Browsing by Author "Nabwowe, Angella"

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    2016 General Elections: Vote 4 Education, Vote 4 Health
    (2015) Nabwowe, Angella; Mncwabe, Nokukhanya
    70 Year old Zaina Bakanansa, resident of Kyetume-Bukasa village, Nakisunga Sub- County Mukono District believes elections are just a waste of time. “ No Member of Parliament or Local Council Chairperson has made a difference in my life”, she says. Bakanansa’s need is to have a health facility in her village “ I am weak and sickly and unfortunately I cannot access a health facility. The private clinic close to my house is too expensive for me”. The Mukono Health centre IV or Nazigo health centre III which are public health facilities are quite a distance from her house, several kilometres away. Her only hope would be in voting leaders with a manifesto that addresses her concerns but she has been disappointed many times. “I have participated in national elections but I don’t see the benefits. When I have health needs , I call on a Non- Governmental Organisation to get help and they are always responsive.” The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda gives citizens like Zaina Bakanansa power, to elect the political leaders of the country every after five years. Very soon, Ugandans shall elect political leaders – from the local level to the President.
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    Accountability In Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
    (Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), 2017) Namusobya, Salima; Nabwowe, Angella; Nakulima, Saphina; Mugoya, Musa
    In the discussions about Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) for provision of key social services, the justification, in both support for and opposition to the concept revolves mainly around accountability and risk management to ensure value for money. The essential question is whether the presumed efficiencies of the private sector are strong enough to override the concerns about social, democratic and financial accountability from private sector players. Consequently, most guidelines for best practices in framing and implementing PPPs place the need for strong institutional responsibilities and public participation in the governance high up on the priority list. The emphasis is that PPP arrangements should only be pursued when they represent the best value for money in delivering a service and not as ways to circumvent fiscal constraints.1 This also implies that accountability for any PPP project begins with the design, which should capture the various forms of safeguards to guarantee social justice and financial risk management.
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    Beyond Statistics: How can we achieve universal basic education of acceptable quality in Uganda?
    (2014) Nabwowe, Angella; Mncwabe, Nokukhanya
    The Right to Education is guaranteed under article 30 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda; the country is, moreover party to International Conventions that guarantee this right, including the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC). Uganda has been praised for introducing free Universal Primary Education (UPE), and the scheme has indeed registered some successes over the years – including an increase in school enrolment rates countrywide, with girls and children from poor families benefiting in particular. Notwithstanding these successes, however, basic primary education is not without its challenges, which have the potential to undermine the quality of education offered and to erode the gains attained if remedial action is not prioritized. The deteriorating quality of education has been documented in several studies, such as UWEZO (2014), and the Ministry of Education and Sports, together with the Stromme Foundation, Save the Children, UNICEF, and UNHCR (2014).
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    Economic and Social Rights in Uganda: The Status Quo
    (Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), 2013) Nabwowe, Angella; Mncwabe, Nokukhanya
    The Economic and Social Rights Advocacy (ESRA) Brief is a biannual publication of the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER). The Brief is intended to create awareness, encourage and stimulate national debate around economic and social rights, as well as act as a knowledge exchange platform for stakeholders and the broader Ugandan populace. The ESRA Brief provides an opportunity to interrogate the status of economic and social rights primarily, in Uganda and key lessons and challenges from the greater East African Community. The Brief provides insight into the debates, issues and steps being taken/ road maps being developed with respect to the full realization of social, economic and cultural rights, and it examines the civil society partnerships cultivated to monitor the implementation and accountability of these rights.
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    Getting it Right: Uganda’s Proposed National Health Insurance Scheme
    (2015) Nabwowe, Angella; Mncwabe, Nokukhanya
    Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been pushing for universal health coverage. According to WHO, the goal of universal health coverage is to ensure that all people obtain the health services they need without suffering financial hardship by having to incur out of pocket expenses to pay for said services. Looking at the post 2015 health agenda, WHO notes that universal health coverage is a way of ensuring continued progress towards the current health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while also helping countries address the growing threat of non-communicable diseases, mental illness and injuries. The Ugandan Ministry of Health is currently awaiting a certificate of financial implication from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in order to proceed with the proposed National Health Insurance Bill 2012, which once adopted, will operationalise the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This is a commendable step towards the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health in the country. However, as the process unfolds, the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER) deemed it fit to speak to a number of stakeholders to ensure representation of their priorities and concerns.