Parliament-Watch-Bulletin_Mid-Term-Audit-2014

A Mid Term Citizens’ Assessment of the 9th Parliament20 Parliament should tightenmonitoring of the health andeducation sectors to ensurequality of service delivery.is not properly aligned to theneeds of the labor market andthe human resources needed fortransformation of the entireeconomy.increasing cases of Hepatitis B virusin Uganda, the fight against Malarialeading to formation of theparliamentary forum on malaria, andaggressive advocacy forimplementation of the Mama Kit, Monitor with close interest thesocial sector ministries to ensurequality service delivery to allcitizens especially quality ofeducation, quality of healthservices.UGMP September 2014 Parliament should increaseits vigilance on budgetmonitoring for all sectorsincluding the Water andSanitation sector Infant and maternal mortalityrates are still high whileUganda still has no nationalhealth care insurance schemefor all.reduction of mother to childtransmission of HIV/AIDS, and thestatus of orphaned and vulnerablechildren, teenage pregnancies Monitor the observance ofinternational and local labor Lawsby foreign companies There were also commendable stridesin Parliament’s action on increasing There is also a noticeable lowBudget Absorption rate inwater and sanitation sectorwith only 6.7% of the 31.221billion allocated for the last FYspent, yet no visible actionfrom Parliament on itsoversight over the sectorallocation for MOE andbudgetpassing of the policy on Business,Technical and Vocational Educationand skilling Uganda(BITVET)program. Tighten laws and regulations onlabour exports and undertakemonitoring to establish conditionsof Ugandan citizens employedabroad Increased budget allocation to waterand sanitation sectors. Accordingly citizens perspectives show that 28.1% felt the current legislation strengthens and enhances citizens’ standards of living while when asked53.1% responded in the negative, 13.3% were not sure and the rest refrained from giving an answer or did not have enough information to do so. The overall score for standard 2 according to desk review indicate that on a scale of 0 to 15, the 9th parliament scored 13.3 representing substantiveprogress due to substantive actions undertaken.Standard 3: Institute reforms to ensure a level political playing field to realize free and fair elections. Thisshould address abuse of the incumbency factor, opening of political space and dissolution of parliament andcouncils three months to election Electoral Commission (EC), is mandated by the Constitution to organise and conduct free and fair elections as stipulatedunder Article 61 (1) (a) of the Constitution and section 12 of the Electoral Commission Act Cap 140, as amended.In accordance with Article 62 of the Constitution; (see also Section 13 of the Electoral Commission Act Cap 140, as amended)the EC is supposed to be independent and not subject to the control or authority of any person.Constitutional & other Legalobligations of the institution ofParliamentScores Gaps Recommendations Parliament should embracethe citizen led free and FairElections Campaign and On the contrary laws passed bythe 9 th Parliament such as thePublic Order Management ActMODERATECitizens’ anticipated actions from the 9 th ParliamentKey findings of specific actions takenby the 9 th Parliament2. 1. Electoral management Body 1. Electoral management Body Pass a law that Institutes a truly Some of the actions taken by the 9 thindependent and competent Parliament so far include: a proposal to