26. Commends the efforts of the Government of Uganda in sustaining the
implementation of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) and the Universal
Secondary Education (USE), resulting in a boost in the enrolment and retention
of both male and female children in schools;
27. Commends the budgetary allocation by the Government of Uganda in the
financial year 2011/2012, for the recruitment of 10,000 health workers, in order
to boost human resources in the health sector;
28. Welcomes the construction of new regional health centres which have functional
mental health units, to ensure that people with mental illnesses receive the
necessary care and treatment;
29. Commends the Government on Uganda for commuting the death sentences of
224 inmates to life imprisonment, in line with the January 2009 ruling of the
Supreme Court of Uganda in the Susan Kigula case - Constitutional Appeal 3/2006;
30. Welcomes the amendment of the rules of procedure of Parliament, in order to
allow live televised coverage of parliamentary sessions;
31. Commends the allocation of funds towards the sensitization of the Ugandan
population on their right to information as guaranteed under the Access to
Information Act (2006), and also for developing in collaboration with CSOs the
online platform “Ask Your Government“, to facilitate access to information by
the citizenry;
32. Welcomes the proposal by the Uganda Law Reform Commission to repeal the
provisions on criminal defamation contained in the Uganda Penal Code Act Cap
120;
33. Further Welcomes the continuous engagement by the Government with CSOs,
towards amending the Access to Information Act, so as to align it with regional
and international standards, and to strengthen the implementation of the Act
and the oversight framework;
34. Notes with appreciation the cooperation by the Government of Uganda with the
Commission through its Special Mechanism on Freedom of Expression and
Access to Information, including its contributions to: the development of a
model law on Access to Information for the African Union member States, the
African Platform on Access to Information Declaration as well as the Global
Principles on National Security and Access to Information;
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