Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oboth has called for synchronized planning, budgeting, and execution across Parliament’s core functions to ensure state interventions deliver visible improvements in citizens’ lives.
Speaking at the first annual review workshop for the Legislation, Oversight and Representation (LOR) Programme for the 2025/2026 financial year, Speaker Oboth stressed that legislative duties cannot operate in isolation if public spending is to yield meaningful social and economic returns.
The workshop offered lawmakers and technical partners a chance to evaluate performance during the opening year of the Fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV) and the Government’s Tenfold Growth Strategy.
“The LOR Programme exists to serve the people of Uganda. When we enact good laws, scrutinise how public resources are used, and speak for our constituents, we turn the promises of government into real change in people’s lives,” Oboth said.
He also tasked delegates with evaluating whether statutory legislation is processed promptly, committee investigations generate true accountability, and local community needs are factored into annual budget appropriations.
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa reinforced this directive, highlighting the need for collective reporting and complete institutional ownership. He instructed the technical secretariat to immediately synthesize the workshop’s resolutions into a concrete 2025/2026–2030 action plan to shape the upcoming national budget cycle, urging all participating agencies to turn joint commitments into tangible workplace practices.
“The recommendations from this workshop must now be turned into action,” Tayebwa said, urging participating agencies to translate joint commitments into tangible workplace practices.
The review brought together technical leadership and facilitators from the Parliamentary Commission, the Office of the Prime Minister, and the National Planning Authority.
