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Inside the NRM struggle: transport industry
William Pike’s account of the
clash between Museveni’s utopia
32 Health
and Uganda’s hard reality
Burnout at work: Facing
14 Analysis the damage of ‘chronic
workplace stress’
Risks, opportunities to Uganda
economy: Mutebile leads experts to
analyse ways to maintain high growth
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“It was very clear, the way Gen.

Tumwine walked towards us, there was
an obvious display of anger and fury.
He came and directed his loud shout
at me and he pointed at me. He did
not come to greet me but to attack.
Since then, my blood pressure has been
going up and I am on medication.”
On August 2, Dr Stella Nyanzi’s supporters rioted during court session, Nyanzi flashed her breasts in Cecilia Ogwal, MP for Dokolo County
protest while making judgment, the Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu ruled
18 Months sentence but Nyanzi’s supporters hurled at her a plastic bottle that sparked many arrest by
police as they tried to restore order.   INDEPENDENT/ALFRED OCHWO

Director of Uganda
Virus Research
Institute and Principle
Investigator Professor
Pontiano Kaleebu (C)
address the press on
the progress made
on Ebola vaccine
on August 2. He
said Uganda starts “The amount of Shs436,102,014 stated
Ebola vaccine trial in the schedule was a typographical
among healthcare
and frontline workers error and the correct amount spent for
to provide additional the construction was Shs43,610,204”
information and to Auditor General John Muwanga clarifying on
evaluate the safety and
the immune response.  expenditure by judiciary
INDEPENDENT/ALFRED
OCHWO

Mathias Ofumbi (R) explains

that the National Planning
Authority (NPA) is in the process
of formulating the third National
Development Plan (NDP III) to
succeed the current NDP II,
this was during a workshop on
dissemination of issue paper for
water and environment sector,
the document contributes to the “Mr Kabugo’s resignation should be
prioritization of different sectors halted until the Auditor General gives me
at national level including Water, a report detailing the correct financial
Sanitation and Environment
NGOs in partnership with position thereof.”Beti Kamya, Minister
development partners on
July 31.   INDEPENDENT/ALFRED
for KCCA rejecting the resignation of a KCCA
OCHWO director until after an audit is done

LDU recruits the UPDF soldiers Constables

100 army disqualified
from training
341 retired in last
two weeks
4500 Police is
recruiting

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Shock over torture and death of People Power’s Ziggy Wine
The public reacted with hor-
ror and outrage at the manner in
which Ziggy Wine, a musician
and member of People Power,
a movement of the political
opposition, was kidnaped and
tortured resulting into his death.
Ziggy Wine had one of his eyes
plucked out, his fingers chopped
off and dumped outside a hospi-
tal in Kampala. “Our friend Zig-
gy Wine could not make it. He
passed on last night- succumb-
ing to injuries sustained after a
UNRA unveils drainage structures to contain floods
As torrential and unexpected
rains continue to ravage parts
of the national road network
leading to various roads being
cut off, Uganda National Roads
Authority (UNRA) has estab-
lished an emergency response
unit to attend to occurrences
of various nature on the road
network. UNRA says Most of
the roads have been restored
and are now in a motor-able
state. The rains have caused
significant damage to local-
horrendous encounter with kid-
nap & torture. Very painful! He
joins other countless Ugandans.
ized areas in South, western
and North-Eastern parts of
Uganda of which most have
been restored and works on
going on others. Landslides
and embankment failures have
been experienced along the Fort
portal- Bundibugyo road while
Busaaru-Butoogo road in Bun-
dibugyo district has been cut
off,” UNRA said in a statement.
UNRA has procured new
equipment and some materials
like armco culverts and gabions
As we mourn him, we resolve to
work even harder to end this.
Rest well brother” People pow-
er leader Bobi Wine posted on
his Twitter page. Ziggy Wine
was reportedly kidnapped in
June and his friends and family
have looked to security agen-
cies to provide answers for his
torture and killing. Kidnaps
and torture of opposition poli-
ticians in Uganda has become
common in Uganda.
to be able to respond to these
emergencies promptly. UNRA
has mapped out all bottle neck
areas in the country. Designs
and construction of adequate
drainage structures on the road
network in a phased manner
is being carried out to compre-
hensively remove the localized
bottlenecks that occur during
the rainy season and ensure
all year round safe and effi-
cient movement of people and
goods, UNRA’s statement read.
Anite, Muhakanizi
lock horns over UTL
Evelyn Anite, Minister of
state for privatisation and
investment has taken on big
shots in the last few months.
First was Mwesigwa Rukutana,
deputy attorney general and
now she is facing off with
Keith Muhakanizi, permanent
secretary in the ministry of
finance over the same issue-
Uganda Telecom Limited
(UTL). Anite wants an audit
of UTL and Muhakanizi says
carrying out an audit of the
struggling company is sub
judice- because it is a case
before court. Anite says the
audit shall go on because it is
per the President’s directive.
Muhakanizi directed the
UTL administrator Bemanya
Twebaze not to avail the books
of accounts to any auditors.
The ministry of finance where
both Anite and Muhakanizi
work is traditionally a
battleground with different
officials locked in power
struggles and the fight over the
UTL audit is the latest episode.

Health minister, legislators Stella Nyanzi jailed for nine months, faces prison penalties
blocked from accessing
in Luzira (she was
Lubowa hospital site restricted to jail) in a
move that offended
Drama ensued after the Minister of and delighted in equal
Health Ruth Aceng, the permanent secretary measure. The courtroom
in the Health ministry and some legislators became frenzied
were blocked from inspecting the site for the resulting in the pelting
proposed international specialized hospital of the magistrate with a
in Lubowa. The team of officials was led by
water bottle. She hurled
the chairperson of the parliamentary com-
a string of vulgarities
mittee on National Economy, also former
after he sentence was
Minister of Finance, Syda Bbumba. On
read in court throwing
reaching the premises, the gate was locked
her supporters and
and the officials could not be allowed in.
Peeping into the site, one could see private sympthisers into
security personnel as well as those attached ululation. Her critics
to Local Defence Unit (LDU). A bulldozer however lambasted her
and another vehicle were stationed behind for targeting Museveni’s
the gate in what appeared a move to block mother in her angst
any attempts of anyone entering. against the President.
The minister said that this could have Activist Stella Nyanzi Museveni. She was Uganda Prisons
resulted from a letter by the secretary to the will spend nine months acquitted of the charge of spokesman Frank Baine
Treasury, Keith Muhakanizi to the Deputy in Luzira prison after offensive communication stated that Nyanzi risks
speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah bar- she was convicted of after court ruled that serving longer jail-
ring the committee from visiting the site. cyber harassment for there was no proof that term for indiscipline
He said in letter dated August 02 that the a Facebook post she Museveni was annoyed. and stripping. Baine
government handed over the site to Finasi/ wrote in September 2018 After her sentencing, said Nyanzi attacked
Roko Construction SPV Limited and as attacking the mother Nyanzi staged a nude a wardress after her
such, government officials cannot move on of President Yoweri protest from her dock sentencing.
and off the site at will.

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East African armed forces brainstorm on security
Representatives from
the military police, prisons,
civilian components and
other stakeholders from all
the six East African Com-
munity (EAC) partner states
met in Kampala for three
days to discuss modalities of
conducting the 12th edition
of Command Post Exercise
(CPX) code named, Ushiriki-
ano Imara 2019. Brigadier
James Kinalwa, the chief of
recruitment and training
of the Uganda People’s
Defence Forces (UPDF) con-
firmed Uganda’s readiness
to conduct the exercise. He
noted that during the initial
planning conference, the
delegates inspected and
approved the availability
of facilities necessary for
the conduct of the joint
exercise. The exercise is to
take place in Jinja at UPDF’s
Jinja containment at Ugan-
da Deployment Capability
Center and Juniour Staff
College. According to the
head of mission for the plan-
ning exercise, Sam Omara
from the Uganda Embassy
in Uganda Arab Emirates
said that the objectives of
the exercise are to promote
the EAC integration agenda,
its awareness, and interop-
erability of the EAC armed
forces and to improve their
readiness in responding to
complex security challenges
in the region. The hosting of
the CPX and Field Training
Exercises (FTX) is rotational
among the EAC member
states. The United Republic
of Tanzania hosted the last
military exercise in 2017/18.
The exercises have been con-
ducted since 2005.
week
Lawyers get training
for extractive industries
management
From the 5th to the 9th August, the East
African Development Bank hosted public
sector lawyers and legal professionals to a
second workshop that provided capacity
building in better negotiating of contracts
pertaining to natural resource manage-
ment in the extractives industries, with a
greater emphasis on lawyer’s negotiation
skills. The workshops were the seventh and
eighth of their kind, hosted by the EADB,
in partnership with law firm DLA Piper, as
part of a series to develop natural resource
management in East Africa to ensure that
the region maximizes its benefits from the
exploration, exploitation and extraction of
its own resources. Speaking at the open-
ing of the event, EADB’s Director General
Vivienne Yeda noted that “it is increasingly
critical that host countries are able to derive
tangible benefits from the exploitation of
their natural resources’. Yeda explained that
natural resources are a public good which
if well managed have the potential to drive
economic development, and if well invested
can actually reduce income inequality and
spur meaningful job creation. She said that if
national governments benefit from royalties
and taxes stemming from the mining sector..

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Business, tourism set to gain from parliament meet
Ugandan businesses
will be big winners when
the country hosts the
Commonwealth parlia-
mentary Conference (CPC)
from September 22 to 29.
Some of the service pro-
viders include public rela-
tions and media agencies,
catering and hospitality
services; and the entertain-
ment industry. Spurred by
government enthusiasm
and support, the prospect
of hosting a major event
stimulates private inves-
tors to improve their facil-
ities to meet the required
standards. For example,
as part of preparations
for CHOGM in 2007, new
hotels came up, while
others upgraded their
facilities and services. In
6 August. 09 - 15 2019
critical cases, the govern-
ment granted businesses
tax exemptions on items
that would be needed for
CHOGM. For example,
the main conference venue
for CHOGM (Common-
wealth Resort Munyonyo,
which is also hosting CPC
2019), used the chance to
build a marina for boats
to dock, thus easing water
transport from Entebbe
where the airport is locat-
ed. However, this marina
remains a big earner for
the resort to date. Other
hotels around the city
will also benefit by pro-
viding accommodation
for delegates and their
accompanying persons. In
addition, Ugandans trad-
ing in souvenirs and other
items will have a chance
to exhibit their wares at
the venues, hence putting
money directly into their
wallets. Guests going out
of the hotels on individu-
al and group excursions
will also spend on various
items of interest. Ugan-
da’s unique tourism sites
and attributes have been
praised by international
media and industry gurus.
To the conference guests,
visiting Uganda presents
the perfect opportunity to
explore what the country
has to offer in terms of
wildlife safaris, adventure,
sport, food, culture and
entertainment. Bujagali
Falls and many other sites
are lined up for tourists.
Stanchart launches
country’s first Social
Banking Solution
Standard Char- Being unveiled on
tered announced the back of the first
yet another First Digital Bank that
banking feature in was launched at the
the Ugandan mar- beginning of the
ket. In its continued year, the solution is
efforts to meet the a first for the bank
rising demands of in Uganda. The
the country’s young keyboard-based
and digitally-savvy banking solution
population, the allows clients to
Bank has launched transfer money in
the country’s first real-time, pay utility
Social Banking bills and instantly
Solution called “SC check balances from
Keyboard”. The within any social
feature, which is or messaging plat-
part of the Bank’s form. The unique
newly launched digital solution can
Full Digital Bank on be configured as the
Mobile, allows the default keyboard
Bank’s customers on any smartphone,
to access a variety making banking
of financial services quick and seamless
from within any for customers who
social or messaging no longer need to
platform without log into their SC
having to open Mobile app for basic
the Banking app.  banking services.
Officials addressing journalists
in Kampala on Aug.06
Humour Did you know?
Facebook is building
tech to read your mind

Facebook wants to create a device

that can read your mind — literally.
It’s funding research on brain-machine
interfaces that can pick up thoughts
Dr. Stella Nyanzi a former researcher at Makerere University was directly from your neurons and
convicted of cyber harassment by the Buganda Road court translate them into words, the company
announced in a blog post last week.
The short-term goal is to help patients
with paralysis, by decoding their brain
signals and allowing them to “speak”
their thoughts without ever having to
move a muscle. That could be a real
public good, significantly improving
quality of life for millions of people. In
the US alone, 5.4 million people currently
live with paralysis.
But Facebook’s long-term goal is to
reach a much, much wider audience:
The aim, it says, is to give all of us the
ability to control digital devices — from
keyboards to augmented reality glasses
— using the power of thought alone. To
do that, the company will need access to
our brain data. Which, of course, raises
some ethical concerns, especially since
Facebook isn’t the only one exploring
brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).
The attorney general has disowned the purported electoral
reform proposals that caused uproar saying they are fake. Various scientists, the US military, and
companies like Kernel and Paradromics
are also working in this space. Elon
Musk’s company Neuralink recently
revealed that it’s developing flexible
“threads” that can be implanted into a
brain and could one day allow you to
control your smartphone or computer
with just your thoughts. Musk said he
hopes to start testing in humans by the
end of next year.
Might this not interfere with rights that
are so basic that you may not even think
of them as rights: your mental privacy,
say, or your ability to determine where
your self ends and a machine begins?
If you haven’t heard about BCIs before,
it can be hard to believe this is now
real life, not something out of a Neal
Stephenson or William Gibson novel. But
this research really is happening.
Source: vox
Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has reiterated his displeasure over the allegations of draft in the Judiciary.

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Museveni sets up Anite
against Muhakanizi
Refer to: “Muhakanizi, Minister
Anite in fresh fight over UTL audit”
(The Independent Online Aug.03). The
Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL) was given
to the late Libyan leader Col. Mummar
Gaddafi as “compensation” for his
contribution towards the “liberation
war” of 1981 – 86. The Libyan gov-
ernment owned 69% shares of UTL.
But due to bad management and the
political turmoil in Libya, they pulled
out. This was an opportunity for the
“Ugandan scavengers” to pounce and
poke their deadly crawls in the “UTL
carcass.” President Museveni is the
greatest beneficiary in all this. Presi-
dent Museveni is playing the “pacifi-
er” in the bitter row between his cab-
inet ministers. The president does not
want to be seen as “selfish” and indif-
ferent to peoples/public interests. So,
he keeps “remote controlling” behind
the scenes. He wrote to Anite on July
16, and he must have also directed
Keith Muhakanizi to “disobey” and
therefore, counter his own directives.
If one wants to prove this, here is
how: The administrator’s instructions
expire on the November 22, 2019. By
this time if UTL is not yet sold, then,
the President would be exonerated
but if UTL is sold off before that time
and no audit is ever done, then, it will
prove that the president was fully
behind the scheme of selling off UTL.
Rajab Kakyama
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Museveni comment on agriculture not bad
Refer to: “Dependence the high number of people understanding the people
on agriculture sign of depending on agriculture to change them to value
backwardness - Museveni” is a sign that Ugandans addition.
(The Independent Online are still backward is not
Aug.02). President Yoweri bad. It is the way he puts Kawooya Nasulu
Kaguta Museveni saying it. He only needed to first
Museveni should value agriculture
Refer to: “Dependence beautiful waters of Uganda we should never forget our
on agriculture sign of that enhance fishing as an surrounding. Currently, the
backwardness - Museveni” economic activity and they rise in temperatures has led
(The Independent Online also promote tourism earn- to forest fires in countries
Aug.02). Hahahaha…Let ing revenue to the country. like France, Germany and
me just ask for the meaning
of symbols on the court of
Please and please, I argue
that agriculture should
Russia and people spend
much of their time in swim-
arm of Uganda; what does
the cotton, lakes and rivers
rather be encouraged and
promoted unless we haven’t
ming pools just because of
harsh weather conditions.
mean to the locals? I can seen its other benefits of it The IT will never change
still recall way back in 2003 that’s good climatic con- such a situation even though
when I was in P.3, that the ditions like rain, fresh air, it has its own advantages
cotton on the court of arm and the cool environment over agriculture.
shows Uganda is an agricul- provided by the plants. The
tural country and the rivers list is endless. It is good to Baker Otuzuma
and lakes represent the develop electronically but
Oulanyah should let Cheap Oulanyah
Bobi bury friend stunt on Bobi wine
Refer to: “Bobi Wine’s appearance at
Refer to: “Bobi Wine’s appearance at
Lugai’s funeral angers Oulanyah” (The Lugai’s funeral angers Oulanyah” (The
Independent online Aug. 04). Oulanya is Independent online Aug.04). In acholi, you
just a junior despite being a deputy speaker never question or block anyone coming
in parliament. Because only a person with to mourn with you. Actually your enemy
a narrow mind would get angry at burial is even permitted to come condole with
just because so and so has appeared. The you. Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob
former Deputy Paramount Chief of Acholi Oulanyah getting angry at the presence
William George Lugai who had died was of Kyadondo East Legislator Robert Kya-
Bobi’s friend or even a role model. He had to gulanyi alias Bobi Wine’s at the funeral of
attend. The cheering crowd was not a prob- former Deputy Paramount Chief of Acholi
lem because cheering at burial these days William George Lugai was a cheap stunt on
is not a sign of undermining the deceased the side of Oulanyah
but rather appreciating his cooperation with
those who had come to bury him like Bobi. Denis Obita
Khalid bin Abdulaziz
Oulanyah scared of Bobi Wine
Refer to: “Bobi Wine’s country. Utterly shameful when she raised a similar
appearance at Lugai’s funer- of a person in his position. complaint. These NRM folks
al angers Oulanyah” (The Reminds me of Specioza are running scared of Bobi!
Independent online Aug.04). Kazibwe complaining of Give them hell Bobi!
A very sad commentary Bobi’s attendance of a cer- Izzy
on the state of affairs in our tain function in Jinja last year

Inside the NRM struggle
By Andrew M. Mwenda
William Pike’s account of the clash between
Museveni’s utopia and Uganda’s hard reality
T
he capture of power by President
Yoweri Museveni’s National
Resistance Movement (NRM) in
January 1986 was a moment of
great hope. Blood had been shed, lives lost,
careers abandoned, families left behind
and educations sacrificed in a heroic effort
to liberate the country from tyranny. It
was called a new dawn, a fresh beginning,
a rebirth. Museveni’s inaugural speech
reflected this mood when he promised
“a fundamental change in the politics of
our country.” There would be democracy
and freedom. And there would be rapid
economic development to transform the
lives of Ugandans.
This is the setting of William Pike’s book,
`Combatants: A Memoir of the Bush War
and the Press in Uganda’. It is written by a
man who came close to the center of it all;
an outside-insider. Pike, an Englishman,
had taken enormous risks to travel from
London to Kampala and then be smuggled
to the bush in Luwero to witness the NRA
in action. On many occasions he brushed
shoulders with death. But through naivety,
passion and sheer dint of tenacity, he finally
reaches Matuga where he enters an NRA
forward camp.
There he interviews some of the key
players in this drama whose comments
give us insights into them. Kale Kayihura is
idealistic and ideological, David Tinyefuza
is a deep thinker, Museveni is a master
of strategy, Matayo Kyaligonza jolly but
fearless – if not reckless, Kahinda Otafiire
is witty and frank, Salim Saleh is intelligent
and generous. There are high standards of
hygiene; everyone is on strict instructions
to use pit latrines for long and short calls.
(What happened to this discipline given the
mess Kampala is in today?)
It is 1984 and Tinyefuza tells Pike that the
NRA and UNLA had reached “strategic
parity.” When Pike interviews Museveni,
he says the UNLA does not represent
“any operational capacity.” Museveni the
strategic thinker is in full view: “If you
have to depend on a foreign country, even
if it is friendly, you are hostage to that
government,” he says, “What is essential in
military terms is not the control of territory.
What is crucial is preservation. If a liberation
army can preserve itself and succeed in
dismantling the enemy’s strength by killing
soldiers, capturing equipment, destroying
The Last Word
his political image and disrupting his
diplomacy, then it is winning.”
Pike had met Ben Matogo, then a PhD
candidate at the School of Oriental and
African Studies (SOAS) who introduced
him to the NRM struggle, especially Eriya
Kategaya. The latter invited him to Luwero
to get firsthand experience of the struggle
and broadcast it to the world. Pike’s book is
a good historical document because he kept
a notebook where he recorded events from
1984 to the capture of power in 1986 and to
the first five years of NRM in government.
The author is more impartial, less
impassioned and reflective on the changes
in the NRM and of Museveni personally
as their bush ideals come face to face with
Uganda’s political reality – nationally,
regionally and internationally.
In the bush, NRM had claimed its
economic policies would be “anti-
imperialist” and its political program “anti-
dictatorship”. Once in power, Museveni
the pragmatist triumphs over Museveni the
idealist as utopia succumbs to reality.
Pike recognises the necessity of NRM
abandoning its leftwing economic policy
idealism in favour of free market policies.
These emphasised rolling back the state via
privatisation, liberalisation and deregulation
and were imposed upon NRM by the
IMF. Given how Uganda sold everything
to multinational capital, it shows how
Museveni moved from being anti-imperialist
to being an agent of imperialism.
But Pike does not endorse this same
necessity when it comes to the speed (as
opposed to the direction) of democratisation.
Didn’t Museveni have to abandon some of
his anti-dictatorship rhetoric in the face of
the requirements of consolidating political
power and maintaining stability?
Yet it would be unfair to accuse Pike of
not recognising NRM’s contribution to
democratisation and a free press in Uganda.
Indeed, the book is a statement of the liberal
ideals of Museveni personally, Kategaya
critically and the NRM generally. Pike
reveals through many anecdotal stories how
much freedom he had as Managing Director
and Editor in Chief of a government owned
newspaper, The New Vision and its sister
vernacular papers. The paper was, therefore,
able to continually expose corruption
and human rights abuses without undue
restrictions from the state.
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opinion
Interestingly the only time in his 20 years
at the helm of New Vision when the paper
had to withhold a story from publication
was under pressure from the United States
government. Where Museveni disagreed
with the New Vision, he called Pike on
phone or for face-to-face meetings and
expressed his displeasure but never forced
them to withhold a story. And in almost
all cases, Pike shows that Museveni’s
disagreements with the paper would be on
facts, not opinions. This does not mean Pike
did not face political pressures.
The lesson from the book is that a free
press is greatly helped if leaders in the media
are connected to key state actors with liberal
convictions. This makes their intentions less
suspect but also arms them with internal
surrogates to defend them within the system
when controversies emerge. For instance,
Pike had allies such as Kategaya, who was
Museveni’s childhood friend, a deputy
prime minister, national political commissar
and for many years effectively number
two. Kategaya always defended Pike and
the New Vision against many elements
within NRM who wanted to gag the paper.
Indeed, Kategaya’s fall out with Museveni in
2003 left Pike exposed and inaugurated the
process that led to his eventual fall in 2007.
The third lesson is that to have freedom
of the press, the media need financial
independence from the state. Although
owned by the state, New Vision became
profitable early in its life and therefore did
not depend on state subsidies to survive.
Otherwise if it had to go to politicians for
money every year, they would have used
this to compromise its independence.
New Vision is also evidence of Pike’s own
transformation from a journalist to an
entrepreneur.
The book’s greatest aspect is that even
with his misgivings about political
developments like removing term and age
limits, Pike shows how far the country
has travelled from the basket case it was
in 1986 to a more stable and increasingly
prosperous nation it is today. Pike avoided
controversy because the book stops in
1992, a period when there was a wide elite
consensus in favour of Museveni.
amwenda@independent.co.ug
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MPs brawled in Parliament for two consecutive days in September, 2017 during the presidential age limit debate

