Arua in the West Nile region. Last week, to make matters worse, in a suburb called Bugonji where the Prime Minister is born, there was an upsurge of electricity which blew many electrical appliances including TVs, fridges, radios of people and they have not been compensated. The point I am trying to make is that the erratic electricity is in the whole country. It is not only in Kabale and West Nile. When we go to countries that surround us - I have been lucky to be in three countries so far – but we find the electricity is steady, cheaper and rarely goes off.

Honourable colleagues, this is an issue which has been answered two times here. Hon. Kamara, you have been told here by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development that come September, the substation that is being put in Kabale will stabilise electricity for the whole of Kigezi. It has been answered two times. I am trying to avoid questions which keep coming and taking up time. The minister has assured us properly here that come this September - and you know the line is being built. I was in Kabale. I visited that area. So, I do not want to disturb the Prime Minister with that because we just received it two times. Member for Mukono and then Youth Representative, Northern -

So, it is redeployment, in short, to other areas. (Members rose_) The problem under Prime Minister’s time, we do not have that chance. Honourable colleagues, sub rule 41(8) which provides for Prime Minister’s time says that we cannot exceed one hour, but rule 26 requires me again to appoint a time for Members’ issues on Thursday. I started today with Members’ issues but I want to appoint another hour. However, I would like to beg for your indulgence, we have items to lay and then we continue with the issues. I will give you enough time. The Prime Minister has said that she is here and that she must answer your issues before she goes. LAYING OF PAPERS (I) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ON OVERSIGHT FIELD VISIT TO SOROTI UNIVERSITY, LIRA UNIVERSITY, GULU UNIVERSITY, KABALE UNIVERSITY AND MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I wish to lay a report of the Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation on oversight field visit to Soroti University, Lira University, Gulu University, Kabale University and Mbarara University of Science and Technology; under Rule 34 of our Rules of Procedure, I wish to lay.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. (Laughter) I represent Bugahya County, where these elders have come from. They have one big concern. One, they want to thank the Government for supporting elders through the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE). They thank the Government for that programme but these elders are representing Bugahya, but from Kabale subcounty. The Government is only supporting elders who are 80 years and above but in the whole subcounty, there is nobody who is 80. The eldest elder is 79 years old. So, they are here, and they are asking your office if you have any plan of lowering the age limit to 60 –(Laughter)- so that my elders can benefit. (Applause) Mr Speaker, I also take this opportunity to thank these elders. They have sent me here twice unopposed . (Applause) They have already made a unanimous decision to send me back and unopposed for the third time. (Laughter) I thank you in the presence of my members. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I also want to thank the committee for the report. I will start on gazettement. All the forests in Uganda were gazetted from 1932 up to 1938. At the time of gazettement, they compensated everyone who was in the forest reserve. Then in the 1970s, there was a programme which came called “double production through self-reliance”. It was under Amin. They entered the forest reserves. In some other forests, when they were gazetting, they left what we call “enclaves”. They thought those enclaves – the people inside there would protect the forest and provide cheap labour to the forest. However, now, they have started expanding. So, those people that you hear want compensation actually expanded beyond the area – that is the example of Nakasongola. That is what happened – I am talking from a professional point of view. Then, when we talk of encroachment and the population, when you go to areas like Kabale, Mbarara, and Bushenyi, which have a high population, no one encroaches on a forest reserve. You ask yourself, between Nakasongola, Mbarara, Kabale and Bushenyi, which one has a bigger population? Let us also think of mind-set change and teach our people the use of forests. Every forest was gazetted with an objective. We have forests which were gazetted to remain natural namely, Mabira and others. There are areas which were gazetted for plantations, like Nakasongola, West Nile, and Fort Portal because we wanted to get timber, paper, and plywood from those forests. Encroachment has become a problem. It started under dam production. In 2011, when the digitisation of titles started, they made titles in the forest reserves. At the moment, it has gone high. Someone gets a title, goes to court, and the same person who has given the title in lands commission is the one that represents the Government. What happens? (Member timed out.)

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

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

Thank you, Madam Speaker. As the Shadow Minister of Health, and acknowledging the issues and problems we have in health, much more the one you have just spoken about; the human resource shortage, I am supporting this motion from the mind of telemedicine. Telemedicine is a technology that would enable us to have a specialist in Kampala and he is able to treat somebody in Kabale or Kinkizi. Notably, while I was in Kinkizi doing oversight, I found a newly state-of-the-art hospital constructed in Dr Baryomunsi’s constituency, a Health Centre III; it has very good furniture but it did not have a midwife, yet it had all equipment to run it. Therefore, in telemedicine, we have hope of covering some of the gaps. We have hope of buying radiological equipment, installing them in various facilities, be it small or large but having them being read maybe in Kampala or at regional referral hospitals because of the backbone technology that we are coming up with. The assurance we need is whether the backbone technology we are going to acquire through a loan will be able to support that kind of technology. This gives me the basis of coming up with a motion to convince Government to start thinking in the line of telemedicine since you are now covering all other districts that have not been previously covered. In that line, I support the motion.

11180 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT sold at Shs 80,000 and in Kenya, they sell them at Kshs 30; that is a difference of Shs 50,000. At least, we, on the border, can plead - being cross-border traders - we can get it. What about the people in Kabale, Gulu or Kiryandongo? The cost of gas in this country is very high. Madam Speaker, it is my prayer that the Government reduces it. Thank you.

Yes, Madam Speaker. There is Mbale, Lweza, Jinja, Rukungiri, Naguru, Kabale, and Ruti land. We need a comprehensive report.

I thank the chairperson of the committee for the detailed report. To go straight to the point, I would like to put it that when you look at most of the regions like the mountainous areas, for example; Sebei, Kabale and Hoima, I guess the greatest challenge is to do with money. I would like to support the idea of the introduction of mobile banking that the Rt Hon. Speaker has put forward. I know that it will help the old, the people who cannot speak English. If services are brought closer, the queues at the bank will be reduced. For the district that I come from, that is Kween, we do not have a bank. I would be the number one person to request that mobile banking systems are put in place so that the PDM can be an effective project tomorrow. Asante sana.

Honourable members, I welcome you to this afternoon’s meeting. I know it has been raining but thank you very much for coming, especially my doctor, Dr Chris. You are most welcome – (Applause) Thank you for coming earlier than me. There are only two people who beat me here, that is, the Kabale group, Hon. Musasizi and Hon. Bahati. Honourable members, following my directive of yesterday, the report of the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry on the Inquiry into the Governance and Value-for-Money for Budgetary Appropriations to Cooperatives for the Financial Year 2011/2012–2022/2023 was duly uploaded as per the request of the Government Chief Whip. I urge you to read and internalise that report. I also want to request the institutions that were given the report, that is, the IGG, CIID and DPP; to give us actions taken within three months from the date of submission of the report.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. When the people of Kabale heard about the good news of the twins, they were very happy and the testimony is the delegation that we have sent here today to tour Parliament. (Laughter)

Honourable members, please, clap for the Kabale team. (Applause)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. As per Article 163(4), the Parliament received these reports and the scope of this report covers the education sector. This is in respect of the public universities which include, among others, under the Ministry of Education and Sports: Muni, Gulu, Lira, Soroti and Makerere University Business School, Nakawa and Makerere, Busitema, Kabale and Mbarara Universities. Mr Speaker, let me go straight to the Government of Uganda (GOU). The committee notes that a shortfall in the Government of Uganda’s revenue affects the implementation of planned activities at the Vote level and subsequently nationwide. The shortfall in releases was due to the finance ministry’s failure to fully fund the entities’ budgets citing poor economic performance. This observation should be made on the finance ministry because these entities have no powers over budget release, cuts, among others. In some entities like Kyambogo University, critical activities were affected by budget cuts and these activities had to be rolled over to the next work plan of the Financial Year 2022/2023. During this Financial Year 2022/2023, the finance ministry improved releases to Lira University and Makerere University, among others. The committee recommends that the accounting officers should always engage the finance ministry on releases and pursue the balances so as not to curtail the implementation of activities or events depriving their budget lines. Honourable members, since these reports are already uploaded and I know you have already gone through them, let me interest you to look at issues that the committee observed. The committee further observed that non- implementation of planned activities implies that expected services to the beneficiary communities were not attained. The committee notes that while COVID-19 and its effects were factual, the finance ministry be held liable for late releases and going forward, desist from making late releases to entities as it curtails efficient and effective achievement of planned activities. To further explain this, many times, as we heard yesterday, warrants are issued and the finance ministry releases funds to these entities late. You are aware that some of these funds are supposed to be for recruitment and procurement and the time available for them to absorb those funds, when released late, is not possible. In summary, it leads to non-implementation of these activities. Honourable colleagues, aware that the report is big and that you have also gone through it, as raised by the Speaker, in conclusion, it is my prayer and that of the committee that this august House adopts the recommendations contained in this report on the education sector. I hereby move. [Ms Obigah] STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT

Hon. Faith Nakut, whereas that is a very good observation, the biggest problem I have discovered is that the ceilings for the NTR estimates issued by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development are the problem. An entity says, “I will collect this money” but the ministry says, “no, you will not collect it.” Next, they will bring a supplementary budget where we are re-appropriating excess NTR. I would like to give a very good example: I visited Kabale University recently, and this was one of the critical issues, where the university has been requesting the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to revise their NTR estimates. The university has close to 6000 students now, but the finance ministry refused and they are still basing on the NTR of 2000 students. I asked the ministry – “…every student that is admitted pays functional fees and other fees but this is the NTR that we later give as appropriation-in-aid.” I asked, “where do you base yourself and how did it come?” In the last financial year, Kabale University’s money, which was around Shs 7 billion, under NTR, was not appropriated, and so the entity lost it yet this is money from NTR, which should have gone back to deliver services to the students but now the entity is in debts. I asked the ministry: “if the university has shown you that you are using projections of 2000 students when they have 6000, then you are saying that the 4000 students are studying without paying fees.” Therefore, with the issue of NTR, I observe that the problem is still under-projection. However, I assign the Budget Committee and the Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development to revise NTR projections for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in an appropriate manner. Otherwise, we shall continue going through situations where the MDAs will be over- performing on NTR because the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development did not revise their NTR projections, which raises audit queries but simply because we keep recommending that the accounting officer is under-projecting, yet it may not be their problem. As we budget, let us handle the issue of ceilings. During the supplementary budget discussions, you are going to see appropriations of NTR for districts and you will wonder why their projection was not allowed.

The trend of accumulated arrears No Year End Amount (UGXI o/o increase/decrease 1 30ft June 2O2O L3,228,441,399 2 30ft June 2O2I 20,313,148,061 34.9o/o 3 30ft June 2022 14,353,976,164 (4r.s%l The Accounting Officer explained that the bigger chunk of the arrears related to tea nursery operators, and that UGX lbn of the arrears had been paid in the previous financial year. He further explained that part of the reasons for the delay was because there were problems with the accounts of some of the operators and the money paid bounced back. He further explained that in some instances there were commitments made and yet the money received was less. The Committee found that part of the money related to nursery bed operators in the Districts of Kisoro, Kabale, Rukiga, Rubanda, Ntungamo, Rukungiri, Mitooma, Kanungu, and Mbarara who had supplied seedlings to NAADS but were not paid. The nursery bed operators, numberingT l 1, sought to sue NAADS to recover the money. Some of the operators; Frank Byaruhanga, Dr. Francis Runumi, George Owakukiroru, Caleb Kipande Tumwesimira, Sam Kajojo Arinaitwe, Julius T\rmushabe, Fidelis Kanyamun5ru, and Rev. Bernard Mugisha sought the assistance of a lawyer, a one Patrick Kiconco Katabaazi to obtain a Representative Order to allow them file a suit against the government. The Representative OrderMisc.ApplicationNo. OOO9of 2019wasobtainedon lstJuly, tiffs instructed the lawyer to file a suit, Bganthanga Frank & 7 Ors. V Agricttltttral Aduisory Seruices & 11 Ors. Ciuil Suit No.889 of 2019, in which they claimed UGX 143,621,201,500. The matter culminated into a consent judgment filed on O7ft January, 2021. At the time of the consent judgment, UGX 27.3bn was outstanding. lt was agreed that the payments be made through the lawye rllaw firm. The OS$N, lawyer, Mr Katabaazi informed the Committee that he had received a total qft\ ,/ UGX 39bn on behalf of the Plaintiffs. N ' 3 Some of the operators the Committee interfaced with informed the Committee that they had not received all the money due to them, and accused Mr. Katabaazi of not remitting to them all the money due to them. Mr Katabaazi submitted that the Plaintiffs had instructed him to pay the 71 I s based on a criteria =a*^"g" ,?,7" t !" ,')r lt( ; ik."," il,( & \--+-'r a> @,

