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The Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, and the leadership of the Uganda Police Force wish His Excellency the President Gen. Kaguta Y. Museveni, cabinet members and all people of Uganda a jolly and peaceful Independence day.The police pledges to continue with its mandate of protecting the people and property of Uganda and enhancing peace

and order and adherence to the rule of law. We are not yet relenting on the noble task of preventing and managing crimes of all kinds. With further professionalization of the force and facilitation, the police force, through its many directorates and

specialized units, is carrying out many assignments domestically and abroad in international peace missions and other collaborations.

With new products like community policing and neighbourhood watch and the police standards unit, the police is steadily contributing to the peace and maintenance of law and order.

families and the general Ugandan economy. We have also embarked on self-reliance projects such as the garments factory which makes uniforms for the police on Jinja road in Kampala.

The factory will soon make products for other security agencies and the general public. All such activities help boost the livelihoods of the citizens plus our usual community services like vaccination and health campaigns and general sanitation and

cleaning of neighbourhoods.Recently, the Hon. Minister of State for Internal Affairs Hon. Kania Obiga launched the construction of 1020 housing units at

UGANDA POLICE FORCE

H.E. Gen. Kaguta Y. Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda

The Uganda Police Garments factory demonstrating their capabilties during Police Day celebrations at Kololo

Hon. Minister of state for Internal Affairs Kania Obiga launching the construction of 1020

Counter Terrorism directorate exhibiting its aerial capabilities in combating terrorism during Police Day celebrations at Kololo

REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

Gen. Kale KayihuraInspector General of Police

Long live the Uganda Police Force! Long live Uganda!

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The Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, and the leadership of the Uganda Police Force wish His Excellency the President Gen. Kaguta Y. Museveni, cabinet members and all people of Uganda a jolly and peaceful Independence day.The police pledges to continue with its mandate of protecting the people and property of Uganda and enhancing peace

and order and adherence to the rule of law. We are not yet relenting on the noble task of preventing and managing crimes of all kinds. With further professionalization of the force and facilitation, the police force, through its many directorates and

specialized units, is carrying out many assignments domestically and abroad in international peace missions and other collaborations.

With new products like community policing and neighbourhood watch and the police standards unit, the police is steadily contributing to the peace and maintenance of law and order.

families and the general Ugandan economy. We have also embarked on self-reliance projects such as the garments factory which makes uniforms for the police on Jinja road in Kampala.

The factory will soon make products for other security agencies and the general public. All such activities help boost the livelihoods of the citizens plus our usual community services like vaccination and health campaigns and general sanitation and

cleaning of neighbourhoods.Recently, the Hon. Minister of State for Internal Affairs Hon. Kania Obiga launched the construction of 1020 housing units at

UGANDA POLICE FORCE

H.E. Gen. Kaguta Y. Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda

The Uganda Police Garments factory demonstrating their capabilties during Police Day celebrations at Kololo

Hon. Minister of state for Internal Affairs Kania Obiga launching the construction of 1020

Counter Terrorism directorate exhibiting its aerial capabilities in combating terrorism during Police Day celebrations at Kololo

REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

Gen. Kale KayihuraInspector General of Police

Long live the Uganda Police Force! Long live Uganda!

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni The President of Uganda

Hon. Jeje OdongoMinister for Internal Affairs

Prof. Kasenene PeterChairman - NIRA Board

Hon. Mario Obiga KaniaMinister of State for Internal Affairs

Ms Judy Obitre-GamaExecutive Director - NIRA

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ContentsPresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s independece day address to the Nation

UMEP uplifts rural women

The Health Sector

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Uganda is in celebratory mood as we witness the 54th Independence Anniversary. True, we have witnessed regressions along the way but the current events show we

are on the way to progress.

As rightly put out by the Deputy Executive Director, Uganda Media Centre, Col. Shaban Bantariza, Uganda has had almost half the period of our independence experienced turbulence and insecurity.

Hence as Ugandans, we have not been able to realize and enjoy the fruits of our labour, let alone bearing sustainable fruits of our labour as independent Ugandans, Bantariza observes.

“It is for that reason that you will hear many in the ruling party and government of Uganda starting from 1986 when enumerating success and achievements for Uganda and by Ugandans. Of course some Ugandans, especially those who don’t know what happened from 1966 to 1986, accuse the NRM of trying to re-write Uganda’s history””, Bantariza further observes. “Maybe they have a point, but only from a point of lack of knowledge, to be polite! Some debaters would say “from the point of ignorance”, he adds.

our history, because our history is not a monopoly of a single individual or group of people.

But the fact remains that Ugandans tasted the fruits of

time, Uganda as a country is weaning off donor aid which had become synonymous with the past governments.

This is not because Uganda was poor to rely on hand outs from donor who are linked to colonial establishments but was purely due to mismanagement of the economy and the ineffective state structures that we inherited from the British colonialists enhanced by the education system tailored in favour of colonial

How come most countries that were never colonised have developed faster than the formerly colonised. The colonial administrators made sure that even after they left we danced to their whims and always reached out to them for handouts to bail out our limping governments and institutions.

It’s no wonder that some in the know feel that it is the right time the colonialists pay reparation for the plunder of the formerly colonised countries. As much as we blame the past governments for mismanaging our state affairs, the blame should go to the colonial administrators who not only repatriated the cash but human resource in form of slavery.

As seen from 1986 till date, despite burden of corruption and a recuperating economy, Uganda’s growth is remarkable. The road

network from border to border is at its best, the enrolment in primary, secondary and university levels is astronomical, health services coverage going higher and higher, peace and security is at its best to mention but a few.

consume what we don’t have. The government has set the pace and its incumbent upon us to tap into these develop programmes to be able to pluck ourselves out of poverty.

Let no one be mistaken that government will give out free money to a lazy hand.

Happy Independence Anniversary.

There is reason to celebrate this year’s Independence

Prime Minister Milton Obote receives the instruments of government on October 9, 1962

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Theme: “Protection of our independence through promotion of patriotism, unity and hard work at Luuka District - 9th October, 2016

I congratulate Ugandans on the 54th Independence Anniversary of our country. I wish you a prosperous 55th year of Independence.

As I have told you repeatedly, over the last 55 years, the NRM and its precursors have

are:

(i) Ideological disorientation;

(ii) A weak State, especially the army, that needed strengthening;

(iii) Under-developed infrastructure;

(iv) The underdevelopment of the human resource;

(v) Interfering with the private sector (either by policy or by corruption);

(vi) A fragmented African market on account of colonialism;

(vii) Exporting unprocessed raw materials and, therefore, getting little money and losing jobs and lack of industrialization;

(viii) The underdevelopment of the services sector;

(ix) The underdevelopment of agriculture;

(x) The attack on democracy.

reduce all the ten bottlenecks, Uganda will be a modern country. These bottlenecks need to be tackled in a holistic way.

Especially by handling electricity, the improved roads and ICT backbone, we are on the verge of lowering the costs of doing business in the economy, especially in manufacturing. The only problem remaining is on account of the high electricity prices caused by the Bujagali power station of 11 American cents. Recently, in New York, I had a serious discussion with the stakeholders involved in the Bujagali project and agreed on how to bring down the cost of power of that power station. Apart from bringing down the cost of power, we are building new dams to ensure that Uganda will never, again, be in shortage of electricity.

In order to further deal with the high cost pushers in manufacturing and business, we

standard gauge railway. In a manufactured

product, electricity accounts for 40% and transport accounts for 50% (World Bank).

cost-pushers of electricity, road transport and rail transport, we remain to deal with the total monetization and modernization of agriculture, industrializing the country and continue to develop the services sector.

The total monetization of agriculture will mean persuading the 68% of the homesteads that are still in subsistence farming to join commercial agriculture. Operation Wealth Creation is continuing to distribute coffee seedlings, fruit seedlings, tea seedlings, etc. Since Operation Wealth Creation started in 2013, they have given out a total of 122 millions coffee seedlings, 11 million fruit seedlings, 15 millions of tea seedlings. This is in addition to the seedlings of maize, banana suckers, dairy heifers, cassava, piglets, poultry, etc.

Unfortunately, I am told that around 40% of the coffee seedling have dried up

them. This is terrible carelessness. It is so easy to water coffee seedlings and similar plants by fetching water from a nearby swamp on a bicycle in a kidomola (a jerrycan), distributing the water into

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plastic water bottles, putting a small hole in each bottle and putting each near the kikolo of the plant (near the roots). This is simple drip irrigation. However, agriculture needs to do more. There is sometimes the

in phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen. You should carry out zonal tests and advise the farmers accordingly, through intensive radio, sensitization. The other big problem for agriculture is the occasional erraticness of the rain. The answer for this is irrigation-mega and micro. We have already repaired the mega-irrigation schemes of Doho in Butaleja, Mobuku in Kasese, Olweny in Lango, Agoro in Lamwo and Kibiimba in Bugiri. Mubuku and Agoro are more correct conceptually because they involve diverting River water and irrigating the terrestrial portion of our country and not encroaching on the wetlands in effect tampering with the tributaries of the Nile River. The other mode of irrigation is to use solar water pumps, pump water from a lower elevation to a higher one and irrigate the

already directed to have those solar-pumps assembled and manufactured here.

to manufacture phosphate fertilizers at Sukuru hills in Tororo. Eventually, we hope to blend the Tororo phosphates with the potassium from Lake Katwe and

or importing some from our Tanzanian brothers so that the NPK fertilizer is processed and formulated here.

Do not, however, forget that the other danger to stable commercial agriculture in Uganda is land fragmentation through archaic systems of inheritance. You the

leaders need to aggressively sensitize the people on this issue.

On the side of livestock, the remaining challenge is to ensure that we provide good pasture for the cattle, both in the rainy and dry seasons. The farms everywhere must be planted with chloris Guyana (orunyankokoore), bracheria (ejubwe), hyperania ruffa (emburara), panicum maxima and minima (obuteera-nte) as well as the newly recommended fodder crops such as sorghum etc. etc. The Ministry of Agriculture should solve the issue of tractors. Acquiring tractors is not a problem. The problem are the people to entrust the tractors with. The issue of ticks is being handled.

The issue of industrializing our country will be handled in four ways.

First of all, the Ugandan investors who have already done a good job. These will be assisted to expand. I also encourage them to source new partners from outside or inside. Then there are the FDIs (the Foreign Direct Investments). The crucial point here is prompt decision-making by

The third source of manufacturers are our scientists whom we have assisted to get patents after their inventions. Those are being assisted with our direct funding. The fourth group are the youth, the women and the cooperative groups that we are assisting to acquire machinery for processing most of our agricultural, mineral and forest raw-materials into

The services sector, especially tourism,

is growing very well on account of robust security and the good roads.

The other effort has been in the area

manufacturers. We are going to give capital to Uganda Development Bank (UDB)

year. Then, gradually, it will be increased up to 500 billion shillings over the medium term. They can, then, lend that money to the manufacturers at the interest rate of 15%.

airline. We allowed Uganda Airlines to die because it was making losses and, at that time, Ugandans were not travelling as much as today. Somebody has told me that Ugandans are spending US$420 million per year on travel. Therefore, the NRM Government has decided to start a

money and to end travel inconveniences to Ugandans.

Therefore, my dear Ugandans, I can

bright. We are assured of the internal market of Uganda, the regional market and the international markets. While purchasing power outside Africa is declining or stagnant, the purchasing power in Africa is going up. The purchasing power is one of the most important stimuli for production and growth.I once again congratulate all Ugandans upon celebrating the 54th Independence and wish you good luck and happy celebrations.

Thank you.

Sarah Kagingo of the Department of Communications and Public Affairs OWC visits a coffee nursery bed in western Uganda.

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By Robert Odongo

According to the Budget Financial Performance outturn

release of Ushs. 1,836.2bn was made to the Education sector.

This translated to an overall release performance of 100.41%.

The 100% budget performance from the government is attributed to supplementary budget releases to wage component for Votes 013, 149 and 122 to cater for wage shortfalls. Additionally, releases to non-wage component over performed at 102.6% on account of a supplementary

budget to votes 013 and 111, to cater for pension shortfalls. The Government of Uganda development budget release performed at 95% due to budget cuts.

The current development dispels claims by the opposition that the NRM government under President Yoweri Museveni is paying lip se3rvice to the education and sports sector. The critics point to low wages paid to teachers and the subsequent strikes. But government has maintained that with the economy and revenue improving, the teachers will get their fair share just like other civil servants who have patiently waited.

“The recurrent non-wage release performed at 110.38% against an absorptive capacity of 98.85%. Under Programme 01 Finance and Administration, the over performance of 233.75% is on account of a supplementary budget release

Pension and Wage. Despite this over performance, the absorptive capacity of programme 01 was 93.74% because of an error in release by MoFPED of 3.45bn to pension and wage and delayed recruitment of staff,” a report obtained exclusively by this publication observes. For physical Education and Sports, the over performance of 133.61% was because of supplementary funds to cater for the International Athletics world cross country championships (IAAF). In the face of this over performance by the components enlisted, however, Education Planning and Policy Analysis had the least budget release at 67.69%. This was because the Non-PAF component experienced budget cuts totaling to 5.866bn.

“The Development budget release performed at an average of 90.85% against an absorptive capacity of 99.36%. Project 1273 Support to Higher Education, Science & Technology cumulative release performed at 125.8% due to a supplementary budget release of Ushs. 1.26 bn provided for scholarships. Project 1378 Support to the Implementation of Skilling Uganda Strategy (BTC); Project 1241Development of Uganda Petroleum

Institute Kigumba and Project 1370 National High Altitude Training

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Centre (NHATC) cumulative budget release performed the worst at 56.00%, 61.88% and 61.71% respectively,” the report observes. This is generally attributed to budget release cuts,

activities that were on going for projects 1378 and 1370.

