President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday 4th April, 2024 met officials from Nile Breweries Limited at his Kisozi Farm led by the company board Chairman, Onapito Ekomoloit.During the meeting, the President and the officials discussed issues ranging from alcohol health precautions to taxation and the expansion of locally based raw materials in the production of alcohol.President […]
To grow the country’s economy by 12 percent as envisaged in the National Development Plan III, manufacturers must be supported through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).The suggestion was made by Deo Kayemba, the Chairperson of the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA), at the inaugural UMA Pre-budget Breakfast Dialogue on 5th March 2024 at the UMA Multi-purpose Hall […]
The Kampala Capital City Traders Association (KACITA) has asked Parliament not to impose a time limit within which alcohol is sold in bars in Uganda. The traders say such a move infringes on leisure time for Ugandans.“We need to understand that we have different behavioral changes and there are factors why they do happen. It […]
Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) has warned Parliament that enacting the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill 2023 in its current form will likely crash Uganda’s economy, Allan Ssenyondwa, Director of Policy Research and Advocacy at UMA told Parliament.Ssenyondwa said the manufacturers believe that the Bill is targeting the formal sector, leaving the informal sector to produce illicit […]
The parliamentary committees of trade and health are asking for more time to engage stakeholders on the matter of the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill 2023.“Cognizant of the challenges of processing a bill by two committees, I am therefore requesting for more time of 30 days, because we still have some stakeholders that we need to […]
Even though packaging is what makes a product marketable, Uganda doesn’t have enough packaging supplies, EvelynAnite, the State Minister for Investment and Privatization has revealed. The Minister made the revelation Tuesday while touring Dream Pack Ltd factory in Kampala. She was in the company of the board of Uganda Investment Authority (UIA). The Minister promised to ‘do […]
The leadership of the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) is planning to harmonize and scale up the utilization of the country’s primary raw materials like minerals and farm produce.“If you use iron ore to manufacture things we have been importing raw materials, we shall save a lot of money in import bills, and we shall provide […]
The Minister of State for Investment & Privatization, Anite Evelyn, and State Minister for Industry, David Bahati, Thursday met officials of Uganda Alcohol Industry Association regarding the Alcohol Drinks Control Bill 2022.The Bill is a Private Member’s Bill that seeks to regulate manufacture, importation, sale & consumption of alcohol in the country. It was introduced […]
The Tororo District Woman Member of Parliament, Sarah Opendi, has finally tabled the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill 2023. In clause 14 of the Alcoholics Drinks Control Bill 2023, Opendi is proposing to regulate time within which alcoholic drinks are sold in Uganda. She is limiting the sale of alcohol to only 5hours during working days and 12 hours […]
Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) Wednesday handed over 10 hand pump boreholes worth Shs307m to communities in Teso sub-region. The boreholes will serve 4,800 people in districts of Kapelebyong, Katakwi and Bukedea.The Soroti district Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Salim Komaketch, who represented the Minister of State for Sports, Peter Ogwang, received the boreholes at Angopet Olilia […]
