29% of women in Kigezi region still prefer to give birth from their homes at the expense of giving birth from health facilities, according to the statistics released today by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics. The statistics released by George Kawage, a senior statistician with Uganda Bureau of Statistics, during the dissemination seminar of findings […]
The national standards enforcement body, UNBS has today raised a reminder to all electronics dealers across the country to seriously mind about buying and selling standard products so as to save the consumers from suffering from damages as a result of faults caused by the sub standard electronics. Addressing electronics dealers in the a meeting […]
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has come up with new regulations of reducing imported counterfeit products. The national Chairman Ben Manyindo says the pre- import verification for conformity will start operating from 3rd December and all imports will first be certified before entering the country. Manyindo says the regulations are aimed at protecting the […]
The government is in advanced stages to guarantee a loan of up to 13 billion shillings from the workers funds at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to build a new Home for the Uganda national bureau of standards (UNBS) in Bweyogerere a city suburb in Kampala. Officials from the national standards body say the […]
Power distributors Umeme and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the testing of meters before they are installed in customers’ homes. Charlotte Kemigyisha, the Umeme Corporate Communications Officer says the move will make Umeme meters more trusted by power consumers. “We believe that our customers will have more […]
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has called upon the 9th parliament to immediately pass the anti-counterfeit bill 2010 so as to check fake products in the market. The UNBS notes that the current laws doesn’t give them the mandate to take action against counterfeit as the bureau is still operating under the Uganda national […]