4.1.5 There is need for Government to strengthen the linkages between the Uganda Human Rights Commission, which was mandated by law to conduct civic education, with the Ministry of Information and National Guidance. 4.1.6 Government should expedite the operationalisation of the Equal Opportunities Commission. Adequate resources should also be made available to operationalise it. 4.2 Economic Governance and Management 4.2.1 Access to information on government programmes is a fundamental pre-requisite for enhancing economic good governance and management. Opportunities for corruption and mismanagement or anxiety are usually rooted in the absence of avenues for accessing information. The government needs to improve on dissemination of key information on government policies and programmes to the citizens and stakeholders. 4.2.2 The capacity of both local and central governments to plan and budget for, as well as manage and absorb public finances needs to be strengthened through a deliberate government-initiated human resource training programme. 4.2.3 Local governments should be encouraged to take advantage of the constitutional provision (in article 199), for the secondment of staff from the centre to Local Governments to address their medium-term manpower constraints. 4.2.4 Government should expedite the enactment of the legislation on the National Oil and Gas. This would lessen the anxiety surrounding the future management of the revenues therefrom and also provide the basis for joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative as recommended by the Country Review Report. 4.2.5 An evaluation of the outcomes and impact of the PFA Programme after five years of implementation should be included in subsequent planning reviews of the programme to making it possible for lessons to be drawn for the future.

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