Get rich, For

doing nothing
How money creates
a ‘dilute’ parliament
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By Ronald Musoke
arliament usually holds
leadership mentorship
sessions for children and
on June 19 it was the turn
of prefects from Entebbe
Junior School. Deputy
Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah,
was the mentor of the day. He spoke
to them in the Parliament Conference
Hall.
“A true politician sacrifices with the
aim of serving a greater good that is
bigger than them,” he told them.
“I left my profession as a lawyer
which was handsomely paying to join
politics which pays much less and yet
I still share the money with people
I represent but I do this to serve my
people,” he told the school prefects
body.
It is not clear how his point, that
politics is not about making money but
serving the community, went down
among the pupils and their teachers.
But if they were representative of most
pupils and teachers in Uganda, it is
possible many did not believe him.
From the look of things, the 2021
parliamentary election promises to be
one of the most fiercely contested polls
since Uganda opened the space for
multi-party elections in 2005.
Looking at the many prominent
people who until recently showed
little interest but are now rushing to
become MPs, political pundits and
analysts have been asking why the job
has become a “do or die” affair.
As many contestants show
willingness to mortgage their property
and take hundreds of millions of
shillings in bank loans to fund their
campaigns, Sabiiti Makara, a senior
lecturer of political science at the
College of Humanities and Social
Sciences in Makerere University, says
it is all about pursuit of power and
money.
“Who does not want to earn more
than they currently do?” Makara asks
rhetorically. He says world over, the
role of MP comes with several perks.
Makara says in this sense, Uganda is
no different from any other place with
a parliament.
“The position of MP encompasses
power and the desire of every man
and woman is to attain the highest
power in society,” he told The
Independent on Aug. 02.
Among those in the running is
Sulaiman Kakaire, a 30-year old part-
time lecturer at Makerere University’s
Department of Journalism and Mass
Communication.
He is aiming for the Bugweri
County seat of veteran legislator
Abdul Katuntu who has announced he
is not running and anointed Kakaire.
Asked why he is in the running,
Kakaire who is a former journalist
becomes serious before somberly
announcing that he is aiming “to
make a contribution in the national
assembly.”
Still looking serious, he describes
the man he aims to succeed as one
of the “best MPs in Parliament” and
appears overwhelmed that Katuntu
deemed him fit for the position.
“I have since consulted friends,
family and my mentors at university
and they have all told me this is the
right time for me to go to Parliament,”
he concludes. He does not mention
money but he mentions power.
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“Politics gives one a bigger platform
to play,” he says.
“I have been in journalism for over
10 years and I have written policy-
influencing stories and won awards
but no one knew me,” he says,
“That changed the day I was given
a prominent position in (Mugisha
Muntu’s) Alliance for National
Transformation.”
Chasing money
There are many MPs who join
politics to serve.
Julius Acon, the current MP for
Otuke County and former 1500m world
junior champion (Lisbon, 1994) is
not your typical Ugandan MP and he
knows it. He told The Independent that
he was actually asked by his people
in Otuke to go and represent them
in Parliament in 2015 because of his
“legacy.”
“Before I became MP,” he told The
Independent in a recent interview, “I
had built for them a Health Centre IV
in 2012 worth about Shs2 billion.”
He says he also drilled boreholes
worth Shs800 million.
“Over the last four years, I have
been in Parliament; I have bought and
distributed 20,000 hoes to the people,
majority of whom are subsistence
farmers in the constituency.”
Acon has since retired from
professional athletics but he still runs
in the master championships or races
for retired athletes. In June he was in
Australia participating in such races.
“Instead of money,” he says, “I asked
if they could drill boreholes in my
constituency.”
He told The Independent that up to 20
boreholes will be drilled starting this
August.
But there is another group of MP
who believe that politics is about
“eating”; the street description of being
in a position that gives one power and
money.
Kato Lubwama belongs to this camp.
He told journalist in an interview that
he “cannot refuse to eat parliament’s
idle money.”
“I would be a fala (fool) to reject
money,” he said, “Money has never
killed anyone in my clan.”
It is not clear if Lubwama who
was a renowned comic artist before
joining parliament knows this, but
he was echoing a popular quip about
parliament attributed to Walter
Bagehot, a 19th century British
journalist and businessman who
became editor-in-chief of The Economist
in 1861, after marrying the daughter of
its founder and owner in 1858.
Bagehot is quoted to have famously
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The 10th Parliament in session
described parliament as “nothing less
than a big meeting of more or less idle
people.” Readers are often reminded
that Bagehot had a master’s degree
in moral philosophy to show that he
knew what he was talking about. In
any case, he was an essayist who wrote
extensively about government.
Kato Lubwama spoke in May after
the MPs were criticized for allocating
themselves an extra Shs102 billion to
cater for new higher fuel allowances.
Ugandan MPs are already paid
handsomely – but they want more and
since they require executive approval
to increase their salaries, they often
shortcut the process by raising their
allowances.
Each of the current 460 MPs earns
anywhere between Shs15 million to
Shs30 million a month, beefed up by
allowances and depending on how
far their constituency is from the
Parliament Building in Kampala.
Broken down, each of the MPs takes
home a monthly salary of at least Shs
11 million. This salary is taxable but
he or she also takes several untaxed
allowances which eventually pushes
their paycheck to as much as Shs 30
million.
These allowances include a
subsistence allowance of Shs 4.5
million, town running allowance (Shs
1 million), gratuity (Shs 1 million),
medical allowance (Shs 500,000),
committee and plenary sitting
allowance (Shs 50,000 each) as well as a
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mileage allowance from Parliament to
the farthest point of an individual MP’s
constituency.
Lubwama said he calls money the
MPs are paid “idle money” because he
does not ask for it but it somehow ends
up on my account because some MPs
agitate for it.’’
Bernard Sabiti, a data analyst
at Development Initiatives, an
independent international NGO, says
such MPs who demand more money
are trying to “get a return on their
investment.”
Sabiti told The Independent on Aug.
02 that the main motivation of going
to Parliament for most MPs is to make
money.
“Many will say they are doing this
for the good of their country, or they
want to improve governance but the
fact is that the politics of Uganda and
other third world countries is about
money.”
“That is why the first thing they do
when they reach Parliament is raise
their salaries as well as jostling for
lucrative committees in Parliament.”
According to him, that is why a lot of
people spend a fortune to become MP.
“And if you ask any businessman,
they will tell you that business is about
getting a return on your investment,”
said Sabiti, “It is about joining the
clique of eaters; it is an unwritten code
among the ruling class.”
Enter the entertainers
With exactly 365 days to the
nomination of candidates for the 2021
Member of Parliament campaigns, the
political temperatures are heating up
across the country.
As is the norm around this time of
Uganda’s electoral cycle, wedding
ceremonies, church service and even
funerals rarely end without prospective
candidates making their intent known
to the voters.
More potential candidates are
increasingly using social media
platforms to announce their intentions
for elective politics. The bolder ones
who are determined to make bigger
investments are buying advertising
space in traditional media platforms
like newspapers, television and radio
to announce their ambition.
Their script is the same: They say
they want to serve and uplift the
well-being of the people in their
communities.
One of the surprising names this
time is popular musician Joseph
Mayanja who goes by the stage name,
Jose Chameleone. Many thought it was
his usual theatrics when he announced
that he intends to run for the highly
coveted and hotly contested Kampala
Capital City mayoral seat in 2021. But
he appears serious about it.
Chameleone, who will be 42 at the
next election in 2021could have run
for office as early as 2001 when he
was 22-years old. Instead, the man
who calls himself the ‘music doctor’

put all efforts in his music; releasing
hit after hit, until he became the most
recognized musician in East Africa.
As CEO of his Leone Island music
label, he has made some money. Many
known musicians in Uganda and East
Africa, gained fame under him. So why
has he joined politics now?
“When service fails in a state, people
start waking up,” he told The Observer
in an interview, “Some of us got up
because the tasks we send these people
for, we too can do them. We can deliver
services the way we want them.”
Even more determined is another
musician Ronald Mayinja. He says he
wants to go to Parliament in 2021 to
help his people of Gomba in central
Uganda.
Mayinja who over the last decade
has serenaded his fans with politically-
charged songs like Tuliku Bukenke,
Tulwana na Nguzi (We are fighting
corruption), “Africa, Ani agula ensi”
(Africa is up for sale) and Sente y’ekibi
(evil money) told The Independent on
Aug.02 that he has decided to “fight for
his people” of Gomba East because his
constituency has lagged behind other
areas for far too long.
Mayinja told The Independent that;
“Compared to other parts of the
country, you could be forgiven to think
that my birth place is not in Uganda
and yet it is not too far away from
Uganda’s capital city, Kampala.”
“We don’t have a hospital, we
only have “simple” clinics, and the
education sector is too poor with
children studying under trees while
unemployment among the youth is too
high while the elderly are destitute.”
“Everything is just a mess,” Mayinja,
43, told The Independent. He says
he intends to use his parliamentary
position alongside the contacts he has
made both here in Uganda and abroad
to uplift his folk from abject poverty.
Asked why he needs to go to
parliament to do this, Mayinja told
The Independent that it is difficult for
him to mobilise when he is not into
mainstream politics.
“Sometimes I have to deal with the
police that accuse me of unlawful
assembly,” Mayinja said.
Should Chameleone (mayoral
race ), Mayinja and other showbiz
personalities eyeing various seats
succeed in going to the 11th Parliament
in 2021, they will be following in the
footsteps of man-of-the-moment Robert
Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine;
the popular musician who won the
Kyadondo County East MP seat in 2017
in dramatic style and is now vying for
the presidency.
Others of this ilk include Kato
Lubwama (Lubaga South), gospel
singer Judith Babirye (Woman MP,
Buikwe District) and radio personality,
Peter Ssematimba (Busiro County
South).
It’s all too easy
Most of the showbiz gang are lining
up because Bobi Wine’s win made it
look easy.
Onesmus Mugyenyi, the deputy
executive director of the Advocates
Coalition for Development and
Environment (ACODE) says becoming
an MP has got easier – by dilution of
expectations.
Previously, Mugyenyi says, voters
wanted someone who exuded reason
and ideas. As a result, people feared to
stand for MP unless they thought they
had a lofty contribution to make.
“Today, it is completely different,”
Ronald Mayinja Crispin Kaheru
he says, “Either, the citizens have given
up and they know that MPs do not do
much and they send in anyone.”
Then Mugyenyi says, it is also
important to understand that the
country has been chopped up so much
to create smaller constituencies— a
development which has eventually
created a big Parliament.
By doing this, Mugyenyi says,
opportunities have been created for
people who would otherwise have
not actually thought about contesting.
The downside to this is that it has
“dumbed-down” the quality of MPs in
Parliament.
“It is no longer about the ideas that
bring these people to Parliament; it
is the financial muscle and resources
that are bringing these people to
parliament,” he says.
According to Henry Muguzi, the
executive director of the Alliance
for Electoral Campaign Finance
Monitoring (ACFIM), that is because
Ugandan voters punish incumbents
and favour new faces.
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“Prospective candidates already
know that these positions are there for
the taking because everybody knows
that about 70% of the MPs might not
come back,” he told The Independent on
Aug.01.
He says his conclusion is based on
analysis of the last three parliaments;
the seventh, eighth and ninth
parliaments, where the turn-over rate
of MPs has been quite high.
Dr. Patrick Wakida, the executive
director of Research World
International, a Kampala-based polling
firm, calls the MP’s job a “position
from which people earn for just
talking.”
“It’s a highly paying job and yet you
earn for almost doing nothing and
not many Ugandans earn up to Shs20
million a month,” Wakida told The
Independent to explain why jostling to
be MP has become so intense.
Crispin Kaheru, the coordinator
of Citizens Coalition for Electoral
Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU)
also adds that considering that the
presidency is ring-fenced, the MP role
is the highest available level of political
achievement for the more ambitious
people who hope to join cabinet as the
apex of their aspirations.
“Don’t forget that it is a high public
profile opportunity for business
networks; many young MPs use their
time in the House to broker business
deals, broker contracts and tenders,
besides getting school fees for their
higher education.”
Cissy Kagaba, the executive director
of the Anti-Corruption Coalition-
Uganda (ACCU), is blunter. “Besides
prestige, money is the number
one reason why most people covet
the position of MP,” she told The
Independent, “If you insist that the MPs
are in Parliament to serve the people,
remove the money element out of
the equation and see how many will
remain in the House.
“Tell them that they are going to
earn like a teacher, a doctor or any
other ordinary public servant and see
how many will go there. They have the
power to determine their emoluments.
Who would not want to have the
entitlements that they have?”
Kagaba says the reason people are
willing to mortgage their property
and take bank loans is because this
is a form of business and that is why
the first thing the new MPs do is to
increase their emoluments once they
have sworn in.
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Manufacturing is one of the top sectors driving Uganda’s economy.
Risks, opportunities
to Uganda economy
Mutebile leads experts to analyse
ways to maintain high growth
By Julius Businge
J
uly has been a month of reflection
by finance experts and economic
technocrats on the future state of the
economy as the new FY2019/20 kicked
off.
There is the nagging commentary that
although Uganda is no longer a basket-case
economy, it is an empty pockets-economy
with enclaves of prosperity. There is also
fear borne of almost 10 years of slow growth
that fuels questions on whether the current
momentum will be sustained.
When Finance technocrats like Central
Bank Governor Tumusiime Mutebile,
lecture room gurus like Ramathan Ggoobi
of Makerere University Business School
and NGO types like Julius Kapwepwe
of the Uganda Debt Network are asked
to prescribe a path for the future of the
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economy, each reels off almost divergent
opinions.
They all mention agriculture,
industrialisation, private sector credit,
lending rates, export driven manufacturing,
the demographic dividend and more. But
they order them differently and prescribe
almost conflicting levels of importance to
each.
The general view, however, is the
economy is buoyant. According to the Bank
of Uganda Monetary Policy Report for June
2019, it is estimated that the economy grew
by 6.1% in FY2018/19. This growth rate is
higher than the average of 4.8% registered
annually since 2014/2015.
Growth was supported by the central
bank taking a decision that favoured easier
borrowing by businesses and increased
government spending to stimulate the
economy and good weather that favoured
the agriculture sector. The government did
more infrastructure projects, the private
sector borrowed more, and households
consumed more.
Prices remained relatively stable in
FY2018/19 with headline inflation, which
changes more rapidly because it includes
items like food and fuel, and core inflation
averaging 3.1% and 3.7% respectively in the
11 months to May 2019. This was mainly on
account of a drop in food crops as a result of
favourable weather conditions throughout
the year.
The value of the shilling also was stable.
It weakened by just 1.1% against the US
dollar, to an average of Shs3, 736 in the three
months to May 2019. In the quarter ended
January 2019 it had strengthened by 2%.
Commercial banks reduced their interest
rates slightly to 20.2% in the quarter to April
2019 compared to 20.7% recorded in the
quarter to January 2019. On average, private
sector credit in the quarter ended April 2019
was 13.9%, up from 7.2% in the same quarter
last year.
Growth up, poverty up
But in a speech at the National Leadership
Institute on July 07, Ramathan Ggoobi,
a senior economics lecturer at Makerere
University Business School, although the
economy is growing, there is a problem.
The economic growth is not reflecting in the
pockets of the people.

Instead more people are becoming poorer.
He cites data from the Uganda Bureau of
Statistics that showed that 21.4% Ugandans
are poor now compared to 19.7% from FY
2012/13. Up to eight million people cannot
afford three meals a day.
Ggoobi said poverty has increased partly
because of drought, sharp changes in prices,
crop diseases/pests, livestock diseases,
storms, human epidemic, floods and power
outages.
He listed current problems to the
economy as bad leaders, huge public debt,
high population growth rate, regional
imbalance and insecurity. He said they are
partly caused by politics.
Ggoobi spoke of agriculture
transformation, industrialisation,
and exporting more. But it is clear his
prescription is agriculture. He says it must
see transformation, diversification, and
intensification. There must be irrigation and
new crop varieties.
“We must make agriculture a high value
sector, raise productivity in order to reduce
subsistence production,” he said.
But he agrees that agriculture is a low
productivity sector and says industrialisation
will speed up the movement of people to
more productive sectors and improve export
performance.
He says farmers should get incentives to
commercialise or diversify into non-farm
activities.
“Economies transform when people raise
agricultural surplus that they move with into
industry and then services,” he said, “Our
number one task is to facilitate smallholder
farmers to raise their productivity and
incomes,” Ggoobi said.
Strive higher, mobilise better
When The Independent asked Julius
Kapwepwe, the director of programmes at
Uganda Debt Network to comment on the
economy, he expressed these fears.
He said the reported 6.1% growth is good
but the government must keep the key
fundamentals in check.
Specifically he pointed at debt – to –GDP
ratio (currently at 41%, which is about 9%
lower than the internationally recommended
rate of 50%).
“There are concerns especially if we
continue to attract someone else’s money
before we have fully and prudently utilised
our own,” Kapwepwe said. For instance, he
said government needs to avoid unnecessary
expenditure on public servants; meaning
politicians.
The other avenue, he said would be to
continue supporting the Uganda Revenue
Authority to grow domestic revenue as a
way of reducing on external borrowing.
“We must strive higher, mobilise better,”
he said. For instance, he said the taxi
industry in Kenya, which is well organised
in Saccos, if replicated in Uganda, can easily
be taxed. The bodaboda industry too, if
well organised can fetch money to support
budget expenditure, he said.
He also said that the government must be
more careful with tax exemptions because it
has been a gaping hole for revenue loss.
Corruption also continues to undermine
revenue collection efforts, according to
Kapwepwe.
“It is not going to be a matter of how
much money has been collected for as long
as the basket in which you are putting that
revenue is leaking,” he said.
He said that the future growth of
Uganda’s economy also depends on affairs
in the region. He said political leaders in the
East African Community must be committed
to implementation of the key regional
infrastructure projects – like the oil pipeline.
“At certain level we have to go beyond the
politics,” he said, “It needs to give way for
technocrats to do their work and for fiscal
policies and fiscal directions to continue
supporting regional integration which is
Tumusiime Mutebile
going to be a key pillar for integration of
the Africans.” He also argued that Uganda
must prepare generally to benefit from
regional and international markets as a
way of stopping to depend on some few
countries within the EAC.
“That means we have to be strong on
standards of our products, investment across
the value chain of sectors…so we can be
competitive as the entire global market,” he
said, “Otherwise you can open up and get
swallowed within the very market that you
have opened,”
Enter Mutebile
Although Governor Mutebile speaks of
agriculture, industrialisation, and export
promotion, it is clear his focus is on financial
sector instruments.
When he spoke at the Third Edition of
the Annual Bankers Conference held in
Kampala on July 16, he said “We must think
holistically about the challenges holding
back the power of finance to transform our
economy”. He said the government must
direct finance and all sectors by facilitating
urban-rural linkages and promote export
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readiness of local firms.
He said for a long time, the high cost
and limited access to credit was a binding
constraint on Uganda’s economy.
This, Mutebile said that if only banks
and other financial institutions could
lower their lending rates and expand
the volume of their lending, substantial
numbers of businesses in the economy
would be able to borrow money for
investment in order to boost their output
while servicing their debt and increasing
their incomes.
He said that through automation
and adoption of new technologies for
delivering financial services, it is possible
for banks to reduce their operating costs,
and pass on the savings to borrowers
through reduced lending rates.
He is optimistic that banks will exploit
the potential of bancassurance to exploit
synergies with insurance to design
products for the riskier borrowers.
But he added: “Whereas I remain
uncomfortable with the high lending
rates and believe that they should be
reduced sustainably over time, I dare say
that access to credit is not the ultimate
binding constraint on economic growth”.
He said instead, a “proper diagnostic”
is required to enable durable solutions.
In agriculture, for example, he said
problems that constrain agricultural
finance should be tackled first.
On industrialisation, he quoted
research by the International Growth
Centre that showed that Uganda can
industrialise through prioritisation
of high productivity services or
non-traditional “industries without
smokestacks” such as agro-processing,
ICT, transport and tourism.
He said the government must focus on
boosting export-oriented manufacturing
and growth of the tradable services.
This, he said, will help to meet the
rapidly growing urban demand for food
thereby linking urban and rural growth
by creating market for rural production,
and even reducing the import bill.
To drive exports, he said local firms
should be embedded within the supply
chains of international retailers such
as the international supermarkets. He
said this would promote their export
readiness.
Mutebile said sustaining growth
would involve making investments in
potential areas including roads, cold
storage, transport, support for farmer
organisations, agricultural extension, and
out grower schemes.
He said the future path of the exchange
rate, higher government spending, adverse
weather conditions that could lead to a rise
in inflation, and weaker global economy
emanating from escalating trade tensions as
the major risks the economy faces.
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Lakeside Dairy has invested over Shs 1bn to minimize leakages in both milk processing and water use.   COURTESY PHOTO
Water use in business
Project finds most manufacturers in Uganda
unaware of opportunities in efficient water use
By Ronald Musoke
U
ganda easily qualifies as one of the
most “water secure” countries in
Africa. In the south of the country
you find Lake Victoria, Africa’s
biggest freshwater lake while the world’s
longest river, the Nile, runs northwards
and drains the length of the country.
Uganda boasts more freshwater lakes,
rivers, thousands of streams and plenty of
underground water.
Yet when you talk to water experts in
the corridors of the plush headquarters of
the Ministry of Water and Environment in
Luzira, Kampala, which is just metres away
from Lake Victoria in the south of Kampala,
they say describing Uganda as water secure
is not entirely accurate.
Florence Adongo, the director of water
resources management in the Ministry of
water, says Uganda was possibly water
secure in the past, but its fresh water is fast
declining in terms of quality and quantity.
“We are in the era of climate change and
the demand for water is also increasing as
the population grows,” she says.
Dr. Callist Tindimugaya, the
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commissioner water resources planning
and regulations department in the water
ministry says the country is a hotchpotch
of contradictions water-wise; several parts
of the country are grappling with too little
water while others are battling too much
water. Meanwhile other places have water
but its quality is poor.
Away from homes and farms, water is
increasingly demanded by a fast growing
manufacturing sector. A recent study in the
water ministry found close to 3000 micro,
small and medium scale enterprises across
the country which directly use 16% of water
in their production processes.
But these same industries have no clear
plans of managing their wastewater, a
practice which is partly responsible for the
deteriorating water quality in the country’s
lakes and rivers.
The European Union has stepped-in to
help the Ministry of Water to support more
efficient water use in the manufacturing
sector. In a two year pilot project, they have
been offering prizes to manufacturers who
achieve outstanding performance in efficient
water use and reduced pollution at source.
The ministry headquarters was on July
19 the venue for the award ceremony and
Adongo explained the rationale for the
project.
“We realised that the major water
users in the country at the moment are
manufacturers but we also found out that
they rank highly when it comes to pollution
of the water resources,” she said. She
explained that many manufacturers were
not aware of costs associated with water use
within their enterprises and the impact of
their water use activities on the community
and environment. And she dwelt quite a bit
on wastewater.
That is why the Ministry of Water and
Environment in partnership with the
Uganda Cleaner Production Centre (UCPC)
implemented the Switch Africa Green
project. Using up to US$200,000, the project
which ran from 2016 to 2018 focused on the
“demand side management of water use
efficiency in micro, small and medium sized
enterprises through promotion of water use
efficiency techniques and practices.” Its
goal was to introduce proactive eco-modern
approaches to water during consumption
through cleaner production.
It introduced a ‘Blue Certificate Award

Scheme’ under the theme of “Industrial
Water Use Efficiency as a Catalyst for
Compliance and Competitiveness.”
Silver Ssebagala, the executive director of
the Uganda Cleaner Production Centre told
The Independent that the project was intended
to help enterprises reduce their water
consumption levels.
“When you apply the concept of cleaner
production to water, it means that you will
be using less water per unit output,” he said,
“This means that we are aiming at achieving
more using less water and it further implies
that the company’s cost for water reduces
and the company saves upon the production
cost because it is paying for less water.”
On the other hand, he said, when a
company uses excess water, a lot of it is not
useful; it is waste water which is discharged
out of the factory as wastewater which often
pollutes water sources. When water sources
are polluted, the amount of available fresh
clean water for use, either for agriculture or
drinking, is reduced.
Over 20 local companies spread across
the country volunteered to take part in the
training. They varied from those which
use water as their core resource (beverage
companies) to tea, sugar, dairy, vegetable
oil, food processing and leather tanning
factories.
The 24 enterprises that took part in the
training and were monitored over two years
were evaluated on several criteria, including
water productivity. Enterprises which, for
instance, had the highest amount of water
saved in cubic metres were graded the best.
Companies were also scored on
compliance with national regulations,
international benchmarks, investment in
water efficiency mechanisms, the number
of implemented interventions (technology,
water recycling, rainwater harvesting, and
waste water recovery) and a reduction in
pollution.
Based on these parameters, Lakeside
Dairy Ltd took the top prize followed by the
Lugazi-based Sugar Corporation Uganda
Ltd while the Mbarara branch of Century
Bottling Company came third. Kazire Health
Products and Buhweju Tea Factory came
fourth and fifth respectively.
Sarah Birungi, a senior manager at the
Mbarara-based Lakeside Dairy Ltd told The
Independent that taking first position was
well deserved given their recent outlay of
investments at the company. Birungi said
the company had invested up to US$ 300,000
to minimize leakages in the process of milk
processing and water usage.
“Before this project came, we used to
lose thousands of litres of milk because of
leakages,” she told The Independent, “(But
now) the more we resort to new methods,
the more we save on expenses.”
Bashir Kamulegeya, the Packaging
Manager (Production) at Century Bottling
Company, Mbarara branch told The
Independent that world over, the Coca Cola
business is driven on sustainability and the
company puts a lot of emphasis on both
energy and water efficiency.
In fact, Kamulegeya said, the Mbarara
Coca Cola company ranks first among the
40 plants in Africa when it comes to using
water efficiently. For every litre of beverage
produced, Kamulegeya says, the company
uses 1.5 litres of water against the company’s
target of 1.9 litres.
Kamulegeya told The Independent that
following their partnership with the Uganda
Cleaner Production Centre, the beverage
company further improved its water use
efficiency.
“We were already somewhere but UCPC
pushed us a bigger mileage ahead,” he said,
“Our business is water oriented that we do
96% of our product using water; so water is
our main KPI that we monitor daily, track it
across every operation where we use it and
Companies
were scored
on compliance
with national
regulations,
international
benchmarks,
investment in
water efficiency
mechanisms, water
recycling, rainwater
harvesting, and
waste water
recovery
we report on it daily.”
Before the training, Adongo said the
enterprises had been losing over 14,000
cubic metres of water through leakages and
poor practices like leaving taps running.
Behaviour change under the project resulted
in a drastic saving of over 29,000 cubic
metres of fresh water.
The factories achieved this through
plugging leakages, condensing vapour for
reuse, using of pressure guns and press taps.
“Water measurement only stopped at
the point of abstraction or the water metre
installed by NWSC,” she said. This wastage,
she said, contributed to a large volume of
wastewater.
But the trainers also did their own checks
and evaluations, often involving impromptu
visits to factories to check their level of
August. 09 - 15 2019
news analysis
commitment to water use efficiency. Adongo
says this went on even after the project
ended.
“We were surprised that 83% of the
beneficiaries that participated in the project
were still stuck on continuous improvement
towards water efficiency because water use
efficiency impacts on production,” she says.
The trainers found that water productivity
had increased by 36% beating the target of
25% while the annual volume of fresh water
saved from these 24 enterprises in three
years amounted to 337,118 cubic metres
translating into US$ 358,440 in savings.
Similar positive results were registered in
wastewater reduction. Adongo said each of
the participating enterprises had saved up
to 32,803 cubic metres of wastewater from
going into the environment.
Ministry of Water officials say that if the
over 3000 enterprises across the country
were to participate in the project, close to
42 million cubic metres of water would be
saved which would translate into US$ 45
million in savings.
In terms of pollutants that were being
discharged into the environment, all the
24 companies sent out 10.81 tonnes of
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)—the
amount of dissolved oxygen needed by
aerobic biological organisms to breakdown
organic material in a given environment.
When the project ended, only 3.14 tonnes
was being discharged meaning that 7.67
tonnes was prevented from going into the
environment. If the 3,000 companies joined
the initiative, close to 960 cubic metres would
be contained.
Adongo told The Independent that
one of the lessons learnt is that most
enterprises in Uganda are not aware of the
interconnectedness of their businesses with
water and the opportunities missed.
Sam Cheptoris, the Minister of Water and
Environment said investing in efficient water
use and pollution reduction mechanisms
cannot only improve compliance to water
and environmental regulations but also
generates both economic and social gains to
the enterprise.
He said pollution of water bodies reduces
the availability of clean water; increases
business risk and therefore must be seen
as gross misuse of an essential but scarce
resource.
“Strict compliance of water quality and
environmental standards must therefore
be observed and appropriate compliance
policies on wastewater as a resource
established. Let us remember water is not
available unless it fits its intended use.
“This project has demonstrated that
if we work together not only within the
government but also in the private sector, we
shall be able to benefit more but also impact
more the environment.”
17
news analysis
The math of democracy
It explains why the Democrats may
have trouble picking a candidate
By Alexander Strang & Peter Thomas
W
ith 24 declared candidates for
the Democratic Party’s presiden-
tial nomination (and counting),
many Americans are likely won-
dering how the party will ultimately make
up its mind and settle on the best candidate.
As mathematicians, we wondered wheth-
er there might not even be a best candidate.
In fact, this is an established mathematical
paradox. The more candidates there are, the
greater the chance there is no clear favorite.
Here’s what we mean.
Suppose there were only two candidates
for some office, and that each voter preferred
one or the other. Barring a perfect tie, one
candidate will end up with the most votes.
Ignoring complications like the Electoral
College or voter turnout, the election process
provides a way to measure the “will of the
people.” Now imagine there were three can-
didates instead of just two.
Three friends and a pollster walk into a
bar and discuss the upcoming election. The
first friend thinks that candidate A is better
than B, and that C is the worst of all. The
next agrees that B is better than C, but she
thinks that B and C are both better than A.
The final friend partially agrees with both
of them: He thinks C is the best candidate,
followed by A, and then B.
The pollster cannot say which is the best
candidate, since, for these voters, there is no
18 August. 09 - 15 2019
best candidate! Their ranked preferences are
inconsistent with each other.
This situation is an example of Con-
dorcet’s paradox. It was named for the
French Enlightenment philosopher and
mathematician Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas
de Caritat, marquis of Condorcet, an advo-
cate of democratic reforms who perished in
1794, a victim of the French Revolution.
To Condorcet, a winner is a candidate
who would win a one-on-one election
against any other candidate. But, a paradox
arises when there is no candidate who wins
head-to-head against all opponents – which
implies that voters’ ranked preferences con-
tradict one another.
How likely is a situation like Condorcet’s
paradox to arise in practice? It depends on
how many candidates there are, and how
evenly distributed the voters’ preferences
are. Relatively few studies have shown con-
clusive evidence for the Condorcet paradox
in real life. But it has been observed in a
number of elections, including the 2006 Dan-
ish elections for prime minister.
The possibility is not as abstract as it
may seem. For example, some Americans,
including Bernie Sanders, believe that, had
Sanders won the Democratic primary in
2016, he would have beaten Trump in the
general election. This implies an underlying
rock/paper/scissors inconsistency: Trump
beats Clinton; Clinton beats Sanders; but,
somehow, Sanders beats Trump. In a
three-candidate race, there are six possible
ways of ranking them. There is about a 9%
chance the electorate as a whole has no clear
preference.
With 24 different candidates running,
there are 620 billion trillion possible rank-
ings. A study by University of Delaware
researcher William V. Gehrlein calculated
the probability that there is no Condorcet
winner, a candidate who would win a one-
on-one election against any other candidate.
With two dozen candidates, there will be no
Condorcet winner 70% of the time.
That means that, about two-thirds of the
time, there will be at least three candidates
who end up in a winnerless rock-paper-scis-
sors situation.
Condorcet’s paradox assumes a worst-
case scenario, where the candidates are sta-
tistically indistinguishable from one another.
In this situation, each voter arrives at their
rank order randomly and independently –
as if each voter secretly rolls the dice to rank
the candidates.
It is unlikely that voters’ preferences are
actually chosen in this random way. For
example, Joe Biden might take affront to the
notion that he is equally likely to be ranked
first or last across all Democrats’ ballots.
Nevertheless, if Democrats appear to be
having difficulty making up their collective
mind this election season, it is possible that
this apparent indecision is because there is
no well-defined will of the people to be dis-
cerned at all.
Alexander Strang is Ph.D Candidate in
Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University
and Peter Thomas is Professor of Mathematics,
Case Western Reserve University
Source:The Conversation
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Fax : 256 41 4230 163 Plot 2-12, Apollo Kaggwa Road
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Uganda
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23rd July, 2019