The Absorption capacity for the development projects averaged at 99.36% with Akii Bua Olympic Stadium falling below the average at 84.7%. This was because the project was still at the design phase.

In the pre-primary sub sector, the following outcomes were registered. The number of pre-primary schools Increased by

enrolment increased by 10% from 433,258 (214,996 boys;

Gender Parity Index at pre-primary stood at 1.02 in FY

In the primary sub sector, the report observes that the General Enrolment Ratio (GER) declined by 8 percentage

Ratio (NER) also declined by 6 percentage points from 97%

percentage share of new entrants to Primary One with the eligible age (6 years), referred to as the Net Intake Ratio (NIR) increased by 6 percentage points from 59% (58 boys;

The Gender Parity Index measures the progress towards elimination of gender imbalances in education participation and access of girls in relation to the boys. This indicator measures the accessibility of schooling for girls. Similar to

total of 4,122,663 boys and 4,141,654 girls were enrolled in primary schools resulting into a Gender Parity Index of 1.00 implying that for every boy enrolled in primary school, there is at least a girl enrolled.

Interventions undertaken by government in secondary sub sector to expand access resulted into the following outcomes: the sector experienced a decrease of 8% in total enrolment in secondary sub-sector from 1,391,250(738,391

The decrease in enrolment at secondary level is attributed to the low response rates especially among private schools.

The proportion of USE students to the overall total enrolment of secondary education increased by 12% from 817,366 in FY

under the UPOLET programme.

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The sector continued to put in place strategies to enable increased participation for girls in secondary education. As a

in the country that responded to the annual school census reduced from 2,950 (1,060 Government; 1,890 Private) in

government and private implementing USE programme also

The main outcomes registered by Business, Technical and Vocational Education and Training Education sub sector (BTVET) include the overall enrolment in BTVET increased by 16.2% from 111,479 students that is Female:48,012 and

students continue to out-number the female students in BTVET institutions. This is due to a number of factors including the current perceptions on male versus female labour intensive roles.

In the University sub sector, the main achievements include, according to NCHE, total enrolment in University and Other

Through Higher Education School Fees Board, loans were provided to 1,273 students (863 male; 410 female); and, established three new universities of Lira, Kabale and Soroti.

The report observes the Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) improved

percent from 15,332(1,885 Male; 13,447 Female) in FY

The Pupil Classroom Ratio (PCR) declined by 3 points from

to the mismatch that exists between classroom construction and the number of pupils

The Pupil Latrine Stances Ratio declined by 2 points from

the increase in enrolment without a proportionate increase in latrine stance construction.

The Pupil Teacher Ratio in the primary sub-sector improved by 3 percentage points from 46:1 (54:1government; 29:1

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The Pupil Classroom Ratio (PCR) declined by 4 points from

attributed to the rapid increase of enrolment which does not match the rate at which classrooms are being constructed in the sector.

by 4 percentage points from 64.2% (62 % boys; 66.5% girls) in 2014 to 60.2% (59% boys; 61.3 girls) in2015. The decline in pupils’ performance in literacy in primary three can be attributed to the longer stories that pupils have to read and limited guidance given to the pupils in the development of skills for reading comprehension. In addition, the

percentage point drop. Literacy and Numeracy rates at P.3; and the P.L.E Pass Rate declined by 2.3 percentage points

The P7 Completion Rate declined by 10.4 percentage points

that include among others; increase in early marriages, increased repetition rates and high teenage pregnancies;

The proportion of pupils repeating grades remained constant at 7.2%. However, there were variations in repetition rates by grade with P.6 registering the highest repetition rate of 9.1% (9.4% boys; 8.9% girls) and P.1 registering the lowest

decline in attendance in UPE schools by 8% from 95% in FY

Transition Rate to Senior One declined by 7.3 Percentage

Rate to Senior Five also declined by 5Percentage points from

Rate to S.1 and S.5 can be explained by fact that the current PPP institutions can only absorb approximately 50% of the student completing these levels in a particular academic year;

The number of students who registered for the Uganda

The survival Rates to S.4 of USE students improved by 3 percentage points from67% (68.3% male; 65.4% female) in

on the cohort analysis; and, an increase in attendance of 3%

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Government established 20 new Technical Institutes located in various districts and these institutions admitted students to study competence oriented academic programmes.

In 2012 Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) registered a total of 9,198 candidates and in 2015, a total of 32,624 candidates were registered. This positive increase in attributed to reforms in the Business, Technical and Vocational Education and Training Act 2008 reforms and strategies like Skilling Uganda. In Vocational education reforms, much effort has been put on reviewing the curricula for vocational programmes to be hands-on in order to meet the demands of the world of work. In 2016, the National Curriculum Development Centre rolled out new curricula

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Ms.Yudesi Rukurwe, is one of the 120 women in Kiruhura district that in June this year received Shs68.5million from the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP).

The Programme run under the Ministry of Gender, Labour and

is one of the 20 local governments where UWEP was initiated.

“Our group already existed; we were collecting and lending money amongst ourselves. When we heard about this Programme, we applied for funding and we were considered,” Ms Rukurwe, a member of Bijubwe Bakazi Tukore Women Group, narrates. The group composed of 13 women from Bijubwe village in Nyakashashara Sub-county chose an enterprise in bull fattening.

“After getting the money, our group’s procurement committee moved around in the cattle keeping communities where they

met farmers who were selling young bulls. They bought 10 bulls and three female cows in August,”

She said the cows acquired under the programme are being looked after from her family farm. The project cows have ear tags to distinguish them from the rest feeding on the same farm. They are taking all measures to ensure they survive and do well. Their prayer is that they don’t fall sick because the cost of treatment is hefty. They intend to sell the bulls after they have fattened. The proceeds will help them pay back the

“We bought three adult cows because in less than a year they would be able to produce. We will then sell milk and their offspring to pay back the money or sell them and retain off-springs,” Rukurwe revealed.

To Rukurwe, like her other group members, they are optimistic they will rely less on their husbands to cater for the basic

UWEP unlocks women’s potential in Kiruhura

Members of Rushororo Women Goat Rearing group with some of the goats they rear in Kanyaryeru Sub-county in Kiruhura District

Bijubwe Bakazi Tukore women group cows.

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household needs like sending children to school, paying medical bills and other requirements once UWEP’s aid starts bearing fruit.

Sub-county, Nyakashashara has two groups while Kanyaryeru has two and Burembe Sub-county has one. Each group has between 12 and15 members.

Under the Programme, women are required to form groups of between 10 to 15 members before accessing the funds.

The programme’s district Focal Point Person, Ms Fortunate

UWEP when the programme kicked off last year. Out of these, 19 groups were reviewed by the district and 10 were approved from which the ministry approved only nine for funding.

It turned out that all the selected groups wanted to engage in goat and bull fattening enterprises. They received the money in the range of Shs7 to Shs8 million each.

“When the programme was announced, the district held various stakeholder meetings at the sub-county and district levels. Local communities were sensitised on programme modalities. We also had a radio talk show and ran spot messages to reach out to many individuals.” Abaho said.

The groups have to pay back the money within a year at a zero interest rate. It will then be loaned to other groups.

per cent. The recovery period does not exceed three years. In case of any loss of the bulls or goats, members must report to

to safeguard them.

“They committed themselves to all the conditions. The money is

from lending organisations and individuals at exorbitant interest and they pay back. This one is interest free and they have much time to pay back,” says Ms Abaho.

women tend to be genuine in business, are eager to learn and make good investment decisions.

Besides constituting the largest portion of the Ugandan population, women also form majority of economically active population.

Women on a daily basis go out to fend for their families. The cultural and social settings in the country dictate that they shoulder the largest burden of responsibility at household level. With relatively little wage employment in Uganda, the women struggle through various ways, but mainly by engaging in petty business, to earn an income.

Ms Abaho says that for now the applicants are overwhelming against a minute budget allocation. Nevertheless, the prospects

with the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP).

Kiruhura/Members of Rushororo Women Goat receiving group attend a meeting.

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Otuke district lies in the northern part of Uganda and was formerly a part of Lira District, which is

a reknown produce hub in the country.

It is therefore no coincidence that majority of the women groups that have accessed funding under the new Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) are engaged in produce buying and selling as preferred enterprises.

Ms Mary Grace Okori, who is a member of BediWoro Women Group located right in the heart of Otuke Town Council, says most women in the area recognised that produce buying and selling is a kind of enterprise that can earn them returns faster given the booming market in that sector.

managed by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social

Development are supposed to invest the money they

recollected money is pooled again and reallocated to other women groups under a revolving approach.

Ms Martina Abeja, the chairperson Mara En Teko, another group in Otuke Town Council that has received funding, agrees that “When we put money in produce buying, we are most certain that we shall

with some to continue growing our businesses.”

They are not alone. They are just part of the eight

women groups across Otuke District that have started engaging in various enterprises that will enable them provide for their families and explore their full potential to contribute more productively to the country’s economic development. Thanks to the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP).

Most groups received their funding in August and they have just started implementing their entrepreneurship activities.

for their produce in Lira, Karamoja and Soroti.

The groups include; Barilec Women’s Group in Okwang Sub-county that received Shs6,390,000 and it is engaged in produce buying and selling. In the same Sub-county, Barlwala Women’s Piggery Project received Shs7,880,000, while in Otuke Town Council: Mara En Teko and BediWoro Women’s groups received Shs10m each.

Others are: Abongotoyo B Acan Mwole and Baracuga B United Women’s groups, all in Orum Sub-county, which received Shs6,456,000 and Shs6,438,000 respectively for produce buying and selling. Moo Yao Women’s group in Olilim Sub-county received Shs10m, and they are in produce buying and selling.

Silvester Ocen, says market for produce is available even within the district.

and people have not done so well in terms of food stocks.So the women groups go and buy food stuffs from other districts, bring to Otuke and sell,” he says.

Poverty levels are still high in the district with 80 per cent of the population living below the poverty line. The average household income is Shs170,000 per annum, according to a 2013 Stakeholder and

Otuke women choose produce buying and selling enterprises

us because they have seen us doing something that can support the family and this has reduced on

educate our children,” Auma explains.

The Community Development

Otuke, Mr Silvester Ocen.

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Institutional Mapping report.

Ocen says the major challenge for women has been access to credit to inject into their businesses.

Now with UWEP the women are enthusiastic to realise their potential in business.

will have great impact on the standards of living and improving livelihoods at household level” Mr Ocen says.

“In the long-run, I want to buy goats that I can rear and later sell to support the education of my children,” Grace Okori revealed.

According to Ms Christine Auma, the general secretary of Mara En Teko Women’s group, raising school fees and feeding their families are among the major issues affecting many women in rural areas in the Otuke District.

project. Even our husbands now respect us because they have seen us doing something that can support the family and this has reduced on the cases of domestic violence. We are seeing this as a life-changing project and we thank those who are behind it for the initiative. We believe this project will give us strength to feed our families and educate our children,” Auma explains.

Mara En Teko has already stocked 15 sacks of beans and the group intends to sell the produce later in Otuke, Abim and Kotido.

Mr LucanoOkello, the chairman LC1 of Jingcunyi cell said they will monitor the programme closely to ensure proper use of the funds.

A member of Bedi Woro group.

Members of Mara En Teko buy produce at Apur market in Otuke District. Photo by Bill Oketch.

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UWEP, one of the best government programmes- Kisoro women

Kirwa Women Twiyubake Buying and Selling Group

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Kabami Mothers’ Union Buying and Selling Group

Kagano Bacyara Turwany’ubukene Onion growing group

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Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP)

MINISTRY OF GENDER, LABOUR AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

The President of the Republic of Uganda

Hon. Peace MutuuzoMinister of State for Gender

and Culture

Hajat Janat Mukwaya Minister of Gender Labour and Social Development

Pius Bigirimana Permanent Secretary

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

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SN DISTRICT WOMEN ENTERPRISE FUND

BENEFICIA-RIES

STATUS

AMOUNT (UGX)

No of groups approved

No of wom-en

Month of Wom-en Enterprise Fund Disburse-ment

1 KISORO 70,937,000 21 291 June 20162 KIRUHURA 68,500,000 9 120 June 20163 KALIRO 51,080,000 8 86 Partial payment,

June 20164 NAKASON-

GOLA45,886,300 19 242 June 2016

5 MAYUGE 56,864,000 14 192 June 20166 OTUKE 67,164,000 8 117 June 20167 KAMULI 60,580,000 15 174 June 2016 KALIRO 35,000,000

8 WAKISO 201,166,100 28 3469 KAMPALA 128,200,000 17 18510 KALANGALA 52,525,000 11 13411 NTUNGAMO 41,949,000 8 10112 BUNDIBUGYO 61,000,000 12 16913 KAYUNGA 82,618,000 25 32314 NEBBI 94,387,500 25 37220 KIBAALE 84,680,480 21 27916 KITGUM 172,945,000 30 48816 61,515,500 34 44418 141,604,200 24 29119 Moroto 83,724,000 11 14320 Kole 46,399,000 9 130 1,708,725,080 349 4,627

SN

DISTRICT

WOMEN ENTERPRISE FUND

Number of groups that have received funds

Remarks

AMOUNT (UGX)

No of groups approved

1 KISORO 70,937,000 21 17 -

2 KIRUHURA 68,500,000 9 9

SN

DISTRICT

WOMEN ENTERPRISE FUND

Number of groups that have received funds

Remarks

AMOUNT (UGX)

No of groups approved

3 KALIRO 51,080,000 8 0 None have received

35,000,000 million to

4 NAKASON-GOLA

45,886,300 19 0

5 MAYUGE 56,864,000 14 0 -proval

6 OTUKE 67,164,000 8 8 -

7 KAMULI 60,580,000 15 0 -proval

421,011,300 94 34

Sector Frequency Percentage18147181213211137

Total 349 100.0

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The Ministry of Works and Transport is at various stages in development of sectoral policies and implementing planned institutional reforms. The Policies, Laws and institutional reforms in the pipeline are intended to

make the sector more effective.

