URSB signs working partnership MOU with UPPC aimed at increasing easier access to both their services

Kampala;  Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation Company Ltd (UPPC) and Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) have this morning signed a Memorandum of Understanding  that will see closer  working relationship between the two bodies. The partnership is aimedincreasing client’s accessibility to the services offered by UPPCthrough URSB.

The signing of this MoU indicates commitment by the two institutions to offer Ugandans better services through reduction in the cost of placing advertisements by URSB in the Uganda Gazette, and the resulting increase in the number of gazette applications received by UPPC.

To facilitate easier running of the partnership, UPPC shall provide requisite staff to work in consultation with URSB to enable effective realization of the objectives under the MOU. UPPC shall participate in performance review meetings and designate officials to implement this MOU.

Speaking at the MOU signing, Irene Muwanguzi, UPPC’s Executive Director said the partnership with URSB is a show of faith in their services and added that the benefits to both agencies will be immense. “We believe the working relationship between URSB and UPPC on general and specific areas of cooperation will be of mutual benefit not just to us, but also drive the ultimate goal of increasing clients’ accessibility to the services offered by UPPC”. Muwanguzi said.

Twebaze Bemanya, the Registrar General on behalf of URSB welcomed UPPC onboard and pledged full support for the cooperation. “We want to thank UPPC who just like the other government bodies have continually considered working with us to deliver faster, easier, efficient services for customers in Uganda. We believe these kinds of working partnerships help us give Ugandans the services they deserve with very minimum effort and at an easily reachable pace so that they can be able to add value to their businesses while our economy progresses”  Bemanya Twebaze said.      

The signing of the MOU comes at a time when the URSB has been unveiling numerous reforms in a bid to ease doing business as advised by the World Bank Group which continues to encourage mandated bodies to increase their efficiency in delivering services that grow the economy while helping ordinary citizens and businesses keep growing.