Nakapiripirit District

Hon. Longoli, two minutes. MR SIMON PETER LONGOLI (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. This is my maiden statement in the House and so -

Mr Speaker, according to rule 165, I beg to designate the following to the Committee on Subsidiary Legislation: 1. Hon. Jennifer Mujungu, Ntoroko District - Chairperson 2. Hon. Mercy Kanyesigye, Youth Representative 3. Hon. Hope Robina Mukisa, District Woman Representative, Namayingo District 4. Hon. Ruth Katushabe, District Woman Representative, Bukomansibi District 5. Hon. Stephen Kangwagye, Bukanga County, Isingiro 6. Hon. Simon Peter Longoli, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit 7. Rt Hon. Gen. Moses Ali, Adjumani West, Adjumani 8. Hon. Simon Peter Oryema Adum, Chua West County, Kitgum 9. Hon. Abdul Bisaso, Kassanda County South, Kassanda

Mr Speaker, I beg to designate the following members to the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs; 1. Hon. Rwakoojo Robina Gureme, Gomba West County, Chairperson. 2. Hon. Linos Ngompek, Kibanda North County, Vice Chairperson. 3. Hon. Wakooli Godfrey Matembu, Butiru County. 4. Hon. Oketcho George, West Budama South. 5. Brig. Gen. retired Rwashande Emmanuel, Lwemiyaga. 6. Hon. Tumusime John Bosco, Kashari South. 7. Hon. Kenan Opio, Busiro South. 8. Hon. Achola Catherine, Woman Representative, Pallisa. 9. Hon. Chemonges William, Kween County. 10. Hon. Adome Francis Lorika, Moroto Municipality. 11. Hon. Kariisa JohnBosco, Buhweju West. 12. Hon. Enos Asiimwe, Kabula County. 13. Hon. Wokuri Geoffrey, Bungokho County South. 14. Hon. Kibaju Charity Kamuhanda, Mbarara City. 15. Hon. Kanya Roland Nkrumah, Bufumbira County East. 16. Hon. Wanyenya Shafika, Bungoko North. 17. Hon. Francis Akorikin, Kapelebyong County, Kapelebyong. 18. Hon. Sarah Namulondo, District Woman Representative, Buyende. 19. Hon. Simon Peter Longoli, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit. 20. Hon. Eric Sabiti Dramviku, Terego West, Terego. I beg to designate.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Honourable colleagues, my name is Esther Anyakun, and I am the Woman Member of Parliament from Nakapiripirit District in Karamoja. I join my colleagues to congratulate you, Mr Speaker, together with the Deputy Speaker and all Members here, for joining the 12 th august House. Mr Speaker, I am here to make justification for the motion seeking parliamentary approval of the appointment of the Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja as Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business. I would like to second the motion by anchoring it on the highlighted key achievements and high-profile international honours that the Rt Hon. Prime Minister Nabbanja received while in office from 2021 to 2026. That is the Global Inspirational Leadership Award 2024 as an African female leader of the year 2024. This is a very inspirational achievement for all prospecting women under this roof and in the country. These prestigious global honours demonstrate that Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja’s tenure of Prime Minister was not only impactful, but also marked a notable international recognition and leadership which spans major global platforms and multilateral organisations. This award not only elevated Uganda’s global standing but also demonstrated her effective leadership. She made significant international strides by amplifying the voices of the Global South and championing sustainable development. Consequently, it is evident that the Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja possesses executive qualities that are needed to excel as Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business. Honourable colleagues, I worked with Rt Hon. Robinah Nabbanja under leadership and she is a superintendent of hard work in this country. (Applause)

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

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

Madam Speaker, the local governments with additional local revenue are the following: Arua City, Jinja City, Lira City, Mbale City, Apac Municipal Council, Agago District, Budaka District, Bugiri District, Buhweju District, Bulambuli District, Bushenyi District, Dokolo District, Jinja District, Kalilo District, Kasese District, Kyikube District, Koboko District, Kyegegwa District, Kyenjojo District, Kyotera District, Mbarara District, Mitooma District, Moroto District, Nakapiripirit District, Nakasongola District, Namisindwa District, Obongi District, Pallisa District, Rubanda District, Rubirizi District, Rukiga District, Sironko District, Tororo District, among others. (Interjections) Madam Speaker, we have also provided Shs 72.9 billion as additional disbursement by the World Bank for the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises(GROW) project. The World Bank approved and disbursed additional funds for GROW project. These funds must be utilised, or the grant will be cancelled at the end of this financial year. Madam Speaker, I now come to the supplementary expenditures that are above the 3 per cent legal limit that require additional financing. The total is Shs 463.15 billion, and the particulars are as follows: i. Shs 56.95 billion for LC1, LC2, and Women Council Committee elections countrywide as directed by the Cabinet. These funds are required to support the Electoral Commission in fully implementing the electoral roadmap, as already approved by the Cabinet. ii. Shs 29.57 billion for AFCON 2027 preparatory activities. Honourable members, the Cabinet directed that we fully fund AFCON 2027, beginning with the immediate requirement in this Financial Year 2025/2026. These funds are required to implement the urgent preparatory works, reduce implementation risk and keep the overall AFCON 2027 preparation programme on schedule. The activities include the following; i) Shs 14.1 billion for preliminary works at Kabalega International Airport. This one will go to the Ministry of Works and Transport. ii) Shs 8.03 billion for priority road works and associated support activities in Kira Municipal Council. iii) Shs 3.06 billion for pitch improvement at Kadiba Football Stadium. iv) Shs 0.31 billion for branding of host cities and content production for the Destination Uganda documentary. v) Shs 1.0 17 billion for Hoima City and Masindi Municipality to finance sanitation and road safety interventions. vi) Shs 1.02 billion for meteorological and aviation safety support system. vii) Shs 1.8 billion for water utility preparatory works for the Hoima cluster. Madam Speaker, we also require; COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR

18613 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2026 International Labour Day at Nakapiripirit District, His Excellency the President directed the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to take necessary steps to operationalise the tripartite statutory wage- setting institutions. Section 3(1) of the Minimum Wages Advisory Boards and Wages Councils Act, Cap. 229 empowers the ministry to establish a board for any occupation or group of occupations to conduct inquiries and make recommendations on minimum wage and related conditions of employment. Similarly, section 7 provides for the establishment of wages councils, again by order of the minister, for specific sectors and occupations where wage regulation is necessary. In line with the above, the Minimum Wages Advisory Boards and Wages Councils are being constituted and planned to start work on the 1 st of July. The board has no provision, and it requires Shs 14.5 billion in the Financial Year 2026/2027 budget. Failure to allocate the necessary funding will not only impede the implementation of the presidential directive to establish the functional framework for wage determination, but also render the Minimum Wages Advisory Boards and Wage Councils non-operational. The committee recommends that the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development should provide Shs 14.5 billion for the operationalisation of the Minimum Wages Advisory Board and Wages Councils. On green jobs, we are making a recommendation that we provide Shs 14.9 billion for the Green Jobs and Just Transition Programme. Madam Speaker, I now proceed to Vote 124- Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC). The details are on pages 33 and 34. Members can read through.

18307 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA THURSDAY, 29 JANUARY 2026 a) There is also further deferment of periodic maintenance and expansion of backlogs. b) There is a slackening implementation of ongoing rehabilitation projects. c) There is a scaling back of planned rehabilitation and upgrading of some works. These are challenges. d) There is a shift from preventive to reactive maintenance regimes. e) There is increased contractual and financial exposure. f) There is a deterioration in road safety. In conclusion, Mr Speaker, the committee further recommends that reinstatement of the national roads budget by Shs 301 billion towards national roads is needed in order to mitigate the resultant factors that are costlier in the long run, as listed above. On road safety: a) The committee notes that the Government has in place a comprehensive action plan geared towards road safety improvement in the country, although enforcement is lacking. Hence, the recommendation that the Government prioritizes enforcement as outlined in its National Safety Plan, as it will go a long way in reducing road fatalities and other resultant factors, apart from collecting more revenue from errant persons. b) The Government should also gradually increase allocations towards road safety interventions. c) The Government should also allocate Shs 1.7 billion for the recruitment of staff under the Motor Vehicle Inspection (MVIS) The delayed upgrade of Isingiro-Mutukula Road There is that concern - the Isingiro-Mutukula Road corridor is among many other roads. It is 135 kilometres from Rakai through Isingiro District, Mutukula and crossing into Tanzania. The committee, therefore, recommends that Government fast-tracks upgrading of Isingiro- Kigarama-Kashumba-Kashese-Mutukula Road, Nakapiripirit-Amudat Road, and Namalu-Lolachat-Lokapel- Nabilatuk Road as specified in the resource envelope, which was got recently from the Islamic Development Bank. The committee also notes that the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) signed a country engagement framework for Uganda for the period 2025 to 2027 to support economic resilience and sustainable human development. The IsDB group allocated a resource envelope of $800 million for the three-year duration for this Critical Economic Function (CEF). The major projects to be funded include the ones I have mentioned, that is upgrading Nakapiripirit-Amudat and Namalu-Lolachat- Lokapel- Nabilatuk Road and Isingiro- Kigarama-Kashumba-Kashese- Tanzania border/Mutukula Road. Committee on Presidential Affairs Vote 001: Office of the President Constrain the operation of the Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation. The committee recommends that Shs 30 billion be identified and allocated to Vote 001 to facilitate the acquisition of modern equipment to enable the Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation to align with modern technological and production standards. Vote 002: State House Inadequate budget provision for the wage expenditure category The committee recommends that Shs 4.28 billion be allocated to Vote 002: State House, to provide for the wage shortfall in the Financial Year 2026/2027.

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

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

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

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17249 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA W EDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025 cost, compared to waiting until the road requires full rehabilitation later on down the road. If no periodic maintenance activities are done on the national road network in the Financial Year 2025/2026, projections indicate that, in addition, 500 kilometres of paved roads, currently in fair condition, will degrade to the point of requiring full rehabilitation. This loss in asset value, Madam Speaker, has been estimated at around Shs 1.007 trillion over that financial year, that is, 2025/2026. My prayer, Madam Speaker, is that, together, the challenges I have described require urgent intervention to mitigate the adverse effects of the current funding shortfalls. I propose the following strategy to help mitigate this, and we have shared this with the different committees: 1. Provide additional resources to enable contractors on the ongoing projects such as Mityana-Mubende, Kampala-Jinja, Karuma- Pakwach, Najjanankumbi-Busabala, Kira- Matugga, Tororo-Busia, to complete them on schedule; 2. Providing funds for land acquisition and counterpart funding for ongoing externally financed projects to ensure the external resources are not left lying idle. For example, Rwekunye-Apac, Lira-Puranga, Muyembe-Nakapiripirit, Kiruhura-Kamwenge, Namagumba-Budadiri, just to mention but a few; 3. Provide funds for key maintenance projects such as in Mbarara-Ishaka, Nebbi-Arua, Mubende-Kyenjojo, et cetera, and emergency bridge repairs; 4. Provide funds for payment of outstanding arrears to reduce the accumulation of interest and maintain the service providers’ confidence in the Government’s commitment to pay for works done; 5. Prioritisation of funding for maintenance and ensuring funds are released in a predictable manner to enable proper planning for maintenance activities. Assurances Madam Speaker, the Ministry of Works and Transport commits to conducting road safety inspections at all work zones to ensure that adequate warnings in the form of signage and other safety devices are installed. The ministry will also continue to conduct inspections of black spots across the road network to install mitigation measures to ensure that the safety of our road users is guaranteed. Madam Speaker, I would like to assure you and all the honourable members that the Ministry of Works and Transport is committed to utilising the allocated resources in the most effective manner possible for reliable and safe works, transportation infrastructure and services. I beg to submit.