All Accounting Officers (Central and Local Government)

PAYMENT OF PENSION AND GRATUITY TO RETIRED STAFF

Reference is made to the Budget Execution Circular Ref: BPD 86/107/06 dated 10th July, 2019 to all Accounting Officers
communicating policy and administrative guidelines to enhance timely implementation of Government Programs and
activities for FY 2019/20.
In relation to the above, there are several issues related to payment of Pension and Gratuity that were noted while executing
the budget for FY 2018/19 that require your urgent attention. These include among others, the following:

 It has been noted with concern that some
retired staff are still facing difficulties
in accessing their retirement benefits
of Pension and Gratuity despite Govern-
ment decentralizing the management of
payroll to respective institutions. This has
left many Pensioners discontented and
dissatisfied with the system and has led
to accumulation of Pension and Gratuity
arrears;
 It has also been noted that some votes
are deliberately inflating Gratuity figures
based on wrong computations which is
not acceptable;
 Paying of different Pension and Gratu-
ity arrears amounts that are contrary to
those cleared for payment in schedules
sent to you; and
 Furthermore, there are allegations that
The purpose of this letter therefore, is to inform you as above.
some officers are soliciting for “bribes”
from Pensioners and have deliberately
refused to process and /or pay out veri-
fied Pension and Gratuity arrears cleared
for payment by this Ministry unless the
“bribe” is paid.
As such, the following procedures
should be followed in payment of
Pension and Gratuity:
 Processing and payment of Pension and
Gratuity should be based on the time of
retirement, that is, the one who retires
first, should access their retirement ben-
efits first;
 Remind you that the formula for calcu-
lating Gratuity is ). Please note that the
annual basic salary is based on the last
salary scale paid to that particular retir-
ing staff as indicated on the last payslip;
 Ensure that payments made to Pension
and Gratuity arrears claimants correspond
with the amounts in the schedules sent to
you. In addition, claimants should be paid
their claims on time when the funds are
released; and
Any officer found inflating Gratuity
figures and/or receiving or asking
for bribes from Pensioners will be
penalized because this is against the
Law and Code of Conduct under the
Public Service Standing Orders.
I will follow up these matters closely
with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry
of Public Service to ensure that these
anomalies are addressed and people
are paid on time.

Keith Muhakanizi
PERMANENT SECRETARY/ SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY
Copy to:
Rt. Hon Prime Minister
All Cabinet Ministers
All Hon. Ministers of State
Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet
Deputy Head of Public Service and Deputy Secretary to Cabinet
All Hon. Members of Parliament
Auditor General
The Inspector General of Government
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Service
Accountant General
 MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PLANNING
Republic of Uganda STATUS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PENSION AN

VOTE CODE VOTE NAME PENSION AND GRATUITY ARREARS FUNDS RELEASED IN FY 2018/19 AMOUNT ACCOUNTED FOR BY ACCOUNTING OFFICERS

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT VOTES

010 Ministry of Agriculture, Animal & Fisheries 2,444,162,626 -

012 Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development 81,543,657 -

013 Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Sports 2,738,751,082 -

014 Ministry of Health 162,814,169 -

015 Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives 251,721,053 -

016 Ministry of Works and Transport 150,128,448 27,078,390

017 Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development 69,200,096 -

018 Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development 19,747,921 -

019 Ministry of Water and Environment 102,352,913 -

105 Law Reform Commission 15,029,960 -

111 Busitema University 1,795,918,787 888,525,710

124 Equal Opportunities Commission 419,049,856 -

131 Auditor General 10,526,630 -

144 Uganda Police Force 922,004,990 -

145 Uganda Prisons 568,750,758 -

164 Fort Portal Referral Hospital 16,756,196 -

167 Jinja Referral Hospital 234,557,263 -

168 Kabale Referral Hospital 88,516,930 -

171 Soroti Referral Hospital 27,332,831 -

174 Mubende Referral Hospital 41,553,919 -

SUB TOTAL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT VOTES 10,160,420,085 915,604,100

LOCAL GOVERNMENT VOTES

503 Arua District 465,457,546 -

504 Bugiri District 14,577,539 -

505 Bundibugyo District 134,542,086 -

506 Bushenyi District 108,149,663 -

508 Gulu District 29,174,448 29,174,448

509 Hoima District 429,372,923 -

510 Iganga District 187,993,720 187,993,720

511 Jinja District 851,578,690 663,858,174

512 Kabale District 674,468,463 -

513 Kabarole District 214,085,417 -

514 Kaberamaido District 170,213,432 -

517 Kamuli District 267,333,722 -

520 Kapchorwa District 58,592,492 -

521 Kasese District 891,315,373 894,315,373

523 Kayunga District 373,155,219 117,720,764

524 Kibaale District 97,558,416 82,365,021

526 Kisoro District 762,608 -

527 Kitgum District 475,991,785 281,309,539

528 Kotido District 189,556,350 -

529 Kumi District 448,803,058 -

531 Lira District 93,122,768 -

532 Luwero District 66,974,262 -

533 Masaka District 255,536,952 145,419,236

534 Masindi District 44,345,233 43,682,455

536 Mbale District 406,023,457 -

538 Moroto District 269,822,831 -

539 Moyo District 6,591,439 -

540 Mpigi District 38,092,637 38,092,637

543 Nakapiripirit District 102,547,496 -

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 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ND GRATUITY ARREARS FUNDS FOR FY 2018/19 Republic of Uganda

VOTE CODE VOTE NAME PENSION AND GRATUITY ARREARS FUNDS RELEASED IN FY 2018/19 AMOUNT ACCOUNTED FOR BY ACCOUNTING OFFICERS

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT VOTES

544 Nakasongola District 84,844,144 84,844,144

546 Ntungamo District 1,366,587,890 1,282,305,019

548 Pallisa District 214,841,203 -

549 Rakai District 550,564,449 216,596,333

550 Rukungiri District 367,596 -

551 Sembabule District 54,734,002 -

552 Sironko District 288,129,305 288,129,305

553 Soroti District 207,052,829 154,902,034

554 Tororo District 380,790,301 88,038,447

558 Ibanda District 36,230,336 -

560 Isingiro District 59,775,462 -

561 Kaliro District 6,450,942 -

562 Kiruhura District 119,426,251 -

564 Amolatar District 12,470,227 -

565 Amuria District 25,226,422 -

566 Manafwa District 189,471,603 -

567 Bukwo District 67,722,330 -

571 Budaka District 409,017,989 -

572 Oyam District 161,263,018 161,263,018

573 Abim District 159,956,385 -

574 Namutumba District 267,982,335 -

575 Dokolo District 337,943,840 288,650,608

577 Maracha District 34,528,755 32,528,755

580 Lyantonde District 9,578,023 -

582 Buikwe District 71,549,790 -

583 Buyende District 315,825,548 -

584 Kyegegwa District 51,351,506 47,153,689

588 Alebtong District 129,125,424 -

589 Bulambuli District 21,242,157 -

591 Gomba District 40,351,650 40,351,650

592 Kiryandongo District 27,885,870 -

594 Namayingo District 79,336,555 -

600 Bukomansimbi District 4,435,247 -

601 Mitooma District 99,539,289 -

605 Kibuku District 82,000,000 -

606 Nwoya District 34,411,391 -

608 Butambala District 38,022,770 21,671,760

610 Buhweju District 182,810,812 -

614 Kakumiro District 15,787,931 -

752 Entebbe Municipal Council 1,334,755,727 685,795,058

753 Fort Portal Municipal Council 56,667,372 -

757 Kabale Municipal Council 59,233,988 -

759 Masaka Municipal Council 699,746,901 -

760 Mbale Municipal Council 597,167,283 431,564,775

762 Moroto Municipal Council 12,117,357 -

764 Tororo Municipal Council 35,705,443 -

772 Mukono Municipal Council 1,172,052 -

775 Ntungamo Municipal Council 3,269,308 -

786 Mubende Municipal Council 325,298,277 325,298,277

SUB TOTAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT VOTES 16,729,505,310 6,633,024,239

GRAND TOTAL 26,889,925,395 7,548,628,339

August 09 - 15 , 2019 iii

 MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PLANNING
Republic of Uganda CENTRAL GOVERNMENT VOTES CUMULATIVE EXPE

Budget Q1

Vote Vote Description Wage Non Wage Devt. Total Wage Non Wage Devt. Total

001 Office of the President 53,324,745,331 126,453,795,063 14,566,903,923 194,345,444,317 13,257,839,724 43,942,426,841 6,396,626,962 63,596,893,526

002 State House 17,096,983,542 377,702,863,470 12,338,411,302 407,138,258,314 4,274,245,886 95,645,662,168 1,486,051,413 101,405,959,466

003 Office of the Prime Minister 2,875,264,198 82,750,259,594 72,166,921,257 157,792,445,049 718,816,050 19,593,693,199 9,498,708,907 29,811,218,156

004 Ministry of Defence & 533,464,235,561 642,941,526,156 1,978,206,102,263 3,154,611,863,980 143,998,463,372 189,439,121,127 331,419,229,846 664,856,814,345
Veteran Affairs

005 Ministry of Public Service 5,231,420,555 21,389,718,331 4,912,758,976 31,533,897,862 1,248,477,774 3,642,175,353 618,594,872 5,509,247,999

006 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 5,536,259,952 98,497,535,085 712,990,598 104,746,785,635 1,384,064,988 37,480,584,686 86,600,000 38,951,249,674

007 Ministry of Justice and 8,820,355,135 69,551,186,872 83,902,354,095 162,273,896,102 2,205,088,784 28,390,289,694 24,177,335,024 54,772,713,501
Constitutional Affairs

008 Ministry of Finance, Planning 6,708,272,222 435,529,562,917 61,876,324,986 504,114,160,125 1,562,291,806 130,786,998,813 14,805,461,461 147,154,752,080
& Economic Dev.

009 Ministry of Internal Affairs 2,299,483,654 32,190,165,278 6,928,701,718 41,418,350,650 574,870,914 5,303,914,378 1,618,693,965 7,497,479,256

010 Ministry of Agriculture, Ani- 13,032,948,956 32,630,431,355 141,121,955,560 186,785,335,871 3,258,237,239 6,917,985,453 28,866,575,663 39,042,798,354
mal, Industry & Fisheries

011 Ministry of Local Government 8,568,702,754 13,928,030,141 18,948,688,904 41,445,421,799 2,142,175,689 2,903,071,474 3,689,087,488 8,734,334,650

012 Ministry of Lands, Housing & 8,102,862,280 44,531,861,435 8,920,964,458 61,555,688,173 2,025,715,570 10,821,052,069 1,782,281,084 14,629,048,724
Urban Dev.

013 Ministry of Education and 17,811,101,871 235,603,623,665 79,490,408,662 332,905,134,198 4,452,775,468 53,779,774,950 9,095,494,193 67,328,044,611
Sports

014 Ministry of Health 14,617,456,906 67,497,775,157 68,207,824,860 150,323,056,923 3,654,364,227 14,732,113,025 13,769,305,990 32,155,783,241

015 Ministry of Trade, Industry 2,458,248,716 73,028,861,116 44,026,568,092 119,513,677,924 614,562,179 47,462,596,128 10,619,390,800 58,696,549,107
and Cooperatives

016 Ministry of Works and 11,865,803,051 72,644,448,883 917,269,426,576 1,001,779,678,510 2,966,450,763 15,155,250,728 519,966,194,204 538,087,895,695
Transport

017 Ministry of Energy and 6,224,570,622 65,070,560,703 460,788,819,369 532,083,950,694 1,556,142,656 14,060,800,110 102,815,201,467 118,432,144,233
Mineral Development

018 Ministry of Gender, Labour 4,052,757,656 104,958,860,063 43,807,983,627 152,819,601,346 1,013,189,414 25,851,443,761 11,167,219,403 38,031,852,577
and Social Dev.

019 Ministry of Water and 7,181,899,228 14,685,840,449 399,684,251,941 421,551,991,618 1,795,474,807 3,764,091,390 91,477,574,062 97,037,140,258
Environment

020 Ministry of Information & 5,936,950,345 19,034,990,995 38,222,839,682 63,194,781,022 1,484,237,586 2,571,886,713 12,385,045,385 16,441,169,684
National Guidance

021 East African Community 1,135,398,749 71,250,521,756 80,400,000 72,466,320,505 283,849,687 38,007,378,936 40,200,000 38,331,428,624
Affairs

022 Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife 2,085,603,786 25,088,517,979 12,640,968,872 39,815,090,637 521,400,947 5,394,548,848 1,908,821,109 7,824,770,903
and Antiquities

023 Ministry of Science, Technol- 2,060,364,768 33,813,263,980 53,387,838,800 89,261,467,548 515,091,192 5,773,072,995 18,642,059,700 24,930,223,887
ogy and Innovation

101 Judiciary 47,694,396,146 112,919,584,526 21,009,500,000 181,623,480,672 11,923,599,037 31,209,399,632 2,054,750,000 45,187,748,668

102 Electoral Commission- 34,205,472,442 162,166,227,320 32,930,000,010 229,301,699,772 8,551,368,110 70,813,783,173 19,750,000,010 99,115,151,293
Statutory

103 Inspectorate of Government 21,169,761,280 19,013,178,358 13,293,212,651 53,476,152,289 5,292,440,320 3,576,474,480 3,224,151,581 12,093,066,381
(IG)-Statutory

104 Parliamentary Commission- 86,932,848,938 535,155,036,813 65,691,000,000 687,778,885,751 22,112,966,174 185,833,962,460 6,167,842,820 214,114,771,454
Statutory

105 Law Reform Commission- 4,073,396,523 1,715,218,323 200,020,403 5,988,635,249 1,018,349,131 631,202,693 33,760,202 1,683,312,026
Statutory

106 Uganda Human Rights 6,594,848,793 13,147,133,038 51,797,335 19,793,779,166 1,648,712,198 3,536,931,559 20,398,668 5,206,042,425
Comm-Statutory

107 Uganda AIDS Commission- 1,319,679,712 7,394,437,045 7,809,000 8,721,925,757 329,919,928 1,859,402,870 3,904,500 2,193,227,298
Statutory

108 National Planning Authority- 8,910,649,932 20,242,275,054 4,414,167,988 33,567,092,974 2,311,044,483 4,920,474,370 1,187,333,994 8,418,852,847
Statutory

109 Law Development Centre 5,142,512,000 8,906,131,477 4,393,304,237 18,441,947,714 1,285,628,000 2,518,127,431 673,995,636 4,477,751,067

110 Uganda Industrial Research 5,326,400,188 7,341,534,872 1,562,000,000 14,229,935,060 1,331,600,047 1,928,921,762 229,000,000 3,489,521,809
Institute

111 Busitema University 23,098,788,738 12,339,381,449 1,530,790,480 36,968,960,667 5,774,697,185 6,136,212,304 318,695,275 12,229,604,763

112 Ethics and Integrity 2,583,576,840 6,008,787,297 - 8,592,364,137 645,894,210 1,264,702,398 - 1,910,596,608

113 Uganda National Road 71,105,192,984 27,346,930,529 1,744,551,860,714 1,843,003,984,227 17,776,298,246 5,996,990,554 587,000,066,815 610,773,355,615
Authority

114 Uganda Cancer Institute 5,115,670,731 14,925,021,381 13,929,264,971 33,969,957,083 1,278,917,683 3,734,255,345 3,819,991,243 8,833,164,271

115 Uganda Heart Institute 4,599,180,224 15,457,977,315 4,650,000,000 24,707,157,539 1,149,795,056 3,986,427,496 2,165,000,000 7,301,222,552

116 National Medical Stores 11,987,249,323 384,184,965,694 - 396,172,215,017 2,996,812,331 128,061,655,231 - 131,058,467,562

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Vote Vote Description Wage Non Wage Devt. Total Wage Non Wage Devt. Total

117 Uganda Tourism Board 1,855,392,000 23,156,339,576 155,302,512 25,167,034,088 463,848,000 2,981,224,352 32,651,256 3,477,723,608

118 Road Fund 2,667,413,000 437,815,763,629 6,620,000,000 447,103,176,629 666,853,250 109,486,477,650 812,500,000 110,965,830,900

119 Uganda Registration Services 8,979,523,309 17,518,093,959 405,000,000 26,902,617,268 2,244,880,827 6,299,733,459 46,768,750 8,591,383,036
Bureau

120 National Citizenship and 4,417,488,712 88,154,858,766 9,227,156,949 101,799,504,427 1,104,372,178 39,024,858,786 1,075,406,000 41,204,636,964
Immigration Control

121 Dairy Development Authority 1,570,400,000 4,919,147,691 3,642,434,987 10,131,982,678 392,600,000 858,565,534 804,572,850 2,055,738,384

122 KAMPAL CAPITAL CITY 113,882,508,655 102,581,019,924 78,635,244,583 295,098,773,162 28,470,627,164 62,096,840,486 37,879,943,797 128,447,411,447
AUTHORITY

123 Rural Electrification Agency 15,813,207,826 22,802,451,299 128,139,340,875 166,755,000,000 3,953,301,957 3,120,690,585 12,875,635,338 19,949,627,879
(REA)

124 Equal Opportunities Com- 2,966,807,972 8,937,304,416 360,425,570 12,264,537,958 741,701,993 2,132,556,686 - 2,874,258,679
mission

125 National Animal Genetic Res. 4,027,575,199 5,870,387,738 53,344,216,572 63,242,179,509 1,006,893,800 1,244,609,427 17,302,901,445 19,554,404,672
Centre and Data Bank

126 National Information Technol- 6,645,161,925 26,723,661,634 7,442,585,563 40,811,409,122 1,661,290,481 3,873,087,272 1,151,450,222 6,685,827,975
ogy Authority

127 Muni University 9,207,167,598 3,882,889,036 4,200,000,000 17,290,056,634 2,301,791,900 1,888,069,518 214,500,000 4,404,361,418

128 UNEB 3,950,000,000 47,174,867,578 15,000,000,000 66,124,867,578 987,500,000 8,774,733,744 3,726,761,961 13,488,995,705

129 Financial Intelligence 3,477,400,000 9,324,178,446 215,000,000 13,016,578,446 869,350,000 1,587,585,546 107,500,000 2,564,435,546
Authority

130 Treasury Operations - 10,739,967,266,249 - 10,739,967,266,249 - 3,364,117,575,099 - 3,364,117,575,099

131 Auditor General- Statutory 27,769,543,824 28,099,585,073 8,050,000,000 63,919,128,897 6,942,385,956 9,496,767,612 3,163,000,000 19,602,153,568

132 Education Service Com- 2,816,299,471 6,411,403,940 191,530,250 9,419,233,661 704,074,868 1,458,259,548 95,765,125 2,258,099,540
mission

133 Directorate of Public Pros- 16,881,948,321 20,685,425,229 5,855,351,179 43,422,724,729 4,220,487,080 4,967,916,057 844,418,897 10,032,822,035
ecutions

134 Health Service Commission 2,325,110,826 4,462,152,269 80,000,000 6,867,263,095 581,277,707 1,115,538,067 20,000,000 1,716,815,774

136 Makerere University 166,781,144,132 133,815,836,261 15,516,209,712 316,113,190,105 41,695,286,033 66,907,918,131 4,737,797,760 113,341,001,924

137 Mbarara University 31,728,669,422 11,713,320,007 3,685,768,714 47,127,758,143 7,932,167,356 5,788,645,100 790,417,178 14,511,229,633

138 Makerere University Business 47,726,744,880 24,133,755,689 4,830,500,000 76,691,000,569 11,931,686,220 12,066,877,845 1,590,250,000 25,588,814,065
School

139 Kyambogo University 50,377,928,711 75,348,324,179 6,722,845,106 132,449,097,996 12,594,482,178 37,690,122,399 3,361,422,553 53,646,027,130

140 Uganda Management Institute 12,938,918,277 18,465,589,787 1,890,000,000 33,294,508,064 3,234,729,569 9,182,794,894 450,000,000 12,867,524,463

141 Uganda Revenue Authority 163,263,760,807 231,351,652,318 43,639,695,827 438,255,108,952 40,815,940,201 57,837,913,080 8,229,318,007 106,883,171,288

142 National Agricultural Re- 22,472,228,449 19,716,573,662 37,472,993,562 79,661,795,673 5,618,057,112 4,661,303,220 4,854,986,614 15,134,346,946
search Organisation

143 Uganda Bureau of Statistics 12,849,513,885 26,822,316,955 20,409,485,946 60,081,316,786 3,212,378,471 6,990,897,450 3,132,672,466 13,335,948,388

144 Uganda Police Force 286,540,059,271 240,555,547,019 196,101,504,144 723,197,110,434 71,635,014,818 84,191,996,788 121,768,725,220 277,595,736,826

145 Uganda Prisons 65,138,817,254 145,704,050,573 36,821,536,287 247,664,404,114 16,284,704,314 50,012,359,764 10,689,303,618 76,986,367,696

146 Public Service Commission 2,783,286,479 5,889,311,122 184,222,142 8,856,819,743 695,821,620 1,302,462,549 42,111,071 2,040,395,240

147 Local Government Finance 1,118,818,400 3,538,681,547 156,699,840 4,814,199,787 279,704,600 968,215,693 49,224,960 1,297,145,253
Comm

148 Judicial Service Commission 1,978,958,846 7,623,588,178 242,796,624 9,845,343,648 494,739,712 2,082,039,700 77,949,156 2,654,728,568

149 Gulu University 31,059,367,148 13,589,494,130 3,802,724,598 48,451,585,876 7,764,841,787 5,639,270,269 486,590,575 13,890,702,631

150 National Environment Man- 6,722,086,551 18,339,736,322 989,999,994 26,051,822,867 1,680,521,638 2,481,910,988 212,624,997 4,375,057,623
agement Authority

151 Uganda Blood Transfusion 3,837,882,208 12,234,330,407 1,870,000,000 17,942,212,615 959,470,552 3,049,727,394 800,000,000 4,809,197,946
Service (UBTS)

152 NAADS Secretariat 2,184,900,000 2,859,001,897 140,849,891,542 145,893,793,439 546,225,000 502,624,362 47,834,190,353 48,883,039,715

153 Public Procurement and 6,968,591,800 6,870,963,859 10,994,000,000 24,833,555,659 1,742,147,950 1,647,766,685 1,342,600,000 4,732,514,635
Disposal of Assets

154 Uganda National Bureau of 21,355,699,000 31,827,303,121 15,752,915,228 68,935,917,349 5,338,924,750 4,771,121,086 4,838,228,807 14,948,274,643
Standards

155 Cotton Development 2,013,258,396 2,417,989,018 4,211,000,000 8,642,247,414 503,314,599 515,895,923 645,750,000 1,664,960,522
Organisation

156 Uganda Land Commission 613,637,890 643,601,799 39,315,398,183 40,572,637,872 153,409,473 290,531,524 11,194,487,342 11,638,428,338

157 National Forestry Authority 6,465,502,000 20,150,706,345 5,882,993,000 32,499,201,345 1,616,375,500 2,720,709,772 1,470,548,250 5,807,633,522

159 External Security Organisation 11,764,319,600 36,396,604,161 3,639,296,000 51,800,219,761 2,941,079,900 19,138,819,732 1,222,324,000 23,302,223,632

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Budget Q1

Vote Vote Description Wage Non Wage Devt. Total Wage Non Wage Devt. Total

160 Uganda Coffee Development 6,864,730,385 89,354,347,297 482,595,349 96,701,673,031 1,716,182,596 55,399,695,119 125,285,175 57,241,162,890
Authority

161 Mulago Hospital Complex 29,205,751,193 31,409,003,240 11,020,000,000 71,634,754,433 7,301,437,798 9,713,250,259 3,072,500,000 20,087,188,057

