Ugandan taxpayers' burden : the financial and governance costs of a bloated legislature / Godber Tumushabe, Zie Gariyo
Series: ACODE Policy Research series No. 28, 2009Publication details: Kampala : ACODE, c2009Description: x, 66 p. ; 26 cmISBN:- 9970287028
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CONTENT
1. Introduction
2. Historical context of the legislature in Uganda
2.1 The Uganda legislature 1920-1962
2.2 The Uganda legislature in the period of turmoil, 1962-1986
3. The composition and structure of legislature since 1986
3.1 The national resistance council(1986-1955)
3.2 The legislature from 1995 to the present: Why are numbers of MPs increasing
4. The cost of legislature: Functions and effectiveness
4.1 The representation function
4.2 The legislation function
4.3 The oversight function
4.4 Protecting the constitution: The emergence of presidential authoritarianism
5. the cost of the legislature: Counting the losses
5.1 The legal basis for remuneration of MPs
5.2 The numerical size of parliament
5.3 The cost of the legislature: counting the losses and the opportunity cost
5.4 The cost of legislature: political corruption
6. Conclusions and recommendations
6.1 Population-based constituency demarcation
6.2 Abolish representation of special interest groups
6.3 Ministers should not be members of parliament
6.4 Reduce the number of MPs and increase their monthly emoluments
Includes references
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