Honourable member, you have already exceeded your time. Hon. Aleper? Three minutes each. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to raise some very critical issues concerning telecommunication in this country. I surely appreciate that we have made strides since the introduction of mobile telecommunication in this country, around 1998. However, the constituency that I represent is, up to today, not even connected beyond 15 per cent with mobile telecommunication. This has completely undermined service delivery, for example, in the areas of health. When there are emergencies, it is difficult to communicate. There is even the critical issue of security. It becomes very difficult to co-ordinate security issues in the area because of lack of a mobile telecommunication network. This has completely undermined service delivery in my area. I wish to put this to you, the presiding officer and leader of this House, to use all the abilities and avenues to make sure that this is done, at least even before the NRM primaries.

Hon. Kimosho, when you say, by the time you go to the Budget Committee where you, chairpersons, are members, you are in a rush and they are not giving you enough time - I think this is what I communicated earlier on when we were starting the budgeting process, that it has to change. A very good example is that for the ministerial policy statements we adopt today, the Budget Committee should start meeting so that it has enough time. That is why we are putting you under pressure to conclude processing the ministerial policy statements so that the Budget Committee can also start working, in line with you getting enough time. Budget Committee – the committee chairperson is not here. Starting tomorrow, if your schedule can allow - but I think it could be Monday or Tuesday – let the committees start appearing. The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be in the Budget Committee to pick out issues because he cannot sort them at sectoral committee level. I had allowed Hon. Aleper. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mine is just about the structure of the budgeting process and the enabling law, which is structured differently. We very well know that there is programme-based budgeting that we are following now, yet we use “sectors” when composing the committees that discuss this budget. So, there is a mismatch. Most times, we have raised this matter with the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and they throw it back to Parliament, that they are not the ones processing it. To handle that aspect of the enabling law and structure it accordingly, it should be done by this side of the Government, which is the Legislature. I am bringing it to your attention that, that is the situation. When we ask them, they throw the ball back to us. As the leader of this House, we need your indulgence on the same. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Allow me to also congratulate you upon ascending to that prestigious position. I thank the chairperson and the committee, for the report. The country we are in has a growing inequality where you find that if our children do not study from certain schools, they will have limitations in the future. The issue of ICT tries to mitigate that kind of inequality. If we can have our children introduced to computer usage and the language of ICT early enough, we will have done a great job in securing their future and ensuring equity. Mr Speaker, the drivers to national development are also embedded in e-governance. We have been grappling with the issues of governance, budgeting, and duplications here and there. It is with ICT that we can have the Government integrated into one unit where ministries speak to each other. For example, internal affairs communicating with finance. All ministries should be connected using ICT and we will avoid a lot of duplication and bring about development. There is a lot of slack that is built into our budgeting system because of the lack of communication between ministries and departments. However, with all this, we need power, as my colleague put it. Some schools have received donations of computers, but they cannot put them to use because they do not have power. In that line, I will add my voice to the request for power in our rural areas, so that people can engage in ICT usage. Let me end by saying, let us do the small things today and they will account for great achievements in the future. Thank you. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I just want to say that when I read one of the theme words in that report, “Universal”, I noticed that it involves everyone. That actually baffled me. As the chairperson was reading the report, I was completely lost. You are talking about the national backbone. I have even failed to get just a mere telecommunication connection in my constituency. I have moved to the Ministry of ICT, I have met Hon. Baryomunsi, I have gone to UCC, and this has fallen on deaf ears. Are we really serious about this universality or is this just a fallacy? We come here and we make reports that are so colourful, and this dupes Ugandans and they think that we are moving together. This is not acceptable. I am on this side of the Government, and we talk of universal access to ICT. We have ministers who cannot even move with us, and they help us achieve this and we have letters in their offices. What I am trying to say, Mr Speaker, is that before we reach there - you are talking of national backbone but some of us even do not have telephone connectivity in our constituencies and it is creating problems in health service delivery, because we cannot even get access to some of these lower health units, so that we get to know that there are people who need urgent care or first aid or ambulance services. We have problems of insecurity and we cannot coordinate this with the security structures that are in place. Before we talk like this, and if you want us to move with you, you first put the basics down and achieve them. You cannot start flying in the air when we do not even have bicycles. How do you talk about flying in an Airbus? That is a joke. To me, Mr Speaker, with due respect, I cannot subscribe to such a report when we are just left moving around on our own. As we speak, I have even used my own resources to make sure we get people who can survey a place where we can put telecom connectivity. Then, I go to power, which is an enabler for this. You cannot have – (Member timed out.)

Thank you. We have information from - MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Madam Speaker. From the submission made by the last three colleagues, it is clear that the Uganda Investment Authority has spent a lot of money just acquiring land, which is left idle most of the time. And this is the case in many regions in this country. There was land that was acquired in Napak District so many years ago, they put mark stones on it but up to date, nothing has happened in that place. Therefore, the information I would like to provide is that other than those places that have been named, it is actually in every region in this country that such land has been acquired. This shows a trend of just getting money, throwing it there and things just staying. The money is sunk and wasted all the way. My questions are: “Why is this trend going on? Is this an eating method or what? What is this?” That is what I want to hear about from the minister. One time the honourable minister was awash in the press talking about how she was being demonised. This should possibly be an opportunity - (Member timed out.)

Thank you. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I stand here to raise a matter of national importance and a very urgent one as such. This concerns the authority of the Minister of Water and Environment, Hon. Sam Cheptoris, authorising an investor in the name of the International University of East Africa (IUEA) to ferry charcoal from Acherer in Nakapiripirit District to Kampala. This practice followed letters and directives to the Deputy Resident District Commissioner (DRDC) of Nakapiripirit vide letters dated 27 September 2023 and 9 April 2024 which were guidelines concerning the clearance of symbiotic burning of charcoal and a directive to the DRDC to allow IUEA to transport over 700 bags of charcoal from Acherer in Nakapiripirit to Kampala. However, the Resident District Commissioner of Nakapiripirit, in his letter to the minister dated 27 September - (Member timed out.)

14742 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT Thank you. However, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Nakapiripirit, in his letter to the honourable minister dated 27 September 2024, him and his security team observed that the authority has been misconstrued and abused by the said investor and he has embarked on indiscriminate and mass clearance of land vegetation to carry out commercial charcoal burning under this pretext. Again, as observed by the RDC and the District Security Committee, this conduct clearly breaches and defies the existing laws governing the conservation and management of the environment and Executive Order No.3 of 2023 issued by His Excellency Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of the Republic of Uganda. This act of massive land clearance will surely deplete the already disadvantaged vegetation in Karamoja or the area and will obviously lead to catastrophic consequences from land degradation and this will be evident with these current climate change challenges confronting the world. My prayers 1. The minister should come and explain himself over this matter. 2. I dearly pray that you, Madam Speaker, should constitute an ad-hoc committee to investigate the matter and also find out how the investor acquired this land and carried out this indiscriminate vegetation clearing. I beg to move. Before I sit, I want to lay down some of these documents. One, a letter to the honourable minister by the RDC Nakapiripirit dated 27 September 2024, with reference to the extensive commercial burning of charcoal at Acherer village. Two -

When you cut trees in Nakapiripirit, it affects me in Bukedea.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to present the addendum as per the Karamoja region; the discussions related to the infrastructure report of yesterday. Karamoja region identified key roads that need to be included in the report as follows: i) Moroto-Kotido Kaabong-Karenga Road; ii) Soroti–Amuria–Abim–Kotido Road; iii) Nakapiripirit–Amudat–Alakas Road that is joining to Kenya; iv) Lokitanyala-Loroo-Amudat-Karita Road; v) Napak–Kapelebyong Road, opening the region to Teso; vi) Rehabilitation of Moroto-Soroti Road; vii) Moroto-Nakiloro-Nakabaat Road, opening the region to Kenya; viii) Kotido-Loyoro–Kaabong Road; ix) Kaabong–Timu–Loitanit Road, again opening the region to Kenya; x) K a a b o n g – T i m u – L o k a l a p a t a – Nawountos; xi) Kalapata–Pire; xii) Karenga–Bira, opening the region to South Sudan; xiii) Abim-Napak via Turtuko is an internal road, but very important; and xiv) Kotido-Abim-Otuke-Alebtong-Lira. The region also considered the security and trade roads as very important, namely: i) Kotido–Agago; ii) Kotido–Karenga; iii) Kotido–Nakitongo, that is opening the eastern part of Kenya; iv) Morunyang-Majimoto, again the eastern part of Kenya; v) Nabilatuk-Katakwi which is the Magoro Road; vi) Kaabong–Karenga; vii) Kaabong–Kitgum via Lolelia; viii) Lopelpel-Lokwakipi-Narengnya, that is a ring road around the mountain; ix) Namalu–Nabilatuk–Lokapel; x) Lotome–Korisae Nabwal-Magoro, that is the Teso side; xi) Amudat–Komerimeri; xii) Lokwanamoru–Amuria; xiii) Alerek-Okemer Road; xiv) Alerek–Kacheri–Karenga; and xv) Iriir-Nabwal–Natirae; The key bridges that we propose to be included are: i) Lotome Bridge, that is between Napak and Nabilatuk; ii) Lolachat Bridge, that is between Nabilatuk and Moroto; iii) Lions Bridge, that is between Abim and Napak, which has been claiming many lives; iv) Nakonyen Bridge, between Moroto and Amudat; v) Okemer Bridge, between Abim and Kotido; vi) Nakirianget Bridge, between Mbale and Nakapiripirit; vii) Lodoket angisigiria, that is between Kaabong and Karenga; viii) Koberyo Bridge, that is between Kaabong and Karenga again; ix) Nataa bridges, that is between Nabilatuk and Moroto; x) Komatheniko Bridge, between Moroto and Kotido;

14100 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT xi) Napiananya, between Nakapiripirit and Mbale; xii) Kocomin/Nacomin Bridge, that is between Amudat and Nabilatuk; xiii) Karita Bridge, between Amudat and Kween; xiv) Dingdinga Bridge between Amudat and West Pokot, which is a part of Kenya; xv) Nabokotom Bridge between Amudat and West Pokot, which is at the URA border point; and xvi) Dopeth Bridge between Kotido and Abim. In terms of the aerodromes, the region considered: i) Nadunget Airfield in Moroto which needs to be upgraded; ii) Amudat Airstrip; iii) Morulem Airstrip in Abim; and iv) Kotido Airstrip. This is the addendum that the region considered to be included in the infrastructure report. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am Peter Teko Lokeris, Minister for Karamoja Affairs from Chekwii East County in Nakapiripirit District, Karamoja.

Madam Speaker, my name is Esther Anyakun Davinia, Woman Member of Parliament for Nakapiripirit District. I am also the Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations. In a special way, I would like to thank you for making an initiative to ensure that we come to this part of the country because most people leave Government positions without even coming to see what happens here. I come from Karamoja and it is more affiliated to Northern Uganda. Thank you for making Northern Uganda the first to host the regional Parliament.