162 Butabika Hospital 5,699,926,408 7,572,312,805 8,308,140,579 21,580,379,792 1,424,981,602 2,253,809,001 2,907,500,000 6,586,290,603

301 Lira Univesity 8,994,919,709 7,404,756,403 2,500,000,000 18,899,676,112 2,248,729,927 3,680,523,202 750,000,000 6,679,253,129

302 UNMA 7,413,000,000 5,148,169,410 14,202,320,974 26,763,490,384 1,853,250,000 322,227,018 774,310,000 2,949,787,018

303 NCDC 3,605,163,636 6,762,027,225 3,900,000,000 14,267,190,861 901,290,909 2,032,103,357 695,000,000 3,628,394,266

304 UVRI 1,541,135,116 5,247,920,477 2,280,000,000 9,069,055,593 385,283,779 1,307,750,677 371,250,000 2,064,284,456

305 DGAL 1,333,873,768 7,599,030,312 10,094,357,000 19,027,261,080 333,468,442 2,952,948,328 2,446,886,225 5,733,302,995

306 Uganda Export Promotion 1,261,200,000 3,725,658,979 56,280,720 5,043,139,699 315,300,000 524,418,510 1,250,000 840,968,510
Board

307 Kabale Univesity 23,161,359,288 7,807,590,714 1,382,240,000 32,351,190,002 5,790,339,822 3,804,700,076 117,030,000 9,712,069,898

308 Soroti Univesity 7,423,422,924 4,358,354,243 6,000,000,000 17,781,777,167 1,855,855,731 2,142,648,658 885,000,000 4,883,504,389

309 NIRA 20,334,800,000 35,360,402,647 6,166,562,779 61,861,765,426 3,564,420,000 5,486,902,874 798,383,160 9,849,706,034

310 Uganda Investment Authority 4,203,398,801 10,138,208,827 1,105,859,000 15,447,466,628 1,050,849,700 1,766,431,410 73,431,250 2,890,712,360

311 Uganda National Oil Company 19,569,600,000 11,900,520,024 - 31,470,120,024 4,779,000,000 3,783,150,220 - 8,562,150,220
(UNOC)

312 Petroleum Authority of Uganda 18,331,096,672 31,867,941,954 - 50,199,038,626 4,582,774,168 7,624,257,007 - 12,207,031,175

Total Center Votes 2,427,231,734,576 17,063,189,340,299 7,414,469,558,200 26,904,890,633,075 616,023,293,840 5,365,190,686,081 2,165,973,768,116 8,147,187,748,037

163 Arua Referral Hospital 5,049,276,538 3,110,233,643 1,060,000,000 9,219,510,181 1,262,319,135 771,085,711 265,000,000 2,298,404,845

164 Fort Portal Referral Hospital 5,626,932,530 3,399,021,206 1,060,000,000 10,085,953,736 1,406,733,133 940,918,605 395,000,000 2,742,651,738

165 Gulu Referral Hospital 5,109,283,102 3,117,644,972 1,488,000,000 9,714,928,074 1,277,320,776 955,085,523 362,000,000 2,594,406,298

166 Hoima Referral Hospital 6,198,321,977 2,335,935,649 760,000,000 9,294,257,626 1,549,580,494 672,168,340 310,000,000 2,531,748,834

167 Jinja Referral Hospital 7,198,013,685 3,913,399,114 1,188,000,000 12,299,412,799 1,799,503,421 1,129,231,371 550,000,000 3,478,734,792

168 Kabale Referral Hospital 4,160,121,944 2,930,426,007 1,488,000,000 8,578,547,951 1,040,030,486 793,937,240 721,000,000 2,554,967,726

169 Masaka Referral Hospital 4,600,041,778 2,840,565,396 2,058,000,000 9,498,607,174 1,150,010,445 953,776,847 636,500,000 2,740,287,291

170 Mbale Referral Hospital 6,638,184,259 4,852,071,020 3,058,000,000 14,548,255,279 1,659,546,065 1,635,170,139 807,000,000 4,101,716,204

171 Soroti Referral Hospital 4,578,714,048 2,718,675,474 1,138,000,000 8,435,389,522 1,144,678,512 673,972,369 359,500,000 2,178,150,881

172 Lira Referral Hospital 5,199,309,548 2,871,553,165 1,488,000,000 9,558,862,713 1,299,827,387 871,357,716 560,500,000 2,731,685,103

173 Mbarara Referral Hospital 5,427,379,650 4,786,077,092 1,678,000,000 11,891,456,742 1,356,844,913 2,037,904,201 494,500,000 3,889,249,113

174 Mubende Referral Hospital 5,434,497,287 1,778,371,327 1,060,000,000 8,272,868,614 1,358,624,322 558,115,202 975,000,000 2,891,739,524

175 Moroto Referral Hosptial 4,330,946,527 1,506,886,845 1,488,000,000 7,325,833,372 1,082,736,632 374,121,711 398,610,900 1,855,469,243

176 Naguru Hospital 6,731,971,837 1,613,511,431 1,055,562,168 9,401,045,436 1,682,992,959 534,941,089 850,000,000 3,067,934,048

177 Kiruddu Referral Hospital 4,784,734,764 7,230,000,000 - 12,014,734,764 1,196,183,691 1,807,500,000 - 3,003,683,691

178 Kawempe Referral Hospital 4,699,714,800 4,198,000,000 - 8,897,714,800 1,174,928,700 1,049,500,000 - 2,224,428,700

179 Entebbe Regional Referral 2,308,919,908 1,000,000,000 - 3,308,919,908 577,229,977 250,000,000 - 827,229,977
Hospital

180 Mulago Specialized Women 7,395,885,244 2,000,000,000 - 9,395,885,244 1,848,971,311 500,000,000 - 2,348,971,311
and Neonatal Hospital

Total Referral Hospitals 95,472,249,426 56,202,372,341 20,067,562,168 171,742,183,935 23,868,062,357 16,508,786,062 7,684,610,900 48,061,459,319

201 Ugandan Mission at the 1,951,317,368 15,135,381,309 - 17,086,698,677 975,658,684 7,567,690,655 - 8,543,349,339
United Nations, New York

202 Uganda High Commission in 1,397,196,224 4,977,247,057 275,000,000 6,649,443,281 698,598,112 2,488,623,529 137,500,000 3,324,721,641
United Kingdom, London

203 Uganda High Commission in 1,104,934,797 3,856,199,452 - 4,961,134,249 552,467,399 1,928,099,726 - 2,480,567,125
Canada, Ottawa

204 Uganda High Commission in 305,552,179 4,248,849,419 - 4,554,401,598 152,776,090 2,124,424,710 - 2,277,200,799
India, New Delhi

205 Uganda High Commission in 544,097,087 2,748,632,015 60,000,000 3,352,729,102 272,048,544 1,374,316,008 30,000,000 1,676,364,551
Egypt, Cairo

206 Uganda High Commission in 339,136,497 3,354,256,380 1,068,783,400 4,762,176,277 169,568,249 1,677,128,190 534,391,700 2,381,088,139
Kenya, Nairobi

207 Uganda High Commission in 467,936,975 3,630,949,337 450,000,000 4,548,886,312 233,968,488 1,815,474,669 225,000,000 2,274,443,156
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

208 Uganda High Commission in 222,440,942 2,223,882,140 - 2,446,323,082 111,220,471 1,111,941,070 - 1,223,161,541
Nigeria, Abuja

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Vote Vote Description Wage Non Wage Devt. Total Wage Non Wage Devt. Total

209 Uganda High Commission in 440,341,954 2,786,194,280 80,000,000 3,306,536,234 220,170,977 1,393,097,140 40,000,000 1,653,268,117
South Africa, Pretoria

210 Uganda Embassy in Wash- 1,361,738,163 6,371,157,989 280,000,000 8,012,896,152 680,869,082 3,185,578,995 140,000,000 4,006,448,076
ington

211 Uganda Embassy in Ethiopia, 308,361,458 2,931,800,593 110,000,000 3,350,162,051 154,180,729 1,465,900,297 55,000,000 1,675,081,026
Addis Ababa

212 Uganda Embassy in China, 388,182,714 4,592,327,046 50,000,000 5,030,509,760 194,091,357 2,296,163,523 25,000,000 2,515,254,880
Beijing

213 Uganda Embassy in Rwanda, 528,561,670 2,775,966,848 20,000,000 3,324,528,518 264,280,835 1,387,983,424 10,000,000 1,662,264,259
Kigali

214 Uganda Embassy in Switzer- 1,450,007,520 5,790,491,703 180,000,000 7,420,499,223 725,003,760 2,895,245,852 90,000,000 3,710,249,612
land, Geneva

215 Uganda Embassy in Japan, 1,068,667,400 3,823,100,072 74,000,000 4,965,767,472 534,333,700 1,911,550,036 37,000,000 2,482,883,736
Tokyo

217 Uganda Embassy in Saudi 703,855,703 2,928,227,789 - 3,632,083,492 351,927,852 1,464,113,895 - 1,816,041,746
Arabia, Riyadh

218 Uganda Embassy in Denmark, 762,895,394 4,142,328,074 467,000,000 5,372,223,468 381,447,697 2,071,164,037 233,500,000 2,686,111,734
Copenhagen

219 Uganda Embassy in Belgium, 1,099,010,754 4,415,372,331 4,900,000,000 10,414,383,085 549,505,377 2,207,686,166 2,450,000,000 5,207,191,543
Brussels

220 Uganda Embassy in Italy, 847,596,800 4,184,285,509 - 5,031,882,309 423,798,400 2,092,142,755 - 2,515,941,155
Rome

221 Uganda Embassy in DRC, 543,839,400 3,425,360,630 - 3,969,200,030 271,919,700 1,712,680,315 - 1,984,600,015
Kinshasa

223 Uganda Embassy in Sudan, 528,809,710 3,350,210,560 110,000,000 3,989,020,270 264,404,855 1,675,105,280 55,000,000 1,994,510,135
Khartoum

224 Uganda Embassy in France, 951,381,400 4,898,608,457 3,750,000,000 9,599,989,857 475,690,700 2,449,304,229 1,875,000,000 4,799,994,929
Paris

225 Uganda Embassy in Germany, 1,132,334,325 4,636,214,179 - 5,768,548,504 566,167,163 2,318,107,090 - 2,884,274,252
Berlin

226 Uganda Embassy in Teheran 707,489,902 3,134,633,045 100,000,000 3,942,122,947 353,744,951 1,567,316,523 50,000,000 1,971,061,474

227 Uganda Embassy in Moscow 609,960,453 3,500,354,663 157,000,000 4,267,315,116 304,980,227 1,750,177,332 78,500,000 2,133,657,558

228 Uganda Embassy in Canberra 928,750,081 3,688,792,554 - 4,617,542,635 464,375,041 1,844,396,277 - 2,308,771,318

229 Uganda Embassy in Juba 423,024,300 4,055,792,093 2,550,000,000 7,028,816,393 211,512,150 2,027,896,047 1,275,000,000 3,514,408,197

230 Uganda Embassy in Abu 764,922,868 4,251,376,126 60,000,000 5,076,298,994 382,461,434 2,125,688,063 30,000,000 2,538,149,497
Dhabi

231 Uganda Embassy in 278,201,018 2,507,913,525 1,500,000,000 4,286,114,543 139,100,509 1,253,956,763 750,000,000 2,143,057,272
Bujumbura

232 Guangzhou Consulate in 419,123,898 4,125,594,417 - 4,544,718,315 209,561,949 2,062,797,209 - 2,272,359,158

China

233 Mission in Ankara 675,896,094 3,628,106,674 90,000,000 4,394,002,768 337,948,047 1,814,053,337 45,000,000 2,197,001,384

234 Mission in Mogadishu 134,405,764 2,741,869,939 905,000,000 3,781,275,703 67,202,882 1,370,934,970 452,500,000 1,890,637,852

235 Mission in Kuala Lumpur 509,622,627 2,962,517,089 50,000,000 3,522,139,716 254,811,314 1,481,258,545 25,000,000 1,761,069,858

236 Mission in Mombasa 236,820,000 1,759,647,807 - 1,996,467,807 118,410,000 879,823,904 - 998,233,904

237 Mission in Algiers 645,435,000 2,971,611,951 277,000,000 3,894,046,951 322,717,500 1,485,805,976 138,500,000 1,947,023,476

238 Uganda Embassy, Doha 541,404,242 2,641,642,693 - 3,183,046,935 270,702,121 1,320,821,346 - 1,591,523,467

Total Missions Abroad 25,323,252,681 143,196,895,745 17,563,783,400 186,083,931,826 12,661,626,341 71,598,447,873 8,781,891,700 93,041,965,913

500 Total Local Governments 2,116,513,369,644 829,696,265,149 458,284,647,585 3,404,494,282,378 530,668,907,301 278,690,639,589 152,761,549,195 962,121,096,085

Grand Total 4,664,540,606,327 18,092,284,873,534 7,910,385,551,353 30,667,211,031,214 1,183,221,889,838 5,731,988,559,605 2,335,201,819,911 9,250,412,269,354

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VOTE LOCAL Wage Salary Arrears Pension Gratuity Pension and Non-Wage Development TOTAL
GOVERNMENT Gratuity Arrears

501 Adjumani District 4,286,681,442 - 105,577,570 143,468,004 - 1,003,842,517 1,132,537,812 6,672,107,345

502 Apac District 3,027,504,213 - 896,139,086 320,098,529 - 652,841,570 883,296,047 5,779,879,445

503 Arua District 8,285,082,214 278,033,260 782,397,171 874,581,005 2,282,557,873 2,663,617,568 1,645,953,519 16,812,222,610

504 Bugiri District 4,937,161,661 33,768,462 237,132,470 202,673,842 - 1,339,360,110 923,852,495 7,673,949,040

505 Bundibugyo District 4,949,648,692 - 177,622,212 98,701,479 - 1,276,276,026 1,270,044,045 7,772,292,454

506 Bushenyi District 4,205,288,243 101,421,227 616,538,207 247,251,160 1,069,336,949 1,110,166,417 711,897,987 8,061,900,190

507 Busia District 4,473,509,270 42,903,073 271,999,818 212,968,673 933,124,615 1,562,267,427 967,109,221 8,463,882,097

508 Gulu District 4,454,103,946 158,494,687 514,987,790 181,523,457 1,282,453,125 797,479,246 970,387,869 8,359,430,120

509 Hoima District 2,707,382,610 33,801,456 406,753,568 243,069,143 322,263,033 786,229,304 769,725,058 5,269,224,172

510 Iganga District 5,170,629,249 19,819,796 849,440,981 402,867,962 326,974,443 1,554,920,235 769,828,179 9,094,480,845

511 Jinja District 7,003,523,362 55,614,491 522,695,448 499,270,515 42,568,865 1,615,407,224 982,148,324 10,721,228,229

512 Kabale District 5,135,040,912 49,873,648 823,210,830 310,961,419 41,216,802 1,096,904,481 1,169,365,972 8,626,574,064

513 Kabarole District 3,606,512,845 56,611,927 537,972,190 251,683,886 1,044,686,216 1,096,435,900 1,097,676,400 7,691,579,364

514 Kaberamaido District 1,735,988,601 91,044,837 175,938,107 113,527,930 234,594,732 609,751,299 993,412,758 3,954,258,264

515 Kalangala District 1,971,228,246 - 55,011,253 33,740,053 693,848,740 358,093,966 789,665,472 3,901,587,730

517 Kamuli District 6,441,204,271 44,222,664 675,594,592 273,334,909 80,570,258 1,863,161,298 883,136,702 10,261,224,694

518 Kamwenge District 3,190,073,813 74,164,202 178,886,915 236,958,943 - 988,457,544 1,113,624,167 5,782,165,584

519 Kanungu District 6,035,758,958 114,725,137 321,450,945 205,228,478 150,213,944 1,558,309,759 954,792,942 9,340,480,163

520 Kapchorwa District 2,502,282,699 13,059,130 282,946,638 118,170,940 534,097,333 546,254,915 957,627,152 4,954,438,807

521 Kasese District 10,322,081,854 85,214,654 506,068,940 400,216,752 309,016,853 2,598,104,965 1,181,558,831 15,402,262,849

522 Katakwi District 3,086,747,052 47,844,654 265,292,338 147,597,318 - 934,859,399 1,240,907,770 5,723,248,531

523 Kayunga District 5,684,633,489 96,166,357 231,341,725 195,135,935 247,033,020 1,380,949,606 1,108,782,538 8,944,042,670

524 Kibaale District 2,512,685,375 7,892,019 254,048,779 51,032,368 852,977,648 533,604,129 1,340,775,125 5,553,015,443

525 Kiboga District 3,495,887,627 1,098,125 122,801,742 99,620,446 77,223,326 737,556,803 1,133,208,112 5,667,396,181

526 Kisoro District 6,255,669,072 - 248,101,906 142,853,892 363,153,066 1,332,303,049 698,500,500 9,040,581,485

527 Kitgum District 4,160,632,604 169,828,922 471,403,749 127,517,459 640,331,056 901,252,325 1,050,573,867 7,521,539,982

528 Kotido District 1,466,806,025 - 64,859,270 86,071,914 1,588,402,910 438,812,057 909,813,640 4,554,765,816

529 Kumi District 2,830,011,457 34,473,009 771,124,591 165,850,066 158,716,396 1,041,001,573 1,308,954,937 6,310,132,029

530 Kyenjojo District 4,584,562,765 2,782,183 239,671,101 168,767,566 131,906,109 1,627,575,156 1,231,677,672 7,986,942,552

531 Lira District 4,520,111,920 265,464,583 790,308,509 283,954,042 4,001,159,254 1,522,809,291 1,221,995,663 12,605,803,262

532 Luwero District 9,151,055,871 288,403,496 532,404,404 318,528,954 607,760,089 2,113,500,437 1,210,181,241 14,221,834,492

533 Masaka District 3,230,238,068 22,187,536 847,831,359 205,438,332 374,041,169 950,702,146 668,399,115 6,298,837,725

534 Masindi District 3,319,120,604 - 412,902,840 132,172,934 1,006,321,888 823,552,321 938,278,742 6,632,349,329

535 Mayuge District 5,508,314,577 185,726,025 222,187,089 191,867,156 26,426,134 1,720,218,866 1,240,109,963 9,094,849,810

536 Mbale District 6,038,425,577 105,231,427 1,064,221,690 438,236,575 405,567,914 2,341,443,623 1,443,597,059 11,836,723,820

537 Mbarara District 3,213,327,388 - 809,648,392 334,629,927 180,319,074 782,396,413 709,795,462 6,030,116,656

538 Moroto District 1,825,798,062 19,446,492 45,194,020 28,422,692 - 453,599,726 879,305,507 3,251,766,499

539 Moyo District 2,765,291,477 - 312,881,103 90,730,965 - 671,802,387 850,449,739 4,691,155,671

540 Mpigi District 4,229,107,540 19,768,345 626,658,320 142,830,127 1,890,015,908 944,629,741 716,140,383 8,569,150,364

541 Mubende District 3,338,582,472 55,259,947 431,476,099 185,329,307 199,354,246 1,009,880,295 956,801,813 6,176,684,179

542 Mukono District 6,250,270,106 8,860,715 793,866,771 342,905,551 367,260,976 1,739,816,636 1,298,438,328 10,801,419,083

543 Nakapiripiriti District 1,368,100,631 - 34,927,295 108,272,603 - 394,891,978 927,076,504 2,833,269,011

544 Nakasongola District 4,208,020,924 118,643,763 84,896,044 92,478,060 13,112,315 985,942,504 454,710,532 5,957,804,142

545 Nebbi District 3,876,851,035 - 782,767,784 208,913,342 - 1,037,368,871 1,258,073,148 7,163,974,180

546 Ntungamo District 7,139,866,809 38,160,954 536,508,627 275,376,220 1,080,559,623 1,913,055,008 1,216,402,747 12,199,929,988

547 Pader District 3,711,483,228 - 93,201,317 101,614,397 1,912,284 1,067,103,250 1,183,693,563 6,159,008,039

548 Pallisa District 3,753,140,999 6,911,762 811,890,361 217,753,101 322,460,362 1,298,186,771 1,625,091,765 8,035,435,121

549 Rakai District 5,175,372,531 160,648,342 463,222,299 158,081,381 258,174,471 1,339,074,279 755,197,330 8,309,770,633

550 Rukungiri District 5,673,090,785 43,144,441 684,958,296 297,005,506 236,356,778 1,693,749,249 1,040,245,055 9,668,550,110

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VOTE LOCAL Wage Salary Arrears Pension Gratuity Pension and Non-Wage Development TOTAL
GOVERNMENT Gratuity Arrears

551 Sembabule District 4,470,889,626 63,276,049 97,022,287 154,734,849 - 1,080,141,830 807,515,361 6,673,580,002

552 Sironko District 4,177,862,211 389,432,793 372,118,950 255,928,410 2,005,276,547 1,267,329,447 1,356,155,147 9,824,103,505

553 Soroti District 3,017,212,683 107,130,706 698,392,961 264,385,584 4,193,894,542 1,132,659,837 1,329,229,923 10,742,906,236

554 Tororo District 6,795,272,103 232,199,935 879,386,187 582,200,295 7,071,763,680 2,550,402,593 1,837,733,067 19,948,957,860

555 Wakiso District 8,697,921,205 294,650,459 522,503,004 425,861,541 - 2,864,112,911 2,985,509,677 15,790,558,797

556 Yumbe District 5,061,039,931 53,849,249 124,655,786 208,770,907 - 2,060,898,897 1,746,760,019 9,255,974,789

557 Butaleja District 4,208,342,980 90,280,215 237,526,271 185,338,745 1,616,250,779 1,382,146,146 1,389,032,869 9,108,918,005

558 Ibanda District 3,062,910,012 - 209,755,476 117,682,936 - 760,233,164 730,348,382 4,880,929,970

559 Kaabong District 2,179,569,583 152,647,246 59,602,055 45,432,131 93,796,366 749,080,028 513,959,884 3,794,087,293

560 Isingiro District 5,300,393,362 22,254,381 160,919,361 150,125,108 719,822,344 1,600,890,417 760,920,711 8,715,325,684

561 Kaliro District 3,943,118,378 22,085,856 118,360,708 331,922,467 - 1,281,975,507 1,051,800,380 6,749,263,296

562 Kiruhura District 2,236,040,281 109,842,207 139,746,279 98,842,091 13,897,722 596,457,777 790,775,581 3,985,601,938

563 Koboko District 2,155,846,697 159,295,847 80,583,416 99,571,892 146,616,673 656,224,881 1,139,216,326 4,437,355,732

564 Amolatar District 2,404,460,410 - 99,162,247 170,633,735 11,218,752 714,848,637 1,385,141,078 4,785,464,859

565 Amuria District 2,821,201,533 - 133,958,749 216,866,820 - 911,028,305 1,372,900,491 5,455,955,898

566 Manafwa District 2,827,310,801 223,500,004 253,589,596 133,273,775 245,181,237 830,414,667 1,391,228,084 5,904,498,164

567 Bukwo District 2,973,249,552 80,085,247 49,288,510 79,662,357 - 890,840,025 1,233,466,147 5,306,591,838

568 Mityana District 4,492,961,435 - 281,280,728 181,810,322 796,800,817 957,255,002 852,933,170 7,563,041,474

569 Nakaseke District 4,463,524,517 - 79,043,134 179,333,835 16,085,186 1,226,817,799 750,803,307 6,715,607,778

570 Amuru District 2,851,382,261 - 76,004,318 130,307,712 703,750,395 754,914,262 1,165,400,375 5,681,759,323

571 Budaka District 3,113,268,395 13,184,719 191,616,643 119,497,221 792,629,631 1,195,241,693 1,270,878,776 6,696,317,078

572 Oyam District 4,707,238,377 83,450,588 296,021,882 348,541,628 867,941,398 1,744,924,267 1,741,511,556 9,789,629,696

573 Abim District 2,419,294,394 47,868,384 48,085,386 70,782,220 39,642,153 682,807,565 852,627,894 4,161,107,996

574 Namutumba District 3,462,744,373 55,617,990 114,509,054 126,199,433 125,491,947 1,173,944,275 865,219,246 5,923,726,318

575 Dokolo District 2,877,871,735 107,749,968 139,682,678 134,237,127 332,153,384 847,727,759 1,305,919,053 5,745,341,704

576 Buliisa District 1,819,386,530 19,906,779 23,086,360 45,050,625 73,181,784 479,799,105 1,053,692,555 3,514,103,738

577 Maracha District 3,166,374,294 26,124,613 142,560,822 154,276,050 26,358,319 923,159,205 1,266,701,860 5,705,555,163

578 Bukedea District 3,701,232,442 - 195,395,699 256,553,772 - 1,121,816,247 1,479,734,865 6,754,733,025

579 Bududa District 3,186,451,334 - 203,887,089 182,389,350 - 1,152,158,124 1,153,762,873 5,878,648,770

580 Lyantonde District 2,473,489,475 58,684,233 37,522,404 62,084,760 79,168,234 597,095,490 770,371,336 4,078,415,932

581 Amudat District 973,250,792 - 13,334,647 37,385,877 33,838,184 345,024,874 886,772,375 2,289,606,749

582 Buikwe District 3,239,887,613 - 104,425,075 131,310,148 229,120,073 859,342,857 729,299,128 5,293,384,894

583 Buyende District 2,921,721,070 66,496,879 64,297,211 114,983,428 - 1,132,323,795 1,016,015,501 5,315,837,884

584 Kyegegwa District 2,574,605,449 14,192,580 86,246,490 61,652,799 174,471,704 895,415,792 894,901,568 4,701,486,382

585 Lamwo District 2,464,787,486 - 44,473,495 94,367,694 163,965,478 707,985,629 975,988,496 4,451,568,278

586 Otuke District 2,099,173,275 12,846,005 37,249,808 101,421,694 - 666,222,927 928,932,717 3,845,846,426

587 Zombo District 2,975,639,293 284,818,587 70,482,643 90,961,971 374,148 1,011,872,556 1,227,503,162 5,661,652,360

588 Alebtong District 2,974,084,057 - 135,652,605 223,129,871 4,059,456 1,061,176,747 1,370,978,239 5,769,080,975

589 Bulambuli District 2,935,228,427 2,410,686 89,899,613 146,108,698 489,020,750 936,349,741 1,525,868,035 6,124,885,950

