The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
By Julius Businge
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) Executive Director, Cornelia Sabiiti is leading a team of 19 professionals to a regional procurement forum in Bujumbura, Burundi that runs from Dec. 5 to 7, the procurement body said in a press statement released on Dec. 5.
Over 200 delegates from public, private and civil organisations in the region are attending the 5th East African Procurement Forum being held in Bujumbura.
During the three day conference delegates from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan will deliberate on issues affecting public procurement in the region. The objective of the forum is to serve as a framework that helps participants learn and benchmark with each other on their respective public procurement systems including policies and enforcement measures.
The Ugandan team includes delegates from Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Ministry of Education & Sports, Uganda Management Institute (UMI), Ministry of Health, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Ministry of Local Government, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), Institute of Procurement Professionals of Uganda (IPPU), AH Consulting and the Ministry of Defense.
Uganda will be presenting six papers including a paper on ethics and transparency in the management of public procurement; the contribution of civil society and the public sectors on ethics and transparency in public procurement. Another paper will look at the challenges of an independent regulatory authority.
The Burundi forum comes on the heels of the successful public procurement symposium PPDA held in September 2012 bringing together public and private sector professionals in Uganda.Uganda participates in East African procurement forum
