NDI in partnership with ACFIM organized a press conference on 20th January 2014 at Hotel Africana. The press conference was about a survey that was conducted by NDI among members of Parliament of Uganda to find out their knowledge and perceptions on the commercialization of Uganda’s political culture. The report titled Who Pays the Piper is as below:

Who Pays the Piper…Alliance for Campaign Finance Monitoring:MP Survey on Commercialization of PoliticsJanuary 2015

Table of Contents

MP SURVEY (Money and Politics). 4

a) Background. 4
b) Findings. 5

CONSTITUENT CONTACT. 5

When constituents contact their MP, they can say or ask for many different things. Of the following types of communication, which one do you receive most frequently? (Read all Options). 5

In a week, out of every 10 people from your constituency that contact you in your capacity as an MP, how many asked you to support them financially for personal needs? Write number ___________ out of 10. 5

COST OF CONSTIUENCY DEMAND.. 6

MPs have told us that visiting their constituency can be very expensive as they are often asked by constituents to assist them financially. Thinking about the last time you visited your constituency, how much did it cost you to provide personal financial support to your constituents? (-7 RF, -8 NA, -9 DK, -10 if they say “I don’t give money for personal financial needs skip =>7). 6

[If respondent provides an amount given] Was this higher than normal, the average or a smaller amount that it costs you to assist your constituents’ personal financial needs?. 6

MPs have also told us that they are often asked to contribute to the costs of buildings, like churches or mosques and communal services like boreholes, schools and health facilities. How often in the past year have you been asked to contribute to the cost of: Churches, mosques and other communal but privately owned buildings or services? (Read all options). 7

Thinking about these contributions, please could you estimate how much you have contributed to request for donations to build Church buildings or mosques and other communal but privately owned buildings in the past year?. 8

How often in the past year have you been asked to contribute to the cost of: Communal services that should be the responsibility of Government such as ambulances, boreholes, feeder roads, bridge repairs, public schools or health facilities? Read all options. [If never Skip to QC 11]. 9

Please could you estimate how much you have contributed to requests for donations for Communal services that should be the responsibility of Government such as ambulances, boreholes, feeder roads, bridge repairs, public schools or health facilities?. 10

We know that citizens make many demands for MPs to help pay expenses such as school fees, medical bills, and other things, and that it can get expensive for MPs. In your opinion which of the following two statements do you agree with MORE?. 11

REFORM… 12

There have been reports that some MPs have borrowed too much money from the banks and/or money lenders and that this has made them heavily indebted, in your opinion which of the following statements do you agree with MORE?. 12

MP SURVEY (Money and Politics)

a) Background

Alliance for Election Campaign Finance Monitoring (ACFIM) partnered with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to conduct a survey of Members of Parliament to find out their knowledge and perceptions of the commercialization of Uganda’s political culture. The survey targeted all directly elected MPs excluding the all ministers (74), Youth MPs (5), Representatives of special groups and other Ex-officio (26) providing a target population of 275 MPs representing 72% of all MPs. NDI surveyed 146 (53.1%) of the target population. Surveys were conducted by telephone between 14^th November and 18^th December. The survey took a maximum of 23 and minimum of 17 Minutes per MP. The survey is representative of the target population at a 95.5% confidence level with a margin of error of 1.5%.

SURVEY SUMMARY
STATUS	REASON	FREQUENCY	PERCENTAGE
Successful	MPs that successfully completed the survey	146	53.1%
Refused Survey	Dodging, Rescheduling and never honored their appointment, Busy for various reasons, asked for email Survey or office visits.	91	33.1%
MPs Not Reached	MPs whose telephone Numbers were not available on several attempts and those who completely never picked their phones. This also includes MPs who were Sick and those out of the Country at time of survey	34	12.4%
Incomplete Surveys	MPs who hang up or were lost in the middle of the survey and/or refused to complete the survey	4	1.5%
Total		275	100%

b) Findings

CONSTITUENT CONTACT

When constituents contact their MP, they can say or ask for many different things. Of the following types of communication, which one do you receive most frequently? (Read all Options)

Constituents’ Communication		MP_Mandate		Political_Affiliation			Region				Total
Constituents’ Communication		Constituent MP	DWR	Independent	Opposition	Ruling	Central	East	North	West	Total
Opinions	Count	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	3
Opinions	Col%	2.9%	0.0%	5.9%	0.0%	2.1%	2.9%	3.4%	0.0%	2.0%	2.1%
Requests for Action	Count	94	43	16	29	92	32	28	32	45	137
Requests for Action	Col%	92.2%	97.7%	94.1%	90.6%	94.8%	94.1%	96.6%	94.1%	91.8%	93.8%
Requests for Information	Count	5	1	0	3	3	1	0	2	3	6
Requests for Information	Col%	4.9%	2.3%	0.0%	9.4%	3.1%	2.9%	0.0%	5.9%	6.1%	4.1%
Total	Count	102	44	17	32	97	34	29	34	49	146
Total	% of Total	69.9%	30.1%	11.6%	21.9%	66.4%	23.3%	19.9%	23.3%	33.6%	100.0%

In a week, out of every 10 people from your constituency that contact you in your capacity as an MP, how many asked you to support them financially for personal needs? Write number ___________ out of 10

	N	Range	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Std. Deviation
Constituent Contact	146	9	1	10	7.63	1.926
Valid N (listwise)	146

COST OF CONSTIUENCY DEMAND

MPs have told us that visiting their constituency can be very expensive as they are often asked by constituents to assist them financially. Thinking about the last time you visited your constituency, how much did it cost you to provide personal financial support to your constituents? (-7 RF, -8 NA, -9 DK, -10 if they say “I don’t give money for personal financial needs skip =>7)

[If respondent provides an amount given] Was this higher than normal, the average or a smaller amount that it costs you to assist your constituents’ personal financial needs?

