STI is pushing for Ugandan products to reach "a mature brand level to move from competitiveness to maturity," as this will ensure more value addition to Ugandan products globally.
The most efficient services come from specialized institutions whose knowledge and expertise take many decades to learn and achieve. It is unimaginable, for example, to make Mulago Hospital a department in the Ministry of Health or Makerere University a department in the Ministry of Education. The low quality of service delivery in many government departments deserves improvement, not additional work, and throwing away institutions like paper towels is very difficult to understand.
The Uganda-PIM system was initiated in 2016 with the main aim of producing approved projects that can be held for funding in integrated banks of projects such as World Bank projects.