CoST Uganda New Year Message
This year, 2025 presents another opportunity to amplify transparency and accountability in the infrastructure sector…
A Call to Embrace Transparency Tools Across Entities in Uganda
This article calls for the entity’s appreciation of the CoST Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI) tool…
Promoting inclusive Public procurement in Uganda
For many years, public procurement in Uganda has been skewed toward the privileged category of…
Infrastructure Transparency Dilemma A Call To Action
Transparency has been conceived by different people and it’s believed to be detrimental to stakeholders’…
Disclosure gap and its implications on quality of infrastructure project delivery in Uganda
Disclosure is simply defined and understood as the process of making information about publicly financed…
Why infrastructure transparency matters
CoST Uganda on the power of information. The right to access to information is a…
Open up health sector infrastructure
This article presents the call to action for proactive disclosure of infrastructure project data by…
Analytical Infrastructure data dashboard launched
On 11th July 2023, CoST Uganda launched and published its analytical dashboard at a Round-table multi-stakeholder workshop,…
Uganda Government allocates 13.3% of its budget for Infrastructure development
By Geoffrey Odong, Programme Officer, CoST Uganda To start with, the budget is very ambitious…
CoST Uganda wins the Anti-corruption Collective Action award 2023
It is a great honour for CoST Uganda to win the Outstanding Achievement Collective Action Award…
Appeal to Vote for CoST Uganda to win the upcoming Southern Africa Anti-Corruption Collective Action Award 2023
Dear Stakeholder, We are excited to invite you to vote for CoST Uganda through this…
Corruption Risks in the Construction Sector
Credits to Enabel in Uganda and CoST Uganda and Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and UNABCEC Uganda National Contractor’s Association CoST – the…
CoST Uganda quick wins _over the years
Over the last five years, CoST Uganda has been keen to document some of our…
Happy New Year 2023
Stakeholders and Friends of CoST Uganda, Here is to wish you all a Happy and…
Making complex data speak; Reflections on the CoST Uganda 5th Assurance report, and a call to action on its recommendations.
Often times, we have talked about transparency and accountability, in the context of public infrastructure…
CoST Uganda wins the First CoST International Award
On 31st October 2022, CoST Uganda became the first recipient and winner of the inaugural CoST…
5th Assurance Report, “A call for better Disclosure and Public Engagement”
CoST Uganda is pleased to publish its “5th Assurance Report; A call for better Disclosure and…
Government aligns portal to the CoST Standard (OC4IDS), five years later
In October 2021, the Government of Uganda, through PPDA aligned the Government Procurement Portal to…
Breaking the barriers to infrastructure journalism: CoST Uganda joins ACME to build capacity of journalists on infrastructure transparency and accountability.
The media plays a great role in information dissemination, but often times journalists are put…
CoST Uganda in the Media_2021
Date of Appearance Channel and Author Topics covered Evidence 14th December 2021 CoST Uganda /Olive Kabatwairwe…
Uganda stands at 20.8% reveals CoST Index on Infrastructure Transparency
On 3rd December 2021 CoST Uganda launched results from its 1st Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI) at the Kabira Country…
CoST Uganda launches a £ 2.2 Million pounds five year Business Plan
On 25th November 2021, CoST Uganda launched its five year £ 2.2 Million pounds Business Plan 2021 – 2026….
£ 2.2 million pounds needed to boost infrastructure transparency activities by CoST Uganda in the next five years!
We are delighted to introduce the CoST Uganda 2021-2026 Business Plan amidst amidst challenging times of a…
Private Sector participation in infrastructure procurement, challenged every year!
The participation of the private sector in the public procurement processes has been reducing year…
CoST Uganda takes barazas online to discuss key findings from new research
Credits to CoST International: CoST Uganda recently brought together members of government, civil society, the…
Government records progress on CoST recommendations, despite the pandemic
CoST Uganda conducted a webinar to follow up implementation of recommendations from the 4th assurance process. The webinar…
Infrastructure transparency in the greater Kampala Metropolitan
CoST Uganda, a national chapter of CoST International has overtime contributed to infrastructure delivery improvements…
A call to Action on private sector participation in infrastructure delivery
A call to Action on Transparency and accountability, fair business practices in the delivery of…
Good practices for integrity in public infrastructure delivery processes
CoST Uganda in partnership with Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) organized…
Announcing the 1st Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI) in Uganda
Today 17th June 2021, CoST Uganda is pleased to commission its first Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI)….
Levelling the playing field: How CoST Uganda promotes business integrity
Back in December 2019, CoST Uganda was awarded funding through the UK Government’s Business Integrity…
Business integrity changes the narrative around private sector participation in public procurement
Engaging on integrity in public infrastructure procurement can be challenging, but, with the right stakeholders,…
CoST Annual Report 2020: Delivering impact in ever-changing realities (Global)
Credits to CoST International Secretariat. Last year was one in which the flexibility of the…
Public policy engagements, enhancing transparency
As the country grappled with managing the effects of COVID-19, there were unanswered questions relating…
More bidders, a level playing field
With the implementation of the Fair Business Practices action, more businesses are engaging in infrastructure…
CoST Uganda invests in public policy engagements to enhance transparency
As the country grappled with managing the effects of COVID-19, there were unanswered questions relating…
A slow progress on Local content implementation_Assurance report reveals
CoST Uganda published its 4th Assurance Report titled Ray of Sunshine, A Report of the 4th Assurance Process in Uganda on, 10th February…
Increased disclosure deepens transparency; promotes business opportunities
There has been progressive improvement in the level of disclosure for project and contract information…
Bridging infrastructure reporting gap in Uganda through journalist’s training
The Business Integrity Initiative has led to a growing focus on the way in which…
Implication of the silent issues in the Crude Oil pipe line project signed by Uganda and Tanzania on 11th April 2021
Transparency, accountability, stakeholder engagement and compliance with Environmental, Social, Health and Safety Safeguards have been…
Why are women missing in infrastructure sector?
