Construction Of A Secondary School, Health Centre III In Every Sub-county In Suspense.-Minister Musaasizi

Government has revealed plans to drop the policy of construction & equipping a secondary school and Health Centre III in every Sub-county, citing the lack of funds and bloated administrative units, which has made the implementation of this policy untenable. 

State minister for finance Hon Henry Musasizi has attributed the shift in Government’s position on Parliament’s decision to create new administrative units ahead of the 2021 general elections, contrary to advice by the Ministry of Finance at the time, that warned that expanding administrative units would cause a strain on Government resources.

“In FY2020/2021 towards elections, we added 332 new sub-counties, 46 new Constituencies, 10 Municipalities, and 10 cities. At that time, the Ministry of Finance told us, you go ahead and establish these new administrative units but you must also know that they will have financial implications that you haven’t provided for. Now, here we are, 3 years down the road, we are saying every sub-county must have a Health Centre III, and every sub-county must have a secondary school. We are saying that we are cognizant that we must provide education that is feasible and accessible as possible but in the circumstances, it isn’t tenable to implement this policy as had been planned because of change of circumstances,” said Minister Musasizi

However, Dr. Abed Bwanika the Chairperson Government Assurance Committee has resolved to write to the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanjato get the final position of government on seed schools before reporting back to Parliament.

 “The people of this country, everywhere you go, they are waiting for a seed secondary school in every sub-county, whether it was created yesterday or 20years ago. The people of Uganda are waiting for a health centre III in every sub-county regardless of when it was created. We are going to write to the Prime Minister and ask her to confirm the withdrawal basing on your statement, what she will tell us is what we shall carry as the report to the House because our work according to rules, when as assurance is withdrawn, we are supposed to report to Parliament,” said Bwanika