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
- Uganda Commodities Exchange
- Uganda Warehouse Receipt System Authority
- Amnesty Commission
- National Citizenship and Immigration Control
- Centre for Alternative Disputes
- Law Reform Commission
- National Records and Archives Centre
- National Agricultural Advisory Services
- Uganda Cotton Development Organization
- Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council
- Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization
- Uganda Livestock Industries Limited
- Uganda Seeds Limited
- Electricity Disputes Tribunal
- Rural Electrification Agency
- Students Financing Board
- National Library of Uganda
- National Forestry Authority
- Uganda National Meteorological Authority
- National Roads Safety Board
- Transport Licensing Board
- Uganda Road Fund