There is a procedural matter. Honourable members, before the procedural matter comes, in the VIP gallery we have Mr Milton Odongo, the RDC of Pader, and Mr Wadri Sam Nyakua, the Mayor of Arua City. We also have, Mr David Kennedy Odongo from Alebtong District, Mr John Nangiro from Nakapiripirit District, Mr Stephen Obitre from Maracha District, and Mr Abibu Bulia Khemij Awadi from Obongi District. We also have Mr Hassan Ringitho from Zombo District, Mr Michael Ivan Ocaya from Kitgum Municipal Council – he is the Deputy Speaker, and Ms Vanessa Anyako, the Female Youth Councillor, Laro Pece Division.

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to pay tribute to our brother. The late Hon. Simon Peter Aleper, lying here in front of us, was a very straightforward person. I first met him in Moroto High School. He was in senior three and I was in senior five. I was a head girl, and he was in the students’ body. Therefore, my brother, Hon. Simon Aleper you see lying here, grew up with me. Hon. Simon Aleper was a very hardworking student. By then, he had a very special friend called Ismail and they could move together. Being young in school by then, they used to come to the girls’ hostel and the first thing was to ask where the head girl was. Every time, he would say to me, “You look a very good leader ”. Then one time I told him, we are going to read and we shall become leaders of Karamoja and Uganda. And here we were, in the Ninth Parliament where we met again. Mr Speaker, our brother was a man of God, a mobiliser, a man of integrity and he had values. I remember one time in the Ninth Parliament he mobilised us - Hon. John Baptist Lokii, the former Member of Parliament of Napak, who is up there in the Gallery, Hon. Stella Namoe, the former woman Member of Parliament for Abim, Hon. Remigio Achia and myself on the issues of the bad roads in Karamoja. We went for a press conference. How I wish, they played that when we were viewing him there, because he had a message, and from that time, they started working on the roads of Karamoja. Even the tarmac road was worked upon; Nakapiripirit to Muyembe Road was also worked on because of his mobilisation skills. Mr Speaker, Hon. Aleper, was a man of truth. When he tells you something, he would have researched and got it up to the depth. We have lost an icon and a pillar of Karamoja. The whole of Karamoja is now mourning. There were no ethnic boundaries with Hon. Simon Peter Aleper. He could move from

After Hon. Aleper, I will have Hon. Lokwang Philiphs, Hon. Albert Lokoru and Hon. Betty Chelain and Hon. Janet Okori-Moe. Hon. Albert, please wait a bit. I said after Hon. Moses, it is Hon. Lokwang Philiphs, Hon. Albert, and then Hon. Betty. That is after Hon. Moses Aleper. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I also want to join the rest of the Members who are in this House in paying tribute to the late Hon. Aleper Simon Peter. I want to thank the Government of the Republic of Uganda for recognising him; the Parliament of Uganda, and also the Members of this Parliament, for debating and supporting the motion to pay tribute to him. Indeed, he deserved this, though it may have been accorded to him because he is a CEC member. Truly, “ ASPRO” had the qualities of a statesman. He portrayed justice and ensured whenever there were matters of justice, they must be done to whoever it is supposed to be. He exercised a lot of fairness. He had virtue, because from the talk of the people and my own experience, he exercised high moral standards, and he had the wisdom. That is why he was able to caucus very much. He ensured he participated in development and peace initiatives in Karamoja, the latest being when we had a lot of incursion from the Kenyans, where we organised meetings and he guided us because the two parties were warring and it was difficult for us to come to a consensus but he became a neutral party and made sure he guided us. There are two things I want to say. “ ASPRO” was a self-made person. He did not eat from a silver spoon. He struggled for himself right from a young age. I saw him hustling, what they call hustling in Karamoja, trying to pick this to make the other, until he reached the level he was. On his boldness, I want to say this: I want to follow what Hon. Nakut said, that during my years in this Parliament, leaders at Parliament and other levels have defined respect to mean not to be told the truth. That is the definition that I have learned from the leadership that we interact with; that we observe; that respect is to be told lies every time, is to be pampered, and it is to be clapped for. This is not what “ ASPRO” portrayed. He would tell you - someone has just testified here - he could even tell the powers that be what was in his mind. I think that is what I want to challenge - to begin with this Parliament. Let us be truthful, as leaders, whether leaders of the House, leaders of the people at the constituency level, chairperson LCs V, ministers, etc. Let your leadership qualities be to accept the truth to be told to you. That is what accountability is about. I think that is the best we should take from our late brother, and I truly believe that his spirit will forever live in our cherished memories and the love that we shared with him. May his soul rest in peace.

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

)4;{? #- ,} fl:' ,t \i 1 -- il- - .:i:- 4l'l "i \Ir- l,l A t \t, ./, ML 15 I l \\ i"r t, \- Amount (OOO'| I Vote Descrlptlon Kotido District 13,536,892 87t 32,287,740 872 Kumi District 22,448,O49 873 Kwania District Kween District 23,483,046 874 27,t44,881 875 Kyankwanzi District 30,023,121 876 Kyegegwa District 877 Kyenioio District 41,375,555 874 Kyotera District 38,098,598 20,772,32r 879 La.mwo District 25,977,O29 880 Lira District 88r Luuka District 30,193,940 882 Luwero District 76,754,416 31,951,654 883 Lwengo District Lyantonde District 2r,65t,622 884 \885 Madi-Oko1lo District 18,292,316 30,930,306 \beo Manafwa District 887 -\J Maracha District 27,86r,236 888 Masaka District t4,479,506 24,850,064 889 Masindi District Mayuge District 47,435,948 890 891 Mbale District 42,274,528 a92 Mbarara District 26,666,L35 31,888, 1 13 893 Mitooma District 33,OO2,47L 894 Mityana District 895 Moroto District t4,769,O25 -_896 Moyo District 24,665,O9O Mpigi District 32,393,3s3 897 898 Mubende District 28,702,368 54,266,t93 899 Mukono District 900 Nabilatuk District 10,830,654 12,968,813 901 Nakapiripirit District * ff*- I --L . .._.1r,

--T1tr- l+- ;,? "t ''i.. ?Y\,L \i. t -fi' --t*;=*" M I t({,,- I i: ij lL I v t1 f t l"=' ti.j Y Amount (OOO'| Vote Descriptlon 7,328,OO8 Manafwa District 886 3,44t,331 Maracha District 887 3,471,050 888 Masaka District 4,882,502 Masindi District 889 6,068,543 890 Mayuge District 6,429,337 Mbale District 891 3,641,820 492 Mbarara District 9,052,297 Mitooma District 893 6,6a2,495 894 Mityana District 1,658,849 895 Moroto District 1,922,2O4 896 Moyo District 3,477,355 897 Mpigi District 6,69L,743 898 Mubende District 3,766,672 899 Mukono District 4,343,422 Nabilatuk District 900 3,OL6,472 901 Nakapiripirit District 5,835,018 902 Nakaseke District 2,548,6t5 903 Nakasongola District 4,536,596 904 Namayingo District 4,9t8,709 Namisindwa District 905 3,981, 161 906 Namutumba District 3,807,O77 907 Napak District 4,970,272 Nebbi District 908 2,906,306 909 Ngora District t,75A,026 Ntoroko District 910 7,940,925 911 Ntungamo District 5,490,899 Nwoya District 9t2 L,649,499 913 Obongi District 2,603,313 9t4 Omoro District 2,577,067 915 Otuke District 6,868,886 9t6 Oyam District 3,127,34r 917 Pader District 2,692,356 918 Pakwach District 4,682,708 9t9 Pallisa District 3,493,436 920 Rakai District 5,950,433 92t Rubanda District 3,4tt,704 922 Rubirizi District ,-i I ,r 4 27 F$*\

13255 THE E LEVENTH P A RLIAMENT OF UGANDA MONDAY , 6 MAY 2024 Dokolo, Nakapiripirit, Nabilatuk, Bukedea, Bulambuli, whereas landslides were reported in Kasese, Kisoro, Bulambuli, Sironko, Bududa, Bunyangabu districts. Some claimed lives; we lost seven people. Recently, Uganda National Meteorological Authority released a 10-day rainfall forecast from 1 st to 10 th of May 2024, which indicates a continuation of wet conditions over most parts of the country. The heavy to very heavy rainfall events were expected over southwestern in some of the areas in Kigezi and greater Bushenyi districts. In the northeastern, in districts of Karamoja and Teso subregions and neighbouring Acholi subregions. Other areas expected to receive enhanced rainfall are in mid-western subregions in the districts of Masindi, Kiryandongo, Kagadi, Kabarole and Elgon Highlands. The 10-day rainfall forecast by Uganda Meteorological Authority indicates that very heavy rainfall events are expected to cause potential hazards, such as flash floods, debris flows, landslides, in addition, water logging, contamination of water sources due to increased surface rain off into such sources. Disruption of traffic flow along transportation routes as some bridges may be washed away or collapse, an example of the bridges you have already mentioned earlier. Moreover, these heavy rainfalls are expected to damage critical infrastructure- like schools-

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

Madam Speaker, I can provide the details on the districts that have offices, and they are the following: Lamwo, Abim, Amuru, Kiryandongo, Kamuli, Buhweju, Bundibugyo, Lwengo, Rubirizi, Butaleja, Adjumani, Butambala, Otuke, Luuka and Nakapiripirit. Those are the 15 that have offices. The rest do not have. Madam Speaker, the second issue is Cabinet support and policy development. We have a gap of Shs 1.976 billion. Our total request is Shs 4.579 billion. What was provided for is Shs 2.603 billion and we request for the balance to be provided. Regarding the facilitation for RDCs, our budget is Shs 21 billion, but what was provided is Shs 14.8 billion, leaving a gap of Shs 6.2 billion. That is what we are recommending. On facilitation of the project management team for the Intelligence Transport Monitoring System Aware that in July 2021, the Government signed an agreement with Joint Stock Global Security. Subsequently, a committee to oversee this project was established by the Office of the President and we request for the facilitation of this committee; we request for Shs 3.5 billion. Support to the Afro-Arab Youth Council for headquarters construction Madam Speaker, we are about to lose a prime opportunity to construct an office block, a stadium, and a cultural heritage centre, among others, because the Government of Uganda signed an agreement, in August 2023, to host the headquarters and the condition given to our government is to provide land. The duration of the project is only five years. We have only purchased 23 acres and we are left with 27 acres. The money we are demanding so that we comply is Shs 5.4 billion minus that we shall lose this prime opportunity. Monitoring the mainstreaming of the manifesto commitments Aware that the governance of this country is dependent on the manifesto –

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

If there is a person who I knew I would tag along when going to heaven, it was Jonathan Odur but now he is also opening, entering and exiting. (Laughter) Honourable, what I was emphasising and if you heard how I justified my point, I said this is an issue where the Executive would need to go back, review, do wide consultations with international bodies and we look at our engagements before we come up with such a conclusion. That was my guidance. Why do I say it? Let me tell you, honourable colleagues; we can say statements here. You have heard in some countries, we can say statements here and tomorrow, you hear refugees being attacked. That is what I am trying to be cautious about. These are issues which you can assign the Executive to first go and clearly bring out issues to do with the refugee policy, if it needs to be reviewed. Then after, we come here and discuss deeply, guided by full information. What I was avoiding is a situation, which can create problems. I had allowed Hon. Aleper. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I just want to be categorical and say that I will restrict myself strictly to the report that was presented. The role of this committee is to ensure that it upholds all the activities that they try to superintend, uphold the principles of equal opportunity, and to ensure that when they look at what is going on in the country, nothing impedes the promotion of the aspects of equal opportunity. When we look at matters of refugees, I would have expected the committee to make sure that it looks at the aspects or the impact of the refugee activity in undermining the principles of equal opportunity. When I listened to the presentation by the chairperson of the committee, what appeared was that the committee went and carried out an oversight role. It almost acted like a sectoral committee because it showed what is happening there. There are no latrines. There are no schools. There are no adequate facilities, etcetera. I think, what the committee should have done is to see whether the practices there are upholding the principles of equal opportunity, whether there is discrimination, whether the presence of refugees there is affecting the policy on equal opportunities. Therefore, I beg that the committee should actually look at the emphasis on the barriers that are not upholding equal opportunities in this country. For example, workplace culture, lack of female leaders, practices of gender stereotypes, etc. Therefore, I would want that next time when the committee carries out this type of role, it should act as a standing committee and not bring out issues that a sectoral committee would bring, because that would be taken care of in another bit. Lastly, I want – (Member timed out.)

