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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Government, Betty Kamya has withdrawn bribery charges against former Uganda Bureau of Standards Executive Director, Ebiru David Livingstone. Ebiru has been facing charges of offering a bribe or gratification to Charles Masekuura, the UNBS board chairperson between October and December 2022. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has dismissed an application filed by David Livingstone Ebiru, the former Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), seeking to halt his trial on bribery charges until investigations by the Inspectorate of Government are completed. On Wednesday, the Anti-Corruption Division …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has requested more time from the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala to respond to an application by former Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), David Livingstone Ebiru, who seeks to halt his trial on bribery charges. The prosecution …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has extended its warrant of arrest against David Livingstone Ebiru, the former Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS . This is after he failed to appear for the second time to answer charges related to offering …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Daniel Richard Makayi Nangalama has been appointed Acting Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards. Nangalama has been the Deputy Executive Director in charge of Management and Financial Services at the standards body. He replaces David Livingstone Ebiru who was last week interdicted …

UNBS Director accused of misappropriating of Shs12.5 billion Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), David Livingstone Ebiru, has left members of Parliament in shock after he admitted to giving a bribe of Shs100 million to secure his job. He made …

Elegu, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT |  The majority of tracks carrying grain from Uganda to South Sudan have passed aflatoxin tests, according to the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). Out of the 23 tracks and 27 contested consignments tested so far, 18 tracks and 22 consignments have successfully …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Delegates attending the opening of the Africa Regional Food Safety conference in Kampala are pushing for formulation of uniform standards for food and agricultural products meant for export in the region and globally. Speaking at the meeting which will be on until the 13th …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureaus of Standards UNBS has declared that all Kombucha products on the Ugandan market are alcoholic beverages, based on the process they go through. Kombucha beverage is produced by adding certain strains of a Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast – SCOBY …

Players question UNBS’ ability to enforce standards | THE INDEPENDENT | Dealers in solar home systems that do not meet the newly completed standards face prosecution and fines under the amended law. The Uganda National Bureau of Standards recently released the new standards – US IEC TS 62257-9-8 and IEC …