Among the sectoral policy being developed is the Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) Policy Non-Motorised Transport, according to the ministry’s annual sector performance report

the policy is the most used means of transport in Uganda, it is the most neglected and unsafe mode of transport with largest

The objective of this policy is to redress this situation through the achievement of recognizing walking and cycling in transport planning, design, and infrastructure provision.

The provision of safe infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists; resources for walking and cycling is to be mainstreamed in the

by all agencies of universal design standards that provide access to all pedestrians and cyclists; and an improvement in regulation and enforcement to enhance safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

“The Non-motorised policy was approved by the Ministry and a monitoring and evaluation framework is under development,” says, the performance report.

The formulation of the rural transport policy is another policy under development which is in line with an improved policy framework in the country to facilitate the effective contribution of rural transport to poverty reduction and growth. The policy recommendations proposed for rural transport emphasise integration of rural transport within the rural development framework, and a closer linkage with the agriculture sector. The Policy was developed in 2013 and approved by the Ministry. A monitoring and Evaluation framework for the policy is being prepared. In addition the policy will be disseminated to all stakeholders such as local authorities, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries and Ministry of Local Government.

The draft national transport policy and strategy was developed to provide an enabling environment by addressing challenges such as Poor Quality of Transport Services.

Unexploited Regional Role of the Transport System, Lack of integration of different transport modes, Urban Environmental Pollution as a result of transport activities, Lack of an Urban

needs of the Sector are some of the challenges the Ministry wants to address.

The Road Safety Policy was developed with a vision to have safe roads for safe road users. The overall goals of the policy are: to annually reduce the number of accidents, fatalities and injuries on Ugandan roads; to put in place an effective road safety management and coordination institution as well

foundation for road safety interventions.

Works and transport ministry in Sectoral Policies, Laws and Institutional Reforms

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The ministry is establishing systems and analysis tools that provide reliable and timely statistical information about road

road safety interventions as well as put in place cost effective road design and maintenance procedures that consider all road users and assist safe driving and improve safe road user

and accident risks.

The Ministry is currently improving the competence of drivers through better training and testing standards; improve the

through better inspection procedures and enforcement of appropriate vehicle standards.

The Ministry is in the initial stages of developing the national air policy and terms of reference for a consultant have

civil aviation policy and include such matters as unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), military and policy aircraft to ensure future sustainability of the air transport sector. Axle Load Control Policy Overloading of vehicles leads to premature deterioration and failure of the road pavement before its intended design life, which presumes normal loading. Premature deterioration of road infrastructure leads to higher road maintenance costs and damaged roads result in increased Vehicle Operating Costs (VOC) and high transportation costs. In short, overloading generates a multiplier effect through the entire economy.

A study was commissioned in 2014 to review inland water transport laws in order to harmonize them within the region and update them to international standards so that Inland

Water Transport can be revamped in the country. As a result, Principles for Drafting of an Inland Water Transport Bill have

granted by MoFPED.

The other bill is the Uganda Construction Industry Control (UCICO) Bill. The main objective of the UCICO Bill is to establish a Construction Industry Commission to regulate the construction industry to ensure compliance with standards and guidelines thereby reducing the burden of shoddy work. Solicitor General in a letter dated 7th April, 2015 recommended for a redraft of the Bill, the Bill to take on a new title “The Uganda Construction Industry Commission Bill 2015” and also to take into account the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act, Act No 3 of 2015.

President Yoweri Museveni-commissions-Gulu-Atyaka-road.

MV Ssese plying Bukakata-Luuku route on Lake Victoria.

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The Management and Staff of China Communications Construction Company congratulate the President of Republic of Uganda H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the Cabinet , the Parliament and

all Ugandans on this auspicious occasion of Uganda’s 54th Independence Anniversary.

We are proud of contributing to infrastructural development through construction of the best road network.

Uganda National Roads Authority

Aerial View of the completed Nambigirwa Bridge (Uganda’s longesr Bridge) on the Kampala - Entebbe Expressway

A Team of health workers providing free medical services to the local community in Kibaale

An Education facility for street children in Moroto District

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Part of the completed section of Kampala - Entebbe Express highway.

Repairing Kisubi University roads in Kawuku - EntebbeUpgrading Kibaale church road

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The Health Sector

Uganda National Health laboratory services headquarters

The Health Sector

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The Central Public Health Laboratories Services (CPHLS) is an arm of the Ministry of Health, coordinating Uganda’s laboratory services. It has recently moved into its own premises at Butabika, courtesy of the Presidential Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief grant through the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Uganda.

Mr Steven Aisu who moved from heading the Laboratory services at Mulago National Referral Hospital laboratories heads CPHLS since 2012.

Public healthIn existence for 36 years now, this Service differs from the Government Analytical Laboratories

Internal Affairs.

Mr Aisu explains that it is in the area of public health, concerning itself with the clinical analysis of specimen from patients; it does surveillance on disease outbreaks, thus tests samples like cholera, typhoid, and meningitis coming from outbreak areas. Issues to do with Ebola, Marburg, N1H1 and other viruses are the business of the Virus Research Institute.

“We collaborate with laboratories outside the Ministry of Health to combat those diseases that affect humans and animals in the context of ‘one health’; the veterinary and agriculture teams,” he elaborates.

CompetenciesCPHLS Laboratorians are much more proud of themselves and their laboratories than they were 36years ago; they are better trained to any level they care to reach.

Rather than the lab technicians and assistants limitations of 36years ago, they now attain the level of Laboratory Technologists and progress

bachelor’s degrees and can progress to Masters Degrees and then to PhD.

For the entire country, CPHLS handles the entire viral load for HIV testing, Early Infant Diagnosis (EID), to establish the infants HIV status, Sickle

courier to CPHLS door step at Butabika from the 100 Ministry of Health laboratories around the country. Hepatitis B screening will start soon.

The viral specimens are straight away sent to the Viral Research Institute the bacterial samples are promptly handled and analysed with the required quality professionalism.

“We have reliable equipment and a network for conveying the referral of samples from the remotest parts of the country to the centre and the return of the analyses outcomes,” Aisu explains.

Samples are delivered in a maximum time of three days; their processing in the laboratory takes a maximum time of two days and the patient in the remotest area gets the analysis results at most in seven days.

of the samples in bulk, hence the daily runs including the weekends, the reagents’ suppliers have reduced their charges for the supplies from about US$30 to about US$5 for a test of EID; and from US$60 to US$10 for viral load analysis. The time it takes from sample collection to delivery of results is down from about 1 month to seven days and the cost from US$30 to US$5,” Aisu points out.

Public Health Laboratories

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He says, “Whereas the courier system is smooth,

mountains and isolated terrains, hence our consideration of adopting drones in the collection and delivery of samples from such areas.”

However, the heavy contribution to CPHLS human resource maintenance, some of the equipment, the reagents, the US$88m construction of the new complex and US$2m for equipment are all donor-met and a challenge that needs to be addressed.

This institution is pushing for a Bill for tabling in parliament for a vote that will meet the national

quality laboratory services are quite expensive, they call for competent skills, well maintained calibrated equipment as required by the manufacturers and

Equipment HandlingThe Ministry has medical engineers in its seven ‘medical’ regions under training to maintain the medical equipment. CPHLS has two resident bio-medical engineers for its equipment. Further, the American International Health Alliance, CPHLS’s partner is training bio-medical engineers in medical equipment maintenance. Most of the equipment for viral load, EIT and sickle cell has been supplied at no cost to the

government, as long as CPHLS buys their reagents, which is their core business; they thus maintain the equipment--this is the placement or reagent rental method of supplying equipment. “CPHLS has biomedical engineers for equipment that is not under the placement arrangement; centrifuges, refrigerators, incubators--those that do not work with consumables,” Aisu elaborates.

The high volume of reagent consumption is

use, even when the population is healthy. It is the labs that establish the state of health in a population that is conscious of the need for regular health audits. Individuals need to seek laboratory services to rule out the possibility of illnesses, some of them lethal, creeping upon them.

through an outsider institution audit of CPHLS processes for conformity to international standards is necessary. It has thus enrolled its 100 hubs into the accreditation process and pushing 15 of them for accreditation by a South African Accrediting System by 2017. They already produce good results and meet the requirements for international standards, hence assured competent output.

CPHLS will similarly invite the South African National Accrediting System to audit its Butabika procedures and functionality for accreditation.

Due diligence

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Introduction

In line with the major objective of helping the country deliver the Minimum Health Care Package to Ugandans, the Government of Uganda received a loan worth $130million from the World Bank

and health Center IVs in the country. The renovations under the stewardship of the Ministry of Health are being undertaken under the Uganda Health Systems Strengthening Project (UHSSP).

The Project was initially scheduled to close on July 2015 and was granted a no cost extension until 30 June 2017. Cumulatively, US$ 104.34 million has been disbursed representing 80.26% of the total funding while 25.66 US$ awaits to be disbursed by June 2017. The outstanding funds are committed to the running contracts especially on renovation of health facilities and procurement of medical equipment.

Summary of Project Performance during FY 2015/16.

use including: Nakaseke, Mityana, Kiryandongo, Anaka, Moroto, Entebbe, and Iganga and Nebbi. The renovation of Entebbe Grade B Hospital was commissioned by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Uganda on Tuesday May 3, 2016. Other completed

hospitals will be handed over in due course. Renovation of Moyo General Hospital is now estimated at 88%.

Hospital Cost of Construction Status1. Moroto Regional

Referral Hospital USD 8,842,878.01 Completed

2. Iganga General Hospital

USD 4,933,884.78 Completed

3. Entebbe General Hospital

USD 7,034,065.42 Completed

4. Mityana General Hospital

USD 6,090,929.55 Completed

5. Nakaseke General Hospital

USD 5,090,612.33. Completed

6. Moyo General Hospital USD 4,541,931.32. Ongoing7. Nebbi General

HospitalUSD 3,876,045.19 Completed

8. Anaka General Hospital

USD 6,545,233.13. Completed

9. Kiryandongo General Hospital

USD 5,654,229.90 Completed

MINISTRY OF HEALTHUganda Health Systems Strengthening Project (UHSSP)

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

World Bank supports Hospital and Health Center IV renovations

Main Block at Entebbe GH-Commissioned by HE the President of the Republic of Uganda on May 3, 2016

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In May 2015, the Ministry embarked on the renovation of 26 HCIVs and these include: Kasanda, Kiganda, Ngoma, Mwera, Kyantungo, Kikamulo, Kabuyanda, Mwizi, Kitwe, Rubare, Aboke, Aduku, Bwijanga, Bullisa, Padibe, Atyak, Obongi, Pakwach, Buvuma, Budondo, Ntenjeru-Kojja, Buyinja, Nankoma, Bugono, Kiyunga, Kibuku and Budaka. At each of these HCIVs, either a maternity block or operating theatre is being constructed; and in addition, 40,000 litre water storage tank, a solar borehole, and walkways linking the new building to existing ones. Overall 90% of the scheduled works have been completed. Several of the health centres have been handed over and are now in use.

Medical EquipmentThe Ministry procured general, specialized and Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care equipment and this was distributed

by the National Committee on Medical Equipment. The suppliers withdrew the rejected equipment and currently evaluation of bids is ongoing and the equipment will be replaced by February 2017.

Human resource trainingCumulatively, 797 health workers were offered scholarships under the hard to reach and priority courses categories between FY

their courses and are now serving in their respective health facilities. Whereas no new scholarships are being awarded, tuition fees and allowances are being paid to the continuing students.

Transport Additionally, all the nine hospitals under renovation have received ambulances for help in the referral system. The Health Center IVs were also supported with Double Cabin Pick-ups and Motor cycles to help in the general transportation at the hospital. The project further procured two medicine trucks for National Medical Stores to help in delivery of drugs and other health supplies. Two workshop vehicles were also supplied to help in the repair of hospital equipment. The Uganda Health System Strengthening Project (UHSSP) is now on truck. All necessary measures have been put in place to control the quality of works and the project will be delivered to the required standards

President Yoweri Museveni Launching Anaka in Nwoya District

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T Block, Operating theatre and cooking stoves at Kiryandongo General Hospital

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Duty room for female ward, Isolation ward T-block, and Staff houses at Nebbi General Hospital

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Nakaseke hospital new casualty ward with its operating theatre already in use

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Theatre block at Budondo HCIV top, Maternity ward at Ntejeru Kojja, middle left, Maternity ward at Buyinja HCIV middle right; and maternity ward at Mwizi HCIV bottom.

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Butabika, the National Mental Referral Hospital is mandated to offer super-specialised mental health services and give

limited general health care services to the population nearby. It provides training to students from universities and tertiary institutions in the area of mental health. It also carries out research, it is a referral for regional hospitals, and ensures that mental health care continues to be improved. It also advises Government on mental health policies and plays the role of advocacy for the mentally ill.

Butabika Hospital was founded in

Mental health care in Uganda had started in 1935, with custodial care at

ill would be locked away and only released when they improved or had

treatment.

