The Ministry of trade and industry has drafted a National policy on accreditation to improve on the Uganda competitiveness on the international trade.

Kampala traders

The policy requires manufactures to fulfill the excepted minimum standards of production. The senior industrial officer in the ministry of trade Francis Odong says the policy is one of the requirements by the world trade organization of 1995.

Odong says the accreditation policy aims at goods and services so as to have international recognition which in turn improves Uganda’s competitiveness across borders.

Odong adds that Uganda faces numerous challenges of substandard goods and can’t compete at the international markets because of lack of accreditation body.

He points out that the ministry of trade animal and industry has a comprehensive plan of support the agriculture sector.

By Mugisa Isaac Mathias