For the first time in its 20 years, the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE)’s Higher Education Conference, its 5th and 14th Higher Education Exhibition, has been held outside Kampala. Uganda Christian University (UCU) in Mbale City hosted the three-day event from March 21 at its Graduation Ground at Pallisa Road, the first Regional Higher Education […]

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) is in the final stages of recruiting people who will work on the mass enrolment and mass renewal exercise that targets issuing Ugandans with new digital National Identity Cards.In this exclusive interview, Edwin Tukamuhebwa, the Manager of Registration and Operations at NIRA, provides progress so far made in […]

Although Government procurement has tremendously increased during Buy Uganda Build Uganda (BUBU) implementation, domestic consumption through ordinary channels of commerce has not been that significant.BUBU Magazine sought out the Commissioner for Internal Trade, Mr. Zapkey Kalega (in the picture) whose docket includes BUBU, for his impression of this policy’s performance over the last five years.You directly relate […]

Given the expanding middle-income class, increasing population, improving products and services quality, expanding manufacturing sector and government commitment to increase salary, BUBU will continue to better impact Ugandan’s local manufacturers and service providers, says the State Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon. Ntabazi Harriet (in the picture).In this exclusive interview, Hon. Ntabazi assesses the […]

The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi discusses, in this article exclusively talks of how Ugandans benefit from the Buy Uganda, Build Uganda policy.Uganda recently launched Buy Uganda, Build Uganda policy implementation; what are the outcomes so far?It has been a journey. Import substitution is on track, as the available data indicates. […]