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

Thank you. Now, honourable colleagues, allow me to guide. I had prepared something, which I could have shared with you. This National Budget Framework Paper that we are handling is for the medium term – it is for five years: 2024/2025 to 2028/2029. I do not know whether those are three or five years – it is up to 2029. It is a framework. So, now, we are not on a budget; we are on a framework for the budget. When we go to ministerial policy statements, there, we shall be having very clear details. The budget strategy for this Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) is “accelerating economic growth to at least seven percent from a raw material-based to a manufacturing and knowledge-based economy as well as improve the environment of doing business in Uganda and making it competitive with the utility goal being to build an integrated, self-sustaining and independent economy over the medium to long term”. looking at the policy proposals, we should be asking ourselves; 1. How shall we achieve the objectives stated therein, from a perspective of the MTEF that they presented? 2. Are the budget allocations in the framework in line with the budget strategy? Look at the budget strategy they presented and the allocations and we see whether they correlate. 3. Is the MTEF compliant with the Public Finance Management Act? These are the issues, which we should be – I am trying to structure the debate so that we move very well and do not go into debating the ministerial policy statements. We should remain within the line of the MTEF. The resource envelope – what are the proposed sources of funding? Everyone is asking for money; are they adequate and sustainable or we are supplying air? Everyone will say, “give me money”. We have a very good example. We usually come here and adopt tax Bills; we pass tax proposals. In those tax proposals, we reject some of the recommendations from the Government but these recommendations are supposed to generate money. So, if, for example, we reject proposals, which were supposed to generate Shs 500 billion to finance the budget but we go ahead and adopt the budget the way it is, it means we have supplied Shs 500 billion “air” – because we rejected the source of funding but gone ahead to supply. We said “we cannot give you money but let us also supply this money”. So, as we are looking at these – in this National Budget Framework Paper, what is very easy for us to debate here are the funding gaps. However, can we also debate on where we can say: “Government, you are losing resources?” In the reports, they were saying “you did not collect this money from gold”. That is what we should focus on. It is a resource from which we believe we can collect. They are saying that “if we reduce corruption, we shall save this much”. That is the resource that can help us finance the budget. Then, the policy proposals – will the proposed policies lead to the targeted development that they have talked about in this MTEF? This is how we handle the National Budget Framework Paper, honourable colleagues. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. You have rightfully stated that, actually, what we have been presented with is just a Budget Framework

11304 SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEDULE NO.1 FOR FY 2023/2024 The statutory is given at 3 per cent. You only calculate the total budget approved, times 3 percent, give the calculation, and that is it. There is no debate about this, it is a very clear matter. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Madam Speaker. In some instances, those words are used interchangeably however, approval is getting to agree that something is satisfactory, while appropriation is the allocation itself. That is how those two work.

Nakapiripirit.

Honourable members, the floods that I get in Bukedea come from Nakapiripirit and Sebei subregions. All the water comes from Hon. Chemaswet’s place and Hon. Anyakun’s place and ends up in Bukedea and Katakwi.

Thank you. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwi County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I would like to commend the honourable minister for the statement. I would like to implore all the ministries that in situations that arise like this particular one, they should be more proactive and not be prompted to make these statements. This is a situation which requires that type of management of institutions of this similar nature. From what I see in the statement, this is the normal narrative. “We are about to explore, we are about to do this” and that sort of thing; there is nothing that can give us hope. You just need to re-engineer the way you manage some of the things. That is the reason you need to learn from the comments that we make whenever you make these statements. If you get this statement and compare it with the one you made last time, it is just the same narrative. Let us see how we can make things a bit better for this country. Otherwise, it will just be mere position-holding, coming to present your face, coming to read a statement, appearing in the press, and it goes on; it becomes business as usual. This is what is actually boring the country. Thank you. (Member rose_)

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;

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I want to thank Afande for this statement. Now the question is, Afande , you know how the rules are handled, we implement them. You were a senior police officer, I used to see you on television; now, you are here and lamenting. Can’t you talk to your colleagues? (Laughter) In 2001, I was part of the team that planned Nakapiripirit District. I did not see Nakapiripirit District on the list of districts in the physical plan. We developed that town; to-date, if you go there, churches are in one place, residential areas are clear, gardens – when you go where we call Lorengdwat, Katanga, they are clear. It is a plan that guides what is done in every town. If we do not plan this country, we are planning for disaster. My colleague talked about the fire. Now, honourable minister, what is your flagship project as the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development? What did you do with the money we gave you this year? Every time I hear the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, they are only thinking about buying absentee land. Probably, it is good with the long term fruits there. Can you make a plan next year that all the money you need will go to organising the physical planning in this country? You told us that northern Uganda now has a regional plan as well as western Uganda. Karamoja does not have a physical land plan and in 2008, I wrote to the ministry in this Parliament to ask for a regional plan for Karamoja. This is my fourth time here, but there is no response. Karamoja is home to about 2.4 million cows. We cattle keepers are the ones saving you from importing meat. We contribute 19.8 per cent to the economy of Uganda. You have enough milk and meat. However, we must plan our policies to protect grazing areas. Madam minister, we need a regional physical plan for Karamoja. Maybe I will get the other letter and attach a new one to remind the ministry about the need for a Karamoja Regional Physical Plan so that people do not cultivate where the cows are supposed to graze. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I join others in thanking the minister for the statement. While honourable colleagues from other districts are talking about the difficulties of taking their equipment to be serviced at the regional workshops, Arua City has no equipment to be taken to Gulu, the regional centre. Arua City was formed by joining Ayivu County, which is now Ayivu Division with the former Arua Municipality. Ayivu County formerly, under Arua District has lost all the equipment. It has three road equipment units. Since Arua City does not have any equipment, what do we taken to Gulu for repair in the regional workshop? I would like to ask the Minister of Works and Transport and the Minister of Local Government to think about these cities that were created; otherwise, the money allocated ends up lying idle. The Uganda Road Fund budget for the Financial Year 2021/2022 – which the city received – Shs 600 million – was not utilised because there was no equipment to do the work. In fact, we are still investing where the money went. Mr Speaker, we hired equipment to work on roads in the Financial Year 2022/2023. I would like to implore the ministries concerned to see to it that the cities which were created have equipment. Thank you. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to look at the study that the ministry carried out. When you start giving districts Shs 140-plus billion yet the workshops require Shs 100 billion – a see-saw. Is it this very money that caused the study to come to that figure? What I am saying is that while we are trying to improve things on one side, things go down on the other side. Most importantly, I would like to implore the Government on the effect when these workshops are not functional. The effect is that it will affect the productive sector in the country because the roads and the equipment are not worked on. This, therefore, undermines – the fact that we want to create economic growth and productivity in this country – That is what we definitely have to look out for. The Government must look into this matter seriously if we are to talk about economic growth, job creation, improving agricultural

Honourable minister for Youth Affairs. This statement was presented; what we were left with was the debate. So, debate starts now. Hon. Silwany, Hon. Aogon, Hon. Komakech and Hon. Aleper. Sorry, I had forgotten Hon. Aleper and Hon. Timuzigu. Hon. Aleper, let me allow you to raise your matter, which you brought to my attention. I am very sorry. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I rise on a matter of national importance; a very urgent one. There is a dire security situation in my constituency, particularly in Kaiku Parish, Kawachi Subcounty. There have been incursions in the past one week by the Pokot of Mount Kadam and they have killed one person and injured three others. This happened last night and as we speak now, the people have been displaced to the nearby communities. About 200 households have been displaced this morning. While I was here, I received a WhatsApp message that said, “Hon. Moses, what are you doing; people are being killed?” I have stood on the Floor of this House for the last nine months, and this is the issue that I raised. The last time we talked about bombs in this House, I particularly said that we should treat security with equity across this country. At that time, many people had raised issues about bombs and the entire country was abuzz. We have lost people in Chekwii, Nakapiripirit, and Karamoja, and we have always been told to wait. That is why I asked, “How many more do you want to die? Do you want Members of MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Honourable minister, you will respond on Thursday. Do not just respond to what has been said; come up with a comprehensive report to that effect. MR MOSES ALEPER (MRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I just want to react to your communication on security. By its very definition, security is a state of being free from danger and threat. When we heard of the threats on the security within big gatherings in this city, I think everyone stood quite alert and felt what it was. Of course, when you know that someone wants to cause some injury or pain to the other, it definitely makes you think that it can lead to the loss of lives. I just want to react by echoing that, these types of security threats are normally raised in some parts of this country very far from Kampala. I implore every Ugandan that these bomb threats are just like any other security threat. Even if they are mentioned in Kasese, Nebbi or other parts of the country, they should be treated with utmost attention. Therefore, whether it is a bomb threat or whatever threat, as long as it is a threat to the life of an individual, it should be treated quite seriously the way the attention has been given to this particular one. Thank you.

Thank you. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Madam Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to add my voice to the ones of those who have thanked the committee for the good report. I have two issues and the first is about the skewness of the scheme to science education. The truth is that this particular financing board was initiated to finance higher education, not specifically science students. So, there should not be a way of skewing this. When you go to places like Karamoja, where some of us come from, it is difficult to get students who can compete fairly on the science arrangement because the schools that are there cannot afford you a platform to compete on a science scale. Therefore, I am in support of ensuring that we cover all students who go for either arts or sciences. (Applause) My second concern is about the financing cover. When you look at this scheme, it covers tuition only. You find that most of these students are not able to pay for hostel, books and other educational materials. So, this still leaves them disadvantaged and hinders their

9590 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT [Ms Nabukenya] gazetted for applications. Selection happens in August. So, if this Parliament resolves that this scheme should continue and that this money be allocated, the applications can go on. However, Madam Speaker, I also support that we need to clean the entity. There is a lot lacking and we also need to amend the law because although the law provides for regional balance, it never happens. That law is a creation of this Parliament; it must be brought back and we rethink it; all Ugandans should benefit. I would go for the district quota system. Madam Speaker, I would also like to inform this Parliament that in the 2021 secondary school academic year, the districts of Nakapiripirit, Napak and Madi-Okollo did not get any student. (Member timed out.)

