1.0 Introduction

Pursuant to Section 9 (6) (a) and (b) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015 (PFMA), the Commission Assessed the National Budget Framework Paper (BFP) for compliance with gender and equity requirements for the Financial Year (FY) 2019/2020. The theme of FY 2019/2020 as guided by the National Development Plan II is industrialisation for Job Creation and shared prosperity whose attainment necessitates gender and equity responsive planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation. It's important to note that 2019/2020, marks the last year of implementing the National Development Plan II with a central focus on the attainment of the lower middle income status. The proposed budget for the FY 2019/2020 is Ugx. 34.3 trillion.

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