Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives officials have failed to account for Shs5.5 billion in government contracts that were reportedly processed outside the Electronic Government Procurement system, e-GP. The officials appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) to respond to queries raised in the Auditor General’s report on government procurement. The committee heard that…
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) has urged accounting officers to fully implement the Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system in the 100 government entities where it has already been rolled out. The call was made during a training session for accounting officers held at the Ministry of Finance headquarters in Kampala….
The government has launched an electronic government procurement (e-GP) system aimed at improving transparency, accountability and efficiency in public procurement across ministries, departments and agencies. The new digital procurement platform has already been rolled out in 100 government entities this year. The government plans to extend it to all remaining public entities over the next…
