Parliament-Watch-Bulletin_Mid-Term-Audit-2014

A Mid Term Citizens’ Assessment of the 9th Parliamentmechanism to undertakeHarmonization, fairness, equity andaccountable provisions with checksand balances in the emoluments forall employees in the country (asalaries review commission) Appropriate budget to facilitate theestablished review mechanism andsubsequently meet the newlyharmonized salaries, emolumentsand wages.needs for review the salary scale andinstitute reforms in civil and publicservice. Parliament pressured government toincrease salaries of teachers andmedical workers by insisting not topass the sector budgets if they do notcomplyby Parliament within itsmandate.employees. Consolidate the on-goingreforms in the pension sectorthrough strengthening theregulatory framework for theentire pension industry According to the citizens’ survey, only 4% felt that parliament was transparent in the determination of their emoluments 14.3% disagreed, and therest preferred not to answer. On the other hand, 50.4% of the respondents felt that parliamentarians received more remuneration than they deserved while only 35.8% feltotherwise. Only 7.2% agreed that the MPs emoluments were fair and equitable in comparison to others in the civil service while 18.6% disagreed. And finally, only 19.6% of the respondents agreed that the 9th parliament was accountable for the resources they receive and spend on behalf of thecitizenry while 32.5% answered negative. With overall performance of the 9th Parliament, only 12.20% of the respondents were satisfied her actions towards standard 4 while 55.6 insisted ontheir dissatisfaction.Standard 5: Become more accountable to their constituencies for all resources received from the national resource envelopincluding emoluments, and donations from external sources on behalf of their Constituency and the country.Constitutional & other Legalobligations of the institution ofParliamentCitizens’ anticipated actions fromthe 9 th Parliament1. Management The leadership code of conduct established under Article 233 of the constitution requires all Public officers to declare theirincomes, assets and liabilities from time to time and how they acquired them. The Leadership Code Act 2002 under its second schedule recognizes Members of Parliament as public officers who mustaccount for their resources and are subjected to procedure under the Act.Key findings of specific actions takenby the 9 th Parliamentof the Findings:consolidated fund and In addition to moving a moving aScores Gaps RecommendationsMODERATE Sections of the finance bill Enact strong measure thatundermine the effective tighten leakages in theUGMP September 201423