Parliament\nhas recommended that the driving permit issuing firm, Face Technologies, be\nawarded a five-year contract extension to allow for the gradual takeover by\ngovernment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nrecommendation followed the presentation of a motion by Ajuri County MP, Hon.\nDenis Hamson Obua, on Tuesday, 10 September 2019 in which he sought for a\ntransition period from the private firm to government. The sitting of\nParliament was chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\nwould like to urge Government through the Ministry of Works that at the\nexpiration of the existing contract, consider entering into a transitional management\ncontract with M\/S Face Technologies (PTY) Ltd to enable smooth training and\nprepare Ugandans to take over the facility,\u201d Obua said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obua\nadded that government through the Ministry of Works and Face<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Technologies\nneed to open more branches in 14 others regions of Uganda for ease of\naccessibility during the renewal of driving licenses during that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFace\nTechnologies is one of the most efficient public service providers unlike many\nother service providers [we have],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obua\nnoted that at the expiry of the contract, the training of Ugandans would not\nhave been concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe\ncurrent staff have only been trained on the first and second level of system\nmaintenance procedures,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hon.\nOdonga Otto (FDC, Aruu County) said the extension would give government time to\nfamiliarize with the database that is run by Face Technologies especially in\nissuing of driving permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDuring\nthis time, they shall train Uganda government and police so that they own the\nproduction of driving permits. They need training and management rights so that\nthey can continue running the company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nadded that when the Ministry of Works takes over, the cost of a permit should\nbe reduced to make it more affordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nMinister of State for Transport, Hon. Aggrey Bagiire, said government had taken\nsteps to ensure the smooth transition from Face Technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\nhave been handling this matter in the ministry and in the interest of Ugandans.\nWe have been taking steps; for example, the facility being rented in Kyambogo\nis very expensive. We shall move it to a government property as we work on\nacquiring the rights for the software,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According\nto the motion, the Ministry of Works and Transport and Face Technologies have\ndecided that the facility be moved from the currently rented facility at\nKyambogo to Government land at Uganda Railways main station building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Face\nTechnologies has been operating on a self-financing, build, operate and\ntransfer basis since it entered into agreement with government and is supposed\nto handover at the expiry of the contract in May 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Parliament has recommended that the driving permit issuing firm, Face Technologies, be awarded a five-year contract extension to allow for the gradual takeover by government. The recommendation followed the presentation of a motion by Ajuri County MP, Hon. Denis Hamson Obua, on Tuesday, 10 September 2019 in which he sought for a transition period from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":11243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n