Mukono District

411 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 JULY 2026 infrastructural, logistical and operational costs associated with the preparation for both the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 and AFCON 2027, including Uganda’s obligatory commitment fees to CAF. In addition, the Government has approved Shs 905 billion to meet contractual intersectoral funding and administrative requirements for AFCON 2027. Mr Speaker, the additional commitments include the following major interventions: 1. Support to the upgrading of selected hotels in Hoima and Masindi through a special credit facility, in accordance with CAF standards; 2. Upgrading priority access roads, pedestrian walkways and street lighting around Hoima City Stadium and Mandela National Stadium; 3. Construction of a passenger terminal at Kabalega Airport and operationalise the facility as an international airport; 4. Upgrade of Kadiba Stadium as a training facility and support preparations for the Uganda Cranes; 5. Support to the Local Organising Committee to undertake tournament- specific preparations across its subcommittees; 6. Remodelling and upgrade of Mandela National Stadium; 7. Deployment and improvement of ICT infrastructure at airports, hotels, stadia, training facilities and hospitals supporting the tournament; 8. Upgrade of designated health facilities in Hoima, Masindi and Buseruka to provide intensive care, accident and emergency services; 9. Strengthening of sanitation and environmental hygiene services in the host city, that is, Hoima City and Masindi Municipal Council; 10. Upgrade of meteorological services to support tournament operations; 11. Improvement to water-supply infrastructure in Hoima City; 12. Upgrade and maintenance of railway infrastructure serving Kampala, Mukono, Namanve and Namboole; 13. Extension of electricity infrastructure to key AFCON facilities, including Hoima City Stadium and Kabalega International Airport; 14. Promoting Uganda as a tourism destination under the AFCON brand; 15. Waiver of visa fees for visitors during the tournament period; and 16. Pursuit of a joint PAMOJA visa with Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania to ease the movement of fans and guests. Mr Speaker, the above-mentioned interventions will be directly implemented by the Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies responsible. I will repeat that. The above-mentioned interventions will be directly implemented by Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies responsible. The Minister of Education and Sports, and the LOC will play a supervisory role to ensure timely implementation of activities by MDAs and conformity to CAF standards. The detailed updates on infrastructure development in preparation for the AFCON tournament are as follows: 1. Hoima City Stadium Works for construction of Hoima City Stadium have been completed and the Defects Liability Period will expire in December 2026. During this period, the contractor will undertake remedial works to address comments made by CAF after their recent inspection. We expect the next inspection on 31 August 2026. 2. Mandela National Stadium The Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education and Sports and the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs for design and build works for the expansion of Mandela National Stadium, Namboole under phase II was signed on 26 February 2026. Under this phase, we expect, among others, the following:

413 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 JULY 2026 10. Support the upgrading of selected hotels in Hoima and Masindi through a special credit facility in accordance with CAF standards. In preparation for AFCON 2027, the Government, in consultations with CAF, has shortlisted prospective hotel owners whose facilities will be upgraded to meet the required accommodation standard. A total of Shs 101.1 billion has been earmarked to support hotel improvement works in Hoima City and Masindi. The funding will facilitate renovation works and provide interest rate support through the Uganda Development Bank for approved service providers. Regarding the proposed new hotel at Kabalega International Airport, a number of developers have expressed interest, and the evaluation of bids is scheduled to commence on Thursday this week. Mr Speaker, as of this morning, the Rt Hon. Prime Minister chaired a meeting between the hotel owners and Uganda Development Bank to agree on the modalities regarding the timeline for the line of credit versus the position the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the bank have given. I want to say the consultations are ongoing. I am also saying that we are cognisant of the time. 11. Construct a Passenger Terminal at Kabalega Airport. This intervention is awaiting the award of a contract and confirmation of financing for the outstanding funding gap to facilitate commencement of works. Government earmarked Shs 185 billion for that project to have a terminal in Kabalega Airport in Hoima. 12. Upgrade designated health facilities in Hoima, Masindi, and Buseruka to provide intensive care, accident and emergency Services. Hoima Regional Referral Hospital: Construction has reached the superstructure stage; Masindi Municipal Hospital: excavation works have been completed, and foundation concrete works are underway. Buseruka Health Centre III: Walling works are progressing towards the ring beam level, with roofing scheduled for completion by the Ministry of Works and Transport. These works are all undertaken by the UPDF’s Engineering Brigade. 13. Upgrade and maintenance of railway infrastructure servicing Kampala, Mukono, Namamve and Namboole. Construction of a passenger boarding and drop- off station at Kampala, Namboole, Namamve and Mukono, and refurbishment and retrofitting of locomotives to support passenger transport during AFCON 2027. 14. Deploy improved ICT infrastructure at the airport, hotel, stadia, training facilities, and hospital supporting the tournament. Installation of the Wi-Fi and CCTV systems at Mandela National Stadium, Hoima City Stadium, Akii Bua, 8 training facilities across Kampala, Hoima, Masindi, Gulu, and Lira, selected hospital tourism sites, and CAF headquarters in Kampala is ongoing. Mr Speaker, I wish to assure this House that the Government remains fully committed to delivering a successful AFCON 2027. We will continue to work closely with all stakeholders to ensure that the required infrastructure, services, and support systems are completed within the agreed timelines. As preparations progress, Government will keep this House regularly informed on implementation progress, key milestones achieved, and any emerging issues requiring attention. Before I conclude, Mr Speaker, allow me again to say Akii Bua Olympic Stadium is our backup stadium. 65 per cent of its work is done. It is

You are eating into the Prime Minister’s Time by raising procedural matters. But thank you. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, you need to meet the leaders from Hoima, Wakiso and Mukono - please, there is only one Speaker in the House. I am just mentioning a few, and you are intimidating me. Do you know the crisis you can have if I walked out unceremoniously? (Laughter) Rt Hon. Prime Minister, make an undertaking that you call and meet up with these Members so that they can raise - you are the coordinator and overall boss. They may raise matters of roads, electricity and lighting in those areas - yes, say something before we go to your time.

That is why some professionals need to be in the House. I made a case for Hon. Kateshumbwa. He is not on the Committee on Budget or anywhere near it. Government Chief Whip, you should take him there so that we can benefit from him. That issue affects all districts, not only Mukono. Honourable minister, Olina kyogamba ? (Laughter)

Mr Speaker, I feel I have to praise the President over this. If you compare the prices in Uganda with that of our neighbours, you will realise that the Government you have must stay. Honourable members, the policy of the Government taking over the importation of oil in this country was the best policy we have ever had. You can ask from the neighbours. Please do not make a survey in Mukono or Kampala here. Make a survey regionally and globally. You will appreciate that H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is the best President.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is also my maiden speech when you are in the Chair. I also extend a word of congratulations to you. Hon. Ssewungu is reminding me to receive and appreciate the leaders of the Bakiga Community from Kanungu. (Laughter) I welcome my leaders from Kanungu; we had already welcomed them. Mr Speaker, yesterday, 14 July 2026, Hon. Andrew Kaluya Kiiza, the Member of Parliament for Kigulu County South, raised a matter of national importance regarding the death of learners at Makerere College School, Mengo Senior Secondary School and Gayaza High School, which he attributed to a suspected new strain of malaria. I undertook, in my initial response yesterday to this House, to come up with a comprehensive statement on the matter. That is why I am here. I think Hon. Nambooze of Mukono had also raised that matter on the list of issues of national importance yesterday. On behalf of the Government of Uganda and the Ministry of Health, in particular, I extend our deepest condolences to the families, guardians, school communities and fellow learners of the four learners who have tragically lost their lives, and to the families affected by the other recent incidents at Naalya Secondary School, Ndejje Secondary School, Katakwi Secondary School and Kakiri Secondary School. No parent should send a child to school and receive news of this nature. So, we convey our condolences to the families. MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have the capacity to give a technical response to the issues being raised, but I have a limitation on time. That is why I have requested that you provide us time to do a workshop and be able to delve into the details of what the honourable members are raising, including examining the policy on malaria, like my sister from Mukono is saying: is there policy failure or not? All those issues, we can interrogate them when we have time. The good thing is that she is quoting reports from the Government and all that information. It is not true that the policy on malaria has failed per se, but we shall provide all those details, and also, with the previous Speaker, we did a lot of malaria research. We shall be able to share all those issues about vectors and many other transmission dynamics. What I can say is that we are going to work with the Ministry of Education and Sports to strengthen the school health programme so that we address those issues of having laboratory technologies, the nurses, train them on how to diagnose, prescribe and manage all these cases, not only malaria but other challenges which affect our children. The Minister of Education and Sports was reminding me that when the children are reporting for a new term, there is a form on their health which is supposed to be filled, but most parents ignore it. I think we shall keep reminding Ugandans that they should fill it so that the school managers know the health concerns of that learner, and they will be able to attend to that learner.

Hon. Nakawede – (Interjection)- Nakweede. Okay. You will forgive my pronunciation. Hon. Nakweede Harriet, Woman MP of Kayunga, my neighbour in Mukono. The Floor is yours for three minutes.

Rubaga health facilities also provide services to many people from the neighbouring districts such as Wakiso, Mukono and all over the country. This has caused the overcrowding of the health facilities in the division. Mr Speaker, Rubaga has a large low-income earning population facing multiple healthcare difficulties, with a complete lack of free specialised public health services provided in public referral hospitals. This forces the economically vulnerable families to pay high transport costs to get medical services from across the division’s borders. Mr Speaker, the Rubaga public referral hospital, if established, will also offer a solution to the problem of overcrowding in the surrounding public referral hospitals such as Mulago, Kawempe and Kiruddu. I also stand before this august House to sound a loud alarm about the crisis of massive youth unemployment, which has become the single greatest threat to the socio-economic stability and security in Rubaga. According to the 2024 national population and housing census, in Rubaga Division, over 41,400 young Ugandans, aged between 18 and 30, are classified as not employed – (Member timed out.)

Mr Speaker, I am fully aware of this road as it is very important within the Greater Mukono Sub-region. It is included in the National Development Plan as one of those roads that we are marking for financing in the very near future. The President has actually written a blue letter about this road.

I request - please, when the Speaker is speaking, you should be seated. Did you attend the induction? (Laughter) Okay, no, when the Speaker is speaking, even if you have a procedural issue and whatever, you wait until he finishes. I do not want to do induction on the Floor. (Laughter) Honourable Leader of the Opposition, I would suggest that you again, get all those names, we try to sit under the other forum, which this House knows about – that has the Prime Minister, the Minister for Security and others so that we follow up these cases and report back to the House. I found it more helpful. (Hon. Maseruka rose_) The youngest MP, a Mukonjo from Mukono. (Laughter) Isn’t he – Hon. Maseruka?

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.

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

To cut the story of Apio short - she had been married for 20 years, and she has got adult children, like 18 and so on, teenagers, but she had never handled Shs 1 million in her life. She did not have land. When she got the land, when she got the Shs 1 million, she did not have her own land. She had to go and hire three acres from somebody else, grow maize, sell the maize, put some of the money back into agriculture, and then buy those sheep the ones you saw. When I was there during campaigns, she told me she had now 60 sheep. For me I did not know about sheep. Who buys sheep? She is the one who told me that, “No, South Sudanese like sheep, they buy.” Therefore, our people are clever when supported. They even know things we do not know. I did not know anything about sheep. Even in my dreams, I cannot dream about sheep, but she knew that sheep have a market in South Sudan. Nabutono, I do not know who buys Ssekkokko. I have no idea. But they know. So what they lack is support. Therefore, I want the Kisozi model. I do not want to live in a parish with poor people. That is what I told them. N’abe Kikisozi nabagamba nti sagaala kulirana baavu. Njagala kugenda mu ggulu (I want to go to heaven.) I do not want the angels to block me, saying, “ You were in Kisozi, you had neighboring poor people, and you kept quiet.” I must tell you - I told them. Now, you saw the house of Lule - let us watch that video with that man - show it to us again, his house and the coffee plantation. ( A video presentation was made.) - The man of Kisozi - see the house, car, coffee - that is how they are now. Therefore, leadership is not for ego, but for the people and the country. In agriculture, it is possible to have a Pan-Ugandan rural transformation. In the Kisozi area, I have nine villages with 2,048 homesteads now. As of today, all 2,048 homesteads have joined the money economy with coffee, bananas, dairy farming, goat rearing, and poultry. You did not show us the video with my manager at Kisozi, Nalwanga. Don’t you have her video? I have got a girl whom I have educated from P2. She went to Ndejje, and she is the one managing - Nalwanga - these people do not like my useful people. Nalwanga tebamwagala wano . In the cattle corridor, most of the original families have joined the money economy through dairy farming. In order to stabilise agriculture, we are addressing the issue of irrigation. Apart from the big irrigation schemes such as Mobuku, Doho, etc., we are developing many micro solar-powered irrigation schemes, working with a British group known as Nexus Green. As we speak, they have worked with the Government to put solar-powered irrigation schemes in Ngora, Serere, Bukedea, Amolatar, Kwania, Apac, Kassanda, Masaka, Mukono. Those are some of the irrigation schemes. In conclusion, however, the two residual problems with the peasantry are, as I pointed out above, some of them still rely on okusetura , free range, which underutilises the land. A square mile of a well-cleared farm, no bushes, no muteete , no shrubs, no acacia, will cater for 300 long-horn cattle, including the calves. With pasture growing and zero grazing, a square mile will cater for 6,000 cattle.

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

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

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

3 THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026 57. Alum Santa Sandra Ogwang District Woman Representative Oyam UPC 58. Akoth Angella Nzokire District Woman Representative Tororo Independent 59. Alero Tom Aza West Moyo County Moyo NRM 60. Anywar Ricky Richard Agago West County Agago NRM 61. Aogon Silas Kumi Municipality Kumi Independent 62. Aol Betty Ocan City Woman Representative Gulu City PFF 63. Arinaitwe Jeniva District Woman Representative Rubirizi NRM 64. Arinaitwe Rwakajara Katambuka Workers Representative N/A NRM 65. Aseera Stephen Buhaguzi East County Kikuube NRM 66. Asiimwe Florence Akiiki District Woman Representative Masindi NRM 67. Attan Okia Moses Soroti East County Soroti City FDC 68. Kiconco Katabaazi Patrick Rukiga County Rukiga NRM 69. Atuhwereire Arthur Kazoora Ruhinda South County Mitooma NRM 70. Atukunda Rebecca Mubangizi District Woman Representative Kassanda NRM 71. Atuto Jacinta District Woman Representative Kapelebyong NRM 72. Atwijukire Boaz Katerera County Rubirizi Independent 73. Alupo Jessica Rose Epel District Woman Representative Katakwi NRM 74. Atwijukire Dan Kimosho Kazo County Kazo NRM 75. Acora Nancy Odonga District Woman Representative Lamwo NRM 76. Atyang Stella District Woman Representative Moroto NRM 77. Auma Janet District Woman Representative Amolatar UPC 78. Auma Kenny District Woman Representative Kwania UPC 79. Avako Melsa Naima Gule District Woman Representative Yumbe NRM 80. Anyango Janet Hope District Woman Representative Busia NRM 81. Ayagalachi Jamali Bukooli County Bugiri NUP 82. Achia Remigio Pian County Nabilatuk NRM 83. Ayepa Michael Labwor County Abim NRM 84. Ayoo Janeth Phoebe Obol District Woman Representative Gulu NRM 85. Apolot Christine District Woman Representative Kumi Independent 86. Ayume Charles Koboko Municipality Koboko NRM 87. Avur Jane Pacuto District Woman Representative Pakwach NRM 88. Atugonza Allan Buliisa County Buliisa NRM 89. Baatom Ben Koryang Dodoth West County Karenga NRM 90. Babirye Kityo Sarah Bukoto County East Masaka NRM 91. Babirye Milly Babalanda Budiope West County Buyende NRM 92. Ariko Herbert Edmund Okworo Gweri County Soroti NRM 93. Kakooza James Older Persons Representative Central NRM 94. Awor Betty Engola District Woman Representative Apac NRM 95. Engola Sam Erute County South Lira NRM 96. Baryomunsi Chris Kinkizi County East Kanungu NRM 97. Nabbanja Robinah District Woman Representative Kakumiro NRM (The House was suspended at 11.38 a.m.) (On resumption at 1.29 p.m., the Clerk presiding.) 98. Auma Linda Agnes District Woman Representative Lira NRM 99. Babanga Wilfred Erima Terego East County Terego NRM 100. Babula Noel Kataike Matilda District Woman Representative Budaka NRM 101. Bahireira Sylivia Tumwekwase District Woman Representative Kamwenge NRM 102. Bakireke Nambooze Betty Mukono Municipality Mukono NUP

Madam Speaker, I have heard the chairperson telling you that when we were at Munyonyo, we heard from the Governor, Bank of Uganda. I was so surprised because while the rest of us were in Munyonyo, we were never informed that even the Governor had got back to us. We are also told that 700 people sent memoranda to the committee but only 47 of them were accounted for. I feel so silenced. Is it your ruling that the people of Mukono should not be heard on this Bill?

My sister, Hon. Betty, the people of Mukono have been heard. You have spoken for over five minutes, raised your issues and we are going to address all of them. Honourable members, we have all the minority reports. All of you say you have issues on each clause. Why don’t we look at clause by clause? Hon. Odur has raised pertinent issues.

Seconded? Okay, seconded by Hon. Obua, Hon. Bahati, Hon. Amos, Hon. Katesh, Hon. Okasaai, Hon. Betty, Hon. Zijjan, Hon. Mpindi, Hon. Mukono, Alhaji, Hon. Lucy, Hon. Faith, Hon. Mudimi, Hon. Baka, Hon. Noeline, Hon. John and Hon. Kubeketerya.

18787 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 21 APRIL 2026 vehicles that were previously affordable for social workers, essential workers, and small traders unattainable. In this way, the policy imposes a hidden burden on the public even as it is presented in environmental reform. Such a policy should not be allowed to increase transport costs to citizens already struggling with high fuel prices and living expenses. Calling it an environmental measure risks reducing serious reform to mere justification for higher taxes. Clause 3: Environmental Consistency Madam Speaker, sound environmental policies value the principles of reuse, repair, refurbishment, and extended product life. Many older vehicles can be properly maintained and upgraded which is often a more responsible environmental choice than premature replacement. Mechanics, spare parts dealers, and garage workers depend on a steady market for repairable vehicles. Should the Bill further restrict the import and affordability of older vehicles, it will undermine these trades and weaken the culture of repair that supports both livelihoods and sustainability –(Interjections)- Yeah, fire entire gas in such case. Purchasing a new product does not necessarily advance environmental sustainability. In many instances, it encourages consumer waste, extending the lifespan of repairable vehicles, which is often more sustainable and an economically prudent path. Clause 3: effects on existing vehicles Madam Speaker, although the Bill does not directly impose new levies on vehicles already in use, its effects will be borne by current owners. As importing affordable used vehicles becomes more difficult and costly, replacement becomes impractical. Spare parts, too, are likely to become more expensive and harder to find as the market for older models contracts. A taxi operator in Mukono or Wakiso may find that replacement car spare parts have become prohibitively expensive. A small business owner in Jinja may be forced to postpone necessary repairs due to the scarcity of car spare parts. A family that would otherwise replace an ageing vehicle with a modestly priced imported car may find themselves compelled to continue using a deteriorating car. These are not hypothetical concerns, but the real burdens that this policy will impose. Even in the absence of direct taxation, the law will still penalise those who rely on existing vehicles by driving costs up, reducing options and forcing prolonged use under increasingly challenging conditions. Clause 3: goods vehicle exemptions Madam Speaker, the decision to exempt goods vehicles from the levy undermines the Bill’s environmental rationale. If vehicle age and environmental impact are truly issues, there is no credible reason to exclude goods vehicles, which contribute significantly to emissions and environmental strain. Trucks and lorries used for goods and construction also contribute to pollution and road wear. Their exclusion from the Bill strongly suggests that the policy is driven by convenience or political considerations.

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

Thank you. Madam Speaker, on the project on Industrial Parks Electrification Phase II, the intended project is to construct substations and power lines to supply power to industrial parks. This will include the Sukulu Hills in Tororo, Mbale Industrial Park, Kapeeka Park in Nakaseke, the Wobulenzi Park in Luwero, and Nakasongola-Kaweweta Defense Industrial Park, amongst others. Under the Kampala Metropolitan Transmission System Improvement Project, we intend to have an upgrade of the Kawaala, Mutundwe, Mukono, and Buloba-related infrastructure. Madam Speaker, the planned area of benefit is Kampala, Wakiso, and Mukono environs. Madam Speaker, there is the ORIO Mini Hydro and Rural Electrification Project. The ministry intends to undertake construction of the mini hydro infrastructure, 288-kilometre distribution network, and 71,081 last-mile connections, particularly intended for areas in Hoima, Nchweera, Igassa, and Nsongya. Forgive my pronunciation due to cultural challenges. On the Kiba Hydropower Project, the ministry is undertaking a feasibility study, the environmental sustainability impact assessment, and access works and stakeholder engagement for this mini project, which is intended to be constructed in Nwoya and Kiryandongo districts. The Oriang Hydropower Project is still the same, and it is intended to be located in Nwoya and Oyam districts. On the Ayago Hydropower Project, preparatory studies are to be undertaken, as well as stakeholder management activities. The same is in Nwoya and Kiryandongo areas. Under the Buyende Nuclear Power Plant site evaluation is going to be undertaken, including meteorological tower installation, seismic and groundwater monitoring, and a resettlement action plan finalisation. This project will be located in Buyanja Subcounty in Buyende District. Madam Speaker, on the geothermal development, there is an intention to undertake deep exploration and drilling, as well as undertake surface studies. This project will be in Kibiro in Hoima, in Panyimur in Pakwach, in Okidi in Amuru, Karungu in Rubanda, Ihimbo in Rukungiri, and Kabuga in Kasese. The electricity access scale-up project

18560 CONSIDERATION OF THE BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FY 2026/2027 viii) Shs 6.44 billion has been committed to ICT infrastructure deployment and improvement across airports, hotels, stadia, training facilities, and hospitals that will support AFCON 2027; ix) Shs 91.5 billion has been set aside for the upgrade of Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, Masindi General Hospital, and Buseruka Health Centre III to a required standard for intensive care, accident, and emergency response as stipulated by CAF; x) Shs 13.75 billion has been allocated to Hoima City, Masindi Municipality, and Kira Municipality to strengthen sanitation and environmental hygiene services during the tournament; xi) The government has also provided Shs 3.39 billion for the upgrade of the meteorological services; xii) Shs 6.2 billion has been identified for water supply infrastructure in Hoima City; xiii) Shs 23.33 billion is being allocated for the upgrade and maintenance of the railway at the central terminal, Kampala- Mukono line – Namanve and Namboole halt; xiv) Shs 4.6 billion has been dedicated to the construction of electricity lines to AFCON support facilities, including Hoima City Stadium and Kabaale International Airport; xv) Shs 37.85 billion has been committed for the destination marketing and promotion of Uganda under the AFCON 2027 brand; xvi) The Government has further committed to waive visa fees for all visitors to Uganda for a period of at least three months beginning one month before kick-off and ending one month after the final match; and xvii) Relatedly, the Government is pursuing a special-purpose joint Pamoja visa with Kenya and Tanzania to facilitate movement for fans and guests during the tournament. Madam Speaker and honourable members, the above-mentioned interventions will be implemented directly by the responsible government ministries, departments, and agencies. The Ministry of Education and Sports and the local organising committee will play a supervisory role to ensure the timely implementation of activities by the MDAs and conformity to the CAF standard. Honourable colleagues, our most significant challenge has been the area of sports infrastructure. I would like to assure the House that, following the Government’s commitments and decisive interventions, this matter has been addressed. The update regarding the development of sports infrastructure, in preparation for the tournament, is as follows: 1. Hoima City Stadium Works for the construction of Hoima City Stadium have been completed, and the defect liability period will expire in December 2026. During this period, the contractor will undertake remedial works to address the comments made by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the recent inspection. 2. Mandela National Stadium The Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education and Sports and the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs, for the design and build for works for the expansion of Mandela National Stadium under phase two, was signed on 26 February 2026. Under this phase, we expect, among others, the following: (a) Upgrading the seating capacity from 38,268 to 45,000 seater;

Yes. In the report, there was an issue with the train connecting from Mukono to Namboole. Does it involve buying new locomotives? The ones we have are quite embarrassing for us as a country, and I do not know what exactly is included in the figure you mentioned.