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the minister because for once, he has spoken the truth. However, I want to let you know that much as we have lamented on money issues, it is also not enough. Mr Speaker, the architect of this should also revise his brain. If you consider the Kigezi Subregion, the emergencies that have been happening – it rains like thrice a month and the moment it rains, the whole of Kigezi gets affected and the communities get disconnected. Is it, therefore, right for the equipment to be kept in Mbarara while Kabale and the whole of Kigezi are suffering for the same? This should be revised and there should be a priority. In Mbarara, there is a stable kind of soil, but in Kabale, it goes year in and year out, and we have been bringing issues here in Parliament. We need to revise this and have equipment kept in Kabale, not in Mbarara; we need ours. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to also comment on the minister’s statement. I would like to join my colleagues to thank the minister for the good statement, more specifically the honesty with which he presented it. I come from Isingiro, which is one of the biggest districts. Therefore, accessing road equipment is very difficult. Even the one we had at the district is now very old and almost obsolete; it is in a dangerous mechanical condition. Whenever you consult the district about a certain emergency – like recently, the last few days, we experienced heavy rains. Some two villages of Kyakabindi A and Kyakabindi B are cut-off now for over a week because whenever I request a machine, I find it has been down and is also located at another end of the district. I am of the view that we could wait until we collect enough money and get road equipment. I have not seen the guidelines but for sure the district should be allowed to buy the equipment with some of this money instead of concentrating on maintaining the old one -(Interjection) - I said we wait until we get enough to buy equipment; I am not saying Shs 1 billion is enough to buy road equipment. Secondly, my colleague from Kabale said that the equipment centre should shift to Kabale, but I think we are near Mbarara where the road equipment is – but the road equipment is also not enough. Many times we have gone to Mbarara as neighbours to borrow that road equipment, but it is never available. Whenever you ask for it, it is either in Kisoro or in Kabale – (Member timed out.)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to thank the honourable minister; he has attempted to be honest in this report. This report needs to include the human resource capacity at the mechanical workshops. It does not, at all, talk about the human resource in these workshops. Even if we have the equipment, they will not operate themselves. They will still be redundant. I was listening in – of course, I fall within the Mbarara Mechanical Workshop Region. The cries are the same from Kabale, Ntoroko to Kazo. He needed to tell us about the corporate governance structures in these workshops because the challenge is even in communication. Even when they cannot do something, you will never get the answer. Those mechanical workshops are kingdoms in themselves. I will give you an example: In Mbarara, there are three excavators. They said they got Shs 12 billion. That would mean that out of four, each got Shs 3 billion but all the three excavators are completely down. I attempted to check recently but all the machines are completely down. You now wonder: Even if it was poor resourcing, what does the Shs 3 billion even do, if not to at least service one excavator to be on standby? Finally, on this one, allow me to comment as a Member of Parliament. Kazo was split from Kiruhura in 2019. We got a grader which was supposed to be worked on; it needed Shs 150 billion. It is now 2023; it has been at the mechanical workshop and has never been worked on. Even with meagre resources, would it be impossible, in five years, for someone to prioritise and overhaul a grader? Mr Speaker, as you guided, I do not want to sound – Because I am conflicted in this matter since you have already referred it to my committee; I am personally touched because of the – (Member timed out.)

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to share with the House the problems we encountered a few days back when we were hit by heavy rains, thunderstorms and strong winds. A number of households were affected. Up to a tune of 18 households were ruined and torn down by the strong winds and heavy rains in the parishes of Kagaga, Kabale in Ngarama Subcounty and Burungamu Parish also in Ngarama Subcounty. Then a number of villages that were also affected were Kasharara, Kikoma, Kyabahesi and Bahigi, plus Keminazi, all in Mbale Subcounty. Some churches were also destroyed; Kagaga Catholic Church and the catechist’s house at the same place, Kagaga Pentecostal Church and then Burungamu Pentecostal Church. Also, a number of gardens were severely destroyed by the massive rains, rendering people in the –

10446 PRIME MINISTER’S TIME By 2031, we expect to produce at least 1,000 Megawatts of nuclear power; but the total capacity for nuclear potential of Uganda is 24,000 Megawatts. The electricity transmission network increased from 2,364 kilometres in 2018/2019 to the current 4,142 kilometres, against the NDP III target of 4,354. This network is expected to increase once the ongoing transmission projects are concluded across the country. For those who go to West Nile, from Karuma, you will see power lines that have passed Pakwach up to Arua and the substations in Nebbi and Arua are almost 95 per completed. That is the national grid and transmission network I am talking about. On the other side where we have Mirama- Kabale, that line is completed. In Kabale District, the land was given to us for –

Thank you, honourable minister. This is very critical information. What I picked is the issue of the new students. Honourable minister, this loan scheme is some sort of equaliser. (Applause) It is a debt of some sort. This is the only opportunity where a student from Karamoja will go for Medicine - (Applause) - and especially critical courses. I was checking the list. For example, regarding the students you have given me, for Government sponsorship in Mitooma, I only get courses like Education and Social Works and Social Administration (SWASA) and Social Sciences. I try to check – No, that is under district quota because every district gets. - I try to see whether I can have a student for Medicine - never. I try to see whether I can have a student for Engineering, never and these are the courses for which you are rewarding people handsomely, as a Government, by saying “Scientists are going to be well paid.” Then, courses for our poor people, you have made it a policy, they have to wait until you get more money. However, these courses are being taken by people who are well-off. Therefore, this is the only course where I know that I might not get marks of Makerere, but I will get for Kampala International University (KIU) and I study Medicine, that I get or for Ndejje and I study Engineering. This is why you see us, - honourable minister, this is very serious. However, I am concerned by your statement where you are saying you will bring a supplementary. Have you reached out to these institutions to say, “do not chase our students, we are going to give you the money”? The students have been chased out of school, the new ones are stuck; they have not been admitted, what are you doing about it? Number two, you are allowed to spend money under three per cent and you report to Parliament. Why don’t you consider this as a very important priority? You use the three per cent supplementary, you release money and then, you will come here and we give you approval. Honourable minister, last time - when we are interacting with you, we interact well and we like each other so much. We show you where you are clever - Very critical items, which they know cannot fail to past pass through this House, are put under supplementary for prior approval while very questionable items are put under three per cent; you come here when you have already spent. However, you look at Hon. Kasaija saying that you refused to approve Shs one trillion. You say, “even if you refused, we will pay back the Shs one trillion?” It is a practice year after year. On this where our students are being chased and not allowed in schools, why don’t you utilise the three per cent since you have committed to the supplementary? Let me just pick a few colleagues. I am going to pick the Members from Karamoja, Teso, Bunyoro and Youths representative, Hon Esenu, Hon. Kyooma, I pick - Which district is that one? Hon. Dorcas. I have taken long without seeing you, honourable. Those ones I had already picked today, who know my policy –(Member rose_) No, wait a bit. I will pick Hon. Kangwagye, Hon. Rwemulikya, the Members from Terego, Bungokho and Sebei. Hon. Katuntu, the Members from; Jonam, Lango, Bukedi, Kabale and Dr Opio.

When the floods hit Kabale, the President promised Shs 5 million for each family to help them bury the victims. Therefore, people want money and they can demand for that. (Laughter)

You see, honourable colleagues –(Members rose_)- now, we are standing up here; we want to contribute on the matter. The question is: what value will you add if the contractor needs 10 days to mobilise – apart from the fuel? (Laughter) Honourable minister, please, hold a meeting with the MPs from Kigezi subregion, especially Kabale, Kisoro and Rubanda. Please, ensure that you hold a meeting so that, indeed, you comfort them. Show them what you have done and what is in the pipeline so that they are able to explain to their people. (Mr Niwagaba rose_) Hon. Niwagaba is also here; he is from the same area.

Maybe – just some bit of information. With the onset of the rains, the entire stretch of the road from Kaharo to Kabale – in those hills – has developed a fissure. And, if it goes off, the only alternative is the old Kabale Road, which you have abandoned. Unless you make some emergency repairs on the old Kabale Road, which is a murram road – although you have promised to tarmac it for the last 30 years to no avail – very soon, you will have no heavy vehicles or trucks crossing

10262 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR from Mbarara to the western region, including Rwanda. So, you better think seriously about the old Kabale Road as an alternative to the winding hilly Kabaraga Road.

Madam Speaker, the Markets Act was assented to on 22 May this year. We have started with some pilot - Because we are talking about different types of markets. At Bwera in Kasese, we are looking at a cattle market. In Kabale, we are looking at a market where vendors are already in the stalls. In Masaka, we are looking at a fully constructed market. However, we are trying to operate the law looking at how to resettle the vendors. In the next two months, we should be able to come up with regulations that take into account the various pilots we have looked at.

Honourable minister, I need an answer to what has been asked. What we have got is not what our people understand. You may give a response through action. How do you work on the issue of load shedding? It is not only in Soroti or whichever place. Even here in Parliament, I can tell you that now we are on a generator. We get load-shedding in this building over three times a day and we do not know what is happening. What about Soroti which is far away or Kabale, which is like out of this country? (Laughter) We need a response to that through action.

Madam Speaker, I would like to thank you, for the opportunity and also invite you to ask Hon. Kabanda from Kasambya to keep quiet. On behalf of the Public Accounts Committee (Central Government), permit me to present the reports after scrutinising the report of the Auditor-General in respect of the health sector and particularly the following institutions - there are quite a number, but as you guided me, I have prepared an executive summary and the reports have been uploaded onto the Members’ iPads. But before I proceed, permit me to lay, on the Table, the minutes as required by the rules in respect of all the proceedings of the committee. I humbly do so. Permit me also to lay, on the Table, as a matter of procedure and constitutional requirement, one of the annexures to the committee report. It is a report of the CID as tasked by the committee in respect to the existence of coffee shops established by the Office of the Prime Minister and a private partner, Inspire Africa Limited, in selected districts; which the committee established to be non-existent despite the expenditure of Shs 20 billion. I lay the report of the CID on the Table. With respect to the regional referral hospitals and other specialised health votes. I now proceed with the summary as guided. Article 163(4) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda mandates the Auditor- General to submit to Parliament an annual report on all accounts audited by him for the financial year immediately preceding. The Constitution further, under Article 163(5), requires Parliament to debate and consider the report and take appropriate action within six months after the submission of the report by the Auditor-General. The report of the Auditor-General on regional and national referral hospitals for the F iscal Y ear 2021/2022 was presented to the House on the 19th of February and referred to the Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) for consideration. In accordance with Rule 174 of the Rules of Procedure of the House, the Committee considered these reports and proceeded to satisfy itself, among others, that – (a) the monies appropriated by Parliament and disbursed were legally available for, and applicable to, the service or purpose for which they have been applied and charged; (b) the expenditure conforms to the authority, which governs it; and (c) re-appropriation has been made in accordance with the provisions of the rules of a competent authority; and (d) the intended value of the expended monies was attained. Scope The report covers audit queries contained in the report of the Auditor-General for the period ended 30th June 2022, in respect of the national and regional referral hospitals, namely: 1) Mulago National Referral Hospital; 2) Mulago National Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital; 3) Butabika National Mental Referral Hospital; and 4) Kawempe, Kiruddu, and China-Uganda Friendship Hospitals. Others include; Entebbe Hospital, Mubende, Kabale, Jinja, Soroti, Lira, Gulu, Arua and Hoima Regional Referral Hospitals. In addition, the report further covers findings on other specialised health-related institutions and votes, as well as programs such as the Uganda Cancer Institute and the Uganda Virus Research Institute.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Yes. What Hon. Karim is saying is nearly true because we got the instructions to do about 16-18 units. We have completed a few and I think even in Mbale we are on course. Maybe by the end of next month, it should be done. We are working to make sure that it is done. What is also true is that the equipment was brought as the constructions were going on. I was personally in Kabale, there is one in Yumbe, Jinja is nearly done and all these other regional hospitals. The challenges of money notwithstanding, we have made the undertaking to make sure that we complete.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I will request that you kindly allow me to run through the report in summary so that we save time. The introductory part gives details on the mandate of the committee and also indicates the task that the committee undertook; making oversight visits to the newly created cities and the districts to assess; i. The level of preparedness of these districts to relocate following the creation of the new cities; ii. To look at the status of payment of ex- gratia and honoraria for local councillors for both the cities and the districts; and iii. Looking at other matters that are related to service delivery. Background We indicated how the cities were created and I would not want to take a lot of time but it is important to mention that these cities were created and were supposed to be operational in a phased manner with clear time frames. Unfortunately, the cities of Moroto, Nakasongola, Kabale, Wakiso have not yet been operational and will be operationalised as resources are provided. It is also important to mention and to guide members who are following on their iPads, that is on page three that these cities that were created-their councillors are entitled to ex-gratia just like in other districts and the Government has been providing resources. Unfortunately, in those cities and the districts the ex-gratia that has been provided has not been coming consistently so there is a lot of money in the form of arrears that have not been given and so you can imagine how leaders are struggling without being paid consistently. We will also provide those details. When we made consultation with the Ministry of Local Government and Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, it is true that indeed resources have not been provided adequately hence the need to have the arrears cleared. The creation of the cities required that the districts from where the cities were created needed to relocate and have new administrative headquarters. You will agree that these cities are at the level of districts and so they are all higher local governments and therefore, you cannot have two higher local governments in the same area of jurisdiction. Unfortunately, both the Minister of Local Government and Minister of Finance admitted that there was no money provided to facilitate the relocation processes in the Financial Year 2023/2024 despite the urgency. The committee came up with terms of references, methodology and interacted with different stakeholders, you will find all that on page four. Madam Speaker, just to take members through the very important terms of reference, especially on page five which is very important; (i) To assess the status of payment of ex- gratia and honoraria for local councillors as of June 30th 2023. Government has been providing a conditional grant to finance ex-gratia for councillors at sub-county and town councils, municipality divisions, districts and cities. Ex-gratia is also given to municipal district and city deputy speakers. Government also provides honoraria to LCI and LCII chairpersons.

