President Museveni.

President Museveni has today appointed and reshuffled new Permanent Secretaries which has seen long serving Permanent Secretaries Kaliisa Kabagambe (energy ministry), Paul Steven Kagoda (ministry of internal affairs) and James Mugume (ministry foreign affairs)  being  dropped.

According to a State House statement released today November 4^th, 2016, “President Museveni has appointed and deployed Permanent Secretaries under article 174 (2) of the constitution.”

Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet  John Mitaala, Head of Public Service Vicent Opio Lukone, State House Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye, President’s office Deobroah Katuramu, Office of the Prime Minister Christine Guwatudde Kintu, Public Service Catherine Musingwire, Lands Housing and Urban Development Dorcas Okalany, Works and Transport Bageya Waisswa.

Water and Environment Alfred Okot Okidi, Energy and Mineral Development Dr. Stephen Isabaliija, Gender,  Labour and Social Development Pius Bigirimana, Foreign Affairs Patrick Mugoya, Ethics Alex Okello, Justice/Solicitor General Francis Atoke and Agriculture Pius Wakabi.

Public Service Commission Dr. Geoffrey Mbabazi, Inspectot General Government Rose N. Kafeero, Principal Private Secretary to the President Nawe Molly Kamukama, Education Service Commission Dr. Asuman Lukwago, Internal Affairs Dr. Benon Mutambi Mugisha, East African Affairs Edith Mwanje, Judiciary Kagole Kivumbi, Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Amb Julius Onen, Judicial Service Dr. Rose Nasali Lukwago and Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities Doreen Katusiime.

James Mugume (ministry foreign affairs) who was also among those dropped.

Local Government Benjamin Kumumanya, Finance, Planning and Economic Development Keith Muhakanizi, Science and Technology David O.O Ebong, Health Dr. Diana Atwiine, ICT and Information Vicent Bagiire Waisswa, Education and Sports Alex Kakooza, Health Service Commission Teopista Mary Wenene.

The President last week appointed Dr. Diana Atwiine as the new Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health to replace Dr. Asuman Lukwago who heads to the Education Service Commission following a standoff with the Health Ministry officials including the Health Minister Ruth Aceng over management issues.

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Saturday, September 10, 2016

Hon Winfred Kiiza at UK convention

The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Hon. Winfred Kiiza, has called for the revival of district farm institutes and development of agro processing facilities in zones with a comparative production advantage.

“District farm institutes are essential in developing skills, promoting modern technologies and high yielding varieties,” she said.

Speaking at the close of the Uganda UK Convention in London on Friday, 9 September 2016, Hon. Kiiza said improved accessibility to water for production would provide viable investment opportunities for maximizing agricultural production.

She said consistent and adequate produce was a basis for value addition, food security and creation of employment.

Speaking at the same event, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, urged Ugandans in the diaspora to extend their funds, skills and experience in the development of Uganda, particularly in agro processing.

Lord Dolar Amarshi Popat, the UK Trade Envoy to Uganda appreciated the bilateral trade between the United Kingdom and Uganda.

“Uganda has become a key economic partner in the region and it is the right time to exploit her utmost potential,” he said.

Convention speakers reinforced the need to address skills and entrepreneurial deficits that are constraining value addition, a necessity for the positive transformation of livelihoods.

The Uganda UK Convention started in 2011 as a trade and investment forum that engages leaders, technocrats, entrepreneurs, institutions and Ugandans in the diaspora in promoting investment opportunities in Uganda.

ENDS

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Government have been asked to focus on re-adjusting economic policies to favour industrialization and export trade in Uganda. While opening the high level policy dialogue on export development and promotion in Uganda at the president’s office in Kampala, the state minister economic monitoring Henry Banyenzaki said that the 4 trillion shillings balance of payment deficit the country has is unbearable. He said that more exports are required to reduce on the country’s trade deficit.

