Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE)

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accountability committee parliamentary committee

The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) is a key accountability committee of the Parliament of Uganda that scrutinizes the operations, finances, and governance of public commissions, regulatory bodies, and state-owned enterprises.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
COSASE Committee	1
Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) canonical	1
Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) (Uganda)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13052730 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE)
Context triple: [Public Accounts Committee (Uganda), relatedTo, Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE)]

A. COS Committee
The COS Committee is the abbreviated name for the British Chiefs of Staff Committee, the senior military body responsible for advising the UK government on defense and strategic military matters.
B. Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs
The Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs is a specialized body within the Organization of American States responsible for overseeing the institution’s financial management, administrative policies, and budgetary planning.
C. Committee of Secretaries (CoS)
The Committee of Secretaries (CoS) is a high-level inter-ministerial body in the Indian government that coordinates and resolves major policy and administrative issues across ministries before they go to the Cabinet.
D. Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
The Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs is a specialized body within the Bavarian state parliament responsible for reviewing legislation and issues related to constitutional, legal, and parliamentary matters.
E. Commission Plenary
The Commission Plenary is the main decision-making body of the International Whaling Commission, where member governments meet to debate and set global whaling and cetacean conservation policies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE)
Target entity description: The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) is a key accountability committee of the Parliament of Uganda that scrutinizes the operations, finances, and governance of public commissions, regulatory bodies, and state-owned enterprises.

A. COS Committee
The COS Committee is the abbreviated name for the British Chiefs of Staff Committee, the senior military body responsible for advising the UK government on defense and strategic military matters.
B. Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs
The Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs is a specialized body within the Organization of American States responsible for overseeing the institution’s financial management, administrative policies, and budgetary planning.
C. Committee of Secretaries (CoS)
The Committee of Secretaries (CoS) is a high-level inter-ministerial body in the Indian government that coordinates and resolves major policy and administrative issues across ministries before they go to the Cabinet.
D. Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
The Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs is a specialized body within the Bavarian state parliament responsible for reviewing legislation and issues related to constitutional, legal, and parliamentary matters.
E. Commission Plenary
The Commission Plenary is the main decision-making body of the International Whaling Commission, where member governments meet to debate and set global whaling and cetacean conservation policies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	accountability committee ⓘ parliamentary committee ⓘ
abbreviation	COSASE ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	COSASE Committee ⓘ linked to: Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE)
appointmentBy	Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
composition	Members of Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
country	Uganda ⓘ
establishedBy	Parliament of Uganda rules and resolutions ⓘ
focus	financial accountability of public entities ⓘ governance practices of commissions and state enterprises ⓘ performance of statutory authorities ⓘ
function	conduct inquiries into mismanagement and abuse of public resources in entities under its mandate ⓘ hold public officials and managers of state enterprises accountable ⓘ review compliance of public entities with laws and regulations ⓘ summon public officials and witnesses to give evidence ⓘ
goal	promote transparency in management of public resources ⓘ reduce corruption and financial mismanagement in public entities ⓘ
governmentBranch	Legislature of Uganda ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Uganda
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of Uganda ⓘ linked to: Uganda
legalBasis	Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
locatedIn	Kampala ⓘ
mandate	ensure accountability and value for money in public entities under its remit ⓘ examine reports of the Auditor General on public commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises ⓘ make recommendations to Parliament on audited entities ⓘ
meetsAt	Parliament of Uganda buildings in Kampala ⓘ linked to: Parliamentary Building, Kampala
oversightOf	public commissions of Uganda ⓘ regulatory bodies of Uganda ⓘ state-owned enterprises of Uganda ⓘ statutory authorities of Uganda ⓘ
parentOrganization	Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
partOf	accountability committees of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
relatedTo	Local Government Accounts Committee of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ linked to: Local Government Accounts Committee (Uganda) Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ linked to: Public Accounts Committee (Uganda)
reportsTo	Plenary of the Parliament of Uganda ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Uganda
role	oversight of public commissions ⓘ oversight of state enterprises ⓘ oversight of statutory authorities ⓘ scrutiny of operations of public bodies ⓘ scrutiny of public sector finances ⓘ scrutiny of public sector governance ⓘ
scope	national-level public entities in Uganda ⓘ
sector	public administration oversight ⓘ public finance oversight ⓘ
shortName	COSASE ⓘ
typeOfCommittee	standing committee ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Accounts Committee (Uganda) → relatedTo → Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) ⓘ

subject linked to: Public Accounts Committee

Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises → alsoKnownAs → COSASE Committee ⓘ

subject linked to: Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE)

linked to: Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE)

Local Government Accounts Committee (Uganda) → relatedTo → Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) (Uganda) ⓘ