In 1945 some rudimentary mental health care started at ‘Old’ Mulago Hospital from a ward that was created for the purpose. Ten years later, this hospital was founded and now, like Mulago Heart Institute, Butabika has set in motion the process of graduating to full Autonomy. The process of drafting a Bill for the transformation has started and should

later transform Butabika into a Centre of Excellence.

How it works

Dr David Basangwa who has served this hospital since 1994 is now a senior consultant and the Executive Director. He notes that science appreciates mental illness as a biological disease rather than the erroneous uninformed perception of bygone times that it was a function of curses, witchcraft and traditionally related spiritual problems. What goes

Patients are assessed to establish the trigger of their problem; a treatment programme is mapped out and instituted until the patient improves. A discharge programme then lets them out on trial basis, during which time they are followed up until they normalise.

Of the various forms of mental illnesses, the most common are the mood disorders, when a patient is either very excited or very low-spirited, and constitute over 30% of hospital admissions. Depression starts with an individual feeling, unwell and unhappy.

in an individual’s life for the most part of the day for two weeks or more. The patients are also weak, cannot work or study; they lose appetite while others over-eat; they do not communicate with others hence isolate themselves. Some have poor sleep while

Butabika gets set for autonomy

Prof George Kirya, Butabika Hospital Board Chairperson

Dr David Basangwa, Butabika Hospital

Staff Nurses and Students get set for work

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others oversleep. They commonly lose sexual drive and interest in what they previously enjoyed like sports or music.

Some patients with mood disorders present with excitement, the opposite of depression. They are excessively happy, laughing out of the blue and have exaggerated energy. Manic depressive illness refers to a condition which shifts from depression to mania and it also called bipolar as it consists of both the two poles of depression and mania.

The other common mental illness is schizophrenia, a disorder affecting roughly one per cent of every population in the developed or developing world. It presents with disorganised thoughts and behaviour and depicts what the common man would look at as mental illness. The patients eat from garbage and will not care what they do; they hear voices and sometimes perform weird things.

Dr Basangwa says over the years, the incidence of these mental illnesses has been increasing. The prevalence is about 12% of the population, hence as the population increases, so does the likelihood of increase in the number of patients which is a similar trend for all the other diseases.

Noting that research indicates that mental disorders are on the increase the world over, Dr Basangwa says the projection is that by 2020, depression will be the second most commonly diagnosed disorder. With development, certain disorders emerge, because the demands of the times increase, so do the expectations yet the social support avenues reduce as each person is left to their own means.

Aware that mental disorders will continue to increase, the Ministry of Health together with Hospital Management have designed programmes for enhanced awareness. “Many of the people who would have gone to spiritual and faith based healers will be coming to the hospital. We are preparing for this by increasing the handling capacity of sister institutions through the decentralisation of mental health delivery,” Dr Basangwa elaborates.

The existing General hospitals should have the capacity to handle people with mental health problems, rather than transporting them to Butabika from all the ends of the country. Mental health units have been developed at every one of the 13 Regional referral

are inadequate.

The units are regularly assessed for their functionality. Government policy is that mental health care is offered as part of the minimum health care package at the lowest health care facility. Health workers have therefore been trained and are deployed for interventions at the lowest levels and only refer when they have failed.

Butabika will be left to handle super specialised services involving

problems, mood disorders, psychological trauma, children with mental health problems and the elderly.

Outreach

Butabika Hospital has a ‘community and recovery programme’ that ensures that patients who recover are supported to return home. They otherwise depend on the hospital for all their needs until they are discharged, having been neglected by the relatives. Even when they are discharged, the communities send them back. The hospital has therefore made deliberate efforts to help resettle the patients by sensitising their families into accepting them. This is carried out by the community and recovery programme through the outreach activities run at six centres in a radius of 30km around Kampala.

Encroachment on land

Dr Basangwa says the encroachment on hospital land is being resolved through a court process. Four years ago, the area they have occupied was vacant. Unknown people recently settled illegally on the land. They started by settling on a wetland which is not under Butabika Hospital’s jurisdiction and then on the hospital land. A process to evict them then was halted by the authorities.

2020 Dateline

Butabika Hospital too is looking forward to the country’s transformation into a lower level middle income state. One way of supporting this development is to ensure that people are healthy and productive. The people who come to the hospital can be productive and could work to contribute to this country’s progress.

Butabika Hospital will not only treat patients but join the health promotion crusade by carrying out education through the communities. Mental Health practitioners visit schools to talk about drug abuse which is affecting young people, putting them out of school, out of work and out of production.

“Mental illness is not handled differently from general health; when we talk about family planning, immunisation, we also promote mental health,” Dr Basangwa stresses, adding that the public also

at some point.

The public is encouraged to take the mentally ill to the nearest hospital for medical care as mental illnesses are treatable. The earlier one seeks medical care the better, as the practice of visiting traditional healers and then hospital as a last resort complicates the outcomes.

Butabika Hospital Director, Dr David Basangwa leaads MPs on an appraisal tour of the hospital

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Mulago National Referral Hospital Specialists undergoing training in Kidney Transplant technics at Yashoda Hospital in India

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Photos of proposed ICT equipment

Ten ambulances have been procured for Kampala Metropolitan Area

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Artistic Impression-Intensive Care Unit

Modern Theatres - ongoing works

Mulago-Block G, Main entrance, A& E

Mulago- Block K theatre extension block

Artistic impression - Main Gate Artistic impression – Operating theatre

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Some of the newly procured medical equipment at Mulago Hospital. The rest of the high tech equipment will be installed after completion of the renovation works at Mulago Hospital.

KAWEMPE HOSPITAL - Front elevation of main block

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Kawempe -Staff accommodation block

Kirrudu Hospital - Front elevation of main block Kirrudu -services block rear elevation

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Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Council supervises and monitors the training of doctors. It meets this function together with the National Council for

Higher Education that registers the medical schools by reviewing the curriculum the medical and dental training curricula.

Dr Katumba Sentongo Gubala is the registrar and Chief Executive. The Council, a government agency, is responsible for supervising the training and practice of doctors and dental surgeons in Uganda.

It operates under the Ministry of Health, deriving its legitimacy from the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, 1996 that also stipulates its functions.

Dr Katumba explains that this entails ensuring that the teachers are they enough and up to the task, and the infrastructure is adequate.

Over the last four years under the East African

as one of the major pillars under the protocol of the free movement of goods and services.

Medical councils in the region made a sub-protocol of “reciprocal recognition” under which doctors should be accepted regardless of their country of origin, within the Community, without undergoing fresh exams. Measures have been instituted, ensuring that people who are not up to the standards are not registered.

Dr Katumba elaborates that through joint inspections, a training institution for doctors and dentists cannot be started in any of the East African Community states without approval, “It must satisfy the basic requirement for such an institution; appropriate governance, curricula, lecturers, students’ enrolment, logistics in place, research and innovation...et al.”

Thus energized by the protocol, the Council is independent and has closed the institutions that did not have the basics that are requisite of their status; a dental school in Eldoret, a university in Burundi, Dodoma Zanzibar, Dar-es- Salaam and Kampala International University and until they restructured to meet the prescribed requirements.

When not approved of, their trainees would be subjected to fresh examinations if they were to function from another country; this Council has been recognized as one of those with the best practices in the world.

Anyone coming from outside the East African Community to practice medicine or dentistry, “Undergoes our examinations to establish that they are of good quality and conform to the professional standards, “Dr Katumba further notes.

Avoiding the quacksIn carrying out its mandate, the Council gives provisional ‘intern’ licenses for one year and when they pass, they are given full medical

Medical, Dental Council; maintaining the best practices

Dr. Katumba Ssentongo - Registrar UMDPC

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practitioners’ registration if they are Ugandans. Foreigners get an annual temporary renewable license as per the international practice.

However, Dr Katumba adds that the foreigners are examined for

nationals who trained abroad and want internship in Uganda. “Because we do not know about their curricular, we need to be sure of their professionalism; we to do a peer review examination before they are accepted. It is also an insurance against the tainted ones who could have mismanaged patients elsewhere and are culpable,” Dr Katumba reassures Ugandans.

The Council mandatorily carries out a background check from their home country’s mother data base and the International Police to establish they do not have a criminal record and also consults with the registrar in their country of origin.

The practiceIt is the responsibility of the Council to monitor the people it has registered and ensure their impeccable performance. Hence Medical Practitioners and Dentists’ licensing is annual and hinges upon evidence of progress in studies to keep abreast of the latest developments in medicine and dentistry. It also licenses the doctors’ facilities and premises, ensuring they conform to standards. It continually educates them about their responsibilities, besides informing the public about the doctors and dentists’ roles and responsibilities.

Errant practitionersThe Council takes action against errant doctors and dentist,

handling about 50 cases annually. An established committee determines the category of the culpability hence if the case is professional; it is handled by a tribunal.

Leaving gause in a patient, a senior person delegating an assignment to a junior rather than handling it, forgetting to review a patient who then develops complications, a doctor

dentistry and uses ineffective prescriptions are some of the short-falls that attract action against a medical practitioner.

If the issue is structural; power failure where there is no alternative power source hence affecting the life of a patient, the doctor in question is exonerated but the management of the hospital is culpable. A nurse on duty without a doctor or an ambulance for referring is not culpable either.

In these matters, the aggrieved public is advised on the appropriate courses of action; reverting to the human rights commission or the courts of law for redress.

The council reviews the reported cases around the country, making careful considerations before a doctor is deregistered, which deeply affects the communities in which they work. It is better they are educated to avoid the pitfalls than getting to

Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Council has earned international recognition for its best practices. People serving

and have vast practice experience; it believes in sharing its experiences with other councils in the region.

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The incidence of heart related illnesses was much smaller

in 1962 than it is now when Ugandans are better educated, highly exposed

globalisation and

the country’s self determination.

This Magazine sought out Dr Omagino O.O. John, the Executive Director of Uganda Heart Institute at Mulago Hospital Complex, for an insight into this health reversal.

Dr Omagino notes that whereas man was created a hunter-gatherer, he metamorphosed into a sedentary being whose calorie intake exceeds his physical r e q u i r e m e n t s . Whatever the original man would eat; carbohydrates, fruits, vegetables and natural water, were burnt up without much of a balance, to be transformed into fats and cholesterol, the reserves to be utilised in case of need.

In the old lives, man would walk to the garden, then to the market or to visit relatives and

water, thereby at the end of the day utilising all the calories eaten. Many people ordinarily lived to 100yrs, because they operated within the naturally assigned parameters.

As of now, heart diseases are an unfolding epidemic affecting one in four adults in Kampala

and upcountry; 25 per cent of the population is

toxic substances that include tobacco, alcohol, drugs and the un-prescribed medicines.

Lifestyle-induced heart conditions

Dr Omagino notes that in the modern lifestyle,

more without much exercise; a sumptuous lunch, evening tea, then alcohol and fatty meats after work then dinner at home. This is

ideal 3000 calories expenditure for the body’s functioning. The resultant accumulation of redundant calories is the problem.

Dr Omagino points at the increased in-take of toxins, chemicals, drugs and salt, affecting the utilisation of the consumed glucose leaving it redundant, unlike was the case in the past. People now eat salt in pork, sausages, popcorn and others sources, to accumulate more than recommended volumes, hence life threatening.

Lifestyles thus need to adopt normal ordinary low-fat organic food, potatoes, boiled meet,

the calories consumed and then a daily walk of at least ten thousand steps.

The pre-independence British administrative structure ensured that every homestead had food and the reserve granaries; there were fruits, vegetables and massive education. Whatever type of educational institution had enough grounds allowing every child to exercise; the communities the district headquarters too provided play-grounds and even golf courses for competitions.

“With the scenario now existing, school grounds have been sold off and many primary schools are accommodated in high rise buildings. They cannot play; hence physical exercise enforcement is absent. We need to claim all these aspects of life and do them right,” Dr Omagino argues.

It has also been established that 36 per cent of primary school children are obese. Thus the Ministry of Education system needs to stress the necessity of eating healthy and mandatory exercising as part of maintaining the quality of

Addressing the growing heart illnesses incidence

’’Mulago Heart Institute is capable of open heart surgery,’’ Dr John O. Omagino, Heart Insitute Director

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life. These should be embedded in the children’s psyche through the school curriculum.

Unavoidable heart conditions

However, there are unavoidable heart conditions, those of

has a rate of rejects, and even so is the manufacture of a human being. Hence one percent of children the world over have some form of defect at birth,” Dr Omagino explains.

At independence when we were 5million, we were delivering about 0.5m babies. When we are 35m at a growth rate of 3.3per cent, we are generating 1.6m babies per year. One per

cent (16’000 babies) has heart defects, which would represent nearly half the population of Kampala primary schools.

children need some form of intervention to lead meaningful lives. Many lives have thus been improved and can live independently.

An unavoidable factor is the acquired diseases in children; like rheumatic diseases originating from overcrowding in shared accommodation. The infections children pass on to others are treatable with penicillin. In the past, there could be no stock-out of penicillin, however with increased numbers and logistical hiccups, stocks-out are now common but where housing, safe

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water provision and public health have improved, this condition has been eliminated.

The Heart Institute guides the population on the preventable aspects and improved diagnosis giving everybody a chance to be assessed, especially the babies. At birth, at immunisation, or when children seek admission to school, sieves have been set up to catch those with abnormal heart conditions. Doctors and nurses in health institutions are also on the look-out for heart diseases, ready to start the process of intervention.

Capacity

Dr Omagino further states, “Our job now is to get high-tech equipment nearer to regional hospitals and eventually to general hospitals, which has almost been attained at Mulago. The training of people for posting to HCiV Health Centres on a three-year training programme, after completing their master’s degree is ongoing. Although the capacity is not yet adequate, we are ensuring that the capacity being built can diagnose half of the existing children cases. Mulago can screen 5000 babies annually.”

