Financial Risk:
Moderate
Score:
57/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
50/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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By law, all government entities are supposed to follow the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) Act 2003 when disposing of their…
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According to one MP [1], the MoDVA has the habit of “blackmailing everybody that this and that is classified”. In his opinion, only smaller…
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Some defence matters are above scrutiny and are considered very confidential [1]. Another source observed that defence officials feel they are above Parliament [2],…
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Q25
33/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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The Office of the Auditor General [1, 2] and the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) [3] scrutinise what has been given…
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According to one MP [1], “[the] defence is not accountable, they are accountable to only Museveni and may be some of their supervisors”. He…
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The Office of the Auditor General [1, 2] and the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) [3] scrutinise what has been given…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
25/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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According to local media reports [1], a colossal sum of money has been set aside for the purchase of an unnamed item by the…
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Q27
25/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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Only three legislators (the speaker, the chairperson of the budget committee, and the chairperson of the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs are provided…
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Q28
50/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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The auditor general’s reports to Parliament [1, 2] are some of the key reports that Parliament receives for future debate. The other report is…
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There are two types of committees in Parliament. Standing committees and sectoral committees. Standing committees last two and half years. They are set up…
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Q29
100/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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While this is not permitted by law, under the Public Finance and Management Act (2015)[1], given the secrecy of the Ministry of Defence and…
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This indicator is scored Not Applicable, as there is no provision for off budget expenditure by the military [1, 2]. The Public Finance and…
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The MoDVA has been requesting supplementary budgets from Parliament more often. There is no public evidence to prove that off-budget military expenditures happen [1,…
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Q30
75/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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The entry point for any information is through the army/ministry of defence spokesperson [1], who will then make reference to the officer in charge…
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This indicator Not Scored in the GDI. The Access to Information Act(2005) [1] provides for the classes of information that can be obtainable from…
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Section 16 of the Access to Information Act [1] is about the decision on request and notice of information. Subsection (1) of the act…
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Q31
63/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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The defence and security instituions owns bullet making industries, and armoured vehicle assembling plants. While these busineses are funded by the government under the…
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These businesses are publicly known, and some of their key managers are appointed by the president [1]. They are subject to annual audits by…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
75/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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The Office of the Auditor General [1, 2] scrutinises the operations of these businesses and undertakes annual audits. These audit reports are then submitted…
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The Office of the Auditor General [1, 2] provides full audit reports of the military businesses to Parliament as mandated by law. These audit…
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
63/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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Section 37 (1) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force (UPDF) Act [1] imposes restrictions on the military during full-time service. It states that subject…
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According to the UPDF mandate[1], the army is not allowed to engage in any unauthorised private enterprise, which is in accordance with Articles 208…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
69/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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These are published in the Budget Performance Report and in ministerial policy statements [1] of the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MoDVA). There…
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According to the Budget Performance Report for the Ministry of Defence, at the beginning of FY 2018/19, the MoDVA was allocated a budget of…
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The details of the actual spending are part of the Budget Performance Report [1], which is published at the beginning of the new financial…
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The Budget Performance Report is a detailed report providing the deatils of each government minstry budget for the out going fincail year as they…
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