(NUP, Mukono Municipality, Mukono): Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I raise a matter of national importance touching the plight of 13 Ugandans who are said to have been arrested and imprisoned in a foreign country, Mauritius, to be specific. Madam Speaker, two of those people, Ssebuufu Deo and Sseluyange Yusuf Kayiwa, happen to be my constituents in Mukono. This country does not lose responsibility over its citizens in whatever situation they are, whether good or bad. First, the matter of national importance I want to raise is that I have information that 13 Ugandans are being held in different prisons in Mauritius. Two, that they have not received any assistance from home, and the families, specifically the family of Ssebuufu Deo, have approached me as the Member of Parliament. Therefore, Madam Speaker, I request that this matter of

17678 MINISTERIAL S T ATEMENT Wednesday, 6 August 2025 among others. You will find this business, like what we talked about yesterday, of how the children had an accident in a bus. I am told the driver was sleepy; it was moving at night. All those kinds of things are dangerous for us. We need to call upon everybody to be responsible on the road. If you know the road is bad, then be responsible enough for you not to get an accident. Relatedly, honourable members, there was also another accident in one of the schools in Mukono, where one of the children drowned in a swimming pool. I want to call upon the operators of schools to strengthen and ensure the safety of learners in their schools. They must take care of people’s children because if they do not do that, there will be uncertainty about what happens. People will lose confidence in these schools. They will not be sure whether they take their children to school, whether they are safe or not. We need to prioritise safety in all public spaces. Honourable members, pursuant to Rule 196(4) of the Rules of Procedure, Hon. Suubi Juliet Kyinyamatama, Woman Member of Parliament, Rakai, is hereby designated from the sectoral Committee on Education and Sports to the Committee on Lands. As I said yesterday, the Committee on Lands did not have a sufficient number for it to start operating. Now that the Government has not come in to designate, I have designated an independent. (Question put and agreed to.) IN THE PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA Official Report of the Proceedings of Parliament FIFTH SESSION - 7TH SITTING - FIRST MEETING Parliament met at 2.00 p.m. in Parliament House, Kampala. PRAYERS (The Speaker, Ms Anita Among, in the Chair.) The House was called to order. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

17685 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 6 AUGUST 2025 Honourable members, you will also recall that you heard His Excellency the President publicly communicate about the matter of the roads. Some of the things that he mentioned are: 1) The dangers of excessive reliance on external financing for all the development projects, citing abrupt and disruptive donor decisions that may impede the realisation of planned projects; 2) The need for self-reliance in financing development projects; He categorised the projects into three: i) The well-done new roads, such as the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, Kampala- Gulu Highway, the oil roads in Bunyoro, and excellent roads in municipalities such as Hoima, Gulu, Masaka, to mention but a few; ii) The very important roads that were initially good but have now deteriorated, such as Mityana-Mubende-Kyenjojo, Mukono-Jinja, Ibanda-Mbarara, and Mbarara-Ishaka highways. He attributes the deterioration to under-budgeting. iii) The local government roads used to be good, but have deteriorated because of the misuse of the Shs 1.3 billion allocated for maintenance. The President has directed the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to allocate Shs 3.2 trillion required for these roads alone. The President further undertook to have the following roads worked on: i) Mityana-Mubende-Kyenjojo; ii) Ibanda-Mbarara; iii) Ishaka-Mbarara; iv) Mukono-Lugazi-Jinja; v) Mpondwe; vi) Nebbi-Arua; and vii) Ntungamo-Rukungiri. His Excellency the President also indicated that the next manifesto will indicate other planned roads. In light of this, I will request the Minister of Works and Transport to explain to the Members, and then we will open the debate based on the President’s guidance.

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

17690 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT He then categorises the roads, and he says the very well-done new roads, and he talks about them. Then he talks about the very important roads that were initially good but have now deteriorated, such as Mityana-Mubende- Kyenjonjo, Mukono-Jinja, Ibanda-Mbarara and Mbarara-Ishaka. He attributes those deteriorations to under-budgeting. That is why I was saying that you give a lower lifespan because of the low amount of money, rather than giving a higher lifespan by giving enough money for those roads to be worked on. However, they said this money should be given to complete the most important roads, which are mentioned. The roads are there, which the minister has talked about. The President further undertook to have the following roads worked on: Mityana- Mubende-Kyenjonjo. I know you are very interested in the Mubende Road. Ibanda- Mbarara, Ishaka-Mbarara, Mukono-Lugazi- Jinja, Kikorogo-Mpondwe, Nebbi-Arua, and Ntungamo-Rukungiri; there are a number of them and that is why I was referring you to the NDP IV. I am happy there is only one person here, Hon. Masaba. Hon. Masaba, next is you, because you are going to talk with authority. Yes.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Mine is a quick one to the minister that would require to review that directive by the President on the way the Shs 3.7 trillion has been allocated to the roads. Madam Speaker, the President was very unequivocally categorical when he mentioned the road from Mukono-Lugazi-Jinja. It therefore leaves the whole of eastern Uganda missing out on this allocation of the Shs 3.7 trillion. That raises serious concerns because I have received numerous calls and the President brought it out very clearly. Western Uganda is a beneficiary; central is a beneficiary, and Northern Uganda is equally that. Doesn’t this horribly go in breach of the National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy (XII)? It clearly states on balanced and equitable development that, the Government should ensure, in the allocation of the budget or resources, balanced and equitable development or rather sharing out of the resource. That is a serious concern. Secondly, the issue of the false hopes - let me not call them “false hopes,” because I trust you. I have interacted with you and you have promised that this time round, for the Bududa circular road, you have already procured a contractor. However, what would have required your ministry, which is managing the National Roads Maintenance Programme - it covers both paved and unpaved roads. This road has had a very important bridge, which has cut off access to the hospital for the people from Kenya, Namisindwa, Manafwa and the other side of Mbale. We expected, after you made another promise, which has never been honoured, to have had an emergency operation to have that bridge fixed. It was your colleague who made that pledge. Could you please consider it as an emergency that requires urgent intervention, because the hospital can no longer be accessed? Thank you.

I think next time we need to be smarter. Let us get to know what is happening before we come to the House to avoid embarrassment. Honourable members, in the public gallery, we have NRM party registrars and village chairpersons from Gweeri County, Soroti District. They are represented by Hon. Adeke Anne. You are most welcome. Please stand up. Thank you. The flag bearer of that area is Hon. Ariko Herbert Edmond. You are most welcome. Thank you so much for coming. In the public gallery this afternoon, we have pupils and teachers from Bishop West Boarding School, Mukono. They are represented by Hon. Bakireke, Betty Nambooze, and Hon. Nabukeera. You are most welcome, children. Thank you for coming. Join me in welcoming them. Still in the public gallery, we have pupils and teachers from Giving Tree Primary School, Buikwe South. They are represented by Hon. Dr Lulume and Hon. Diana Mutasingwa. You are most welcome. Thank you so much for coming. Again, in the public gallery is a delegation of the Nubian community from Katikamu, Luwero. They are represented by Hon. Kirumira Hassan and Hon. Brenda Nabukenya. They are here to observe the proceedings on their petition. They

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

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

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

17545 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 12 JNUE 2025 pick something and put it there. These ones are digitalised number plates with a central command post. You touch it, and the alarm goes off. This is the work of the digital number plates, not collecting fines and so on. (Applause) I think the confusion about fines could be because we did not have money, and we told these people to do the number plates and maybe recover the money from those who make mistakes through fines. I do not know; I think that is where the confusion started. However, the issue is that the number plate is digitalised. Every vehicle must have a digital number plate, traceable by the central machinery/central command, to know which pikipiki were in this area at this time, and which cars were in this area. These number plates, which are put on and off, are meaningless. This is the whole thing about the digital number plates. It is not about money, fines, or what; no. It is about security. That boy, such a young person, was killed. They are acting with impunity. This is what I cannot accept. Look at this one. He was killed in Mukono, I think. Yes, killed. Then, we must now go to the cameras, but sometimes the cameras also – they cover their faces; it is not easy to know. The number plates are forged. No. This is the purpose of the digital number plates. It is about security, not money, fines, or what. Rubbish. Apwoyo Matek; Lubanga tie. (Applause)

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Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to join you in passing on my commiserations to the catholic community in Uganda and the world at large on the passing of Pope Francis and also congratulate you and the catholic community on the attainment of a new Pope, Pope Leo XIV. We will discuss some more when we are paying tribute. I am glad you have varied the Order Paper for that to happen. I have a quick procedural matter that I seek your indulgence on, to help us deal with certain matters. This Parliament, where we sit, passes laws - the Parliament that you, Madam Speaker, head. We are pretty much the custodians of the Constitution, which was passed by Parliament and the laws attendant to that. Madam Speaker, Article 21 of the Constitution of Uganda provides that nobody is above the law. We are all equal under the law. Article 28 of that same Constitution provides for a right to a speedy hearing before a court of competent jurisdiction when anybody is suspected of having committed any crime. My challenge is that we continuously see people in Government offices operating as if they are above the law. That is problematic, and this is a matter we have raised here. You have commented about it, but it seems like it continues unabated, which bothers me. On the 27 th of April, a gentleman called Edward Sebuufu - many people know him as Eddie Mutwe, was abducted from Mukono where he had gone for a function and was missing for a couple of days. We went to file a matter before the police, but they said they did not know him and the Spokesperson of Uganda Police Force said that they did not know where that person was. A few days later, the Chief of Defence Forces of this country, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, spoke about this matter and said, “I have got this person, I am teaching him Runyankore, I am disciplining him…” and so many other things that he said. He displayed a picture of him naked with bruises. Meanwhile, we were continuously, together with the family of this man and lawyers, looking for where this person was. However, somebody said he had him in his basement. Eight days later, he was produced at the Masaka Court, which we were happy about because we were saying that if he had committed any offence, produce him in a court of law. He was produced in court, limping with bruises. Police, which should have ideally been holding him only for 48 hours, did not know where this person was.

Mr Speaker, some of us here represent constituencies from Buganda. When we go back to our constituencies, the Baganda, on whose behalf the Kabaka holds the property that were mentioned here, ask us questions. It is from this House that we are supposed to get answers. Wouldn’t it be procedurally right, if it would please you, that this House is briefed, specifically about the issues that have been raised by the Leader of the Opposition, instead of the Attorney-General keeping information to himself and saying “I am discussing with those people”? For some of us, this is where we are supposed to get information from. He has said that nobody is complaining. The Baganda in Mukono are; so, you cannot say that no one is complaining – you are negotiating. Those are the people that I represent here. The matter that has been raised here, Mr Speaker, came out prominently during the celebrations of the Kabaka’s birthday. They are saying the Kabaka is owed a lot of money that is supposed to run the kingdom’s activities and his personal administration, but that the Government is not paying him. Up to Shs 150 million that has already been cleared - Wouldn’t it be procedurally right for the Attorney-General to come with a report to this House instead of hiding in talks, the outcome of which he cannot prove are taking place? This is an official matter, where we cannot allow the Attorney-General to hide information from Parliament. In any case, the money is supposed to be appropriated by this House.

Thank you. Honourable colleagues, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have a group of 29 sugar cane growers from the Greater Mukono Sugar Cane Out-Growers Cooperative Society. They are represented by Members of Parliament from the Greater Mukono region. They have come to observe the proceedings of this House. Please, join me in welcoming them . (Applause) I can see some of the faces that we had in the negotiations. Thank you. Honourable colleagues, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have a group of scouts and Girl Guides leaders from the Uganda Scouts and Girl Guides Association, who have been participating in the meeting with regards to the amendment of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Act. They are here to observe proceedings of the House on the invitation of Hon. Ssasaga, Member of Parliament for Budadiri East, [The Deputy Chairperson] THE SUGAR (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2023

16786 THE MORTGAGE REFINANCE INSTITUTIONS BILL, 2024 14. Vote 722 – Moroto Municipal Council - Shs 137,831,048; 15. Vote 724 - Mukono Municipal Council – Shs 157,843,584; 16. Vote 726 – Nebbi Municipal Council – Shs 38,895,597; 17. Vote 729 - Rukungiri Municipal Council - Shs 11,011,184; 18. Vote 730 - Sheema Municipal Council - Shs 4,109,634; 19. Vote 802 – Adjumani District - Shs 19,860,000; 20. Vote 803 – Agago District - Shs 81,984,000; 21. Vote 807: Amuria District – Shs 57,525,000; 22. Vote 808: Amuru District – Shs 1,271,000,000; 23. Vote 811: Budaka District – Shs 45,500,000; 24. Vote 812: Bududa District – Shs 99,504,000; 25. Vote 813: Bugiri District – Shs 107,555,970; 26. Vote 817: Bukedea District – Shs 235,603,000; 27. Vote 821: Buliisa District – Shs 31,440,000; 28. Vote 827: Butambala District – Shs 31,633,858; 29. Vote 828: Butebo District – Shs 15,360,000; 30. Vote 832: Gomba District – Shs 31,395,000; 31. Vote 836: Iganga District – Shs 37,200,000; 32. Vote 835: Ibanda District – Shs 12,000,000; 33. Vote 837: Isingiro District – Shs 2,633,333,265; 34. Vote 842: Kaberamaido District – Shs 31,589,664; 35. Vote 844: Kakumiro District – Shs 448,858,700; 36. Vote 847: Kaliro District – Shs 310,200,761; 37. Vote 848: Kalungu District – Shs 6,117,000; 38. Vote 849: Kamuli District – Shs 65,029,474; 39. Vote 853: Kapelebyong District – Shs 88,207,238; 40. Vote 854: Karenga District – Shs 39,240,000; 41. Vote 855: Kasese District – Shs 142,590,000; 42. Vote 857: Katakwi District – Shs 157,861,200; 43. Vote 858: Kayunga District – Shs 11,270,000; 44. Vote 862: Kibuku District – Shs 399,326,980; 45. Vote 863: Kikuube District – Shs 127,115,012; 46. Vote 866: Kisoro District – Shs 78,755,970; 47. Vote 867: Kitagwenda District – Shs 700,600,000; 48. Vote 868: Kitgum District – Shs 117,742,657; 49. Vote 870: Kole District – Shs 64,680,000; SUPPLEMENTARY EXPENDITURE SCHEDULE NO.3 FOR FY 2024/2025 [The Chairperson]

16643 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 6 MARCH 2025 He can probably explain whether the actions in Kawempe were a punishment in retribution and then probably educate us on their space in the laws of the land, given some illegal military parade alluded to in the statement. Secondly, the honourable member, I forget the name, referred to the fact that if the EC is constrained and stretched, they can make requests for backup. May we know from the minister whether there is such a request from the Electoral Commission, and if so, whether they specifically requested personnel from the Joint Anti-Terrorism Taskforce (JATT) to support them, not any other security agency? They need to also explain to us the nature of the stress that compelled them to make that request. Three, the people involved in the videos and on the ground are all hooded. May we ask the minister under what circumstances people enforcing the laws of the land would be hooded and hide their identity while executing a public duty? This can also help us advise citizens on their mode of hooding themselves to counter. The point I am making is that we are running into a dangerous territory where purported law enforcement is being done by people without identification, which is why you have heard between police and the army, each denying knowledge of the hooded individuals. So, may we know whether there was a mutiny in one of the security forces or whether the military is experiencing a mutiny, and therefore, some personnel are acting out of hand? If so, we can alert the nation that there are some hoodlums at large capable of harming the public because they have no identity; they have no identifiable command and control. They are like wolves on the street. Very finally, Mr Speaker, Hon. Bashiisha, a very honourable lady, with pain, alluded to the fact that she had that experience in her territory during the last election. The three people, the victims, were not even involved. Nobody involved or not involved should ever be a victim of a civil - (Member timed out.) MR ABDALLAH KIWANUKA (NUP, Mukono County North, Mukono:) Thank you, Mr Speaker. I happen to be one of the victims who were subjected to inhuman treatment on Sunday. I was bounded into a “drone”; tortured, slapped, pushed under the chairs of the “drone” and told not to look in front anywhere until I was - I found myself having been dropped at Kawempe Police Station. This happened in the eyes of only one person who I happened to identify; the Division Police Commander (DPC) of Kawempe. When I reached Kawempe, I was slapped in front of the camera at the reception of the police station. There is a camera. I was undressed of my red overall attire, and I was told that that is an army attire. I asked him to tell me when it became an attire. Mr Speaker, everyone here can tell his or her own story. In my own constituency, Mokono North, I take it that I went through the worst election, and I was the last to be declared, after everyone else here. Why? Somebody tried to use Special Forces Command (SFC) and the army to abduct me. It is from my constituency that most of those people you are hearing about, who were abducted, came from. It started like that, and this is what is happening in Kawempe. Muhammad Kanatta and Yudah Ssemmpijja, who are from my constituency, have never been traced again -(Member timed out.)

Thank you so much, Madam Speaker. It will help us to give them the right information as their members of Parliament. Secondly, Madam Speaker, I would like to thank you for also taking into consideration the case of the student that we lost. Almost every year, we lose students in mysterious circumstances. In my constituency, there was a time we buried a girl who was found dead in her bed at one of the Mukono schools. There is a boy who was burnt in a certain school - we have seen these things in the media and I would like us, as leaders and government, to take action. Thank you so much, Madam Speaker. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR [Mr Edakasi]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Nambooze for bringing up such a question that touches everybody. I would like to inform this House and the country that the Ministry of Works and Transport is fast-tracking the Kampala-Jinja Express Highway. Secondly, Mr Speaker, the drivers on that road, especially those big trucks carrying fuel, have been advised to use Mukono-Katosi-Jinja road so that they avoid the traffic around that corner.

That is right, Mr Speaker. I agree with you, but for now, I thought I was giving information that can be used as we wait for the Minister of Works and Transport to come in. They had put a signpost to divert drivers who are using that highway to use the Mukono-Katosi-Jinja route because those are big ones. Then, between Kampala and Mukono – (Interjections) – can I finish? Between Kampala and Mukono, there is railway transport that has been improvised now so that those people can use it. I thank you.

15990 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT Members also argued that their constituents have incurred a lot of costs associated with transportation and wastage of a lot of time on commuting to and from their villages to the subcounty. The Electoral Commission confirmed to the committee that it had indeed supplied registration kit at subcounty level, rather than at the parish or ward level. However, the EC clarified that the kit was supposed to rotate at parish levels on different days during the exercise. According to the EC, the total number of kit deployed for this exercise is 2,703 biometric enrolment kit, instead of the required 5,000 kit. The distribution was made based on the subcounties, except for Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono which have been allocated additional kit per parish or ward. The EC confirmed that it had received 35,000 out of 36,000 tablets from Uganda Bureau of Statistics and the remaining tablets were undergoing verification before issuance to EC. According to the EC, the kit obtained from UBOS is not suitable for this exercise, since they lack some of the features needed to carry out this work. The committee was informed that the 36,000 kits obtained from UBOS would be used for purposes of biometric voter verification during polling day. The committee observed that the practice of registering voters at the subcounty in some areas of the country, instead of the parish or ward, contravenes section 20 of the Electoral Commission Act. The committee notes that this practice was born out of expediency due to the few numbers of kit that was made available to the EC. The committee is aware that whereas the EC had requested for 5,000 biometric enrolment kit, only 2,703 biometric enrolment kits were made available. In order for the EC to comply with its statutory duties, it made the practical decision of distributing the available kits based on subcounties, in order to ensure that the exercise is carried out within the prescribed time. The committee notes that currently, Uganda has 2,211 subcounties/municipal divisions/ town boards, 10,690 parishes/ wards, 70,000 villages/cells, 11 cities, 146 districts, 302 counties, 31 municipalities and 34,000 polling stations. And if the kit for registration was to be stationed at every parish or ward, as required under section 20 of the Electoral Commission Act, the EC would require 10,690 kit, a number that is currently out of their reach. The committee finds that the kit available to EC was insufficient, making it difficult for the EC to have full time kit at every parish or ward. Therefore, the committee also finds that the insufficient numbers of kit deployed for voter verification has affected the ability of the EC to carry out the voter verification exercise smoothly and with little disruption to the normal lives of the people of Uganda. Recommendations In light of the above, the committee recommends that: 1. The EC should consider extending the deadline for the voter verification exercise, in light of the challenges faced in the process. (Applause) 2. The Government should prioritise procurement of election kit and other ICT equipment needed by EC; and 3. The EC, in compliance with section 20 of the Electoral Commission Act, should ensure that the voter verification exercise is carried out at the parish or ward. The other issue was the functionality of the kits used for voter verification and update. Members were concerned about the functionality of the registration kits and have argued that they are obsolete and constantly break down, thereby delaying the registration process.