He explains that the cases turning up for appeals at TV stations are a result of successful assessment and accurate diagnosis followed by a work plan that may include surgery. Most children’s cases are now handled at Mulago at a cost of US$5’000 compared to the US$25’000 upfront for all open heart surgery cases abroad,

yet whether abroad or local, the consumables remain the same.

tariff, which is too high for the majority of the people.

cannot therefore be avoided where quality is the objective,” Dr Omagino stresses.

The demand on the facilities that would handle at least 1000 procedures is high, yet it is operating at 40 per cent capacity only, after getting requirements from government, development partners, and the corporate world. With government in-put alone, only 20 per cent of the capacity would be utilised.

Considering that the institute needs US$5m for optimum running annually, if government gave US$1m, 200 procedures would be carried out, which is 20 per cent of the capacity. With US$2m, utilisation would be 40 per cent. On the other hand, if 400 patients were handled abroad, US$8m would be required. Thus by injecting US$2m into Mulago Heart Institute, the nation would save US$6m.

Further, handling these procedures at Mulago Heart Institute supports the teaching, training and research functions and

graduate students’ dissertations are on-going, while the undergraduate programme supports students to participate

Getting to work; Dr Tom Mwambu, a leading Cardiologist Consultant on Open Heart Surgery, behind is Dr Michael Oketcho, a Cardiologist too

uper specialised equipment sustain the 8-hr open heart surgery

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in the diagnoses and investigations; they physically see the interventions and their outcomes. 12 papers have been published in the world top journals.

A new home

The Institute has caused the designing of a future Heart Institute which will increase the Institute’s capacity from 1000 to 5000 procedures annually and serve the nation to an opportune level for the next 50 years.

The Islamic Development Bank consented to funding the project for US$65m, a turn-key construction (and equipping) on Mulago Hill along Owen Road in the vicinity of the Women’s Hospital.

A team of experts in systems requisite of a heart Institute comprising a consultant, an architect, ministry of health and government chief engineers have visited some of India’s best

studies ahead of drawing Uganda Heart Institute architectural and functionality designs.

Human resource

The Institute has a training programme to create the capacity to develop the nation. It entails the training of masters’ degree holders for two years to become specialists; they then take

“The right calibre of knowledge, exposure and skills is necessary. They are only sent abroad for one year for high-ended training. We are pushing for 1000 and more, a big stock of people for our own fully-blown programme and then there will be no need to send surgery cases abroad,” Dr Omagino argues.

Uganda Heart Institute Act

An Act of Parliament has been passed to address the issues of super-specialisation, human resource, infrastructure and

A new US$2000 pacemaker (right) for implant replacement of the

Dr Erias Ssebatta, a Cardiologist concludes a pacemaker implant procedure

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goods and supplies, all of which were not provided for in the constitution.

Uganda Heart Institute Act 2016 that was assented on July 15, 2016, and becomes operational in October 2016 confers full autonomy upon the Institute empowering it to address its specialists’ terms of engagement. It operates under the Minister for Health who may give some direction in writing in respect to the policy issues.

The direction needs to be consistent with the purpose and provisions of the Act with respect to the functioning of the institute. The Minister is required to cause a copy of the directions to be published in the gazette, hence avoiding any form of cheating.

Per the Act, the Institute will train; teach residents, fellows, nurses, technicians and other health workers within and outside the institute. The institute is empowered to procure its super specialised cardiac medicines, reagents, sundries and equipment.

The Institute shall have such employees, appointed by the

and conditions as its Board may determine and specify in the instruments of appointment.

The Institute’s functions include reduction of referrals abroad, and increase local capacity to handle super specialised cardio vascular cases. It will establish small centres in the rest of the country, and manage and monitor regional heart centres for the provision of cardiac diseases and medical care of heart patients.

The Act thus addresses the challenges of delivering such a service in a super-specialised environment; the inadequate human resource, the terms of its attraction and retention and the procurement of super specialised equipment.

Earlier plans comforting to the specialised technologies of 1968 were brought to naught with the 1971 coup d’état catastrophe.

Precision calibration high-tech supported surgery

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H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni The President of the Republic of Uganda

UGANDA HEART INSTITUTE

Uganda Heart Institute congratulates H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of Republic of Uganda, the Cabinet, Members of Parliament and Gallant Ugandans upon the National celebrations of the 54th

Independence Anniversary.

We are committed to provide the best health service in cardiology and other disciplines under our mandate.

Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Dr. Omagino O.O. John,

Uspecialized, public, tertiary care medical facility

component of Mulago national referral hospital, the largest

professors, cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons

debate and passing by the Parliament.

UHI’s Mandate:

Vision:

Mission statement

diseases and to offer opportunity for research and training

Objectivesa)

conditions.b) To offer medical and surgical treatment and

rehabilitation of persons affected by heart diseases and other related conditions.

c) To carry out research and feasibility studies on all aspects of heart diseases and other related conditions

d) To train, enlighten and educate medical students, graduate doctors, technicians, nurses and other

conditionse) To support, co-ordinate, co-operate and subscribe

with any other organization, public body, institution,

UHI Core Values

Excellence

Social Responsibility-

ty’s healthcare needs.

Safety and Environment-

Communication

Innovation

Professionalism & AccountabilityOur staff will always show professionalism while handling

-able to our people.

Valuing our Human Capital

Compassion We demonstrate respect for our patients, their families

anticipated care to our patients.

Services offered

include clinical, teaching/training, research and generating data to guide policy.

and many others

disease treatment, and closure of congenital heart

both congenital and acquired heart disease surgery

Professionals.

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President of the Republic of UgandaMinister of HealthChairman, NDAExecutive Director, NDA

Long Live the People of Uganda, Long Live Uganda

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Hon. Amelia Kyambadde, Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives

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Minister Kyambadde: Job creation, value addition and Co-op development

Soroti fruit processing factory

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Some of the MSMEs supported by the Ministry of Trade.

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Business Incubation; Kigezi Highland beverages Ltd - Bottled Water production

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Hon. Kyambadde handing over a coffee huller to Kololo Progressive farmers group in Kiringente, Mpigi District under the One Village One Product (OVOP) project.

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Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Hon. Amelia Kyambadde with the Permanent Secretary Amb. Julius Onen launching the Consumer Protection Policy.

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The Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) aims at

creating a conducive business environment that will make doing business easier, simpler, convenient, faster, less costly, timely and attractive, says the Project Coordinator.

The private sector is a recognised engine of growth and development of any nation.However, for it to effectively play this role, the Government must take the lead by creating a conducive environment for the private sector to drive growth. Just like a car engine that is not well serviced cannot provide

the car, a private sector will never deliver growth in an unconducive environment.

The Government of Uganda, therefore, through CEDP, seeks to create a conducive business environment by

supporting major reforms.

John Marie Kyewalabye, the Project Coordinator, explains: “This project coordination unit is providing technical support to the agencies that are implementing the project. The project is geared towards enhancing the competitiveness of Uganda as a country, through supporting major reforms in land administration and management; business registration and licensing; tourism competitiveness development and enterprise reform,” he explains.

“At the end of the day, we should be able to create a conducive business environment that is free from hindrances for starting and also the day-to-day running of businesses.”

The reforms will ensure improved service delivery to Ugandans as a priority, which means ensuring convenience and ease by improving access, reducing cost by making processes simpler and eliminating non-value adding procedures, timeliness and quality.

The investment under CEDP will ultimately pay off

The private sector enterprise that formalises its business, for example, is able to open up a bank account, access credit or a grant like we are providing under CEDP and also participate in the public tender process. The enterprise would also be able to export. The Government will be able to collect taxes and the public will get jobs

On why the project is undertaking business registration and licensing reforms, under the Uganda Registration Service Bureau, Kyewalabye says: “Somebody who is willing to come and invest in Uganda would think twice if registering a business was cumbersome and getting licenses was problematic. We should be able to attract more quality investments if the cost of doing business is lower. Therefore, for Uganda to be competitive in the region and the world, we must create an attractive business environment that not only meets the international standard, but surpasses it. “Uganda is gifted by nature, largely because of its geographical location that gives it a good weather, fertile soils, minerals and the people. However, we

of business environment rigidities that need to be addressed to unlock Uganda’s potential.” Two years into the project, the reforms are already paying off. “Registering a business in the country previously took about three months, but because of the reforms we have undertaken, you can now do it in just a day! A name search can be undertaken instantly.

Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is now going beyond registration and offering post registration support to enterprises to ensure that they operate sustainably.

Through the increased collaboration among Government agencies and departments, provision of services has been made easier, simpler and faster. For instance, as you register your business at URSB headquarters, you automatically get a

also instantly get a trading license from KCCA and registration by NSSF under a one stop centre model. This will eventually be rolled out to other parts of Uganda.

URSB and Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) have also been supported in

linked to their headquarters.

This has in effect brought services closer to the people, made it convenient and less costly as

Our aim is to create a conducive business environment

John Marie Kyewalabye,

CEDP.

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envisaged in the Second National Development Plan (NDPII) and Vision 2040. In future and with the pace of automation Ugandans will enjoy the services in the comfort their homes. Massive changes are planned to reform the licensing regime to get rid of unnecessary licenses that bog down the private sector.

“You cannot have someone, requiring eight licenses to start a business some of which are duplications! For example, why should a Commercial Bank already licensed by Bank of Uganda and desirous of opening and setting up operations in any part of the country seek another license say from a local authority to

process be concluded once and at one point! The private sector should spend more time doing business rather than chasing and

procedures must happen like yesterday” explains Kyewalabye.

Under the Second Private Sector Competiveness Project (PSCPII), the MLHUD designed, installed and operationalised a Lands Information System (LIS), which basically has enabled automation of land administration and management processes in six pilot project sites.

Firstly, the security of the records has been enhanced and now the country has a secure database of records away from the manual ones previously held.

Secondly, service delivery in terms of undertaking a search and

450 days 10 years ago to about 25 days currently in the pilot sites. The issues of forgeries of titles and delays in transferring titles will be addressed by reduction in procedures but also trail

isolation of culprits.

sector in investing in production,” he explains.

The Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities (MoTWA) and related agencies: Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and the Hotel and Tourism Training Institute Jinja (HTTI) are implementing another component of the project; tourism competitiveness.

“Our marketing of Uganda has not been very good in the past. Staff from UTB were only able to participate in Expos that last

Our tourism products are not well developed and the Private Sector players are not at their full capacity,” Kyewalabye observes, as he gives the rationale behind the intervention. The project

USA, UK and Germany to among other things promote Uganda as

off” approach that we have used in the past and has not delivered

returns are enormous.

The project is also supporting tourism product development “There are so many tourism spots around the country which are poorly packaged and may not be sold. We must improve our products to be able to attract and increase the number of tourist and stays in the country.

trickledown effect due to the forward and backward linkages. When we get more tourists, the agriculture and hospitality sectors will be boosted.” Likewise income, employment and wealth creation will be attained.

Uganda tourism is a low hanging fruit that has the potential to transform Uganda’s economy in the medium term and with minimal investments.

The matching grant is the last component, aimed at spiralling the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to take advantage of the increasing market access within region and

We have also committed over $2m under this component,” he says. We envisage to see more productive enterprises running and operating sustainably with the ability to tap into and compete in the regional market.

Our enterprises must not be spectators in the market but players. Recall that there is no godfather in the market place. If we do not have the quantity, quality and timely offerings our enterprises will be driven to limbo going with the jobs and revenues.

Kyewalabye notes that due to the delayed start of the project, the expectations on them to deliver are high, given the anxieties

despite the delay, the project is now on the right track and will deliver to expectations.

President Yoweri Museveni hands marketing contracts to Hanna Kleber (second left), the CEOmanaging director of KPRN at State House Entebbe. On the right is Fountain Publishers Lt.

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Ucountries for addressing its electricity shortage. Since its establishment in 2000, Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has provided impeccable leadership in

the Electricity Supply Industry in Uganda, which has created a favourable environment for innovative practices in energy towards sustainable development.

A particularly remarkable initiative in this direction is the Global Energy Transfer for Feed-in-Tariff (GET FiT) program that seeks to accelerate the use of renewable energy in Uganda. To-date, the GET FiT program has approved 18 projects in various parts of Uganda, with a combined capacity of 152 MW.

In an index released by Fieldstone Africa Renewables in June 2016, Uganda was ranked 3rd among the “Big Five” countries on the African continent, only behind South Africa and Morocco. Uganda was recognized for the success of the GET FiT program that has produced several hydro projects and two solar projects currently under construction.

In what Fieldstone Africa referred to as “work put into resolving teething issues” in renewables, Uganda stood out for the work done in standardizing all licensing instruments and procedures, which has made investment in the sector less complicated and less time-consuming.

ERA is a Statutory Body established in the year 2000 in accordance with the Electricity Act, 1999 (Chapter 145 of the Laws of Uganda) to regulate the generation, transmission, distribution, sale, export and import of electrical energy in Uganda.

In November 2015, Uganda was rated 3rd in Africa, and 9th among 55 emerging economies in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) on account of boosting the investment climate and promoting policies for clean energy investments. In the global survey done by BNEF, Uganda got an overall score of 1.68, moving from the global 10th position assumed in 2014 and maintaining its 3rd position on the African continent.

shortlist of the Regulator of the Year Award for Excellence together with four other regulators on the continent, at the Power in Africa Awards that were organized by EnergyNet, UK. ERA was nominated in the Regulator of the Year category in recognition of its exceptional role in creating an environment that meets the needs of investors in the Electricity Supply Industry in Uganda. ERA was especially recognized for developing guidelines for investors, sustaining regulatory independence, maintaining a

regulatory models.