590 Buvuma District 1,458,956,229 - 10,230,795 65,630,876 - 420,976,332 584,311,774 2,540,106,006

591 Gomba District 2,837,461,991 - 63,148,411 125,848,315 439,968,609 938,809,363 631,801,065 5,037,037,754

592 Kiryandongo District 3,187,246,221 101,681,749 50,251,738 69,923,177 - 1,075,722,270 1,057,963,224 5,542,788,379

593 Luuka District 3,591,115,794 - 75,655,585 139,194,783 - 1,193,608,206 751,634,354 5,751,208,722

594 Namayingo District 3,249,171,258 - 50,113,062 85,285,573 - 925,272,902 1,226,847,401 5,536,690,196

595 Ntoroko District 1,621,853,215 3,980,761 6,587,334 79,162,619 31,263,764 457,664,225 816,242,549 3,016,754,467

596 Serere District 3,905,267,599 110,540,141 132,861,480 203,743,926 117,113,875 1,326,239,650 1,619,220,705 7,414,987,376

597 Kyankwanzi District 3,418,929,621 11,833,627 64,419,026 45,958,186 - 856,533,520 1,169,178,375 5,566,852,355

598 Kalungu District 3,631,265,156 27,572,535 115,694,084 114,916,874 - 1,065,655,120 761,710,894 5,716,814,663

599 Lwengo District 3,940,508,324 34,342,192 110,901,228 199,109,540 560,074,309 1,125,321,814 861,463,420 6,831,720,827

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VOTE LOCAL Wage Salary Arrears Pension Gratuity Pension and Non-Wage Development TOTAL
GOVERNMENT Gratuity Arrears

600 Bukomansimbi 2,430,165,807 - 70,751,070 116,909,351 - 733,926,725 746,505,875 4,098,258,828

District

601 Mitooma District 3,694,420,921 17,823,831 113,986,059 218,435,616 17,173,696 1,104,947,782 1,094,232,311 6,261,020,216

602 Rubirizi District 2,275,000,572 14,458,805 41,334,056 83,924,316 441,796,440 575,195,410 1,025,745,616 4,457,455,215

603 Ngora District 2,475,429,380 59,164,650 110,878,219 111,800,976 134,518,005 872,357,004 1,030,385,624 4,794,533,858

604 Napak District 1,961,764,783 - 13,405,870 77,533,501 - 583,546,065 1,043,061,057 3,679,311,276

605 Kibuku District 2,857,851,342 46,080,497 84,489,794 150,640,868 673,942,480 895,108,283 1,879,018,664 6,587,131,928

606 Nwoya District 2,323,491,019 - 61,488,931 40,108,517 648,441,686 670,509,923 1,446,590,731 5,190,630,807

607 Kole District 3,623,566,546 282,091,063 134,247,465 243,462,318 133,851,022 899,877,856 1,151,355,417 6,468,451,687

608 Butambala District 3,121,349,933 36,781,678 58,752,411 152,146,585 - 756,049,871 588,362,871 4,713,443,349

609 Sheema District 3,857,981,825 27,928,496 213,487,346 179,425,289 345,124,555 872,322,883 877,085,711 6,373,356,105

610 Buhweju District 1,771,539,457 - 58,975,162 65,260,344 565,857,873 496,710,201 943,633,774 3,901,976,811

611 Agago District 3,685,076,322 143,818,996 59,580,850 124,524,123 148,079,011 1,236,085,044 1,771,090,503 7,168,254,849

612 Kween District 2,461,814,302 51,024,984 43,205,194 59,414,306 169,509,990 671,379,273 1,269,537,632 4,725,885,681

613 Kagadi District 4,346,444,112 - 37,413,289 53,777,421 - 1,273,608,381 1,213,147,338 6,924,390,541

614 Kakumiro District 2,384,405,340 25,857,981 23,277,046 68,736,343 - 932,204,125 1,206,997,627 4,641,478,462

615 Omoro District 3,536,798,382 9,455,142 48,635,080 184,389,729 - 678,655,233 1,724,626,671 6,182,560,237

616 Rubanda District 3,513,426,799 29,375,096 112,333,457 205,199,996 - 891,104,143 735,589,629 5,487,029,120

617 Namisindwa District 3,405,824,658 - 40,792,970 226,625,050 - 1,202,417,985 1,119,530,581 5,995,191,244

618 Pakwach District 2,107,652,372 - 14,140,070 61,984,671 - 664,651,873 967,518,053 3,815,947,039

619 Butebo District 2,090,866,205 - 22,399,330 63,620,748 - 744,677,907 1,073,856,816 3,995,421,006

620 Rukiga District 3,212,615,700 - 19,540,100 39,246,929 - 656,052,764 554,454,028 4,481,909,521

621 Kyotera District 4,723,738,435 - 18,366,195 49,828,404 - 1,380,337,778 574,386,542 6,746,657,354

622 Bunyangabu District 2,599,579,193 8,871,829 22,528,272 68,876,639 - 741,650,879 815,733,893 4,257,240,705

623 Nabilatuk District 1,023,549,110 - 15,143,812 61,984,671 - 260,503,344 893,333,365 2,254,514,302

624 Bugweri District 2,654,768,843 - 15,143,812 61,984,671 - 752,560,272 928,036,478 4,412,494,076

625 Kasanda District 2,772,907,342 - 15,143,812 81,241,186 - 938,267,812 1,054,059,293 4,861,619,445

626 Kwania District 3,198,435,303 - 15,143,812 61,984,671 - 749,311,016 1,036,500,743 5,061,375,545

627 Kapelebyong District 1,229,948,730 - 15,143,812 61,984,671 - 464,086,436 635,951,731 2,407,115,380

628 Kikuube District 2,208,710,668 - 15,143,812 61,984,671 - 729,478,516 755,835,508 3,771,153,175

629 Obongi District 1,430,792,570 - 13,303,080 50,000,000 - 1,886,031,063 773,572,512 4,153,699,225

630 Kazo District 2,220,521,415 - 13,303,080 50,000,000 - 662,636,913 915,485,396 3,861,946,804

631 Rwampara District 3,055,841,516 - 13,303,080 50,000,000 - 624,393,723 831,764,275 4,575,302,594

632 Kitagwenda District 2,127,069,043 - 13,303,080 50,000,000 - 622,549,816 624,891,529 3,437,813,468

633 Madi-Okollo District 2,260,908,714 - 13,303,080 50,000,000 - 711,404,652 1,203,570,491 4,239,186,937

634 Karenga District 1,073,187,814 - 13,303,080 50,000,000 - 325,011,047 914,523,455 2,376,025,396

635 Kalaki District 1,671,767,920 - 13,303,080 50,000,000 - 567,645,051 1,161,084,541 3,463,800,592

751 Arua Municipal 1,484,820,741 - 74,301,683 112,106,092 423,365,455 578,869,690 146,609,312 2,820,072,973
Council

752 Entebbe Municipal 1,122,025,882 741,050 116,388,510 132,675,243 - 360,425,620 189,777,023 1,922,033,328
Council

753 Fort-Portal Municipal 1,619,718,654 54,908,672 84,039,746 69,089,037 59,354,371 582,990,001 164,167,345 2,634,267,826
Council

754 Gulu Municipal 2,177,670,006 - 147,156,958 142,958,615 793,574,046 916,606,271 298,908,690 4,476,874,586
Council

755 Jinja Municipal 2,482,215,452 131,644,530 328,795,177 135,839,967 823,087,903 669,401,464 168,010,880 4,738,995,373
Council

757 Kabale Municipal 1,883,971,117 - 112,814,316 265,089,817 - 505,239,605 122,501,327 2,889,616,182

Council

758 Lira Municipal 1,479,072,839 20,181,740 109,202,436 168,885,391 176,164,395 672,692,151 187,234,934 2,813,433,886
Council

759 Masaka Municipal 1,407,885,224 77,803,776 79,131,312 135,781,537 39,770,899 464,584,536 247,511,957 2,452,469,241
Council

760 Mbale Municipal 2,690,175,033 21,489,496 201,551,611 143,518,998 173,826,551 1,208,488,495 196,123,480 4,635,173,664
Council

761 Mbarara Municipal 3,421,095,706 71,729,598 141,947,289 121,689,766 627,392,003 928,450,134 461,454,152 5,773,758,648
Council

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VOTE LOCAL Wage Salary Arrears Pension Gratuity Pension and Non-Wage Development TOTAL
GOVERNMENT Gratuity Arrears

762 Moroto Municipal 499,932,667 - 18,383,448 28,196,860 - 154,453,223 78,433,006 779,399,204

Council

763 Soroti Municipal 1,660,673,952 - 48,935,122 92,326,404 - 609,825,664 121,200,367 2,532,961,509

Council

764 Tororo Municipal 1,307,113,106 45,255,816 77,183,078 123,112,666 603,772,529 214,781,614 125,579,251 2,496,798,060
Council

770 Kasese Municipal 1,968,768,356 6,736,624 59,564,995 111,832,049 185,941,512 436,328,912 378,598,580 3,147,771,028
Council

771 Hoima Municipal 1,402,953,702 - 64,193,903 103,137,070 96,185,209 621,495,474 248,086,586 2,536,051,944
Council

772 Mukono Municipal 2,235,265,081 52,800,321 44,468,357 70,704,018 - 461,499,175 329,592,973 3,194,329,925
Council

773 Iganga Municipal 815,631,718 - 9,427,473 28,217,205 - 235,892,722 105,622,731 1,194,791,849

Council

774 Masindi Municipal 1,417,839,922 503,837 41,505,210 30,534,649 45,393,816 440,599,477 255,111,210 2,231,488,121
Council

775 Ntungamo Municipal 502,889,819 - 22,297,788 52,640,000 187,074 198,610,869 132,758,540 909,384,090
Council

776 Busia Municipal 707,087,479 3,777,800 16,418,721 20,741,401 - 323,720,259 171,210,496 1,242,956,156
Council

777 Bushenyi- Ishaka 1,353,218,525 23,683,545 79,173,660 115,953,375 510,802,028 379,148,873 72,143,191 2,534,123,197
Municipal Council

778 Rukungiri Municipal 1,323,141,065 - 55,852,564 81,186,979 - 223,212,937 81,055,735 1,764,449,280

Council

779 Nansana Municipal 1,846,032,585 - 32,482,983 136,987,904 - 803,994,737 501,158,864 3,320,657,073

Council

780 Makindye-Ssabagabo 873,572,229 - 4,477,048 36,680,100 - 479,931,832 1,449,978,184 2,844,639,393

Municipal Council

781 Kira Municipal 1,175,708,858 - 5,446,975 53,308,791 - 884,781,138 1,304,287,713 3,423,533,475

Council

782 Kisoro Municipal 396,287,915 - 977,359 20,753,426 41,766,888 183,946,422 56,026,800 699,758,810
Council

783 Mityana Municipal 1,288,731,724 - 19,167,283 61,342,818 - 481,354,198 134,984,488 1,985,580,511

Council

784 Kitgum Municipal 854,178,941 - 201,244,303 114,245,997 - 454,686,662 95,209,845 1,719,565,748

Council

785 Koboko Municipal 911,076,568 46,657,123 12,522,546 51,039,583 - 328,566,987 252,355,991 1,602,218,798
Council

786 Mubende Municipal 1,010,984,861 11,729,588 14,905,350 17,386,391 - 556,733,237 231,638,339 1,843,377,766
Council

787 Kumi Municipal 937,414,512 - 7,898,674 47,271,032 - 245,784,421 117,257,895 1,355,626,534

Council

788 Lugazi Municipal 913,181,877 - 23,195,611 91,915,519 - 328,884,678 208,824,719 1,566,002,404

Council

789 Kamuli Municipal 985,800,503 - 17,301,246 30,823,645 - 306,650,549 141,535,704 1,482,111,647

Council

790 Kapchorwa Municipal 1,083,139,207 - 39,886,331 59,791,095 - 386,010,551 85,778,764 1,654,605,948

Council

791 Ibanda Municipal 1,692,666,583 - 35,421,500 113,852,357 14,330,264 467,662,583 135,288,368 2,459,221,655
Council

792 Njeru Municipal 1,264,231,699 - 28,837,341 57,444,476 - 556,612,800 267,293,004 2,174,419,320

Council

793 Apac Municipal 954,603,569 - 15,528,410 14,185,563 - 330,409,742 111,084,202 1,425,811,486

Council

794 Nebbi Municipal 1,163,712,094 - 15,406,764 41,912,974 - 163,002,340 88,476,374 1,472,510,546

Council

795 Bugiri Municipal 541,014,394 - 18,797,625 68,391,670 - 282,312,336 97,383,156 1,007,899,181

Council

796 Sheema Municipal 1,869,489,946 36,290,153 42,036,272 96,714,779 22,212,167 490,797,114 290,381,190 2,847,921,621
Council

797 Kotido Municipal 672,793,856 1,040,000 5,902,398 56,496,031 - 385,825,871 157,155,792 1,279,213,948
Council

Total 530,668,907,311 7,394,255,675 33,462,316,965 25,195,476,833 54,507,683,905 158,130,906,255 152,761,549,186 962,121,096,085

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 MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PLANNING
Republic of Uganda

NON SUBMISSION OF PERFORMANCE

CONTRACT FOR FY 2019/20

NON NON NON

SUBMISSION OF SUBMISSION OF SUBMISSION OF
PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
CONTRACT CONTRACT CONTRACT
No. VOTE CODE VOTE NAME (HARD COPY) No. VOTE CODE VOTE NAME (HARD COPY) No. VOTE CODE VOTE NAME (HARD COPY)

1 502 Apac District Not Submitted 32 564 Amolatar District Not Submitted 62 629 Obongi District Not Submitted

2 503 Arua District Not Submitted 33 568 Mityana District Not Submitted 63 631 Rwampara District Not Submitted

3 504 Bugiri District Not Submitted 34 570 Amuru District Not Submitted 64 632 Kitagwenda District Not Submitted

4 506 Bushenyi District Not Submitted 35 571 Budaka District Not Submitted 65 635 Kalaki District Not Submitted

Arua Municipal
5 507 Busia District Not Submitted 36 572 Oyam District Not Submitted 66 751 Council Not Submitted

6 508 Gulu District Not Submitted 37 573 Abim District Not Submitted Gulu Municipal
67 754 Council Not Submitted
7 509 Hoima District Not Submitted 38 575 Dokolo District Not Submitted Kabale Municipal
68 757 Council Not Submitted
8 510 Iganga District Not Submitted 39 576 Buliisa District Not Submitted
Lira Municipal
69 758 Council Not Submitted
9 513 Kabarole District Not Submitted 40 578 Bukedea District Not Submitted
Masaka Municipal
Kaberamaido 70 759 Council Not Submitted
10 514 District Not Submitted 41 580 Lyantonde District Not Submitted
Tororo Municipal
11 518 Kamwenge District Not Submitted 42 581 Amudat District Not Submitted 71 764 Council Not Submitted

Iganga Municipal
12 520 Kapchorwa District Not Submitted 43 585 Lamwo District Not Submitted 72 773 Council Not Submitted

44 586 Otuke District Not Submitted Masindi Municipal

13 522 Katakwi District Not Submitted 73 774 Council Not Submitted

14 527 Kitgum District Not Submitted 45 589 Bulambuli District Not Submitted Bushenyi-Ishaka
74 777 Municipal Council Not Submitted
Kiryandongo
15 528 Kotido District Not Submitted 46 592 District Not Submitted Rukungiri Municipal
75 778 Council Not Submitted
16 535 Mayuge District Not Submitted 47 593 Luuka District Not Submitted
Nansana Municipal
76 779 Council Not Submitted
17 537 Mbarara District Not Submitted 48 598 Kalungu District Not Submitted
Kira Municipal
Bukomansimbi 77 781 Council Not Submitted
18 538 Moroto District Not Submitted 49 600 District Not Submitted
Kisoro Municipal
19 539 Moyo District Not Submitted 50 604 Napak District Not Submitted 78 782 Council Not Submitted

Mityana Municipal
20 540 Mpigi District Not Submitted 51 613 Kagadi District Not Submitted 79 783 Council Not Submitted

21 543 Nakapiripirit District Not Submitted Koboko Municipal

52 614 Kakumiro District Not Submitted 80 785 Council Not Submitted
22 545 Nebbi District Not Submitted 53 615 Omoro District Not Submitted Kumi Municipal
81 787 Council Not Submitted
23 546 Ntungamo District Not Submitted Namisindwa
54 617 District Not Submitted Kapchorwa
82 790 Municipal Council Not Submitted
24 551 Sembabule District Not Submitted
55 618 Pakwach District Not Submitted Ibanda Municipal
25 552 Sironko District Not Submitted 83 791 Council Not Submitted
56 621 Kyotera District Not Submitted
Njeru Municipal
26 553 Soroti District Not Submitted Bunyangabu 84 792 Council Not Submitted
57 622 District Not Submitted
Nebbi Municipal
27 555 Wakiso District Not Submitted 85 794 Council Not Submitted
58 623 Nabilatuk District Not Submitted
28 556 Yumbe District Not Submitted
59 624 Bugweri District Not Submitted
29 557 Butaleja District Not Submitted
Kapelebyong
60 627 District Not Submitted
30 559 Kaabong District Not Submitted
61 628 Kikuube District Not Submitted
31 561 Kaliro District Not Submitted

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AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Republic of Uganda

NON SUBMISSION OF Q4 BUDGET

PERFORMANCE REPORTS FOR FY 2018/19

Submission of Q4 Reports Submission of Q4 Reports Submission of Q4 Reports

Vote Code Vote Name Vote Code Vote Name Vote Code Vote Name
FY 2018/19 FY 2018/19 FY 2018/19

501 Adjumani District Not Submitted 577 Maracha District Not Submitted 788 Lugazi Municipal Council Not Submitted

502 Apac District Not Submitted 580 Lyantonde District Not Submitted 789 Kamuli Municipal Council Not Submitted

503 Arua District Not Submitted 581 Amudat District Not Submitted Kapchorwa Municipal
790 Council Not Submitted
505 Bundibugyo District Not Submitted 582 Buikwe District Not Submitted
791 Ibanda Municipal Council Not Submitted
506 Bushenyi District Not Submitted 585 Lamwo District Not Submitted
792 Njeru Municipal Council Not Submitted
508 Gulu District Not Submitted 586 Otuke District Not Submitted
793 Apac Municipal Council Not Submitted
512 Kabale District Not Submitted 587 Zombo District Not Submitted
797 Kotido Municipal Council Not Submitted
514 Kaberamaido District Not Submitted 588 Alebtong District Not Submitted
617 Namisindwa District Not Submitted
531 Lira District Not Submitted 589 Bulambuli District Not Submitted
618 Pakwach District Not Submitted
532 Luwero District Not Submitted 590 Buvuma District Not Submitted
621 Kyotera District Not Submitted
534 Masindi District Not Submitted 593 Luuka District Not Submitted
622 Bunyangabu District Not Submitted
536 Mbale District Not Submitted 595 Ntoroko District Not Submitted
624 Bugweri District Not Submitted
537 Mbarara District Not Submitted 599 Lwengo District Not Submitted
625 Kasanda District Not Submitted
539 Moyo District Not Submitted 601 Mitooma District Not Submitted
626 Kwania District Not Submitted
540 Mpigi District Not Submitted 610 Buhweju District Not Submitted
629 Obongi District Not Submitted
541 Mubende District Not Submitted Fort-Portal Municipal
753 Council Not Submitted 630 Kazo District Not Submitted
543 Nakapiripirit District Not Submitted
758 Lira Municipal Council Not Submitted 631 Rwampara District Not Submitted
544 Nakasongola District Not Submitted
759 Masaka Municipal Council Not Submitted 632 Kitagwenda District Not Submitted
546 Ntungamo District Not Submitted
760 Mbale Municipal Council Not Submitted 633 Madi-Okollo District Not Submitted
547 Pader District Not Submitted
762 Moroto Municipal Council Not Submitted 634 Karenga District Not Submitted
549 Rakai District Not Submitted
764 Tororo Municipal Council Not Submitted 635 Kalaki District Not Submitted
553 Soroti District Not Submitted
771 Hoima Municipal Council Not Submitted
555 Wakiso District Not Submitted
772 Mukono Municipal Council Not Submitted
556 Yumbe District Not Submitted
774 Masindi Municipal Council Not Submitted
559 Kaabong District Not Submitted
614 Kakumiro District Not Submitted
564 Amolatar District Not Submitted
615 Omoro District Not Submitted
566 Manafwa District Not Submitted
779 Nansana Municipal Council Not Submitted
569 Nakaseke District Not Submitted
Makindye Ssabagabo
570 Amuru District Not Submitted 780 Municipal Council Not Submitted

572 Oyam District Not Submitted 782 Kisoro Municipal Council Not Submitted

573 Abim District Not Submitted 783 Mityana Municipal Council Not Submitted

576 Buliisa District Not Submitted 787 Kumi Municipal Council Not Submitted

In contravention of Section 45 (3) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (PFMA), 85 Local Government votes, have not
submitted hard copies of their Performance Contracts for FY 2019/20, and 84 Local Government votes have not submitted their Quarter
Four (Q4) Budget Performance and accountability reports for FY 2018/19, whose deadline was 31st July 2019, as listed below. In the
same vein, Kaberamaido and Kalaki Districts Local Governments Have Not Submitted Their Final Budget Estimates for FY 2019/20. This
therefore serves as the final reminder to the respective Accounting Officers to submit the above documents without further delay.

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news analysis
The changing Commonwealth
And the ties that (still) bind the British Empire
By Julianne Schultz
T
welve years after William the Con-
queror sailed across what’s now
known as the English Channel to
invade England, kill the king and
claim the crown in 1066, he constructed the
Tower of London.
Defiant locals viewed the stone tower,
built into the remnants of the city’s Roman
wall, as a symbol of the oppression of the
continental regime. For the new monarch
it was an important defensive hold on the
north bank of the Thames, a useful place for
temporary retreat if needed.
Over the following millennia the tower,
more than any other building, has repre-
sented the power of the throne: a palace,
treasury, public-record office, mint, menag-
erie and, most famously, a prison – the place
where opponents were imprisoned and,
sometimes, executed.
Now it has more than a touch of Disn-
eyland – a World Heritage site visited by
nearly 3 million people a year, and home to
the crown jewels, the most glittering embod-
iment of a former empire.
Sentiment, glamour, heritage and power
are a heady mix, and over the past decade
the tower has gone from being a dour
embodiment of imperial might to the place
that one in ten of those who come to the
second-most-visited city in the world pay
to see.
It is one of six historic Royal Palaces, a
royal charity with commercial and political
clout. This was symbolised most compel-
lingly in 2014 when the precinct was covered
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with nearly 1 million red ceramic poppies
– one for each of the 888,246 British and
Commonwealth soldiers killed in the first
world war.
The unexpected and overwhelming suc-
cess of Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red,
and subsequent sale of each flower, present-
ed the challenge of success for the tower’s
management. What next could match this
achievement?
In 2017, I was a member of a group of
international cultural leaders invited to meet
with the tower’s executive to brainstorm
new ideas that could help continue this suc-
cess. We were a diverse group of artists and
administrators from many countries.
Those from the former colonies – South
Africa, Uganda, India, Malaysia, Singapore,
Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia –
had plenty of suggestions: include the histo-
ry of the empire (those jewels…), invite art-
ists from the Commonwealth to create and
present works that engage with history, and
provide new points of connection with the
City of London, and with local communities
in East London – many of whom trace their
heritage to lands once ruled by Britannia.
The initial reaction was swift and some-
what unexpected. “What has that got to do
with the tower?” one executive asked, his
face revealing his genuine astonishment.
To those of us from the former colonies,
who had grown up in places named for
long-forgotten monarchs and were quickly
discovering how much we had in common,
it was straightforward. The empire had been
built in the name of, and to the benefit of, the
Crown. In country after country, on five con-
tinents, when independence was granted or
won, the royals presided and then departed.
By the end of the day, it seemed there was
a polite hint that this unexpected idea might
possibly be something that might be consid-
ered – maybe. None of us left the meeting
thinking it was likely the tower would
include a more robust representation of the
legacy of empire anytime soon, let alone
attempt to reconcile what had been done in
the name of the Crown.
As those who opposed William the Con-
queror had learnt, like their successors in
far-flung lands who were later subjected to
British rule: to the victor goes the spoils.
A changed power balance
We are so accustomed to hearing about
American exceptionalism that British excep-
tionalism is rarely discussed. But, as the epi-
genetic precursor of the American condition,
it deserves consideration. It may help make
sense of the Brexit vote, which mystifies
those not steeped in centuries of British
myth-making and its resurgent Europe-as-
other drumbeat over the past two decades.
It did not take long after the narrow vote
to leave the European Union was declared in
June 2015 before a new phrase intruded into
public discussion.
Seventy years after the war that marked
the end of the British Empire, a quaint, ahis-
torical notion emerged. In the jargon of the
day, it was time for the Commonwealth to
become Empire 2.0: a sphere of influence
with one-third of the world’s population,
one-fifth of global trade, and the dominant
global language.

