Daily Monitor
Thursday February 25 2021
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Government is set to create a National Accreditation System to regulate both government and private agencies that approve standards.
The system, which will have a body corporate, will also be in charge of among others, providing internationally recognised accreditations in a bid to promote trade and local standards.
Addressing journalists in Kampala early this week, Trade Minster Amelia Kyambadde said a Bill has already been passed by Parliament and is only awaiting accent by the President.
The Bill creates a corporate body - Uganda National Accreditation System - with perpetual succession endowed with the functionality of carrying out accreditation of calibration bodies, testing bodies, verification laboratories, certification bodies, inspection bodies and medical laboratories.