The country’s balance of payment  deficit occurs when a country’s total imports of goods, services and transfers are greater than the country’s total export of goods, services and transfers. Banyenzaki said that government must come up with outright reforms to safe guard local industries as well as funding them to ensure production of quality products that can meet international standard. He said that although government is running a liberalized economy the importation of cheap goods like used clothes threatens textile industries product market yet Uganda has a potential in that sector

The dialogue is geared towards getting a solution on how to strengthen the performance of Uganda’s export sector.

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The trade, industry and co-ops minister, Amelia Kyambadde reminded all Ugandan traders to always take up opportunities available to them to always exploit markets in the provided free trade zones namely in India and China which government has outsourced for them.

Ugandans can send a number of goods to the two countries duty free but it is of great concern that most of the traders have not taken up these chances and thus the loud call by the trade minister to the traders to fully aggressively take up these chances to make more money and expand their businesses. She also urges Ugandans to take up the initiative to resurrect the dis-functioning CO-OPS assuring citizens that that is where government will then come out to render a helping hand to them.

In other news the executive director, Public Procurement Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), Cornelia Sabiti says they have so far suspended over 90 companies that are contracted for different government projects and have failed to meet the required quality standards. She says, they are now putting more emphasis on ensuring that the contractors in different government entities deliver than it has been before when PPDA was just doing the monitoring work.

Sabiti also says that this will save government more monies that before have been spent on incompetent contractors who eventually cause loss of tax payer’s money.

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According to a statement by the trade minister Amelia Kyambadde, the move follows numerous complaints from the business community over the reported influx of foreigners involved in petty businesses.

Some of the complaints included, the growing number of foreigners operating unlicensed businesses, abuse of the investment regulation requiring a minimum investment capital of at least US 1000 dollars.

The pseudo investors are also accused of dominating the entire distribution chain in the manufacturing sector, wholesale, retail and hawking which she said is an uncompetitive practice.

The statement also indicates that consultations with other stake holders  including Kampala Capital City Authority, Internal Affairs Ministry and Uganda Investment Authority were held and it was agreed that an inter-ministerial approach be taken to address the matter.

The two weeks exercise will begin with the greater Kampala including Wakiso and Mukono districts and later be rolled out to other local and urban authorities.

The ministry however explains that the exercise is not meant to witch-hunt foreigners but rather create trade order in accordance with legal provisions of the Trade license Act.

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The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) accepts interns from time to time on an ad hoc basis.

The internships are open to graduate or post-graduate students, who have specialized in a field related to UNECE programmes of work, namely: environment, transport, statistics, sustainable energy, trade, timber and forests, housing and land management, population, and economic cooperation and integration.

Occasionally, the Commission has a need for interns with specific skills and will post those internship opportunities.

Internships are offered free-of-charge and without financial remuneration.

The United Nations accepts no legal or administrative liability for interns who are not accorded the status of a United Nations staff member.

All costs connected with an internship, including travel, accommodation1 and insurance, are borne by the intern or his/her sponsor.

An internship carries no expectancy of subsequent employment with the United Nations. Interns are required to submit a certificate of good health and, wherever applicable, to obtain themselves the appropriate visa.

Eligibility criteria:

To qualify for UNECE internship programme, the applicants must be enrolled in a degree programme in a graduate school (second university degree or higher) at the time of application and during the internship.

Applicants pursuing their studies in countries where higher education is not divided into undergraduate and graduate stages must have completed at least four years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a degree.

Application procedure:

Upon acceptance of the above-mentioned conditions, qualified applicants are requested to send the following documents to the Internship Coordinator, preferably by e-mail (interns[at]unece.org):

• Curriculum vitae;
• Completed internship application form;
• Statement of the particular field of activity in which they wish to work together with the dates they are available.

Applications can be sent all year but candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible, especially for the summer period.

The applications will be considered by the appropriate divisions of UNECE with a view to matching the applicant’s interests and qualifications with the current UNECE needs.

If as a result a meaningful assignment can be devised, an internship will be offered.