Thank you. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I also join my other colleague, who thanked COSASE for this elaborate report. I also take this opportunity this time to thank the minister, Hon. Baryomunsi; you are well suited for that job. You always do not go wrong. My contribution is on the matter of financial and accounting reporting. What is very important in financial and accounting reporting is timeliness and accuracy. On timeliness, I am sure this report came out after December 2022, as required by law, from the Office of the Auditor-General. Of course, our committee has looked at it and have now outed it. This is normally necessary because these reports are supposed to be used for decision making. If they are out of time, definitely the decision that will be made will become irrelevant. Likewise, on accuracy, there were some misstatements which were observed by the committee, where there was a misstatement of Shs 450 million. That is something very significant in reporting and such a misstatement will definitely undermine the decisions that will come out of such a report. What am I saying? It is very necessary for institutions, when they are making reports, to make sure they are accurate. Any misreporting should be very insignificant to something like 0.5 per cent. I implore institutions that are charged with this make sure they make good of that misreporting. Lastly, I want to say that on the realignment of the financial year, the law is very clear. The practice is very clear, now that the financial year starts 1 July and end on 30 June. That is what actually should be done. Thank you very much, Mr Speaker.

Thank you. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I also join my other colleague, who thanked COSASE for this elaborate report. I also take this opportunity this time to thank the minister, Hon. Baryomunsi; you are well suited for that job. You always do not go wrong. My contribution is on the matter of financial and accounting reporting. What is very important in financial and accounting reporting is timeliness and accuracy. On timeliness, I am sure this report came out after December 2022, as required by law, from the Office of the Auditor-General. Of course, our committee has looked at it and have now outed it. This is normally necessary because these reports are supposed to be used for decision making. If they are out of time, definitely the decision that will be made will become irrelevant. Likewise, on accuracy, there were some misstatements which were observed by the committee, where there was a misstatement of Shs 450 million. That is something very significant in reporting and such a misstatement will definitely undermine the decisions that will come out of such a report. What am I saying? It is very necessary for institutions, when they are making reports, to make sure they are accurate. Any misreporting should be very insignificant to something like 0.5 per cent. I implore institutions that are charged with this make sure they make good of that misreporting. Lastly, I want to say that on the realignment of the financial year, the law is very clear. The practice is very clear, now that the financial year starts 1 July and end on 30 June. That is what actually should be done. Thank you very much, Mr Speaker.

Actually, they will come with action that has been taken. Hon. Naluyima, give her the question now, in writing. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise on a matter of urgent importance. Yesterday, Wednesday, while many Ugandans were celebrating Eid, a stray elephant killed one person in my constituency, a one Phillip Lowoto in Nakamistae Village, Loasam Parish, Loreng Sub-county, Nakapiripirit District. It is believed that this particular elephant strayed from Kidepo and stormed the village early in the morning. After we contacted the Uganda Wildlife Authority personnel to come and put this animal out of action or restrain it from destroying property, it went amok. [Ms Ntabaazi] STATEMENT ON BUSINESS FOR SUCCEEDING WEEK

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

9118 BUDGET SPEECH, 2023 I now turn to detail the key actions we will be undertaking in these strategic priorities: Boosting household incomes and microenterprises Madam Speaker, the Parish Development Model will boost household incomes as well as the development of microenterprises. Since the launch of the Parish Development Model in February 2022, a total of Shs 590.2 billion has been disbursed to all 10,459 parishes nationwide, translating into Shs 50 million per parish. The balance will be disbursed by the end of this month. Next financial year, the Parish Development Model has been allocated Shs 1.1 trillion. The Emyooga Initiative will further boost household incomes and microenterprises at parish and sub-county levels by directly funding parish and sub-county enterprise groups. By March 2023, seed capital worth Shs 494 billion had been disbursed to 6,721 constituency-based Emyooga SACCOs. Over 600,000 individuals had successfully applied for credit from their parish-based associations. Nearly half (46 per cent) of these were women - abakyala mwekubire mungalo. Women are very persistent; when they say they will do something, they do it – 25 per cent were youth and 4 per cent were PWDs. These SACCOs have also mobilised savings of Shs 76 billion and a further Shs 80 billion recovered from the loans given to beneficiaries. Now, somebody said the Emyooga is non- performing; he does not know what he is talking about and I am sorry for that type of person. This demonstrates the sustainability of the Emyooga initiative. Next year, Shs 100 billion has been allocated to the Emyooga initiative. Madam Speaker, in order to grow local enterprises, 19 skilling centres have so far been established across the country under the Presidential Industrial Hubs Initiative. So far, 28,750 trainees have successfully completed training in skills programmes and 6,110 trainees are undergoing training in various fields. The skilling centres include Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Nakulabye, Luzira Prisons, Sub-Way Crested Towers, Wabigalo Parish Community, Butikirwa Kigoowa-Ntinda and Makerere Community Hall. This support will continue over the medium term. Next financial year, Shs 60 billion has been allocated for skilling the youth. Commercialising agriculture Madam Speaker, during this year, additional funding amounting to Shs 110 billion was provided for food security interventions in Government institutions with farms, including the UPDF, Uganda Prisons, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, National Agricultural Research Organisation and National Agricultural Genetics Resource Centre and Databank. The priority actions to commercialise agriculture next financial year include the following: 1. Support agricultural research for the development of climate-resilient crops and animal species; 2. Promote environmental conservation, restoration and protection of degraded water catchment areas and forest cover; 3. Construct small, medium, and large-scale irrigation schemes in water-stressed areas. These will include the construction of earth dams at Unyama in Gulu, Namalu in Nakapiripirit, Sipi in Bulambuli and Kabuyanda in Isingiro, among others; 4. Implement large-scale mechanisation and irrigation; and 5. Improve farmer mobilisation, education and partnerships with large commercial farmers for the production of strategic commodities such as coffee, maize and tea to meet national and international demand.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the committee for the report. However, honourable colleagues, I want you to know that it is not only Uganda, but countries across the world, especially those that are now being called “emerging economies” are facing fiscal deficits. In that case, non-concessional funding is starting to disappear. So, when our ministry in charge of borrowing looks around, it is our obligation to see how to move. I am happy with the committee. It has raised very important issues here that we need to improve on our tax to GDP. As long as we do not improve on our tax to GDP, we shall continue looking for funding to support our budget. Mr Speaker, widening our tax base is a solution that we must all start looking at to avoid borrowing which we may not be able to avoid in the near future. So, let us take into consideration what Hon. Kwizera has said that it may not be only us here. For us who have come from meetings that were taking place out there, we were warned by these development partners that concessional funds are going to continue deteriorating. So, it is incumbent upon us to support our Government by widening the tax base, and improve on our GDP to tax and then tomorrow, we shall survive these situations. Thank you. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mine is simply something I want to emphasise to this House and the country. The fiscal path we are treading on is very slippery because this amount of borrowing is leaving very minimal fiscal space for this country. I thought this should be brought to the attention of everyone so that next time we process these loans, we are mindful about that. Two, throughout my life I have been dealing with figures and I am very passionate about it. When you give us the impression that our debt GDP ratio is 47 per cent, I stand here to object and this is very misleading. Currently, our debt is at $42.68 billion. When you translate using the current market rate, it is about Shs 157 trillion, and the debt, as you saw on the screen at 80. When you divide 80 by that, you come to 50.9, which is almost 51 per cent. So, the figure of 47 per cent is very misleading and it is not right to mislead us and this country. I am talking very authoritatively based on the figures that are on the ground. This is how we mislead this country. [Members rose_]

Thank you. Honourable colleagues, there are many questions to do with roads. Yesterday, we handled some; we shall handle the rest tomorrow. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I rise on a matter of international importance. (Laughter) I really beg you, Mr Speaker, that since the issues are critical and dire, I might need an additional minute because I really want to –

Thank you, Mr Speaker. There is a very dire and acute security situation in my district, Nakapiripirit and some other districts in northern Karamoja. This is occasioned by external aggression by armed groups from Kenya. The ones that are attacking my district come from West Pokot County in Kenya. These groups carry out daily attacks and this has been happening since January 2023. There are daily attacks that seem to have overwhelmed the security apparatus on the ground because there is nothing the security apparatus are carrying out. As of today, we have lost over 24 lives, including a security personnel and UPDF officers. We have lost over 4,000 heads of cattle and about 2,000 sheep and goats. Every other day, people are dying and it is really critical. The community is in panic; there is total anxiety. Mr Speaker, my phone does not go off at 7:00 p.m.; it stays on until morning, tracking animals on the phone and coordinating with the security personnel. This matter has happened twice this year. I request the Leader of Government Business to take action because people are dying. The question I asked in the House was: how many more people do you want to die? Tell us so that we can offer ourselves to die for peace to come to Karamoja. My prayer, which is still sustained up to now, is: can the Leader of Government Business organise a high-profile delegation comprised on the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry

8854 SECTORAL COMMITTEE REPORT By the time Rt Hon. Prime Minister presented to the Committee, she gave us information the balance of iron sheets in the stores was at 81,554. The Rt Hon. Prime Minister informed the committee that the delays in the distribution of iron sheets was brought about by petitions from the various district local governments contesting the inclusion of lists from Members of Parliament. She indicated that so far, only three districts of Nakapiripirit, Karenga and Moroto had partially received iron sheets. The details are there. She further stated that she had been informed that Karenga District received 1,500 iron sheets. The Rt Hon. Prime Minister informed the committee that contrary to the information that was circulating in the media, she did not receive iron sheets meant for Karamoja Subregion, but instead received from the regular budget for donations, and subsequently, donated to different parts of the country. She further indicated that the decision to divert and reallocate the iron sheets requisition for delivery to Karamoja Subregion was taken solely by the Minister of Karamoja Affairs and not the Office of the Prime Minister. She informed the committee that it was unfair for the public to expect her to police the ministers under her docket, but expect minimum supervision given their mandate and competence. The diversion of iron sheets was not discussed in top management meetings with her ministers. She further indicated that she gets briefs during Cabinet meetings or during inquiries by the investigating agencies. The Prime Minister further informed the committee that she briefed the President on this matter. The Rt Hon. Prime Minister informed the committee that she set out to improve the management of stores and many internal issues as soon as she assumed office, including the introduction of the labelling, branding and specific wording for the items under the Office of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister further proposed that the diverted iron sheets be replaced in the following ways: (i) Iron sheets that were taken by leaders and have not been used be returned to the Office of the Prime Minister. (ii) The iron sheets taken and used by leaders belonging to other affirmative action regions, whose accountability has been filed and can be verified, be replaced by transferring an equal number of those from the affirmative ministries they belong to. She cited an example of replacing the diverted iron sheets for Karamoja Subregion with the ones belonging to Northern Uganda affairs and other affirmative action programmes accordingly. (iii) Investigations be expedited to bring out the truth and hold accountable those who misused the iron sheets. Observations: The committee observes that under Article 108A (2)(a) of the Constitution, the Prime Minister is the Leader of Government Business in Parliament and is responsible for the coordination and implementation of Government policies across ministries, departments and other public institutions. The committee observes that the Rt Hon. Prime Minister had taken prior steps to ensure that control and stopgap measures, such as branding of items distributed by the Office of the Prime Minister, and providing oversight to the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs through various engagements, meetings, specifically on the Community Empowerment Programme were held. When the Rt Hon. Prime Minister was informed about the diversion, she halted further issuance of the iron sheets. However, the committee observes that the Prime Minister did not effectively conduct adequate coordination and monitoring which affected the Community Empowerment Programme in the following ways:

