Category: General News

The 18th COMESA Heads of State and Governments Summit came to a close, Tuesday 31st March 2015. The new Chairman COMESA Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia officially closed the Summit with a call to Member States to rededicate their commitments to regional integration. Governments opened their 18th Meeting in Addis Ababa Monday where Ethiopian Prime Minister H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn assumed the chairmanship of the 19 Member States regional bloc. Over 10 heads of State and Governments attended the Summit and participated in a roundtable discussion on the theme: “Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization,” which was led by the United Nations …

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives handed over the management of Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU) ltd to a new Board of Directors. BCU has been under Government Caretaker Management since 2010 when the Board of Directors was suspended due to allegations of mismanagement and financial misconduct. Mr. Willy Wepukhulu has been managing BCU as a Caretaker Manager under the supervision of the Commissioner of Cooperatives. The Board of Directors was suspended to pave way for a forensic audit of the Union. The Ministry commissioned forensic audit for the period 1996 to 2010 which was completed in December 2013. A Special …

Dr. Ratnakar Adhikari, the executive director (ED) of the Geneva-based multi-donor programme (EIF), had a three-day visit to Uganda which started on 21st January 2014. He was accompanied by Simon Hess, the Coordinator at the Executive Secretariat for the Enhanced Integrated Framework at the WTO. EIF CHIEF VISITS UGANDA …

President Yoweri Museveni handed over the chairmanship of COMESA to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila Kabange at the 17th COMESA Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Kinshasa, DR Congo on February 26th, 2014. The summit was under the theme “Consolidating Intra-COMESA Trade through Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Development. Read more: Report of the COMESA policy organs meetings 16th-27th february 2014s report UGANDA EXCELS IN INTRA COMESA TRADE …

The draft East African Cooperative Societies Bill was presented to the East African Legislative Assembly sitting in Kampala for the 1st reading on 22nd January, 2014 at 2. 00pm. The bill was presented by Hon. Sebalu Mike as private members’ motion and it is sponsored by the East African Farmers Federation (EAFF). Click here to read: Brief on the EA cooperative bill EAC_Co-operative_Societies_Bill_(30.10.2013) …

This year marks 100 years of the cooperative movement in Uganda; The celebrations will be held in Masindi Boma grounds on 27th September; This years theme is ‘Cooperative enterprise remains strong in time of crisis’. …

The Ministry has released a press statement on PVOC. The minister explains why PVOC was temporarily suspended in December last year and why it has been reinstated 6 months later in June 2013. Read the entire full Press Statement here …

Uganda consumers protection Association(UCPA) reacts to KACITA strike;urges them to end it. Read full statement here; UCPA Press Statement on KACITA strike …

The ministry released a press release on PVOC on 1st June; Read more 2013 Press Release on PVOC june 2013 …

Minister for Trade Amelia Kyambadde has asked the police chief Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura, and his counterpart in South Sudan, Gen. Deng Tieng to expeditiously address the security concerns on the Nimule-Juba highway following the recent killing of two Ugandans. Addressing a joint press conference with South Sudan Ambassador to Uganda Samuel Luate Lominsuk in Kampala on Saturday, Ms Kyambadde expressed concern that if the security of Ugandan traders is not guaranteed, trade between the two countries will greatly be affected. Ms Kyambadde was responding to last week’s road ambush on Nimule –Juba highway in which five people, including two …