During that time, I remember participating in the marathon from Kabale Stadium, to Katuna Border, and back to the stadium, a distance of 42.195 kilometres. The best runner was Karokora from Kigezi. But, at that time, we had also spotted Kapchorwa as an area with potential. I remember moving with the athletes from the Forest of Kaptwata in Kapchorwa, up to Kapchorwa Town, when we spotted some of those best athletes. I commend, the President of Uganda Athletics Federation, Mr Domenic Otucet, one of those who succeeded me, for the good work you are doing with the coaches. It is a job well done. I also commend the She Cranes; you need to have watched them playing- the skills, competence, experience and the vibe, it was a good team. Madam Speaker, I believe, this Parliament will continue to support sports and I strongly support the motion. Thank you, very much. (Applause)

Honourable colleagues, I have received a request from the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development. They are hosting the President tomorrow in Kabale; so, the whole team is already on the ground. She has requested me to allow the Government Chief Whip to present the statement of the ministry on her behalf, and this is allowed under our Rules of Procedure. So, Government Chief Whip, please, take a maximum of 10 minutes.

9864 THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) BILL, 2023 [Mr Obua] COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR year, developing and designing programmes aimed at empowering the youth, and building their resilience amidst various economic shocks, trials and tribulations. These include the following: (i) Initiating the development of the National Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security, consistent with the UN General Assembly Resolution 2250 of 2015. (ii) Completing development of the out- of-school youth sexuality education guidelines. (iii) Finalising the designing of the National Service Scheme for Uganda. (iv) Disseminating the national coordination mechanism for youth programmes and setting up coordination structures at national and subnational levels. (v) Disseminating the national strategy to end teenage pregnancy and early marriages in Uganda. (vi) Preparing the masses to understand and embrace the Parish Development Model approach to grassroots empowerment through mind-set change. (vii) Providing technical back-stopping to programmes aimed at holistic empowerment of the youth by implementing partners in the sector. (viii) Previous events and government initiatives such as the Youth Livelihood Programme have seen over 22,341 businesses financed to a tune of Shs 178,388,438,729, benefiting 258,953 youth all over the country. UWEP, whose beneficiaries include the youth, has been accessed by 217,969 beneficiaries, supporting 19,723 projects to the tune of Shs 127,282,840,207 since their respective inception. Mr Speaker, we could have, as a country, done better, but we belong in the financial drought zone. We could not do any better than the call for financial irrigation. Finally, allow me, on behalf of the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development and the Government of the Republic of Uganda, to invite you and all the honourable Members of Parliament to Kabale, specifically Kigezi High Primary School, for the national celebrations of the International Youth Day, tomorrow, 18 August 2023, starting at 10.00 a.m. His Excellency the President of the Republic of Uganda is expected to preside over as the chief guest. Mr Speaker, I beg to submit. Thank you.

Thank you. Now, honourable member, you have said that the purpose of that discussion would be for us to give our views so that the big people can pick a message to give to the youth. But the people who are going to speak on that are not here and you can understand - Kabale is very far. We cannot say that attend Parliament today and tomorrow be in Kabale on time for the celebrations. Therefore, this is an information paper; no resolution is made on it. I think we shall even have an enriched discussion because now we shall have heard their speeches, we shall have heard the speech of the President, and we shall be able to dissect all that has been said. But if they were here- and the budget used, by that time we shall know how much has been spent. Otherwise, I would have loved indeed - no, Hon. Ssekikubo, you have just entered . (Laughter)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to make two comments: One, when the Government engages in an activity, that activity must have been budgeted for and the money must have been provided. Many times, when we are in the budgeting period, we see a lot of money going for domestic arrears yet money for domestic arrears are not paid; these monies are not paid to the people. In one way, we are weakening local capacity. We have been talking about local content, but we can achieve local content if we build the capacity of our local entrepreneurs. Therefore, I propose that we should not continue with this. Some of these people borrow money from banks and this causes a lot of problems to them. Others lose their property in terms of buildings, among others, yet the Government does not pay them. When you compare the local people who have engaged in business with foreigners – some of these foreigners access soft loans from their countries as opposed to our businessmen. I think we need to build the capacity of our people. Secondly, when we engage in activities, we should aim at achieving a lot for this kind of activity. We had field visits to Lwengo, Kitagwenda and Kabale, but we found very many abandoned coffee seedlings and they were drying there.

Madam Speaker, thank you very much. The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development comes from Rubanda. He uses the road from Kabale to Kisoro. He has made a serious commitment here that he will send money to the districts to handle roads. Is it procedurally correct to have the road from Kabale to Rubanda in a very dangerous situation, when we can have a serious accident anytime yet the minister has not provided resources? This road connects Kabale to Kisoro and is part of the great lakes trunk road. Is it procedurally right for the minister not to provide money for a national road in his own district?

Honourable members, the problem we have is that once the minister provides resources for the Kabale Road, you will again complain and say, “why not Tororo?” The minister looks at the national character. (Applause) He has provided resources for the eastern roads; that one will come in the next financial year. Honourable minister, let us not get into the discussion on roads. We want your commitment on the disbursement of funds. Do not endanger my minister in the name of not providing money.

Madam Speaker, since a matter concerns my name as well as my district, I want to clarify as follows: Recently, we got a terrible landslide that hit the entire Kigezi Subregion and left the Kabale– Kisoro Road broken into two, particularly at Hamurwa. Hamurwa is in Rubanda East Constituency where I come from and it is actually the road that links me to my home village. Madam Speaker, we have been –(Interruption)

Madam Speaker, thank you very much, especially for allowing the Leader of the Opposition to raise issues, where local governments have been suffocated. At the inception of Kabale University, I was a board member and it was taken up by the Government. The same applies to tertiary institutions, where they collect money and the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is supposed to remit that Non- Tax Revenues (NTR). For purposes of clarity, may I request the minister to also clarify why Kabale University’s money – and other universities’ – has never been remitted back as NTR? Thank you. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR [The Speaker]

9703 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 19 JULY 2023 Gender, Labour and Social Development that is responsible for these children. We all have a stake in looking after them. It all comes to one thing - that we go back to parenting and valuing our families. If this is done, to assure you, we shall empty all these remand homes and all the streets, not only the streets of Kampala but all the streets in all the trading centres. Madam Speaker, I will address some of the issues that were mentioned in brief. On the issues of dilapidated structures and not having food, the budget we have does not allow us to do any developments. We are only given money for food and it is the same money that we use to transport these children to Court. In case a court session has not taken place, we bring them back. The whole financial year, we were given only Shs 640 million. That means that every quarter, we have to spend Shs 160 million to feed the children, transport them to Court and back. I would like to explain the number of remand homes that we have. Most of you are asking to know them. I do not think that is a solution. We have a Naguru Reception Centre for those – I am just giving information so that Members can know. We have Gulu, Arua and Mbale remand homes. Fort Portal, Masindi, Kabale remand homes and Kampiringisa National Rehabilitation Centre. (Interjections) I will give you the clarification. Just hold on. We have nine remand homes and one national rehabilitation centre. We have one, which is under construction in Moroto, not yet complete. My sister, Hon. Connie, raised the issue of Mbale being congested and having no food because of the budget constraints, which you all know. We are the ones who pass the budget. Mbale serves the whole region in Eastern Uganda. Originally, when they were building Mbale Remand Home, they hoped that it would serve around 60 inmates. However, right now, we have more than 200 children in these homes. After the completion of Moroto, the congestion will reduce. Madam Speaker, the issue of child marriages or teenage pregnancies is something we sometimes sugar-coat. This is defilement but where are these men who are doing this? Surprisingly, I do not know whether you expect the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to go and search for these men who are doing this. If the parents do not come out and the girls do not report – surprisingly, even those who go to report, there is a way the system just plays around it and the cases “die” along the way.

9704 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT moving around. Therefore, at times, it gets tough for us. We cannot leave out the issue of poverty. Poverty does not only affect Karamoja; it is everywhere. We have to find a way of addressing this issue because it makes our children go back to the streets; it makes them drop out of school. Madam Speaker, it is very true that we have 165 children’s homes in Uganda and most of them are privately-owned. At times, it gets tough for us, especially when mothers die while they are bringing to life babies or the children are abandoned. We end up requesting the probation officers to help us trace where to place these children. Most times, we take them to the children’s homes as we try to trace their families, especially those who were neglected. The budget of the probation officers is very little. I think in every quarter, they get less than Shs 200,000. We have at least two probation officers who are supposed to handle all issues in the district related to children. So, this little money that we give them is the same money that they use to trace the families of these neglected children to help us handle the family wrangles and conflicts in homes. We should also think about them as we are budgeting because we are the ones who do the appropriation. Madam Speaker, you talked about violence against children. I cannot leave this place without talking about it. Of course, the protection of children - as a ministry, we put in place a child helpline and we have 68 district action centres. That child helpline is used anywhere in Uganda. We have tried to mobilise Ugandans and sensitise them; for any child in school, we have told them that if they are in danger, they should call Sauti 116 and we shall support them - we have supported very many children. Even if a child calls from Karamoja, we are able to trace where they are and help them. Whether the child calls from Kabale, Arua or Gulu, we always come in to support them because we have a network. Lastly, on the issue of inter-country adoption, yes, we have not yet ratified the convention, but there were reasons for that. First, as a country, we realised – [Hon. Bakkabulindi: “Order”]

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank you for your communication on sports. I attended the National Ball Games in Kabale and I take this opportunity to congratulate Bukedea Comprehensive for participating and coming up as very strong winners.

Madam Speaker, while in Kabale, there are very many things I observed; most of the schools that participated, for example, Bukedea, Lugazi and Homeland College, were mainly private schools.

Honourable members, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze is dressed in a Mandela shirt; a multi-million Mandela shirt. He is actually smarter than you. (Laughter). Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, you were noncommittal. Much as we are defending you on being smart - the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has come back - you were noncommittal yet it is time for planting so we want seeds in our constituencies. Actually, the people in the minister’s constituency in Kabale need seeds more than any one. The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries together with the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, we need seeds. If you tell us that you are coming back to report in two days, we can wait. Otherwise, what we want is seeds. Hon. Henry Musasizi, have you seen how important you are? We had to wait for you to come back.