The committee further observes that Hon. Anyakun presented evidence of distribution of the 5,000 iron sheets given to her by the Ministry for Karamoja Affairs, which were channelled through Chief Administrative Officer of Nakapiripirit -

The committee discovered that the 5,000 iron sheets were part of the supplementary budget but these were distributed according to Hon. Anyakun’s list and not according to the list generated by the district verification committee. The committee established that the information provided by Hon. Anyakun was not true because the district chairperson together with the Chief Administrative Officer disassociated themselves from the claims made by Hon. Anyakun that the 5,000 iron sheets were officially received by the Chief Administrative Officer on behalf of the district and that they were the ones originally planned for in the supplementary budget. We have the details of this disassociation in Annexure 28 and “29”. The committee further established that the Chief Administrative Officer, Nakapiripirit, acknowledged receipt of the 5,000 iron sheets in a letter dated 22 February 2023 to the accounting officer. The committee later discovered through the Chief Administrative Officer’s letter and his interface with the district leadership that the Chief Administrative Officer did not receive the iron sheets at the district. But they were stored at Namalu Prison Stores and later distributed by the personal assistant of Hon. Anyakun. Furthermore, the Chief Administrative Officer said that he was only requested to account for the iron sheets by Hon. Anyakun and this is when he wrote the letter indicating accountability for the same. The details of this are in Annexure 30. The committee established that the 5,000 iron sheets received by Hon. Anyakun were meant for the Community Empowerment Programme under the supplementary budget and as such, the intended beneficiaries who are the reformed warriors should not be disadvantaged as a result of her actions. Hon. Henry Musasizi, the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (General Duties), received 200 iron sheets and we established that they were meant for the people in Karamoja Subregion, specifically the Karachunas . The committee observed that the following recipients who made requests to the Ministry for Karamoja Affairs, who made requests to OPM and other affirmative action departments, who did not make any request for iron sheets should have done due diligence to ascertain the origin of the iron sheets before accepting them. Accordingly, the recipients of the iron sheets ought to have known the Ministry for Karamoja Affairs covers the Karamoja Subregion alone and not the entire country and as such, should not have received the iron sheets from the Minister for Karamoja Affairs.

8859 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023 supplementary budget, and 10,614 (plain) was under the regular budget. A total of 10,614 iron sheets were also still in the stores at the time of the visit by the committee. However, the committee established that out of the 95,044 iron sheets under the supplementary budget, 20,500 were issued as follows – the one I had elaborated earlier – the first 10,000, plus the ones for Hon. Anyakun makes it 20,500. Actually, that is the number of iron sheets missing from the provisions of the supplementary budget. The details of the suppliers of the iron sheets are here. Members can read. Given this background, the balance in store under the supplementary budget should be 74,544 iron sheets against the 71,144 that the store claimed was the balance under the supplementary budget. The committee observes that this finding leaves a difference of 3,400 iron sheets which are unaccounted for. The committee thus found out that the 10,000 iron sheets which were used for the launch, which OPM claimed were not part of the supplementary budget, were in fact part of the supplementary budget. This is because the 10,614 iron sheets from the regular budget were plain and not distributed up to the time we visited the stores. The committee established that there were variances in the number of iron sheets reported by the various stakeholders as per the records provided. A total of 95,044 pieces of iron sheets were procured against the agreed 100,000 iron sheets. Mr Speaker, we have a table that shows the balance of the iron sheets. It was further established that Karamoja Subregion has a total of 534 gazetted parishes but only 477 were considered to benefit from the iron sheets, leaving out 57 parishes. The committee received complaints from the leaders and community members of the 57 excluded parishes on the need to consider them because they are either directly or indirectly affected. The justifications for excluding the 57 parishes from the Community Empowerment Programme were not provided. The committee established that the balance of iron sheets in the OPM stores varies from the information provided earlier by the Prime Minister as illustrated in Table 13. The targeted number of 95,044 pieces of iron sheets surpassed the 86,814 that should have sufficiently covered the 3,339 beneficiaries following the selection of seven people per parish from 477 parishes, implying that either more people would have benefited from the distribution or the beneficiaries would have received more than 26 pieces of iron sheets each. The committee established that the price of iron sheets was based on the quotations from the two pre-qualified suppliers, as per the specifications of OPM, following technical specifications. The committee observes that the price of Shs 76,137 per pre-painted and branded iron sheet seems to be on a higher side. Recommendations 1. OPM should streamline, strengthen and enforce guidelines aimed at providing controls and set up digital inventory management systems at its stores. 2. In the short-run, the OPM stores at Namanve should operate a regionalised ledger system to avoid a mix-up of records on the affirmative action departments. 3. Mr Abdullah Awuye, the Chief Administrative Officer, Nakapiripirit District, should be held accountable for his role in the diversion and distribution of the 5,000 iron sheets in Nakapiripirit, contrary to the supplementary budget guidelines. 4. OPM should exercise budgetary discipline over the affirmative action programmes to ensure that programmes benefit the intended regions.

8861 THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023 districts, ensuring that the animals were free from diseases at the time of supply, adaptable to the environment and provide transport and security for the animals before handing them over to the districts, among others. The price range for goats procured Mr Speaker, we have provided a table, but allow me to lay on Table the detailed information about the pricing of all the goats purchased. Members can read that. A total of 75,000 female goats and 5,000 male goats were to be acquired as per the plan, with a total price of Shs 25,680,000,000, although Shs 26,093,620,401 was spent to procure 73,900 goats. The committee observed that the pricing of the goats, for both the local and the imported ones, were fair, based on the prevailing market price, including some of the imported goats from Kenya, especially the Galla type. The details are in Annex 34. Distribution of the goats Mr Speaker, we have a table showing how the goats were distributed per district. The committee was concerned about the above varying numbers. We got information from the OPM and the districts. When we went to the field, we also obtained a different set of information. The committee was concerned about the varying numbers of goats delivered. However, it was also informed that other unexpected purchases were done at lower prices by the suppliers, especially for replacement of the rejected and dead goats at as low as Shs 50,000 to 90,000. In Nakapiripirit, it was reported that an extra 250 East African female goats were delivered and distributed. The committee was informed by the leadership of Karamoja that 70 per cent of the expected goats were delivered to the subregion. However, the committee established that out of the total number of expected goats, only 73,965 were supplied, representing 65 per cent. Therefore, 35 percent of the expected supply has not been delivered. Some beneficiaries received only 16 goats and some have not received any at all. The committee was informed by the OPM that the money meant for this procurement was completely utilised. The committee attributes the distortions in the number of goats supplied to the inconsistencies at the time of delivery of the goats and replacement because there were no recordings about the replacements in most districts. Therefore, the committee has recognised the 65 per cent delivery, although there was a high death rate. This is close to the 70 per cent stated by the local leaders of the Karamoja Subregion, when they appeared before the committee. They also raised concern on the balance of the 30 per cent undelivered, which actually, to the committee, is 35 per cent. The leaders were explicit that the balance will be delivered but at an appropriate time, when the security and famine situation significantly improve. Recommendations (i) The Office of the Prime Minister and the district local governments should improve the records management system for its programmes with immediate effect. (ii) Government should provide the necessary support to ensure that the remaining 35 per cent of goats to be given to the intended beneficiaries under the Community Empowerment Programme are given at an appropriate time. Holding grounds The committee established that the suppliers of goats were expected to make provisions for holding grounds in every district of supply to keep the goats for a period of 14 days before handing them over. However, most districts

Alright. On issues of the death of the animals, I am not going into it. Committee observations The committee observed that the issuance of cash to the beneficiaries instead of goats was a total breach of the contract. Recommendation The committee therefore, recommends that; 1. Government halts any future contractual engagement with Luck and Lark Limited until case file No. Ref. 04/22 is disposed of; 2. OPM terminates the framework contract for the supply and delivery of goats with the following suppliers of goats in Abim District for failure to adhere to the contractual terms on vaccination; (i) Kagumaho Enterprises Co. Limited; (ii) Green Village project; (iii) Catalyst Investments Limited; (iv) Armor Investments Limited; and (v) CH Group companies. The following contract managers; (i) Mr Abaho; (ii) Mr Peter Amodoi; (iii) Mr Samuel Ofungi; (iv) Mr Tony Emmy Ameny be held liable for negligence of duty. Implementation of the Peace Building Initiative Mr Speaker, on page 77, the budget is provided for; it was Shs 5.1 billion. We received accountability of this money and on page 78 that was the accountability provided for. Recommendation The committee recommends that a comprehensive audit be carried out by the Auditor-General on the amount of the funds spent on the Peace Building Initiative. We want to say on record, although the mover of the motion talked about the Shs 800 million, the money spent was Shs 5.1 billion not Shs 800 million. Term of Reference No.2 to inquire into the utilisation of Shs 135.2 billion from the Contingency Fund meant for relief food for Karamoja Subregion Mr Speaker, we have a table on page 80 showing how the money was planned for. On page 81, we were informed that Shs 40 billion was released and the first table shows how Shs 20 billion was used. On the Shs 20 billion, we were informed that food was procured and was meant to be distributed not only in Karamoja Subregion but other parts of the country. Status of food distribution in the districts of Karamoja Subregion – the table is on page 82 and it was in Nakapiripirit District where the Chief Administrative Officer did not give us information on how much food was sent. On page 83, we have lists of subcounties which did not receive food at all. The committee also established that 53 bags of maize flour were stolen. Honourable Members can read the details with the case number. Committee observations The committee observes that whereas the food security assessment – Members can read this. Recommendations 1. The committee recommends that Government should urgently intervene and provide relief food to Karamoja to avert the looming famine; 2. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should release approved funds in time;

Madam Speaker, I would like to join and support the motion presented by the Prime Minister. I bring greetings from the people of Nakapiripirit, especially from Namalu where the daughter, Sharon worked as our Officer in Charge (OC) station. I came very close to the late Charles because of the daughter. He kept telling me: “How is she? Are you taking good care of her?” When she was getting married, he told me: “Sharon wants you to be there.” I told that to my mum because she was very close to my mum. Col Charles was very proud of his daughter. Sharon, your father was very proud of you. Madam Speaker, I would like to appeal that we elevate Sharon because her father wished her a better position in the Uganda Police Force. Can we follow up with that? Otherwise, her father would have been happier if Sharon was elevated in her position. (Member timed out.)

Thank you. Hon. Jonathan and honourable colleagues, let me just give you my word. Let me give you confidence. When we were starting, I explained to you that the budgeting process will be under this motion, and for now, we are starting with ministerial policy statements. The purpose for today is ministerial policy statements and then, the supplementary. You cannot approve a supplementary that way. You cannot say, “We are now going to be conclusive on this motion.” This is a motion whereby after processing the ministerial policy statements on the Floor, you refer them to the Budget Committee. You do not make a decision here. They are for reference purposes. So, we are not getting any single resolution under this item. Approving a supplementary requires a resolution, and that is for next week because this week, I must first process ministerial policy statements so that we can beat the deadline. Honourable colleagues, I want to assure you of that. Secondly, it is not the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development who makes the Order Paper; it is I. The Order Paper is under me, and I am following the deadline. So, there is no way to say someone is trying to do something. No, that is not allowed. For the supplementary, it is very clear. As I guided, the minister reported all figures, and this is very clear under Section 25(1) of the Public Finance Management, Act where funds are expended. It says “… a supplementary estimate, showing the amount required, shall be laid before Parliament…” If the minister laid it here, he must capture it among the expenditure he made and then we scrutinise. Why we cannot even manage this supplementary because Article 156(3) of the Constitution says “…a supplementary Appropriation Bill shall be introduced into Parliament in the financial year next following that financial year to which the estimates relate, providing for the appropriation of the sums so approved for the purposes specified in those estimates ” .” Under this Supplementary Appropriation Bill, this is where all these will be captured, but after approval by this House. Honourable members, I just wanted to allay your fears that no one will play games on this issue. Hon. Aleper? MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mine is on ministerial policy statements. The current budget projections are derived from the growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The assumption is that the growth in domestic revenue is based on the growth of the GDP and it will be 0.5 per cent of the GDP. The assumption of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is that the outlook on the GDP performance is expected to grow by 5.6 per cent. However, based on the assumption you have projected the revenue, it will mean the GDP will grow by 10 per cent. I would like to request the finance minister to clarify that so that it allays our fears.

