Ugandan Women Ask for Tender Changes

Kampala — Uganda Women Entrepreneur s wants the government to review the country's Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act and come up with new provisions that enable women to compete for public contracts equally with men.

"Each year Government spends trillions of shillings in the procurement of goods and services to suppliers through government procurement market ,but only 1% goes to Women Based organization to this effect more needs to be done by government to integrate women based business into the supply chains that is why we need new procurement Law which at least guarantee 10% of the market to Women and other special Interest groups such as youth and people with disability" Dr Gudula Naiga Basaza the Chair of the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) said recently

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