Uganda Hosts Northern Corridor Integration Projects
Uganda is hosting the 13th Northern Corridor Integration Projects Summit scheduled to take place on April 22-23, 2016 at Speke Resort Munyonyo under the Chairmanship of H.E. President Yoweri Museveni. The Summit will be preceded by a Ministerial meeting on April 21, 2016 and a Senior Officials’ meeting on April 19-20, 2016. These meetings will review the status of implementation of the Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIP) since the last Summit held in December 2015 in Kigali, Rwanda. The countries that will participate are Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia. Heads of State …
The Trade Journal
We bring you the first edition of “The Trade Journal” of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. It is a quarterly publication which highlights events, activities,programs and achievements in the trade,industry and cooperatives sector. Volume 1 issue 1 January 2016 :Trade Journal Issue 1 2016 Volume 2 issue 2 April 2016 :Trade Journal issue 2 2016 Volume 3 Issue 3 April 2016: Annual Trade Journal 2016 …
Press Brief on Closure of Uchumi Supermarket Chains in Uganda
The Kenyan Government has agreed to a negotiated settlement of the outstanding payments to Ugandan suppliers and former workers of its supermarkets chain Uchumi. This follows Government of Uganda’s intervention to resolve the Uchumi impasse, following the closure of all the 5 branches of Uchumi supermarket in Uganda. Uchumi Closure Details Brief on Uchumi outstanding payements to Local Suppliers and Former Workers …
Press Statement on the Status of Cooperatives in Uganda
Introduction The Cooperative movement has been in Uganda for a century now and is very much alive, with many Ugandans in the different sectors especially farmers benefiting from cooperatives. Co-operatives play an important role in the socio-economic development through the creation of jobs, improvement of member income, enhancement of agricultural production and productivity, the promotion of value addition and social stability. Ministers statement on Status of cooperatives January 2016 Cooperative Statistics 2016 Co-operatives are based on universally accepted values and principles which, when adhered to, makes them significantly more open, democratic, transparent and inclusive than for-profit businesses. Because co-operatives are …
Uganda to Benefit from US $90M Support to LDCs to Meet Trade-related Needs
The donor community in the World Trade Organization (WTO) has reaffirmed their commitment to supporting the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the WTO including Uganda to fully integrate in to the global trading system and fight poverty through aid to trade. This was during the Pledging Conference for phase 11 of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) that preceded the Tenth WTO Ministerial Conference that is opening in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday 15th, 2015 at Kenya International Conference Center. Ministers from 161 countries are meeting again for the 10 time to discuss the future of the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization …
Birunga: A Success Story of an MSME
Birunga Diary Factory is located in Nyakabande village, Kisoro district in Western Uganda. The factory which is privately owned by a one Basangwa processes between 15,000 liters to 20,000 liters of Highland fresh milk per day, packed in sachets of 500ml. Read More BIRUNGA DIARY FACTORY …
The 18th COMESA Summit of Heads of State & Government
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 …
Government Hands Over Bugisu Cooperative Union Ltd
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 …
Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) Chief’s Visit to Uganda
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 …
Uganda Hands Over COMESA Chairmanship to DRC Congo
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 …
