Parliament of Uganda BUSINESS TRANSACTED BY THE 10TH PARLIAMENT IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020 AS AT 18TH DECEMBER 2020 1 Table of Contents 1. SUMMARY OF BUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020 AS AT 19TH NOVEMBER 2020 ............................................................................................. 3 ACHIEVEMENTS .................................................................................................................... 4 1. ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS ..................................................................................... 4 2. ENACTMENT OF LAWS ................................................................................................. 4 3. BILLS RETURNED ............................................................................................................. 5 4. RESOLUTIONS PASSED ................................................................................................. 6 4.5 TO AUTHORIZE GOVERNMENT TO BORROW: ...................................................... 6 4.6 TO GRANT LEAVE TO INTRODUCE PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS ........................... 9 4.7 TO PAY TRIBUTE ........................................................................................................ 10 4.8 OTHER RESOLUTIONS .............................................................................................. 11 5 OVERSIGHT WORK OF PARLIAMENT ........................................................................ 16 6 MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS .......................................................................................... 18 7 STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS ......................................................................................... 28 8 COMMITTEE REPORTS ADOPTED ............................................................................... 28 9 REPORTS OF PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATIONS ABROAD ..................................... 30 2 1. SUMMARY OF BUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020 AS AT 18TH DECEMBER 2020 No. Item Frequency 100 1. Number of Sittings 2 2. Oaths administered 26 3. Bills enacted 5 4. Bills returned 5. Resolutions 17 A) To authorize Government to Borrow 9 B) To Grant Leave to introduce Private Members’ Bills 4 C) To pay Tribute 39 D) Other resolutions 97 6. Ministerial Statements considered 3 7. Statements by Members 171 8. Urgent Questions responded to - 9. Questions responded to during Prime Minister’s Time 6 10. Questions for Oral Answer responded to 19 11. Committee Reports adopted 8 12. Reports of Parliamentary Delegations abroad 3 ACHIEVEMENTS In the calendar year 2020, the Parliament of Uganda, in its plenary Sittings, achieved the following: 1. ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS Three (3) newly elected MPs were sworn in during the reporting period DATE NAME AND CONSTITUENCY 22/01/20 Kamukama Molly Nawe, Ex-Officio 26/08/20 Ms. Sarah Kanyike, Ex-officio 2. ENACTMENT OF LAWS 26 Bills were passed into law as shown below: DATE BILL 20/10/20 The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020 as returned by H.E the President. 20/10/20 The Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2020, as returned by H.E the President 21/10/20 The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2020 21/10/20 The Tax Procedures Code (Amendment) Bill, 2020 04/08/20 The Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2020 04/08/20 The Local Government [Amendment] Bill, 2020 05/08/20 The National Coffee Bill, 2018. 16/09/20 The Labour Disputes (Arbitration and Settlement) (Amendment) Bill, 2019. 29/09/20 The Local Government [Amendment] Bill, 2020. 02/06/20 The Administration of the Judiciary Bill, 2018 28/05/20 The National Payment Systems Bill, 2020 20/05/20 The National Local Content Bill, 2019 4 24/04/20 The Appropriation Bill, 2020 21/04/20 The Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2020 16/04/20 The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020 15/04/20 The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill 2020 14/04/20 The Stamp Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2020 14/04/20 The Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill, 2020 18/03/20 The Sugar Bill, 2019 which had been returned to the House by H.E the President in accordance with Article 91(3)(B) of the Constitution and Rule 142 of the Rules of Procedure. 05/03/20 The Electoral Commission [Amendment] Bill, 2019 05/03/20 The Political Parties and Organizations [Amendment] Bill, 2019. 04/03/20 The Local Government [Amendment] Bill, 2019 03/03/20 The Parliamentary Elections [Amendment] Bill, 2019. 