It did not take long before British political
leaders were invoking this revival, reciting
Rudyard Kipling on journeys abroad, con-
juring a nostalgic vision of a wealthy mother
country enriched by trade with the former
colonies.
No-one bothered to ask whether this
vision was shared by the independent
states that had once been part of an empire.
When they did, the answer was unexpected.
The power balance had changed – trade
with Europe, China and the US were more
important.
If there is a moment that marks the end
of the British Empire it was when the Royal
Yacht Britannia sailed out of Hong Kong’s
Victoria Harbour at midnight on June 30,
1997, on her last voyage. Charles, Prince of
Wales, was there to oversee the handover to
China, or what he called “the great Chinese
takeaway”, with accompanying displays
of military might and unlikely promises of
“one country with two systems”.
On the flight back to London, Charles
wrote in his diary that Prime Minister Tony
Blair: “… understands only too well the
identity problem that Britain has with the
loss of an empire and an inability to know
what to do next. Introspection, cynicism and
criticism seem to have become the order of
the day and clearly he recognises the need to
find ways of overcoming apathy and loss of
self-belief by finding a fresh national direc-
tion”.
Charles was surprised to realise that he
was seated in business class, and the Labour
politicians were on the lower deck of the
British Airways jumbo in first class: “Such is
the end of empire, I sighed to myself”.
Two decades later, as the Empire 2.0
dream gained some traction in Britain,
Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated the
anniversary of the handover by stressing the
overwhelming importance of China being
“one country”.
At that moment it was unequivocally
clear that power and influence had moved
east. Beijing was now the emerging global
epicentre.
The decline of British exceptionalism
The creation in the 1960s of what was
called the “New Commonwealth” was an
example of British exceptionalism. The New
Commonwealth was conceived as a pro-
gressive league of nations with some shared
history, values, institutions and language,
which came into its own as negotiated settle-
ments and bloody wars of independence in
the former colonies concluded in the years
after the second world war. Never before
had a fallen empire found such an ingenious
way to hold on to influence.
The New Commonwealth marked the
beginning of a grand experiment. It extend-
ed rights and recognised the connection of
people from beyond the eight nations that
founded the Commonwealth in 1949, to
those from former colonies in the rest of the
world.
During the years of Empire, the “mother
country” had a special appeal, and people
gravitated to the “green and pleasant land”
in the north Atlantic to study and work.
As the Commonwealth grew, more peo-
ple came from equatorial lands to work and
live in British cities. As novelist Zadie Smith
reflected: “… to have been raised in London,
with, say, Pakistani Muslims in the house
next door, Indian Hindus downstairs, and
Latvian Jews across the street, is thought of,
by others, as evidence of a specific historical
social experiment …”
Of course, as a child I did not realise that
the life I was living was considered in any
way provisional or experimental by others:
I thought it was just life. And when I wrote
a novel about the London I grew up in, I
further did not realise that by describing an
environment in which people from different
places lived relatively peaceably side by side,
I was “championing” a situation that was in
fact on trial and whose conditions could sud-
denly be revoked.
Britain changed as a result. But when it
joined the Common Market in 1973, the
hard work of interrogating and reconciling
the past was pushed aside, before a settled
understanding of the legacy of empire could
be fully realised.
Britain’s leap into Europe cast countries
– including Australia and New Zealand –
adrift, like teenagers thrown out of home
before they were ready. They found new
partners and geographic destinies, and the
past was buffed with nostalgia.
What now for the Commonwealth?
The history of the Commonwealth during
the period from 1973 to 2015, when Brit-
ain shifted focus to Europe – and its four
freedoms of movement of people, goods,
services and capital – is an interesting story
of redefinition, shifting power relations and
emerging values.
During those decades, the Common-
wealth of Nations and its London-based
secretariat pursued, with varying degrees
of persuasiveness, an increasingly human-
rights-focused agenda: educating, empow-
ering, encouraging the rule of law and sus-
tainability, excluding countries that stepped
beyond acceptable norms.
As time went on, the Commonwealth
seemed to make less sense. Surveys suggest-
ed it was a relic from another age – today,
only 16 of the 52 member countries retain the
Queen as head of state. The Commonwealth
Games endured as an important internation-
al sporting fixture, but royal tours became
less frequent and the once relatively free
movement of people between the former
colonies became more complicated.
Expert groups were appointed to test the
continuing relevance of the institution in the
face of public “indifference”. They recom-
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news analysis
mended reforms to ensure the Common-
wealth of Nations might continue to exercise
geopolitical and cultural influence.
The tensions between the Global North,
and its focus on human rights, and the Glob-
al South, which resented any hint of imperi-
alism, took a toll on its legitimacy.
After the underwhelming Common-
wealth Heads of Government Meeting
(CHOGM) in Perth in 2011, The Economist
took the advocates of what was to become
Empire 2.0 to task.
Talk of the Commonwealth forming the
dynamic, like-minded, free-trading core of a
new British global network for prosperity is,
to use the technical term, cobblers. The Com-
monwealth is many things: a talking shop,
a useful place to exchange best practice on
everything from education for girls to fight-
ing malaria, an occasionally effective forum
for putting pressure on regimes to clean up
their governance or face the embarrassment
of suspension. But it is also seriously dys-
functional.
Following negotiations, a new Common-
wealth Charter was signed by the Queen,
as head of the organisation, in March 2013.
Designed to give new meaning to an insti-
tution crafted for another era, it restates
democratic and independent values and
notes: “… that in an era of changing eco-
nomic circumstances and uncertainty, new
trade and economic patterns, unprecedented
threats to peace and security, and a surge in
popular demands for democracy, human
rights and broadened economic opportuni-
ties, the potential of and need for the Com-
monwealth – as a compelling force for good
and as an effective network for co-operation
and for promoting development – has never
been greater.”
The resilience of the new charter and the
commitment of member countries to “mutu-
al respect, inclusiveness, transparency,
accountability, legitimacy and responsive-
ness” is often tested. The Commonwealth
sets the scene, with an inclusive, competitive,
people-to-people exchange, followed by the
People’s Forum of civil society groups, and
then CHOGM.
These meetings consider the many chal-
lenges of creating a robust multilateral
organisation that represents most of the
world’s poorest, most populous and youth-
ful countries, against the uncertain backdrop
of succession planning for the new head of
the Commonwealth.
Despite the added complication of Brexit
negotiations and the nostalgic attachment to
past glory, the prospect of Commonwealth
becoming Empire 2.0 remains, as The Econo-
mist suggested, “cobblers”.
Julianne Schultz is founding editor of Griffith
REVIEW; Professor, Griffith Centre for Social
and Cultural Research, Griffith University
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news analysis
Commonwealth meeting
brings opportunities
Kadaga globetrotting to promote conference
By Independent Team
S
peaker of Parliament Rebecca
Kadaga is traversing the
globe in last minute efforts to
rally colleagues from other
parliaments to converge on Kampala for
the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference (CPC). She was recently
in Islamabad, Pakistani, for the Asia
region Commonwealth Parliamentary
20 August. 09 - 15 2019
Association (CPA) conference that ran
from July 29 to Aug.02.
Kadaga who led a delegation from
Uganda used the occasion to promote
the Uganda conference. The conference
is scheduled for September 22-29 at the
Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo in
Kampala but Kadaga wants delegates to
arrive earlier – possibly a week early and
leave later.
She said she wants Asian
parliamentarians and legislators and
their staff and families to visit Uganda’s
tourist attractions, appreciate the
nation’s diverse culture, and pick out
souvenirs and gifts.
Earlier on July 22, she was in Morocco
where she invited her counterpart,
Habib Elmalki, and others to come to the
conference.
It is expected that the event will bring
together over1000 parliamentarians,

parliamentary staff and decision makers
from across the Commonwealth for the
conference and networking. Delegates
will come from Asia, Australia, the
British Islands, Canada, the Caribbean,
India, South East Asia, the Americas, and
the rest of Africa.
Locally, Kadaga is selling the
conference as a not to be missed
business, tourism, and investment
opportunity. Her team is arranging
visas, hotel accommodation, transport,
and exhibition spaces for Ugandans
to sell locally made products to the
delegates. Kadaga’s team has organised
excursions for groups of delegates to
various parts of the country to see the
beauty and enjoy the hospitality of
Uganda.
“There is going to be money in the
economy,” she said at a meeting with
media managers where she appealed for
their support. She said the conference is
also an opportunity to market Uganda
for tourism and investment.
Some delegations, such as the
UK Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association (CPA) are already organising
an additional visits to Uganda.
The Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association (CPA) organises its
annual Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference (CPC) each year as one of
the largest gatherings of Commonwealth
parliamentarians. It is a unique and
valuable opportunity to network with
legislators for shared-learning and to
build diplomatic relations.
Kadaga, as the President of the
Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association and head of Uganda’s
parliament, is hosting the event together
with CPA Uganda.
Attendance is expected to be
high since Kadaga is a highly
respected and influential leader in
the Commonwealth. She is a former
chairperson of the Commonwealth
Women Parliamentarians (CWP) from
2013-2016. She is also a former Vice-
Chairperson of Commonwealth Women
Parliamentarians (International) and
Executive Committee Member of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly
representing Africa and
former chairperson of
Commonwealth Women
Parliamentarian Africa
Region.
The event is expected
to bring together over
1000 foreign delegates
at an estimated cost
about Shs20 billion ($5.3
million). It is expected
to be attended by
Speakers and Members
of Parliament from the 53 different
commonwealth countries.
The conference will include the
landmark 30th Anniversary Conference
of the Commonwealth Women
Parliamentarians (CWP). There will
be elections for the Chairperson
of the Commonwealth Women
Parliamentarians (CWP), the CPA
Treasurer and the CPA Small Branches
chairperson for new three-year terms.
There will also be a number of
additional conferences and meetings
including 37th CPA Small Branches
Conference; 6th triennial Commonwealth
Women Parliamentarians (CWP)
Conference; 64th CPA General Assembly;
meetings of the CPA Executive
Committee; and the Society of Clerks at
the Table (SOCATT) meetings.
The conference programme will
include conference plenaries and 10
workshops for parliamentarians, with
some workshops focusing on gender,
youth, and the CPA’s Small Branches.
President Yoweri Museveni also
August. 09 - 15 2019
news analysis
accepted an invitation from the
Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association to become the deputy
patron of the Commonwealth
Conference. Since 1989, the Vice-Patron
of the Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association has traditionally been
the Head of State or Government of
the CPA Branch hosting the coming
annual Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference. The patron is Queen
Elizabeth OF the United Kingdom.
Issues to be discussed
The conference will be held under
the theme: ‘Adaption, Engagement
and Evolution in a rapidly changing
Commonwealth’. Issues to be
discussed will include climate change,
youth unemployment, innovations in
Parliament and the role of parliaments in
facilitating people with disabilities. The
challenge of urbanisation, separation of
powers and post-legislative issues are
also on the cards.
Uganda last hosted a CPC in 1967.
It is the biggest commonwealth event
to be held in the country since the
2007 Commonwealth Heads of State
and Government
Meeting (CHOGM). It
has, however, hosted
a number of high-
profile Commonwealth
conferences,
including the 126th
Inter-Parliamentary
Union in 2011 and
Commonwealth Youth
Parliament in 2018.
These events are the
culmination of almost
two year-long preparations since Uganda
offered to host the conference during the
2017 CPC in Dakar Bangladesh.
Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association (CPA) Secretary General
Akbar Khan praised Kadaga’s
preparation in February when he visited
Uganda.
According to an official statement
from the CPA, the event is happening
at a time of increasing focus and greater
scrutiny of parliamentarians and overall
distrust of parliaments. Delegates
will, therefore, have an opportunity to
benefit from professional development,
supportive learning and sharing of best
practices from colleague.
The CPA connects, develops,
promotes, and supports parliamentarians
and their staff to identify and benchmark
good governance and implementation of
enduring values of the Commonwealth.
Founded in 1911, it comprises 180
parliaments and legislatures.
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Looming battle for
the East African skies
Uganda Airlines needs to come up with a strategy that will
enable it capture a share of the regional aviation market
A
By Isaac Khisa
fierce battle is looming in the
East African aviation market
as Uganda’s national carrier,
Uganda Airlines, takes to the
skies on August. 28.
The Ugandan national
carrier is expected to heighten competition
against the Kenya Airways, RwandAir,
South African Airways and Ethiopian Air-
lines that have dominated the region for
decades.
Uganda Airlines Commercial Director,
Jenifer Bamuturaki, said on August. 02 that
the carrier has obtained a certificate from
the International Air Transport Association
(IATA) and that the flight tickets are on
sale ahead of the scheduled maiden flight
to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in
Nairobi.
Customers have options to make pay-
ments across the region through cash, credit
cards or mobile money.
Bamuturaki said the carrier plans to fly to
various destinations in phases in the region,
22 August. 09 - 15 2019
with the first phase covering Nairobi, Kili-
manjaro, Juba, Bujumbura, Dar es Salaam,
Mogadishu, and Mombasa.
The second phase will cover Lusaka,
Johannesburg, Congo Brazzaville, Bangui,
Khartoum, Kinshasa, Libreville, as well as
Guangzhou, India, and London upon receiv-
ing additional aircrafts.
The carrier bought four Bombardier
CRJ 900s for regional flights, two of which
arrived in the country on April 24. The other
two are expected next month.
However, two Airbus A330-800neos,
which will be used for long haul flights are
expected to be in the country between 2020
and 2021.
Uganda Airlines will operate two daily
flights out of Entebbe to Nairobi and Juba
at a two-month promotional fare of US$278
and US$225 for a return ticket and US$257
and US$201, respectively, for a one-way
ticket.
It will fly three times weekly to Mogadi-
shu at US$590 for a return ticket and US$448
for a one-way ticket.
Bujumbura and Mombasa will be serviced
three times a week at US$292 and US$325 for
a return ticket, respectively.
Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro, which
will be serviced daily, have been put at
US$286 and US$311 for a return journey and
US$289 and US$290 for one – way journey,
respectively. The carrier will also offer air-
craft charter, holidays and safaris as well as
cargo freight services.
Normal rates, however, usually range
between US$300-US$400 for various destina-
tions in the region.
This development comes as the revived
Air Tanzania makes efforts to capture a
share of the regional aviation business and
the continent.
With a fleet of six aircrafts and two more
expected before the end of the year including
a Dreamliner, the Tanzanian national carrier,
unveiled the Dar es Salaam-Mumbai route
last month and secured a slot at the Lon-
don-based Gatwick Airport.
This follows the launch of Dar es
salaam-Johannesburg route in June this year.
The carrier is also flying to Comoros, Enteb-
be, Lusaka, Harare and Bujumbura.

The older airlines, however, have had
to come up with various offers to remain
competitive in not only the regional aviation
market but also the African market.
Kenya Airways which has had near
monopoly on these routes amid complaints
over exorbitant charges is as well, looking
to strengthen its intercontinental, long-haul
flights to the United States, Europe, Asia and
West Africa.
Kenya Airways operates at least four daily
flights from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam, five
daily flights to Entebbe in Uganda, four
daily flights to Lusaka in Zambia and at
least one daily flight to the tourist town of
Livingstone in Zambia also two other cities
in Zambia.
In June this year, the Kenyan carrier
announced plans to double its fleet over the
next five years to widen its route network.
The carrier had a fleet of 41 airplanes at
the end of last year, comprising a mix of
wide and narrow body Boeing planes, com-
pared with Ethiopian which operates more
than 100 planes.
In February last year, Kenya Airways low
cost subsidiary, Jambo jet unveiled two-daily
flights out of Entebbe. The carrier was in
May 2016 granted regulatory approval to
fly to 16 routes including Addis Ababa, Dar
es Salaam, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza,
Kigali, Juba, Bujumbura, Hargeisa, Mogadi-
shu, Goma, Kisangani and Moroni.
On the other hand, Ethiopian Airlines is
seeking to set up hubs in southern, central
and the Horn of Africa. The Addis Ababa
based airline has been reviving some of
the stalled national carriers, mainly in the
southern Africa region where it operates a
substantial number of flights.
Ethiopian Airlines has signed a sharehold-
ing agreement with Zambia’s main devel-
opment agency to re-launch the southern
African country’s flag carrier at an initial
cost of US$30 million, a step that will see the
Horn of Africa leading airline acquire 45%
stake in Zambia Airways, which is set to be
re-launched after more than two decades on
the ground.
Under the new pact signed last year, the
Zambian government will be the majority
shareholder with a 55% stake, with Ethi-
opian Airlines taking the rest 45% stake.
The Airline is also seeking to set up hubs in
Southern, Central and the Horn of Africa.
Ethiopian Airlines helped launch ASKY
Airlines in the West African country of Togo
and then acquired a 49% stake in Malawi’s
flag carrier in southern Africa in 2013.
Ethiopian carrier is also said to be in talks
with Chad, Djibouti, Congo Republic, Dem-
ocratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guin-
ea and Guinea to set up carriers through
joint ventures or secure landing spots. It also
aimed to create a new airline in Mozam-
bique that it will fully own.
In East Africa, Ethiopian Airlines flies
to Nairobi, Entebbe, Kigali and Tanzania
Uganda Airlines routes for the first phase
Juba
Entebbe Nairobi
Bujumbura
Kilimanjaro
tightening competition on Kenya Airways,
RwandAir, and Air Tanzania.
In addition, Ethiopian Airlines has direct
flights between Juba and Entebbe – the route
that has existed since 2014 following the
demise of Air Uganda.
This development in the region’s aviation
industry means that Uganda Airlines has to
put up a serious fight based on the quality
of services such as timely departure so as to
capture a good share of the aviation busi-
ness.
We are ready for competition
Cornwell Muleya, the technical advisor at
the Uganda Airlines said the carrier is ready
to compete with the established airlines in
the region.
He, however, said if the carrier is to suc-
ceed, then, it must make the right decision,
right investment, right funding as well as
ensure that there are right people to run the
airline.
“If we do all those things which make an
attractive airline, then it doesn’t matter what
the competition does because automatically
customers will want to go with the one who
offers the best service,” he said.
Uganda Airlines is pinning its growth on
the local population that is estimated to be
spending slightly over US$400million on
flights annually.
Currently, Entebbe International Airport
handles more than 1.8million customers,
shared among more than 18 airlines.
Ephraim Bagyenda, the CEO at the Ugan-
August. 09 - 15 2019
business
Mombasa
Dar es Salaam
da Airlines, said though the carrier may not
necessarily make huge sums of money, it
will help in the growth of other sectors of the
economy.
“The airline will promote agriculture
export to support the economy, market the
country for tourism, and provide employ-
ment to many Ugandans,” he said.
Uganda’s export that consists mainly of
agricultural products has been growing over
the last five years from merely US$2.7bn in
2014 to US$3.6bn in 2018.
Similarly, tourism has continued to reg-
ister growth in earnings from US$1.1bn in
2013 to US$1.4bn in 2018.
Financial analysts said it would be pru-
dent for the Uganda Airlines to share their
strategy on whether they would be targeting
the low-cost customers or premium cus-
tomers. “Despite of the many flights on the
Entebbe-Nairobi route, prices of the tickets
are still quite expensive,” said Aeko Ongo-
dia, CEO of Xeno technologies. “Flying from
London to Barcelona is possibly 45 euros yet
the distance is much longer.”
Ongodia said carriers intending to com-
pete on premium rates such as those offered
by Kenya Airways and RwandAir will need
to do a thorough analysis on whether the
specified routes have enough business class
to occupy the business section.
However, he said there is still room for the
growth of the low cost carriers in the region
due to limited number of competitors. Cur-
rently, it is only Jambo Jet that operates a
low-cost carrier.
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business

Stanbic half year net

profit up 40% to Shs 134bn
The lender plans to focus on providing
solutions that meet clients’ needs
By Julius Businge

S
tanbic Bank has registered an in-
crease in net profit by almost 40% to
Shs134bn in the first six months end-
ing June.30, according to its financial
results released on Aug.05.
This performance was supported by net
interest income that went up to Shs215bn
from Shs169bn. In addition, total operating
income grew from Shs321bn to Shs398bn.
This performance has pushed up earn-
ings per share for shareholders from Shs3.83
to Shs5.24 in the period under review.
Meanwhile, total assets – another indi-
cator determining a well functioning busi-
ness, grew by 18% from Shs5.1trillion to
Shs6.0trillion.
However, liabilities grew from Shs4.2tril-
lion to Shs5trillion. Other operating expens-
es increased somewhat from Shs94bn to
Shs98bn in the same period.
Customer deposits grew by about 10% to
exceed Shs4.1trillion up, from Shs3.75tril-
lion in June 2018.The bank extended credit
worth Shs400bn in the period January – June
- which grew its loan portfolio by 27% to
Shs2.7tn.
“We have had a remarkable performance
over the past six months underpinned by
our customer centric approach and the
strength of our diversified businesses,”
Mweheire said.
He said the growth in the first six months
had also been supported by enhanced eco-
nomic activity as credit growth across all
customer segments improved.
“We remain a key enabler in major sectors
such as agriculture, manufacturing, con-
struction and trade sectors especially sup-
porting the SME sector,” he said.
Mweheire said the growth in assets puts
them in a much stronger position to support
larger development projects and better facili-
tate economic growth in the country.
The strong asset growth was accentu-
ated by strong customer deposit growth
with excess liquidity being appropriately
deployed across the different asset classes,
mainly customer loans, government securi-
ties and interbank lending.
In terms of agent banking, the bank has
increased its number of active agents to 1,
000 countrywide.
Mweheire said the new banking segment
has increased their customer touch points
and provided choice to customers in execut-
ing their day to day financial transactions.
The new channel now represents 20% of
all the bank’s transactions.
Through agents, customers can access a
wide range of services including cash depos-
its and withdrawals, bill payments, school
fees collections, fund transfers.
“It gives us an opportunity to de-clutter
the branches and offer a better customer
experience for more high value and high
touch transactions,” Mweheire said.
Going digital
The bank is progressively going digital in
offering services to customers.
In the first six months of this year, branch
transactions accounted for less than 15% of
the bank’s total transactions, meaning the
bank is executing 85% of the transactions
on digital channels which includes agent
banking.
Mweheire said digital banking is signifi-
cant in that it enhances the customer experi-
ence by providing a 24/7 digital platform for
customers to execute their day-to-day bank-
ing wherever and whenever they want.
It also reduces the cost of doing business
and enhances efficiency as it is of no value
queuing in branches to execute low value
transactions such as paying utilities or school
fees. This comes as Bank of Uganda contin-
ues to urge sector players to use technology
and come up with innovations that can low-
er their operational costs and hence lower
interest rates.
Speaking at the third Uganda Bankers
Association conference in Kampala on July
16, Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel
Tumusiime Mutebile said that through auto-
mation and adoption of new technologies
for delivering financial services, it is possible
for banks to reduce their operating costs, and
pass on the savings to borrowers through
reduced lending rates.
Going forward, Mweheire said the pri-
ority for the bank will continue to focus on
strengthening its propositions by providing
solutions that meet clients’ needs and help
them achieve their aspirations.
“We will continue this focus into the sec-
ond half of the year through customising
services, focusing on meeting client service
level agreements, delivering client journeys
and transforming the bank into an organisa-
tion that is future ready,” he said.
Mweheire said that Uganda’s economy
remains strong with robust growth across
many sectors.
He said with the GDP growth of 6%in
fiscal year 2018, means that “we have really
turned the corner with even more positive
momentum poised for 2019.”
He said as a bank, they are seeing a
rebound in key sectors of manufacturing,
construction, agriculture, personal borrow-
ing and trade.

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Britam clinches deal
with Uganda Airlines
By Isaac Khisa
U
K-based insurer in Uganda,
Britam, has once again
won a business deal with
the government to provide
insurance cover, this time for Uganda
Airlines.
Willis Towers Watson is the airlines’
insurance broker. Britam CEO, Allan
Mafabi confirmed to The Independent
on Aug.02 that they are indeed the
insurance provider for Uganda
Airlines.
However, he did not divulge more
information with regard to the deal.
Uganda Airlines, CEO, Ephraim
Bagyenda said on Aug.02 that Britam
is the airlines’ insurance provider and
that it will cover aircrafts, passengers,
war risks, hull loss among others,
in the likely event of any liability
that may arise in the course of its
operations.
“Britam went through a serious
selection process through the Public
Procurement and Disposal of Public
Assets and eventually won the bid,” he
said.
Kenya Re eyes Ugandan market as profits fall
BY Isaac Khisa & Agencies
K
enya Reinsurance Corporation
(Kenya Re) has set up a year-end
deadline to open up a subsidiary in
Kampala, according to its Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer, Jadiah Mwarania.
Mwarania, who held an investor briefing
in Nairobi on August.02 said the decision
by countries such as Uganda, Tanzania and
Ethiopia to set up own reinsurers had eaten
into its market share.
Ibrahim Kaddunabi Lubega, the chief
executive officer at the Insurance Regulatory
Authority of Uganda confirmed to The Inde-
pendent that Kenya Re has approached the
regulator for licensing to carryout business
in the Ugandan market.
“We have requested them to supply us
with what we require and once they fulfil
them, we should be able to grant them an
operating licence,” he said in a phone inter-
view. According to the current Insurance
Act, 2017, which emphasises Risk-Based
However, Bagyenda remained
guarded on the agreed premiums and
who were the other competitors in the
bidding process.
Globally, carriers are supposed to
have adequate insurance cover in
respect to passengers and the aircrafts,
Supervision, re-insurance firms are required
to have Shs 9bn and Shs 6bn as minimum
capital for those dealing in non-life and life
respectively.
Successful entry of Kenya Re into the
Ugandan market will tighten competition in
the re-insurance business segment currently
dominated by Uganda Re, Zep Re popularly
known as PTA Re and the Africa Re.
Kenya Re said Ethiopian Airlines plane
crash and the Dusit terror attack resulted in a
48.57% spike in claims and a 12.2% fall in net
profit for the half year ended on June. 30.
The re-insurer blamed the rise in claims
on the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in
March and the Dusit terror attack in Janu-
ary, for which the firm paid out Shs 1.5bn
and Shs 1.54bn respectively. Kenya Re also
paid Shs 1.54bn in claims for floods in Asian
countries. Net profit stood at Shs 37.8bn
(US$10.5m) in the period, compared with
Shs 43.1bn last year.
Better news was that Kenya Re posted a
40% rise in gross written premiums from Shs
August. 09 - 15 2019
business
according to Article 50 of the Montreal
Convention.
This development cements Britam
insurance as the preferred choice
for government in the provision of
insurance services to the government’s
infrastructure projects.
Previously, Britam has provided
insurance cover for the Kampala
– Entebbe Expressway worth
US$476million, new cable bridge
along the River Nile in Jinja worth
US$130million, expansion of Entebbe
International Airport works worth US$
200million, among others including
roads and medium to small hydro
power projects.
Since opening shop in Uganda,
Britam has recorded tremendous
business growth since it entered the
Ugandan market nearly nine years ago
driven by infrastructure development.
The insurer’s gross underwritten
premiums have increased from merely
Shs348million in 2011 to Shs58bn in
2018.
With a 10% market share, Britam is
currently ranked 4 th out of the country’s
21 non-life insurance firms.
222bn to Shs 310.8bn in H1-2019, compared
to the corresponding period last year.
It attributed the growth to a rise in local
agriculture business. The reinsurer obtains
most of its gross premiums from the local
market, where it will continue to enjoy man-
datory cession of 20% until 2020.
Mwarania said the reinsurer is dealing
with tougher competition from domestic
reinsurers in countries like Ethiopia and
Uganda, as well as new entrants.
He said: “Some of the challenges the
corporation faced during the first half of the
year 2019 [included] increased competition,
premium undercutting, domestic reinsur-
ance business in some of our key markets,
changing reinsurance treaty structures
towards excess loss as opposed to propor-
tional treaties, and the devaluation of curren-
cy in some of our markets.” To grow in new
markets, Kenya Re has enhanced its capital
to access business in the Middle East, North
Africa and West Africa.
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FLORICULTURE STANDARDS

Rosebud limited Vivo Energy gets three standards

enters China market

R
osebud limited, Uganda’s rose
flower growers has penetrated
the China market with 100,000
flowers. Ravi Kumar, the farm
manager says that the new market is to
help stabilise the fluctuating demand
in the European market. “Between
June and July this year, we participated
in two flower exhibitions in Hunan
and Kunming which has fetched us
distant orders,” Kumar said, “We have
dispatched our first order of 100,000
Assi said that the triple ISO
certification was the highest
honour bestowed upon any
company seeking excellence
through implementing qual-
ity management systems.
“It speaks to our day to day
processes and practices,” he
said. He added that the new
development will increase
their efficiency and effective-
ness while selling fuels to
Assi (L) is joined by other officials to cut a cake during the celebrations customers. Ben Manyindo,

A
flowers to Beijing and Guangzhou,” he the Uganda National Bu-
added. He added that the business is good ugust 01 was a day Standards Organization reau of Standards executive
not only for them but Uganda as well to celebrate for (ISO). The standards include director said attaining three
because it reduces on the trade imbalance Vivo Energy Ugan- ISO 9001: 2015 certification ISOs is not an easy task jour-
between China and Uganda. Dimple da workers and for implementing Quality ney. “When you reach the
Mehta, the company’s administrative management at Kampala Management Systems; ISO end, it may seem simple,”
manager says that as demand increases, Serena Hotel. The company 14001:2015 for Environmen- he said. “Many of us cannot
the firm plans to expand from 60,000 to that distributes and markets tal Management System and even manage one.” “Those
200,000 hectares of cultivation. He also Shell branded fuels and lu- ISO 45001:2018 Certification that meet standards are
revealed that the firm is in the process bricants in Uganda attained for Occupational Health our good friends because
of replacing small rosebud flowers with three standards certifica- and Safety. The company’s they make our lives easy,”
bigger ones due to change in demand. tions from the International managing director Gilbert Manyindo said.