“We appreciate our valued stakeholders for their support in

Authority reiterates its continued commitment to improving the

in a statement in light of the numerous awards.

In September 2015, the Authority was recognized by the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), for its contribution to advancing access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. The Authority was recognized during the “Powering the Future We Want – Recognizing Innovative Practices in Energy for Sustainable Development” award ceremony that took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Uganda is recognised for its electricity supply

Powering the future we want

Reduction in Energy losses

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Enhancing crop production and productivity, in a sustainable and environmentally safe manner, for improved food and nutrition security, employment, widened export base and improved incomes of the farmers are the key functions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF).

The other key function of the ministry as per the policy, the ministry is to formulate, review and implement national policies, plans, strategies, regulations and standards and enforce laws, regulations and standards along the value chain of crops,

The ministry to controls and manage epidemics and disasters, and supports the control of sporadic and endemic diseases, pests and vectors as well as regulate the use of agricultural chemicals, veterinary drugs, biological, planting and stocking materials as well as other inputs.

It however remains a hypothetical as to whether the ministry has delivered on its mandate. What cannot be disputed is that agriculture remains the cornerstone of Uganda’s economy.

The ministry has eight Agencies that are responsible for the delegation of functions namely the * National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)-for generation and dissemination

of research technologies; National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) for delivery of advisory services; National Animal Genetic Resource Centre and Data Bank (NAGRC&DB) for animal

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of Trypanasomiasis in Uganda (COCTU) ; Diary Development Authority (DDA) for promotion of Diary development; Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) for promotion of coffee development; Cotton Development Organisation (CDO) for promotion of cotton development and Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture Secretariat for implementing the Prosperity for All (PFA) Strategy.

Therefore, Uganda being an agricultural country, is heavily reliant on farming, her economy is inseparable from agriculture

without touching on the other.

Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, small deposits of copper, gold, and other minerals, and recently discovered oil. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing one third of the work force. Coffee accounts for the bulk of export revenues.

Uganda’s economy remains predominantly agricultural with a small industrial sector that is dependent on imported inputs like oil and equipment. Overall productivity is hampered by a number of supply-side constraints, including underinvestment in an agricultural sector that continues to rely on rudimentary technology. Industrial growth is impeded by high-costs of production due to poor infrastructure, low levels of private investment, and the depreciation of the Ugandan shilling.

Since 1986, the government - with the support of foreign countries and international agencies - has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing prices of petroleum products, and improving civil service wages. The

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infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports,

exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs.

The global economic downturn in 2008 hurt Uganda’s exports; however, Uganda’s GDP growth has largely recovered due to past reforms and a rapidly growing urban consumer population. Oil revenues and taxes are expected to become a larger source of government funding as production starts in the next few years.

Uganda faces many challenges. Instability in South Sudan has led to a sharp increase in Sudanese refugees and is disrupting Uganda’s main export market. High energy costs, inadequate

discipline, and corruption inhibit economic development and

led to the Bank of Uganda hiking interest rates from 11% to 17%.

trade and capital-intensive industries were negatively impacted.

infrastructure spending, while relying on donor support for long-term economic drivers of growth, including agriculture, health, and education.

But President Yoweri Museveni believes, Uganda will wean off the donor support as revenue from oil, coupled with value addition in agricultural products and pay back from the ongoing massive investment in infrastructure development.

In his budget speech, which Manifesto publications accurately recorded, President Museveni said when NRM came to power, they were able to identify the ten strategic bottlenecks including the lack of infrastructure and the low level of the development of the human resource (education and health for our people).

On account of handling the relevant issues correctly, the economy was able to recover and the NRM was able to reasonably expand the tax-base.

As a consequence of that, Uganda has been able to handle the infrastructure (the roads, electricity, the ICT backbone, some aspects of piped water, education and health facilities) and peace (by handling defence and law and order) using some of the locally generated revenue. By 2020, Uganda will start pumping out its oil. Even at the low price of US$50 per barrel, if Uganda will

barrels per day for the pipeline and the total will be 200,000 barrels per day, that will give Uganda an additional income of US$3 billions per year. The Government portion of that money will be US$2.1billions which is 70%. With that additional money, Uganda will be able to easily deal with the issue of funding innovation by the upcoming scientists, capitalizing the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) so as to support the manufacturing activities as well as some aspects of agriculture, capitalize the National Housing Finance Bank so as to enable them to fund low cost housing for the people and fund some elements of the infrastructure, that is according to President Museveni’s work plan.

“We shall work for exports all over the globe and not just

products, vegetables oil, etc,” Museveni said. He said, some Ugandan companies are already doing this. Fine Spinners using Ugandan cotton have already exported 2.5 million pieces of T-shirts to Europe and East Africa and, they are planning to double their exports to 5 million pieces of T-shirts by next year. Nytil is exporting in the region. Milk factories are exporting milk and milk products to Kenya, South Sudan, Congo, Tanzania, Sudan, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nigeria, Syria, USA and

been exported to the European Union – 80%, Japan – 4%, UAE – 5%, USA – 4% and others (Israel, Asia and Middle East) – 7%.

He said this year’s budget also aims at modernizing agriculture by continuing to vigorously convert the dormant 68% of Ugandan homesteads from subsistence farming to commercial farming. This is where Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) comes in.

But for an agricultural country like Uganda to attain a middle income status by 2020 apart from the infrastructure and affordable

which he has vowed to stump out in this term.

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Services

NATIONAL ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES CENTRE AND DATA BANK (NAGRC&DB)

The management and staff of National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank (NAGRC&DB) wish to congratulate H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni the President of Republic of Uganda, the Cabinet, Members of

Parliament and gallant Ugandans on this occasion as we celebrate the 54th Independence Anniversary.

Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries

Liquid nitrogen plant of capacity =89litrs per hour

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Partnerships

Sahiwal pure breeding program-Njeru Guernsey pure & cross breeding

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FOOD Technology Business Incubation Centre made us what

Ms. Patricia Buhanga had spent years agonizing over high rental costs in down town Kampala where she traded

in shoes, until two years ago, an opportunity beckoned her way. Through a friend she was introduced to Food Technology Business Incubation Centre (FTBIC) of Makerere University, Kampala, a centre that is engaged in developing new value-addition food businesses based on research and to support the University in training students in practical and entrepreneurial skills. FTBIC was established in 2008, with

support from the Rockefeller

Foundation and DFID through the Association of African Universities. Since 2010, the Government of Uganda has provided support to the Centre through President Yoweri Museveni’s efforts under the Presidential Initiative. Ms. Buhanga, the Operations Manager of Kisufu Bakery, like Ms Regina Nakayenga, the proprietor of Rena Beverage Solutions Limited, the makers of Hibiscus beverages namely, RENA Hibi Drink, RENA Hibi Tea, RENA Hibi Concentrate and RENA Hibi Wine is full of praises for what she is because of the centre. “With technical training and assistance, I plan to buy my own machine and start my own bakery,” Buhanga who is three months old at the centre observed with a smile as workers from other businesses under incubation at the centre were

engaged in several activities at the centre’s state of the art bakery, thanks to generous support from President Museveni. Not only does the centre offer a

platform for private entrepreneurs like Buhanga and Nakayenga and to the university students and recent graduates to venture into

entrepreneurship. The incubatees are offered access to processing facilities and provided with technical support to boost their capacity in

Ms. Buhanga, the Operations Manager of Kisufu Bakery, displays her KISUFU BREAD.

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production, marketing and business management. The entrepreneurs and other food industry clients are exposed to training in product development, food processing, and access to contract processing, food analysis and technical advice; especially on aspects of quality management, processing and packaging. Nakayenga came to know the centre from a newspaper advert in 2013 when they advertised a training in Fruit Value Addition. “I have interacted with the centre since then as a trainee and then incubatee,” Nakayenga said. “We (RENA) are incubated by the centre – currently as virtual incubatees. We produce bulk consignment from the centre, enjoy continuous technical support from Professor William Kyamuhangire, test our products

our products during national exhibitions under the

products and grown our market” she adds. Nakayenga was a lecturer at Kyambogo University, freelance consultant and small scale passion fruit farmer before FTBIC came to her aid. “After attending a training in fruit juice and wine making by Kulika (Charitable Trust) at Kireka Sub-Parish Church, I saw a new opportunity in furthering agro-processing. Hence, I processed my passion fruits into juice and wine but I changed to Hibiscus after learning

Nakayenga started business with Uganda shillings 50,000, which was used to buy sugar, charcoal, and

week. “Our current production capacity is 500 liters of

(powder) per month” she adds.Rena currently employs 12 employees on full time at the factory and in marketing. “We also work with over 100 outgrows of hibiscus, four buying agents, four distributor companies and over 400 outlets that sell our products,” she observes.

Hibiscus beverages like Juice, Concentrate, Tea and

Rena Products.

Pistis Organic Bushera ready to drink

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quench your thirst or hunger, get energy but also cleanse your body system, increase body immunity against several ailments, according to nutritionists. Hibiscus is rich in Vitamin C, Iron,Potassium, Calcium, Sodium, Magnesium and it can help to reduce or control high blood pressure, high sugar, anemia,

AIDS patients. To Cynthia Mutonyi, a masters of student in agriculture engineering Makerere University who was being assisted by Mr. Allan Nkinzehiki, a technical person at the FTBIC, her dream is to use the imported state-of -the-art Pasteurizer at the centre to make an affordable machine using the available local materials to be used

by the Ugandan farmers because the imported ones are expensive. According to Mr. Nkinzehiki, the equipment is among the three production lines President Museveni donated to the centre alongside that of meat and vegetables to boost its output.

the private and public sector are many, which cannot be listed here due to limited space. But one sure way,

opened, new enterprises born, jobs created, wealth created as FTBIC answers call by the government led by President Museveni’s drive of reducing unemployment through industrialization.

Mr. Allan Nkinzehiki, a technical person at the FTBIC assisting Cynthia Mutonyi a Master’s student in Agriculture Engineering.

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Prof. William Kyamuhangire is the Associate Professor of Food Technology and Bio-Engineering at Makerere University. One cannot talk about innovations at Makerere University especially the Food Technology Business Incubation Centre (FTBIC) without mentioning his name.

morning, we found Prof. Kyamuhangire on telephone

the FTBIC that had taken long to give feedback to the centre.

“So how have you been?. You keep communicating to us to know how we help you. You don’t keep quiet,” we overheard him advising the recipient on the other end of the call as he signaled us to a seat. Before we could settle down to talk, a farmer from Kayunga sat opposite him patiently waiting for his technical advise on his proposal to make tomato sauce. The farmer had wanted to start production of tomato sauce right away but Prof. Kyamuhangire advised him

understand the dynamics involved. To this farmer, he has to be joined during training by atleast one or two members of his family to ensure when one dies or becomes indisposed, the business does not collapse. This

ripe tomatoes which immediately, Prof. Kyamuhangire found a solution by getting him a ready market during the days he will be training and before he gets established on

Makerere’s incubation contributing to Uganda’s industrialization, job and wealth creation

Workers of Crane bakery enterprise processing bread.

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the market. Meanwhile, a queue was forming outside his

who utilize its specialised services. By the time we left,

desk for a break. Tiring job but happy to be there to serve, one reads expression on his face. But before we left he told us, “our job is to help people set up industries on their own not the otherway round,”. “We don’t want to spoon feed someone,” he added. “We encourage families of incubatees to be part of the business so that when one dies, this business or enterprise does not collapse. There is need for continuity and that’s when we can meet our mission,” he added. “When prospective incubatees come to the centre. No

in your mind? Come. That’s our interest. We train you,” he explained. For a family or group, the centre charges 400,000 per week and later they start paying user fees for the services like electricity, water and other utilities at the centre. The training fees are well below the ordinary training centres in Uganda. “We receive approximately Uganda shillings 4.5bn from the Presidential Initiative per year. Most of it is invested in infrastructure and machinery. Part of it goes to support

Research and Development aimed at improving incubatees’

products and upgrading certain products,” he said. It is through research and development that the centre recently produced smoked beef that has become a

drives home its value addition campaign. Other products include Omurondo liqueur, cassava snackies, amaranth products range, banana juice, obushera, basically the traditional products done at the village level but this time produced on industrial scale. “Our philosophy is you come to the centre as an individual, and you exit as an enterprise” he observed. “When we take in an indivisual, we help her or him to register the company, develop and plan the product and promote the product on the market” he notes. “Once the person starts marketing the product during incubation, this creates room for employment. So employment begins while the company is being incubated and for every enterprise undergoing incubation it must have at least three people attached to that enterprise. When they leave it means the production capacity can sustain them when they are outside there,” he said. He observed, “at the same time there is linkage between the farmers who are supplying raw materials. So the farmers have market for their raw materials and therefore guaranteed income and therefore increased production. You can see the integration of job creation, enterprise development and wealth creation, all combined”.

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The Centre also has a mobile fruit and vegetable processing plant, designed by Makerere University staff and manufactured by Alvan Blanch, UK. This has been deployed in different parts of Uganda to facilitate processing of mangoes and tomatoes, enabling crop stabilisation and value addition.

The innovations at Makerere University FTBIC are emerging as a key theme in Uganda’s and the Africa’s long-

of solving local problems. Despite challenging factors such as access to capital, inadequate infrastructure and indited technical manpower, Africa is brimming with a rising generation of creative-thinking innovators who are constantly developing new technologies to help simplify lives and transform societies.