Contact: E-mail: interns[at]unece.org

or: Internship Coordinator, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Palais des Nations, Office 362, CH-1211 Geneva 10.

For more information see; UNECE Internship Programme

UNECE calls for  Internship Programme

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) accepts interns from time to time on an ad hoc basis.

The internships are open to graduate or post-graduate students, who have specialized in a field related to UNECE programmes of work, namely: environment, transport, statistics, sustainable energy, trade, timber and forests, housing and land management, population, and economic cooperation and integration.

Occasionally, the Commission has a need for interns with specific skills and will post those internship opportunities.

Internships are offered free-of-charge and without financial remuneration.

The United Nations accepts no legal or administrative liability for interns who are not accorded the status of a United Nations staff member.

All costs connected with an internship, including travel, accommodation1 and insurance, are borne by the intern or his/her sponsor.

An internship carries no expectancy of subsequent employment with the United Nations. Interns are required to submit a certificate of good health and, wherever applicable, to obtain themselves the appropriate visa.

Eligibility criteria:

To qualify for UNECE internship programme, the applicants must be enrolled in a degree programme in a graduate school (second university degree or higher) at the time of application and during the internship.

Applicants pursuing their studies in countries where higher education is not divided into undergraduate and graduate stages must have completed at least four years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a degree.

Application procedure:

Upon acceptance of the above-mentioned conditions, qualified applicants are requested to send the following documents to the Internship Coordinator, preferably by e-mail (interns[at]unece.org):

• Curriculum vitae;
• Completed internship application form;
• Statement of the particular field of activity in which they wish to work together with the dates they are available.

Applications can be sent all year but candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible, especially for the summer period.

The applications will be considered by the appropriate divisions of UNECE with a view to matching the applicant’s interests and qualifications with the current UNECE needs.

If as a result a meaningful assignment can be devised, an internship will be offered.

Contact: E-mail: interns[at]unece.org

or: Internship Coordinator, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Palais des Nations, Office 362, CH-1211 Geneva 10.

For more information see; UNECE Internship Programme

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International Law Institute Internships: Since its inception, ILI-ACLE has been committed to providing internships to students interested in international trade and development issues in the sub-Saharan region.

The aim is to expose foreign law students to the Ugandan legal system, and to stimulate interaction between Ugandan law students and students from abroad.

Interns are involved fully in the workings of the Centre, and are encouraged to formulate independent projects concerning legal capacity building in developing nations and international commercial law.

The internship is unpaid but the Institute provides assistance in locating housing.

Applicants must currently be enrolled in law school.

Students interested in interning at ILI-ACLE should contact the Executive Director, Swithin Munyantwali at ILI-ACLE, with a resume, cover letter and writing sample.

Contact: International Law Institute, African Centre for Legal Excellence, Plot 50, Windsor Cresent, Kololo, P.O. Box 23933, Kampala, Uganda. Tel: 256 414 347523. Fax: 256 414 347522. E-mail: administrator [at] ili.or.ug

For more information and internship applications, see; International Law Institute Internships

International Law Institute Internships: Since its inception, ILI-ACLE has been committed to providing internships to students interested in international trade and development issues in the sub-Saharan region.

The aim is to expose foreign law students to the Ugandan legal system, and to stimulate interaction between Ugandan law students and students from abroad.

Interns are involved fully in the workings of the Centre, and are encouraged to formulate independent projects concerning legal capacity building in developing nations and international commercial law.

The internship is unpaid but the Institute provides assistance in locating housing.

Applicants must currently be enrolled in law school.

Students interested in interning at ILI-ACLE should contact the Executive Director, Swithin Munyantwali at ILI-ACLE, with a resume, cover letter and writing sample.