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, this goes directly to the Attorney- General and the minister for finance. As you are aware, under Section 25(3) of the Public Finance Management Act, a minister has powers to appropriate 10 per cent of the budget without coming to Parliament. This 10 per cent arises from Section 26 of the same Act, pertaining to the Contingency Fund, which is 3.5 per cent of the total budget. I want you to confirm to us that you do these budgets intentionally so that you can have the 10 per cent without a recourse to Parliament. If not, why don’t we amend the law to say that, “Instead of the approved budget, what was spent the previous financial year should be applicable.” Two, Mr Speaker, they talked about ghost schools, and how education is very important. I have seen a school in Mbale, called Mbale Secondary School. It is under the schools called faith-based or government-aided. Mbale Secondary School is 100 per cent a government-aided school. How do you leave schools, that are meant to benefit, and you put Mbale Secondary School? This is on page 386, number 162. I want the committee to explain to us how they brought in a ghost school, which is already a government-aided school. In fact, we would propose that that money be applied to start Mbale University, which all of us are clamouring for. Mr Speaker, I have noticed in these budgets every year that, if you look through the lists of those projects that are going to be implemented, you notice that they have been brought here year in, year out, like the schools, health units, and whatever. Why do you recycle? We need a commitment from the Government that if anything stays - because these are millions – by the way, these are the schools that always appear, and we do not know how they get onto the list. I had my brother saying that they proposed four seed schools in their area, and none appeared. They must tell us the criteria for choosing these schools and health centres. This is becoming very interesting. Is it because you are Members of the budget committee, that you include on the list what belongs to you? This must be explained to us. This may be the reason the President returned the last budget saying, “You are making mistakes.” For the first time, we must deal with how these lists got to the budget committee. Three, Mr Speaker, I have here, a school in Kampala. I can say it is in Mukono. They are charging Shs 3,865,000. It is a private school but is headed by one person on the Front Bench – (Interjections) – per term, about Shs 4 million. That is a school MPs can afford – (Interjections)- exactly . That is a very expensive school. That means the recourse for other poor Ugandans is public schools - if a public school is not in an area with good teachers, we are in trouble. I want to make a proposal - the Government right now has created many subcounties. Those that used to be villages are now subcounties. Those that used to be subcounties are now

Mr Speaker, thank you. I also rise to support both the majority and minority reports. However, as Hon. Okeyoh said, the budget allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in most cases does not address the fisheries resources yet it is a sleeping giant unexplored. I want to call upon the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to liaise with the agriculture minister because every other time they appear, they tell us they do not have the budget. We hear of agricultural support for the animal and crop sectors but our fishing communities also require that they be addressed. A comprehensive approach that will also bring on board the fishermen; fishmongers or the ones that rear fish, can raise income to support the economy, the way the Hon. Namugga has said. Mr Speaker, in the Budget, we must address the issue of water transport. I want to give an example of a water space between Ggaba and Bbule along Ggaba Road. This road can decongest Jinja Road if there was a vessel that joined Mukono and Ggaba. This route would be decongested and people would join the Nyenga route. Many other routes are shorter on the water bodies here, but the Government does less about developing water transport. Needless to mention are the songs we have been singing about water transport to the distant island constituencies. The Government should, if we are not able to do it using our Budget, give incentives to investors from nearby countries. We have been to Tanzania and Kenya, where the private sector has these vessels. They should give them incentives to come and operate on our waters such that we have safe transport on our water bodies. Mr Speaker, I want the Government to adopt an

Honourable member for Mukono?

Thank you, Mr Speaker. In 1983, we had a chief rebel in this country – (Interjection) - they know him. When he was fleeing, he went through Mukono to

15758 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT indicate that local leaders are supportive, but we acknowledge the need to involve them more. The commission has established a system for receiving and handling complaints arising out of this exercise. This includes establishment of a query/complaints desk at the Electoral Commission headquarters that receives and responds to complaints and emerging issues. Mr Speaker, concerning the adequacy of kits allocated for the exercise, the commission is conducting the exercise using kits provided by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA). The total number of kits deployed for this exercise is 2,703 kits. Our need was 5,000 kits. The distribution has been made, based on the subcounties, except for Kampala Capital City, Wakiso, and Mukono districts, which have been allocated additional kits per parish or ward. Our update officials and supervisors are providing a schedule on the rotation and movement of kits, and informing the people of when and where the kits will be on a particular day, to ensure coverage of the target population. The update teams are supported by technical teams or trouble-shooters that respond to machine issues as and when they arise. Mr Speaker, it is true that some technical problems (faulty machines) have been reported in some stations. The equipment being used was first procured for the 2014/2015 mass enrolment registration exercise under the National Security Information System (NSIS) Project, the predecessor to NIRA. This explains the reported cases of breakdowns. Our teams have been on standby to respond to any reported malfunctions. Mr Speaker, on the issue of the requirement for a recommendation from the Gombolola Internal Security Officer (GISO) and the District Internal Security Officer (DISO), we wish to guide that this applies to first-time applicants and is based on the need to verify citizenship. Please note that only verified citizens qualify to be on the voter register and the agency responsible for ascertaining citizenship is NIRA. The Electoral Commission engaged the leadership of Uganda Police and the sister security agencies to facilitate the new applicants with such letters to complete their applications. Mr Speaker, in conclusion, the Electoral Commission is cognisant of the challenges that have been identified in these first days of the exercise but we are confident that with the mechanisms put in place to address them and with the heightened awareness created by our teams that are based at the parish level, who are mobilising the communities on the operational plans regarding venues, time and requirements for completing the exercise; the time allocated will enable Ugandans to register and update their particulars. The commission appeals to all stakeholders, including the honourable members of Parliament to support the mobilisation and call on their constituents to participate in the exercise. The registration centres in the parishes are working daily during this update exercise, from 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., including weekends. I beg to submit.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am not joining my honourable colleagues in thanking the minister because: i. The minister was moved to come here and I do not know why they do not deliberately give information to this House. ii. The statement he has given is full of misinformation, and it is wanting. Mr Speaker, at most, in my opinion, a kit should be at the polling station because when you think about a parish, people will require money to travel to those places. They have 2,700 kits for 10,595 parishes in Uganda. From those two figures, you realise that this is just a drop in the sea. It is not true that each parish in Mukono has been given a kit and that we have even received more. The fact of the matter is that each subcounty in Mukono has been given one kit. For subcounties with say 10 or more parishes, each parish is supposed to be with the kit for only one day - Am I safe? Special Forces Command (SFC) - the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) said he would beat my committee members.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. In the district called Mukono, where I come from, there is gazetted land for forests. This land has seriously been encroached on under the protection of armed officials. I would like to ask the Prime Minister whether the Government has given up on this land, so that we can also encourage our people to come and settle on it. It has severally appeared in the press, several petitions have been made; people have created freehold titles, Government is only protecting some special people with guns; our people are landless. Should we encourage our people to also come and settle on this land under the Namyoya Forest Reserve?

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

Thank you very much, my brother. The policy of the Government is very clear. We do not provide universities in every district. I know there is Uganda Christian University, Mukono. It is not a public university but people can use that facility – (Interjections) – I am being sincere to you. This Government is moving steadily. You are aware that Uganda Christian University, Mukono is a private one. However, Mukono is under Buganda. Buganda has Makerere, Kyambogo and Nakawa. We have very many within this subregion. I know that with the continuity of the NRM, I believe we shall have even universities in districts. (Laughter)

Two, on seed secondary schools, the policy of the Government is that we have a public secondary school in every subcounty. I will provide the statistics of Mukono because I have them and all other areas, in case you need information, to see how far we have gone. However, with the steady progress of the NRM under the wise leadership of President Yoweri Museveni, we shall handle most of these issues, one by one until all the districts are covered.

15676 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT The majority of the facilities were operating without power services because of a lack of connection to the power grid, while others such as Mbale City abattoir were disconnected due to unpaid power bills. Sanitary Facilities The major sanitation facility was VIP latrines. Out of the l9 facilities visited, only nine (that is 47 per cent) had VIP latrines. The condition of the latrines, however, was very poor, manifested by lack water supply, dilapidated structures, smelly and many lacked demarcations for the male and female staff. Some facilities such as the Hoima City abattoir did not have a latrine facility while others such as City Abattoir, Kalerwe, and Mukono had a shared facility with the market vendors. Functionality of the waste management and disposal processes The facilities visited lacked proper waste disposal systems. By the nature of their operations, slaughterhouses generate a lot of solid and liquid waste such as rumen, dung, blood, and condemned internal organs, among others. The poor disposal poses significant environmental concerns such as pollution, operational hygiene and sanitary conditions in and around the slaughter facilities. Waste segregation and storage With the exception of the Mbarara new City Abattoir, nearly all the facilities lacked a waste storage management system. What was common in all the facilities was that the waste was cast in open spaces but segregated according to type. For example, Masaka and Mbarara city abattoirs had segregated spaces for keeping hooves and cow dung. In Mbarara, the segregated liquid was, for instance, channelled into a fish pond which was built for the purpose of consuming waste from the abattoir while the excess was channelled into the lagoon. Disposal Only three (16 per cent) of the facilities visited had drainage systems. Some of the facilities which had drainage systems and lagoons to which liquid waste was disposed include Masaka City abattoir, Mbarara City modern abattoir, Jinja City abattoir and the Pork Master Ricks in Masaka. The drainage systems for other facilities were in a poor status. The City Abattoir drainage runs into Nakivubo Channel while the drainage systems of Masaka, Kalerwe, Masindi were stagnant and visibly too old to provide appropriate drainage which caused stenches and pollution. Availability of incinerators and records The majority of the facilities had no functional incinerators to destroy condemned internal body organs, carcasses, and condemned animals unfit for human consumption. Only Iganga Municipal abattoir, KCCA, and Kalerwe had smal1 incinerators which were visibly less functional and inadequate. Considering the huge traffic of cattle, especially at the City Abattoir, the need for a modern and functioning incinerator is important for taking care of the condemned animals and inedible carcasses. Other facilities such as Iganga, Lira, and Mbale destroyed solid waste and condemned parts by burning, causing unnecessary environmental pollution. Lagoons The slaughtering process involves bleeding, skinning, dressing, and postmortem inspection. At this stage blood, urine, faecal matter, and other secretions are produced. Inadequate sanitary and hygiene conditions can lead to direct meat contamination and further expose the workers to various diseases and antibiotic- resistant strains of bacteria. Improper waste disposal and non-compliant effluent discharge can further result in water and air pollution and water-borne diseases.

15677 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 22 JANUARY 2025 Slaughterhouses can, therefore, impact public health and environmental health. During the oversight, the committee observed that some facilities had lagoons into which they disposed of the wastewater. That is Lira, Masaka, Mbarara, and Masaka pig slaughter facilities, Fort Portal, Iganga and Mukono. Others such as the City Abattoir and Kalerwe did not have a natural lagoon, hence disposing their liquid waste into Nakivubo Channel and Kalerwe swamps, respectively. The cases of Kalerwe, Masindi, Masaka and Hoima were worse because the drainage had stagnated. The drainage areas were visibly very dirty and stained with black material. The Masindi Municipal abattoir drainage was blocked; therefore, all liquid waste had stagnated. The stagnated waste and water emits a bad smell and is also a breeding area for maggots, which were evident, and a constant presence of houseflies. Recommendations (i) The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) should come up with dedicated standards for waste management for the different levels of slaughterhouses. (ii) All the facilities should have functional incinerators for the destruction of both animals and carcasses unfit for human consumption. (iii) The operators of the slaughterhouses should invest in value addition so that they add value to some of the by-products like animal hides, skins, and milk. This will facilitate sustainable utilisation of slaughterhouse waste and the challenge of solid and effluent waste management will be managed. This can take the form of processing solid waste such as cow dung into farm manure and others such as inedible carcasses for fish ponds, while the blood can commercially be processed into chicken feeds. (iv) District, city, and municipal authorities should provide Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) materials to guide the personnel on the dos and don’ts of waste disposal and handling of liquid and solid waste from abattoirs. (v) NEMA should constantly conduct environmental impact assessments before construction and develop sustainable practices that minimise habitat disruption. Environmental concerns The committee notes that Section 9 of the National Environment Act (NEA), Cap 181 stipulates NEMA as the principal agency in Uganda for regulating, monitoring, supervising, and coordinating all activities relating to the environment. Specifically, the establishment of abattoirs is regulated by the Authority under Section 113, Schedule 5(7)(f) of the NEA, which provides for activities and slaughterhouses to undertake an Environmental and Social Impact assessment (ESIA) before the commencement of their activities. Therefore, NEMA has a key role to play in ensuring that abattoirs operate in a healthy environment and that they do not negatively impact the environment. The committee was informed that as of September 2024, only 21 abattoirs in different locations had conducted and submitted to the Authority, ESIAs for consideration of decision. The ESIAs identify potential significant environmental and social impacts of abattoirs/ slaughterhouses and how these impacts can be mitigated to prevent or minimise harm to the environment. Recommendations i) NEMA and local authorities such as District, City, and Municipal Health and Environmental Offices should conduct constant monitoring and supervision to ensure that all guidelines concerning

That is very right. Honourable colleagues, I am going to give you two minutes each so that we can pick – Hon. Judith Alyek and Hon. Wandwasi. I will pick Hon. Najjuma, Hon. Ssewanyana, and the Mukono and Kampala Members. I am going to give as many of you as possible, but let us be quick so that we accommodate many Members.

I think it is our bodies being resilient -(Laughter)- have you seen these mad people who are moving around, do they get stomach problems as a result of whatever they eat? They have resilient stomachs. I think we have resiliency - (Laughter) Let me have Mukono, then Najjuma. I still have you guys. Colleagues, you want to leave me here? We are still together. For better, for worse.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the committee for having visited Mukono and you saw how pathetic the place was. To me, I want to talk about the laws. We should also, before giving a license to these abattoir owners first go and investigate the area and see whether the guidelines or the requirements that are needed for one to have an abattoir are in place and they are followed. Municipal councils and NEMA should do routine check-ups to see that the abattoirs are in good condition. With that, we will prevent all this that we are saying. I thank the committee for having visited the area.

Is the motion seconded? Afande Nekesa, Afande Alanyo, Minister for water, Member for Kampala, Engineer Balimwezo, Hon. Naluyima Ethel, honourable member for Mukono, Makindye Hon. Ssewanyana, I am trying to see if there are Members of Parliament (MPs) from Kampala who are not seconding it. Hon. Haji Siraji, Hon. Tibasimwa, Minister for local government, Minister of State for Luweero, Labour Youth, nearly the whole House. Honourable Minister, do you want to give a summary justifying your motion?

2 TERMSOFREFERENCE: The General objective of the oversight was to assess the general status of abattoirs/ slaughter houses in the country. The Specifrc Objectives included: i. To assess the functionality and suitability of the facilities, infrastructure. ii. To establish functionality of utilities (water, electricity, sanitary facilities). iii. To establish the functionality of the waste management and disposal processes; level of sanitation and hygiene, waste disposal and management. iv. To assess the availability and competences of the human resources. v. To determine the availability and compliance to the legal and regulatory provisions. vi. To establish the quality assurance processes followed by abattoirs 3 METHODOLOGY: In execution of the Instruction, the Committee; a! Constituted regional teams. b! Developed a structured observation checklist that was used to obtain information about key parameters in the selected abattoirs/ slaughter houses. cl Conducted oversight visits to slaughter facilities in selected districts and cities that included; Mukono, Jinja, Iganga, Mbale, Soroti, Lira, Gulu, Mbarara, Masaka, Fort portal, Hoima, Masindi and Kampala. dl held meetings with stakeholders such as District, Municipal and City Veterinary Officers, facility owners, traders and workers to obtain detailed information about the operations of the slaughter facilities. el Held meetings at Parliament with: i. Ministry of Water and Environment ii. Ministry of Health Rg

Recommendations i. Ministry of Agriculhtre, Anlmal Industry and. Pisherles and the Cttg authorltles should. uork towards the expedltious completion oJ the new Jacilitg. il. The slaughter House in Kiryateete East should be closed lmmediatelg the neu facilitg is compteted and stq.rts operdtion. 6.5 Masindi District The Masindi Abattoir is located along Masindr-Kafu Road. The structure is in a poor state, with cracks on the slaughter slab, stained walls with a lot of decay, poor drainage and waste disposal. At the time of the oversight, 5.00p.m, it had rained and therefore the place was clogged with water and smelly hides. Generally there is need to overhaul the structure to achieve public health standards of clean meat and a modern municipal abattoir. 6.6 Mukono District The Committee visited one slaughter house in Mukono; Kamme Valley Slaughter House. Kamme Valley Slaughter House is a privately owned slaughter house that operates in a government owned market known as Kamme Market in Mukono Municipality. It is the main and biggest slaughter house in Mukono District. Mukono District has about five other privately owned slaughter slabs in the five sub counties. 6.7 Jinja City The Committee visited the Jinja City abattoir which is a government facility located in Jinja Southern Division. There are four privately owned slaughter slabs in Jinja City. The Jinja City abattoir was constructed around 1950, hence quite colonial and in dilapidated state. As seen in Fig. l, the abattoir was under renovation by the city council at the time of the committee visit. L4 sn

below the standards of a modern abattoir. Taken together, only 21 percent of the facilities had identifiable slaughter spaces, namely Masaka and Mbarara (Central and Western Uganda), Jinja and Iganga (Eastern Uganda) City abattoir in Kampala. However, the slaughter spaces were very small, lacked concrete and hard slabs. Generally, the features of the facilities visited fall short of the characlerization of a modern abattoir. with exception of the new facility under construction; Kyentale Ward in Hoima City, nearly all the facilities visited had poor equipment and infrastructure establishment which is typical of local and traditional slaughter houses with old fashion means of operation. A modern city abattoir should have at least automated systems such as cold rooms for storage, pulleys for hoisting carcass, reliable water and electricity as opposed to the manual operations which cause delays and compromise the meat quality. Further, a modern facility should have a laboratory for testing animal health and the meat products. This includes diagnosing and confirming the suspicious cases to maintain public health measures. In the current form of the abattoirs, animals and the carcass are examined on the basis of physical characteristics which may not be sufficient to make empirical conclusions. A mini veterinary laboratory will be vital for diagnosing blood and meat to confirm the suspicious cases and maintain public health measures. Abattoirs can be a source of zoonotic diseases (diseases transmitted from animals to humans) and may expose workers to harmful pathogens. Further, none of the slaughter houses had specific structures for birds (poultry) and goats and only few had slaughter structures for pigs, these were in Masaka (Pork Master Ricks) Soroti and Mukono Municipalify, but all had small shelters with roofs erected on poles. Ei 21

animals at night against existing provisional laws and regulations jeopardizes the safety of the meat products. 6.13.2,3 Sanitary Facilities The major sanitation facility was VIP latrines. out of the l9 facilities visited, only 9 (47o/ol had VIP latrines. The conditions of the latringJhowever, was poor, manifested by lack water supply, dilapidated structures, smelly and many lacked demarcations for the male and female staff. Some facilities such as the Hoima City abattoir did not have the latrine facility while others such as City Abattoir, Kalerwe and Mukono had a shared facility with the market vendors. The latrine at Kalerwe had a huge crack underground posing a risk to users. 6.13.3 Functionality of the wastc managenent aud disposal processes. The facilities visited lacked a proper waste disposal systems. By nature of their operations, slaughter houses generate a lot of solid and liquid waste such as rumen, blood, dung, blood, condemned interna-l organs, cow dung, among others. It is concerning that these are improperly disposed. The poor disposal poses significant environmental concerns such as pollution, operational hygiene and sanitary conditions in and around the slaughter facilities. 6.13.3.1 Waste segregation and. storage with the exception of the Mbarara new city abattoir, nearly a1l the facilities Iacked a waste storage management system. What was common in all the facilities is that the waste was cast in open spaces but segregated according to types. For example, Masaka and Mbarara city abattoirs had segregated space for keeping hooves and cow dung. In Mbarara, the segregated liquid was, for instance channeled into a fish pond which was built for the purpose of consuming waste from the abattoir while the excess were ch eled into the lagoon. EJ

Lira and Mbale destroyed solid waste and condemned parts by burning, causing unnecessary environmental pollution. 6.15Lagoons The slaughtering process involves bleeding, skinning, dressing/ evisceration and post mortem inspection. At this stage blood, urine, fecal matter and other secrehons are produced. Inadequate sanitary and hygiene conditions can lead to direct meat contamination but further expose the workers to various diseases and antibiotics resistant strains of bacteria. Improper waste disposal and non-compliant effluent discharge can further result in water and air pollution and water borne diseases. Slaughter houses can therefore impact public health and environmental health. During the oversight, the Committee observed that some facilities had lagoons into which they disposed the wastewater (Lira, Masaka, Mbarara, Masaka Pig slaughter facility, Fort Portal, Iganga and Mukono). Others such as the City Abattoir and Kalerwe did not have a natural lagoon, hence disposing their liquid waste into Nakivubo channel and Kalerwe swamps respectively. The cases of Kalerwe, Masindi, Masaka and Hoima were worse because the drainage had stagnated. The drainage areas were visible very dirty and stained with black material. The Masindi Municipal abattoir drainage was blocked therefore all liquid waste had stagnated. The stagnated waste and water emits a bad smell ald is also a breeding area for maggots, which were evident and constant presence of houseflies. @ 26 FRr"

) ) LIST OF ABATTOIRS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED ESIAS TO NEMA LOCATION PRO]ECT NAME No roval ca fi of te c IA rti e rs ES with tto a Ab PI ot Ki he Cel rd s uth IVIS M ba Ci Ruti ra n lo ra D a 0 re 5 n e Road in Kirehe Abattoir alo N 1 Block 479-480, Plob 95 and 9 Nankonge Cenkal Cell, Nanko 6 along nge Wa Nsaggu-Nankonge Road in rd, Kajjansi Town Council, Wakiso District Abattoir in Nankonge 2 Nakiwaate Village, NakanYonYi Pa Nabbaale Sub-CountY, Nakifuma Mukono District Coun rish, Piggery Abattoir in Nakiwaate 3 istr ita h B 7 N ka em Sch e Ra nchi ya Fo 6 kol An ng B 60 1 82 6 0 6 lot P OA, r D ct Ki h ru u a u s n bcou hash s ra a ka ns a h N kah P ta vi8 e Abattoir in Ankole Ranching Scheme 4 Plot 2665, block 99, kiti B Zone, Wattu ba Ward, Kasangati Town Council Wakiso District Pig Abattoir in Kiti 5 Nambi Villa Kamen o Coun i District M e Abattoir in Nambi 6 Bulera East Kyantare Ward Mparo Divis ion Hojma MuniciPalitY, Hoima District Abattoir at Bulera 7 Dembe LC1 Zone, West Ward, Migeera Town Council, Nakasongola District Slaughter House I Buseruka Sub-Coun B n seru U ka r I se te Hou h u Sla 9 Plot 376, Kigunga Village, NYenje P arish, Goma Division, Mukono Munici Chicken Broiler Processing P hter House in lanV Slau UN 10 Kalerwe Kawem e Division Kam la Slau hter House 11 Plot 149, Block 2722, in Ban enderaddala Village, KYabalogo Mukono District a Sub Coun da- Bug Parish Nakisu Abattorr in Banda- Bugen deraddala L2 Kathero Cell, Kambukama Ward, Mpondwe Lhuribiha Town bwe Cruncil Kasese District Abattoir in Kathero 13 Ari o Rwot Villa bi Division Gulu Munici li Gulu District La Abattoir in Arin o L4 Bu Ce nd ustri vts b M ti Mbale District n u M a e a D on I e wer Abattoir in Bu 15 rd ked ct n Cou T Bu own ea a m Ta u Abattoir 16 1 6 lo ck Esta te a ro SW B u ezl m BU 94 7 B 62 P ots r I a r Abatto n d Ce ce te n Re re ou VC Li stock L7 8

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The students of Mukono, you are very welcome to Parliament. This is the Parliament of Uganda. It makes laws that govern the country. You are welcome. Madam Speaker, thank you for this time. I associate myself with the minority report and I also disagree with rationalisation.

