The Uganda Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oboth Oboth, has praised the Committee on Tourism, Trade, and Industry for producing the first post-legislative scrutiny report in the history of the 12th Parliament.

He acknowledged the committee for setting a precedent as the very first to present such a report, which was chaired by the Member of Parliament for Kole South, Boniface Okot.

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, Boniface Okot, chairperson of the Committee on Tourism, Trade, and Industry, presented the report on Uganda’s wildlife revenue sharing under the Uganda Wildlife Act, Cap 315.

The Act, originally enacted as the Uganda Wildlife Act No. 17 of 2019 and later consolidated into Cap 315, provides the primary legal framework for wildlife conservation, sustainable management, and institutional governance in Uganda.

Presenting the report for adoption, MP Okot added that it covered the post-legislative scrutiny on sport trophy hunting and collaborative wildlife management under the Act, Cap 315.

The committee also inquired into complaints by stakeholders regarding persistent leadership, governance, and mandate implementation challenges at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS).

The report was also based on persistent incidents of human-wildlife conflict and the effectiveness of interventions to mitigate such incidents within and outside national parks, as well as in protected national parks, wildlife reserves, and wildlife sanctuaries established to safeguard habitats, biodiversity, and rare, endangered, or endemic species.

The motion for adoption raised the report on offences and penalties for unlawful actions such as illegal hunting, unauthorised possession of wildlife specimens, or trafficking of protected species—for example, elephants, rhinos, gorillas, and pangolins—which carry heavy penalties.

The committee’s report examined how the revenue-sharing provisions have been implemented.

After its presentation, Parliament considered a motion to adopt the report.