Contact: International Law Institute, African Centre for Legal Excellence, Plot 50, Windsor Cresent, Kololo, P.O. Box 23933, Kampala, Uganda. Tel: 256 414 347523. Fax: 256 414 347522. E-mail: administrator [at] ili.or.ug

For more information and internship applications, see; International Law Institute Internships

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The European Master’s in Transnational Trade Law and Finance (EMTTLF) has been selected by the European Commission among the Erasmus Mundus masters courses for five years.

This implies that the European Commission will grant scholarships to highly qualified third-country graduate students to follow the EMTTLF Masters Course.

The EMTTLF Consortium will award around 17 Erasmus Mundus Scholarships to highly qualified third-country graduate students.

Third-country graduate student means:

• A national of a third country other than those from EEA-EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and candidate countries for accession to the European Union (presently Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey);
• Who has already obtained a first higher education degree;
• Who is not a resident of any of the Member States or the participating countries (EEA-EFTA States and EU candidate countries for accession);
• Who has not carried out his or her main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the Member States or the participating countries.

Amount

Each grantee will receive 1,600 € each month for living costs during the months of duration of the program (1 academic year = 10 months) plus a fixed amount of 10,000 € to be paid in two installments of 5,000 € each per year.

In order to facilitate the management of the transfer of the lump sum and the registration fee and to reduce costs for money transfer students can authorize the EMTTLF Consortium to deduct the registration fee from the lump sum.

For more information about the grants, see: Master Scholarships in Transnational Trade Law and Finance

Apply for Masters in Transnational Trade Law and Finance

The European Master’s in Transnational Trade Law and Finance (EMTTLF) has been selected by the European Commission among the Erasmus Mundus masters courses for five years.

This implies that the European Commission will grant scholarships to highly qualified third-country graduate students to follow the EMTTLF Masters Course.

The EMTTLF Consortium will award around 17 Erasmus Mundus Scholarships to highly qualified third-country graduate students.

Third-country graduate student means:

• A national of a third country other than those from EEA-EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and candidate countries for accession to the European Union (presently Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey);
• Who has already obtained a first higher education degree;
• Who is not a resident of any of the Member States or the participating countries (EEA-EFTA States and EU candidate countries for accession);
• Who has not carried out his or her main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the Member States or the participating countries.

Amount

Each grantee will receive 1,600 € each month for living costs during the months of duration of the program (1 academic year = 10 months) plus a fixed amount of 10,000 € to be paid in two installments of 5,000 € each per year.

In order to facilitate the management of the transfer of the lump sum and the registration fee and to reduce costs for money transfer students can authorize the EMTTLF Consortium to deduct the registration fee from the lump sum.

For more information about the grants, see: Master Scholarships in Transnational Trade Law and Finance

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The Government has asked the youth to apply for loans at DFCU and Centenary Bank Branches across the country.

Trade minister Ms Amelia Kyambadde says that individual youth aged between 18-35 years will get loans of up to five million shillings. Those in groups and associations will get up to 25 million shillings.

Ms Kyambadde explains that the money is part of the 25 billion shillings Uganda government allocated to youth projects last year. The money is channeled through the Youth Entrepreneurship Venture Capital Fund in partnership with DFCU and Centenary Rural Development Bank.

The government has also allocated 3.5 billion shillings to train the youths in order to enable them expand their businesses.

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African Guest Researcher Scholarship Programme: This scholarship programme is directed at scholars in Africa, engaged in research on the African continent.

Female researchers are especially encouraged to apply for these scholarships.

The Guest Researchers’ Scholarship Programme is directed at senior scholars in Africa engaged in research on/about the African continent with a proven track record of extensive post-graduate research experiences.

Women are especially encouraged to apply for these scholarships.

Applications are invited from scholars preferably with research projects related to the following current research themes at the Institute:

• Cultural Images in and of Africa
• Global Trade and Regional Integration: African Economies, Producers and Living Conditions
• Gender and Age in African Cities

Guest Researchers have access to a computer/MS Word at the office and have to do their own typing.

Application deadline: April every year.

For more information and scholarship applications, see: African Guest Researcher Scholarships

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