People should be at the center of Africa’s peer review – Oulanyah
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has encouraged the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) to make sure that its findings and recommendations benefit ordinary Ugandans.
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has encouraged the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) to make sure that its findings and recommendations benefit ordinary Ugandans.
Democracy and political governance, economic governance and management, corporate governance, and sustainable socio-economic development are the key topic areas of APRM in Uganda.
“As the 11th Parliament, we have decided to place a strong emphasis on the people. That angle must be there in the items you deliver to us. If they don’t, we’ll send you back until you show us how the policy, law, and budget you propose would affect Ugandans in the community,” Oulanyah said.
He made the remarks while officiating at the National Validation for the 2nd Assessment Report on Uganda’s African Peer Review Mechanism National Program of Action for the fiscal years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021.
On Thursday, October 21, 2021, the meeting was place in the Kampala Serena Hotel.
The Speaker went on to say that the procedures should review whether government policies and legislation encourage private-sector growth and should include a consultative process that is open to all.
“Interest rates are at the heart of the public’s worry about loan availability. If our private sector had grown, we would have less unemployment problems because there would be more businesses to fill the void,” Oulanyah remarked.
Amos Lugoloobi, Uganda’s Finance State Minister for Planning and APRM focal person, told the meeting that the country has spent Shs28 trillion on implementing the National Programme of Action’s numerous interventions.
He went on to say that a National Development Plan had been established, including programs to address challenges within the plan of action, and that budgeting will follow the program method.
The APRM is Africa’s most innovative and ambitious governance program, started in 2003 by African Union member states who voluntarily decided to self- and peer-assess their national governance policies and practices.