[If Higher or lower] What would you estimate to be the average amount that you might spend on constituents personal needs when you visit your constituency?( -7 RF, -8 NA, -9 DK )

	N	Range	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Std. Deviation
Personal Need Expenditure	125	99900000	UGX100,000	UGX100,000,000	UGX4,682,048.00	9735513.991
Valid N (listwise)	125

Average MP expenditure for personal needs per constituency visit

	MP Mandate		Political Affiliation			Region				Total
	Const MP	DWR	Independent	Opposition	Ruling	Central	East	North	West	Total
Mean	5,200,651	3,538,462	4,553,333	2,746,154	5,304,238	4,523,077	4,695,652	2,465,517	6,130,979	4,682,048
N	86	39	15	26	84	26	23	29	47	125

MPs have also told us that they are often asked to contribute to the costs of buildings, like churches or mosques and communal services like boreholes, schools and health facilities. How often in the past year have you been asked to contribute to the cost of: Churches, mosques and other communal but privately owned buildings or services? (Read all options)

Privately Owned Expend		MP_Mandate		Political_Affiliation			Region				Total
Privately Owned Expend		Constituent MP	DWR	Independent	Opposition	Ruling	Central	East	North	West	Total
Often	Count	87	42	14	27	88	32	25	27	45	129
Often	Col%	85.3%	95.5%	82.4%	84.4%	90.7%	94.1%	86.2%	79.4%	91.8%	88.4%
Some times	Count	11	2	2	3	8	0	4	5	4	13
Some times	Col%	10.8%	4.5%	11.8%	9.4%	8.2%	0.0%	13.8%	14.7%	8.2%	8.9%
Rarely	Count	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Rarely	Col%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.1%	0.0%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.7%
Never	Count	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	3
Never	Col%	2.9%	0.0%	5.9%	3.1%	1.0%	2.9%	0.0%	5.9%	0.0%	2.1%
Total	Count	102	44	17	32	97	34	29	34	49	146
Total	% of Total	69.9%	30.1%	11.6%	21.9%	66.4%	23.3%	19.9%	23.3%	33.6%	100.0%

Thinking about these contributions, please could you estimate how much you have contributed to request for donations to build Church buildings or mosques and other communal but privately owned buildings in the past year?

Descriptive Statistics
	N	Range	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Std. Deviation
Amount Privately Owned Expend	126	299600000	400,000	300,000,000	36,708,730.16	46147717.638
Valid N (listwise)	126


	MP Mandate		Political Affiliation			Region				Total
	Const MP	DWR	Independent	Opposition	Ruling	Central	East	North	West	Total
Mean	42,890,805	22,917,949	72,893,333	24,820,000	33,853,488	37,370,370	35,770,833	20,444,444	45,954,167	36,708,730
N	87	39	15	25	86	27	24	27	48	126

How often in the past year have you been asked to contribute to the cost of: Communal services that should be the responsibility of Government such as ambulances, boreholes, feeder roads, bridge repairs, public schools or health facilities? Read all options. [If never Skip to QC 11]

Gov Owned Expend		MP_Mandate		Political_Affiliation			Total	Region				Total
Gov Owned Expend		Constituent MP	DWR	Independent	Opposition	Ruling	Total	Central	East	North	West	Total
Often	Count	82	31	15	21	77	113	29	24	19	41	113
Often	Col%	80.4%	70.5%	88.2%	65.6%	79.4%	77.4%	85.3%	82.8%	55.9%	83.7%	77.4%
Some times	Count	9	6	1	4	10	15	2	2	5	6	15
Some times	Col%	8.8%	13.6%	5.9%	12.5%	10.3%	10.3%	5.9%	6.9%	14.7%	12.2%	10.3%
Rarely	Count	4	4	1	4	3	8	1	1	4	2	8
Rarely	Col%	3.9%	9.1%	5.9%	12.5%	3.1%	5.5%	2.9%	3.4%	11.8%	4.1%	5.5%
Never	Count	7	3	0	3	7	10	2	2	6	0	10
Never	Col%	6.9%	6.8%	0.0%	9.4%	7.2%	6.8%	5.9%	6.9%	17.6%	0.0%	6.8%
Total	Count	102	44	17	32	97	146	34	29	34	49	146
Total	% of Total	69.9%	30.1%	11.6%	21.9%	66.4%	100.0%	23.3%	19.9%	23.3%	33.6%	100.0%

Please could you estimate how much you have contributed to requests for donations for Communal services that should be the responsibility of Government such as ambulances, boreholes, feeder roads, bridge repairs, public schools or health facilities?

