UGANDA’s performance on governance will be assessed by the Africa Union under the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in January 2008.
Government ministries have up to October 29 to identify priority activities to be implemented in the next five years.
“President Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to present Uganda’s programme of action to his African Union colleagues in January for assessment,” said Silvia Ofoyuru, the programme manager of the APRM/ New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).
“You should identify priority activities and their cost so that we can integrate them into the final plan to be presented by the President to his peers,” she told permanent secretaries and their technical staff at the Kabira Country Club last week.
Ofoyuru advised the ministries to examine the sector investment plans and other national initiatives.
Prof James Katorobo, the chairperson of the meeting’s plenary session, said: “The APRM initiative is to free African governments from external influences on their policies by developing their own.”
The civil service chief, John Mitala, said: “People’s submissions should not be submerged. Whatever comes out should reflect the reality on the ground in Uganda.
Recommendations should be practical and classified information be treated cautiously.”
The African Peer review mechanism is a self-monitoring tool for good governance, under the NEPAD framework.
