The Ministry of  Trade and Cooperatives launched the Electronic Document and Records Management System(EDRMS) on 21st November 2023 in Kampala.

The System has been developed to provide the requisite modules to facilitate records/document creation, usage, search and retrieval, storage, processing and maintenance, transfer and disposal throughout the active, semi-active, and inactive records lifecycle. The System was built in consideration of the relevant laws, regulations, guidelines, and standards in order to enhance Records and Information Management in Ministries, Departments, Agencies, and Local Governments for efficient and effective service delivery in Uganda.

The EDRMS has the following key benefits;

1. Improved response time to correspondences and communications which will in turn promote efficiency. These correspondences can be tracked
2. Solves the issue of space constraint which is a major challenge at MTIC by freeing up valuable office space which was being taken up by paper records.
3. Reduce the cost of supplies such as toner and paper. The costs of using paper inefficiently in the workplace are too significant to be ignored.
4. Increased productivity and staff performance since all assigned tasks will be easily monitored by the Responsible officer who can ably tell where delays are in the processes and which officer to hold accountable.
5. More significantly is the time that will be saved from all the staff time wasted adjusting printers and copiers, filing documents, and then trying to find them again most often just to throw them away again. This time will be salvaged and used for other key functions/assignments.
6. Evidence-based decision-making and planning since all the information materials required will be easily accessible and shareable.