responsive legislation. Examples include: Advocacy around gender
budgeting; the Land Act; electoral reforms; labour laws; the marriage and
divorce laws; and continuing advocacy around the Domestic Relations
Bill.
2.4.4 The capacity of the National Planning Authority (NPA) has been
strengthened. Requisite staff have been recruited, and funding to the
Authority increased. The NPA Board has also been revitalised. Progress
has been achieved in strengthening the role of NPA in undertaking
harmonised long-term development planning. The Uganda Law Reform
Commission reviewed various legislations that inform the planning
functions in government with a view to harmonising them. The
legislation reviewed include: the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of
Uganda; the NPA Act No. 15, 2002; the Local Governments Act, Cap
243; the Budget Act No. 6, 2001; and the Public Finance and
Accountability Act, 2003. A Draft NPA Strategic Plan has been prepared
to inform proposed restructuring of the Authority.
2.4.5 Government has also made progress with regard to increasing domestic
revenue collection and administration during the year under review. The
share of domestic resources generated in funding national development
programmes grew from 64percent in 2007/8 to 70percent in 2008/9.
Revenue collections in 2008/09 reached UGX. 3,698.6 billion,
representing a 17.0percent growth from 2007/08. Donor financing,
provided as Budget support, reduced by UGX.70.4 billion (10percent) to
UGX.602.5 billion for FY2009/10. Similarly, project support is
projected to decline by UGX.32 billion (2percent) to UGX. 1,293.2
billion, which shows that Uganda‟s progress in revenue collection has
steadily been on the rise.
2.4.6 A new National Population Policy for Social Transformation and
Sustainable Development (of 2008) has been developed. This policy has
provided an opportunity for further consideration of the tenets of
population and provisions to take account of the changing demographic,
socio-economic and health environment and other emerging issues. The
policy takes cognisance of new international and regional dispensations,
agreements, conventions and covenants, which were not available at the
time the original policy was adopted.
2.4.7 The Education Act was enacted, making primary education universal
and compulsory for all pupils aged six years and above. In several