{UAH} KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2ND IPOD SUMMIT*

*KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2ND IPOD SUMMIT*

*Date:* Monday 20th May 2019

*Venue* Protea Hotel, Entebbe

*Political Parties present:* DP, JEEMA, NRM & UPC

*Absent:* FDC

1. *Increased funding to Parties*

🔸Govt. increases funding from the current UGX 10bn to UGX 35bn in a Financial Year.

🔸All Parties in Parliament get an equal share for running offices.  15% for IPOD Secretariat & the remaining be shared on numeric strength. 

🔸Public funding to Political Parties in the opposition be distributed according to numbers as opposed to the current status.

🔸The amount going to the Leader of Opposition be allocated 40% equally and 60% committed basing on numeric strength.

2. *Public Order Mgt Act (POMA)*

🔸Proposed regulations be studied by the National Security Council and give feedback to IPOD in two months.

🔸The summit appreciated the steps taken by govt & called for continued periodical interface between Govt & IPOD on the implementation of POMA.

🔸The Prime Minister consult with IPOD on finalization of the code of conduct for Political Actors currently under the AG's office.

🔸The IPOD Council to come up with a framework of engagements with other stakeholders including the security agencies.

 

3. *Independent Political Actors*

🔸Certified resignition of individuals from a political party 12 months prior to General Elections and that once elections are lost in the Party Primaries, such an individual *shall not take part in the general elections*

4. *Electoral Refofms*

🔸Candidates sponsored by Parties shall not be required to collect signatures from Electoral areas.

🔸 A review of nomination fees be made for affordable & inclusive participation.

🔸Newly created Constituencies or administrative units shall only hold elections in a specified period between May and July or in the next election cycle. 

🔸Election petitions at Parliamentary level be handled conclusively within a year after elections to avoid unnecessary delays.

5. *Institutionalization of IPOD*

🔸IPOD be taken through the necessary processes of formal legal recognition including registration.

Rogers Mulindwa

*SENIOR MANAGER*-Information, Communucation & Public Relations.

"In tribute to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Uganda, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife, discrimination and terrorism."

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