National Council for Disability NAN CNC D NAN NANAL CNC D D A ND ND D A National Council for Disability D UGND P o aala ana STA T lot artyrs ayinistrs illageNtina 2019 ail infoncou Websit ncou Tlon National Council for Disabilityana ncuana I Disability Status Report - Uganda, 2019 National Council for Disability DISABILITY STATUS REPORT UGANDA, 2019 For more information: Juma Mulesa – Chairperson [Email: [email protected] Tel: +256752144986 Beatrice Guzu – Executive Secretary Email: [email protected] Tel: +256(0)772643084 Disability Status Report - Uganda, 2019 II National Council for Disability Table on contents List of tables ................................................................................................................................................iv Text boxes ...................................................................................................................................................iv List of figures ................................................................................................................................................iv Foreword ..................................................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................vi Key terms ....................................................................................................................................................vii Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................. viii Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................xi CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND ON DISABILITY IN UGANDA .......................................1 1.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2. About the National Council for Disability ................................................................................ 2 1.3. Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.4. Overview of Disability in Uganda ............................................................................................. 3 1.5. Disability demographic information in Uganda ..................................................................... 6 1.6. Disability and funding .............................................................................................................. 14 1.7. Disability planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) ........................................................ 15 1.8. Policy and legislative framework ........................................................................................... 15 1.8.1. National laws and policies in Uganda ................................................................................... 16 1.8.2. Regional legal and policy framework ................................................................................... 25 1.8.3. International policy and legal framework............................................................................. 27 CHAPTER TWO: PERFORMANCE OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR DISABILITY IN THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW ................................................................................................31 2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 31 2.2 Programme performance ....................................................................................................... 31 2.3 Performance challenges ......................................................................................................... 36 2.4 Financial performance of the council ................................................................................... 37 CHAPTER THREE: SECTORAL PERFORMANCE IN DISABILITY INCLUSION ....................38 3.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 38 3.2 Health sector ............................................................................................................................ 38 3.3 Education Sector ...................................................................................................................... 45 3.4 Social Development sector .................................................................................................... 57 3.5 Agriculture sector ..................................................................................................................... 60 3.6 Information Communication Technology (ICT) and National Guidance sector ............. 63 3.7 Energy and mineral development sector ............................................................................. 67 3.8 Justice, Law Order sector (JLOS) ............................................................................................ 69 3.9 Lands, Housing and Urban Development sector ................................................................. 71 III Disability Status Report - Uganda, 2019 National Council for Disability 3.10 Legislature sector ..................................................................................................................... 73 3.11 Public administration sector .................................................................................................... 74 3.11.1 The Electoral Commission ....................................................................................................... 75 3.11.2 Ministry of foreign affairs .......................................................................................................... 78 3.12 Accountability sector .............................................................................................................. 79 3.12.1 The National Planning Authority ............................................................................................. 79 3.12.2 Uganda Bureau of Statistics UBOS: ........................................................................................ 81 3.12.3 Uganda Revenue Authority .................................................................................................... 83 3.12.4 Ministry of public service ......................................................................................................... 84 3.13 Security sector .......................................................................................................................... 85 3.14 Disability and civil society ........................................................................................................ 87 3.15 Disability and the private sector ............................................................................................. 90 CHAPTER FOUR: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................92 4.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 92 4.2 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 92 4.3 Recommendations .................................................................................................................. 93 References ...................................................................................................................95 Annex 1: Disability statistics: prevalence by difficulty strand and district .......................................... 99 Annex 2: Map of Uganda showing all regions ................................................................................... 102 List of tables Table 1: Laws and their relation to disability in Uganda ...................................................................... 17 Table 2: Policies and their relation to disability in Uganda .................................................................. 21 Table 3: NCD Budget Distribution in the reporting period (in Uganda shillings) ............................... 37 Text boxes Text box 1: Functions of the National Council for Disability .................................................................. 2 Text box 2: Section 2(1) of the UFB Act (1954) ........................................................................................ 4 Text box 3: Persons with Disabilities .......................................................................................................... 5 Text box 4: Mulago hospital’s renovated spinal ward opens ............................................................. 41 Text box 5: Guidelines on tax reduction for employers of persons with disabilities .......................... 83 Text box 6: Services offered at CMRC ................................................................................................... 86 List of figures Figure 1:Charles Okwanga had both his legs blown off after stepping on a landmine in 1996 left by the Ugandan civil war, but discovered wheelchair basketball nearly ten years later ................... 51 Disability Status Report - Uganda, 2019 IV National Council for Disability Foreword