Pursuant to Section 14 and 15 of the Equal Opportunities Commission Act (2007) and Section 13 (15) g (i) and (ii) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (PFMA)1, the Commission is delighted to present the 4th Assessment Report on compliance of Ministerial Policy Statements with Gender and Equity requirements for the Financial Year 2018/2019.
The Report is structured into five sections, namely; (i) General Introduction, (ii) the policy and legal framework on gender and equity budgeting in Uganda, (iii) the assessment approach for the FY 2018/2019, (iv) assessment findings and (v) recommendations and conclusions.
Overall, the Commission assessed 142 Ministerial Policy Statements of which 114 passed the assessment with at least 50% minimum compliance level. The Commission hereby recommends issuance of a certificate of gender and equity compliance to the 114 MDAs. The 28 MDAs that scored below 50% should not be issued a certificate of gender and equity compliance.
The Commission is committed to and shall continue working with all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to enhance Gender and Equity Budgeting as a strategy to redress imbalances and to promote equal opportunities for all in the country’s concerted effort to attain a lower middle-income status by 2020 and the upper middle-income status by 2040.