Thank you. I am looking for specialists in finance. Colleagues, you gave me your curriculum vitae; so, I read them. If you told me you are a doctor, then this is not a medical matter. Let me first pick finance people. (Laughter) MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to give some very critical information. It is based on the experience we have had in the public finance management of this country. If you have looked through all these financial years, around this time - between now and June - these names appear to have been dropped. I bet these people will be cleared between now and 30 June. That is the practice. So, we have to look at the underlying issues. Why do they raise it before the end of the financial year? These are things that should have happened earlier. You will find categorically that all these people are cleared. In fact, in the next one month or at the end of the financial year, some of them will be cleared, yet these people have problems. Mr Speaker, once a problem has been identified, normally, it is very explicit, imperial and not subjective to anything. If someone has been penalised, that person should fall flat and not be cleared at all. I think that is what we should look at squarely. Thank you.

Mr Speaker, I concur with the directive of the Prime Minister that we need an inter-ministerial committee. As you all know, our role is entirely to build seed secondary schools. It is the Ministry of Energy that is supposed to connect power. So, Rt Hon. Prime Minister, we will wait for your directive. I thank you. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you. Last Thursday, I raised a serious security concern concerning the corridors of Nakapiripirit and Amudat districts. This is a very serious and unprecedented security concern. I requested that a high-level delegation from the Ministries of Defense, Internal Affairs, and top UPDF leadership should actually visit the area and assess the situation. I was given some hope, but up to now, nothing has happened. Immediately - that very evening, someone was killed again and livestock was stolen. Just two days after that -

The corridors between Amudat and Nakapiripirit districts. The situation is serious. There is a lot of anxiety, people are scared and wondering what this government is doing for them. They are asking one question, which I now extend to the Prime Minister: how many more people do you want to see dead before you take action? They want the quorum that you want.

Mr Speaker, I want to assure this country that we do not want to lose any life because every life matters. I have been in touch with my brother. I even organised for him a teleconference meeting where the army commander, the PS Ministry of Defence, the Minister of Defence, and I, were present and we made a number of recommendations, which I am told are being implemented. And they are: 1. To add more troops to his area. On this, they told me Tuesday, and today is Thursday. I will find out why they have not sent more troops to Nakapiripirit; and 2. We agreed to send a drone and an aeroplane to chase those rustlers using a chopper – (Interjections) – yes! So, we are going to handle this squarely.

Thank you. Clerk, are we still within the two minutes each? I doubt it. I am noting Members who speak and walk out after submitting. Next time, I will not pick you; you will stand up several times and I will just keep quiet because you want to speak and go. We are not here to just go on the Hansard ; we are here to deliberate on serious issues and you can only deliberate well if you listen and learn from others. I have noted some of you. I had picked you, Hon. Aleper. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. My first issue is on false reporting by the Centre. The money that was supposed to have been released around February this year actually landed in the accounts just last week. This type of reporting actually is misleading the masses. We go with the understanding that the money has gone to the districts and we go and start witch-hunting people at district level. This should stop. This actually is very characteristic of the money that is supposed to go for similar programmes in the country. Secondly, in my district of Nakapiripirit, no parish received the money. Therefore, even the community facilitators from the commercial office did not carry out any training. They are just starting to train people now. The next disbursement of money will surely arrive very late and I am sure that nothing much will be done. The SACCOs for the Parish Development Model were supposed to operate in such a way that one programme feeds into another. The seeds should have been there so that the crop is harvested and the enterprises that should have gotten the money to buy the products would have done exactly that. There is, however, a disruption that is going to affect the implementation and success of this programme. I also want to bring it to the attention of the country that we should not just live on false hope. This year, this programme will not meet our expectations. I think we have to be realistic and face the truth squarely. I bed to submit.

Give us the seeds; we shall know what to do with them. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am rising on a matter of serious security concern. Something unprecedented in Karamoja is happening in the corridors of Nakapiripirit and Amudat districts. There is a group of armed criminals that has been stealing property and killing people since January this year -

Since January this year, we have so far lost 11 people in Nakapiripirit District and over 2,000 heads of cattle stolen in 13 incidents. On the 6 th day of January, we lost four people and subsequently, until about a week ago, we have lost people - 11 lives have been lost. Every other day, this group of armed people is wreaking havoc and they are doing it with ease at their own time. Actually, they have overwhelmed the security in the place. The situation is so alarming that for the last nine days - today is the ninth night - I and other Members of Parliament from both Nakapiripirit and Amudat districts have not rested. We receive phone calls from people crying. People are living in fear and panic. Right now, I am sure we would be receiving phone calls; it is only that we are in the House now. The situation is so dire; it is so bad. It has never happened over a period of 10 years. Therefore, I request that the Minister of Defence, the Minister of Internal Affairs and the top UPDF leadership should be marshalled, so that we go for an on-spot visit to the place because people are living in fear and the situation is terrible; this has never happened before. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, General. Having heard from the minister, you realise that what is causing many of these problems is inadequate allocation of funds. We need to look at the issue of allocation of funds. He says he needs Shs 690 billion. We will need a response from the Minister of Finance. We need money for national roads. There is also unequal distribution of these roads. (Applause) To ensure fairness and national character – that is a national objective in the Constitution - it must have a national character. I did not hear Nakapiripirit, Bukomansimbi - We also need to look at the local capacity of – Order! We need to build the local capacity of our contractors. We are not going to continue using these people from outside the country all the time. That is why I appreciate the Bill by Hon. Oshabe on “Buy Uganda Build Uganda (BUBU)”. We need to promote our local contractors but most importantly, we need equal distribution of these resources. If there is a road in Masaka, let it also be in Teso. (Applause) Honourable members, you have heard from the minister – (Members rose_) Eeh, you all want to talk about roads? I am going to give only - we have a very serious matter. Hon. Mpaka, is your report ready? He is ready. We have a

Mr Speaker, I need to protect him. Let the minister and the police officer behave well. I was saying that if possible, you need to set up an Ad hoc committee to investigate this particular police SACCO. The police officers are fond of coming before the committee and they take the committee for granted. I know the committee may not do as expected. Let the Ad hoc committee be formed and thorough investigations be done on this police SACCO. I beg to move. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Mine is to respond to the report by the minister. First of all, it did not address the matters that were raised by the Member. The Member had raised issues that: 1. The savings have been raised to a certain amount of money. 2. This is something that is taking place currently. What the honourable minister presented was the audit report for the year ended December 2021. So, it fell short of what it should have addressed. My request is that the minister should go back and address the issues that were raised by the Member. We want to establish whether there is forced deduction. One thing the report admitted is the deliberate timed withdrawals only twice in a year. Someone should have access to their savings whether in form of borrowing or savings withdrawal like we do in our SACCO. Mr Speaker, I would like you to direct the minister to address the issue and bring this matter back to this House latest Tuesday, next week. Thank you very much. (Laughter)

Thank you. Hon. Aleper. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am not here to discount the success of the UPDF in Operation Shujja, but rather applaud them for what they have done. I just wanted to say that for the future – if you remember, when this operation was initially set up, it was supposed to last three months. Then after the three months, there was no such report that was brought to this House and this has periodically been sustained. I think it is just right and proper that when such sustenance occurs, there should also be periodic reports like this. Next time, this report should be very comprehensive. It is very shallow. I want to reiterate the point someone mentioned here. Just imagine yourself bringing your son to that seat and he takes pictures on it. What does it portray to this country? I think it will demonstrate that there is no seriousness in this House. A civilian going to pose in a helicopter in a war zone - some of us have grown up in war zones: war is war. A civilian cannot just go and pose. Something should have been done to the commander at that time. I think as leaders in this country, such acts should not be encouraged. I thank you.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Before I go to the issues concerning my region, I want to say that when this issue came up, we were promised that the exercise would stop until these issues are sorted out; that is the message I took to my people. Actually, since this recruitment has taken place, I will be deemed not to have represented my people effectively because that is the message I took to my people that the recruitment had been stopped and we had been assured of that until these issues are sorted out. But now, I have just been told that this has taken place. I do not know what to tell my people. Now, the issue is this; in my district of Nakapiripirit, characteristically for all the Forces, call it UPDF, call it the Uganda Police Force and call it Uganda Prisons Services, we barely get a person from the district. What happens is that the recruiting officers come with their relatives to the recruitment centre and they are the ones who are taken up. They make our sons and daughters run around, then they take these other people. That is the most painful thing. The last recruitment when we raised the issue, there were no people from Nakapiripirit District. But there were “Ojambos”, there were “Muhumuzas” and many other tribes in that place .-(Interjections) - in fact, most of them could have even come from your district. So, what I am trying to say is, much as there is – prosperity that should actually take place. Mr Speaker, what should I tell the Karimojongs? That actually Karamoja again has been left behind?

6710 TRIBUTE TO THE LATE HON. PATRICK OKABE He would not fight for space like some of us used to; he would leave you to pass and then come after. What beats my understanding is that he was a peculiar leader who could balance the church, politics and family. Where do we find those kinds of people? Hon. Okabe had God-given qualities. He was able to lead all the churches. He has a church in my constituency and he has been coming there annually to pray with the people, at some functions. Honourable members, given our responsibility, balancing all those institutions is very difficult. Sometimes you give up at some point, but he did not. It is said in the Bible that, that is where we are all going. It will be said here or back at home. There will be kind words, sincere and true, but it cannot take away the emptiness Hon. Okabe has caused in his church, house and family. Even the people he has been serving in Serere and those who knew him, the emptiness will never be filled. Nobody can fill that. I cannot stop crying. How can someone die just like that? The wife dies at the same time, then you expect people to reconcile this in the shortest time. It is very painful. Hon. Okabe should not have died just like that. I liked him as a person. Just imagine how many people are crying for him. My people in Nakapiripirit, where he has been praying, are really crying. Imagine if those people are crying for him, what about the Christians in Serere and Mbale? May his soul rest in peace.