14923 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2024 Unimplemented decommissioning of Kiteezi Landfill The committee further established that KCCA worked with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank, which provided technical support to the Kampala Solid Waste Management by way of a Public- Private Partnership (PPP), to commence the Kiteezi Landfill-decommissioning journey in 2014. As part of the implementation of this plan, KCCA acquired 135 acres of land in Ddundu, Mukono, to establish a new landfill, thereby decommissioning Kiteezi. However, the plan was never implemented due to stiff opposition from the area residents. The above forced continued operation of Kiteezi, despite its adjusted inability to accommodate more garbage due to no alternative site and lack of budget provision for a new site, thereby stretching the site further. Information was obtained from KCCA Lord Mayor, which indicated that the processes of decommissioning Kiteezi Dumpsite were commenced with a study conducted by MS Queensland and Leeds Consulting Engineers in association with Air Water Earth (AWE) and a report thereof was published in October 2021, wherein they raised a red flag regarding the impending catastrophe at Kiteezi. They recommended the immediate decommissioning of Kiteezi and provided an elaborate mechanism and procedures for execution of the same, advising that the dumpsite should be closed within two years of the release of the report, that is by October 2023, to avert the calamity. I have been advised that the dumpsite in Luo is called Odur . Lack of budgetary support to decommission – (Interjection) - of course, he cannot argue because he is my son and I know more Luo than him. Do you want to correct your –

However, it has been left in an appalling state with a lot of sections having with potholes. I am also concerned, Madam Speaker, that the maintenance works on sections of the road between Nakawa to Mukono have taken very many years. The works started around Bweyogerere, Mukono during COVID-19 in 2020, but up to today, the works are still going on. My prayers, Madam Speaker, are that: 1. The Minister of Works and Transport ensures that there is a quick response on the maintenance of the road, especially covering the potholes along the road; and 2. The minister updates the House on the maintenance plan for the Kampala-Jinja Highway and the status of the maintenance works on the road between Nakawa and Mukono.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The matter was about the state of the Kampala-Jinja Highway. It is filled with a lot of potholes, and where they have tried to do maintenance between Nakawa and Mukono, the works have taken so many years. I do not know how long it takes to do that section of the road, Madam Speaker. My prayers are that the minister updates the House on the maintenance works between Nakawa and Mukono, and on the maintenance plan of the Kampala-Jinja Highway. May he also quickly respond by carrying out emergency works on the road by covering the potholes to allow a motorable state. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Yes, and that we will come up with the Treasury Memorandum within six months to make good of the recommendations and observations of the committee. Now, to the issues that my colleagues have raised, I will start with the first person, Hon. Karim. You asked why Mbale was left out. I want to make it very clear to you that Mbale was not left out. We actually did the budget for Mbale, Kapeeka and Namanve industrial parks. The only challenge was cash flow. That is why we have not even released the money for the two industrial parks – Mbale and Kapeeka. However, for Namanve Industrial Park, that was a loan, which was approved by the Parliament of Uganda and the money is available. I will speak later about that project since there was a question about it. You asked a question about the renovation of the One-Stop Centre. The challenge has been cash flow. We did a budget as Parliament, but we did not get the exact release for the One- Stop Centre in Mbale. You talked about selling land in Mbale Industrial Park. Madam Speaker, I would like to give information, as far as the concession on Mbale Industrial Park is concerned, that it is an investor called Mr Paul Zhang, who came to this country as an industrialist and his first industries are in Mbalala around Mukono.

The information I want to give on the district service commissions is about the local leaders at the districts, say the Chairperson, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and the committee that institutes the District Service Commission. There is always a delay and politics at the district. The members supposed to be elected at the District Service Commission take a lot of time, and yet we need advice from the Public Service Commission to supervise the people and give a timeline as to when the District Service Commission is supposed to be instituted. There is a live example in Mukono; we took three years without the district service commission. Therefore, we need the Public Service Commission to intervene about the period we are supposed to be having -

Honourable members for Soroti, Kwania, Mukono, Lira, Amolatar, Namayingo, Kasese, Youth and we conclude with – Hon. Chemonges has been here. No, we left that side and we have already finished.

Thank you. Is the motion seconded? (Members rose_) Okay, it is seconded by Hon. Silas Aogon, Hon. Susan Abeja, Hon. Philiphs Lokwang, Hon, Flavia Kabahenda, Hon. Christine Kaaya, Hon. Agnes Taaka, Hon. Ssolo, Hon. Rose Obigah, honourable Member for Terego, Hon. Kakande, Hon. Mushemeza, Hon. Kirumira, Hon. Dr Bwanika, the honourable Member for Mukono, honourable Member for Gulu, honourable Member for Oyam, honourable Member for Kyamuswa and all colleagues. Thank you. Honourable, in three minutes, speak to the motion. It is very direct; I give two minutes to each colleague.

14255 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2024 go to Wakiso but it was not received well. They tried out Mukono but there is an arrangement that is not quite working out. When you move through different parts of Kampala, you will find heaps of garbage because it is not being collected. Can we know what the plan is? Otherwise, we are going to have another disaster; cholera or something of the sort. Away from Kiteezi, for the other parts of Kampala and the surrounding areas, that update must capture what the plan is. Thank you.

13957 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 15 AUGUST 2024 Thank you, Madam Minister. First of all, I would like to put it on record that the people of Mukono whom I represent don’t eat monkey meat because a colleague during his submission brought it out on record that our people eat monkeys as a delicacy. However, in Mukono we treat monkeys as our distant relatives. Mr Speaker -

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity. I think the pre-current holder of the Floor is alluding to my statement, which I made in good faith but referred to our people yet I did not specify - I did it intentionally by not naming specific tribes who eat monkeys but generalised because all the people of Uganda are our people. Is the pre-current holder of the Floor in order to say that I alluded to the people of Mukono as monkey eaters?

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

Thank you. Member for Bukomansimbi, Member for Mukono, Member for Luweero and Member for Kyotera.

Thank you. Member for Mukono –

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the minister for the report. I associate myself with Hon. Niwagaba and Hon. Aisha Kabanda about the electricity poles that were erected there three years ago. To date, those poles have never been connected. Whenever we pass through our constituencies, they show us the poles, but we have no answers to such questions. Secondly, Mukono has industries and factories - there is a problem of power shortage due to the lack of enough transformers along the lanes. That also affects the neighbouring residents near the factories and even other areas. Since we need the industries and factories, the residents also need to consume and enjoy the supply of electricity. Please help us and connect more transformers in that area such that we can enjoy the supply of electricity. Thank you.

Honourable colleagues, I welcome you to today’s sitting. On Saturday, the county woke up to the shock of the tragedy that befell residents around Kiteezi Landfill that has so far, according to the reports I received, claimed 21 people. In the morning, the Prime Minister called me and said the Government would be bringing a statement. I will amend the Order Paper so that the statement can be presented immediately after my communication. I received very many colleagues, especially Members of Parliament from Kampala and Mukono, who had matters to do with the same. We agreed that during the debate of the statement from the Government, we shall be able to give it enough time. In the meantime, honourable colleagues, I request that you stand and we observe a minute of silence for our departed colleagues. PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. The Minister of Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs in 2018, reported to the Government that Kiteezi Landfill had reached its capacity. There was a need to decommission it at the time. Unfortunately, there were no resources allocated towards this activity. However, KCCA went ahead to identify and procure land in Dundu. The Kiteezi Landfill is used by Mukono, Kampala and Wakiso districts, and some other areas. Since Kiteezi is located in Wakiso District, they share the landfill. Going forward, the Prime Minister talked about compensation for those people but this is still an emergency so we cannot talk about compensation when we still have bodies down there. We still have to register all those people who are there. That is why I requested Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) to come on board and assist us; tell us how many people were there and how many we should expect. This is because right from Saturday, they were telling us a thousand people, two thousand people, yet that is a small area. We do not know how many people were affected. The area MP has said that there was no person from KCCA for maintenance. However, as you are winding up, you said that the KCCA truck was also down there. That means that statement cannot be true. There was a maintenance truck that was on board and it was affected. We have not talked about it because it is still down there. When we count, we should say, the vehicle, and the KCCA people are still down there - (Interjections) - Yes. About the Chinese who are on site, Mr Speaker, I have not seen any, and I cannot comment on that. Those are just allegations. We do not have any investors around there. There is no Chinese on site. (Interruption)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I represent Mukono North which is 22 kilometres from Kampala via Gayaza Road, when you take that route. The immediate parish is Dundu which borders Mukono and Kira Municipality; it is densely populated. Ten years back KCCA purchased this land, but it very well knew that the area had people. However, they were never notified about their intention to use their land. It was gazetted as a purely residential area and we are imagining shifting disaster from Kampala to our area. We do not know how the Government does its work, but a few weeks back, we were here debating about the possible eviction that happened in Lubigi. Now here is a catastrophic eviction that is happening at Kiteezi. The way forward, honourable minister - Dundu is purely gazetted by Mukono District as a residential area. We are ready to accommodate those people. Shift them to Dundu and retain the land; shift all the machines to Kiteezi, other than shifting the problems. As you are cleaning Kampala, you are making Mukono dirty. We cannot contemplate it and we are not ready to receive and accept your garbage and waste. That is the position of Mukono. It is very unfortunate, Mr Speaker, that we tried several times to engage the minister and the Directors at KCCA - several people, as Hon. Teira has stated, are ready to invest in waste management. They are approaching us but the investment that the Government is willing to accept - for example, in power, the tariff is $0.05. Honourable colleagues, you are well aware that Kakira contributes to the national grid at $0.08. Recently, Karuma was contributing 18 cents. Why is there frustration with this investment at $0.05? You can easily know that-

Thank you, Mr Speaker. First, I sympathise with the colleagues who accept being appointed as ministers. (Laughter) Why do I sympathise? When you asked the Minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs to respond, she was crying like any other Member of this Parliament. She said, “We did this and this.” I do not know why you accept to be ministers in a Government like this. (Laughter) I am saying this deliberately because I have seen the Vice President and the Prime Minister here after their appointment going to Gulu to thank Gen. Saleh. You have all contributed to creating this disaster of one man making every decision. That is why all the Cabinet here is crying. Why don’t you convene a Cabinet meeting and make a decision? You come to Parliament to cry? What do you want us to do? (Laughter) Mr Speaker, Kiteezi was one of the villages I represented in the Ninth Parliament. The solution cannot be transferring that particular problem to Mukono, like my colleague, Hon. Abdallah Kiwanuka, has said. The people who lived in Kiteezi even before the death - because the waste you put there is not processed, it has attracted all the dogs and flies in the world. [Mr Opolot] MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

13873 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 13 AUGUST 2024 The trucks that carry garbage from Kampala are may be supposed to be carrying firewood but they go dropping garbage from every point. Hon. Abdallah Kiwanuka said that he does not want garbage taken, but they will pass through my constituency; we will also stop you because we do not want to be turned into another site. By the time these trucks reach Kiteezi, they have dropped 10 per cent of the garbage along the way. (Laughter) That is why that whole area smells. The road from Gayaza goes through my constituency to Mukono North. Please find another way; maybe you can ask the President to offer his chopper because we will not allow you to use our villages on your way to Mukono. I have visited two sites of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation. They process and turn faeces into fertiliser. What stops you from acquiring equipment to process this garbage that you go and deposit there? That is all that you are doing. Mr Speaker, finally, this disaster that Hon. Muwada has reported here, even when I was the MP for the whole area before it was subdivided, I came here and cried. The World Bank, as early –(Interjections)- yeah, for us, we can only cry; we are not in the Government. I am only surprised that even the Government people cry. (Laughter) It is understandable. Hon. Muwada can cry, but when the minister for Kampala joins him in crying, then you wonder who is in charge. So, the World Bank that sponsored that dump site recommended in a report written more than five years ago that, please, decommission. The minister says, “We have also been saying the same thing”. I do not know where we should go. The point I am making, finally, Mr Speaker, is that, first, I do not think it makes sense to transport garbage from Kyengera, Entebbe – from everywhere – and move in one direction. We need to start – because we do not have a landfill. My proposal would be to spread them – to decentralise this service – such that people on Masaka Road can find a place there and people on Mityana Road can also find a place there. Otherwise, this disaster has killed people, but you do not know how many people are now diseased as a result of the dropping of garbage from almost every point from Kampala to Kiteezi. We may not have done research – maybe that needs to be done. I should have appealed to the Government to do something, but I do not know who I should ask there because they are also crying. (Laughter) Maybe, Mr Speaker, you will be the one to go and speak to the one person who runs this country, on our behalf. It is not only garbage, but everything. This is because once it comes to the time for decommissioning and you do not decommission, it becomes a problem. Even the NRM itself, I think the time to decommission it came long ago. (Laughter) These problems that we are seeing now are as a result of not decommissioning NRM at the right time. We are now paying the price. This is just one illustration, Mr Speaker. I thank you very much.

Mr Speaker, I will ask Hon. Fred to come after me but I thought I should give some information to the House about the Standard Gauge Railway. We reduced the number of stations for the Standard Gauge Railway from Tororo to Kampala to three from the original 30. Why? It is because we think 85 per cent of the Standard Gauge Railway will be carrying cargo. Of course, we shall have a few stations where we shall offload cargo; the industrial areas; in Jinja, towards Mukono and Kampala. As for the metre gauge railway, the minister for transport is here. Hon. Fred Byamukama come and assist.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Through the Rt Hon. Prime Minister, I note the concern raised by my colleague, but this Parliament passed a loan last year and we have the plans. Once the loan matures, we are going to work on those stations which she is talking about; that is from Kampala, Mukono, going up to Malaba - for the metre gauge rail. She has said that people have nowhere to pass. That line currently has been rehabilitated using our simple money and it is only restricted for international cargo which is coming from Kenya or Tanzania. Our local people, depending on the cargo that they have, have not been given a chance to utilise that line. Nonetheless, we are working on the matter, and once the loan has matured, those stations will be reinstated as they were. Thank you. Ae text here

s/N Hospltal Name Dlstrict 32. Kyenjojo General Hospital Kyenioio 33. Kalisizo General Hospital Kyotera 34. Luwero General Hospital Luwero 35. Lyantonde General Hospital Lyantonde 36. Masindi General Hospital Masindi 37. Mityana General Hospital Mityana 38. Moyo General Hospital Moyo 39. Mukono General Hospital Mukono 40. Nakaseke General Hospital Nakaseke 4t. Nebbi General Hospital Nebbi 42. Itojo General Hospital Ntungamo 43. Anaka General Hospital Nwoya 44. Pallisa General Hospital Paltsa 45. Rakai General Hospital Rakai 46. Kitagata General Hospital Sheema 47. Tororo Qeneral Hospital Tororo 20

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

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

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

As you wait for that report, I would like to take you back to transport infrastructure development. Could it be that you, by mistake, forgot the Kampala- Jinja Express Highway? I am very attentive, honourable members. The Kampala-Jinja Express Highway is different from Kampala-Jinja Highway. (Applause) Jinja Highway is the road that passes Mukono when you are going - where the minister says there is virtually no road. I am asking, could it be that it is in the annexes? Can I first get the response? In the process of reducing the jam.

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13304 THE VALUE-ADDED TAX ( A MENDMENT) B ILL, 2024 Roads in Kampala Capital City and Kampala Metropolitan districts of Wakiso, Mukono, Mpigi and in other areas of the country have completely broken down. There is a general cry that leaders are swimming in luxury at the expense of taxpayers. This needs to be addressed before any new tax measure is proposed. We need to restore confidence. Stability, as I learnt from Hon. Kateshumbwa, is a key principle in taxation. Taxes should be introduced at least every five years, not annually like it is with this Government. If the country is still crying with the implementation of existing taxes, is your answer to impose new ones? Why don’t we first deal with leakage (corruption) and use the savings to finance the budget rather than thinking of new tax measures? (Applause) You, Parliament, are going to be blamed for new taxes as you are blamed for the old ones. For once you can say “no.” 5. Tax on Fuel The Bill proposes to increase the tax on petrol and diesel by Shs 100. The government is currently collecting – and please take note - Shs 1450 per litre of petrol, Shs 1130 per litre of diesel. Annually, the Government collects Shs 1.6 trillion on petrol, Shs 1.1 trillion on diesel and about Shs 3 billion on kerosene. Taxes on both petrol and diesel are a key driver of fuel pump prices. Uganda levies the highest tax on fuel in the region. Tax per litre of petrol (gasoline) and tax per litre of diesel – I do not know if these can be displayed or Hon. Musasizi has connived with those who are displaying this information because I do not know how to read it. Anyhow, if it is not displayed, I guess all of you, colleagues, have this report; you can look at it by yourself, but the point is that we are levying the highest tax in the region. I have provided a table in the report. Kenya, for example, is charging the equivalent of Shs 646 per litre. I have told you we are currently charging Shs 1450, then you can read the others because I want to - I thought the report is uploaded. Madam Speaker and Members, when you take a comparative analysis of fuel taxes in East African countries, levied on petrol (gasoline) and diesel across four East African countries: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, you note that Kenya imposes relatively lower taxes compared to its East African Community counterparts, especially on diesel. This may contribute to a more competitive fuel market and potentially lower consumer prices. The implications of this increase in fuel prices have a multifaceted impact. Firstly, higher fuel taxes, as exemplified in Uganda, often burden consumers, particularly low-income households, by escalating the cost of living and transportation and making Ugandans poorer. On the other hand, lower taxes, as observed in Kenya and Tanzania, foster a more competitive business landscape and reduce production costs, potentially enhancing economic competitiveness, something we would admire to have in this country. It is important to note that while we appreciate the crucial role fuel taxes serve as a significant source of Government revenue, excessively high taxes stifle economic growth by suppressing consumption and investment, thus the reason we reject further Excise Duty Tax increases on fuel because we need to balance between revenue generation and fostering economic activity in this country. Madam Speaker, businesses will be compelled to transfer these additional expenses to consumers, potentially resulting in widespread price hikes across various goods and services. This escalation in prices could lead to inflationary pressures and potentially restrain consumer spending. Additionally, such price surges may justify opportunistic businesses to inflate their prices beyond what is warranted solely by the fuel tax increase. The rise in fuel prices inevitably escalates production costs, presenting challenges for manufacturers heavily reliant on diesel as an auxiliary power source. THE EXCISE DUTY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2024 [Mr Ssemujju]

The minority is complaining. Timing of new tax proposals Madam Speaker, there is already instability in the tax sector as the main report has reported. Traders have just re-opened their shops. There is a general feeling of over-taxation with very little to show for it, in terms of social services. Roads in Kampala City, Kampala metropolitan districts of Wakiso, Mukono, Mpigi and other areas in the country have completely broken down. There is a general outcry that leaders are swimming in luxury at the expense of taxpayers. The other day Parliament approved a supplementary budget of Shs 1.1 trillion, including Shs 576 billion that was gifted to Mr Mathias Magoola. What do you think citizens will feel about this; that you are collecting to give away? This needs to be addressed before any new tax measure is proposed. We need to restore confidence; stability is a key principle in taxation. Taxes should be introduced at least every five years. That is what the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development committed himself to do - not annually like it is with this Government. If the country is still crying with the implementation of existing taxes, is your answer to impose new ones? Why don’t we first deal with the leakage; corruption, and use the savings to finance the budget rather than thinking of new tax measures ? (Applause)

I put the question that the total sum of Shs 184,580,580, be provided for under Vote 723 for Mubende Municipal Council as a supplementary recurrent expenditure for FY 2023/2024. (Question put and agreed to.) Vote 724: Mukono Municipal Council

I put the question that the total sum of Shs 1,428,111,958 be provided for Vote 724: Mukono Municipal Council for Financial Year 2023/2024. (Question put and agreed to.) Vote 725: Nansana Municipal Council

Madam Speaker, you asked me to answer the issue of the bad or no road, especially the section from Kampala to Mukono. It is more or less movable. The traffic is too much, I know, but we are – (Interjection) - Kyambogo is going to be addressed when we are doing the Kampala- Jinja Expressway (KJE). That is why we are not putting a lot of effort there, because the KJE starts from down here at Shoprite, through Spear, and then all those sections will be addressed during that construction. The bad section now on the Kampala to Jinja road is mainly between Mabira and around Njeru, near Nile Breweries. That is a nightmare. Madam Speaker, you have said it rightly. If we do not get money to pay these contractors who are on these roads, we do not expect them to perform miracles. Shs 1 trillion in debt –

Thank you, Madam Speaker. We have a contractor right now on that road and as I speak, he is concentrating on the Njeru sector. From Mbiko to Njeru near Nile Breweries, there has been a very bad spot and he is concentrating there. Definitely, once that is done, he will come back because he is on that road full-time; from Mukono up to the end. The only challenge, of course, which I told you earlier, is my not paying the contractor.