In addition, Makerere recently, unveiled a multi-purpose tractor called the MV Mulimi at the University’s Agricultural Research Institute. The three-wheel mobile innovation is made out of a combination of wood and steel, and

transporting farm produce.The MV Mulimi also pumps water for irrigation, threshes maize and can charge phones.

Incubation products on display at the centre shop.

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The Food Technology and Business Incubation center

incubator in the East and Central African region. The center was commissioned by H.E President Y.K Museveni

in 2009.

The core business of FTBIC is technology transfer and nurturing knowledge based enterprises and food processing and nutrition

technology and or business ideas of high commercial potential in the areas of food processing, nutrition and allied industries.

The centers Program thrusts include nurturing new technology driven food and enterprises, promoting entrepreneurship among students and university staff, offering technical support to the food industry, technology transfer, commissioned research, process and product development.

The other core programmes Quality management and trouble shooting, Nutrition clinic and Nutrition education and out research.

The FTBIC was established at the School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bio engineering to develop new food value addition businesses based on research conducted at Makerere University and to support the University to produce job creators. With the

Presidential Initiative for Value addition, the centre procured equipment including Mobile fruit processor to be utilized for collection and processing of fruit to juice concentrates in the communities and Twin screw extruder for processing of starchy staples to ready-to-use products.

The high value laboratory equipments at the centre, which are used to analyze the nutritive value and sensory properties of the value added products before they enter the market include: Infrared grain analyzer for moisture content,

Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) for a range of quality tests,

Gas Chromatography mass spectrometer (GCMS) and High

compounds.

To boost meat and milk processing, meat processing and dairy lines have been procured. To support the centre community outreach activities and engagements, the centre has acquired a 30 seater mini bus, a Utility double cabin pickup and a Refrigerated truck to maintain a cold chain during distribution. The centre has also ordered for machinery for processing

fruit and vegetable processing plant to facilitate processing of fruits from production areas.

The incubates (mostly fresh graduates) have access to processing facilities and are provided with technical support to boost their capacity in production, marketing and business management. This has led to the development of new food value addition enterprises. So far, eleven agro processing enterprises have been set up. They include, Dawn Industries, Smart Foods, Hamko, Choice Cuts Ltd, Samalina Beverages, Jordan Foods, House of Russa, Nutreal Ltd, and Food and Nutrition Solutions Ltd.

Products such as bottled pineapple juice cocktails, soya bean products, sausages, smoked meat, Omulondo liquor, canned

amarathus products, canned maize and beans and health bars are in leading retail outlets in the country, contributing to import substitution.

Makerere’s Food Technology and Business Incubation Center (FTBIC) leads in producing techy savvy enterprises

Nutreal Products on the market One of the Workers’ of Smart foods displays TOFU Product

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To consolidate the independence of the majority of the people of Uganda,

there is need to seek them out, hence the government policy over the last 40yrs for the transformation of the 80 per cent of Ugandans, the peasantry into a middle income state.

President Yoweri Museveni tasked the university to creatively think of how science can be used to transform the people, unlike the universal practice of academic aggrandisement

majority of the people who cannot go to university.Hence the Africa Institute for Strategic Services and Development (AFRISA) is an institute within Makerere University that Uganda government and the University agreed to establish to appropriate prosperity and thus make this policy of government to work.

Its programmes aim at reaching the hitherto needy but unreached. Those at the community level that the University could not traditionally skill, mentor, help and provide services to. The university needs to be relevant to the common man...the third generation university.AFRISA therefore looks at the welfare and livelihood of the people who support the university through taxes.Dr. Kansiime Michael is the Head of Secretariat of Makerere University’s, AFRISA. He is a business man and a social entrepreneur and professional Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

AFRISA’s programmes are unique and taught in the local languages, “We have developed a soft ware

that is applicable anywhere with a focus to mind-change. We have applied it in Somali Punt land, Liberia and in Uganda with impressive outcomes. It is time Uganda government supported this initiative with its recurrent expenses to enable AFRISA reach the unreached,” Kansiime notes.

mobilise resources and then invite AFRISA to train them. Such are the 100 farmers in north Ankole Diocese whom President Museveni has recently given a milk cooling plant for harnessing their produce, which they are sustaining. This is a vote

AFRISA writes proposals to development agencies like FAO to funds elements of its programmes; however FAO will support programmes with conditions on where the expenditure can be directed, not necessarily where AFRISA needs it.Whereas Uganda is 54 years as an independence

Makerere takes on project prosperity for all

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nation that is ‘gifted by nature’, and whereas AFRISA operates under the College of Veterinary, Animal Resources and Bio-security, its programmes are grass root based and artisan in nature.

Students take on and are trained at programmes they have been carrying out with their own hands, a business that earns money; milking, cow, goat, piggery, bees or chicken feeding.

integrate.

The ones with cows are trained to grow coffee and matooke, using cow manure to improve crops yield. They are trained in the use of alternative energy, using biogas to curb the clearing of trees, a realistic approach to realise healthier and wealthier communities.

skill and an academic paper of Makerere University while the enterprise earns money for the proprietor. They can then proceed to acquire a diploma and then a degree, through this academic highway for an ordinary person who did not score distinctions for entry into the university.

Indeed, it is radically unlike the model where people graduated

employable skills. With increased training at the different levels of mentoring and experience hence accreditation; one gets to study get to grips with the science and technology associated with their products.

Their produce quality gets better, hence better prices, the production get more reliable, they get customers faster and their business growth is faster. Our goods and services need to be competitive; we are in a global market and thus arrive at prosperity for all.

Man’s biggest enemy with a lethal potential are the bacteria and viruses because they are not seen. Bio-security is about protecting man from these microscopic beings.

Dr. Kansiime notes that Uganda is situated in the epicentre of the micro- organisms existing in the world. The equatorial region climate is teeming with bacterial, insects, viruses and disease causing organisms hosted by animals; Ebola, Zika, Marburg, N1H1 all of which are very dangerous hence the need to prevent them from killing us off?

The idea is to know how they multiply and infect us and therefore how to avoid being infected, which is what bio security is about. It is an area that is better handled by animal practitioners since the germs are all in animals. Veterinary medicine is thus pertinent to human medicine; veterinarians understand better the issues of infectious diseases and can share information with the human medicine practitioners.

Veterinarians provide technical assistance in laboratory tests are carried for human medicine on animals--the rats, rabbits and baboons et al. Thus bio security is a whole world of science that is critical to the survival of man.

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AFRISA approach worksFarming is about plants and animals, which co- exist. Animals eat plants and plants get manure from animals. At AFRISA, a blend of the science of the books and the science in nature for a lay person to understand what we are talking about to improve their output and earn; science must earn an income if it is not fake.

To reach the people who need these services, the necessary soft-ware for mass skilling and training of Ugandans has been developed; it is a model for use as Uganda for national transformation. It is the SPEDA model....Skills, Production, Enterprise Development, Academic growth. The academic growth brings in the element of competitiveness which is

SPEDA deals with setting up cottage industries; it deals with mindset change, people selecting enterprises where they feel they have energy. People of the same enterprise are trained together and given capacity, and they will be earning money

Dr Kansiime says the concept has been tested through partnerships, with the Church of Uganda as the leading one, “We know it works. We now have 900 students in the system, paying fees for themselves. They are self-supported through their own enterprises. The government cannot even give them scholarships.”

AFRISA is run by 16 volunteers who only earn when they make a project; “We work very hard to write projects, implement them and then get allowances--it is a patriotic programme.

Participants in Atiak

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We teach mindset change, entrepreneurship, we take people for attachment and teach the science.”

Typically, a course was conducted between November 2014 and June 2015 courtesy of AFRISA. The topics

production, piggery, poultry, zoo, bees, diary industries and business among others. President Museveni who presided over their graduation was happy that they have worked on agriculture production and congratulated them of polishing their skills like the preservation of yoghurts and processing of hydes and skins to the level of making shoes. He also lauded them for the knowledge and skill they had acquired in the production of hay.

A participant demonstrating on how to make an improved Bee hive

Making Ice Cream

Participants display products at graduation in Ntungamo

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Hay making and Hay technologies

Hydroponic fodder production

AFRISA Dons with Janet Museveni in Rukoni Ntungamo District

Youths in Kiruhura trained in milk production and Yoghurt processing.

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Graduants of West Nile Trained farmers of North Ankole Diocese

Youth graduates of Ngoma Nakaseke District

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“A well governed and prosperous society that cherishes moral values and principles”

To coordinate national efforts against corruption and empower Ugandan society to uphold moral values and principles

INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, HONESTY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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The President of the Republic of Uganda Minister of Ethics and Integrity Permanent Secretary, Directorate of Ethics and Integrity

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The Ministry of Local Government is implementing the Local Economic Development Policy to provide a powerful Multi-

Sectoral mechanism for leveraging partnership on local development and decentralized governeance

Presently the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model has been integrated into the Local Economic Development model and the two are being championed to stimulate economic development at grassroot.

With guidance from the Ministry, all Local government have established Business Economic forums. These comprise of all the local economic development stake holders in their

respective localities. These forums are responsible for identifying viable economic ventures and mobilizing resources for economic investment.

Achievements under decentralisation and local governance

The Ministry of Local Government has made major achievements under Decentralization and Local Governance.

There is now popularly elected political leaders both in Parliament and at a local level,

who represent the people of Uganda under hierarchical structure of Local Governments, starting with village level up to the District and the City.

The largest number of public servants today , who deliver the basic essential services to the population are recruited,disciplined and employed by the local Governments and these include all primary and secondary teachers in Government primary and secondary Schools, all health workers , all Subcounty and parish employees, to name but a few.

The bulk of the basic social services such as primary education, primary health care, community and feeder roads, sanitations, water points, markets as well as the agricultural services are provided by the Local Governments across the country. Over the last twenty years, the quality and quantity of social services have been steadily growing.

The “Wanainchi” access Justice and their Human rights are taken care of by the Local Councils which are quite active country wide. This is done through Local Councils and various communities of Council at almost no cost.

All previous National Elections and of late, all major national programmes like the Mass Enrollment exercise and the recently concluded National Population and Housing Census of 2015 and Operation Wealth Creation have been managed through Local Government structures because they are most suited and have the advantage point for ease of implementation.

Ministry of Local Government Driving Local Economic Development

Stalls for agricultural products in a clean and safe environment at Hoima Market

Hon. Tom Butime, Minister of Local Government

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As noted, the Local Economic Development (LED) Policy is one of the current Government drives, towards local economic development; however the policy lacks an aggregated funding mechanism which could steer various local enterprises and wealth creation in most of our Local communities.

There has also been revitalization of the Human Resource Department in Local Governments which has helped revive the Human Resource Development function in Local Governments and timely payment of salaries, pensions and gratuities.

Development partners

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) supported government to strengthen the Local Government Structures for planning and budgeting for decentralized service delivery in line with the second National Development Plan (NDP II). With this support, new planning guidelines were issued as well as Public Private Partnership (PPP) guidelines for Local Governments among other things.

There is also emergence of new partners in decentralization sector who have either reinforced the existing efforts or added new dimensions that need to be acknowledged and appreciated. These include the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) which is providing capacity support to decentralization through short time training on Local Administration, Local Economic Development, Human Resource Management

and Rural Development. KOICA also partnered with GoU to set up a National Farmers Leadership Institute in Kampiringisa in Mpigi District.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has implemented the Capacity Development planning and implementation of community development projects in Acholi Sub-region (ACAP), assisting 5 Districts that is Amuru, Gulu,Kitgum, Nwoya and Pader. It targeted enhancing capacities in terms of budgeting and budget execution, facilities information management and capacity to plan

priorities and Local Government development needs.

The International Fund for Agriculture (IFAD) has provided support to the District Livelihoods Support Programme (DLSP).

The African Development Bank (AFDB) which is providing support for construction of markets under the Markets and Agriculture Trade Improvement Project (MATIP), Markets constructed include Wandegeya Market, Gulu Market, Lira Market and Jinja Market among others.

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is providing support under the Community Agriculture Infrastructure Improvement Programme (CAIIP) at the millennium Villages Project.

The mandate of Local Governments is extremely massive and keeps on growing day by day. The demands of the public keep increasing and the solutions are becoming more complex. To deliver all these required services, the Local Governments need to receive more than 15% from the National Budget is it is now.

President Museveni with Ms.Park Geun-Hye South Korean President, KOICA has partnered with GoU to set up a National Farmers Leadership Institute in Kampiringisa, Mpigi District

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Marketing of agricultural produce along one of the rehabilitated roads under the programme in Rukiri Sub County,Ibanda District

Contact: Plot 1 Pilkington Road, Workers’ House 2nd Floor, P.O.Box 7037 Kampala Tel: +256 414 347 338, Fax +256 414 250 047

Bridge constructed across river Rwizi at Nyakarama central village has helped connecting Shuuku and Rugarama sub counties in Sheema district.

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Ialignments gravitate around the prevailing needs of the state as perceived by its political actors and to some extent those of their constituents. Thus mindful, Uganda’s alignments at a given time, even before

independence have been a function of the cross fertilisation of the times with her priority needs, in relation to the obtaining politico-economic realities as they are manifested by the prevailing regional and global developments.

By 1962, Uganda’s politico-economic landscape had been dominated and shaped by the United Kingdom of Great Britain for close to 100 years. It was natural then that when the Union Jack was lowered, the Crested Crane sought

Uganda’s self-determination.

This country had been governed alongside Kenya, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, a kind of economic collective the British India Company had perceived as an economic

various reasons including management challenges, the Company ceded the administration of these and other

By the time Uganda attained her independence from the British, the railways and harbours, currency board, posts and telecommunications, customs, airlines, agriculture development, research on diseases like trypanasomiasis, leprosy, rinderpest and a host of others, were jointly managed.

