elcome to the
maiden issue of
the BMAU
Bulletin. As one of our major stakeholders, sharing
with you the BMAU activities is of profound interest
to us. In this issue, we introduce to you BMAU and
the activities carried out in
the last few months. We
look forward to sharing
more exciting news from
the unit. Enjoy your reading!!
Editorial Team
Core values
Integrity
Transparency
Timeliness
Accountability
Professionalism
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rs. Margaret
Kakande has
been at the helm
of the Budget Monitoring and
Accountability Unit since its
inception in 2008. Below, she
shares the achievements of
the Unit.
Briefly take us through your
role at BMAU.
I coordinate all activities for
the technical monitoring, and
monitoring officers, provide
guidance and backstopping
support, communicate feedback to the ministry management about the monitoring
findings and represent
BMAU at various fora.
How does BMAU work support the wider mandate of
the finance ministry?
Two of the ministrys mandates are to mobilize local and
external financial resources
for public expenditure; and
regulate financial management and ensure efficiency in
public
expenditure.
The
BMAU helps the ministry assess the extent to which selected government ministries,
departments and agencies use
funds in line with their re-
Our findings help inform decision making. We have engaged in research which has
helped inform
Share with us some
some of the
of the achievecurrent public
ments of BMAU.
finance
rehese
are
forms. For exmany but I
ample our rewill
just
search on Non
mention a few. Our
-Compliance
first report released
in Public Fiin 2009 was awake
nancial Manup call as it made
agement
public officials realshowed spendize that someone
ing constraints
within government
highlighting
can actually verify
the
bottleactual output in renecks to movelation to money rement
of
leased and spent. The Units first report
money within
Thereafter, this has
the
system.
helped instill discipline in This knowledge has been very
some officials,
and influ- instrumental in reforms being
enced some institutions to implemented now for examchange the way public funds ple the decentralization of the
are being used.
payroll and crea- To page 4
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he major challenges
are two; poorly paid
human resource and
weak institutions. The human
resource is central to the implementation of service delivery programmes but it is
taken for granted. You cannot expect a poorly paid and
de-motivated worker to efficiently and effectively deliver
services.
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n the other
hand, for the enterprises the sample which represented the
supported group was selected from Adjumani, Dokolo,
Kaberamaido,
Lamwo, Nakapiripirit and
Rukungiri districts. The
unsupported group was
selected
from
Bugiri,
Busia,
Kayunga
and
Mukono districts.
The research teams have
finalized data analysis and
have a draft report.
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Margaret Kakande
Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga
Allan Gitta
Annet Nansubuga
Hamdhan Semanda
Daniel Sekitto
Roberts Ssekamanya
Robert Ssempebwa
John Musaazi
Benon Semakula
Medi Wakabi
Nicholas Magezi
Jones Hadali
Beatrice Aber
Jesca Nakabiri
Andrew Elasu
Position
Head BMAU
Deputy Head BMAU/TMO Agriculture
Finance Manager
Administrator
Senior Driver
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Office Attendant
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Technical team
Charles Nsubuga
Matthew Lubuulwa
Alice Ninsiima
Angella Basaasira Ssali
Ibrahim Lubwama
Francis Mulolo
Annette K. Mutoni Oleng
Margaret Birungi Ntorantyo
Justus Kalebbo
Maria Roselynn Muzaaki
Sylvia Atuhaire Arinaitwe
Isaac Senyonjo
Kefa Kawanguzi
Mariam Nakakande
Noeline Gwokyalya
Esther Najjuma
Winnie Gertrude Adite
Valerian Muyise
Silver Kato
Sandra Mbabazi
Irene Achiro
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Upcoming Outputs/Events
@BudgetMonitorUg
Email: budgetmonitoringug@gmail.com
Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit
Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
Third Floor, Room 3.13
Tel: +256 414 707201/250
Plot 2-12 Apollo Kaggwa Road
P.O.Box 8147, Kampala, Uganda
Website: www.finance.go.ug
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his year, BMAU has so far published 14 Policy Briefs and these are
available on the finance ministry
website, (www.finance.go.ug) under the
BMAU page. Below are the titles of the
briefs.
BMAU BP7/14: National roads maintenance programme: What are the challenges in maintaining paved roads?
BMAU BP8/14: Distribution of agricultural inputs in Uganda: What are the
key challenges?
BMAU BP9/14: Rehabilitation of ReBMAU
BP1/14:
gional Referral hospitals
Persistent
Implein Uganda:
What
mentation
chalshould be done differlenges in different
ently?
sectors
BMAU BP10/14: MiBMAU BP2/14: Agcro-finance Centres proricultural
Sector
vision of institutional
Performance: Are
loans: Why is uptake deset targets for public
clining?
spending and ser BMAU BP11/14: Alvice provision being
locations and expendimet?
tures on non-core activiBMAU
BP3/14:
ties: What is the general
Are feasibility studtrend especially in the
ies guiding the ineducation sector?
dustrialisation proc BMAU BP12/14: Reess?
ducing maternal mortalBMAU BP4/14: Imity in Uganda: What are
plementation of the
the key constraints?
grid extension pro BMAU BP13/14: Acjects to increase ru- Some of the policy briefs released this year cess to safe water for all:
ral electrification:
Can Uganda achieve
What are the key constraints?
this?
BMAU BP5/14- Rain water harvesting; BMAU BP14/14:Causes for the persisa possible solution to water shortage
tent implementation of unplanned outBMAU BP6/14: Which systems will fosputs in the education sector developter sustainable access to energy in
ment projects
Uganda: Grid or solar?
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A flooded river between Otuke and Lira. Vehicles were being pushed across at a fee after removing the air cleaners and
covering other engine parts. Below: Cars stuck on one of the roads in Pader district, the BMAU driver (with a hoe) tried
to create a passage for their vehicle