Madam Speaker, Amus College and Royal Palm, are in partnership. I own Royal Palm in Mukono.

For your information, the bid was won by Bukedea Comprehensive School. The co-host is Amus College. Mukono is very far from Bukedea. How much are you adding on FEASSA games?

(2) Popularizing of PDM Marketing strategr and branding and packaging strategies.in the country includes Karamoja and west Nile. (3) Acquiring and scaring up of the use of international recognised bar GIS bar code for promotion of Ugandan products in the market and support L2O MSMEs to formalise their business in south western, Rwenzori, West Nile, and Sebei sub region. (4) Conduct awareness creation in Credit rating mechanisms in Mbale, Soroti, Lira and Gulu to 100 MSMEs in manufacturing sector. (5) Conduct awareness creation in Credit rating mechanisms in Mbale, Soroti, Lira and Gulu to 1oo MSMEs in manufacturing sector. (6) Facilitate, support, Sensitization 120 MSMEs, Youths, women, pLWHA and PWD to formalise their businesses. in West Nile, Rwemzori and Busoga Region. (71 Conduct 3 stakeholder (Academia, SMEs, Policy makers and tegislators) workshop on Circularity and Circular economy (Resource efficiency, cleaner production and industrial in symbiosis in central region. (8) Facilitating, the preparations, Mobilization, training, vetting of 250 MSMEs including women and youth, through and guiding them in packaging branding, and requirements to participate in the regional, international and domestic trade fairs and expos. (9) Training of 100 processors in Leather-and agro processors Mukono and Jinja, Greater Bushenyi, Mbarara, and formation of clusters in each district I tr- 1-. ft h 51 &

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

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

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 -

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mine is about the water ambulance that was given to Mukono to traverse Koome Islands. To my dismay, since we launched the ambulance, it is parked at Luzira Port Bell. Whenever we request for the ambulance, they tell us it has no fuel. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, I request for your indulgence. At least it should be parked at Katosi Landing Site such that we can fuel it and our fishermen can access the ambulance. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to inform the Honourable MP for Kakumiro, who also happens to be our good Prime Minister that there is a lot of connivance; even at local government level between contractors and our civil servants. In Mukono, we had a bridge at Lweza village that the Municipal Engineer costed at Shs 650 million for reconstruction. However, because the money was not readily available, we locally organised to fundraise and do that work through the Uganda system of bulungi bwansi . The same work cost us Shs 68 million. Mr Speaker, the money we sent, although little, would have earned us bigger work than what we finally got. Recently, in my municipality, they constructed less than 1 kilometre of tarmac at Shs 625 million. Early this week, the Municipal Engineer and Town Clerk approved a contract of Shs 700 million from the money that was sent from the Shs 1 billion maintenance fund to maintain the 1 kilometre that had been constructed using Shs 625 million. I stand here to inform my honourable colleague and also to support her that the country is being taken for a ride by these engineers through the contracts committees. They overprice work and most probably, share this money between our workers and the contractors.

Mr Speaker, there are two things which must be addressed. One, it is true as in all sectors in Uganda, that there are some corrupt people in URA who might use the opportunity to harass our people just because they want to pick bribes. Away from that, Mr Speaker, allow me through you to inform Members - I had a similar problem in my area; Mukono Municipality. However, when I approached the URA public relations office, you could take them to your constituency to organise meetings with your traders. In Mukono, it has become an annual event whereby I organise my business community and URA comes to address them. They even give allowances to your leaders who organise the meetings. At one point, they sent messages to my traders demanding for millions of shillings. Eventually, when they came to Mukono and met these people, everyone walked out of that meeting a winner. I advise honourable colleagues to approach URA. I appreciate URA for this type of system. I request colleagues to utilise it, Mr Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Last week, we had an exercise in Mukono; a show of “Go back to school” and NIRA was registering people for IDs. Today, we are talking about renewal. What is the purpose of the continuous registration when there is a provision that every 10 years, we shall be renewing? One of those exercises is redundant. Personally, the exercise of mass renewal of IDs is redundant and it is high time this Parliament thinks about withdrawing it or rethinking this exercise. It is very expensive and it introduces a responsibility that is costly to the country and yet it is redundant. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

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

2. Hon. Joseph Ssewungu Gonzaga - Kalungu West County; 3. Hon. Stephen Sserubula - Lugazi Municipality; 4. Hon. Robert Ssekitoleeko - Bamunanika County; 5. Hon. Paul Nsubuga - Busiro County North; 6. Hon. Brenda Nabukenya – Luwero; 7. Hon. Hanifa Nabukeera Hussein – Mukono; 8. Hon. Peter Julius Emigu - Ochero County; 9. Hon. Florence Kabugho – Kasese; and 10. Hon. Nelson Okello - Maruzi North County. I beg to designate.

11282 SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEDULE NO.1 FOR FY 2023/2024 Public Debt Portfolio Analysis The committee observed that the preliminary country’s total nominal public debt stock stood at Shs 86.779 trillion as at the end of June 2023. This is equivalent to 46.9 per cent of GDP compared to 48.4 per cent as at June 2022. Of the total public debt stock as at June 2023, external debt constituted 60.2 per cent, which is US$ 14.24 billion while domestic debt constituted 39.8 per cent, which is US$ 9.4 billion. Preliminary findings from the annual debt statistical bulletin indicated that a total of approximately US$ 3.29 billion external debt was committed and remained undisbursed as at 30 June 2023. This debt would increase Uganda’s stock in the medium-term, even without signing any new loans. With the growing level of public debt due to its significance in meeting the country’s huge financing development needs, there is need to pay close attention to the cost of debt and the economic rate of return of projects financed through debt. The committee recommends as follows; (i) Given the existing global uncertainties (lower global growth, persistent high inflation in advanced economies, tight global financial conditions, slow growth in domestic revenue and climate change disruptions), the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should prudently project and manage the funding mix as well as review its priorities to avoid escalation of debt beyond a sustainable level. (ii) The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should fast- track implementation of strategies to enhance domestic revenue generation for the country and reducing or rationalising government expenditure. (iii) Acquisition of additional debt should be targeted towards those sectors that trigger export growth and contribute to domestic revenue mobilisation. Criteria for selection of beneficiary districts The committee was informed that the selection of the beneficiary districts was based on the following; climate change vulnerability of the watersheds, poverty levels of sub-regional level and watershed degradation. The committee, however, notes that some of the districts which met the criteria were omitted. For example; Namayingo, Busia, Masaka, Soroti, Kwania, Lira, Gulu, Rwampara, Ntungamo, Pakwach, Kapchorwa, Mukono, Nabilatuk, Luwero, Kalungu, Kalangala and Buvuma. The committee, therefore, recommends that the districts of Namayingo, Busia, Masaka, Soroti, Kwania, Lira, Gulu, Rwampara, Ntungamo, Pakwach, Kapchorwa, Mukono, Nabilatuk, Luwero, Kalungu, Kalangala and Buvuma should be absorbed on the climate smart project due to the climate change vulnerability of the watersheds, poverty levels of sub-regional level and watershed degradation concerns in these districts. The inclusion of these districts will not alter the value chain in their respective subregions. Conclusion The committee, therefore, recommends that the request by Government to borrow up to US$ 325 million and receive a grant of up to SDR 19.5 million (equivalent to US$ 25 million) from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group to finance the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project be approved subject to these recommendations. I beg to report.

Sorry for the interruption. I know these children are going very far. In the public gallery this afternoon, we have teachers and pupils of Aiden Nursery and Primary School from Nakifuma County, Mukono. They are represented by Hon. Ssimbwa and Hon. Nabukeera Hanifa. Hon. Nabukeera, you are welcome. Thank you for coming. Come again - (Applause) - you have very good Members.

Thank you. As you have heard, you need to go as far as primary schools. I am happy the secondary schools, where some of us are members, have an association; the Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association. It is doing very well and we are getting talent. Sometimes, you find that some students who are not able to afford, like the Tinkas of today, are able to study for free from secondary up to university because of their talent. Before I get the minister to respond, in the public gallery we have pupils and teachers from Bunakijja Church of Uganda Primary School, Mukono. They are represented by Hon. Hanifa Nabukeera and Hon. Fred Kayondo. Please stand up. You are most welcome and thank you for coming. This is your Parliament and please come again. Please, sit. We also have teachers and pupils of Kinoni Integrated Primary School, Rwampara District. Members of Parliament from Rwampara stand up. We have Hon. Amos Kankunda, who is the Chairperson, of the Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development. He is a diligent person and a good Member of Parliament. Hon. Tusiime is very humble and Hon. Molly Musiime is a lady. Please bring all three back; do not change. Okay, thank you. Would you like to greet your people?

11169 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2023 Possibilities and opportunities have, therefore, been opened for everyone thanks to the Government’s big tent approach. In summary, the space that allows for the emergence of such diverse but special and expression can be anything but shrinking. Issues to do with the November 2020 riots and attendant loss of lives, injuries, destruction and related matters - Madam Speaker, this is yet one other additional response on this matter and all others incidental thereto. Contrary to what the Leader of the Opposition claims, an investigation was done immediately after the riots and a report to that effect was presented to the last Parliament by the then Minister of Internal Affairs. That, in addition to other subsequent numerous responses made about the subject matter, including in this Parliament, I needed to make that clarification from the onset to clear the air. That said, and by way of a recap, violent riots broke out and rocked various parts of the country in November 2020 before they were quelled by police and other security agencies. These riots covered Kampala and Wakiso, which were the epicenter of the riots, as well as Mukono, Masaka, Kyotera, Lwengo, Mpigi, Luwero, Wobulenzi, Mityana, Lugazi, Njeru, Jinja, Buwenge, Iganga, Namayingo, Namutumba, Luuka, Kamuli, Budaka, Busia, Mbale, Arua and Gulu, respectively. During these riots, extensive loss of property, (private and public) and damage to and loss of lives were registered. The destruction incidental to the riots, or directly arising from the various riotous acts, was immense. This included; deliberate acts of arson, or torching of buildings and vehicles, use of stones and other objects to hit innocent members of the public, motorists, security personnel and property, physical assault, manhandling and abuse of members of the public as well as law enforcement officers, staging of illegal roadblocks and demanding money with menaces from members of the public. There was also burning of tires to damage and block public roads and throwing petrol bombs into buildings and at security/law enforcement officers, among others. During this chaos, even ordinary sanctified places like court premises were not spared. Wobulenzi Court premises were set ablaze. Fifty six people lost their lives, including those by gunshot wounds and others whose deaths were through other causes incidental to the riots. The latter category includes those that lost their lives as a result of motor vehicle accidents, involving for example, vehicle registration number UAN 827N, whose driver lost control after being hit by a stone and knocked two people dead namely; Nalwada Kevin and Nsimbe Shafik. Forty six people out of the 56 victims were male adults and three were male juveniles. Forty eight of the victims were from Kampala metropolitan areas. This includes Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono. Two were from Jinja, two from Luwero, one from Rakai, one from Kinoni in Lwengo, one from Butambala and one from Mpigi, respectively. Madam Speaker, security operations are governed by the law to ensure and guide the participating forces on the employment of lethal force. This is ensured through a number of ways, including training, briefing before operations, and debriefing post-operations, as well as dissemination of rules of engagement, which have been distilled and reduced into pocketbooks for the tactical operators. The standard operating procedures on the use of force booklet is attached as Annex B to this statement. These are the aid memoirs to assist operators to make informed and rational judgment depending on the circumstances of each case and the prevailing situation, but mindful of the principles of necessity and proportionality in the use of force. These measures, Madam Speaker, were in place. The investigations done post the riots established the cause of death and injury without conclusive findings about the circumstances of each of the deaths and injuries; save for Auxiliary No.01700LDF Mustapha Ssali, who was charged and convicted for the killing of

Thank you, Madam Speaker. On behalf of my people of Aringa County, I take this opportunity to congratulate you. The issue of roads does not apply to Kampala City alone. When we do not work on the other roads in the neighbouring districts of Wakiso and Mukono, the traffic jam emanates from those districts. It is pertinent that we work on the roads in the neighbouring districts. If you only work on the city roads, there will always be traffic jam and we will never accomplish our mission. I submit.

11007 THE E LEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF U GANDA T U E SDAY , 21 N OVEMBER 2023 When I worked with the late Hon. Joyce Mpanga together with late Bikangaga, I learnt a lot. I am what I am today because of this lady here and the late Bikangaga. When they realised that I was a young girl sent to work with them - There were times you would work for months and months because you were recruited. She was very gentle, patriotic, and did not discriminate against people. As a medical practitioner, I learnt that Joyce’s psychology was deeply-rooted. I discovered that she was a teacher and that she came from a very big, celebrated family; the Masembe family. I had earlier met some of them like Dr Kanyerezi Masembe and three younger sisters. There are two things I will remember this lady for. First, when we were recruited, the recruitment was skewed because we did not speak English as we are speaking today. The English was demanding in some areas. Secondly, sciences were not being taught all over Uganda. Because the two were educationists, they took it upon themselves to write to the Ministry of Education and as an education officer from the Ministry of Education, I was able to see this letter which said, “Please, make sure that all sciences are taught in all schools and not general science. Make sure that the English that you teach these children is straightforward.” You know very well that we speak English according to our local dialects - I am sure that you can get it from me. I am not saying that I am that way but some areas did not have the alphabet. That was a big worry for them and it was corrected. When I worked with her in the Public Service, she taught me to look at the country at large and that all areas needed medical workers. Surprisingly, you would find that there were no nurses in Mubende and Mbarara, but because of decentralisation, people can now work within their areas easily. That was corrected by them. She taught me how to juggle marriage, children, and my work and I appreciate her. When time for my promotion came, the two were very instrumental. They wrote to the Ministry of Education and Sports for me to be promoted. Hence, I was given accelerated promotion as Chief Health Training Officer in the Ministry of Education and Sports, a position I held and left. It was even stated that it was person-to- holder. This is what I learnt from them. Hon. Joyce, I am glad that I was given an opportunity to express my feelings upon your demise. You were a wonderful woman, a patriot, you loved Ugandans regardless of which direction they came from, and I learnt that from you. May God bless you. Fare thee well in front of your creator. I knew that she had only two children - By the way, she took me to her farm in Mukono and I served with her in Mengo. She was on the Board of Trustees while I was on the Board of Governors. May God bless and comfort you. Your mother was a woman who loved everybody. Please, to the two children, I am sure Hon. Joyce would be happy if you continued to bring out what she cultivated in you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. On 13 July 2023, you guided that a joint statement be made by the Ministry of Water and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development on the status of Namyoya Forest Reserve in Mukono together with the status of the land title bearers on the said land. In the Mukono District Council meeting that sat on 13 December 2013, the council approved a motion of degazetting Kifu, Nabugulu, and Namyoya Central Forest Reserves. Furthermore, in the district council meeting that sat on 28 March 2017, Mukono District Council approved a motion mandating the District Executive Committee to consider offering land to Victorious Car Bond Limited for the development of a High-Tech Industrial Park. The land hosts Kifu, Nabugulu and Namyoya Forest Reserves. The same matter was again discussed in the district council meeting that sat on 29 March 2019 during which the district chairperson moved the motion seeking the council’s approval for degazettement of Kifu, Nabugulu and Namyoya Forest Reserves. [Ms Nabakooba] MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Mr Speaker, Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 43 rd World Food Day on 16 October 2023. This year’s event was celebrated at the National Coffee Research Institute in Kituuza, Mukono under the theme, “Water is Life, Water is Food, Leave No One Behind.” As you may be aware, every 16 th day of October, the global community joins together to celebrate the World Food Day calling on everyone; Government, academia, civil society, private sector and individuals from various sectors of society to rally against hunger and build sustainable food security. The event raises awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and the need to ensure food and nutrition security for all. The World Food Day also coincides with the founding of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations which is one of our key partners. This year’s event and theme recognised that water is essential for life on earth. Water makes up over 50 per cent of our bodies and covers about 7l per cent of the earth’s surface. However, only about 2.5 per cent of the water is fresh and suitable for drinking, agriculture and most industrial use. While fresh water remains a critical driving force for people, economies, nature and a foundation of our food, like any other resource, it is not infinite. With the increasing population and human activity as well as climate change, water resources are increasingly under stress. It is no wonder that over 2.4 billion of the global population is living in water-stressed areas. It is for this reason that the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries is promoting Climate Smart Sustainable Agriculture by placing emphasis on optimal use of water resources. You are aware that water is integral to our production processes and this is also mirrored in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries’ effort to increase on-farm water access to as many water stressed areas as possible so that our people are not solely dependent on rain-fed agriculture. The national celebrations, as earlier highlighted, were held on 16 October 2023 at the National Coffee Research Institute at Kituuza, Mukono. The main event was preceded by a number of activities including the coffee night, which recognised the importance of coffee to Uganda and aimed at promoting a coffee drinking culture among Ugandans. Before we look to external markets for our coffee, we need to boost a sustainable domestic market. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) was joined by a number of key stakeholders including the European Union, the Food and Agricultural Organisation, World Food Programme, Members of Parliament led by the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and MAAIF agencies, especially the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) who were the hosts and Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). A number of exhibitions were organised showcasing research and value-added products like coffee, cocoa, rice, millet, sweet potatoes as well as simple machinery. I commissioned, on behalf of the Vice President, a multi-purpose coffee and cocoa laboratory funded by the Government of Uganda at a cost of Shs 5 billion at Kituuza to provide permanent solutions to pests and diseases as well as other constraints affecting production and productivity of the two crops.

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

10653 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2023 too timid and cowardly to demand from the relevant authorities to make a proper account of both the happenings on the fateful days, as well as demanding justice for the victims’ families? Mr Speaker, we have a good recollection of the many innocent Ugandans who were murdered whereas others were grievously injured while on the campaign trail of Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Sentamu during the 2021 elections. Mr Speaker, for the record of Parliament, I repeat the names those who were murdered in cold blood; 1. Mr Senteza Frank Kalibbala. 2. Michael Kalinda aka Ziggy Wine 3. Rita Nabukenya 4. Daniel Kyeyune 5. Ibrahim Mutaasa 6. Willy Kayondo of Kubbiri Roundabout 7. Sophie Kusasira of Kalerwe B Market 8. Baker Kato Lubwama shot from Namulanda 9. Martin Owekikye 10. Elijah Tusubira 11. Elijah Mukibi of Luweero 12. Umaru Ssemakula of Entebbe 13. Katwere Kimuli of Seeta 14. Musisi Allan Kitete of Mukono 15. Peter Mwanje of Nansana 16. William Mugerwa of Wankulukuku 17. Baatio Sofi of Obongi 18. Norbert Alionji of Obongi 19. Fungaroo Moro of Obongi 20. Saraf Shaaba of Obongi 21. Akim Abile of Obongi – deliberately drowned by the UPDF on 15 January 2021 22. Nuhu Bukere was abducted from Mukono Municipality, murdered and dumped in Kalangala. The relatives of the deceased are still reeling in bereavement, with no hope of ever receiving justice for the death of their loved ones. We question whether the people’s Parliament is complacent in these wanton murders and, therefore, unable to demand accountability and justice. Mr Speaker, the fate of missing Ugandans On more than one occasion, I have tabled to this honourable House a list of Ugandans missing over the last two to four years. These people were picked from their workplaces and homes by State security agencies. The detailed accounts of their arrest and eventual disappearance have been provided by families and friends to whoever cared to listen; only the State can account for their whereabouts. Mr Speaker, is Parliament so frightened, complacent or disinterested in demanding that the Government prioritises human rights guarantees before anything else for the sake of building a durable rights record and entrenching the rule of law? Did the Parliament buy into the flimsiest and derogatory reasoning of the Government and its agencies? That the addresses and next of kin of the missing persons are not known? Mr Speaker, for the benefit of those who might for one reason or another missed out on the record of missing persons for whom the Government has ignored accountability and justice, the following Ugandans matter; 1. Moses Mbabazi 2. Dennis Zzimula 3. Shafik Wangolo 4. Martin Lukwago 5. Peter Kirya 6. John Ddamulira 7. Michael Semuddu 8. Muhammad Kanatta 9. John Bosco Kibalama; who was last seen by the Prime Minister. 10. Vincent Nalumoso 11. Yuda Ssempijja 12. Musisi Mbowa 13. Mustafa Luwemba 14. Hassan Mubiru 15. Isma Ssessazi 16. Godfrey Kisembo 17. George Kasumba 18. Joseph Baguma.

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. The committee rightly observed that - the accounting officer observed that what was received was less than what was warranted. I want to bring to you evidence; I was there for the celebration of World Food Day at National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) Centre in Mukono.

10616 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT Mr Speaker, honestly, what is given to these people is really justifiable in terms of value for money. I encourage all members of Parliament to go to NARO Centre of Mukono. You will be panting to give them more money. Thank you.

Whether it is for livestock, like the honourable said - but what you see is a big jumble. The problem is endemic. Before 1962, every area was plotted and had an address. That is why you have Plot No. 1, Kampala Road. After the introduction of the postcode system for mailing, whether it is for business or for the Uganda Revenue Authority to tax you, it should know where you are. Whether it is for banking facilities, insurance or fire services, traceability is important. Finally, there is huge growth in urban areas. There is more urbanisation, sub-urbanisation and re-urbanisation in areas that were ordinarily abandoned. What should we plan for? As the population increases, there is of course a strain on health services. We should also look at what we call “pro bono real estate dealers”. Everyone comes up with an estate, demarcates it, makes roads and gives out plot numbers. That is fine but how will we address that? For example, on a square mile, if you use 100 by 50 feet and say that there will be about five or 10 people residing on a plot, you have created a community of 30,000 people. There will be need for sewage and garbage disposal. There is only one landfill and waste disposal unit in the entire Kampala Metropolitan Area; the so called Kiteezi which services Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono and is now filled up. It is only about 12 hectares or so - (Member timed out.)

