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Uganda National Bureau of Standards

State Trade Minister Wilson Mbasu Mbadi and UDC Executive Director Patrick Birungi engage during a visit to present key UDC documents, including the UDC Strategic Plan, the UDC Act 2016, and the corporation’s profile, as part of efforts to align on its mandate and future investments. However, growing concern in Parliament has emerged over the corporation’s dominant share of trade sector funding.
State Trade Minister Wilson Mbasu Mbadi and UDC Executive Director Patrick Birungi engage during a visit to present key UDC documents, including the UDC Strategic Plan, the UDC Act 2016, and the corporation’s profile, as part of efforts to align on its mandate and future investments. However, growing concern in Parliament has emerged over the corporation’s dominant share of trade sector funding.

UDC Set to Take 82% of Trade Ministry Budget, Raising Concern Among MPs

Members of Parliament (MPs) have raised a red flag after learning that a single entity is lined up to take the lion’s share of funding for the Ministry of Trade. The sharp
April 17, 2026
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.
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

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 a decade,
October 27, 2025
A photo collage of Elvis Wavamunno, Executive Director of Spear Group, who also takes charge of the Wavah Water brand, and Uganda Airlines Head of Corporate Affairs & Public Relations, Shakila Rahim Lamar. Wavamunno flatly denies responsibility and shifts blame away from Wavah Water’s factory, while Rahim acknowledges the incident portraying it as an isolated and resolved internal issue.

Cockroach-in-Bottle Controversy Pits Uganda Airlines Against Wavah Water

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,
September 28, 2025
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Acacia Mall in Kampala, a symbol of the City's huge potential in retain real estate, has since been sold by the developer, citing a difficult operating environment.

Overtaxed, and bullied by corrupt regulators, helpless Asian real estate investors start ‘fleeing’ to Nairobi and Dubai

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,
January 22, 2023
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A Uganda Revenue Authority officer checks for authenticity of a digital stamps on a bottle. Courtesy photo

DTS Spurs a Win-Win Solution amidst COVID-19 Disruptions – URA

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,
June 16, 2021
By recruiting new laboratories, UNBS aims at increasing the speed and efficiency of testing and certifying products, which will in the end lead to faster business. Courtesy photo

UNBS Recruits Private Labs to Test for Standards

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
February 4, 2021
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