IT’S FINISHED! Museveni Government Confirms Scrapping, Merger of Agencies (See Who’s Affected)

It was only a matter of time before President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government to start on the process of rationalization, merging and scrapping of agencies and departments to cut unnecessary spending, free money and invest in development projects and programs.

After years of back and forth, including lobbying by those who did not want ‘their agencies’ touched, cabinet has finalized the Rationalisation of Government Agencies (Repeals and Amendments) Bill.

The bill was gazetted on October 6, 2023, it has emerged. The piece of legislation will make possible the repeal of Acts of Parliament that created affected agencies.

For example, there will be amendments to the Uganda National Roads Authority Act, 2006 will the view of placing the Allen Kagina-led agency under the Ministry of Works and Transports as a department. Once the Rationalisation of Government Agencies (Repeals and Amendments) Bill has become an act, the piece of legislation that made it effective will be deleted from Uganda’s law books.

Government hopes to save Shs1.3tn through the rationalization exercise as money, previously spent on salaries that rendered public service pay scales useless, and in administrative costs, will be freed.

Affected Agencies

Merged Entity	Parent Ministry
Non Performing Assets Recovery Trust, the Board of Trustees and the Sinking Fund	Finance
Karamoja Development Agency	Karamoja Affairs
National Records and Archives Agency	Public Service
Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council	Agriculture
Uganda Cotton Development Organisation	Agriculture
Uganda Coffee Development Authority	Agriculture
Dairy Development Authority	Agriculture
Higher Education Students Financing Board	Education
UNRA	Works Ministry
Uganda National Meteorological Authority	Ministry responsible for  meteorology
Uganda Human Rights Commission & Equal Opportunities Commission	Merged into one commission
Uganda Registration Services Bureau	Transferred to National Identification and Registration Authority
Uganda Warehouse Receipt System Authority	Trade
National lnformation Technology Authority	ICT and National Guidance
National Forestry Authority	Environment
Departed Asians’ Property Custodian Board	Finance
Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority	Finance
Privatisation Unit	Finance
National Curriculum Development Centre	Amend Act to include curriculum reforms for PTCs
National Bureau of Non-Governmental Organisations	Internal Affairs
National Population Council	National Planning Authority
National Physical Planning Board	National Planning Authority
Uganda National Commission for UNESCO	Education
Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center	Uganda Wildlife Authority
Uganda Road Fund	Works
NAADS	Agriculture
Agricultural Chemical Board	Agriculture
Children Authority	Gender
National Council for Persons with Disabilities	National Secretariat for Special Interest Groups
National Women’s Council	National Secretariat for Special Interest Groups
National Youth Council	National Secretariat for Special lnterest Groups
National Council for Older Persons	National Secretariat for Special Interest Groups
Centre for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution	Justice
Uganda Free Zones Authority and the Uganda Export Promotions Board merged into single entity: Uganda Free Zones and Export Promotions Authority	Trade

 

Meanwhile, Museveni’s government will pay a lot of money to UNRA bosses for termination of their contracts as the roads agency will be scrapped off. (See Details Here and There).

Editor: We have an update on this story:

https://www.pearltimes.co.ugnew-twist-parliament-blocks-museveni-proposal-on-scrapping-of-agencies/

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