Tayebwa puts ministers on notice over policy statement delays
“The deadline for submission is March 15, 2025. This is a statutory deadline that is clearly stipulated in the Public Finance Management Act and in our Rules of Procedure. We shall not accept any policy statements submitted after the deadline.”
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has asked ministers to submit their policy statements on time. (Photo by Maria Wamala)
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Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has asked ministers to submit their policy statements on time. The move, according to Tayebwa will enable Parliament to execute the budgeting process effectively.
“The deadline for submission is March 15, 2025. This is a statutory deadline that is clearly stipulated in the Public Finance Management Act and in our Rules of Procedure. We shall not accept any policy statements submitted after the deadline,” Tayebwa said on March 5, 2025, while chairing the plenary sitting of Parliament.
The Deputy Speaker cited previous cases of accounting officers who delayed submitting their ministerial policy statements and warned that such delays impede the business of the House.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has asked ministers to submit their policy statements on time. (Photo by Maria Wamala)
“I do not expect any accounting officer to disturb the Minister [Finance] to run to the Office of the Speaker to be helped. I request the Minister to ask the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury [Ramathan Ggoobi] to write another reminder to all accounting officers because we take it for granted that they know the deadline,” Tayebwa added.
He tasked the finance minister to avail all copies of the ministerial policy statements to respective committees of Parliament to ensure their timely and adequate consideration.