Opinion published on Thursday March 25 2021 by the Daily Monitor In a bid to promote…
CoST Uganda’s 4th Assurance Report, reveals an increase in disclosure and a slow progress on Local content
CoST Uganda published its 4th Assurance Report titled Ray of Sunshine, A Report of the 4th Assurance Process in Uganda on, 10th February…
Reforms realized and those under action by Government with support from the Business Integrity Initiative in Uganda
The project aimed at strengthening transparency in procurement processes for infrastructure projects, through influencing reforms…
CoST Uganda influencing reforms in public procurement_Contribution to the Emergency Procurement Guidelines
CoST Uganda submitted 20 concerns to Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and PPDA…
Shocking, Local Content Provisions are a rare specie, years after their promulgation
Credits to Samuel Nabwiso, Journalist and Olive Kabatwairwe – CoST Uganda Uganda passed the policy…
The Business Integrity Initiative in Uganda, in the Media
With financial support from the UKs Business Integrity Initiative, we have been implementing an action…
4th Assurance Report in the Media!
The 4th Assurance Process conducted in 2020, in the middle of the Global pandemic, COVID-19,…
Citizens around Busoga College Mwiri celebrate the new tarmac
The Busoga College, Mwiri is 109 years old, unfortunately, the road to the school had…
CoST Uganda launches the 4th Assurance Report; The Office of the Prime Minister commits to take action on the findings and recommendations
CoST Uganda published its 4th Assurance Report titled Ray of Sunshine, A Report of the 4th Assurance Process in…
Be just and fair in infrastructure delivery; Stakeholders implored as CoST Uganda inaugurates stakeholder engagements on Integrity Issues in public infrastructure
Transparency and performance of infrastructure procurement processes in Uganda have been associated with integrity issues…
CoST partners with the PPDA Uganda to reward Most Compliant Entities
On 26th November 2020, at the 12th Public Procurement Forum, CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative Uganda…
Fair Business Practices in Uganda, Project taglines between July – September 2020
Our intervention story July – September 2020 Discussions on Fair Business Practices in Uganda project…
PPDA revises guidelines for Local Government’s (LG) Direct procurement’s for works contracts
Following the learning and reflection meeting conducted on 13th August 2020, stakeholders expressed concern that Local…
Will disclosure for the Water sector increase following the CoST and PPDA disclosure training for Procurement Officials in the sector?
Opening statement; Government officials commit to using e-procurement as a key tool to enhance transparency in…
Contractors and Consulting Engineers call on Government to address VAT issues, and delayed payment at a CoST Uganda Policy awareness webinar!
CoST Uganda in partnership with PPDA, organized a policy awareness webinar to provide a platform…
Fair Business Practices: CoST Uganda’s report reveals improvements in Disclosure_Extract from Daily Monitor, 22nd Sept 2020, Page 26
Extract from the Interview! In general we have observed an increase in the number of…
Multiplex loses 160M Uganda shillings out of Negligence!
A Community Baraza conducted by CoST Uganda in partnership with Ministry of Works and Transport…
Most Transparent MDAs and Local Governments to get incentives starting October 2020!
Government committed to scale up the CoST Uganda’s Infrastructure Transparency awards to recognize the most…
Government commits to the Fair Business Practices for infrastructure projects procurement campaign;
The government of Uganda through PPDA committed to increasing Infrastructure Procurement Transparency through putting in…
Go to investigate with an open mind; Journalists tipped on Infrastructure Procurement Reporting;
CoST Uganda in partnership with DFID under the project Business Integrity Initiative (BII) conducted a…
Access to water for production saves Mabira and Nyamihanga communities respectively!
Citizens around Mabira Dam and Nyamihanga celebrate their increased yields and livelihoods resulting from the…
Climate Change versus Infrastructure in Uganda, a call for concerted efforts in infrastructure development
Keywords: I Climate Change I Resistant Infrastructure I Research I Planning Whereas the country is grappling…
Government MDAs urged to disclose public infrastructure information to enhance transparency
Keywords: Infrastructure I Transparency I Information Government Ministries, Agencies, and Departments have been urged to…
Beyond Transparency, the CoST Uganda’s Electronic Infrastructure Monitoring Tool gains global attention!
To date, the Government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President’s office has contacted CoST…
30 Days after the Launch of the 3rd Assurance Report, what do we see?
CoST Uganda launched its 3rd Assurance Report on 22nd January 2020, at the Golf Course Hotel, in…
The Utopia we want in Uganda!
Our imagination of future buildings As a Ugandan, think for a moment about what the…
CoST Uganda’s Electronic Infrastructure Monitoring Tool (E-IMT) set to standardize Infrastructure Monitoring!
Publishing standardized open data reduces barriers to data use and encourages the development of reusable…
What next after CoST Uganda’s 3rd Assurance Report publication!
We would like to extend our appreciation to those who made it to the National…
Press Release, 3rd Assurance Findings and Recommendations
The CoST Uganda effect? 3rd Assurance Report calls for Government’s action to enhance Infrastructure Transparency; CoST Uganda…
CoST Uganda Announces DFID Support for Fair Business Practices in Uganda
CoST Uganda Chapter is delighted to announce support of DFID’s Business Integrity Initiative for a…