Rt Hon. Prime Minister, in my constituency, there is a place called Kijojo through which Ntungamo-Mirama Hills Road passes. Whenever it rains, water flows directly from the hills and cuts off the road. Currently, there are piles of soil in the middle of the road due to blockage of the culverts. This is leading to accidents. In fact, one of the victims of such accidents is Stephen Kamugisha, who is currently admitted at Mulago National Referral Hospital. While in attendance of the roads committee meeting in Ntungamo District Headquarters, I reported the matter to UNRA Kabale regional office, but nothing has been done. I also notified you, Mr Speaker, about the same – (Member timed out)

I am sorry that I could not be in the House on time. And I will try to be as brief as possible. Madam Speaker, kindly allow me to start with the issue of blood. Honourable members, you are aware that from time to time we continue to have challenges of blood availability because we need over 400,000 units of blood on an annual basis, but we are not yet able to collect that amount. The highest we have collected is 300,000. Madam Speaker, we still have blood in our blood banks. And I have statistics in regard to that that I will quickly read. We have: Nakasero - 2,400 units; Masaka – 535 units; Mbarara – 390 units; Hoima – 200 units; Jinja – 150 units; Mbale – 400 units; Gulu – 250 units; Mengo – 100 units; Lira – 300 units; Soroti – 300 units; Arua – 200 units; Nebbi – 50 units; Kabale – 270 units; Rukungiri – 172 units; Fort Portal – 317 units; and Kitovu – 350 units, giving us a total of 6,284 units available at this point in time. PRIME MINISTER’S TIME

9088 ADDRESS ON THE STATE OF THE NATION When the NRM took over in 1986, the economy depended on a few cash crops, namely, coffee, cotton, tea and tobacco. Since then, the economy has become bigger and more diversified. Some of the agricultural products, which were only for consumption at home such as maize, beans, matooke (bananas), fish, milk, etcetera, have become commercial, contributing to household incomes. Other crops that have joined the traditional cash crops include sunflower, from which we now make edible oil, palm oil trees, vanilla, avocado, oranges and mangoes, which are raw materials for the agro-processing factories. We now produce enough sugar - in fact, now, we have got surplus which is being exported to our neighbours – steel products, cement, other building materials such as tiles at Kapeeka Industrial Park, mineral extraction and beneficiation, etcetera. We shall soon produce oil and gas and the infrastructure development to enable - this is currently under construction, including the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, power and water infrastructure, and Kabale International Airport. Uganda has a vibrant economy and workforce that is transforming our economy into a digital one. There are many businesses and financial transactions taking place within the country, using the Internet and other online avenues. This is not only improving efficiency but also creating many jobs for the youth. The Fiscal Performance Domestic revenue, in Financial Year 2022/2023, is estimated at Shs 25.55 trillion. This is about 13.7 per cent of GDP. Next Financial Year 2023/2024, we plan to collect Shs 29.67 trillion as domestic revenue. Through our strategy to raise revenue, the Government is planning to raise at least 18 per cent of GDP in the next five years. When we achieve this target, we shall be able to reduce our reliance on borrowing to finance a larger share of our budget. We must avoid this problem of not being able to pay our debts, by increasing what we collect from taxes and other sources of domestic revenue such as the loyalties from our mineral development. Some countries are paying more than 50 per cent of their collection, in taxes, to service debts. We should avoid falling into this debt trap. Therefore, in addition to collecting more revenue domestically, we should also not spend what we do not have. To achieve this, the Government decided to rationalise Government departments to reduce duplication and wastage of taxpayers’ money. The Ministry of Public Service is finalising the implementation plan for this decision. Industrialisation Our industrialisation drive is bearing fruit with many factories being set up. We have got eight Government-owned industrial parks that are currently operational. These include: 1. Kampala Industrial Park and the Business Park at Namanve with 125 companies operational; 144 companies under the construction stage, and 106 companies at the planning stage, giving a total of 375 factories or companies; 2. Luzira Industrial Park with 11 companies operational; 3. Bweyogerere Industrial Park with eight companies; 4. Soroti Industrial Park with two companies operational and five companies at the construction stage; 5. Tian Shan Mobile Park with 16 companies that are operational while four are under construction stage; 6. Jinja Industrial and Business Park with one company for assembling electric buses is operational;

9095 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023 3. Wildlife conservation, especially of Mgahinga, Lake Mburo, Semliki, Kibale, Murchison, Kidepo, Katonga, Tooro- Semliki, and Queen Elizabeth; 4. Preventing the conflict between wildlife and human activities; 5. Enhancing digital destination marketing, using modern ICT online technologies; 6. Strengthening enforcement and adherence to tourism standards through a strict licensing regime for service providers in the sector. Achievements Tourism directly employs a total of 1.5 million people in Uganda along the entire tourism value chain and contributes 6.7 per cent of the country’s GDP. In the year 2022, Uganda’s national parks hosted 367,000 visitors, surpassing the pre- COVID-19 levels of 323,000 visitors recorded in the year 2019. Sixty-three per cent of these were domestic tourists. So, Ugandans are getting richer; the middle class are now visiting our national parks. I congratulate you. Mukulike obwavu, atte namwe mweyagaleko. Although the coronavirus stopped people from outside from coming to the country, the figure here shows that arrivals into the national parks went up and the main reason was because of the Ugandans who were going to the national parks. In the year 2022, Uganda’s national parks hosted 367,000 instead of 323,000, and this is in spite of the coronavirus. Why? It is because 63 per cent were the rich Ugandans, who were moving around the country, even during the coronavirus time. The international visitor arrivals increased to 815,000 in 2022 up from 473,000 in the year 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there is recovery, the performance is still lower than the 1.5 million tourists recorded in 2019. Full recovery is expected in the year 2025. Leisure and holiday visitors stayed longer (11 nights) in 2022 compared to 7.6 nights in 2019, and spent higher daily at US$ 172 per night compared to US$ 168 per night in 2019. The wildlife populations for most animals have increased. For example, the number of elephants increased from 5,700 in 2011 to 8,000 now, while the buffalos increased from about 36,000 to over 44,000 during the same period. Mountain gorillas in Bwindi-Mgahinga Conservation Area have steadily increased over time from just 200 in the 1990s to about 459 now. Infrastructure Development The total national road network now stands at 21,000 kilometres of roads, of which 6,000, which is 29.6 per cent is tarmac; paved. Although the construction of bituminous roads started more than 60 years ago, more than half of the paved network has been constructed to bitumen standards within the last 15 years. The Government continues to implement 16 projects to upgrade over 892 kilometres of national roads to paved bituminous standards while at the same time rehabilitating 300 kilometres to restore their service life. Construction of the following roads has been completed, adding 351 kilometres to the paved network: i. Critical oil roads through the towns of Buhimba - Nalweyo - Bulamagi - Igayaza - Kakumiro (93 kilometres); ii. Masindi - Biiso, Hohwa – Nyairongo - Kyarusheesha - Butoole and Kabale - Kiziranfumbi roads (78 kilometres); iii. Rukungiri - Kihihi - Ishasha/Kanungu (97 kilometres); iv. Kapchorwa - Suam Road (73 kilometres); v. Kitala - Gerenge (10 Kilometres);

Mr Speaker, reading from where I had stopped, the staff of State House provide the necessary logistical and technical support for efficient and effective operations of the Presidency. State House, in turn, provides the necessary facilitation for the staff to carry out their responsibilities effectively. This is the mandate which informs the budgetary allocations across the various items. For instance, to explain what has been in the media as to whether the President, in State House, consumes Shs 500 million, we want to clarify that the expenditure on this electricity consumption is addressed to Entebbe State House, Nakasero State Lodge, the Vice- President’s residence and 23 upcountry state lodges distributed in the various parts of the country including Jinja, Mbale, Soroti, Bardege in Gulu, Arua, Masindi, Luwero, Kyankwanzi, Mubende, Fort Portal, Kisozi, Masaka, Bushenyi, Mbarara, Kabale, Kisoro, Kapchorwa, Ngoma, Kawumu, Mayuge, and Buvuma and five administrative office blocks that support State House and many other forms of infrastructure. In the media, there has also been a discussion as to whether the President spends Shs 350 million per year to buy clothing. Our President is one of the smartest presidents according to us who see him regularly. I just want to clarify that the item that appears under the State House Budget on beddings, clothing and footwear is meant to cover the protective gear for support staff, beddings for the state lodges, which I have read, the curtains, the various linens for furniture and State House functions as well as uniforms for staff as need arises. The categories of staff include drivers, housekeepers, caterers, kitchen staff, cleaners and the regular office staff. The State House also supports skilling programmes where you have seen young people who are skilled in various vocational skills and it usually provides uniforms. Therefore, this is to dispel the misinformation that the budget caters for clothing the President. Rather, it facilitates all these functions that I have explained. I could go on and on but that is the point I wanted to make, Mr Speaker. I hope this information clarifies the issues to do with budgeting for State House and states proper the record on the Hansard of this House. I want to appeal to all of us that we should always desist from raising sensational and unsubstantiated information, which misleads the public. I beg to move, Mr Speaker, and I thank you. (Mr Ssemujju rose_)

I put the question that Shs 26,590,089,000 be provided for as recurrent expenditure for Muni University under Vote 306 for Financial Year 2023/2024. (Question put and agreed to.) Vote 307: Kabale University

I put the question that Shs 56,011,281,000 be provided for as recurrent expenditure for Vote 307: Kabale University for Financial Year 2023/2024. (Question put and agreed to.) Vote 308: Soroti University

I put the question that Shs 15,378,259,000 be provided for under Vote 407: Jinja Regional Referral Hospital as recurrent expenditure for Financial Year 2023/2024. (Question put and agreed to.) Vote 408: Kabale Regional Referral Hospital

I put the question that Shs 11,465,196,000 be provided for under Vote 408: Kabale Regional Referral Hospital as recurrent expenditure for Financial Year 2023/2024. (Question put and agreed to.) Vote 409: Masaka Regional Referral Hospital

Under the expenditure for Kiruddu Referral Hospital, you earlier directed that we get some money and reallocate to health. Kiruddu Referral Hospital lacks Shs 4 billion for decentralisation of dialysis services to Mbale, Kabale and Arua; so I think the recurrent expenditure may be affected. Once the services are decentralised, it means new recruitment will be needed for dialysis.

Honourable members, listen. 1) Vote 601: Arua City - Shs 36,948,486,000 2) Vote 602: Fort Portal City - Shs 21,749,696,000 3) Vote 603: Gulu City – Shs 26,555,638,000 4) Vote 604: Hoima City - Shs 14,982,706,000 5) Vote 605: Jinja City - Shs 38,446,052,000 6) Vote 606: Lira City - Shs 25,298,264,000 7) Vote 607: Masaka City - Shs 28,740,158,000 8) Vote 608: Mbale City - Shs 36,977,607,000 9) Vote 609: Mbarara City - Shs 33,853,374,000 10) Vote 610: Soroti City - Shs 18,894,719,000 11) Vote 701: Apac Municipal Council – Shs 8,494,655,000 12) Vote 702: Bugiri Municipal Council – Shs 5,045,364,000 13) Vote 703: Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipal Council - Shs 10,811,439,000 14) Vote 704: Busia Municipal Council - Shs 6,584,841,000 15) Vote 705: Entebbe Municipal Council – Shs 14,974,279,000 16) Vote 706: Ibanda Municipal Council – Shs 12,652,788,000 17) Vote 707: Iganga Municipal Council - Shs 6,354,604,000 18) Vote 708: Kabale Municipal Council – Shs 15,642,752,000 19) Vote 709: Kamuli Municipal Council – Shs 6,980,978,000 20) Vote 710: Kapchorwa Municipal Council – Shs 8,378,122,000 21) Vote 711: Kasese Municipal Council – Shs 14,834,120,000 22) Vote 712: Kira Municipal Council – Shs 20,650,861,000 23) Vote 713: Kisoro Municipal Council – Shs 3,648,099,000 24) Vote 714: Kitgum Municipal Council – Shs 6,670,002,000 25) Vote 715: Koboko Municipal Council – Shs 7,501,016,000 26) Vote 716: Kotido Municipal Council – Shs 7,454,417,000 27) Vote 717: Kumi Municipal Council – Shs 6,938,873,000 28) Vote 718: Lugazi Municipal Council – Shs 7,853,940,000 29) Vote 719: Makindye-Ssabagabo Municipal Council – Shs 13,864,172,000

