The United Nations entity for Gender equality and the empowerment of women has opposed the proposal by the Ministry of finance to repeal the gender and equity certificate from the public finance management act. The gender and equity certificate requires every ministry to have a gender component in its budget estimates.

Speaking at the breakfast meeting for MPs in Kampala this morning, the UN WOMEN country representative, Hodan  Addou, said that if this section is repealed from the act it will undermine the significant progress Uganda has made towards achieving the targets of gender equality.

Hodan asked the members of parliament to reject this proposal which they will be debating this afternoon under the public finance and management act saying that if issues of Gender and equity are not given due consideration Uganda will be under performing in terms of the sustainable development goals.