{"id":8764,"date":"2023-04-16T15:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=8764"},"modified":"2023-04-16T15:12:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:12:31","slug":"generate-revenue-streams-for-uppc-minister-babalanda-tasks-new-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/generate-revenue-streams-for-uppc-minister-babalanda-tasks-new-board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Generate revenue streams for UPPC , Minister Babalanda tasks new Board Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Our Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister for the Presidency Milly Babalanda has inaugurated a new Boatrd of Directors for Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC)-the government printer  with a target to find  more revenue streams to grow the company .<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The minister warned  the board members against engaging  in corruption and instead focuse and embrace teamwork \u2013to grow the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlease don\u2019t ashame us because the president knows you and has trust in you. Go and work\u201d she told the members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis Corporation is totally business. Move around and look for business. Don\u2019t sit in your offices and wait for it. I urge you to love your job, love to work and love your country. Add value to your country because I want UPPC to be the leading Corporation not only in the region but even in Africa\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minister  presided over the swearing in ceremony for the new board led by chairperson \u2013and veteran journalist Joachim Buwembo at her office boardroom in Kampala.  Buwembo is a veteran journalist who served as Managing Editor at Daily Monitor and Sunday Vision Editor back in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Babalanda said that managing a crisis like the one that has existed in UPPC wasn\u2019t an easy task as there were many negative forces that were fighting from all sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister explained that  identifying the members on the new board was not an  easy  task \u2013since  there was a lot of lobbying with l ministers and other government stakeholders proposing names to sit on the eight-member board. She said the proposed names were in 100s but finally, cabinet approved the eight members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Babalanda said UPPC has been in the media for both good and bad publicity, adding that some people think it\u2019s an entity where people come to share money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no idle money at UPPC. There\u2019s no money for sharing. Your work is to create avenues to bring in revenue . There\u2019s a weak attitude that the board shares every coin generated. We have come to help UPPC make money but not to make money for ourselves\u201d she advised, adding that soon the office of the president is going to organise an induction workshop for the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She asked the board to work well with management to identify and address gaps in the Corporation, carry out restructuring, set business targets, work towards providing modern machinery and also deal with acts of indiscipline in the Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJokes are over. Starting today, please let us be serious. I don\u2019t want to go back to COSASE over issues I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t want to be part of the corruption sagas. My job is to supervise you. So, be careful while handling the activities of the Corporation. You have not come to milk but to add on the success of UPPC. Be patriotic\u201d she told the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secretary Office of the President Hajji Yunus Kakande said the president attaches a lot of importance to the UPPC, the reason he- in 2016 had to look for a Germany investor to come to invest in UPPC which resulted into a merger. In this merger (Uganda Security Printing Company) government has 51% shares and the Germany consortium Veridos (41%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlready, that merger is bearing fruits. A year from now, all our passports, driving licenses will be printed here. Every year Uganda loses a lot of money in printing. UPPC has a very bright future than it has been having because it\u2019s now merging with a foreign company for 15years. After 15years, the Germans will leave and the factory reverts to Uganda\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He informed the new team that the previous board was suspended and some of the managers because of corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He asked the board to guide management to achieve it\u2019s plans as set out by the acting managing director Kenneth Oluka. He however, said that in spite of the challenges UPPC has been facing, it was not listed among those loss-making entities as it made some minimal profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe think that in the next 10years, UPPC will be among the best performing organizations not only for making money but also for socio-economic transformation of Ugandans\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He advised the Board Chairperson Buwembo to always listen to his members and also the technical team especially on matters of procurement. He said it is high time UPPC makes its own money to buy equipment as there\u2019s no money to come from the consolidated fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t think you will get money from consolidated fund. That I can assure you. It stopped sometime back. So, chairman, this is the time you must tighten your belts to make money. Create efficiency in UPPC and only the sky will be the limit for you\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The acting managing director Oluka welcomed the new board, saying over a year back, it has been difficult for them at UPPC when there was no board. He commended the office of the president and the minister for standing in to bridge the leadership gap at UPPC in absence of the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said this intervention enabled the Corporation to carry on with it\u2019s activities as it kept getting guidance from the minister and the technical team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oluka said management embarked on the development of a new 5-year strategy whose focus is to provide service delivery by improving people and governance operations, customer service and ensuring sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under this, UPPC plans to acquire modern machinery, revamp the printing school, revitalize the Publishing mandate of UPPC among other projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s huge potential. For example in ministry for education, there\u2019s a lot of printing material for learners. We should be the ones that should be supplying all learning materials for all schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Even the PDM program, there are lots of things we can do like on pillar number 7 which talks about mindset change. We can determine its success\u201d he said adding that the Corporation is not only focusing on business from MDAs but also the private sector including universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMadam minister, we request that even with the new board in place, your stewardship continues to UPPC and that of secretary office of the president\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Board Chairman Buwembo  thanked the minister for entrusting them with the job. He pledged to give commit his energies, connections and intellectualism to develop UPPC, adding that the board will prioritize technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe commit to do everything within the law. The lawyers on the board are not by mistake but because of their competence and good work. We shall fumigate all snakes at UPPC so that we\u2019re not affected by their poison\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who are some of the UPPC Board Members;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joachim Buwembo (Wakiso) Sadat Kisuyi (Bugweri) and Jolly Kamugira Kaguhangire (Mbarara) who\u2019s also former Executive Director Uganda Investment Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor: msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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