Gender and Equity Interventions Performance Report - Financial Year 2018/19 Gender and Equity Interventions Performance Report - Financial Year THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Gender and Equity Interventions Performance Report Financial Year 2018/19 October 2019 Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development P.O.Box 8147, Kampala Uganda www.finance.go.ug THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Gender and Equity Interventions Performance Report Financial Year 2018/19 October 2019 Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development P.O.Box 8147, Kampala Uganda www.finance.go.ug TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .......................................................................................... VIII GLOSSARY ......................................................................................................................................... XV FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................... XVII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. XVIII CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1 Table 1.1: Gender and Equity Assessment .......................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER 2: ACCOUNTABILITY ................................................................................................... 4 Table 2.1 Accountability Programmes Assessed ................................................................................ 5 2.3.1 Public Financial Management Programme ......................................................................... 6 Intervention ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Financial Performance ......................................................................................................................... 7 Performance: ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Challenges ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Recommendation ................................................................................................................................. 7 Interventions ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Financial Performance ......................................................................................................................... 8 Performance: ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Challenge ............................................................................................................................................. 8 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Recommendation ................................................................................................................................. 9 Interventions ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Financial Performance ......................................................................................................................... 9 Performance ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Support to the Microfinance Support Centre (MSC) .......................................................................... 9 Interventions ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Performance ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Table: 2.1 Loan Disbursement by Product Type FY 2018/19 ........................................................... 11 Table 2.2: Category of Beneficiaries under Jinja MSC Zonal Office ............................................... 12 Table2.3: Category of Beneficiaries under Mbale MSC Zonal office............................................... 13 Beneficiary assessment...................................................................................................................... 13 Makiroki Ber Farmers Group. ........................................................................................................... 13 Table 2.4: Category of Beneficiaries under Soroti MSC Zonal office .............................................. 14 Odome Traders Group. ...................................................................................................................... 15 Challenges ......................................................................................................................................... 15 i Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Recommendation ............................................................................................................................... 16 2.4 Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) ....................................................................................... 16 Interventions ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Administration and Support services ................................................................................................ 16 Figure 1: Regional Presentation of Individual Tax Collections (Gender) Under TREP ................... 17 Challenges ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................. 17 2.5 Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) ................................................. 17 Interventions ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Performance ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Table 2.5 Participants of Local Content Training Conducted by Gulu Regional Office .................. 18 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 19 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................. 19 Institutional G&E responsiveness ..................................................................................................... 19 1. Uganda Revenue Authority ....................................................................................................... 19 2. Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets ................................................................... 20 Equity ................................................................................................................................................ 20 3. Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development ..................................................... 20 4. The Micro Finance Support Centre ........................................................................................... 20 CHAPTER 3: AGRICULTURE ........................................................................................................ 22 Table 3.1: Financial allocations to gender and equity by agriculture sector institutions for FY 2018/19 .............................................................................................................................................. 23 Table 3.2: Overall sector performance for gender and equity responsive programmes by 30th June 2019 ................................................................................................................................................... 24 Intervention under the ACF ............................................................................................................... 24 Table 3.3: Gender analysis of ACF project expenditures by 30th June 2019 ................................... 25 Figure 3.1: Equity analysis of ACF expenditure by region by 30th June 2019................................. 25 Interventions under the subprogramme ............................................................................................. 30 Table 3.5. Access to MAAIF Bee keeping equipment by farmers in selected districts