At 54years, Uganda’s shifting politico-economic alignment

China-Uganda solidarity.

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The Non-Aligned MovementBuilding upon the pre-independence structure to consolidate her independence, Uganda like other newly independent states, joined the non-aligned movement that also furthered the independence struggles of the people of Africa, Asia, Latin America and other regions of the world and at the height of the Cold War

This was an approach to avoiding the disadvantages of

free-entreprise economy) Block led by the United States of America or the East (Communist centrally planned economy) Block dominated by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics that coalesced around Russia in Europe.

Through this approach, members of the non-aligned movement would get development support from either block. It was during these times that Uganda got Tororo Girls School through USAID and Busitema College for Mechanised Agriculture from the Soviet Union.

The non-aligned movement was dominated by Josip Broz Tito, the president of Yugoslavia, Indian Prime Minister Jawarharlal Nehru, Ghana’s President Kwame Nkrumah

and Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nassar. They were the leading founder members from among 25 countries; Afghanistan, Algeria, Yemen, Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yugoslavia.

The British CouncilNonetheless, whereas the British had ceded power and ‘left’, they had a subtle design for perpetuating some form

Uganda inclusive. The convenient delivery vehicle of choice was the British Council (initially, the ‘British Committee for Relations with Other Countries’), an organ which, with

“The Council’s aim is to create in a country overseas a basis of friendly knowledge and understanding of the people of this country, of their philosophy and way of life, which will lead to a sympathetic appreciation of British foreign policy, whatever for the moment that policy may be and

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from whatever political conviction it may spring. While in times of danger this friendly knowledge and understanding becomes vital to the successful prosecution of war (that is the Council’s place in the war effort), in times of peace it is not less valuable,” British Council Annual Report 1940-41.

From the 1960s to date, the British Council has delivered a range of services in book provision, education and technical co-operation, especially in the Commonwealth states. It has consistently maintained a dedicated presence by connecting over one million students through a connecting classrooms programme, thus stronger partnerships, bringing mutual

British East Africa opened in 1943; it extended into the West African states in 1947 and Southern Africa in the 1960s. Consistent funding has enabled the building of its

a range of activities including education that has earned much affection for the British, at least among the educated elite.

Before the digital era, the Council helped to build public cultural centres, in collaboration with local communities like the Kenyan and Ugandan National Theatres, which opened in 1952 and 1960 respectively. It also maintained

own libraries which were popular up to the 1980s.

In most former British colonies (the Commonwealth), Uganda inclusive, English has retained its importance as a common language that is understood around the world, and in which many educational resources are available.

Registered as a charity for international cultural relations, the Council provided a range of educational support, particularly in English, mathematics and science teaching alongside teacher training, syllabus development, broadcast of educational TV programmes, and university development. Fellowships, scholarships and workplace exchanges have been provided to trainees and professionals in practical subjects, including electrical engineering and agriculture.

As its work grew, the British Council received funding from the Overseas Development Ministry (now the Department for International Development (DfID)) and the World Bank, and collaborated with other agencies to develop educational resources. This arrangement has enabled the cultivation of

elite that is useful in maintaining UK-Uganda ties to the former’s advantage.

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EU support Changed times and circumstances subsequently necessitated Uganda’s enhanced alignment to the European Union (EU). This country has received support from the European

development since the 1970s.

EU funding of €439 million between 2008 and 2013 under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) in the above sectors. The programming also extended support to Uganda’s general budget (MDG contract) and to activities in non-focal areas, such as democratic governance and civil society. Uganda received EDF funding of €80.8 million in 2010.

environment, civil society, human rights and democracy, health, food security and peace and stability, through the general budget of the European Union.

The EU Road Sector Support Programme, has in the recent years prominently supported Uganda through Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to develop the Northern Corridor Route. It is funding the development of Kampala Northern Bypass, a semicircular road through Kampala’s

center. It had also earlier supported the reconstruction of Jinja-Bugiri Highway.

In December 2010, the European Union extended a grant of

USh325billion (€116million), to reconstruct the 125km (78ml), stretch of the East African “Northern Corridor”, between Mbarara and Katuna through the towns of Ntungamo, Kabale.

Prior to this, it had granted Uganda 11m Euro (about sh26.7b) towards the construction of feeder roads in seven districts

the districts of Busia, Bugiri, Jinja, Mukono, Wakiso, Mpigi and Masaka.

The EU further supported the construction of a bridge across

construction of a new bridge across Aswa River in northern Uganda.

In comes ChinaAll the while this was happening; the People’s Republic of China’s economic has accelerated the giant country’s appetite for raw materials and investment abroad, easing

demands match its population of over 1.4 billion on 3.71m sq miles.

Thanks to the foresight of the Communist Party of China that has dominated the country’s politics since it won the civil war against the Kuomintang (a political party that ruled

and took power in 1949. It has maintained an embassy in Kampala since October 1962 even under Idd Amin.

Emboldened by the economic muscle it has developed over the last 30years, China’s visibility in Uganda has become so palpable to the disadvantage of the western world’s

Yali to Kampala since 2011.

Not unlike the west, China is imperceptibly but on a grand scale worming into the Ugandan’s psyche. Like the British Council, the vehicle of choice is the Confucius Institute created at Makerere University three years ago, ostensibly to introduce Mandarin and popularize the language among the upcoming elite. To bolster this design, Uganda government has engaged Luyanzi College at Bweyogere, a secondary school managed by a Chinese Ugandan, Ms Wang Li Hong to prepare to tutor Ugandan teachers in preparation for the universal teaching of Mandarin at the secondary school level.

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Makerere University along with the Government of China

on December 19, 2014 under a partnership between the two universities to train and teach Chinese language and culture in Uganda. Vice President Edward Sekandi said that understanding Mandarin will acquaint Ugandans with the

economic growth. Besides the Confucius project, China has

levels including ministers. In 2015, it organised training

and 2016, China has provided 200 scholarships to young

social sciences, and technology. Scholars say Confucius was a medieval philosopher sage whose political thought was based upon his ethical thought. While he supported the idea of government ruling by a virtuous king, Confucius believed that if a ruler were to lead correctly, by action, orders would be unnecessary in that others will follow the proper actions of their ruler. Confucius believed in ruling by example and correctly, rather than through orders, coercion or punishment.

Confucius ideology has been introduced when under various programmes, China and its construction companies have delivered a number of quality development projects in record completion time and at cost, unlike what had become the Ugandan custom expectation.

As he ended his tour of duty, Amb Zhao Yali said China and Uganda governments have worked very closely to achieve

strategic development in the sector of infrastructure. He has stated, “I have witnessed the ground breaking and development of Kampala-Entebbe Expressway that should be completed in 2017 to a high quality; and the groundbreaking for Entebbe Airport expansion, Karuma and Isimba Hydro Power Stations.

We are now talking about the standard gauge railway construction, another project of strategic importance; a Chinese company has signed a commercial contract to construct Malaba-Kampala line. Uganda government is in

Notwithstanding China’s prominent support and good will, Uganda is challenged by how to translate her lofty plans pronounced by Vision 2040 and 2020 transformation.

visited Uganda, among them the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress in September 2013.

The Deputy Chairperson of the People’s Congress attended Uganda’s 50th independence anniversary, representing the President of China and Madam Yen Jan Ching, the Vice Chair Woman of the Standing Committee of The People’s Congress, a special envoy of China’s President at President Museveni’s swear-in on May 12, 2016.

State Consular and the Minister for Defence at the end of 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs visited Uganda from 10 to 11th of August.

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More than 10 Uganda delegations visited China; President

Jinping and met China’s Prime Minister and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee.

President Museveni and his Chinese counterpart again met in 2014 in Johannesburg; the two men met several times at

Sekandi too has visited China, so has the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Ministers.

For the three years from 2012, bilateral trade was about US$640m of which China exported about US$6oo and Uganda about US$50m. Chinese Companies have invested US$2.1bn in Uganda and created 45’222 job opportunities; together with ZTE, a Chinese company, UETCL invested US$2.5m in the transmission of a high speed data network.

Fifty Chinese companies are operating in Uganda on the basis of Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) funded by Uganda government, World Bank, AfDB, Islamic Back et al and delivered work worth US$3.6bn.

for the construction of Karuma and Isimba hydro power stations, Kampala-Entebbe Expressway and Entebbe Airport; Uganda has also used some concessionary loan money for e Government and road equipment purchased by Local Government all amounting to US$2.5bn.

contract, will be China’s biggest. Its construction will be followed by that of a Kampala railway line, and then the Ayago Hydro Electricity plant. CNOOK investment in oil processing is to the tune of US$2bn.

industrial parks; Luweero US$200m worth industrial park

construction is underway. US$200m industrial park in Kapeeka and Sukuru Phosphate development also worth US$240m are underway.

The Chinese are also expected to get involved in the construction of 22 industrial parks around the country by 2021, setting the pace for Uganda’s rural industrialisation, its agriculture’s modernisation and salvage of its society from backwardness.

Looking aheadIn December 2015, China and South Africa organised the second summit of the Forum On China Africa Cooperation

a ten point cooperation plan entailing, among others, industrialisation, modernisation of agriculture and power development under which China would provide US$60bn for its implementation in three years from 2016 to 2018. Uganda and other African countries could seize this opportunity to develop their technology and know-how.

China Communications Construction Company is ready to undertake the construction of 9km Kibuye-Busega stretch under the terms they have already signed with Ministry of

Expressway artery.

Thus the entrepreneurial and venturing spirit of that Indian Dukawallah who, riding on the coat tails of the British colonialist, introduced modern commerce and trade to Uganda’s remotest village and even founded vast plantations and industries seems to exist big-time in the Chinese too. The hope is that the Ugandan has his ears and eyes open.

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Interesting the youth in coffee investments

For several decades, it has been trendy to grow coffee as a cash crop, the main export contributing over 20% of the foreign exchange earnings annually.

However as young people are not actively participating in this business, innovative approaches are called for to attract and keep the youth interested and focussed on boosting coffee production.

NUCAFE has therefore come up with the idea of a National Coffee Festival, an event that facilitates interactions amongst the different players in the coffee industry and encourages the youth to enjoy this wonderful beverage, not only by drinking but also crafting ideas to invest in coffee for increased job creation.

The main aim of this interaction was to increase the exposure of the youth to the opportunities for providing a networking platform for improved entrepreneurial skills and creating jobs for them.

The event attracted in-and-out of school youth participants, and coffee experts from various companies and farmers and gave the youth an opportunity to network and bridge the gap between the elderly coffee farmers and the youth. It brought together a number

Ministry of Agriculture, Uganda Coffee Development Authority,

and Brazafric. They exhibited their products and disseminated information that educated the youth.

This has immensely contributed to boosting domestic coffee consumption because youth attendees are now buying coffee and the attitude of not drinking coffee before changed.

The university students at the event participated in the pitch competitions especially those from Uganda Christian University Mukono, Makerere University, and Kyambogo, and shared ideas about making products for use in the coffee sector like the coffee bags in the place of tea bags.

It was noted that much as there is an increased segment of the youth attaining university education, the lack of entrepreneurial skills and exposure to opportunities makes it harder for them to engage in meaningful jobs.

With their exposure to the various opportunities, they would respond to the challenges of unemployment while boosting production, productivity and investments in the sector.

Thus NUCAFE is to organise annually festivals, commencing with the November 4th 2016 Coffee Festival, with the theme ‘Skilling the youth; the Nation Prospers,’ to be staged at Mandela National Stadium.

The writer, Ms Rachel Nankumba is the Knowledge Management Assistant at NUCAFE

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The President’s 10-20 Point Programme over the years

20-point programme of 20161. Lower the cost of electricity2. Lower cost of transport3. Build 22 Industrial Parks to attract investors4. Uganda Investment Authority must get all the

necessary licences in two days5. There must be zero tolerance to corruption.6. Poor regulation must be handled7. Converting 68 per cent of the homesteads from

subsistence to commercial agriculture.8. Expedite the granting of oil production licences

to enable actual production start 2019/2020.9. Reform minerals sector.10. Protect environment. 11. Address service delivery decisively, focusing on

healthcare, Education and feeder roads12. Stop illegal land evictions 13. Providing accommodation/social services for

14. Setting up a national airline15. Elimination of our indebtedness to the army

veterans 16. Improve government communication;17. Support the judiciary with all the human

18. Fight against crime and then, the issue of urban physical planning.

19. Support the water sector to widen safe water coverage

the agreed upon priorities

Revised 10-point programme, 2012

incomes

10-point programme of 1986

of all forms of sectarianism

Independence

sustaining national economy

dislocation of sections of the population and improvement of others

defending human and democratic rights of our brothers in other parts of Africa

economy,

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T E C H N O L O G I E S L I M I T E D

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◉ Geophysical investigation drilling of hand pumps, production and geo thermal wells. (Supply and installation of custom designs).

◉ Electric, solar, wind powered water pumps, roof top solutions, energy saving

LEDs’ along with generators and grid power to provide hybrid solutions.

◉ Supply, installation and service of engineering equipment, trucks, tractors, earth moving equipment from across the globe.

◉ Construction of urban and rural water supply systems, group housing projects, technical schools and health centers etc

◉ Over the years Sumadhura has earned a special recognition for its top notch

Sumadhura Technologies Limited Plot No. 83 Chorey Crescent Port Bell, Luzira, Kampala, UgandaE: response@sumadhura.co.ugwww.sumadhuratechnologies.com

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