27/02/20 The Presidential Elections [Amendment] Bill, 2019 31/01/20 The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (Amendment) Bill, 2019 29/01/20 The Traffic and Road Safety Act 1998 (Amendment) Bill, 2019 3. BILLS RETURNED Five (5) Bills were returned DATE BILL 5 11/06/20 The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020 11/06/20 The Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2020 07/07/20 The Local Government (Amendment) Bill, 2020 14/07/20 Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (Amendment) Act, 2020 30/09/20 The National Local Content Bill, 2020 4. RESOLUTIONS PASSED Parliament passed the following resolutions: 4.5 TO AUTHORIZE GOVERNMENT TO BORROW: Parliament passed 17 Motions authorizing government to borrow: DATE RESOLUTION 19/11/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to USD 600 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) To finance the budget deficit for the FY 2020/21 19/11/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to UGX 3,258.5 billion through domestic borrowing to finance the budget deficit for the FY 2020/21 17/06/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to USD 224 from the African Development Bank (ADB) and UA 37.54 Million (USD 51 million) from the African Development Fund to finance the Kampala City Roads Rehabilitation Project (KCRRP). 18/06/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to Euros 10 million from the Government of the Republic of Italy to finance the Karamoja Infrastructure Development Phase II Project under the Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP). 30/06/20 To amend the resolution of Parliament authorizing Government to borrow up to Euro 162,445,674.1 from the Industrial and 6 Commercial Bank of China to finance the Power Supply to Industrial Parks and Grid upgrade and Power Transmission Extension Project. 04/08/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to U.A 50 million [USD 68.5 million] from the African Development Fund [ADF] to finance the upgrading of the Kabale-Lake Bunyonyi/Kisoro-Mgahinga Road Project. 05/08/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to USD 235.458 million from the African Development Bank [ADB] to finance the development of Namagumba-Budadiri-Nalugugu [29.0km], Katuna-Muko-Kamuganguzi road [104.0km] and Laropi-Moyo- Afoji [Sudan border] road [37km]. 25/08/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to USD 169.2 million from the International Development Association [IDA] of the World Bank Group to finance the Irrigation for Climate Change Resilience Project. 06/10/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to USD 30 Million from the EXIM Bank of India to finance the supply and installation of solar powered water pumping systems for providing water supply systems in rural sub-counties of Uganda with lowest safe water coverage. 06/10/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to 7.5m Euros (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) from UNICREDIT Bank Austria AG for the Construction and Equipping of an Oncology and Diagnostic Centre in Gulu (Northern Uganda). 06/10/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to Special Drawing Rights [SDR] 72.7 Million [Equivalent to USD 99.8 Million] additional funding from the International Development Association [IDA] of 7 the World Bank Group to finance the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project [CEDP-AF]. 02/06/20 To authorize Government to borrow Up to USD 229.47M from the African Development Bank and Euros 90M (Equivalent to USD 105M) from the Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) to finance the construction of the Kampala – Jinja Expressway (KJE) Project 02/06/20 To authorize Government to borrow USD 300.0 million for budget support for FY 2019/20 from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group to provide sufficient financial resources to the health sector and to mitigate negative effects of COVID 19 on the economy of Uganda and SDR 361 million (Approx. USD 491.5 Million) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Balance of Payments and Budget Support to address the negative effects of COVID 19 in the FY 2019/20 20/05/20 To correct the Parliamentary resolution of 27th November 2019 authorizing Government to borrow USD 456,370,000 from the EXIM Bank of China to finance the Upgrade and Construction of National Oil Roads under Package 1 (Masindi-Kasanja/Park Junction, Tangi (Pakwach) Junction-Paraa-Buliisa Road, Wanseko-Bugungu Roads), Package 2 (Hoima-Butiaba- Wanseko) and Package 3 (Buhimba-Bulamagi-Igayaza- Kakumiro) as follows; To authorize Government to borrow US$ 456,378,108 in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in the loan agreement from the Exim Bank of China to finance the upgrade and construction of national oil roads as follows: 8 i) Package 1: Masindi-Kasanja-Park Junction, Tangi- Pakwach Junction, Paraa-Buliisa Road, Wanseko- Bugungu Roads of equivalent amount of US$ 186,055,241; ii) Package 2: Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko US$ 152,607,764; and iii) Package 3: Buhimba-Bulamagi-Igayaza-Kakumiro US$ 117,715,103. 11/02/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to Euros 300 Million from Stanbic Bank [U] Limited and Euros 300 Million from the Trade Development Bank to finance the budget deficit for FY 2019/20. 30/01/20 To authorize Government to borrow up to Euro 162,445,694.1 (US$178,276,661.7)