Category: General News

I have been accosted by some members of the business sector with questions like “How do we benefit from all those Trade Agreements you are negotiating for?” a question that has provoked me to write this article. Indeed trade is an engine of growth that drives the global economy and a catalyst of development in all countries. It is the most regulated sector in the world where 60 per cent of global treaties, protocols and agreements are trade related. Because trade disputes can lead to conflicts and wars, the global trend is to establish a trade order through negotiations either bilaterally, …

Background The Sudan is one of Uganda’s major coffee export markets. Uganda exports on average over 0.8m bags of coffee annually to Sudan, making it the leading importer of our coffee in Africa for the last 15 years. In May 2015, communication was received from the Sudan Standards Metrology Organization (SSMO) about the new regulations regarding the pre-shipment inspection of commodities imported into the Sudan which included coffee. The inspections are to be done against a new green coffee grading standard – (SDS: 1605.2015) for coffee imports. In comparison to the Uganda coffee grading system and SCAA green coffee grading …

The Ministry of Trade Warmly welcomes the newly Appointed Ministers; Welcome! Minister of Trade Industry and Cooperatives Hon. Amelia Kyambadde State Minister for Trade Hon. Werikhe Kafabusa State Minister for Industry State Minister for Cooperatives Hon. Frederick Ngobi Gume …

The National Grain Trade Policy 2015 has been launched. The Policy was launched by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Hon. Amelia Kyambadde at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala. The Policy aims at promoting growth and improving incomes of actors in the grain sub sector for food security and industrialization by use of modern post-harvest handling and value addition techniques, structured marketing and effective regulation. National Grain Policy …

The Ministry Of Trade Industry and Cooperatives under the DICOSS Project is holding a networking Conference for District Commercial Officers. The Conference has attracted District Commercial Officers,Assistant District Commercial Officers and District Production Officers from Forty Districts. The specific objectives are: (i) Improving the business service delivery at the district and local government. (ii) The participants in this networking conference will consider sustainability aspects of commercial services in the districts. (iii) The other commercial services aspects that will be considered are those relating to : What is expected of the DCOS in handling the grants to be given to them …

Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde meets Singapore Minister of State for Trade and Industry Singapore has cautioned Uganda not to loose its agricultural sector to the mining industry especially to the newly discovered oil. The caution was made by the Singaporean Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Hon. Dr. KohPoh Koon, during a meeting with Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde. Dr. Koh was in Uganda for a state visit to explore new growth opportunities and strengthen the trade relations between Singapore and Uganda. He came with a delegation of investors with interests in investing in Uganda. Dr. Koh commended Uganda for …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …