The 16 female district speakers while meeting the speaker Rebecca Kadaga said that the former local government minister Adolf Mwesige approved this amount to be paid to each district speaker but when the new minister for local government Tom Butime assumed this office he rescinded the decision.

They asked the speaker to help them meet the president to make their case over this payment. The female district speakers led by Amuria district speaker Ketty Akol  also expressed dissatisfaction with scanty resources accorded to the office of the district speakers.

They also want government to allocate a vehicle to each district speaker saying they often work till late and need transport. 

“I am surprised that the issue of transport for speakers has never been effected because I met the President and we agreed on its implementation, ” Kadaga said.

District female Speakers meeting Speaker Rebecca Kadaga at her boardroom

They stated that all chairpersons of LC.5 and Chief Administrative Officers have vehicles yet for them are excluded. The district female speakers also demanded an explanation on why most kidnaps and killings are targeting women.

They further expressed the need for government to boost their capacity to interprete laws in order to guide district council meetings effectively.

Kadaga in turn pledged to root for training opportunities at the Institute of Parliamentary Studies in July and August. She further committed to mobilize donor agencies like UNDP and UN Women to support female speakers participate in national and intentional meetings of women leaders.

“There are conferences such as the annual UN Commission on the status of Women in New York and CommonWealth meetings which you can attend and learn,” said Kadaga.

The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga promised to seek help from parliament to be trained to boost their capacity to interprete laws and get them to the president to voice their concerns.

Currently there are 16 district female speakers, the number that increased from 7 in the last tenure of office.

Some of the districts with female speaker include Kalangala,Kyankanzi, Namisindwa, Bushenyi, Amuria, Kween, Manafwa, Bulambuli, Kibuku and Busia

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Winnie Kizza the Woman MP for Kasese and also the Leader of Opposition in Parliament of Uganda and outgoing chairperson accounts committee of parliament.

Speaking to Journalists at Parliament during the handover ceremony for the parliamentary committee on local government accounts, the Opposition’s Chief whip Winfred Kiiza, said that they had observed that change of leadership of this committee every after two years affects the tracking of accountabilities.

Kiiza handed over the office to the new bearer Reagan Okumu.

She said this in particular happens in government ministries where officials are often transferred and this makes it troublesome tracking them if the accounts committee leaves office within a short time.

She also said that redeployment of accounting officers like Chief Finance Officers (CFOS) and Chief Administrative Officers to other district before accounting for expenditure of the period of their operation is wrong because it is not easy to trace these officials to account for the funds for the previous districts.

Okumu, while receiving the new office said that his committee will stick to the Auditor General (AG) reports over the accountability of the district funds as a way of disposing off of the many pending reports to reduce the current backlog caused because of the many administrative units like districts, municipalities,sub counties and municipal councils.

He urged the whistle blowers to utilize the local government accounts committee to report contracts and donor funds what is perceived not accounted for.

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