6440 ACTION TAKEN REPORT ON THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE 11 TH PARLIAMENT Kilembe Mines is licensed under the Mining Act. Exploration licences and mining leases granted by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development are held by Kilembe Mines Limited, a State-owned enterprise, majority owned and controlled by the Government. Since Cabinet took a decision in 2018, Government has invested in developing Kilembe Mines into an active commercial project for the exploration, exploitation and processing of copper and cobalt for industrialisation. Therefore, Kilembe Mines does not fit the description of a protected area. The declaration of Kilembe Mines as a protected area will frustrate its development and Government’s on-going competitive bidding process to get a suitable partner under the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement. It should be deleted from Schedule Two. Acherer Goldmines in Nakapiripirit District is also an active exploration and mining area where mineral rights (exploration license and location license) were granted under the Mining Act. It should not be listed as a protected area. Declaration of protected areas should be made after consultation with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. Schedule 2, Part II, Item 17 It provides for Panyimur in Pakwach District as a protected fossil site. The part of Panyimur Subcounty, which is a fossil site and should be protected, should be mentioned. The relevant fossil site should be named by village and parish. There are areas being studied by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in Panyimur Subcounty for potential development of geothermal resources Panyimur should, therefore, not be declared a protected area as a whole. Schedule 3, Clause 4: Interpretation Definition of mineral The Bill defines “Mineral” as “Any substance in solid, liquid or gaseous form, occurring naturally in or on the earth formed by or subject to a geological process, but does not include petroleum as defined under ‘The Petroleum Exploration Development and Production Act, 2013’. The definition of minerals should be amended and a phrase inserted as follows: “Minerals means any substance whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form, occurring naturally in or on the earth, formed by or subject to a geological process, but does not include petroleum as defined under ‘The Petroleum Exploration Development and Production Act, 2013’, or substances excluded from the definition of minerals under Article 244(5) of the Constitution”. The aim is to bring it in compliance with the Constitution and the Mining and Minerals Act. 1.2. Definition of Mineral Right The Bill provides that mineral right means: “The right to prospect, explore or mine for minerals under a prospecting license, an exploration license, a retention license, a large-scale or small-scale mining license or an artisanal mining license issued under the Mining Act.” The definition should be amended and a phrase inserted as follows: “Mineral right means a right to prospect, explore or mine for minerals under a prospecting license, an exploration license, a retention license, a large-scale mining license, a medium-scale mining license, small-scale mining license or an artisanal mining license.” This is to bring it into compliance with the Mining and Minerals Act, which includes a medium-scale mining license. 4.0 Clause 95 (2) The Bill provides under clause 95(2) that the holder of a mineral right issued under “The Mining Act, 2003” shall enjoy his or her right under that mineral right subject to this Act. The clause should be amended to read as follows: “The holder of a mineral right issued under ‘The Mining Act, 2003’ shall exercise his or COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR [The Deputy Speaker]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. On the issue of compensation, we agreed in the motion that we should include Bugisu and Sebei. I have not heard anything about these regions. In the discussion, Bugisu, Sebei and Nakapiripirit should also be included.

Colleagues, now you can see that this is work still in progress. We cannot conclude because the report of the committee will come back here; the same people will come to debate it. In fact, we are interfering with the work of the committee. We can lie to ourselves and say we are enriching the committee’s work, but we are interfering with their work instead. I do not know how the debate will be. I had allowed Hon. Aleper; he is the one I am stopping with on this matter, so that the committee can continue with its work and then, we come here and conclude. - In your point of procedure, you might block the honourable member I had already allowed. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam) Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I just want to- (Interruption)

Thank you. Honourable minister and UWOPA, why wouldn’t we have this launch in Bukedea where the percentage is very high, other than us having it in an air- conditioned place? We could also have it in Nakapiripirit where girls get married between six and 10 years. Why don’t we go and have the launch in a village setting and deal with the village women and men so that you are able to tell them that what they are doing is wrong, so that they know what we are talking about? However, when we go to an air-conditioned boardroom, they say, “They are just looking for allowances”; so, let us first clarify that. Maybe the clarification will transfer the venue to some village. Maybe just for information, there is no Ebola in Bukedea and we are ready to host.

6348 In northern Uganda, we have Abim, Adjumani, Agago, Alebtong, Amolatar, Amudat, Amuru, Apac, Omoro, Arua, Dokolo, Gulu, Kaabong, Kitgum, Koboko, Kole, Kotido, Lamwo, Lira, Maracha, Moroto, Moyo, Nakapiripirit, Napak, Nebbi, Nwoya, Otuke, Oyam, Pader, Pakwach, Yumbe, Zombo, Obongi, Terego, Karenga, Kwania, Madi-Okollo, Nabilatuk, and Obongi. In Western Uganda, we have Buhweju, Buliisa, Bundibugyo, Bunyangabu, Bushenyi, Hoima, Ibanda, Isingiro, Ntungamo, Kabarole, Kagadi, Kakumiro, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kasese, Kibale, Kiruhura, Kiryandongo, Kisoro, Kyegegwa, Kyenjojo, Masindi, Mbarara, Mitooma, Ntoroko, Rubanda, Rubirizi, Rukiga, Rukungiri, Sheema, Kikuube, Kazo and Rwampara. Madam Speaker, those are the areas that will be covered by the project.

6127 THE E L E V E N TH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA TUESDAY, 8 N OVEMBER 2022 THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES (ANIMAL INDUSTRY) (Lt Col (Rtd) Bright Rwamirama): Madam Speaker, on behalf of Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, I wish to respond to the questions raised about the status and the actions of Government in controlling animal disease, specifically the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). We have uploaded this report on the intranet. We have an introduction where we are talking about how FMD affects animals and its economic consequences, and how it is spread. I wish to state the status. From January to October 2022, 22 districts reported FMD outbreaks. These include Adjumani, Amuru, Bukedea, Ibanda, Jinja, Kalungu, Kapchorwa, Kayunga, Kiruhura, Kween, Kyotera, Lyantonde, Masindi, Mpigi, Nakapiripirit, Nakasongola, Napak, Ntungamo, Sembabule and Tororo. It is also important to note that quarantine restrictions were lifted in 11 districts, which is 50 per cent of the affected districts since then. Action taken by the Government In Uganda, FMD prevention and control is achieved through animal movement control (quarantine restrictions) strategic/ring vaccination and awareness creation campaigns. With regard to vaccination, given its cost implication, the strategy adopted by the ministry is to conduct strategic/ring vaccination where an outbreak is reported. Ring vaccination entails vaccinating all the immediate herds surrounding the affected herd so that the disease can be contained and eventually, controlled without causing serious socio-economic consequences. Colleagues, the success of ring vaccination hinges on the timely reporting of the diseases. It is, therefore, important that disease outbreaks are reported as early as possible so that measures of prevention can be instituted in a timely manner and cost effectively since only surrounding herds will be vaccinated to prevent the spread of disease to other areas. We have insisted on this strategy because we do not get enough doses to vaccinate the national herd. You must be aware that Uganda has almost 17 million herds of cattle, 17.4 million herds of goats, five million sheep, 4.5 million pigs and all these are susceptible animals to FMD. Due to limited resources, we came up with this strategy. When it is reported early, this strategy works but we are looking forward to when we have enough resources to make sure that we do it and cover the entire national herd. Currently, a combination of animal movement regulations through quarantine restriction and ring vaccination remains the most appropriate approach for FMD control in Uganda. Colleagues, the following actions have been undertaken to contain the current FMD outbreak in these affected areas. These include: i) Institution of quarantine restriction at the subcounty level and areas within the 20-kilometre radius to prevent the spread of disease. This involves the prohibition of the movement of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, their products and by-products from, to, through and within affected areas. Livestock markets, slaughter places including butcheries and animal shows within the affected subcounties were also closed. This is premised on the “prevention is better than cure” adage; ii) The ministry plans to vaccinate the susceptible livestock in the affected 22 districts listed above with 930,200 doses of FMD vaccine expected in the country this week on 10 November 2022. The next consignment, which is 1.6 million doses is expected in the country in two months’ time. You must observe that this is not adequate but once deployed effectively, it does prevent FMD to some extent;

Honourable members, if we can recall, for the last three years, the Government has been reporting on the fast- tracking of a vaccine for FMD. Despite the allocation we gave – there was a financial allocation that was given for that in Financial Year 2020/2021 and the House approved Shs 2.5 billion, under supplementary expenditure No. 1 to finance the shortfalls of this vaccine. To-date, we do not know the level at which those vaccines are. We do not know whether the vaccines are working – and this was aimed at getting four million doses. I do not know whether we even have a single dose. (Member timed out.) MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam) Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to follow up on the issue of control of animal diseases in this

Referred to the Committee of Public Accounts (Central Government) pursuant to Rule 174(4) of the Rules of Procedure. V) REPORT OF THE AUDITOR- GENERAL ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE MUYEMBE – NAKAPIRIPIRIT ROAD PROJECT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2021

Rt Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the report of the Auditor- General on the financial statements of the Muyembe-Nakapiripirit Road project for the year ended 30 June 2021. I beg to lay.

Thank you. Now, there are some things, which I avoid because they make us look shabby before the public. Government Chief Whip, you know what I mean. Kindly, go and follow up on that. Okay? Hon. Lulume, please, I have passed on my message. MR MOSES ALEPER (NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I rise on a matter of urgent national importance concerning the Muyembe-Nakapiripirit Road, which is due for tarmacking. This is a road which serves the regions of Karamoja, Sebei and parts of Bugisu and connects them to the rest of Uganda. Right now, there are torrential rains in that part of the country and the road has been ravaged to the extent that traffic is completely cut off. That is the only connection to the southern part of Karamoja. Even if you pass through Moroto, you will still encounter such difficulty. Around this time last year, the road construction was two years behind schedule. As we speak now, it is three years behind schedule, yet it is a five-year contract. What is happening is that the people using the road spend nights. Since the 22 nd of August, the road has been cut off. I attempted to go to my constituency over the weekend, but spent one night on the road and just had to come back.

Mr Speaker, I appreciate the concerns of Hon. Aleper. It is true, the Muyembe-Nakapiripirit Road is under construction. Yes, I expect people to want quick fixes, but when you are doing a road of that nature – and terrain, especially around Ngenge area – you have to take a lot of time to ensure that you stabilise the road. Therefore, the contractor is still doing the drainage first. That is why he has constructed most of the box culverts and he is left with about two box culverts only. He has laid the hard core to stabilise the ground. I call for patience so that we don’t rush him to do a shoddy job. I want him to do a job which will last for years because that road, apart from human traffic, is the road which brings marble and raw materials for the industries in Tororo and Mbale. Therefore, we are very careful not to rush the contractor to do a poor job. Thank you.

Honourable members, a report is to be brought. Madam Ikiror, put the report on the issue of wildlife on the Order Paper for Tuesday so that we can debate this issue exhaustively. Can we have Aleper? MR MOSES ALEPER ( NRM, Chekwii County (Kadam), Nakapiripirit): Thank you, Madam Speaker for this opportunity. I would like to address a serious concern affecting a section of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers, including those hailing from my constituency. In September 2020, UPDF contingent codenamed Uganda Battle Group (UGABAG-30) was dispatched for duty in Somalia, under the AMISOM Peacekeeping Mission. The assignment ended in October 2021 and the team returned to the country. The concern is that since the completion of their assignment in 2021, the contingent has not received their emoluments for that assignment, which is normally done a month after they return from assignment. You will also note that the media has been awash with the news that this money has been “eaten” and no explanation whatsoever has been afforded to the victims and the country at large. My prayer is that the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs or the UPDF should afford a very comprehensive explanation on this matter because citizens of this country are bleeding and making noise about it. Another prayer is that the affected persons should be paid their money within this month since they have waited for too long. We know that this money is normally availed immediately after the assignment is over. Lastly, where possible, a select committee of Parliament should be instituted to investigate the matter and bring the report to Parliament within a month. The reason is to avoid future occurrences, which will affect the core of the security of this country. I beg to move. Thank you.