Full List: Here are 74 Agencies Government has scrapped
President Yoweri Museveni.
Government has finally approved 74 agencies, boards, commissions, councils, and units to be scrapped as part of its reforms to improve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery.
On February 22, cabinet approved the recommendations for the rationalization of Government Agencies, Commissions, Authorities, Expenditure and a road map for the implementation process for a period of two years to facilitate efficient and effective service delivery.
According to government, “The overall objective of Rationalization of Agencies and Public Expenditure, was to eliminate structural ambiguities, functional duplications and overlaps, wasteful expenditures; and realize resultant short-term and long-term savings, which would be utilized to provide other critical public services in line with the approved implementation roadman.”
Here are the 74 agencies, boards, commissions, councils, and units to be scrapped or merged/mainstreamed. Some will become departments under their line ministries.
National Housing and Construction Corporation
Management Training and Advisory Centre
Nakawa Vocational Training Institute
Equal Opportunities Commission
Uganda Investment Authority
Enterprise Uganda Foundation Limited
Uganda Exports Promotions Board
Uganda Free Zones Authority
Private Sector Foundation of Uganda
Privatization Unit
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC)
Uganda Tourism Board (UTB)
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)
National Youth Council
National Women’s Council
National Council for Children
National Council for Disability
National Council for Older Persons
National Council of Higher Education
National Curriculum Development Centre
Kyambogo (Teacher Curriculum)
Uganda Allied Health Examinations Board
Uganda Nurses and Midwifery Examinations Board
Uganda Communications Commission
NITA-U
Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council
Allied Health Professional Council
Medical and
Dental Practitioners Council
National Population Secretariat
Metropolitan Physical Planning Authority
Town and Country Planning Board
National Physical Planning Board
Economic Policy and Research Centre
Public Service Commission
Health Service Commission
Education Service Commission
Uganda National Roads Authority
Uganda Registrations Services Bureau
National Identification Registration Authority
Uganda NonGovernmental Registration Board
Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited
Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited
Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited
Rural Electrification Agency
Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust
Non-Performing Assets Recovery Tribunal
Departed Asians’ Property Custodian Board
National Lotteries Board
Uganda Property Holdings Limited
Tax Appeals Tribunal
Uganda Energy Credit and Capitalisation Company Ltd