Daily Monitor Wednesday February 03 2021 This handout photo shows people on a street in Kampala. The level of compliance with gender and equity requirements of the National Budget Framework Paper is still lacking. PHOTO/COURTESY/SHUTTERSTOCK. Summary However, all the 18 programmes which were assessed passed and are recommended to be issued a certificate of gender and equity compliance in accordance with Section 9 (6) of the Public Finance Management Act. Advertisement At least 10 government programmes under ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) have failed the gender and equity compliance test in the budget framework paper (BFP) for the Financial Year 2021/2022. This was revealed by the Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC), a constitutional body established by the Equal Opportunities Commission Act, No. 2 of 2007 (EOC Act) “to give effect to the State’s constitutional mandate to eliminate discrimination and inequalities against any individual or group of persons and take affirmative action in favor of groups marginalised on the basis of gender, age, disability or any other reason created by history and tradition.