CORRUPTION STORMS UNBS: Standards Boss Kasigwa forced out amid misconduct probe

Top UNBS Official Ordered to Step Aside Amid Corruption Probe - The Witness Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda — In a dramatic shake-up at one of Uganda’s key regulatory bodies, the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, Francis Mwebesa, has directed James Kasigwa, the Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), to take mandatory leave with immediate effect. The decision, which effectively sidelines Kasigwa from his powerful post, comes amid serious allegations of misconduct, mismanagement, and corruption…

CORRUPTION STORMS UNBS: Standards Boss Kasigwa forced out amid misconduct probe

Uganda’s Minister Francis Mwebesa forces UNBS Executive Director James Kasigwa onto leave as a high-level council launches a two-week probe into serious allegations of corruption, misconduct, and mismanagement. KAMPALA, Uganda — The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Francis Mwebesa, has ordered the head of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), James Kasigwa, to take mandatory leave, effectively removing him from office whil…