8764 BUDGETARY PROPOSALS & ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 Vote 302: Mbarara University – Shs 3,954,706,000 Vote 303: Makerere University Business School – Shs 2,125,530,000 Vote 304: Kyambogo University – Shs 3,710,496,000 Vote 305: Busitema University – Shs 5,892,464,000 Vote 306: Muni University Shs – 4,752,000,000 Vote 307: Kabale University Shs – 2,586,568,000 Vote 308: Soroti University – Shs 1,257,362,000 Vote 309: Gulu University Shs 5,671,020,000 Vote 310: Lira University – Shs 5,000,000,000 Vote 311: Law Development Centre – Shs 4,782,560,000 Vote 312: Uganda Management Institute – Shs 1,320,000,000 Vote 313: Mountains of the Moon University – Shs 2,229,372,000 Vote 401: Mulago National Referral Hospital – Shs 16,528,858,000 Vote 402: Butabika Hospital – Shs 2,513,373,000

Honourable mem - bers, the point has been taken. Let us proceed with referral hospitals. 1. Vote 405: Gulu Hospital - Shs 120,000,000 2. Vote 406: Hoima Hospital - Shs 2,620,000,000 3. Vote 407: Jinja Hospital - Shs 3,642,471,000 4. Vote 408: Kabale Hospital - Shs 120,000,000 5. Vote 409: Masaka Hospital - Shs 120,000,000 6. Vote 410: Mbale Hospital - Shs 120,000,000 7. Vote 411: Soroti Hospital - Shs 4,120,000,000

Madam Speaker, as I had said, there are local government entities that are equally performing well, with very high absorption levels. These local governments include Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality, Ibanda District, Rukungiri District, Kamwenge and many others. There are also districts that have performed terribly and need to be mentioned. These include Mbarara City with 67 per cent absorption capacity, Ntungamo (64 per cent), Ntoroko (76 per cent), Fort Portal City (77 per cent), Hoima City (77 per cent) and Kabale Municipal Council (77 per cent). These were below expectations. Madam Speaker, we have provided recommendations – and just to be specific, most of the local governments explained that their poor absorption was majorly rotating around the failure to recruit, failure to have teachers posted by Ministry of Education and Sports as well as the issue of USMID, where large sums of monies meant for road works were returned because the procurement processes got delayed. There was also the issue of delayed completion of projections under UGIFT. Madam Speaker, we have provided recommendations. 1. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should account for the under-release of funds to the local governments. 2. Entities whose absorption of funds was below 80 per cent should be subjected to further investigation to ascertain the underlying factors for the gross underperformance. 3. The accounting officers should develop clear revenue enhancement plans to assist the districts in future revenue mobilisation. 4. Finally, accounting officers should make a follow up with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on the shortfalls affecting service delivery. 3.2 Government preparedness to implement the Parish Development Model (PDM)

8613 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023 Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank the committee for the elaborate report. One thing that cuts across Mbarara, Ntungamo and Kabale and has not left this Floor is the USMID project. It has really been a pain in our necks for the last three years. The contractor, multiplex, has not left either the ears of the developed partners or parliament. We wonder: what exactly is happening that all those projects are given to a contractor that has no capacity in terms of finance, equipment and human resource? I think the forensic audit that is being proposed would alleviate the pain. The other issue could be about priorities. I have already briefed you on what is going on in Mbarara City, with the broken bridges of Kanyeite, Katete and Nyakaizi. They have even caused the loss of three lives – a 23-year- old student of Mbarara University and a 19-year-old student of one of the high schools were buried yesterday. However, money is being returned to the Consolidated Fund. I chair the Road Fund for Mbarara City. It is like a practice for you to be called to, in three weeks, sit and effect a programme that has been planned for three months. The ministry for finance cannot go unmentioned here. Whereas we may want to blame the technical officers, the Government should be able to take that blame. Lastly, we need to expedite the issue structures in the cities. The structure came out, but it is still wanting. In some areas, you cannot have a city engineer handling the issue of roads without the assistance of the different divisions. As we look at Mbarara City having returned all those monies, we really need help with USMID so that our roads can be repaired to the desired standards. However, I thank the committee and wish that this report, indeed, attracts actions by the concerned entities.

Madam Speaker, on a lighter note, I have been a Member of this House since 2011. I represent Rubanda County East, Rubanda District, former Kabale-Kigezi Subregion.

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8238 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. MINISTERIAL POLICY STATEMENTS & BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR THE FY 2023/2024 Mbarara University of Science and Technology This university has a problem of a dilapidated medical school. The committee, therefore, recommends that Shs 50 billion be allocated for the construction of a multi-purpose block at the Faculty of Medicine to house all lecture rooms, laboratories, and offices, and another Shs 18 billion will be required in the Financial Year 2023/2024 to kick-start the process. Mr Speaker, I have already talked about the wage bill for the recruitment of staff and promotions. Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Mr Speaker, Under MUBS, we recommend that an allocation of Shs 12.4 billion be allocated to enable the university clear its domestic arrears. Kyambogo University The committee recommends that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development allocates Kyambogo University an additional Shs 34.2 billion in the Financial Year 2023/2024, to enable it address the process of asbestos-sheets roof removal - the university has buildings littered with asbestos sheets - and handle the dilapidated infrastructure. We further recommend that the university considers engaging the convocation to source funds for the initial fencing of the university to stop encroachers on its land. Busitema University Inadequate release to the Maritime Institute at Namasagali The committee recommends that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development allocates Shs 8.7 billion in order for it to start the implementation of the programme. There is also funding for the technology innovation and incubation centre and we are proposing Shs 1 billion to be allocated for at least the next three financial years. Funding toward completion and equipping the medical school This one is at Mbale Campus. We recommend that Shs 3.7 billion be allocated to fast-track and complete the rehabilitation of the medical school. Muni University Inadequate funding to the university We recommend that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development revises the recurrent non-wage of Muni University upwards to at least Shs 7.71 billion in the next financial year, and the MTEF period, in order to avoid a supplementary request each financial year, which sometimes is not given to the university. We further recommend for an additional Shs 8.2 billion for the completion of the construction of a multi-purpose hall to house the health science modern laboratory and administration annex building, and Shs 1.2 for Erepi Primary Teachers’ College. The university also needs more Shs 4.8 billion to recruit staff. Kabale University The committee recommends that the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development should maintain the budget of Shs 9 billion, in the medium term, to enable the university to complete its on-going infrastructure development, and that it avails an additional Shs 22.6 billion for the procurement of a pre-specialised equipment and machinery. Soroti University The committee recommends that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should allocate an additional Shs 17 billion to enable it complete the Anatomy Block. Gulu University The committee recommends that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Mr Speaker, I am sorry. Actually, the supply table has no issues. The figures appearing here, both for recurrent and development, are the ones in the Appropriation Bill’s draft estimates. So, the figures are correct. I had reached Vote 166: National Council of Sports – let me repeat it. Vote 166: National Council of Sports Total recurrent – Shs 16,966,514,000 Total development – Shs 0 Vote 301: Makerere University Kampala Total recurrent – Shs 346,669,558,000 Total development – Shs 19,072,698,000 Vote 302: Mbarara University of Science and Technology Total recurrent – Shs 54,295,012,000 Total development – Shs 3,764,047,000 Vote 303: Makerere University Business School Total recurrent – Shs 103,103,575,000 Total development – Shs 2,125,530,000 Vote 304: Kyambogo University Total recurrent – Shs 131,291,738,000 Total development – Shs 1,710,496,000 Vote 305: Busitema University Total recurrent – Shs 52,112,893 Total development – Shs 5,892,464,000 Vote 306: Muni University Total recurrent – Shs 24,080,694,000 Total development – Shs 4,752,000,000 Vote 307: Kabale University Total recurrent – Shs 56,011,281,000 Total development – Shs 2,586,568,000 Vote 308: Soroti University Total recurrent – Shs 22,879,364,000 Total development - Shs 1,257,362,000 Vote 309: Gulu University Total recurrent – Shs 61,529,303,000 Total development – Shs 1,671,020,000 Vote 310: Lira University Total recurrent – 29,983,277,000 Total development – Shs 5,000,000,000 Vote 312: Uganda Management Institute Total recurrent – Shs 35,594,073,000 Total development – Shs 1,720,000,000 Vote 313: Mountains of the Moon University Total recurrent – Shs 37,702,810,000 Total development Shs 0 Vote 612: Local Governments Total recurrent – Shs 3,129,560,000,000 Total development – Shs 349,030,000,000 Vote 122: KCCA Education Grant Total recurrent – Shs 46,710,000,000 Total development – Shs 2,230,000,000 I beg to report, Mr Speaker.

. One week Orientation organized for first year students; . Living out Allowance paid to all 94 registered first ycar students for FY2O22-2O23 Trained 63 (46 Male and 17 Fcmalc) first ycar students on the available functions, facilitres, serviccs and resources in the library . 776 patients managed (312 female and 464 male) in the Universrty Clinic; . I Univcrsity Council mccting; o Held 3 University Councrl commlttee meetings; r Held I University Senate meetinS; r Held 2 University Senate committee meetlngs; o Hcld 4 Top Management Mectings; r Constructron of Adminrstration Block Annex - on going at 2 llu Compleuon of Hcalth Science Laboratory Building- on going at 4lo/o. 30?.Krbelc Univcnlty r A total of 4744 students (2979 MaJe, 1765 Female) enrolled, taught and examined for the academic year 2022 /2023; . A total 61I Articles/ Disscrtations, Books/Journals uploaded onto Kabale Univcrsity Drgital Repository (KABDRI and 26,215 users acccsscd Kabalc Universrty Dryital Repository (KABDR) from t85 counries; . A total of 235 (l5o males & 85 females) academic staff completcd 6 days capacity building training in: Research output mana8cmcnt, Turnit-in Trarning, Usc of Library and e-learning resourcesr Effective and effrcient use of the AIMS systcm; and Markcting and digital communication, skills and strategres; . A total of 38 PhD students (22 Male and 16 Female) superviscd on proposal completron and strll ongoing; . A total of 10 articles published in peer-revrewed lournals reported to the Dircctoratc of Rcscarch and hrblications; o Blended NCHE exhibition participated in wrth thc theme enhancement of tcachrng, learning and Assessment with ODEL rn Hrgher Education hcld in Lugogo showground, Kampala- 22nd- 24th September 2022; o A total of 30 farmers (10 males and 20 females) from Kabale and Rubanda districts complcted a trainrng on sustainablc soil and watcr conservation using farmcr ficld school approachl . Practrcal teaching in agriculture and envrronment sciences for 243 students ( 145 malc and 98 fcmale) at dcmonstration gardens and in communltles conducted; rP+ 26

The commlttcc observes that thc council expenence hugc budget cuts w'lth their budgct for FY2O23|24 rcductng by 640/o compared to FY2O22 /23 from UShs 4?.tbn to an allocation of l?.387ba n fY2O23124, this budget cut is hkcly to affect a numbcr of planned activities under the Council such as preparatlonr quahficatrons and participation of Team Uganda in the 2O23 All Africa Games in Accra Ghana and thc 2O24 Paris, France Olympic and Paralympic games a.rnong others The Council seeks an additional Uahr 3O.42 bn in order to Eupport 5l reglst-ered National Fcdcrations and other activlttcs. The Councrl requires a dcvclopment budgct of UEhr t4.OSbn for the rcfurbishment and renovatton of Sports facilities at Lugogo Sports Complex and UShe 2o2bn nceded to facrlitate the refurbishment of various National Stadra regionally; Akibua Olymprc Stadium (Lira), Buhinga (Fort Portal crty)' Kakycka (Mbarara), Barifa (Arua), Pece (Gulu). Bugembe /lGkindu(Jrnja), Mbale Municipal Stadium (Mbalcl, Masaka Recrcattonal Grounds (Masaka)\, Ihbale Stadium (Kabale), Soroti Stadium (Soroti), King George Stadium(Tororo), Hoima (Boma Cround) and Masindi Stadium. Recomma,'datlons The commlttce recp,mmcnd,s f,hd:t: i. MFPED rclrwtatea that [ntdgct' of lfi$fot rZ2(ngf24 b U$rts4?.abn ll. MPPBL cualls llES a dcr*lopmeat hrdgct ol UShs Sobrt to klck scaft thc dcoclopma,I.C ol ttt ,Ib rt clrlmplcx/rrrNrna at Lugogo atd U*hs 2O2bt tor the Nat"lolnal ,tadla rcglotallg la thc medlut,za tctlra. FUBLIC T'N'IVERIIITIESI Gcacrd Obrcnatioar ead rccornnctr&tlont af Uadontafllag rnd hlgh rtrtl turnovcr: The Commrttec obscrves that most Public Universities are grossly understalled, with stafflng levels as low as 3O7o in some Universities/Colleges especially the s1