Hon. Nakazibwe of Greater Mubende. In Buganda, we have three – Greater Mubende, Greater Mpigi and Greater Mukono and Central.

Mr Speaker, I want to, first, agree with one of the recommendations made by the committee to do with additional funding. However, I feel that the issue of having a forensic audit is not going to help in any way and I request the House that it is not adopted. It will not help in what we are trying to solve. Mr Speaker, I heard the minister, attentively moreover, saying, “Yes we are operating a liberalised economy, it is true, but we shall not liberalise Ugandans.” Fuel is a basic necessity and a commodity that we need. So, when you say you cannot do much as the Government and then say that the Government has done a lot; honourable minister, you are hitting yourself in one way or another. However, help the Ugandans by addressing the issue of monitoring what is happening in the fuel sector. You have done a lot in energy, but on the issue of petrol and diesel, you have totally left Ugandans in the hands of crooks. This morning, I moved from Mukono and passed by over 12 petrol stations – (Laughter)– Mr Speaker, the prices at these petrol stations differed so much, implying that the ministry has totally left Ugandans to whomever it may concern, as far as fuel prices are concerned. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

9955 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA WEDNESDAY, 23 AUGUST 2023 In presenting and processing this loan, we visited all the benefiting local governments. We also held meetings with the Committee on Presidential Affairs. So, we are in tandem with that committee. Observations and recommendations The committee observed that: 1. During the committee field interactions with KCCA and the eight Greater Kampala local governments, it was noted that there was limited progress made by these entities towards having in place all detailed designs, a Bill of Quantities (BOQ), right of way fully acquired, Project-Affected Persons (PAPs) fully compensated and relocated, continuous sub-project sites free of encumbrances in order to make them available for handover to contractors who will be awarded civil works contracts for the infrastructure sub- projects. 2. Wakiso District Local Government had 36 per cent of all required road designs for selected sub-projects ready; KCCA had 55.5 per cent of all the required road and drainage designs ready; Kira Municipal Council had 30 per cent of all the required road designs for selected sub-projects ready; Makindye-Ssabagabo Municipal Council had 65 per cent; Mukono Municipality had 36 per cent; Entebbe Municipality had 50 per cent and Nansana Municipality had 61 per cent. The local governments of Mpigi and Mukono did not have any completed road designs for the selected sub-projects under the programme. This was attributed to resource constraints that have hindered them from undertaking the required programme implementation readiness activities especially the preparation of detailed designs and availability of the necessary certificates from the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), to confirm that all the environmental standards requirements have been complied with before construction. The committee recommends as follows: 1. The Ministry of Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs and eight metropolitan local governments (three districts and five municipalities) should fast-track the completion of all pending detailed designs for the priority infrastructure sub-projects that will be worked on under this programme in order to make them ready for civil works implementation. 2. Government should establish a joint physical planning unit for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area to be able to address the challenges, size and standardisation of the roads. 3. KCCA and the eight metropolitan local governments should also ensure that all pending BOQs, right of way acquisition, compensation of Project-Affected Persons where applicable, relocation of utility lines and availability of the necessary certificates of National Environmental Management Authority to confirm that all environmental standard requirements have been complied with before construction, are concluded in advance to guarantee the timely implementation of the infrastructure sub-projects. Programme Coordination The committee observed that: i. Under the Uganda decentralisation policy framework, the deliveries of urban services are devolved to local governments that are independent corporate legal entities. Until recently, districts and municipal governments in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area carried out their urban planning and urban management responsibilities with little or no coordination. The result has been uncoordinated investments, lack of synergies and limited economies of scale in service provision.

9956 RESOLUTION TO BORROW ii. Although the capacity to implement the various activities under the programme do exist in KCCA and the eight metropolitan local governments, there is low capacity for coordinated metropolitan planning and management to ensure the achievement of a metropolitan logic. Currently, each of the nine Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area subnational entities are operating as independent corporate entities. iii. The KCCA/metropolitan local government councillors (elected representatives) and the Metro Development Forum (MDF) will monitor programme implementation and provide oversight function at KCCA and the metropolitan local government level. Recommendations i. KCCA and the eight metropolitan local governments should, as a matter of fact, agree that working together across jurisdictions is an essential principle for the future development of the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area . This should be a deliberate commitment of these beneficial entities under this programme; ii. The Minister of Kampala Capital City Authority and the Metropolitan Affairs should ensure that there is strong multi- agency coordination, intensive contract management, rigorous due diligence, appropriate resettlement action plan implementation, establishment and maintenance of functioning grievances readiness mechanisms, and extensive communication strategies during the implementation of this programme; iii. In order to decongest the western, northern, and eastern routes of the metropolitan, the Kira-Nsangi circular road should be completed. The segment of Matugga-Wakiso-Buloba-Nsangi should be included in the project. Further, the Jokas-Mukono road should be included in the project; iv. Government should establish a one-stop metropolitan physical planning unit to coordinate joint physical plans of the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area . This will ensure standardisation of work and value for money; v. The political leaders in the KCCA and the eight metropolitan local governments should have a strong commitment to supporting the development objective of this Greater Kampala Metropolitan Urban Development Programme support; The strong commitment will help in improving communication between stakeholders as well as mediation between communities and local governments in addition to enhancing transparency, accountability and participation by all key stakeholders leading the implementation of this programme. vi. Government should table to this House a comprehensive traffic decongestion plan for the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area ; vii. Government should consider establishing a new planned city to serve as a new development hub fully served with utilities. This will motivate and attract planned investment, settlement and will in one way or another decongest Kampala City. Capacity of the Ministry Kampala Capital City Authority and Metropolitan Affairs to coordinate our development and management The committee observed that a well-functioning metropolitan area is a result of more than the sum of well-performing local governments. There is, therefore, a need to align the incentives and provide for territorial logic to responsibilities and mandates already performed by KCCA and the Greater Kampala metropolitan local governments under the decentralisation policy framework. The Government approved the structure of this new ministry and recruitment is ongoing and a substantive accounting officer was appointed.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I join the rest to support this loan but would also wish to get additional information. Did the committee consider that the $30 million, that is going to be deducted from the $48 million is catered for in those key areas that are for decongesting as mentioned; including Matugga-Nsangi and Jokas-Mukono routes? Also, did you further indicate how the local governments and KCCA are going to subdivide the remaining $18 million? Later on, we might think that we are getting something yet the whole share is taken by one entity. That aside, when you talked about the railway line, you have already taken your land back. Why now talk about compensation when you have already broken down houses especially along Namanve-Kampala route? People are already crying. I thought all is cleared and it is now ready to get on. Thank you.

Honourable colleagues, I hope you will not push for a resolution for all men who use the Mukono route to reach home past 9.00 p.m. on plenary days. (Laughter) Hon. Nambooze has added women. Procedure, Hon. Aisha?

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The majority of the Members of Parliament are beneficiaries of this project. I entirely agree with the committee and support the borrowing of this money. Mr Speaker, in the 10 th Parliament, we discussed Kampala and the metropolitan area and looked at having a joint planning unit for Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono, Mpigi and those other areas. However, the district leaders of Mukono, Wakiso and others thought that their powers would be taken away by KCCA. The chief administrative officers in those districts also thought that they would not be accounting officers anymore and that is why they were hesitant to support the project. I urge this Parliament to come up with a mechanism to bring those local governments and KCCA to agree on how to work together for a better Kampala. Secondly, the procurement committees for Kampala and local governments have issues. You will find that a contractor who does shoddy work is the same contractor who is given another contract the next day. That shows us that our country is going nowhere. As a Member of Parliament for Nakasongola, my appeal is for the Government to take keen interest in this and procure contractors who can do – (Member timed out.)

9964 RESOLUTION TO BORROW of borrowing and the interest on disbursed and undisbursed funds under both loans, the percentages are worrying. Secondly, Mr Speaker, there is the issue of the unit cost. I have looked at the road for Mukono and they have indicated that each kilometre will go for Shs 5 billion. I have heard Hon. Byanyima saying that they are going to build the road without compensation. The question is, if you are not compensating and the unit cost is Shs 5 billion for Mukono, is that a fair cost? For Kampala, they have dodged putting the unit cost in this report. Secondly, the Government is also dodging the commitment to counterpart funding because we borrow – I have seen that the amount of money for counterpart funding is almost the same as the loan we are going to borrow but we do not have this money budgeted for. However, we are busy approving a loan here. Failure to dispense will attract interest. We are on the same road we have been on as a country -

Mr Speaker, I am definitely interested in the two motions but let me focus on the metropolitan areas. The Government is always very smart in packaging loans for us; they package them in such a way that they become very easy to swallow. If you talk about the revival of the railway line, I am very excited about it. If you talk about fixing roads in the metropolitan area where we all live now, we are all very excited. However, I just want to pick one area which has been overlooked. At least, I have been listening so there is no need for me to have talked on this motion. Mr Speaker, in the Constituent Assembly, many Members wanted regional governments but the majority opted for “deeming.” Deeming was Hon. Sam Kutesa’s motion which has been enshrined in the Constitution under Article 178. It is very clear that Buganda, where there is Wakiso, Mukono and Mpigi, is deemed to be one regional block. Kampala stands alone. If it is Buganda, we will discuss it – I am sorry, Mr Speaker, can I explain? It is very clear, under Article 178, that one or two districts come together and I would want the Attorney-General or somebody who can enlighten us on this - When we approve this loan, the implementation may be a problem because of this constitutional entanglement. We did not look at it at all and it is important that we look at it. How do we take out a block from within Buganda and run it as one sub- block? It becomes practically difficult. Nonetheless, I want to propose a way out. Maybe, we could come up with an inter- ministerial committee for the purpose of implementation so that we have the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs coming together for the purpose of implementation. Otherwise, we will have to explain this constitutional provision because we have to play an oversight role, not only in the utilisation of resources, but also the way we have applied the law. Sometimes, Government is very quick in breaching the law and they get away with it and at the end of the day, Parliament is blamed because we are the final authority. I would like those with legal minds to look at Chapter 11 in our Constitution, particularly Article 178, and then we can practically look at how we are going to utilise the loan. The purposes of the two loans are very good and I support them but can we follow the constitutional procedures? I thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Much as I support the committee, I would feel much happier if the Committee on National Economy briefed Parliament, at least quarterly, on the performances of these loans. In most cases, we pass these loans, but we do not know whether they end up in the rightful hands or in the hands of corrupt people. On the issue of the Meter Gauge Railway, I would like to bring it to the attention of this House that we only have a Spanish company that is making concrete sleepers, which are supposed to serve Mukono to Kampala. Why don’t we use the same company to serve Kampala to Malaba so we avoid vandalism? We are talking about metal sleepers, but anyone can steal and sell them as scrap. Regarding KCCA, I am aware that they have just passed the budget and in that budget, we removed money from Uganda Road Fund; about Shs 65 billion yet now, we are processing a loan for KCCA and Kampala Metropolitan Area. Why don’t we return the Shs 65 billion to its original pool and give it to other districts to benefit since the loan is going to cater for this?

Is it seconded? (Members rose) It is seconded by Hon. Namugga, Member for Wakiso, Member for Kalangala, Member for Mukono and Hon. Ssasaga. Honourable colleagues, I put the question for recommittal of clauses 2, 8, 18, 19, 52, 69, 90 and the Fourth Schedule. Hon. Jonathan?

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Around 19 th May, His excellency the President issued a directive which was called an “executive order”, banning charcoal business in Northern and North-eastern Uganda. What remains is the implementation of the directive. What transpired is that the people working under the Ministry of Water and Environment are trying to execute the said directive across the country. Among other regions is Mukono,

Mr Speaker, I would like to thank Hon. Abdallah for raising this issue. The presidential directive came as a result of massive degradation. It followed a letter I had personally written, starting with a small area of operation. We started with Gulu, then went to the whole of northern, eastern and then the presidential directive. Mr Speaker, the Member should understand that it is for their own good. With the effect of climate change, we should join hands and conserve our environment. I appreciate Members who are doing due diligence to ensure our voters conserve our areas of operation. You should have been happy and joined hands to conserve Mukono, Kampala and the whole country. On the issue of the alternative: in the directive, which was given, we are mindful, as Government, that we do not have an immediate alternative. We actually said, “for domestic consumption”. The other one came as a result of exporting charcoal to Kenya, Saudi Arabia and China. So, charcoal had gone commercial. In fact, we have actually remained lenient on domestic use as we get an alternative. The alternatives in the offing are: i. As Government, we have promoted energy- conserving new technologies, which is actually in most of the energy-saving stoves; ii. We are expecting gas -

Thank you so much, Mr Speaker. As a Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, based on our mandate, we took a visit to a number of projects where TRIDI undertook the sericulture project. Sericulture is the growing of silk worms and silk worms are fed on mulberry leaves. This is a project that came into being under the Innovation Fund, which His Excellency, the President advocated for saying we should give more funds to scientists to innovate. One of the principal investigators wrote a project, which was successful, titled, “Evaluating the Utility of Sericulture and Apiculture Technologies and Innovations as tools for Household Wealth Creation and Employment Generation in Uganda.” This project was carried out in 24 districts. I am sure some of you, Members, could be having a lot of information about some of these projects, which are in your districts. So far, Government has injected Shs 31,235,912,000. As part of our mandate, we noted that there were a number of management challenges and so, we took it upon ourselves to go and visit these projects. We had also received a petition from Sheema Sericulture project because of the way the project was being handled. It is based on this background that we visited the areas of Bulambuli, Mukono, Kayunga, Kamuli, Iganga, Kween, and Sheema. The report is already uploaded. Members can have a look it. Because of time, I am going to go straight to the observations and later, I will go to the way forward.

Is it seconded? (Members rose_) It is seconded by Mukono, Hon. Olanya, Hon. Fred, Wakiso, smuggler , Kasilo, Kween and Hon. Martin. Honourable members, I put the question that this House grants leave to Hon. Asuman Basalirwa to introduce a Private Member’s Bill entitled, “The Anti-Counterfeiting Bill”. (Question put and agreed to.)

Madam Speaker, as I thank you for, keeping this promise of the Shs 1 billion alive, allow me to bring to your attention the issue of municipalities. As much as the one billion shillings is going to be sent to districts, the same amount of money will also be sent to municipalities. However, the district roads committee is mandated to do work in the whole district, including municipalities, which receive money from their own account directly from the centre. On this particular fund of road maintenance and the demand you have put that we should monitor and account for this money, we find that sitting at the district - the biggest part of the membership at the district committee are from the rural parts of the district. For example, in Mukono, I have a woman Member of Parliament, but I still sit on that committee alone. The people at the district council do not appreciate the issues in the municipalities. Therefore, wouldn’t it be procedurally right for municipalities to be accorded an opportunity to discuss, use this money and monitor it from the municipal level instead of allowing –(Member timed out.)

Madam Speaker, the Shs 1 billion will be given to each of the 135 districts, the 10 cities, and the 31 municipalities. However, a municipality is a lower local government in the district. Therefore, this is to ensure that when the district road is being rehabilitated or maintained, it is done together with the ones in the municipality. So, to have synergies, they do not take the money of the municipality but plan together. Just like in Kampala, we have the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area but Mukono, Wakiso and Mpigi remain autonomous. When you are planning a road from Kampala to Bweyogerere to Mukono, it is good to have that synergy. Thank you.

Honourable members, I wish you could understand why I have asked for that simple audit; I wish you could understand. You do not even need to debate it; just wait for the results. Do not even dilute what I have asked for because few of you know figures. (Laughter) You all have your specialty, but I know why I am asking. Honourable members, in the public gallery this afternoon, we have teachers and students of Nama Umea Primary School, Mukono, represented by none other than the Hon. Nabukera Hanifa, Hon. Kayondo, Hon. Kiwanuka. Please stand up students. We love you. I know you are watching and hearing. Thank you for bringing our MPs.

9657 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 18 JULY 2023 It is, therefore, our considered belief and conviction that the policy platform of the nation, at any single moment, should aspire to uphold stellar standards of conformity to globally acceptable levels of human rights. This is if we are to be true to the fact that we are a signatory to a plethora of international instruments on human rights, where we should be seen to walk the talk. Madam Speaker, I will briefly outline, in the next moment, our key observations and departures, including concurrences on a few issues obtaining to the state of the nation. The right to life Madam Speaker, the right to life is a fundamental right, whereby without it, the enjoyment of other rights is not possible. As a minimum, the right to life imposes upon states the duty to abstain from arbitrarily killing individuals under their jurisdiction. The paradigm violations of the right to life are the extra-judicial executions understood as killings that are committed, condoned or acquiesced by governments. We are disheartened by the number of people who have been killed under the watch of the State. I will list some of the killings that have remained unaccounted for and uninvestigated, yet the government operatives had a direct link to these atrocities. We shall not relent in reminding ourselves and demanding a report on the infamous November 2020 shootings, where over 54 people lost their lives, scores were maimed and are still nursing grave injuries without any support from the Government. Even the promised selective compensation to the victims and their families has never materialised. Madam Speaker, we remember the President saying the victims have classifications. There are those that are innocent who will be compensated. There are those that were directly involved; he gave them a description that does not require to be on our record. Nothing like compensation has ever materialised, meaning that it was political rhetoric. Additionally, many citizens were killed and others injured while on the campaign trail for the NUP Party President, as we recollect, who was contesting for the presidency in 2021. I have listed those who were killed, starting with his bodyguard, Senteza Kalibbala, who was buried in my constituency. He was killed in broad daylight at Busega. We actually have, on record, a military vehicle that knocked him deliberately. No investigation, no report. He is somebody’s son and somebody’s father. Michael Kalinda, Ritah Nabukenya, Daniel Kyeyune, Ibrahim Mutaasa, Willy Kayondo, Sophie Kusasira, Baker Kato, Shotfrom Namulanda, Martin Uwekiche, Tusubira Elijah, Mukiibi Elijah of Luweero, Umaru Ssemakula of Entebbe, Katweli Kimuli of Seeta, Musisi Allan of Mukono, Peter Mwanje of Nansana, Mugerwa William of Wankulukuku, Sophie of Obongi, Alioni Nobert of Obongi, Fungaroo Moro of Obongi, Shabba Shafiq of Obongi, Akim Abile of Obongi, deliberately drowned by the army on 15 January 2021. No investigation, no report. Does the family have information on the participants? Nothing. These are records on our faces. The President ought to have spoken about these violations and offered the nation hope. He was mute. Is he an accomplice or not aware? Madam Speaker, under a human rights compliant state, the obligation to respect the right to life goes beyond straining and refraining from intentional and unlawful deprivation of life. The State must take appropriate steps to safeguard the lives of those within its jurisdiction. This includes measures aimed at controlling and limiting the circumstances in which State agents may use firearms to, in some cases, the provision of some commodities to keep one alive. It was last year that thousands starved to death in Karamoja. The relief purportedly advanced to them was nothing but dummies and superficial. Up to now, families in Karamoja are still starving. That is a denial of a right to life. The State has a duty to the people of Karamoja to have food.

9658 DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS ON THE STATE OF THE NATION In another dimension, it should be noted that enforced disappearances have no place in countries where the State upholds the right to life. It is hard to discern that for three years now, the Government has failed to account for citizens abducted by security operatives moving in drones on different dates between 2019 and 2021. We have made statements here, as you recollect, at your permission and elsewhere. We have secured reads of habeas corpus against security agencies. I have repeatedly followed this matter with the Prime Minister, the Minister for Security and the Minister Defence and Veteran Affairs but regrettably, their responses are just explanations but of no consequence. Under normal circumstances, speedy investigations would have been conducted into these disappearances but alas! we are fed on hollow undertakings by the Executive while our people continue disappearing mysteriously. On record again, the following are missing persons under this regime: Kibalama John Bosco was abducted from Kanyanya on 3 June 2021. The Prime Minister of the Republic informed the country that she knows where Kibalama is. It is four years since his disappearance. With your permission, we played a record of her speech in Parliament here, committing knowledge of the whereabouts of Kibalama. I want to inform this House that the Prime Minister of the Republic has knowledge of the whereabouts of Mr Kibalama. The family and three children want to see their father and the wife wants to see her husband. I hope the Prime Minister, from Kigali, will come and take us where Kibalama is. It was her commitment that she knows where Kibalama is. Two, Ssemuddu Micheal was abducted from Kasubi on 28 November 2020, Damulira John from Kisekka Market on 21 December 2020. Mbabazi Moses from Kisekka Market on 26 November 2020, Nalumoso Vincent from Bugolobi on 1 December 2020, Lukwago Martin from Bugolobi on 3 November 2020, Kanatta Mohammed from Mukono on 23 December 2020. For the record, Kanatta Mohammed was one of the personal assistants of the Hon. Kiwanuka Abdullah. He is taking care of the family and educating the children of Kanatta since 2020. He disappeared up to now. Ssempijja Yuda was abducted from Mukono on 19 December 2020, Musisi Mbowa from Kisenyi on 18 December 2020, Kirya Peter from Nansana on 1 December 2020, Wangolo Shafiq from Nansana on 3 December 2020, Zimula Dennis from Nansana on 25 November 2020, Luwemba Mustafa from Nansana on 19 November 2020, Mubiru Hassan from Kawaala on 20 November 2020, Ssesaazi Isma from Makindye on 19 November 2020, Kisembo Godfrey from Mubende town on 12 February 2021, George Kasumba from Kyotera on 19 January 2021, Baguma Joseph from Kyebando in December 2020. I was in Kyotera three weeks ago and the family raised this matter of the disappearance of their son with me. Nobody has ever visited them from the Government for an explanation, neither the police for information. These are very harrowing situations. You expect the Head of State in this kind of - because the Head of State on the State-of-the-Nation Address has space for assurance of victims and assurance of investigation - at least to have an investigation. The right to freedom from torture, inhumane and degrading treatment Article 24 of the Constitution of Uganda prohibits torture, cruel, inhumane, degrading treatment, and punishment. This is one of the rights that are absolute and may not be subject to any exemption even in times of war or emergency. Article 44(a) of the Constitution provides for non-derogable delegation of the right of freedom from torture and cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment thus making this fundamental right absolute. The absolute prohibition of torture is set out in several international human rights treaties, for

Madam Speaker, I am presenting a full statement to Parliament on land grabbing and who is doing it - on notice. You will hear what is in Mukono. A military officer again bought land, sold to citizens and then evicted them; it is really despicable. I am going to make a full presentation on that, Madam Speaker.