RELIEF MANUFACTURING

WFP gets $10.6m support from Russia Britania unveils new product

tribution, which highlights
Uganda’s importance to the
humanitarian community as
a strategic East and Central
African region logistics hub.
The truck types have a trans-
portation capacity of 10-14
metric tons each and have
previously been deployed
in difficult operational envi-
ronments with in Central Af-
rican Republic, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Ethiopia
Officials standing next to the trucks during the press conference and South Sudan, where
B
ritannia Allied Industries Limited
has added a new product on their
wide range of juice brands dubbed
Splash Kachupa. The new product
comes in three flavors that is; mango, apple
and orange. Splash juice was introduced to
the Ugandan market in 1997. Speaking at the
unveiling ceremony held at the company’s
offices in Ntinda on Aug.02, the company’s
managing director Vinay Dawda, said the
new product gives customers choice and
would serve customers looking for a bold
thirst quencher. “We recognized our cus-
tomers were looking for refreshing new
options and something they can sip and

T
he United Nations
World Food Pro-
gramme has re-
ceived a contribution
of 53 KAMAZ trucks and
10 trailers from the Russian
Federation to boost its relief
work in the hard to reach
areas. The Country Director
for WFP, Elkhidir Daloum,
said the trucks will be sta-
tioned at the WFP’s Regional
Logistics Hub in Kampala,
Uganda. They will assist
in the distributions and
deliveries and distributions
of commodities throughout
the East and Central African
region. The vehicles are part
of a Russian global contribu-
tion to WFP this year of 97
trucks and 30 trailers, ac-
companied by mobile work-
shops, spare parts and tech-
nicians. The entire donation
is estimated at US$10.6m
bringing the total value of
Russia’s KAMAZ-based
contribution since 2006 to
USD 33.8 million. Uganda
received 53 trucks and 10
trailers of the global con-
tribution, which is more
than half of the global con-
needs exceed the capacities keep,” he said. He said the launch of the new
of local transporters. Alexan- product is in line with the company’s vision
der Dmitrievich Polyakov, of becoming the largest food and beverage
the Russian Ambassador to manufacturer in East Africa. Meanwhile, the
Uganda said: “We can see MD said that they are working closely with
them (trucks) here, new and Coca-cola Beverages Africa to dispose of
shining, but ready for opera- plastics which would otherwise be a danger
tion in the most challenging to the environment.
road conditions. I am con-
fident they will prove to be
beneficial to the region, meet
all needs of the Global Truck
Fleet.” Hillary Onek, the
minister for relief, disaster
preparedness and refugees
said that the government is
grateful for the support from
Russia to support WFP. Britannia officials taste the new splash Kachupa

26 August. 09 - 15 2019
 business

BoU’s move on foreign

direct investment
By Julius Businge knowledge and understanding

B
ank of Uganda, Re-
finitiv and the ACI
Financial Markets
Association of Ugan-
da are working together to
strengthen Uganda’s trade
lifecycles, setting up the country
for increased global markets
participation.
Announcing this in Kampala
on Aug.1, the executives said
Rays of Grace students receives prices after they won Five Stars 2-0 in the the market’s entire interbank
2019 Buganda Airtel Rising Stars finals tournament at Bukalasa Agricultural network now has increased
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capacity through Refinitiv’s
fixed income call outs.
Fixed income callouts, a
Refinitiv trading platform, was
launched in Uganda in 2017
and enables multiple counter-
parties to have real-time price
discovery across bonds and
bills, helping to foster transpar-
ency, latency, and liquidity.
This is in addition to risk and
compliance solutions, and vari-
ous other holistic enterprise and
trading solutions that Refinitiv
already provides to the market.
Nadim Najjar, the managing
director for Middle East and
Africa at Refinitiv said they
have accumulated in-depth
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Executive Officer Wim Vanhelleputte at unveiling ceremony held on August 6.
all Africell subscribers can now use MTN to top-up airtime and data bundles
through MTN Mobile Money agents.  INDEPENDENT/ALFRED OCHWO
of Uganda and Africa to serve
their clients.
“Our long-standing relation-
ship with the Central Bank of
Uganda and ACI has enabled
the regulator to have insights on
market activity including full
visibility of market drivers and
challenges through our real-
time coverage,” Najjar said.
BoU’s director for financial
markets David Sajjabi said Ref-
initiv’s real-time data coverage
will help the bank to establish
price stability and encourage
objectivity and transparency in
the market.
Benoni Okwenje, the chair-
man for ACI Financial Markets
Association, Uganda, said they
are continuously enhancing
good market practices aimed at
maintaining global standards.
“Our collaboration with
Refinitiv and the Bank of
Uganda is a continuation of our
efforts…it is exciting to see the
innovation in this space such as
that of Refinitiv’s Fixed Income
callouts,” he said. The company
has also rolled out fixed income
callouts in Kenya, Zambia and
Mauritius.

Weekly share price movement (July 29)

Security July 29 July.23 Movement
BATU 30,000 30000 00
BOBU 128 128 00
CENT 1,165 1,171 0.5
QCL 149 150 0.7
DFCU 650 650 00
EABL 7,143 7,111 0.5
EBL 1,446 1,447 0.1
JHL 13,183 13,113 0.5
KA 152 175 13.1
KCB 1,421 1,415 0.4
NIC 12 13 7.6
NMG 1,681 1,719 2.2
Beker Mugunda (with microphone), guest speaker expressed a NVL 329 329 00
concern that most Ugandan business owners do not empower youth, SBU 29 29 00
the discussion was on innovation and industrialization by business
UCHM 12 12 00
leaders under the theme “How Corporate East Africa Can Claim the 21st
Century.” this was during the 10th Edition of the Annual CEO Forum held UCL 14 13 7.6
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People in a high stress work environment. Too intense a workload, paired with a toxic work environment and other sources of stress, can lead to burnout.
Burnout at work
Facing the damage of ‘chronic workplace stress’
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By Maria Cohut occupational disease.” This is due not
n a world where it seems
as though the pressure to
perform is always on, more and
more people are admitting to
burnout at work. What is this
phenomenon, and how can you
cope with it if it happens to you? In
this Spotlight feature, we investigate.
In May 2019, the World Health
Organisation (WHO) formally
recognised burnout as an “occupational
phenomenon.”
Their decision came after years of
hearing people talk about it, trying
understand why it affected them, and
attempting to identify what they could
have done to cope with it.
Recently, a Gallup study of around
7,500 full time workers found that 23%
were often in “burnout mode.” About
44% “sometimes” entered a burnout
mode.
Although the WHO do not yet
recognise burnout as a medical
condition, some researchers call it “an
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only to the high number of people
— all across the globe — who report
experiencing it, but also due to its
important impact on well-being and
quality of life.
According to the same researchers,
some of the occupations most at risk
of burnout are linked to professions
that encounter high levels of stress,
including healthcare, social work,
police work, teaching, and customer
services. Other professionals who have
reported high levels of burnout include
lawyers and academics.
So, what is burnout, and how
is it different from other forms of
occupational stress? If a person does
experience burnout, how can they cope
with it in the moment, and how can
they learn to overcome it with time?
For this Spotlight feature, we spoke
to professionals who have had burnout
themselves, as well as experienced
mental health and well-being coaches,
to find out the whats, whys, and hows
of this occupational hazard.
What is burnout?
For years, academics and mental
health professionals alike have been
working to put together a definition
of burnout based on the most common
causes and symptoms.
“In a nutshell, (burnout) is a
syndrome brought on from chronic
workplace stress that hasn’t been
successfully managed,” explained Kat
Hounsell.
Hounsell is the founder of Everyday
People, an organisation (based in the
United Kingdom) that offers leadership
development, well-being coaching
workshops, and mental health first aid
training.
“(It) can include feelings of energy
depletion or exhaustion, increased
mental distance from one’s job, or
negative/cynical feelings related to
one’s job — including reduced belief
that (the person is) capable of doing
the job and producing good results,”
she continued.
“Burnout can be defined as the loss
of meaning in one’s work, coupled

with mental, emotional, or physical
exhaustion as the result of long term,
unresolved stress,” agreed business
neurolinguistic programming
practitioner and mental health trainer
Tania Diggory.
Diggory is also the founder and
director of Calmer, which supports
entrepreneurs and professional teams
with mental health and well-being
training.
However, burnout is not simply
work related stress; a moderate amount
of stress at work can even have positive
outcomes. So what’s the difference?
The difference between stress and
burnout
Some studies have shown that stress
can help boost a person’s motivation,
improving their mental performance in
the short run. This was the conclusion
of a study from the University of
California, Berkeley, led by Elizabeth
Kirby, who is now an assistant
professor at Ohio State University in
Columbus.
“Some amounts of stress are good to
push you just to the level of optimal
alertness, behavioral and cognitive
performance,” says Kirby.
There is nothing positive about
burnout, Diggory told Medical News
Today. “The difference between
burnout and work related stress is the
point at which it becomes a serious
health issue,” she explained.
“Stress is something we all go
through and there are different degrees
of stress (...). However, studies have
shown that ongoing, high levels of
cortisol — the primary stress hormone
— are not good for our well-being,”
Diggory said.
“When stress starts to build over
a period of time and we experience
symptoms of anxiety or low moods,”
she added, “this can lead to chronic
stress and our cognitive skills can
become impaired. By this, I mean that
our working memory, our ability to
think logically and carry out tasks
effectively isn’t as sharp as it usually
is.”
“High volumes of stress over a long
period of time can lead to exhaustion
and, therefore, burnout,” says
Diggory
Why does burnout occur?
Being under constant pressure to
achieve, with few opportunities to
take real breaks from work, can add
to a person’s levels of stress. This can
make them feel overwhelmed and more
likely to reach the burnout stage. But
aside from an overwhelming workload,
Manager showing support: Organisations must put into place systems that support employees’ well-being.
other factors can also contribute to
stress levels and lead to burnout.
For one person who spoke to MNT,
these factors included financial stress,
as well as instances of workplace
bullying.
“I experienced burnout (...) in the
second year of my Ph.D., when there
was just a constant level of stress
underlying everything that I was doing
in my job,” Robin told us.
“That was from the workload that I
had, financial struggles that went along
with it, some workplace bullying — my
supervisor and my team were very
unsupportive,” they added.
Douglas, who used to work a public-
facing job in a healthcare environment,
mentioned that his relationship with
his managers also increased his risk of
burnout.
“I think it was a mixture of
unachievable targets and often having
to deliver bad news to people as part
of the job (that led me to burnout). My
managers did not deal with stress well
either, which often had a knock-on
effect to the rest of the team,” he told
MNT.
Indeed, many of the people we spoke
with explained that the example set by
higher-ups and peers — who worked
to exhaustion and did not put any time
aside for mental or physical recovery
— was an important contributing
factor to engaging in behaviors that
led to burnout and not recognising this
experience for what it was.
“I found it really hard to tell that
I was experiencing burnout (when) I
was, and when people told me that
I was, I didn’t believe them,” said
Sam. He entered burnout mode while
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health
juggling a full time postgraduate
degree and a job in order to make ends
meet.
“In a way, (I) kind of thought that I
wasn’t working enough. [...] You get
pressure from almost all angles, and
one of the things I think isn’t talked
about enough (in examples of academic
burnout) is that natural, peer-to-peer
pressure that you get.”
“I’m thinking about the shared
misery of working on a Saturday, past
midnight, or posting photos on social
media accounts (showing) that you’re
working on the beach although you
should be on holiday. That sort of
pressure, I think, really gets in your
head,” he added.
‘A growing epidemic of should-based
thinking’
Diggory told MNT that many aspects
of modern society drive people to
allow their work life to seep into time
they should be dedicating to leisure
and personal relationships.
“From my observation, modern
day society is driven so much by
technology that we are experiencing
an ever-on culture, where you can be
online, contactable, and search for
information 24/7 — for the human
body and its sensory system, this can
be overwhelming in large volumes,”
she warned.
“In the context of business, while
there are multiple benefits to being
more globally connected than ever
before, I’ve personally noticed a
growing epidemic of should-based
thinking. Because we can work
anytime, it doesn’t mean we need to,”
said Diggory.
“However,” she added, “unhelpful
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thinking patterns such as ‘I should be
working more,’ ‘I should be checking
my emails,’ ‘I should work late again,
there’s just too much to do...’ can lead
us to experience high levels of stress,
overwhelm, and anxiety.”
How does burnout affect people?
“It was like I was swimming through
a dark tunnel filled with custard. It
sounds kind of stupid, but basically
I was wading through this dense,
horrible time.”
This is how Sam described what
burnout felt like to him.
Burnout can affect well-being
and quality of life in various ways.
This can lead to poor physical and
mental health, as well as a sense of
isolation from other people. It can also
contribute to anhedonia, which is a loss
of pleasure in activities that used to be
pleasurable.
Describing what the burnout zone
looks like to them, Robin told us, “I
was working myself into the ground
for a long time and stayed up until
2am, not eating properly, just focusing
on research and work constantly, and
giving all of my time and energy to that
without spending any time on things
that I used to enjoy doing.”
They also added that they had
become quite isolated. Sam described a
similar state of isolation, as did Sarah,
another person who spoke to MNT.
She exclaimed: “(Burnout) affected
every part of my life! It impacted my
ability to concentrate and focus on my
work, I couldn’t sleep, I was constantly
worried about work but felt unable to
actually do any, it led to an anxious
procrastination where I was constantly
worrying about work but unable to get
anything productive accomplished.”
She added that “(t)hese feelings of
stress and inadequacy quickly had a
negative effect on my friendships and
relationships. For a period I felt unable
to leave the house, making me feel
increasingly socially isolated.”
Tips on coping and recovery
In order to manage burnout and
eventually overcome it, the first step is
recognising that you are experiencing it.
As the people we spoke to have noted,
this can be very difficult — especially
if burnout leads you to increasingly
isolate yourself from others.
Also, if colleagues and peers are
facing a high amount of work related
stress and fail to recognise that they
are close to burnout, it can make things
even more difficult.
However, one way of getting to the
root of the problem is by sharing your
experiences with others.
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Robin told us that it was through
speaking to friends that they realised
they were experiencing burnout — and
that their peers were experiencing it,
too.
For Sarah, the understanding that she
was in burnout mode also came from
speaking to a friend.
“I reached out to a friend who was in
a similar position, who mentioned she
felt all her resources were completely
depleted, she mentioned feeling burned
out and I thought: ‘That’s it! I’m
exhausted and feel I have nothing left to
give to my work,’” Sarah told MNT.
What happens once you recognise
that you’re experiencing burnout?
Where do you go from there? Kat
Hounsell advised breaking the cycle of
isolation. “Ask for help, you don’t need
to battle burnout alone,” she said.
“Good workplaces will have supports
in place for when team members
need help, but they’re not always well
communicated.”
“Find someone at work (who) you
trust, and ask what’s available, (such
as) a confidential (employee assistance
program) system, occupational
health support, even flexible working
opportunities.”
“Give yourself permission to take
time off,” said Hounsell.
The next step in breaking through
burnout is to make more time for
yourself — with intention. All the
people who spoke to MNT about
their burnout experience said that
carving out some time to do something
enjoyable on a regular basis really
helped.
“Taking time off and away from
work helped! It was difficult to escape
these (negative) feelings after hours
and at the weekend without activities
such as sports and playing music,
although feeling low on energy could
make these hard sometimes,” Douglas
told us.
Robin, Sam, and Sarah all said that
taking up running helped them feel
better both physically and mentally,
motivated them to get out of the house
regularly, and helped keep their minds
off work related problems.
But any activity can be helpful, as
long as it’s something that you can use
to relax and feel better. “There’s no one-
size-fits-all when it comes to taking care
of your mental and physical well-being,”
said Diggory.
“So to start with, it’s essential to give
yourself permission to take time off
work and enable yourself to build your
inner strength.”
“If you imagine you’d broken your leg,
you wouldn’t expect to get on with life
as normal without taking appropriate
rest and recuperation, until you’d built
up the physical strength you needed.”
Not just an individual responsibility
Although everyone should try
to set healthful boundaries in their
work life, to learn to say “no” when
workload becomes overwhelming,
and to ask for help when they need it,
the responsibility of preventing and
overcoming burnout does not only rest
with the individual.
Organisations must also put into place
systems that will foster employees’
well-being, so that they are able to stay
healthy and productive.
“At an organisational level, one top tip
is for the business to accept that burnout
happens, and that a culture that fosters
well-being and good mental health is
a must-have. A foundation building
block is to conduct regular stress risk
assessments (and act on the output),”
advised Hounsell.
Diggory agreed. “I believe the solution
(to tackling burnout) is reliant on
organisations implementing a well-being
strategy to nurture a mentally healthy
culture in their workplaces; a happy
business starts with managers and their
staff,” she told MNT.
Yet she added that people can take
some steps in preventing burnout,
particularly by “replac[ing] the ‘shoulds’
with ‘coulds.’”
For instance, she said that if you
find yourself thinking, “I could work
more,” instead, try telling yourself: “I’ve
worked a lot today, and I deserve a
break. I’ll preserve my energy levels for
my family (and) friends, and then feel at
my best for work tomorrow.”
She challenged our readers to reassess
their thought patterns, asking them,
“What choice will you make today?”

By Regean Mugume(Research Analyst -EPRC)
Leveraging Boda Boda platforms
Government can use their mobile sharing
platforms to streamline transport industry
T
he Boda Boda business seems to be
taking the Transport industry in the
central business District of Kampala
by storm with the introduction of
new players like Taxify, Safe Boda, Uber
and Mondo-ride among others. The mobile
sharing platforms have recently made it easy
and convenient to link Boda Boda riders to
customers (Passengers) through a smart-
phone internet enabled application.
The new sharing platform in the bodaboda
industry seems to be creating what once
appeared impossible; a functioning market
for motor vehicle/car -hire services that is
governed largely by supply and demand as
the transactional orders for bodaboda rides
(supply) operates in line with demand.
The innovation comes after several failed
attempts by the government to conduct
registration of bodaboda riders to guide the
regulation of this highly informal industry.
Despite being the most popular means of
transport due to its ease to navigate through
impassable roads, Boda Boda have been
associated with social evils like high rates of
road accidents, crime rates and traffic rules
violation. Notably, the Mulago National
Referral hospital alone receives 10 to 20 vic-
tims of Boda Boda accidents daily.
A study by Crossroads and UKAID (2014)
indicated that the more the boda bodas in
the city, the more the roads accidents, espe-
cially those caused by the motor cycles. This
literally means that with the high rates of
youth unemployment, unregulated boda
bodas are likely to worsen the road accident
situation not only in Kampala but the entire
country.
With sharing platform companies like safe
bodas,Uber Boda and others, data bases on
the riders’ details can be captured not only to
guide on the regulation by the Government
but also for traceability in case of crime
emergencies like theft, murder and terrors as
have happened in the past. Therefore, these
private transport companies will greatly
help the government to control the surging
numbers of bodaboda operators as well as
streamline importation and first hand(not
used) motorcycles in the country.
The new arrangement may also reduce the
demand of automobiles (cars, motor vehi-
cles) in the city since they are deemed safe
and convenient for the urban population.
This will not only reduce the traffic conges-
tion that costs the economy (USD 800 mil-
lion) according to World Bank(2017) but also
save the environment from pollution. With
reduced number of cars demand, the spaces
used for vehicle parking can be kept green to
beautify the urban areas while protecting the
environment
Furthermore, the companies increase cus-
tomer welfare since their application system
charges lower prices as compared to the
unregistered riders. Customers now prefer
using Uber boda or safe boda because it is
convenient and cheaper by far as compared
to the usual unregistered rides. They offer
up to 30% price discount as compared to
the traditional usual bodaboda riders hence
leaving the customer with a saving.
Moreover the customer is saved from the
challenge of moving to look for the boda-
boda rides in places that are sometimes not
safe. The application enables customers to
predetermine the details of the transactions
like the distance of the journey, area of desti-
nation hence saving both the rider and cus-
tomer the time spent in bargaining.
The system also has an inbuilt rating
system that requires riders to engage in
Since the
system uses
internet enabled
smartphones
and at times
allows the
mobile money
transactions, it is
likely to trigger
backward and
forward linkage
demands in the
ICT and financial
services sectors
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the emotional labour needs which seeks to
establish micro-relationships of making the
customer feel good. This attribute enables
riders to have good customer relations with
the customers with an intention to have a
good rating by the customer which is in
contrast with the traditional Bodaboda riders
that associated with poor customer relations
and indiscipline.
Meanwhile, the motorcycle riders under
this new arrangement are also forced to save
some of their money, because the money
from the rides paid with credit is only given
to them at the end of the week. Given that
most of them are youth whose saving cul-
ture has been poor, the new system enables
them to save and develop them economi-
cally hence improving their livelihoods.
Since the system uses internet enabled
smartphones and at times allows the mobile
money transactions, it is likely to trigger
backward and forward linkage demands in
the ICT and financial services sectors. This
will not only lead to the opening up of busi-
nesses in internet and mobile money services
but also enhance financial inclusion in the
economy leading to economic growth.
In light of these, it is therefore impera-
tive for the Government to engage private
companies in the Boda boda online mobile
sharing platforms with the aim of formal-
izing the transport industry. This can be
achieved through public private partner-
ships where the private companies can focus
efforts on the effective service provision role
as the government regulates the bodaboda
industry to ensure customers are transported
at fair prices in adherence to the traffic and
safety rules.
In addition, strong trust structures by
platform owning companies should be
built to enable privacy and confidenti-
ality. Customers using online systems
should be ensured as it can be hacked
and pose security threats given that they
indicate the geographical location of the
prospective customers.
Reagan Mugume is a Research Analyst with the
Economic Policy Research Centre, Kampala.
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By José Antonio Ocampo
Reform opportunity for IMF
It shouldn’t allow major economies to usurp its role
in international macroeconomic policy coordination
T
his month marks the 75th anniver-
sary of the signing of the Bretton
Woods agreement, which established
the International Monetary Fund
and the World Bank. For the IMF, it also
marks the start of the process of selecting a
new managing director to succeed Christine
Lagarde, who has resigned following her
nomination to be European Central Bank
president. There is no better moment to re-
consider the IMF’s global role.
The most positive role that the IMF has
played throughout its history has been to
provide crucial financial support to countries
during balance-of-payments crises. But the
conditionality attached to that support has
often been controversial. In particular, the
policies that the IMF demanded of Latin
American countries in the 1980s and in
Eastern Europe and East Asia in the 1990s
saddled the Fund’s programs with a stigma
that triggers adverse reactions to this day.
It can be argued that the recessionary
effects of IMF programs are less harmful
than adjustments under the pre-Bretton
Woods gold standard. Nonetheless, the
IMF’s next managing director should
oversee the continued review and stream-
lining of conditionality, as occurred in 2002
and 2009.
The IMF has made another valuable contri-
bution by helping to strengthen global mac-
roeconomic cooperation. This has proved
particularly important during periods of
turmoil, including in the 1970s, following the
abandonment of the Bretton Woods fixed-
exchange-rate system, and in 2007-2009,
during the global financial crisis. (The IMF
also led the gold-demonetisation process in
the 1970s and 1980s.)
But, increasingly, the IMF has been rele-
gated to a secondary role in macroeconomic
cooperation, which has tended to be led
by ad hoc groupings of major economies
– the G10, the G7, and, more recently, the
G20 – even as the Fund has provided indis-
pensable support, including analyses of
global macro conditions. The IMF, not just
the “Gs,” should serve as a leading forum
for international coordination of macroeco-
nomic policies.
At the same time, the IMF should pro-
mote the creation of new mechanisms for
monetary cooperation, including regional
and inter-regional reserve funds. In fact, the
IMF of the future should be the hub of a net-
work of such funds. Such a network would
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underpin the “global financial safety net”
that has increasingly featured in discussions
of international monetary issues.
The IMF should also be credited for its pru-
dent handling of international capital flows.
The Bretton Woods agreement committed
countries gradually to reduce controls on
trade and other current-account payments,
but not on capital flows. An attempt to force
countries to liberalise their capital accounts
was defeated in 1997. And, since the global
financial crisis, the IMF has recommended
the use of some capital-account regulations
as a “macroprudential” tool to manage
external-financing booms and busts.
Yet some IMF initiatives, though
important, have not had the impact they
should have had. Consider Special Drawing
Rights, the only truly global currency, which
was created in 1969. Although SDR alloca-
tions have played an important role in cre-
ating liquidity and supplementing member
countries’ official reserves during major
crises, including in 2009, the instrument has
remained underused.
The IMF should rely on SDRs more
actively, especially in terms of its own
lending programs, treating unused SDRs
as “deposits” that can be used to finance
loans to countries. This would be particu-
larly important when there is a significant
increase in demand for its resources during
crises, because it would effectively enable
the IMF to “print money,” much like central
The IMF has
made another
valuable
contribution
by helping to
strengthen
global
macroeconomic
cooperation
banks do during crises, but at the interna-
tional level.
This should be matched by the creation of
new lending instruments – a process that
ought to build on the reforms that were
adopted in the wake of the global financial
crisis. As IMF staff have proposed – and as
the G20 Eminent Persons Group on Global
Financial Governance recommended last
year – the Fund should establish a curren-
cy-swap arrangement for short-term lending
during crises. Central banks from developed
countries often enter into bilateral swap
arrangements, but these arrangements gen-
erally marginalize emerging and developing
economies.
Then there are the IMF initiatives that
have failed altogether. Notably, in 2001-
2003, attempts to agree on a sovereign
debt-workout mechanism collapsed, due to
opposition from the United States and some
major emerging economies.
To be sure, the IMF has made important
contributions with regard to sovereign
debt crises, offering regular analysis of the
capacity of countries in crisis to repay, and
advising them to restructure debt that is
unsustainable. But a debt-workout mecha-
nism is still needed, and should be put back
on the agenda.
Finally, the IMF needs ambitious gover-
nance reforms. Most important, building
on reforms that were approved in 2010,
but went into effect only in 2016, the Fund
should ensure that quotas and voting
power better reflect the growing influence
of emerging and developing economies. To
this end, the IMF must end its practice of
appointing only European managing direc-
tors, just as the World Bank must start con-
sidering non-US citizens to be its president.
Lagarde’s departure represents a golden
opportunity to put the IMF on the path
toward a more effective and inclusive future.
Seizing it means more than welcoming a
new face at the top.
José Antonio Ocampo, the author of
`Resetting the International Monetary (Non)
System’, is a board member of Banco de
la República, Colombia’s central bank, a
professor at Columbia University, and Chair
of the UN’s Committee for Development
Policy.
Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2019.