In Attendence: The Public Universities Kabale UniversitSr 1) Prof. Joy C.Kwesiga 2) Mr. Twesigye Gad 3) Mr.Baryantuma J.M 4) Mr. Twebaze Alex Mountains of the Moon l) Ms.Nakajubi Jane 2) Mr.Mutogo Ronald 3) Mr.Kagambe Edmond 4) Prof. Achanga Coxwell 5) Mr. Ndoleriire William Gulu University 1) Prof. David Okello Owiny 2) Mr.Dibele Jacqueline 3) Mr. Wesonga Emmanuel 4) Mr.Oballim Christopher 5) Mr.asafAdebua In rttendence (fhe Committee Secreteriet) l) Ms. Mirembe Barbara - Principal Economist 2) Ms. Akullo Carolinc - Economist 3) Ms. Asiimwe Flavia - Legal Officer 4) Ms. Keijagye Brenda - Policy Analyst - Lcader of Opposition 5) Ms. Namata Sylvia - Policy Analyst [LGB] 6) Ms. Nanono Veronica - Researcher 7) Ml Bugembe Sylvia - Researcher 8) Ms. Ninsiima Diana - Principal Clerk Assistant/Minute Secretary Agenda (1) Recitation of the Parliamentary Prayer (2) Communication from the Chair (3) Considcration of the Ministerial Policy Statements and Budget Estimates for FY 202312024. (4)Adjoumment 2 The meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m.

Min.2 - Communication from the Chair. In his communication, the Chairperson guided that the meeting was convened to consider Policy Statements and Budget Estimates for Public Universities for the Financial Year 2023n4. Min. 3 - Consideration of the Policy Statements and Budget Estimates for FY 20,3,n024. 3.1 Kabale University. The Accounting Offrcer for Kabale University presented the University's Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for FY 202312024 (see written memoranda for details) 3.2 Mountains of the Moon University. The Accounting Officer for Mountains of the Moon University presented the University's Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for FY 202312024 (see written memoranda for details) 3.3 Gulu University. The Accounting Offrcer for Gulu University presented the University's Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for FY 202312024 (see writte memoranda for details) Observations/issues reised The Committee sottgh to establish; (a) whether Mountains of the Moon University enrolled students who were direct beneficiaries of the students loan scheme: and whether such students rec€ived funding from the University; (b) the kind of support services and facilities that Mountains of the Moon University required in order to deliver on its mandate; (c) causal factors for recurring increment on non-wage budget component for Mountains of the Moon University; (d) the status of construction of the Students' Hostel at Gulu University that was being undertaken over by a private individual; (e) whether Culu University communicated to Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on non-release of funds appropriated to the Universityl (fl on the status and fate of Kotido Primary Teachers' College (PTC) given reports that Gulu University was scheduled take it over; 3

Responses to issues ruised The Committee was informed that. (a\ for Kabale University, Govemment released Shs.2.9 billion in consideration of 100 Govemment sponsored students; and that the funding for the cunent 400 student population had remained the same giving rise to a funding gap of Shs.8.6 billion. (b) some students at the Mountains of the Moon University were direct beneficiaries of the students loan scheme that they received from the Higher Education Stud€nts Financing Board (HESFB); (c) Gulu University land reverted back in the names of Gulu University Council and that Council worked on processes of Hostel ownership revert back to the University; (d) Kotido PTC was not considered a core PTC and hence could not be phased out and owned by Government; (e) Gulu University Council expected rcceipt of funds Public Service Commission regarding issues of harmonisation; (f) Gulu University made cfforts to liaise with Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to ensure funds appropriatcd by Parliament were released. (g) School dropout rates were informed by statistical data compiled from the time of student enrolment/admission to higher institutions of leaming. The Committee was informed that' a Stated that it is as though the Ministry seelcs to collect money from Universities that it is not willing to give them back. b. htfurmed the Committee tlat there is money that s approved in the supplententary Budget and the money is not allocated the consequenl Universilies. c. Brought it to the notice of the Committee that the Ministy of Education and Sports is nol supporting Universities, d. Complained as to how the Ministry responds to the issucs of the Universities. e. Finance has taken on the roll ofthe Parliament of Uganda f. Complained on the continuous behaviour of the Ministry of Finance cutting budgets for Govemment entities and violating the mandate of Parliament by appropriating money as it wishes. g. Appreciated the Kabale University for attracting professors ln their University as part of their staff. h. Commented on the understaffing in Universities and suggestcd that something is done about it. i. Further informed the Committee that a lecturer in Gulu University is paid lesser than other lecturers in othcr Public Universities. 4

Okay. On page 78 – I have just a few pages to go. On the development of an in-house audit management system, the committee recommends that an additional Shs 5.4 billion be allocated to the Office of the Auditor-General for the development of this system. They require the acquisition of additional land for the construction of a Centre of Audit Excellence, where we are recommending Shs 1.8 billion. The Office of the Auditor-General Impact Assessment Perception Survey requires Shs 1,203,000,000, which we are recommending should be made available. Uganda Investment Authority The committee recommends that Shs 251 billion be allocated to Uganda Investment Authority for the development of industrial and business parks. Setup of regional one-stop centres and the implementation of automated eBiz services require Shs 4 billion, which we are recommending should be made available. Enhancing foreign direct investment and DDI development in the country requires Shs 2 billion, which we are recommending should be availed. Enhancement of viable investment opportunities requires Shs 2 billion, which we are recommending. Implementation of the Kabale Industrial Business Park Namanve Project requires Shs 9 billion, which the committee recommends should be made available. Under Capital Market Authority, there is a small budget required. Uganda Revenue Authority - under Rental Tax Compliance Management System, they have a deficit of Shs 14.785 billion, which the committee is recommending should be made available. For specialised audits, they require Shs 16.72 billion, which the committee is recommending should be made available to them. Uganda Bureau of Statistics Uganda Bureau of Statistics has a big shortfall regarding the population census, which is this year – actually, it was supposed to have been in August. Shs 160 billion has not been made available for their preparatory activity. It will be in the next financial year, so, the budget is in the next financial year. However, they have not been given the Shs 160 billion for the preparatory activities. The committee is recommending that all possible measures be explored to see that that is identified to support the population census activity. Without it, the population census activity may have to be deferred. The others are about Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority – Mr Speaker, I think I should leave the rest for the Members to read for themselves. Those are the key highlights.

Most obliged, Sir. Regarding the late commissioning of Karuma, Mr Speaker - that is also mainly on policy. Okay, let me now move to the Mineral Development sub-sector which is on page 20 Regarding inadequate funding to the mineral sub-sector that has already been articulated in my introductory remarks, the committee recommends that Government provides Shs 127 billion for various interventions under the mineral development programme to enable us to collect revenue to the tune of Shs 3 trillion per year. Mr Speaker, I now take you to page 23 of my report, regarding the LPG supply, promotion and infrastructure intervention project, with a budget allocation of only Shs 10.5 billion in the next financial year. The project requires an additional Shs 92 billion. The cooking energy mix in Uganda today is fundamentally skewed with 94 per cent of the 10 million households using biomass. My committee, therefore, recommends that in Budget Framework Paper Government provided Shs 92 billion for the project and this should be the same in the final budget for the next financial year. Mr Speaker, regarding inadequate funding to the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), the Petroleum Authority of Uganda is monitoring and regulating six key projects being implemented concurrently. These include the Tilenga Project, Kingfisher Development Area, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, Kabale Refinery Project, Kanywataba and Ngassa Deep and Shallow Exploration Contract areas, but they have a deficit in their funding. So therefore, the committee recommends that Government allocates an additional Shs 22.44 billion to enable the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) effectively execute its regulatory role in the oil and gas sector. The Ministry of Water and Environment Mr Speaker, Table 7 shows the compliance of the ministry with PFMA. Table 8 shows gender compliance; unfortunately most of the Votes are on the decline in gender compliance, although NFA has shown an improvement. The mandate is as indicated on page 27 – (Member timed out.)

8198 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. MINISTERIAL POLICY STATEMENTS & BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR THE FY 2023/2024 was overhauled. The committee reiterates its earlier recommendation that Shs 1 billion be provided for the total overhaul of the plumbing system. Inadequate budget for essential medicines and supplies The committee recommends that an additional Shs 1 billion be provided. Lack of budget for extension of medical gases The committee recommends that Shs 420 million be provided to Kawempe Regional Referral Hospital for maintenance of equipment and extension of oxygen to the wards. Vote 417: Kiruddu National Referral Hospital. Inadequate funding to the burns and surgery unit Mr Speaker, Kiruddu acts as the national referral centre for burns and surgery. The committee recommends that Shs 1 billion be availed to mitigate the shortfall for Financial Year 2023/2024. Insufficient budget for essential medicines The committee recommends an extra Shs 1 billion to be provided for essential medicines. Inadequate funds for decentralisation of dialysis services Mr Speaker, I would like to thank Parliament and the Committee on Budget that last year, Shs 2 billion was allocated for decentralisation of dialysis. I am happy to say that in Lira, the dialysis is functional; we are rolling out to Hoima. This financial year, the committee recommends that Shs 4 billion be provided to Kiruddu to decentralise dialysis to Arua, Kabale and Mbale. Vote 401: Mulago National Referral Hospital Inadequate funding for essential medicines and health supplies, non-communicable disease services and specialised services Under this, the committee recommends that an additional Shs 8 billion be provided for specialised units like maxillofacial, endocrine, neurology, gastroenterology and so forth, and another Shs 10 billion be provided towards the provision of essential medicines and health supplies, and non-communicable disease commodities. It is quite common to go to Mulago these days and you are asked to buy these. Inadequate staff accommodation The committee agrees that 50 units should be completed immediately to house critical care workers and the remaining two blocks of 50 units each, be completed in the subsequent financial years. The Committee recommends that an additional Shs 8.5 billion should be provided in the Financial Year 2023/2024 to complete at least one block of 50 units. Lack of funds for commencement of kidney transplant services On this, the committee recommends that Shs 1.5 billion should be provided to the national referral hospitals to start kidney transplant services in the Financial Year 2023/2024. Inadequate funds for maintenance The committee recommends that an additional Shs 7 billion be provided for maintenance. You saw the headline screaming in Monday’s Daily Monitor newspaper. Mr Speaker, I would like to draw your attention to page 47, bullet 6.4 on incomplete civil plumbing and sewerage ICT and electric works; ROKO did not complete the work for several reasons.

