The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija, has today announced the roll out of the 2023 Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) Regulations.
Kasaija said the implementation of the new regulations will start 5th February 2025.
He explained that issuance of these regulations has been occasioned by developments in the legal framework governing public procurement and public assets disposal processes.
In 2003, the government enacted the PPDA Act as the principal law for guiding and regulating practices in respect of public procurement and asset disposal in Uganda.
The Act came into force on the 21st February, 2003 and has since been amended twice in 2011 and 2021.
The 2021 amendment was assented to by President Yoweri Museveni on 1st June 2021 and it came into force on 1st July 2021.

It introduced new provisions to govern the public procurement and disposal of public assets process.
In addition to the new provisions, the amendments also necessitated the revision of the PPDA regulations that had been issued in 2014 for central government entities, and 2006 for local government entities.
It is against this background that after the requisite extensive consultations, new regulations were developed and gazetted on 8th December 2023, and are to be applied across all government agencies effective 5th February 2024
Of the twelve PPDA Regulations of 2014 and 2006, the government amended seven Regulations, revoked the Local Government PPDA Regulations 2006, and retained four and developed two new regulations.
Effective 5th April 2024, the public procurement and disposal of public assets system in Uganda shall be conducted in accordance with the PPDA Act 2003 and the PPDA Regulations 2023, as amended and the retained PPDA regulations 2014.

All public procurement & disposal activities must now be subjected to scrutiny for Environmental,Social and Health Safeguards (ESHS).

More on the objectives of the new PPDA regulations: 

– To simplify procurement & reduce the cost of doing business without compromising quality.

– To provide for Procuring and Disposing Entities sourcing for equipment directly from manufacturers. (Aviation equipment, medical equipment, and agricultural and industrial equipment).