Descriptive Statistics (UGX)
	N	Range	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Std. Deviation
Amount Govt Owned Expend	116	249800000	200,000	250,000,000	38,323,275.86	51543213.373
Valid N (listwise)	116

Average expenditure on communal but Government responsibility goods (UGX)

	MP Mandate		Political Affiliation			Region				Total
	Const MP	DWR	Independent	Opposition	Ruling	Central	East	North	West	Total
Mean	47,538,750	17,844,444	85,600,000	25,772,727	32,841,772	43,676,000	60,937,500	22,178,261	31,386,364	38,323,276
N	80	36	15	22	79	25	24	23	44	116

We know that citizens make many demands for MPs to help pay expenses such as school fees, medical bills, and other things, and that it can get expensive for MPs. In your opinion which of the following two statements do you agree with MORE?

Statement 1: Paying citizens’ personal expenses such as school fees is not part of my responsibility as an MP and I should not.

Statement 2: Paying citizens’ personal expenses is not part of my responsibility, but because everyone expects that, I must engage in it.

Responsibility Personal Needs		MP_Mandate		Political_Affiliation			Region				Total
Responsibility Personal Needs		Constituent MP	DWR	Independent	Opposition	Ruling	Central	East	North	West	Total
Agree Very Strongly With Statement 1	Count	15	7	4	7	11	6	5	5	6	22
Agree Very Strongly With Statement 1	Col%	14.7%	15.9%	23.5%	21.9%	11.3%	17.6%	17.2%	14.7%	12.2%	15.1%
Agree With Statement 1	Count	5	4	0	3	6	2	2	3	2	9
Agree With Statement 1	Col%	4.9%	9.1%	0.0%	9.4%	6.2%	5.9%	6.9%	8.8%	4.1%	6.2%
Agree Very Strongly With Statement 2	Count	48	21	6	13	50	13	15	12	29	69
Agree Very Strongly With Statement 2	Col%	47.1%	47.7%	35.3%	40.6%	51.5%	38.2%	51.7%	35.3%	59.2%	47.3%
Agree With Statement 2	Count	27	10	6	8	23	11	6	11	9	37
Agree With Statement 2	Col%	26.5%	22.7%	35.3%	25.0%	23.7%	32.4%	20.7%	32.4%	18.4%	25.3%
Agree with neither	Count	7	2	1	1	7	2	1	3	3	9
Agree with neither	Col%	6.9%	4.5%	5.9%	3.1%	7.2%	5.9%	3.4%	8.8%	6.1%	6.2%
Total	Count	102	44	17	32	97	34	29	34	49	146
Total	% of Total	69.9%	30.1%	11.6%	21.9%	66.4%	23.3%	19.9%	23.3%	33.6%	100.0%

REFORM

There have been reports that some MPs have borrowed too much money from the banks and/or money lenders and that this has made them heavily indebted, in your opinion which of the following statements do you agree with MORE?

Statement 1: MPs should be free to borrow ANY AMOUNT from any bank and/or money lender and authorize deductions from their parliamentary salary and allowances to guarantee repayment of the loan.

Statement 2: The parliament should strictly LIMIT how much an MP may borrow and agree to be deducted from their parliamentary salary and allowances to guarantee repayment of their loan.

Regulate Borrowing		MP_Mandate		Political_Affiliation			Region				Total
Regulate Borrowing		Constituent MP	DWR	Independent	Opposition	Ruling	Central	East	North	West	Total
Agree Very Strongly With Statement 1	Count	23	6	4	6	19	4	5	5	15	29
Agree Very Strongly With Statement 1	Col%	22.5%	13.6%	23.5%	18.8%	19.6%	11.8%	17.2%	14.7%	30.6%	19.9%
Agree With Statement 1	Count	6	4	2	3	5	4	3	2	1	10
Agree With Statement 1	Col%	5.9%	9.1%	11.8%	9.4%	5.2%	11.8%	10.3%	5.9%	2.0%	6.8%
Agree With Statement 2	Count	16	6	2	2	18	7	3	4	8	22
Agree With Statement 2	Col%	15.7%	13.6%	11.8%	6.3%	18.6%	20.6%	10.3%	11.8%	16.3%	15.1%
Agree Very Strongly With Statement 2	Count	47	28	8	17	50	18	17	19	21	75
Agree Very Strongly With Statement 2	Col%	46.1%	63.6%	47.1%	53.1%	51.5%	52.9%	58.6%	55.9%	42.9%	51.4%
Agree with neither	Count	9	0	1	3	5	0	1	4	4	9
Agree with neither	Col%	8.8%	0.0%	5.9%	9.4%	5.2%	0.0%	3.4%	11.8%	8.2%	6.2%
RF	Count	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
RF	Col%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.1%	0.0%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.7%
Total	Count	102	44	17	32	97	34	29	34	49	146
Total	% of Total	69.9%	30.1%	11.6%	21.9%	66.4%	23.3%	19.9%	23.3%	33.6%	100.0%

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