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New Vision (Kampala)
DOCUMENT
14 July 2008
Posted to the web 15 July 2008
Kampala
President Yoweri Museveni recently joined over 20 other AU leaders attending the 19th summit of the New Partnership for African Development Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee in which Uganda was reviewed.
The review is part of the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process, which is essentially a systematic examination and assessment of a country's general performance by its peers. Below is the speech the President made.
It is with great pleasure that I, on behalf of Uganda, address this 9th Summit of the African Peer Review Mechanism Forum when our country is being peer reviewed. I wish to commend Your Excellency Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, for your able stewardship of the forum. I take this opportunity, on behalf of my delegation, to extend our sincere gratitude to our host, His Excellency Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Government and the people of Egypt for their warm reception.
Allow me also to congratulate my brothers who will be peer reviewed today, His Excellency Umaru Yar' Adua, the President of Nigeria and His Excellency Blaise Campaore, the President of Burkina Faso, for the successful completion of their APRM process and all comrades who have passed through the peer review.
We strongly believe that this process is good for us to generate creative solutions to African governance challenges, as we strive for the betterment of our Continent, Africa.
I wish to recognise the contribution of the APR Panel of Eminent Persons, especially my eminent friend Prof. Adebayo Adedeji, its chairman, who also headed Uganda's Review, for the guidance which has led to the success of the Uganda APRM process. Uganda appreciates having been allotted the seventh position in the queue of countries being peer reviewed.
Your Excellencies, it is now my honour to share with you the experience and outcome of the African Peer Review Mechanism in Uganda.
Uganda one of the pioneers for review
As you know, Uganda was one of the first countries to accede to the APRM process in 2003. However, the process was delayed by the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2006.
Diversity of the independent commission
A key element of the Uganda APRM process was the establishment of an Independent National Commission consisting of 21 representatives from the Government, civil society, the private sector, academia, members of the political opposition, religious leaders, trade unions, farmers, the youth, women, persons with disabilities (PWD's), Parliament and the legal fraternity. Each group was required to nominate a representative to the Commission, which the Government supported to carry out the Country Self-Assessment.
Apart from the diversity of the Commission, the consultations were made with a diversity of stakeholders representing all regions, districts, local authorities, divisions of the Kampala city, special interest groups, expert and professional groups, the Judiciary, Parliament, security, as well as law and order institutions. This enabled the capturing of varied and candid views from all stakeholders. The major challenge of using this approach is that it generates a lot of diverse and often conflicting views, opinions and interests. In many ways, the Country Review Report and this APR Forum is a continuation of the process of building consensus and agreement.
Your Excellencies, the Uganda Country Review Report highlights the achievements, challenges and Programme of Action. Allow me to comment briefly on each of these.
Major achievements of governance in Uganda
The following were identified as major achievements by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Government:
-Macro-Economic Reforms and Liberalisation,
-Security and Professionalisation of the Army
-Constitutional reform and democracy
-Decentralisation
-Civil Service Reform,
-Education
-Reduction in the prevalence of HIV/AIDS.
The APR Panel has also identified nine best practices worthy of emulation as follows:
-Prompt handling of election petitions for both presidential and parliamentary elections
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-Uganda's Macro-Economic management.
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