Kampala — Uganda's Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development Matia Kasaija has decried the recently amended Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act (PPDA) saying it must be revised because it is doing more harm than good as regards to projects implementation.
"The people who amended this law thought it will improve the doing of government works and fighting corruption. But what we have noted , its creating unnecessary project delays hence increasing project costs three or four times than the original project costs," said Kasaija.
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