By Patrick Ajuna
Support National Graduate Scheme Bill
It offers a solution to more than 500,000 unemployable
graduates that enter the job market every year
P
arliament is getting ready for debate
of the National Graduate Scheme
Bill, 2018 for debate in the following
a series of consultations and discus-
sions by its Committee on Gender, Labour
and Social Development with key interested
organisations like the Federation of Uganda
Employers (FUE) and the Private Sector
Foundation Unit (PSFU) about is objects and
contents.
The National Graduate Scheme Bill, 2018
is a private member’s Bill drafted by Waira
Kyewalabye Majegere, the Member of Par-
liament for Bunya East County Constituency
in response to the prevailing rampant unem-
ployment problem in the country; especially
for the university graduates.
According to the statistics, more than
500,000 graduates enter the job market every
year with inadequate skills or those skills
that are not demanded on the job market
due to a mismatch between the curriculum
in the tertiary institutions and the labour
market requirements leading to the problem
of skills mismatch and shortages which
is currently being experienced by many
employers in the face of the prevailing high
unemployment rates in the country.
The National Graduate Scheme Bill, 2018
acknowledges the existence of a number of
government and non-government interven-
tions that are already in operation to address
this problem of skills gaps and shortages.
These include the internship programme
which is meant to be compulsory for all
university students during the course of
their studies, the Uganda Graduate Vol-
unteer Scheme (UGVS) – a skills initiative
programme for graduates courtesy of the
partnership between the United Nations
Development Programme, United Nations
Volunteers Programme and the government
of Uganda through the Ministry of Gender,
Labour and Social Development (MGLSD),
and the Graduate Trainee Programme
(GTP); a scheme undertaken by some com-
panies in the country both public and private
like URA, UMEME, Electricity Regulatory
Authority and the Judicial Service Commis-
sion. It is intended to bridge the gap between
the knowledge and skills acquired at the uni-
versity and those required in the job market.
However, as rightly observed in the Grad-
uate Scheme Bill, such schemes are not pre-
mised in a legal framework and therefore are
not insulated from being abused by some
unscrupulous officials among those who
manage them.
In addition, while such initiatives are
commendable as they seek to address this
disturbing issue of skills gap in the labour
market, each of them has some shortcom-
ings. For example, the UGVS and GTP have
low coverage and therefore benefit only a
very small fraction of graduates. This could
probably explain why there is little informa-
tion to the public concerning the existence
of such schemes. As for the internship pro-
gramme, it is not only given inadequate time
but students are left to find placements for
themselves which at times are inappropriate
for meaningful work-based training.
Besides, the fact that UGVS is a donor
funded scheme, its sustainability may not be
guaranteed hence the need for a law to pro-
vide for its continuity in the event that such
donors funding has stopped.
Since the main objective of the National
Graduate Scheme Bill is to enhance gradu-
ates skills development for employability,
increased productivity and competitiveness
which objective is consistent with FUE pri-
ority area number one, ‘Facilitate skills for
employment and development’ as contained
in its Business Agenda - the lobbying tool
to the government, it implies that FUE sup-
ports the said Bill. This could be subject to
the issues raised in its (FUE) Position Paper
that was presented to the Parliamentary
Committee on Gender, Labour and Social
Development. Widening of the target group
beyond university graduates is one of such
issues.
Whereas unemployment tends to be high
among university graduates, the objective
of the scheme is to provide an opportunity
for national service and to facilitate the tran-
sition from school to work. This, coupled
with the fact that employers both in the
public and private sectors not only employ
university graduates but the diploma and
certificate holders as well, suggests that this
Bill needs to consider Ugandans beyond the
graduates.
True, it’s an enormous task and costly ven-
ture to expand the scheme beyond the uni-
versity graduates by including the Diploma
holders as well given the overwhelming
number of students to be involved. For
instance, according to the National Council
for Higher Education (NCHE) records, there
are 47 universities nine of which are public,
29 private and nine degree-awarding insti-
tutions. Besides the universities, there are
August. 09 - 15 2019
comment
207 other tertiary institutions. All these send
their students (products) into the world of
work annually where they find a multitude
of others already floating on the labour
market.
Since the state of joblessness in the country
is every one’s concern which affects all of
us in one way or another, there is need for
sobre and meaningful discussions; especially
by the key stakeholders – the government,
employers (private sector), workers’ unions,
parents and students to be involved in
which each of the fore mentioned categories
of stakeholders ought to come well prepared
to make consideration and compromise (sac-
rifice) in order to arrive at win-win situation.
As they say, where there is a will there is
always a way.
Similarly, it’s important that the govern-
ment provides meaningful incentives to
employers to provide placement opportu-
nities for the trainees under this National
Graduate Scheme as proposed in Clause
17(3) of the Bill so that a reasonable number
of interns can be accommodated since such a
sacrifice goes with high costs.
Therefore, it’s matter of necessity that
cabinet, MPs and the general public support
the passing of this Bill into law. This can be
followed by consultations with all interest
groups on the strategies and guidelines of
creating an efficient and effective system for
this National Graduate Scheme. This will
ensure that the multitudes of unemployed
young and educated Ugandans who are
floating on the labour market and others
who will graduate from the many tertiary
institutions in the country can be empow-
ered with appropriate skills of employability
and self-employment together with the cul-
ture of national service and work ethics. It is
through this way that the prevailing state of
rampant unemployment and hopelessness
especially among the majority youth can be
overcome.
As rightly put by Harbison, a world
renowned economist, a country which is
unable to develop the skills and knowledge
of its people and utilise them effectively in the
national economy will be unable to develop
anything else. The development of Human
Capital Quality is very essential for employ-
ability, high productivity, higher incomes and
sustainable economic growth.
Patrick Ajuna works with Federation of Uganda
Employers, department of policy and research
33

ART | BOOKS | SOCIETY | TRAVEL | CULTURE
Weaver Bird
Sculpture Park
Open air sculptures in that mirror
a community’s cultural heritage
T
By Dominic Muwanguzi
he perception that art only re-
sides in the traditional art spaces
like museums and galleries is
quickly overturned when one
visits Weaver Bird Sculpture
Park, located almost 7 km from
Masaka town, on the south- eastern part of
Uganda.
Sitting on top of a sprawling hill overlook-
ing a famous swamp and nestling in a can-
opy of wildly growing eucalyptus trees, the
space inhabits several sculptures constructed
from a variety of media; including concrete,
stained glass, fiber glass and plastic off-cuts.
They are evenly spread out on a vast acreage
of land measuring approximately fifteen
acres with scrubs of glass offering a rustic
ambience to the visitor. Even the two square
bathrooms, sitting side by side, evoke an
identity of sculptures. They were built with a
mixture of concrete and rock extracted from
the foothill of the hill by the community in
34 August. 09 - 15 2019
the tradition of collaborative art making. It’s
a process that can be traced back to African
traditional communities; where the artisan
worked directly with the community to pro-
duce art.
The sculptures here were all built with the
participation of the community and a num-
ber of artists visiting the space. In this, they
mirror the culture and traditional heritage
of the space within which they are situated.
For example, the vast garbage can by Ronex,
is used to collect garbage at the camp. This
trash bin encourages and promotes the idea
of keeping the environment clean to ensure
healthy lives of the communities. This prac-
tice of community environment responsibil-
ity is a rejoinder to the tradition of Bulungi
Bwansi that is still practiced in Buganda
under the auspices of the Kabaka chiefs
found in every district of the Kingdom.
A few minutes from the bin constructed
from aluminum off-cuts, is the board game
(Omweso) installation. The board game-
supposedly introduced by the Bachwezi of
Bunyoro-kitara Kingdom to Buganda- was
a popular game in the kingdom played for
leisure by fully grown up men only.
The presence of these symbolic installa-
tions- central to the Buganda culture- sug-
gests the intentional approach to art produc-
tion by the artists which is to interact with
the community.
Community interaction with the art does
not stop at the local community visiting the
park, but is spread out to the vast audiences
including young corporates from Masaka
town centre, school children from interna-
tional schools like Kampala International
School Uganda (KISU), GEM International
Schools and the tourist community who
want to interact with indigenous artworks.
This is obviously a departure to the norm of
public art display in spaces restricted to most
of the public. This limitation to access art in
the public distances the community from the
art and it can be argued from this point that
the art in the open spaces does not speak to
the people. It is possibly erected to commu-
nicate a political narrative or for tourists.
The Weaver Bird Sculpture Park challeng-
es such a divide between art and public. The
sculptures and installations at the site are
clearly accessible to the public through open
access to the park to both the local and tour-
ist community and the construction process
of the artworks on display.
An interactive art project like this may
never have been successful if it was not for
the ethical inculcation of unity at the centre.
To illustrate this theme of unity, at the centre
of the small village is a towering monument
measuring above 20ft tall. It is the Monu-
ment of Unity 2012 depicting three abstract
figures: Father, Mother and Child evoked as
a symbol of unity in the family. According
to Joe Bukenya, community artist and my
guide for this tour, the concrete sculpture
was built by a group of artists from Kenya
under the Kuona Arts Trust collective and a
section of Ugandan artists to demonstrate to
the community the significance of unity in
the community. “Everything in this commu-
nity is done together. For example, all the art
projects in this community are worked on by
the community and this bonds us together,”
says Bukenya.
The manner in which this sculpture park
is related to the community is an essential
inspiration to art in public spaces, not only
in Kampala but across the region. As a form
of creating new ways of interacting with art,
the sculptures here mirror the cultural her-
itage of the community and provide a plat-
form to freely express oneself. This is wit-
nessed in the wall mural that bears diverse
scribbling of different people reacting to
varied issues in their community.
Weaver Bird Sculpture Park is part of Weaver
Bird Community of the Arts located in Ndegeya
village in Masaka. It is a brainchild of Collin
Sekajugo, a community artist who established it
in 2012 to give back to the community.

Breaking free from the
claws of a sex cabal
Z
ura Maids profiles Lena Ayugi
in a super hero character of
sorts, attempting to do the
impossible to break the back
of a dangerous cabal that is engaged
in the abduction of unsuspecting poor
girls from an internally displaced
people’s camp in Lira.
At the height of the protracted
LRA war in northern Uganda, human
traffickers pounced and had a field day
to supply brothels with all manner of
victims of the war; mainly girls that
were desperate to survive.
The story begins during Lena’s final
hours in Luzira Prison, where she
had been incarcerated for two years
as a prisoner of conscience. Lena was
unfortunately among the victims. This
Gulu University graduate had her
hopes and dignity shattered, thanks to
the evil schemes of an agency called
Zura Maids.
On the surface, ‘Zura Maids’ is the
business name of an employment
agency for house maids. But in reality
it is a secret holding ground used by
a powerful ring of human traffickers
that specilise in using young girls as
sex slaves.
As the story goes in the book,
it did not matter to Lena that the
magistrate had chosen not to believe
her innocence. What mattered was
that her attorney, Arthur Mubende,
that good man, had believed her.
He did not mind that the world
had made a prostitute of her. He
believed her when she told him she
had been deceived; that instead of
the housekeeping job, she had been
forcefully held in a brothel somewhere
in the sprawling slums of Kawempe,
along with fifteen other girls. He
believed her when she told him that
after six months of sexual slavery she
could not take it anymore and so she
had decided to end the ordeal with a
cigarette lighter a client forgot in her
room. The brothel had burnt down.
No one was hurt, but she was charged
with arson, and after a slow six months
trial she was found guilty. They lost
the case and she was sentenced to two
years imprisonment.
Lena felt the world had wronged
her. The world had no right to keep her
away from her loved ones. The world
Title: Zura Maids
Author: Apio Eunice Otuko
Publisher: FEMRITE
Publications Limited
Number of pages: 300
Year of publication: 2018
Category: Novel
Reviewed by: Nathan Kiwere
had no right to violate her body the
way it had done. The world had no
right to deprive her of her freedom…
Having found out that the reason
Arthur Mubende willingly agreed to
represent her pro bono was because
he had lost his own sister fifteen years
back under similar circumstances, Lena
agreed to team up with him after her
eventual release from prison in order
to rescue her younger sister Milly
and Arthur’s sister Molly. In a battle
against the mighty cabal, a lot is at
August. 09 - 15 2019
book
stake for both of these protagonists.
This book is rich in some literary
devices such as personification,
description and flashback. For instance,
in chapter one, as Lena waited on the
veranda of her ward from where she
could see the wardress on duty come
out of the office to summon prisoner
No. UG50, we see her encounter with
a fly.
“A lake fly flapped its wings and
fell on her lap. She let it say goodbye.
This April morning the lake flies still
danced around the enclosure in the
same way they did the first time she
arrived, slowly beckoning would-be
watchers’ attention in lazy circular
motions. At night they gyrated around
security lamps…”
Later in the same chapter one, Lena’s
former inmate, Martina, describes
Lena’s facial disposition in her
reminiscence. It says, “Martina
remembered Lena’s saddened face,
the three lines of frown permanently
etched on her forehead. The teary
eyes that sat behind beautiful long
lashes. The glorious beautiful black
skin that concealed prison difficulties
and scarcities. She saw lacerations.
The scarred back, shoulders and
buttocks…”
As her maiden work of fiction,
Apio Eunice Otuko presents a
tragedy that echoes her real life
aspirations as an activist against
sexual violence meted on women.
She seems to cast a spotlight on some
of the evils that simmered nearly
undetected and overshadowed by
the murderous wave that swept the
north.
She is the co-founder of Facilitation
for Peace, a human rights and
development NGO based in Lira.
She studied at Makerere University
for both her undergraduate and
master’s degree. In 2016 she graduated
with a PhD in Anthropology from the
University of Birmingham in the UK.
Zura Maids is a must-read for anyone
that loves local literature that combines
literary genius and advocacy.
35
 Chinese goodies container for Kenya MPs arrives empty
The Chinese Embassy in Kenya is
in shock after a container delivering
its goodies to Parliament from Beijing
arrived in Nairobi empty. The contain-
er tagged ‘diplomatic goods’ was sup-
posed to have laptops and computer
projectors from the National People’s
Congress of China delivered through
the Chinese Embassy in Kenya.
“We were shocked to be notified by
the National Assembly that when the
container arrived in the parliament
yesterday on 30th July and opened by
the officers of the National Assembly,
it was empty inside,” read a statement
by the Chinese embassy.
The Directorate of Criminal Investi-
gations (DCI) is probing circumstances
under which the goodies “disap-
peared”. Detectives have reportedly
impounded the lorry that delivered the
empty container.

Woman ‘marries’ her dog Millennials want love

Brewery launches tea
that tastes like beer
The makers of popular
Australian beer Victoria
Bitter have released a
limited edition VB Tea that
combines Ceylon black tea
and Super Pride hops, the
same variety of hops that
gives Victoria Bitter its
bitterness. The result, a cup
of tea that tastes like beer.
Or at least that’s what the
people at Victoria Bitter
would like you to believe.
With the advent of online
dating apps, you’d think that it
couldn’t be easier finding ‘the
one’. Well, unfortunately for one
woman, all dating has done for
her is provide unhappy moment
after unhappy moment. So she
decided to take matters into
her own hands and ‘marry’ the
one male in her life that will
never leave her: her dog. Eliza-
beth Hoad decided to she was
over getting hurt by men and
after 221 dates and four failed
engagements, it was best if she
just tied the knot with her gold-
en retriever on British breakfast
TV show `This Morning’. Many
viewers said they genuinely
couldn’t believe what they were
seeing. One viewer wrote on
social media: “What is hap-
pening with this programme?
Sinking to new depths. This
woman may actually be quite
vulnerable, not to mention this
poor dog. Come on team, do
better.”
but can’t afford it
Millennials are struggling to
find love because they cannot
afford to date, a new study has
found.
According to a survey con-
ducted by researchers at dating
site Match, the majority of Gen-
eration Y is looking for the one,
with 63 per cent of respondents
revealing they want to find
romantic love. However, for
one-third of singles, finances
and the cost of dating means
they feel unable to fully pursue
their quest for love. According
to Match, the average date,
comprised of a dinner for
two, a bottle of wine, and two
movie tickets, costs $102.32 in
America (Approx.Shs370,000).
So many millennials feel they
must reach a certain income
level before dating.

‘Bent’ pyramid opens in Egypt

Egypt has opened to visitors
the “bent” pyramid built for the
pharaoh Sneferu, a 101-metre
structure south of Cairo that
marks a key step in the evolu-
tion of pyramid construction.
The 4,600-year-old structure
is one of three built for Fourth
Dynasty founding pharaoh
Sneferu in Dahshur, at the
southern end of the Memphis
necropolis, a Unesco world
heritage site. Its appearance is
unusual. The first 49 metres,
which have largely kept their
smooth limestone casing, are
built at a steep 54 degree angle,
before tapering off towards the
top. It has been reopened to the
public for the first time since
1965, when it was closed for
restoration works. The angu-
lar shape contrasts with the
straight sides of Sneferu’s Red
Pyramid just to the north, the
first of ancient Egypt’s fully
formed pyramids and the next
step towards the Great Pyra-
mid of Giza.

36 August. 09 - 15 2019
The cheapest Cheapest vehicles to operate on a weekly basis:
 Micro cars  Kia Carnival

car to run  Kia Picanto

 Mitsubishi Mirage
 Fiat 500 Pop
 Toyota Tarago
 Volkswagen Mul-
tivan

Light cars Sports cars

Kia, Suzuki, Rav4 and more  Kia Rio  Toyota 86
 Suzuki Swift  Mazda MX-5
 Suzuki Baleno  Subaru BRZ
By Agencies Mitsubishi Lancer and Hyundai i30  Mazda2  Subaru WRX

N
petrol.  Honda Jazz  Renault Megane
ew survey reveals the most In the small SUV category gold Sport
affordable – and most ex- was awarded to the Hyundai Kona Small cars
pensive – new models to Active front-wheel drive auto, while  Kia Cerato Small SUV
own and operate in 2019 the Hyundai IONIQ Electric Elite  Honda Civic  Hyundai Kona
The Royal Automotive Club of Vic- was the cheapest EV to operate.  Mitsubishi Lancer  Honda HR-V
toria (RACV) has released the results Mid-size SUVs were considerably  Hyundai i30 diesel  Mazda CX-3
of its annual running costs survey, pricier to own and operate, but the  Hyundai i30 petrol  Suzuki Jimny
and the results might surprise you. cheapest of them were the Ford  Suzuki Vitara
It measured the cost of owning Escape and Toyota RAV4 in both Medium cars
and operating a new vehicle in petrol and hybrid form.  Toyota Camry Hybrid Medium SUV
Victoria for private use, travelling The Toyota Camry Hybrid Ascent  Toyota Camry petrol  Ford Escape
15,000km a year, over a five-year Sport took the win among mid-size  Mazda6  Toyota RAV4
period. vehicles, while Honda’s Odyssey VTi  Subaru Liberty  Toyota RAV4
The vehicles assessed in the 2019 was cheapest in the people-mover  Hyundai Sonata (hybrid)
RACV survey included a field of 141 category.  Kia Sportage
models across 14 categories. Finally, in the booming ute sector, Large cars  Nissan X-TRAIL
As usual, the results factor in the the Mitsubishi Triton claimed wins  Holden Commodore (petrol)
standing costs of owning a vehicle in both the 4×2 and 4×4 categories, (four-cylinder)
(purchase price, registration, insur- followed in the latter by the Holden  Holden Commodore Large SUV
ance, depreciation, loan repayments, Colorado and the Isuzu D-MAX, (V6)  Subaru Outback
etc.) and running costs including fuel Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux.  Toyota Camry (petrol)
and maintenance. The most expensive models to  Skoda Superb  Subaru Outback
The Kia Rio hatchback took the top own? Once again this year that title  Kia Stinger (diesel)
spot. It has a 1.4-litre four-cylinder goes (surprisingly) to the Tesla Mod-  Kia Sorento
petrol engine paired to an automatic el X 100D. People-movers  Hyundai Santa Fe
transmission. Also up there for pricey running  Honda Odyssey  Volkswagen Tiguan
Second overall and in the light-car costs was the BMW X5 xDrive30d,  Hyundai iMax Allspace
class was the Suzuki Swift GL, and followed by the Toyota 200 Series
third overall and top micro-car was LandCruiser diesel and Ford’s V8 4×4 SUV
the Kia Picanto. Mustang coupe.  Mitsubishi Pajero
The popular Mazda2 Neo ranked Sport
fifth overall, while another Kia – the  Isuzu MU-X
Cerato – was ninth overall and  Toyota Fortuner
top small car, significantly  Holden Trailblazer
ahead of small-car  Ford Everest
rivals like the
Honda Civic, 2WD Ute
 Mitsubishi Triton
 Ford Ranger
 Isuzu D-MAX
 Toyota HiLux
 Nissan Navara
4WD Ute
 Mitsubishi Triton
 Holden Colorado
 Isuzu D-MAX
 Ford Ranger
 Toyota HiLux

August. 09 - 15 2019 37
global comment
By Paul Mulindwa
AU success in Sudan
Its approach to mediating could become a model for
resolving similar challenges in other African countries
M
ediating a deadlocked political
dispute is difficult work in the
best of times. Mediating the con-
flict in Sudan between military
rulers and opposition demonstrators – fol-
lowing the dramatic ouster of an autocratic
leader, and against a background of wide-
spread (violently suppressed) protests – was
supposed to be nearly impossible. Yet the
African Union has managed to do it.
After weeks of tense negotiations, AU
negotiators, led by Special Envoy Mohamed
el Hacen Lebatt of Mauritania and Ethiopian
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, managed to
secure a power-sharing agreement between
Sudan’s ruling military council and civilian
opposition leaders. It is a major step toward
ending the political crisis that has gripped
Sudan for more than six months.
The crisis began last December, when
street protests erupted in response to cuts in
bread and fuel subsidies. The economy was
near collapse, following years of US sanc-
tions (mostly lifted in 2017) and the loss of
oil revenues following South Sudan’s inde-
pendence in 2011, and the protests quickly
grew into large-scale demonstrations against
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s brutal
three-decade-long dictatorship.
In April, the military stepped in to unseat
and arrest al-Bashir, who stands accused of,
among other things, overseeing the genocide
in Darfur in the 2000s. But protesters were
not seeking another military regime – let
alone one led by the former defense minister,
Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, al-Bashir’s
former ally and enforcer – so they continued
to camp outside the military headquarters in
Khartoum.
Under pressure, Hamdan announced,
within a day of al-Bashir’s ouster, that he
was stepping down as the head of the transi-
tional government – but only to be replaced
by another military leader. Protests con-
tinued to escalate – and so did the military’s
violent repression. On June 3, security forces
brutally attacked the sit-in in Khartoum,
leaving over 100 dead and hundreds more
injured.
Talks collapsed. The prospects for a deal
between the Transitional Military Council
and the opposition coalition, operating
under the banner of the Forces of Freedom
and Change, appeared bleak. And they
probably would have been, were it not for
38 August. 09 - 15 2019
the strong, appropriate action taken by the
AU.
The AU condemned the military crack-
down on protesters and suspended Sudan’s
membership until “the effective establish-
ment of a civilian-led transitional authority.”
But it also continued working to facilitate
progress – crucially, by engaging with local
stakeholders. As the AU’s Peace and Secu-
rity Council pointed out, “Sudanese stake-
holders are the sole authors of their destiny
at this critical juncture in the history of their
country.”
The approach worked. Within a month,
the two sides were back to the negotiating
table, and in just three days struck a deal
to break the deadlock, agreeing to form an
11-member joint military-civilian authority
to run Sudan during an interim period of
39 months. A military general will lead the
council for the first 21 months, and a civilian
leader for the remaining 18 months, fol-
lowed by an election.
The agreement offers hope to a people who
have suffered under repressive leadership
for decades. But it is not only Sudanese who
stand to benefit. The AU’s approach to medi-
ating the dispute in Sudan could become
a model for resolving similar challenges in
other African countries, including Algeria,
Libya, and South Sudan.
The AU’s interventions in previous polit-
The same year,
similar protests
erupted in the
Democratic
Republic of Congo,
following the
introduction of
a law that would
allow President
Joseph Kabila to
prolong his tenure
ical crises were often criticized for being too
little too late. And the group has drawn ire
for failing to act against repressive or abusive
regimes, even as it proscribes the uncon-
stitutional overthrow of those regimes. In
2017, for example, the AU condemned the
Zimbabwean military’s ouster of that coun-
try’s long-standing dictator, Robert Mugabe,
before adjusting its stance.
In Sudan, the AU avoided its past mistakes.
Now, it must continue to play a constructive
role in the country, maintaining engagement
with all stakeholders to ensure a smooth
transition. Moreover, it should apply the les-
sons from Sudan more broadly, as it carves
out a role for itself as an effective champion
of peace in Africa. That role should include
acting as a kind of early-warning mechanism
– identifying, highlighting, and challenging
factors that could fuel political crises.
One such factor, common in Africa, is pres-
idents’ refusal to leave office, relying instead
on changes to electoral law or even the
constitution to extend their terms. Egypt’s
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame,
and Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni (who sub-
sequently also made sure the upper age
limit was scrapped) have all employed this
strategy.
Such power grabs pose a serious threat to
good governance, peace, stability, and secu-
rity. In 2015, enabled by a new constitution,
Burundi’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza,
won a third term amid violent protests. The
same year, similar protests erupted in the
Democratic Republic of Congo, following
the introduction of a law that would allow
President Joseph Kabila to prolong his
tenure. The AU should show leadership in
this area, pursuing interventions that but-
tress constitutional democracy, in line with
its Agenda 2063.
The AU has resisted military coups in the
past. On the heels of its success in Sudan, it
must stand against “constitutional coups”
carried out by presidents, as it establishes
itself more firmly as a force for peace and
democratic governance in Africa.
Paul Mulindwa is Advocacy and Campaigns
Officer with CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil-
society organisations.
Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2019.
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