Cabinet has approved the proposed principles for the amendment of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2011 and the Bills of Exchange Act, Cap 68.
Addressing journalists at the Media Centre in Kampala today, minister for Information and National Guidance, Frank Tumwebaaze, said that the amendments will improve efficiency and effectiveness in the country’s financial service delivery.
Uganda is preparing to launch an e-government procurement (e-Gp) system with the first round of training hosted today by the system contractor at the offices of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance.
The pilot programme is scheduled for rollout in July 2018 and is expected to make the process of public procurement more efficient, transparent and accountable.
YahClick, an internet service provider, which has been in Uganda since 2012, plans to strengthen its business by going further than providing satellite broadband but to also provide solutions in e-healthcare, e-education and e-government services.
In a recent notice, Farhad Khan, the group’s chief commercial officer said by venturing in new areas, they would connect more people, organisations and businesses.
President Yoweri Museveni has been sucked into an on-going internet deal war between his cabinet ministers and some government agencies.
In a January 8, 2018 letter, Museveni ordered all government ministries and agencies to henceforth procure all their internet services from the highly indebted Uganda Telecom (UTL).
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Government will take a giant step in cleaning up its slow and bureacratic procurement system by kicking off a pilot electronic procurement system in two districts mid next year.
Architects say the move is aimed at curbing corruption, which is rampant in government ministries, departments and agencies. Also, the East African bloc is vying to have an e-procurment system rolled out throughout the region.