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Performance of Ministry of Tourism, Trade & Industry

Background

This supplement looks at H.E. the President’s Manifesto 2006 -2011 will be operationalised in relation to the sectoral policies and plans of each Department and Institution affiliated to the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry.

The Ministry’s Mandate

The mandate of the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry MTTI) is “To promote, expand and diversify trade, Co-operatives, ecologically sustainable industrialisation and appropriate
technology; and promote conservation and sustainable development of the country’s diverse wildlife resources and natural heritage for the benefit of present generation and posterity, through policies and strategies that enhance growth and development of the sector”.

The ministry’s mandate is carried out through the functions and activities of five (5) Department, namely:Tourism and Wildlife, Museums and Antiquities; Trade, Industry and Technology, and
Cooperatives.

The Ministry also oversees operations of eight (8) Statutory Institutions whose mandates fall within the overall mandate of the Ministry, namely:Uganda National Bureau of Standards UNBS),
Management Training and Advisory
Centre (MTAC), UGANDA Industrial Research Institute (UIRI), Uganda Tourists Board UTB),Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC), Uganda Museums and Monuments Agency (UMA), and Uganda Export Promotion Board (UEPB).

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H.E the President’s Manifesto 2006

H.E. the President’s Manifesto 2006 - 2011 identifies the following areas under the Ministry as challenges that will be addressed during the subsequent tenure of office: Value addition, Household incomes and transformation of rural communities, East African Federation, Integrated African Market, Strategic intervention in Tourism, Aifraction of Investors, Strategic intervention in Markets, Strategic intervention for investors and innovators. The above challenges are further consolidating the achievements attained in the period 2001- 2006

Tradesector: Markets For Agricultural And Industrial Products Uganda’s main export markets:

• European Union, accounting for 28%
• COMESA region accounting for 27%
• Middle East taking 6%
• North America 3%

• South Africa,
• Japan,
• Singapore,
• SouthKorea
• United States
• Canada

The sustainability of additional markets is ensured by diversification of product range and value addition. Export of goods increased from US$451m in 2001 to US$653m in 2004. It is projected to increase at a rate of 9.3% per annum in the period 2006 - 2011.

Strategies To Promote Exports

• Trade Fair Participation to promote Uganda’s products in external markets
• Trade Support Missions; inward and outward missions
• Consolidate and expand markets
• UNBS, standards agencies and private sector to improve the quality of exportable products to be able to meet the requirements of the export markets.
• Implement the trade policy
• Implement sector export strategies for key products and services
• Work with key stakeholders to increase volumes of products being exported
• Implement the National Export Strategy
• Develop domestic trade sub sector to ensure that domestic trade - sub sector
  is able to sustainably and sufficiently feed into the international trade sub sector
• Use of WTO and other Protocols to gain access to markets in Europe, Asia and America
• Bilateral Trade Initiatives
• Exploit the UD$ 95b annual USA textiles markets through the AGOA
• Developed nations have offered Uganda market opportunities of duty free and quota free exports to their markets as:
  • Everything But Arms (EBA) of European Union (One of the major trading partners of Uganda)
  • African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) OF United States of America
  • Japanese Initiatives
  • Russian Initiatives
  • Canadian Initiatives
• Regional Integration
  • East African Community (EAC) turned into East African Federation
  • Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
  • ACP/EU Cotonou Agreement

Industry & Technology Sector

The Ministry, in consultation with various key stakeholders, had developed a policy framework for the period 2004-2009. The policy is in line with objectives of PEAP, PMA and Promotion of Strategic Export program. Implementation will involve developing among others programs to promote value addition, small scale industries and increasing export base.

Museums And Antiquities Sector

The Department of Antiquities and Museums is to be devided into a semiautonomous body to be known as the Uganda Museums and Monuments Agency (UMMA), to enhance the country’s capacity to preserve and conserve Uganda’s cultural and historical heritage for tourism purposes and posterity.

The Uganda Museum, which is the headquarters of the Agency, has been rehabilited and it has become the focal point for cultural tourism, where the country has a competitive edge.

Regional Cooperation

The Manifesto sees Regional Cooperation as the way forward for enlarging of the country’s market, providing opportunities for selling Uganda products even beyond the region.

1. EAC,
2. Lusaka Agreement, COMESA and as well as other regional and global groupings.

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