They betray her well-known intentions over generations and we do not know why she is migrating. Madam Speaker, with your indulgence, I ask for two things that she must report on. Last week, on Tuesday, Hon. Naluyima raised the issue of Gunda Forest Reserve, the single remaining enclave of the depleted central forest reserve, which has been parcelled and titles given. I saw a statement from the Chairperson, Board Uganda Land Commission, saying that they gave titles because of pressure for urbanisation. Will you, together with your friend in the lands, report to the House on who actually degazetted Gunda Forest Reserve because the power to degazette is the preserve of Parliament. The minister should report on Gunda Forest Reserve, Madam Speaker. Secondly, in Namyoya Forest Reserve in Mukono, titles have been obtained by powerful politicians and military officers in this land. The minister should report on who gave authority to degazette Namyoya Forest Reserve. She should also report on the bearers of the parcelled land because the titles are there. Without fear of contradiction and without going back on your known commitment on the environment, report on the bearers of the land titles in Gunda and Namyoya forest reserves. Thank you.

9551 Wednesday, 12 July 2023 Honourable members, yesterday, we talked about accidents. Hardly had we slept, there was again another terrible accident. The issue was a parked vehicle on the road. That is what we talked about. I ask the Government Chief Whip that we should have a meeting since the Ministry of Works and Transport has failed to do its work. Can we have a meeting with the works ministry, Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and the Uganda Police Force tomorrow, and then issue orders? (Applause) Let us have the meeting in my office at 8.00 in the morning. This is about a people’s lives and so, we must work because we cannot keep singing we should implement the Traffic and Road Safety Act, yet nobody is doing it. Let us hold some people accountable for all this. We should have that meeting tomorrow and we will report to the House what we would have agreed on the way forward so this is resolved. We have both road and water accidents which are a very serious matters. You cannot have a truck parked on the road. One of the Members of Parliament told me when they were coming back from the east, they got eight trucks parked on the roadside. I got in an accident one time just in Mukono because a truck was parked on the road side. We are losing people due to sicknesses; - the roads are bad, trucks are parked on the road and nothing is being done. Leader of the Opposition, kindly join us in that meeting tomorrow because we must come up with a IN THE PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA Official Report of the Proceedings of Parliament THIRD SESSION - 11TH SITTING - FIRST MEETING Parliament met at 1.59 p.m. in Parliament House, Kampala. PRAYERS (The Speaker, Ms Anita Among, in the Chair.) The House was called to order. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

9520 DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS ON THE STATE OF THE NATION c) Declining block tariff structures for large and extra-large industrial consumers; d) Investment in development of substation and electricity infrastructure in industrial parks like Luzira, Namanve, Kapeeka, Mukono, Iganga, Mbale, Entebbe, Mirama Hill among others; e) Investment in improvement of reliability and quality of supply; f) Change of the industrial tariff structure to provide for low retail tariff for industrial consumers that commit to increase demand; g) New connection through a hybrid financing framework is also under consideration; and h) Regional power trade. Therefore, the committee concludes that it is necessary to grant a one-year extension to Bujagali Energy Limited in order to protect the end users from high tariff while at the same time enabling Government to implement recommendations of the Parliament on the same. The committee recommends that Corporate Income Tax for Bujagali Energy Limited be waived for one year. I hereby submit.

Thank you. Honourable colleagues, Hon. Nandala-Mafabi, in raising that issue, referred to the statement, which I made before the President when we were celebrating 100 years of Makerere University. I followed it up and the President said that, indeed, he had heard. My argument was like that of Hon. Amos Okot: why don’t you do district quota? This business of finding one district with many students and another with few students – maybe you would also promote local schools. (Applause) Now, everyone who has a child somehow has to bring them either to Kampala, Wakiso or Mukono to be able to qualify. At that time, the President said that he had appointed a taskforce, chaired by Hon. Amanya Mushega, to carry out all these reviews. Maybe the Minister of Education and Sports can give us an update on where that taskforce has reached so that we get these details and see what solution the Government is proposing.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have to thank the committee for the report but also say that National Water and Sewerage Corporation is one of the successful corporations so far that we still pride in as a country. We need to thank them. That said, underpayment of junior staff is true and could be the leading cause of sabotage, malice and inflation or over costing other consumers. When these staff do not get paid, they at times end up shifting the burden to the consumers. Mr Speaker, at one time in Mukono, I saw a junior staff asking for a bribe for someone to get connected. They were saying, “After all, we are not paid. It is only our office people who are well paid. We end on these petty payments we pick from you people.” They were shifting the burden to the consumers. Therefore, I want to agree with the findings of the report that we need to urge and appeal the management of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation to look at the payments across the board, instead of underpaying the junior staff. Thank you.

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

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

Yes, we are talking about a sub-county, which has a radius as wide as from here to Mukono – (Interjections) - Yes, Karamoja is a very vast place.

9230 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT district as a hard-to-reach area so as to benefit from funds earmarked for such areas. His questions are: a) What criteria is used to determine hard-to- reach areas? b) What is the possibility of including other areas in the hard-to-reach areas category? c) Which areas are categorised as hard-to- reach? My response is that the Ministry of Public Service observed that there were areas in some local governments that had consistently failed to attract and retain skilled and capable human resource, leading to inadequacies and gaps in the delivery of services. This was observed through inspection reports, support supervision exercises and payroll status reports. These areas were, therefore, defined as hard to reach. Hard-to-reach areas are defined as remote or insecure areas that are unable to attract and retain sufficient numbers of motivated staff because of difficult living conditions. They are, therefore, “hard to work in and hard to stay in.” These areas are characterised by remoteness, insecurity and poor infrastructure, among others. In the Financial Year 2010-2011, Government approved payment of hardship allowances of 30 per cent of the basic monthly salary for public officers working in the local governments defined as hard to reach. The following 24 areas are categorised as hard-to-reach: Kotido, Nakapiripirit, Abim, Moroto, Kaabong, Pader, Kitgum, Nwoya, Amuru, Kalangala, Gulu, Bundibugyo, Adjumani, Kisoro, Kanungu, Bukwo, Ntoroko, Buvuma, Lamwo, Namayingo, Napak, Mayuge (specifically Malonge Island), Bugiri (specifically Sigulu Island), and Mukono (specifically Koome Islands). Over the years, the Ministry of Public Service has received requests from various local governments to be considered hard-to-reach areas. Consequently, the ministry carried out a study, in the year 2020, in order to review the hard-to-reach and hard-to-stay areas in the country based on the criteria of remoteness, insecurity and poor infrastructure. Out of the 63 districts that had requested to be considered, 54 were found to have hard- to-reach and hard-to-stay spots eligible for payment of the hard-to-reach allowance. In total, 340 hard-to-reach spots were identified as the qualifying localities within the 54 districts. Madam Speaker, allow me to lay, on the Table, a full list of the hard-to-reach and hard-to-stay areas in the country. In the interest of time, Members can access it. Madam Speaker, based on the criteria used, I would like to inform the honourable member that Rubanda was not categorised as a hard-to- reach and hard-to-stay district. It is also important to note that the Ministry of Public Service has not yet implemented the revised Hard-to-Reach Framework. The current priority of the Government is the salary enhancement of all public officers in a phased approach. Madam Speaker, I got another question from Hon. Francis Adome, MP for Moroto Municipality. His question was to know the Government’s plan to rehabilitate government- aided schools in Karamoja. My response is that the Government of Uganda, in collaboration with education development partners, has been providing infrastructure support to both primary and post-primary institutions in the Karamoja subregion. All the post-primary institutions (11 secondary schools and two PTCs) benefitted from infrastructure support under the Irish Aid. All secondary schools in the Karamoja subregion implementing Universal Secondary Education were provided with additional infrastructure under the World Bank support and were provided with additional classrooms to attain the recommended classroom-student ratio of 1:60. [Ms Nabbanja] PRIME MINISTER’S TIME

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

9122 BUDGET SPEECH, 2023 commence next financial year. Forty-nine per cent of the right-of-way for the Kampala- Malaba Standard Gauge railway has been acquired. The construction of the Malaba- Kampala Standard Gauge Railway will commence next financial year, for which Shs 535 billion has been provided. Madam Speaker, in the air transport sector, the redevelopment and expansion of Entebbe International Airport is at 85 per cent complete and due to be completed by July 2024. The construction of Kabalega International Airport now stands at 91.7 per cent and will be completed by September 2023. We shall also rehabilitate and upgrade the following aerodromes that are under feasibility studies: Kidepo, Pakuba, Mbarara, Gulu, Arua, Kisoro and Kasese. Madam Speaker, an allocation of Shs 4.5 trillion, representing 13.3 per cent of the total budget has been budgeted for road maintenance and construction; railway development and rehabilitation; and water and air transport development. Of particular significance, an allocation of Shs 1 billion has been provided to each district, city and municipality for road grading, murram and compacting. In total, Shs 176 billion has been allocated for this purpose. (Applause) We have also secured US$ 608.7 million, equivalent to Shs 2.25 trillion to address flooding, traffic congestion, poor road infrastructure, un- signalised junctions and unemployment in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) covering Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono and Mpigi districts and their municipalities. This will upgrade 504 kilometres of roads including junction signalisation in eight urban authorities; rehabilitation of 30 storm water drainage points; upgrade 23 markets and construct 25 artisanal parks, and industrial workspaces for small-scale manufacturers. (Applause) In collaboration with the World Bank, the Government is implementing a $360 million Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) programme to improve infrastructure and address operational challenges in the cities and municipalities. Power infrastructure Power generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure have continued to expand. Generation capacity increased to 1,378.1 Megawatts as at March 2023 from 1,343.9 Megawatts in March 2022, an increase of 34.4 Megawatts, although that is again not enough. With the commissioning of the Karuma Hydropower Project planned for September this year, generation capacity will increase to 1,976 Megawatts. The 6-Megawatt Nyagak III Hydropower project is also due for commissioning by end of this month. In transmission, a total of 417 kilometres of transmission lines were added to the main grid during the year, bringing the total transmission line network now to 4,011 kilometres. To enable evacuation of power from the 600-Megawatt Karuma Hydropower Project the 248-kilometre Karuma-Kawanda, the 55-kilometre Karuma-Olwiyo and the 76-kilometre Karuma-Lira lines have been completed. Twekubireko mu ngalo . (Applause) Next year, 761 kilometres of transmission lines and associated power substations will be constructed to improve the stability and reliability of the networks. We will also build the capacity of the Uganda Electricity Generation and Transmission companies to manage the generation and distribution networks after the expiry of the ESKOM and Umeme concessions. Madam Speaker, next financial year, Shs 1.3 trillion has been allocated for electricity interventions. Digital transformation Turning to digital transformation, 4,717 kilometres of optic fibre have been laid across the country. Geographical coverage of broad Band services stands at 66 per cent and 25

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

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank Hon. Sarah for her report. I have a scenario in Mukono where a patient came to the hospital for delivery. When she reached, there was no electricity at that time and the midwife asked her why she did not come along with a matchbox and a candle. She was told to first bring a matchbox and candle so that they could work on her. I urge the Government to provide basic needs. How can one go to the hospital at that stage and remember to carry a candle or even a matchbox? A candle cannot even work; we need standby generators because some of our constituencies do not have electricity . (Applause) So, the Ministry of Health together with the Government should put standby generators to help our mothers deliver. I thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mine is about health insurance for workers. Our employees should be given insurance because when you look at the risks they go through, for example, the people working in factories - in Mukono, we have many factories. While people are executing their duties, sometimes, they are hurt; probably accidental cuts on their bodies, and end up paying for the treatment from their salaries. My prayer in this Bill is that employers should include medical insurance for the workers so that they can be helped in that way. I would also like to talk about the casual workers. Did the committee look into the six months before they are confirmed whether they are not going to be paid some allowances. I also pray that before they are confirmed, they should be given some allowances if there are any appointments or contracts. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am going to talk about three areas. One of the areas is to add on to what Hon. Santa Alum said. Parents are the first teachers of children, that is for the few months that we have to look after babies comprehensively. It should start right from the womb; the father has to get deeply involved so that the child to be born is happy and healthy. How can you give the father only seven working days when he is one of the teachers of the children? The father should get a little more days. When sensitising our people, the fathers should be at the forefront. When we give them paternity leave, it is not for them to go and relax, but to be together with their wives smiling at the babies. (Laughter) They should smile at the babies to make them peaceful and happy. Thirdly, for the mothers with multiple births, how can you give only seven days to the father? The mother is going to be stressed. In order to give birth to stress free children, we need more days for those fathers. (Applause) For casual workers, we struggled with Uchumi employers and to date, Uchumi workers were never paid their benefits. Why? Because sometimes we relax. It should be the Attorney- General to come out clearly on the position of Uchumi workers who, up to date, have not been given their benefits. Therefore, I am very grateful for this Employment (Amendment) Act. Probably, it will address the challenges of our casual workers, we need to care for our people a little better. When the honourable Member from Mukono talked about people who get hurt in their workplaces, when I work in a factory and probably one of my arms gets cut because of mishandling the machine, it should be the company to treat and compensate me. So, this work hazard has to be addressed by the company or the person involved. We have a lot of problems with our people and even externalisation of labour. This is something which we need to address. Thank you very much, Mr Speaker.

Madam Speaker, I rise to air out the views of the people in the Kampala metropolitan about the state of our infrastructure and its reflection in the national budget estimates that we have. As a House, we are debating the same matter. The President has also aired out his views – I do not need to go back because the reflection or mirror is outside there for all of us to see that our Capital City and the metropolitan area, including Mukono, Wakiso, etc., is in a dire state. Whereas we contribute about 65 per cent to the GDP of this nation, the reflection, in the form of benefits from the allocation, is still very meagre. I have heard the proposals by the budget committee for an extra Shs 33 billion. Yes, we cannot say “no”. The Baganda say – and I quote – “Nyama ntono, okayana eli mu’nkwawa” (even if you have little, first take hold of it and then make your arguments). So, we appreciate it, but we need more. Again, we are back to square one, honourable minister for finance, Hon. Musasizi. An extra Shs 33 billion cannot cater for new road reconstructions or even the maintenance of the drainage in the metropolitan area. I know my friend, Hon. Ssemujju, from Kira, where most of you reside – I think, including Hon. Musasizi - I have seen you there, attending some ceremonies; do not hide. The reality is that we all either -

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

8754 BUDGETARY PROPOSALS & ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 60) Vote 819: Bukwo District – Shs 22,102,420,000 61) Vote 820: Bulambuli District – Shs 22,999,426,000 62) Vote 821: Buliisa District – Shs 14,874,929,000 63) Vote 822: Bundibugyo District – Shs 33,203,487,000 64) Vote 823: Bunyangabu District - Shs 19,891,642,000 65) Vote 824: Bushenyi District – Shs 28,896,953,000 66) Votes 825: Busia District - Shs 32,967,494,000 67) Votes 826: Butaleja District - Shs 33,927,473,000 68) Vote 827: Butambala District – Shs 23,446,766,000 69) Vote 828: Butebo District - Shs 16,607,616,000 70) Vote 829: Buvuma District – Shs 13,321,617,000 71) Vote 830: Buyende District – Shs 22,651,177,000 72) Vote 831: Dokolo District – Shs 21,223,707,000 73) Vote 832: Gomba District – Shs 21,231,932,000\ 74) Vote 720: Masindi Municipal Council – Shs 11,172,470,000 75) Vote 721: Mityana Municipal Council – Shs 10,365,633,000 76) Vote 722: Moroto Municipal Council – Shs 5,143,627,000 77) Vote 723: Mubende Municipal Council – Shs 10,465,947,000 78) Vote 724: Mukono Municipal Council – Shs 19,829,177,000 79) Vote 725: Nansana Municipal Council – Shs 24,351,761,000 80) Vote 726: Nebbi Municipal Council – Shs 6,907,898,000 81) Vote 727: Njeru Municipal Council – Shs 13,394,572,000 82) Vote 728: Ntungamo Municipal Council – Shs 4,845,867,000 83) Vote 729: Rukungiri Municipal Council – Shs 9,415,996,000 84) Vote 730: Sheema Municipal Council – Shs 14,106,079,000 85) Vote 731: Tororo Municipal Council – Shs 9,365,323,000 86) Vote 801: Abim District – Shs 18,295,895,000 87) Vote 802: Adjumani District – Shs 31,965,889,000 88) Vote 803: Agago District – Shs 31,061,514,000 89) Vote 804: Alebtong District – Shs 23,689,489,000 90) Vote 805: Amolatar District – Shs 19,357,798,000 91) Vote 806: Amudat District – Shs 10,632,904,000 92) Vote 807: Amuria District – Shs 22,290,290,000 93) Vote 808: Amuru District - Shs 22,428,999,000

Madam Speaker, I would like to give you one example. During our times – those years – if a civil servant was sick or took somebody who was sick, he would be given first priority, but nowadays that is not the case. I am looking at clause 12 and clause 10. Clause 10 is repealing the principal Act whereby, where there were initial capital allowances, they are now saying there will be no initial capital allowances. Madam Speaker, the reason for initial capital allowances was to accelerate capital allowances so that a person is told to leave Kampala, Mukono and Entebbe to go and invest in Mbale or Gulu – 50 kilometres outside Kampala. That was the reasoning. If the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has certified that more people have gone upcountry, then, you cannot come to clause 12 to deal with carry-forwards. What is a carry-forward in tax? I am going to demonstrate it simply. I have invested Shs 4 billion in Gulu. In the first year, they say, “you are entitled to 100 per cent”. That means the Shs 4 billion will be allowed as a deduction from my profit. Now, I make Shs 100 million as net profit. So, as far as my business is concerned, I have made a profit of Shs 100 million, but as far as taxes are concerned, you will knock off that Shs 4 billion from the Shs 100 million profit and at the end, I will end up with a taxable loss. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is saying that since you have made a taxable loss, you should not enjoy it. You have made a law to allow me to enjoy it in the first place, so, it would take not less than 15 years before we exhaust the tax allowance. Madam Speaker, one of the reasons a taxable loss arises is the law on giving accelerated capital allowances. Since you have repealed that, then you do not need to stop this. The reason is simple; they are saying people are cheating, but we have equipped URA with tax auditors. Section 90 of the Income Tax Act talks about tax avoidance but under section 91, we have given URA a lot of powers to even reclassify some things, disallow items and deal with them at arm’s length. So, there is no way a competent tax collector who knows tax auditing would fail to know whether someone is cheating or genuinely making a taxable loss. Madam Speaker, let me inform Members of Parliament that a trading loss can happen but I can have a trading profit - which I have explained - but in the end, because of this tax regime, I end up with a taxable loss. So, URA and my brother, Hon. Musasizi, are saying that they should now tax that loss. This issue

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Thank you, Mr Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. The Ministry of Works and Transport made a commitment that they will build rescue centres. Accidents are incidents that are not planned, but some accidents, after their occurrence, can be managed. The Ministry of Works and Transport promised to build rescue centres at least in some of the districts on the lake: Namayingo, Buvuma, Kalangala, Koome Mukono, and some other districts that have islands. However, Mr Speaker, there are no signs of the rescue centres or that there are any efforts of them being built. We cannot continue having accidents, year after year and we come to mourn or to inform Parliament. This Government should be urged or we should be seeing some efforts that when our people, especially those in the lake, get into accidents, there are efforts by Government to rescue them. Thank you.

Thank you. Honourable colleagues, this matter really touches all of us. It is a really big point of concern. That is why we had to take it up to this level, but it is a matter beyond KCCA. It is also a matter that covers Kampala Metropolitan, especially Wakiso and Mukono areas. And most of us, by the way, do not stay in Kampala City. Most of us stay outside the city and the image we really give is not a good one. However, I am happy this has been taken up and for those who are interpreting it negatively, in the end, honourable minister, this will benefit you because it has brought out issues, which we are just taking for granted. So, we should take this opportunity and ensure that indeed, we move seriously on the issue. I had picked Hon. Nathan Byanyima. So, let us hear from him before we hear from Hon. Itungo, and then Hon. Judith Alyek and Hon. Joyce Acan. Two minutes each, colleagues, so that we have more time.

8303 THE E L E VENTH PARLIAMENT O F U GANDA TUESDAY , 25 APRIL 2023 Disclaimer: The electronic version of the Official Report of the proceedings of Parliament (Hansard) is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Office of the Clerk to Parliament. used to see. I think potholes have come from the villages to Kampala. Mr Speaker, since we have not finished the budgeting process; let us go back to the drawing board to ensure that a certain big portion is directed to Kampala City so that we can maintain these roads to a motorable situation, including Mukono and Wakiso. I rest my case and I thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I want to thank the committee and the chairperson for the report. I would like to also appreciate the Government for having given us the water ambulance. However, I request that we put aside facilitation for fuel for the water ambulance. Otherwise, it is parked at Luzira, yet it is supposed to be at Mukono Landing Site, that is, Katosi.

7982 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT 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. East African Community here in Parliament. There will be a time when we shall no longer have such individuals and we may not get the chronology of what happened. Mr Speaker, I once went back home and found an elderly man of 91 years old in Mukono named Kizito. He had waited for over four hours and he was following what was on the Order Paper. Since he knew that I am a Member of Parliament, he camped at my home just to mobilise me. He said, “There is our issue, which was brought to Parliament.” It shows that these people are really in need but we must also accept what the Minister of East African –(Member timed out.)

Thank you, Mr Speaker. On 25 October 2022, Salaama School for the Blind burned and 12 children with visual impairment died. However, up to now, the report about that incident has not come out. The First Lady lobbied MTN to construct a dormitory and today, during the ground-breaking ceremony to reconstruct the dormitory that was burnt, the RDC of Mukono, Ms Fatuma Ndibasa wanted to arrest the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN. I want to know from the Prime Minister when the report is coming out. Two, Mr Speaker –

Mr Speaker, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is hereby directed to go to Mukono. The RDC is equally directed, through the Presidency ministry, to allow this Samaritan to do the needful and help our people.

