Uganda, March 5 -- There are only 1,800 professional engineers registered with the umbrella body of the Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers (UIPE), which the government believes is contributing to shoddy work.

In her speech read by Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Monica Musenero, the Speaker of Parliament Anita Among during the 4th annual World Engineering Day celebrations said: "As such, this has resulted in too many informal sector springing up and unprofessional practices, shoddy and poor quality of engineering goods, works and services, emerging engineering disciplines and alignment of engineering education."

She advised that to address these challenges, the policy and regulatory framework needs to be improved ...