We recommend the approval. Vote 139: Petroleum Authority of Uganda - A requirement of Shs 11 billion to take care of the activities on EACOP and refinery development. The committee recommends approval of Shs 11 billion. Vote 144: Uganda Police Force – Shs 68 billion as follows: a) Shs 38.5 billion to meet contractual obligation on CCTV Phase II equipment. b) Shs 26 billion for maintenance of CCTV equipment acquired during the first phase and Phase II, and c) Shs 3.5 billion to purchase security vehicles for judges. We recommend approval of Shs 68 billion to Uganda Police Force. Vote 155: Cotton Development Organisation (CDO) - Requirement of Shs 9.5 billion of which Shs 7.5 billion is to take care of buffer stock fund and Shs 2 billion for transport rebate for Fine Spinners Uganda Limited. We recommend approval of Shs 9.5 billion. Vote 301: Makerere University - A requirement of Shs 8 billion for renovation of Lumumba and Mary Stuart Halls. We recommend approval of Shs 8 billion. Vote 307: Kabale University – Shs 3.213 billion non-tax revenue. This is to take care of the printing of examinations, repair of old buildings, facilitation of part-time lecturers and purchase of laboratory equipment. We recommend the approval of Shs 3.213 billion. Vote 532: Uganda Embassy in Somalia, Mogadishu – Shs 731 million. This is for shortfall, security-related issues and renovation. We recommend the approval. Vote 858: Kayunga District – Shs 837 million. These are unspent funds sent back to the Consolidated Fund at the end of the Financial Year 2021/2022 to enable the UPDF Engineering Brigade complete construction of health centre III. We recommend the approval. Vote 893: Mitooma District – Shs 2.628 billion for rehabilitation of roads; Kizinda-Rutookye- Bitereko. We recommend approval. Vote 924: Rukungiri District – Shs 1.795 billion as unspent funds for the Financial Year 2021/2022 for Uganda Inter-Government fiscal transfer reform for construction of seed schools and upgrade of health centres II to III. We recommend Shs 1.795 billion. Various central and local government Votes – Shs 402.401 billion to meet wage shortfalls arising from the new policy to enhance wages of scientists for the Financial Year 2022/2023. Honourable Members, see Annex III attached. We recommend the approval. However, on that schedule, we defer Shs 72 million for wage shortfall under Vote 112 –

7880 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEDULE NO. 1 FOR FY 2022/2023 Shs 6 billion is required for maintenance of oxygen plants. Shs 2.7 billion is requested for supervision of the International Specialised Hospital at Lubowa. Shs 3.6 billion is required as counterpart funding for Busolwe General Hospital Project. Members can read the details. We recommend as follows: A total of Shs 5.9 billion, instead of the requested Shs 6 billion, be provided as follows: a) Shs 4 billion be availed to procure eight transformers and accessories for eight regional referral hospitals namely: Masaka, Jinja, Soroti, Gulu, Arua, Hoima, Kabale and Moroto. b) Shs 1.5 billion be availed for repair of oxygen plants in the regional referral hospitals. c) Shs 400 million be availed for van maintenance – for the workshop. The committee further recommends that recurrent expenditure should be incorporated in the subsequent budgets. In addition, we recommend that upon installation of the new oxygen plants, the current stock of oxygen plants should be evaluated and decommissioned since they have become more expensive to maintain. For the issue of Lubowa, the committee recommends that Shs 2.7 billion for supervision of the International Specialised Hospital at Lubowa –(Interjections)- Members, listen. We decline the approval –(Applause)– because up to now, the Ministry of Health has not given accountability for what has been given so far. For the Shs 3.6 billion counterpart funding for Busolwe General Hospital - this is a grant from the Spanish Government – we recommend the approval of Shs 3.6 billion. Vote 018: Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development requested for Shs 21.6 billion for Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women (GROW) project. This project is funded by the World Bank. We recommend the approval of Shs 21.6 billion to Vote 018 for the GROW project. Vote 022: Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities made a request of Shs 1.359 billion as unspent NTR for Financial Year 2021/2022 for UWEC. We recommend the approval of Shs 1.359 billion. The same ministry is requesting for Shs 3.8 billion as non-tax revenue for emergency relocation of Uganda Hotel and Tourism Institute to rented premises and establishment of students’ accommodation facilities in Jinja to pave way for smooth construction. We recommend that Shs 3.8 billion be availed to the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities. Vote 120: National Citizenship and Immigration Control requested for Shs 46.784 billion for the directorate to procure more passport booklets. We observed that the demand for the booklets has increased and there is a shortage of 288,000 booklets. Once the money is given, the directorate will generate an additional Shs 65 billion in non-tax revenue. We recommend the approval of Shs 46.784 billion to Vote 120. Vote 122: Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) requested for Shs 34.446 billion as unspent balances for Financial Year 2021/2022 for the Second Kampala Integrated Infrastructure Development Project (KIIDP II) from the World Bank. We recommend that the Shs 34.446 billion be availed to KCCA.

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, Madam Speaker. My question is about the Batwa community. My fellow colleagues from Rubanda and Kabale have been raising this issue. The Batwa were chased out of the forest where they used to enjoy all goodies. They were forced to live with the people they were not used to and no land was allocated to them for farming. They have suffered the hunger, season in, season out. I wrote to request for food from the disaster preparedness department, which I think is under your docket, but the minister told me that the Batwa issue is not a disaster. However, I want to let you know that they have become a disaster to the people they are living with. They just steal from other farmers and so, I would like to know where these people should be relocated. I thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Member from Kabale raised the issue on

7738 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION [Ms Nabbanja] And after getting money, it is our wish that we support our districts. There are those big districts, which are already getting Shs 1 billion and above. For example, Wakiso is getting more than Shs 1 billion, yet Kakumiro is getting Shs 300 million, unfortunately, because we are not as big as Wakiso. A district like Kabale – those big districts that you know that have a bigger kilometre road coverage, are getting some good amount of money. Therefore, Mr Speaker, I request that Members of Parliament pick interest in the already available resources so that they are put to good use. Thank you.

Honourable members, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have students and teachers of the following primary schools, under the umbrella of Save the Children Uganda. They include: 1. Muguluka Primary School; where are you? Please stand up. You are welcome. (Applause) 2. Kikusa Primary School; you are welcome. (Applause) 3. St Kizito Tikalu Primary School; you are welcome. (Applause) 4. Kabale Primary School; you are most welcome. (Applause) They are represented by Hon. Wakayima Musoke. Thank you for bringing the children to witness the proceedings. In the public gallery, we also have a delegation of students from Cavendish University Law Society. Please stand up. You are most welcome. (Applause) Leader of the Opposition?

Thank you so much, Madam Speaker. I would like to thank my colleague, for raising that critical issue. I was just sharing with the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and indeed he said most of the regions in Kigezi and Kabale face a lot of challenges, especial - ly during this time because of heavy rains; the children have to cross from one region to an- other - especially the nearby schools. Therefore, Madam Speaker, I have noted the challenges and I pity the affected regions. I want to pledge that we will liaise with our technical people to map up those critical areas that need urgent intervention. We will work together with the ministries of Works, Disaster Preparedness and Finance, as you have stated, to see what we can do as an immediate remedy to ensure that the PLE candidates are registered timely for their PLE examinations. I thank you.

7568 AD HOC C OMMITTEE REPORT 7. Vote 166 – National Council of Sports; 8. Vote 301 – Makerere University; 9. Vote 302 – Mbarara University of Science and Technology; 10. Vote 304 – Kyambogo University; 11. Vote 305 – Busitema University; 12. Vote 306 – Muni University; 13. Vote 307 – Kabale University; 14. Vote 308 – Soroti University; 15. Vote 309 – Gulu University; 16. Vote 310 – Lira University; 17. Vote 312 – Uganda Management Institute; 18. Vote 313 – Mountains of the Moon University; and 19. Vote 612 – Local governments. Madam Speaker, I beg to lay.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to lay on the Table the policy statement for the health sub-programme for Financial Year 2023/2024: Vote 014 – Ministry of Health Vote 114 - Uganda Cancer Institute Vote 115 – Uganda Heart Institute Vote 116 - National Medical Stores Vote 127 - Uganda Virus Research Institute Vote 134 - Health Service Commission Vote 151 - Uganda Blood Transfusion Service Vote 401 - Mulago National Referral Hospital Vote 402 - Butabika Hospital Vote 403 - Arua Regional Referral Hospital Vote 404 - Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital Vote 405 - Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Vote 406 - Hoima Regional Referral Hospital Vote 407 - Jinja Regional Referral Hospital Vote 408 - Kabale Regional Referral Hospital Vote 409 - Masaka Regional Referral Hospital Vote 410 - Mbale Regional Referral Hospital Vote 411 - Soroti Regional Referral Hospital Vote 412 - Lira Regional Referral Hospital Vote 413 - Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Vote 414 - Mubende Regional Referral Hospital Vote 415 - Moroto Regional Referral Hospital Vote 416 - Naguru National Referral Hospital Vote 417 - Kiruddu Regional Referral Hospital Vote 418 - Kawempe Regional Referral Hospital Vote 419 - Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital Vote420 - Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital Vote 421 - Kayunga Referral Hospital Vote 422 - Yumbe Referral Hospital Vote 612 - Local Governments and the other annex attached. Madam Speaker, I beg to lay.

Mr Speaker, I find this strange. Therefore, since the state minister is here, I direct him to go to Kabale and find out what is taking place. Also, find out from his ministry - Hon. Obiga Kania is here; so, I believe he has taken the directive. (Applause)

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. Happy New Year to you and to my colleagues. I want to thank my colleague, Hon. Macho, for raising this issue. It is very pertinent for businesses, especially those at the borders. It is not only the Busia border but there is Malaba, Mpondwe and Elegu, which have these conditions. It was a hot matter in the Cabinet and an inter- ministerial committee is already put in place, including the Ministry of Works and Transport because it directly handles matters to do with vehicles and those huge trucks. Also, the weigh bridges, the distance between the parking and the weigh bridges and then, issues to do with the fires because in case of anything, if fires broke near the border, it would be a big disaster. Then, of course, the ministry of finance is also handling matters to do with taxation, more especially now on those- because other countries are trying to lure us and take us to their countries to put dry ports when they have ports near the waters. For us, we are landlocked; we thought the idea of a dry port could be put in Malaba. Of course, Busia, Malaba and those areas where we are getting iron ore down in Kabale, we are thinking about many areas to establish a dry port. A dry port is a good idea, Madam Speaker, because it generates revenue for the country. For those parking along the road, tentatively, maybe the minister of finance can look into the idea of putting a tax so that they do not use those facilities as bedrooms. We can tax them. If you put your truck there and you want to use it for your own benefit, you pay. That would be a good idea if the minister of finance can really tax those trucks, which are misusing -

6679 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2022 the nation and all of us. He posed a question: “What would the world miss if you were not around?” In Justice Opio Aweri, we shall miss a lot. We shall miss a hard-working legal professional, a non-corrupt Justice of the Supreme Court and a nationalist - a great man who was born in Lango, but served the nation generally. As we go to Lango tomorrow, we thank the people of Dokolo for raising this important person who served us very well. (Applause) He inspired many people, not only in that region, but the whole country. Today, he joins, in history, other great people from that region, who have served this country. A few that I can remember, off record, are Dr Milton Obote and Hon. Ekulo Epak – I do not know about Oyite Ojok, but those two come to mind in terms of the contribution they have made. Therefore, on behalf of the people of Ndorwa West in Kabale, I register our condolences to the family and the Judiciary. May his soul rest in eternal peace.

Can I know the status of that Bill? Two, a motion to withdraw a request to borrow €96,270,833 which was equivalent to $108 million from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to finance Masindi-Biso-Kabale. Can I know the status of that? Three, the report of the Supplementary Schedule No.1 of 2021 – the money that was provided for your ministry. Can we know what that supplementary did and how much it covered? The report on the National Budget Framework 2022/2023, 2026/2027 – how much was released to you, how much have you received and what has it done? Are we together, Hon. Fred? The report on the operations of Civil Aviation Authority - you saw what was in the papers and everywhere. Can we know the status? A report on the operations of Uganda Railways Corporation – can we know it? A report on the Ministerial Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for 2023/2024 on Physical Infrastructure sector – can we also know that, on top of what you are going to present? That is what I saw that you have left out. (Applause)