7938 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEDULE NO.1 FOR FY 2022/2023 a case in Tororo in the neighbourhood of my constituency - and I know Hon. Angura will bear me witness - where a gentleman called Richard Omwa was found selling adulterated cement. He was arrested by the police in Bendo B Zone - you know that fellow. Even in Mukono here, the same thing happened, and that was in July 2021. In Mukono, three people were arrested after the police burst a racket of fake cement manufacturers. So, fake cement is on the market. Speaker, as I conclude, serious issues regarding load shedding have been raised by two Members - the honourable member from Busia Municipality and the honourable member from Hoima City - and I would like to give you the statistics. As of December 2021, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) gave estimates that electricity capacity is 1,346 Megawatts and the demand is 800 Megawatts. Mr Speaker, we were with you in the same committee and so, you are very polished on these statistics - leaving a surplus of 546 Megawatts. With this surplus, why would Uganda be grappling with the challenge of load shedding, Madam Speaker? Sorry, Mr Speaker, I meant Madam Prime Minister; you know, you can never become a lady.

3.0 Supplementary re- quests within the 3 per cent legal limit Vote 002: State House requested for Shs 210.545 billion to cater for classified expendi - ture and Shs 20 billion as subvention to Kiira Motors. Members can read that statement. On page 7, the committee: 1. Declines approval of Shs 20 billion for Kiira Motors Corporation since Parlia- ment had appropriated funds within the Shs 77.09 billion budgeted for the pro- curement of parts and materials for pro- duction of electric buses. 2. Recommends that a value-for-money au- dit be undertaken by the Office of the Au - ditor-General for funds advanced to Kiira Motors Corporation for the last three fi - nancial years. 3. Recommends approval of Shs 210.545 billion to Vote 002: State House for classi - fied expenditure. Vote 003: Office of the Prime Minister The Office of the Prime Minister requested for Shs 1.5 billion to enable the Office of the Prime Minister to commence land preparation for a humanitarian base at Namanve, Mukono Dis- trict, which was given by the Uganda Invest- ment Authority. The committee recommends the approval of Shs 1.5 billion to Vote 003: Office of the Prime Minister for that purpose.

453 Honorables, you may wrsh to note that SDGS are momtored and evaluated by 232 global indrcators of whrch 201 are apphcable to Uganda Currently Uganda has 119 rndicators wrth data pomts (59%), 24 mdicators are globally computed (127") and 58 rndrcators rvrthout data pornts (29%). Goal 1; No Poverlr, The level of poverty in Uganda reduced shghtly ('I l't ) fuom 21. .4 percent rn 2016/17 to 20.3 percent rn 2020 / 2^1. Cvrenlly, there are about 3 5 mrlhon persons hving below the poverty Lne and the proportron of populatton hvrng below the nahonal poverty Lne rncreased srgnrficantly in urban areas (2 2) t e, from 9 5 percent m FY 20^16/^17 to 1^l7 percent rn FY2020/21 compared to rural areas (1 8) re, from 252 percent nF\ 20-16 /-17 to 234 percent rn FY2020/2^1. The urban poor are more concentrated in other citres/towns in the country rather than urban greater Kampala (Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso). Results show an rmprovement in housrng condrtrons whrch rs a crrtrcal factor m poverty reductron For example, the percent of households with grass thatched roofs reduced to 23 percent 20^19 / 2020 lrom 24 n 201.6 / 20'17 Addrtionally, total Government spendrng on essentral servrces such as educatiory health and socral protectron rncreased from 22 40 percent rn 2020 lo 231. percent in 2021. However total Government spendrng on health reduced from 9.2 percent to 7 3 percent for the respectrve years 20

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.

453 Honorables, you may wrsh to note that SDGS are momtored and evaluated by 232 global indrcators of whrch 201 are apphcable to Uganda Currently Uganda has 119 rndicators wrth data pomts (59%), 24 mdicators are globally computed (127") and 58 rndrcators rvrthout data pornts (29%). Goal 1; No Poverlr, The level of poverty in Uganda reduced shghtly ('I l't ) fuom 21. .4 percent rn 2016/17 to 20.3 percent rn 2020 / 2^1. Cvrenlly, there are about 3 5 mrlhon persons hving below the poverty Lne and the proportron of populatton hvrng below the nahonal poverty Lne rncreased srgnrficantly in urban areas (2 2) t e, from 9 5 percent m FY 20^16/^17 to 1^l7 percent rn FY2020/21 compared to rural areas (1 8) re, from 252 percent nF\ 20-16 /-17 to 234 percent rn FY2020/2^1. The urban poor are more concentrated in other citres/towns in the country rather than urban greater Kampala (Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso). Results show an rmprovement in housrng condrtrons whrch rs a crrtrcal factor m poverty reductron For example, the percent of households with grass thatched roofs reduced to 23 percent 20^19 / 2020 lrom 24 n 201.6 / 20'17 Addrtionally, total Government spendrng on essentral servrces such as educatiory health and socral protectron rncreased from 22 40 percent rn 2020 lo 231. percent in 2021. However total Government spendrng on health reduced from 9.2 percent to 7 3 percent for the respectrve years 20

7608 ADDRESS BY H.E. GEN. YOWERI MUSEVENI beneficiaries, especially with Operation Wealth Creation. It initially worked well. Indeed, the households in the non-money sector declined from 68 per cent to 39 per cent; this was most commendable. However, I started picking up complaints from the public of “they only give to themselves” or “ baleeta ebifu”. They supply us bad quality material or “ baleeta eby’obuseere”, they bring over priced items. That is when I decided that the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force (UPDF) personnel must get out of this effort because the image of the wider force was going to be ruined by the mistakes of these fellows who were in Operation Wealth Creation, who had lost their straightforwardness. Moreover, it is the ultimate aim of the NRM that the stakeholders - the beneficiaries of these projects - must manage their affairs. That was the debate we had in Cabinet. When people said, “No, we should continue with the army”, I said, No, these people must learn how to manage their own affairs. They are not children. We can help them to manage their affairs. Hence, the need for the stakeholders, farmers and the artisans to form SACCOs in the parishes or at the constituency levels for the Emyooga . This is the correct and ultimate solution. I have started touring and inspecting the 18 zones of Uganda. The 18 zones of Uganda are: Masaka, Mengo - what they used to call Mengo (the districts of Mukono, Luweero and all that of Mpigi) Mubende, Ankole, Kigezi, Tooro, Bunyoro, Busoga, Bukedi, Teso, Sebei, Karamoja, Lango, Acholi, West Nile and Madi. I started with Acholi between the 23 rd and 24 th of February 2023. Straight away, the wanaichi told me of the parasites that were like flies, swarming around the PDM and Emyooga money. I will decisively follow up the attempted theft of the PDM and the Emyooga money in Acholi. And if they tampered with the money, they will pay for that treachery; they will be an example to the rest of the potential flies. Ten thousand, five hundred and ninety four (10,594) PDM SACCOs are to be formed. As of now, 9,538 SACCOs, which is 90 per cent of the target, have been formed. That is what the secretariat told us. But I have read the report of Parliament that the Speaker sent to me, and there are many observations there that point out the weaknesses. Meanwhile, I, myself, while in Acholi, heard from the wanaichi a number of bad actions. There is this group in town, in one of the wards, where somebody called a commercial officer, called a secret meeting of a few people to form the leadership for the parish model because they want to find a way of stealing the money. They did not involve the whole parish yet we said that all people in the parish, who want to engage in wealth creation, should join the SACCO as long as they are adults - that is 18 years and above. That is the plan. All producers in the parish must join or must be told and if they do not want to join, that is up to them, but they must be invited because, like the issue in Gulu, somebody announced a meeting at 9.00 a.m. in the morning and the meeting happened at 02.00 p.m. and a few people created the leadership. That is one issue, which I picked up, and of course, I will follow it up. Then in Aswa, instead of going to the parish, they were called to the subcounty so that people get tired and do not go. And when they were called to go to the subcounty, they were told, “Each parish should bring 30/30.” Who told you that? This is not indirect election of 30/30. The parish SACCO is for all members and they may be organised in their production groups: the ones of bananas or dairy - but all who want to engage in wealth creation must join. If there is anything that is not clear there, then at the right time, the Minister of Local Government, who has been heading this, should explain it. Then in another area, I think it is Aswa again, they were told to pay some money for membership. Now, we are going to follow up on all this; and I got this direct from the people.

7443 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 9 MARCH 2023 Eutaw Construction Inc. before due diligence was concluded. Count Two: Abuse of Office He was accused of abusing his authority and office by irregularly directing the formalisation of the illegal subcontract between Eutaw Construction Co. Inc. and CICO (U) Ltd. Count Three: Disobedience of lawful orders He was accused of refusing or failing to comply with the directive of the IGG of 17 July 2014 halting all transactions on road works relating to Mukono–Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga Road without reasonable cause. Count Four: Abuse of office He was alleged to have communicated the award of the contract to Eutaw Construction Co. Inc. without complying with the procuring law. Count Five: Abuse of office He was alleged to have irregularly signed a contract between UNRA and Eutaw Construction Co. Inc. I find no correlation with the above case because the above case provided evidence while in my case, I approved the budget with a rider that the board scrutinises it within the legal framework. No money was lost, no payments have been made and a letter by the board chairman to the chairperson of the committee indicates that the board authorised the management to undertake due process before they can approve the budget. When management appeared before the committee, they notified the committee that they were undertaking the work plan. Honourable members, the committee’s report does not meet the standard required in proving the case against me beyond reasonable doubt. Under Section 132 of the Penal Code Act, both the act of offering false evidence and that of preparing false evidence make up a crime. The report is characterised by criminal intent against me and they have knowingly prepared a case against me without presenting evidence against me. I hope this House will save the integrity of this Parliament, which I am a proud Member of. The conclusion of the committee’s report recommending that I resign because I purportedly directed that the Shs 6 billion is sent to my ministry is false. I cannot resign based on a falsehood. My letter was not a directive. The spirit of that letter was the exercise of ministerial power under Section 29(3) of the NSSF Act. The committee agreed with me in their report. I implore the House to have this particular section of the law interpreted by the Attorney-General to guide objective debate on this matter. Furthermore, I implore the House to consider whether there is any evidence on the record of the committee’s findings to the effect that the alleged Shs 6 billion was accessed or used by myself for personal benefit, contrary to any law. None at all. I believe that if this recommendation is carried, it will set a bad precedent and make it impossible for Government entities and actors to perform their legal mandate under the law. It is on record that my action, which to the best of my knowledge and belief was within the law, was premised on the need to implement the new law and a report from the NSSF, which gave me detailed figures indicating that: a) Compliance rate by employers in the formal sector stands at only 40 per cent. Honourable members, this is where I stand to make sure that we save those workers whose money is being deducted and not put. This implies that 60 per cent of employers have not been remitting contributions of their employees to NSSF. The growth being seen in investments is from the savings of the 40 per cent of the contributors. If only 20 per cent more contributions are realised, what kind of growth would we see? At the moment, the Shs 18 trillion you are seeing is based on the 40 per cent contributions. The committee, extensively, has indicated that the

Thank you. On top of all that fees, we continue to also pay tithe. (Laughter) There is an important point that Hon. Sarah has raised. The foundation bodies and the people running these schools are saying, the moment we reduce fees, the quality of service delivery will go down. They are saying, no, we have parents who are willing to pay this much. Don’t you think, from what she is saying, if we went for a model of Government pulling out of these schools and we leave them to the foundation bodies - We have a university that is successfully run by a foundation body; Uganda Christian University (UCU) in Mukono. It is doing very well without Government interference. I think we shall, in the end, come out with a middle ground on this issue.

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

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I would like to thank the committee for the report. We are here because we are healthy. If you were not healthy, I do not think you would be here. There are a lot of challenges, not only in the medical sector, but also in other institutions, including security. I think this is the right time for us to be considerate. In most cases, when you go to the Government health centres, some of these workers are so frustrated; they just look at you. They do not want to attend to you because they have not been paid for a couple of months. Some are frustrated; their children are at home, they have not fed and have not gone to school. So, I would really urge the Government to ensure they increase payment to our medical personnel. Two months ago, we had challenges in the Lira medical department. We are all aware there was a big strike. About 100 staff were on strike; they had not been paid for three months. For example, let me mention one of the security companies called Falcon in Mukono. You find a person being paid Shs 100,000 and they work the whole night. How do you expect such a person to take care of you, as a ‘big’ person? So, I support this committee’s report. Let us encourage and join hands to make sure the medical teams are supported. Thank you.

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

Thank you, honourable minister. You have seen that you still have very many issues. The Speaker also directed you to bring a response to the issues raised by the Shadow Minister of Energy and Mineral Development on power outages. I will give you space on Thursday. You were directed to bring it this week. So, I will give you space on Thursday and I hope you will be ready. (Applause) It is on the issue of the national outages that we continue getting – and a permanent solution. Secondly, I saw the report you gave in relation to what the Leader of the Opposition said – on the areas that are going to benefit from the loan. It is not helpful at all. When you list that Mukono will get this much, Mitooma this much, Obongi this much: how will I know whether my constituency is in or not? We need details. (Applause) The project must have gone into detailed designs and, you know, which village, parish and subcounty - those are the details we need. The list you gave is not helpful at all. (Applause) So, if you need more time, we can give you more time, but you give us a detailed list, which Members can respond to. Finally, this is a word of caution, generally. Honourable minister, I think you see why Members are raising very many issues with your sector: it is to do with service delivery. There is a general belief among Members that even if we had issues of service delivery, they were worsened by the merger of the Rural Electrification Agency with the ministry. (Applause) Now, again, you are proposing to merge the whole energy sector into one entity. I wish you success, honourable minister, in regard to that. (Laughter)

The lands minister should go to Kitagwenda and report back to the House. Rt Hon. Prime Minister, there was an issue that was raised by Hon. Hanifa Nabukeera, where an army man is guarding the same place. Everybody has been chased and he has deployed security to guard it in Mukono. Madam Prime Minister, when we are getting Action Taken Reports? This should be one of the issues that should be captured.

No, I do not want to blame colleagues, the Members of Parliament. Once they capture that seat, the chairperson LCV have been taking over the management of road committees; this is happening in Wakiso, Mukono – (Members rose_)

Okay, allow me to conclude then. Madam Speaker, these are facts; colleague Members of Parliament, in the districts of Mukono were denied information. They did not know how much money the Government was sending to their districts. Therefore, it becomes hard for Members to monitor and do oversight work. Therefore, we agreed and said that the Uganda Road Fund should always gazette in the papers, all the information that has anything to do with roads. In addition, we are saying that they should also put this information in the pigeonholes of Members and they have – (Members rose_)

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

6314 RESOLUTION TO B O RROW and Economic Development. We had a meeting with the Ministry of ICT and National guidance and the National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U). The committee also reviewed a number of documents; the documents that I have just laid before the House. We looked at the brief by the minister and the performance of the previous loans in reference to Rules of Procedure 155(7). I would also like to take the House through the compliance of the loan request with the Rules of Procedure and the loan approval guidelines. The Members are with their iPads and I believe that the report was uploaded. Table 1 of our report clearly states the compliance with rule 155(7) of the Rules of Procedure. Table 2 deals with the compliance with the parliamentary approval guidelines. Madam Speaker, since you have told me to summarise, I implore Members to read through the table. The project is in line with the National Development Plan III which recognises the promotion of science, technology, engineering and innovation as well as ICT as one of the core objectives. Specifically, the digital transformation programme under the National Development Plan III identifies ICT as a fulcrum for development and has a huge potential to improve our national productivity. The project will contribute to the achievements of the National Development Plan III, specifically, by increasing the ICT infrastructure coverage, improve on the efficiency and transparency of the Government. The project is in line with Vision 2040. The performance of the previous loans The Rules of Procedure mandate the Committee on National Economy to examine the performance of all loans under the sector in order to assess the viability of the new loan and recommend it for approval. By the end of October this year, all the loans under the ICT sector had been completed. In phase 1, in 2007 to 2008, there was a loan request of $30 million. That loan was used for laying 168 kilometres of fibre optic cables around Kampala, Mukono, Jinja, Bombo, Entebbe and also connecting 27 ministries, departments and agencies. In 2009 to 2013, there was a borrowing of $61 million; 1,400 kilometres of optic fibre cables were laid and the National Backbone Infrastructure was extended to districts in Eastern, Northern Uganda and some parts of Western Uganda. Madam Speaker, in 2016 - 2017, another loan of 15 million US dollars was borrowed and 76 kilometers of fiber optic cables were extended to the rest of the Western part of the country. I would like to draw members specifically to the project description of the current Uganda Digital Acceleration Program (UDAP) loan. Specifically, Madam Speaker, the Government intends to extend access to high-speed internet in selected areas. The Government also intends to improve efficiency in digital service delivery in selected public sectors and also strengthen the digital inclusion of selected host communities and refugees in the refugee hosting communities. This project has four components. The first component is the expansion of digital connectivity in selected areas which will cost approximately $86 million and enabling the digital transformation of Government which will cost about $ 50 million and promotion of the digital inclusion of the host communities that will cost about $ 57 million under the refugee window. The fourth component is project management which will take about $ 7 million out of the project cost. Table 5 describes all that. Table six explains the expected project outcomes. This is in line with the four components. We also have the indicators, the baseline and the expected end target. Madam Speaker and honourable colleagues, the project cost and financing arrangement; the total cost of the project is about $ 200million.

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

Madam Speaker, the fact is that Members of Parliament were always denied information. We have discovered this. The President has directed me to also instruct the Uganda Road Fund to gazette - to put in the papers or to create a data bank where Members of Parliament can access this information and get to know how much money has been given to the districts that are going to construct roads. Secondly, there are some districts where the chairpersons of the road committees are LC V chairpersons. I have seen it in Mukono, Mpigi, Kabarole and many others. Therefore, we have agreed with the Minister of Works and Transport that he should write a circular that the chairpersons LC V should relinquish that position to Members of Parliament. (Applause) We have also agreed that the district road committees should sit regularly, without fail. What we have seen is that the districts have been accounting through the chairpersons of district road committees, without the members sitting to decide how to use the money. This must stop. Colleagues, Members of Parliament, I request that you allot time to your districts to make sure that these roads, that we are all clamouring to have, are worked on. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. We join the entire country in mourning the souls of the children that passed on in Mukono and those of the of- ficers that participate in keeping law and order in this nation. Madam Speaker, we would like to thank you for having brought up this on the Floor of Parliament. However, there are two things I would like to request that you pass on, as questions, to our colleagues on the other side. What happened to the surveillance cameras? I am asking this question because this House appropriated money for the Uganda Police Force to procure surveillance cameras. However, many people have lost lives and property without such information being captured by these cameras. So, there is a huge question, now that it has knocked on the door of the police officers and the school in Mukono, that we ought to know the causes, and proper investigation should be conducted and a report brought to this Floor of Parliament. The use of technology, Madam Speaker, is also important. We were told - and I am aware - that in certain institutions, all firearms that were registered have embedment of motion sensors that can be tracked using GPS. Therefore, we can know who stole these guns, where they have kept them and we can easily get them. If we are not able to use such technology, then –(Interjection)– pardon! Okay, they were marked, but if we embed sensors - using the embedded systems within the guns and a person kills a police officer and runs away with the gun, in real time, we do not even need a roadblock. We should be able to trace that gun using the GPS. That way, we will be able to know where you have moved this gun to and you will be apprehended. Now, you can see the role of technology transformation in how we can work on our day-to-day security. Finally, there was the capture of all biometrics, including the eyes or fingerprints. So, the question is: where is the data that we gave to NIRA in the last six years? Because if they have a one-stop centre for all this data - data means the fingerprints and the face recognition - then we can procure cameras that can issue clear face recognition signals or if one have touched a place, then the Police can easily use the forensic laboratory to retrieve and ascertain who the criminals are and apprehend them. So, Madam Speaker, if we embrace technology in security, we will have a lesser budget than the budget for more cars and roadblocks, and we will clearly secure every countryman, not only the police officers. The last question is: how can a police station or post be without surveillance cameras? If such had been in place, the whole country would know who came in and from where. We would know how they came in using the roadside cameras and the cameras at the police station. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker.

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.

I have just made an observation. The 27 issues, which have been raised, were on the demand side and Government, through the ministers, have committed themselves to providing answers. I think that is very sensible. The immediate question that I would like to put across, Mr Speaker, is whether these commitments, given verbally, are also accompanied with the financial commitments to undertake them. About four weeks ago, the Woman Member of Parliament for Mukono raised an issue of caged fishing in Koome Island.

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

That would be really right. But what confused me was; there was a Cabinet resolution, then to be spearheaded by the head of the Legislature. I think he was launching. For example, colleagues, you can have your own initiative. Personally, I have already planned what to do on my birthday on the 10 th of November. I am going to plant 10 acres of trees with Rotary. The Rotary club has arranged with one of the churches, I think in Mukono. I am funding those trees to be looked after for two years. I will plant and I will look after the forest for two years. So, I am not cutting any cake; I will be planting trees. We can have a meaningful life around what we do every day. Instead of buying a Nyege Nyege ticket, buy a few seedlings. Or we can tell everyone who is supposed to go to Nyege Nyege to first plant 10 trees- (Laughter) Then people like Hon. Solo Kayemba here – (Laughter) Minister of Energy, you had a minute.

Honourable members, you have raised so many pertinent issues. On some I gave response to them in the first summary. Anyhow, on the issue of kaveera , for instance, you know that it is one of those worst hard plastic things. The law, which we put in place banned 30 microns and below. As Government, we are going to move - unless we have the law put in place. The Attorney-General is advising on which laws to put in place so that maybe we can have a total ban. Or, if there is recycling, as some people want to advocate, how will that be done so that it is not littered? The discipline of our people - what is blocking the drainages are the plastics. Maybe one time we should even start thinking - by the way, we used not to have plastic bottles for soda or water. Rwanda does not have these plastics. What is wrong with us, Ugandans? Can’t we ban these? Can’t soda go back to the glass bottles –(Applause) As we prepare, we shall come for your support because it is this House that should help us finalise this. As Government, we are looking in that direction, so that we have a clean environment. Mr Speaker, I also want to say that we must agree, as a country, that corruption has eaten everywhere. Therefore, friends, morals start with you and I. How are we not taking bribes? How are we not even forcing ourselves to bribe others so that we get our way? If a Member of Parliament goes and talks to a forestry officer in Mukono that he wants the land and gives, maybe, about Shs 5 million, what do you expect? Both you – the giver and the taker, are corrupt. This is something that should also be addressed as we try to protect our environment. Mr Speaker, as I conclude, we are moving towards gazetting central forest covers, which are under our jurisdiction because there are