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…
In a dramatic twist at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), Trade Minister Francis Mwebesa has rescinded his earlier directive that sent Executive Director Eng.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…
The Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), Eng James Kasigwa, has been directed to take annual leave starting October 15, 2025, to pave the way for investigations into a series of allegations leveled against him. The allegations included insubordination, misconduct, impropriety, mismanagement, and corruption. The directive was issued by the Ministry of Trade in a letter dated October 7, 2025, signed by the Permanent Secretary and addressed to Eng. Kasigwa. The letter, which was received at the UNBS headquarters on October 13, 2025, instructs him to proceed on 30 working days of annual leave. “I write with…
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A leaked internal letter from Uganda Airlines has exposed a bitter dispute with Wavah Water, one of the carrier’s inflight suppliers, over alleged contamination of bottled water served to passengers. The correspondence, signed by Dominic Mascarenhas, Manager for Inflight Product and Catering, documented how a sealed 1.5-litre Wavah Water bottle was found with a dead cockroach trapped inside its cap during a routine flight service. According to an internal letter dated August 21, 2025, and addressed to Ms. Charlotte Mayanja Kakooza, Sales and Client Relations Manager at Wavah Water, Dominic Mascarenhas, Uganda Airlines’ Manager for Inflight Product and Catering, reported that a…
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Pay television platform – DStv – is losing at least UGX2.7 billion due to illegal reproduction of its exclusive content by third parties through internet live streaming. An investigation by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), which followed a formal complaint by MultiChoice Uganda found that residential and commercial piracy had led to enormous financial bleeding with DStv, as one of the its affected platforms losing at least UGX 2.74 billion per year. DStv, a direct broadcast satellite television service, is owned by MultiChoice. The company also owns GOtv. Thus, UCC has instituted a multi-agency probe that is seeking to find…
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Acacia Mall one of Uganda’s prestigious and much sought-after malls has been sold. Alykhan Karmali’s Gulfstream Investments (U) Ltd, an investment vehicle through which he owned property, according to very knowledgeable sources, a while ago sold all its interests in Acacia Mall to Lexington Properties and is reportedly focusing on investing in the more lucrative and investor-friendly Dubai real estate market. Lexington Properties is a subsidiary company of the Sarrai Group- a conglomerate of diverse inter-related agro-manufacturing, cement, and foam mattresses as well as properties across East and Southern Africa. According to industry sources, Alykhan Karmali didn’t necessarily sell for…
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Margaret Lukowe- Senyonjo has handled countless projects that have been impactful to their intended audiences She is a dependable Business Development Specialist, equipped with knowledge, skills and experience in marketing, sales, Public relations, project management and stakeholder engagement. Margaret has for the last 12 years earned practical experience in concept development, program management, training, media and product development especially in the broadcasting industry. As a Task Manager she formatted and established Voice of Teso in Soroti to become the leading radio station in Eastern Uganda with over 16 regional Agents operational within the first year of business. She spearheaded the…
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URA in partnership with Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) introduced the Digital Tracking Solution (DTS) as a track & trace platform that sends production and importation data for specific products immediately, to both URA and UNBS. The Digital Tracking Solution involves the stamping of products with a digital stamp. The digital stamps comprise of both; Digital Tax Stamps – for tax purposes (URA) and Conformity Stamps – for safety standards certification (UNBS). The goods gazette to bear digital stamps so far include wines, spirits, water, cigarettes, beer, soda and cement. Talking about the cost of possessing unstamped goods, URA…
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The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has launched the training of private companies with testing laboratories, to test locally produced goods for quality standards.The test results will be acceptable for the UNBS standard mark.This is aimed at increasing the speed and efficiency of testing and certifying products, which will in the end lead to faster business. The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has until now tested all products that are required to have the quality mark before they are put out to the market, but the more products are put on the list of those that require the mark, the…
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President Yoweri Museveni today launches the first clinical trial of UBV-01N, a natural product anticipated to have antiviral (kill viruses), anti-inflammatory (reduces over reaction of the body to infections) and immunological (directs the immune system in the right direction) ability. The Presidential Scientific Initiative On Epidemics (PRESIDE) in a Press Statement says the clinical trial will validate the content, standardization and replication of the product after which it will be rolled out for industrial production and wide spread use. The product has already gone through multiple quality assurance steps and got all necessary certifications and approval for use in human…
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