6233 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT O F U GANDA TUESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2022 2. To analyse the type of accidents and the total admissions; 3. To conduct an in-depth analysis of the total estimated costs of road traffic accidents and to review challenges in the road safety sector in the country; and 4. To develop a policy brief and recommendation in terms of laws, training, monitoring, and specific budget allocations that policymakers can consider in addition to increasing funding. The hospitals whose data we analysed were Arua, Entebbe, Fort Portal, Gulu, Hoima, Jinja, Kabale, Masaka, Mbale, Soroti, Lira, Mbarara, Mubende, Yumbe, Moroto and Naguru regional referral hospitals, and Mulago National Referral Hospital. When coming up with a cost of treatment, we interfaced with the consultants of Mulago and asked them what it costs to treat a patient who is severely injured, moderately injured or with mild injuries. We came up with the guided figures. We also looked at documents: the Annual Health Sector Performance Report, the police accident reports, reports from regional referral hospitals and so forth. Madam Speaker, let me go to some of the results on page 13. In 2018, the total number of accidents were 12,805. Of these 3,194 were fatal. In 2019, the total number of accidents are 12,858. Of these 3,407 were fatal. In 2020, 12,249 accidents occurred; 3,269 were fatal. In 2021, we had a spike, 17,443 accidents occurred and 3,757 were fatal. Madam Speaker, if I break it down to the magnitude of the injuries, and people killed: in 2018, 3,689 people died from accidents. Those seriously injured were 9,541, and those slightly injured were 1,881. In 2019, those who died were 3,880 and those seriously Injured were 9,635. Those slightly injured were 1,175. In 2020, those who were killed were 3,663, those seriously injured were 8,370, and those slightly injured were 979. Finally, in 2021, those who died were 4,159, the seriously injured were 12,589 and those slightly injured were 1,287. Madam Speaker, I would like to draw your attention to table nine. That is comparison of fatalities by road user groups. From that table - I wish the IT man could flush it - motorcyclists accounted for the biggest number of fatalities in all the four years, followed by passengers on motorcycles, followed by pedestrians. There is clear evidence to show that motorcycles, commonly known as boda boda s, are the biggest cause of injuries but most importantly, deaths from road traffic accidents. Page 15: causes of the crashes. We had reckless or careless driving, over speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol, and cars in dangerous mechanical conditions; the causes are up there. I would like to draw your attention to page 21: total admissions. Table 12 on page 21 shows the highest number of cases of admissions due to motorcycles, commonly known as boda boda s. If we break it down by sex, males were certainly more affected and these were males above five years, compared to females. I think it is quite clear on the table. I would like to draw your attention to table 22: again, the problem is boda boda s. Madam Speaker, on the issue of the costs that we pay, that is page 34 - Mr IT, can you please move to page 34? - We broke it down into the costs based on critical level four, critical level three and critical level one. The overall daily cost that we spend on treating accidents is Shs 877 million monthly. It comes to Shs 26 billion and annually, it comes to Shs 315 billion. That is what the sector needs to be able to treat victims of accidents. As Chairperson of the Committee on Health, I know very well that we do not appropriate this amount of money for accidents and

(NUP, Bukoto County South, Lwengo): Thank you, Madam Speaker. The issue I would like to emphasise is about the enforcers themselves. Sometimes you wonder what the traffic officers do on these roads. How dare a badly-loaded truck comes from Kabale to Kampala? How dare a smoking truck that dazzles everybody on the road moves up from Kabale to Kampala? How does a car in dangerous mechanical condition (DMC) move on the streets of Kampala, year after year? Therefore, unless the enforcers are up to their task, nothing will be done as far as reducing accidents is concerned.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Mine is a matter of national importance concerning the land that used to be for road maintenance camps along the highways in this country. The Ministry of Works and Transport used to have road maintenance camps land along the highways in this country, popularly known as Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) In my constituency, we used to have one in Kagando on Kabale-Kikagati-Mbarara Road and another in Rwamucucu. What is happening is that people have invaded this land, got titles and are fighting each other. For example, on 10 October 2022, the whole of Ruborogota Subcounty political leadership - that is, the subcounty chief, the LC III chairman and the Speaker - were arrested and detained overnight because they were fighting to save that land, which belongs to Ministry of Works and Transport. My prayers to the Minister of Works and Transport are: 1. Can we know whether the ministry still has interest in these parcels of land that used to be for road maintenance camps along the highways? 2. Can the minister, if still interested, carry out inventory verification of these parcels of land that used to be for road maintenance camps? 3. If the ministry is busy, can it delegate the management of these parcels of land to local governments such as subcounties to manage and protect them? I submit. Thank you.

Madam Speaker, indeed, we can observe the miscoordination. I do not know who the champion of this miscoordination is. I want to thank you, especially when you brought up the issue of the Parish Development Model. Everybody is thinking and dreaming about the Parish Development Model. Nobody is thinking about the critical infrastructure that we have in agriculture as well as the critical resources we have in agriculture. They are there thinking about the Parish Development Model, which is a myth - (Interjection). Madam Speaker, whoever says it is not a myth, I am from a constituency where in the 2021/2022 budget that ended on the 30 th of June, the money that was given to parishes has never been utilised – and you are telling people they are getting rich. Therefore, tell me whether it is not a myth. Madam Speaker, I witnessed the launch of the vaccine in Mbarara, but – you can imagine – the colleagues in the ministry are not aware. So, who is the champion of this miscoordination? Is it intended to misguide us? I think we need a bigger discussion because in my constituency, in the subcounty of Butogota, last night all the goats that came from Kabale were infected and they all perished. So, we need a bigger discussion, Madam Speaker, on this matter. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, you visited Kisoro and Kabale the last time - when you were supporting Hon. Kwizera - and you witnessed loadshedding.

5895 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2022 Article 225(1)(e) of the Constitution, gives the Inspector General of Government (IGG) powers to investigate such a matter. Luckily, Article 227 of the Constitution is very clear; the IGG reports to Parliament. Therefore, colleagues, we should change this recommendation so that the IGG can investigate, take action, and report to Parliament in one month. Otherwise, a forensic audit on a crack should be outright. I felt I should make these comments, as I open up the debate. Hon. Bahati, would you like to say something? But we will shoot down your debate. Let Members first debate and then I will call you. I will start with Hon. Cecilia Ogwal, the Member for Kabale, the Member for Terego, and our senior former minister, Hon. Baba, who is a senior diplomat. I will pick you, colleagues; so, do not worry. I combined the reports so that I can give you more time in terms of the debate. Two minutes each.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the committee for the report. I would like to talk about the issue of the building at Katuna. The challenge they cited has been cited before. The cracks they have seen were there, but the contractor continued. We went there, as the leadership of Kabale, and made a report. We recommended that this building be demolished because they were using poor quality materials, but they continued construction. Now, the building is complete, but the cracks are all over. Mr Speaker, the engineers are saying that even if they use it, it will collapse before 10 years. Now, the committee has given the Auditor- General six months to bring another report. Committees have gone there and given reports on the same issue. How can we keep going on like that, as Ugandans? Secondly, last month, we were in Kenya; you know we do exports, but they were clear that when our products reach the coast, they are of low value. So, they rebrand our – (Member timed out.)

5676 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT students from the various medical schools in Lira and beyond. This affected their NTR collections at the time. The committee notes that such shortfalls in revenue at the Vote level results into aggregate revenue shortfalls at the Treasury level, which, in turn, negatively affects implementation of planned activities at governmental level. The committee notes that Instruction 4.10.2 of the Treasury Instructions, 2017 requires planning and budgeting to be closely linked to the budget to reflect the entity’s policies over the period covered, and should represent a statement of intent against which performance is measured. Therefore, not budgeting for NTR undermines the importance of the budgeting process that affects the posting of the entity accounts. The committee, therefore, recommends that; 1. The entities should strictly plan for NTR in their budgeting process to avoid distortion in economic planning; 2. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should always provide technical assistance to entities in areas of economic planning and budgeting; 3. Entities should further look for ways of diversifying their revenue sources to ensure that they meet the targeted NTR thresholds. Delayed remittance of deductions to Uganda Consumers and Lenders Association (UCLA) and Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) Mr Speaker, the Auditor-General noted that in a significant number of referral hospitals, statutory payroll deductions were made without making timely remittances to the lending institutions, contrary to Paragraph 4.6.1 of the Establishment Notice No.2 of 2019, which requires payroll deductions to be remitted concurrently with salary payments. In the case of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, for example, deductions to a tune of Shs 151 million were not remitted in accordance with the above establishment notice. The accounting officer attributed this to system challenges. The committee did not believe him. For example, Masaka Regional Referral Hospital payroll deductions of Shs 222,282,880 were not concurrently remitted with salary payments in 10 out of the 12 months, with an average delay of 11 days. Such delays to remit deductions arising out of a loan obligation create accumulated arrears that expose the staff to increased loan burden through interest in surcharge. It also encumbers their financial cards, thereby curtailing their ability to access credit facilities in future. The committee recommends strict adherence to Paragraph 4.6.1 of the Establishment Notice No.2 of 2019, failure of which should attract sanctions to the accounting officer in question. Delayed Remittance of Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) deductions to URA The Auditor-General noted that a number of entities such as Mubende, Lira, Gulu, Kabale and Moroto regional referral hospitals delayed remittance of PAYE deductions to URA for periods ranging from 13 to 27 days, disregarding Section 123 of the Income Tax Act 1997, which requires withholding agents to remit to URA any tax that has been withheld or that should have been withheld within 15 days after the end of each month in which the payment subject to withholding tax is made. The committee noted that a number of entities delayed remittances of deductions to URA, contrary to the law. Accounting officers attributed this to system failures although the committee received no evidence of this communication to URA. It is also incomprehensible that these system failures would affect all entities the same way so as to attract similar delays.

5817 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2022 This model has an option of either contributing food in kind or cash for food rations. We all know that feeding is important for the health of our children and how poor learning, absenteeism and school dropout are partly caused by hunger in schools. Mr Speaker, Government started a pilot project to engage parents to start contributing towards feeding their children while at school, targeting at least one million children within Kampala Metropolitan Area – covering Entebbe, Kira, Makindye, Mukono and Nansana municipalities – and later to have it extended to the districts of Jinja, Mbale, Soroti, Lira, Gulu, Hoima, Kabale, Arua, Kabarole and Masaka, if well implemented. Government has secured a partnership between the Ministry of Education Sports and SNV Uganda, a Netherlands Development Organisation, which will help in subsidising the parents. As such, the parents will contribute between Shs 10,000 and Shs 20,000 each term to ensure their children are fed on milk at school. Mr Speaker, milk was chosen because it provides bone-building nutrients, specifically, calcium, vitamin D and magnesium, which are of high nutrition for both good health and development. Government has entered into partnership with processors who will design specific milk and yoghurt products for school children and distribute about 250mls (per quarter pint) of milk to each child per day for five days. Mr Speaker, the targeted level of school is pre- primary, primary and secondary school. We, therefore, urge honourable members and parents to embrace this programme for the better health of our children in schools and to improve their learning. Hon. Ronald Akugizibwe, Member of Parliament, Buruuli County, Masindi District. He said: “Census is a critical planning tool, which helps governments to plan for the future in terms of schools, hospitals, roads, urban infrastructure and more. For Vision 2020 to be achieved there is need to plan based on reliable statistics.” His prayer is that I update this august House on when Government intends to carry out a housing and population census. Mr Speaker, on Monday, 12 September 2022, Cabinet approved a plan to carry out a housing and population census, scheduled for 24 to 25 August 2023. The process is estimated to cost Shs 330 billion, which Government will mobilise in two financial years; that is, 2022/2023 and 2023/2024. The census will enable Government to establish the number of houses, the people and budget accordingly, in terms of service delivery to various regions. The census will be done digitally and data uploaded directly to the central server in Kampala. Mr Speaker, this year, the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, through the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, shall be procuring information technology (IT) devices, which will be used in the exercise. After the census, the smart gadgets will be used to carry out other studies such as agricultural census and administrative statistics, among others. Question No.5 came from Hon. Phiona Nyamutoro, the National Female Youth MP. She said: “There are about 13 million people in urban centres in the country. Over 50 per cent of Ugandans, by the year 2050, will be in cities, yet housing is still a challenge in urban centres. Last week, His Excellency the President launched a multi-billion housing project in Lubowa, under the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).” She asked: “What is the status of Solana- Lubowa Housing Project and its benefit to the people of Uganda?” My response, Mr Speaker, is that on Thursday, 8 September 2022, His Excellency the President commissioned the first phase of the Shs 1.4 trillion Solana-Lubowa Housing Project.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to interest myself In how the money was distributed. Madam Speaker, allow me to appreciate the work of the chairpersons and the committee members. They have tried to highlight the issues that have affected most of us. I come from the border between the other country and ours –(Interjections)- that one that borders Kabale. (Laughter) To assure you, Madam Speaker, some members from that side have our identity cards and they got the money, but our natives never got it. It was very sad. The majority cried, but we had no help. So, next time, Government or planners should go well aware of it. If they had not wanted to involve us as Members of Parliament, at least the involvement of village leaders would have been vital. Madam Speaker, if we go to the issue of private teachers, there are teachers who are employed by private schools and those who work part- time but are not employed and Government, each year, produces teachers with certificates. I would like to know, clearly: who are the private teachers that will be considered in this? Thank you.