A story in East African Business Week notes that procurement regulators from East African governments recently met in Uganda and committed to streamlining and harmonizing their procurement processes and to increasing their pooled purchasing efforts:
During the forum, the delegates resolved to move public procurement to a higher level of efficiency and transparency.
The delegates resolved to review the laws so to make them simpler, focus on value for money and results as opposed to processes, reduce lead times and unnecessary cumbersome procedures.
They also agreed to adopt the practice of group procurements for goods and services commonly used by Ministries Departments and Agencies in order to benefit from economies of scale.
