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    Beleaguered UNBS Executive Director James Nkamwesiga Kasigwa, former executive director David Livingstone Ebiru, Ben Manyindo, and Terry Kahuma. UNBS has had riotous leadership for over a decade now, which continues to undermine its core mandate of ensuring quality and keeping Ugandans safe.

    A Standards Bureau at War with Itself: How a Decade of Leadership Wars and Scandals Have Undermined UNBS

    CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryOctober 27, 2025October 27, 2025

    From Kahuma’s corruption probes to Ebiru’s bribery confession and Kasigwa’s contested leadership, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has spent more time battling itself than enforcing quality. For over…

    UNBS Boss Back in Office as Trade Minister Drops Corruption Inquiry 

    Paul MurungiThe Big StoryOctober 27, 2025October 27, 2025

    In a dramatic twist at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), Trade Minister Francis Mwebesa has rescinded his earlier directive that sent Executive Director Eng. James N. Kasigwa on forced…

    A photo collage of UNBS Executive Director Eng James Kasigwa, UNBS Chairman Eng James Kalibbala, and Trade Minister Francis Mwebase. Various correspondences seen by this website show an agency that has been struggling for months, leading to a probe into the activities of Eng Kasigwa, who has barely spent two years in the executive director job.

    The $30,000 Payment Mystery, MPs’ Trips, Diverted Cash, and a Flawed Appointment: Inside the Scandals Threatening to bring down UNBS Boss James Kasigwa

    Jeff WintersThe Big StoryOctober 17, 2025October 24, 2025

    If the UNBS Executive Director, Eng James Kasigwa, survived the storm that followed his appointment in May 2024, he would need every ounce of luck and loyal allies to survive…

    UNBS’ challenges are seen in its planned activities that either fail to happen completely or just halfway. In the 2023/24 financial year, UNBS had 9,000 planned inspections but could only afford 2,453, leaving vast gaps where counterfeit and unsafe products thrive.

    Flush With Cash, Starved of Capacity: Why UNBS Risks Becoming the Uganda National Bureau of Substandards

    Jeff WintersThe Big StorySeptember 17, 2025September 17, 2025

    Uganda’s watchdog charged with policing the quality of goods and services is flush with cash yet dangerously hollow in capacity. Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) closed the 2023/24 financial…

    EU Envoy Jan Sadek, PSFU’s Nzeyi, and Ministers Kasaija, Nyamutoro, and Mwebesa Push for Deeper EU-Uganda Mineral and AgriTech Trade

    Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryFebruary 20, 2025February 20, 2025

    Uganda and the European Union (EU) have deepened their commitment to strengthening trade and investment ties, focusing on Agricultural Technology (AgriTech) and Sustainable Mining as key drivers for economic growth….

    Uganda to save $50M in imported industrial sugar as Museveni commissions country’s first Sugar Refinery

    CEO ReporterThe Big StoryFebruary 7, 2022February 7, 2022

    President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that Uganda is losing $50 million through importing refined sugar to use in factories for production of soft drinks and medicines among other uses…

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