Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council Act (Repeal) Act

to mainstream the functions and mandate of the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council into the Ministry;

to eliminate the bloated structure and functional ambiguities in the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council; and ( c) to achieve effective and efficient service delivery.

to transfer the functions of the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council to the Ministry.

to monitor all aspects of the programme and to intervene if work plans are not carried out according to plan or if any project input is not utilised for the purpose for which it is intended;

to direct any department, authority or agency or person responsible for giving effect to any part of the programme to carry out any particular activities in the interest of the programme;

to intervene and give appropriate directions if any terms of reference concerning any particular project are not being duly implemented;

to liaise with donors, executing agencies, Ministries and departments regarding any requisition or input required for the programme;

to arrange and carry out periodic reviews and evaluation of research activities and supervise relevant research institutions;

to solicit and receive, for the purpose of the programme, grants, aid, gifts, donations, fees, subscriptions and other sums required for the implementation of the programme;

to invite any person or organisation to assist in the execution of any aspect of the programme; and

to do all other things incidental or conducive to the efficient carrying out of the provisions of the repealed Act.

to supervise the initiation, formulation, negotiation and implementation of all projects for tsetse and trypanosomiasis control in Uganda;

to prescribe standard specifications, certification marks and codes of practice and do all things incidental to or connected with them as may be required for the purposes of the repealed Act;

to collate and disseminate to all relevant parties, reports and other information relating to projects for carrying out the programme;

to coordinate the development of human resources necessary for all aspects of the programme;

to initiate and organise seminars, conferences and workshops and other similar activities aimed at promoting the effective implementation of the programme;

to establish and maintain relationships with national, regional and international organisations and agencies as may be appropriate for facilitating the implementation of the programme; and (g) to carry out, or cause to be carried out, any study or examination or test in respect of commodities of different specifications, whether produced in Uganda or elsewhere.

to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of all aspects of the programme;

to formulate policies and determine priorities for tsetse fly and trypanosomiasis research and control in Uganda in relation to the economic and social policies of the Government;

to advise the Government and make to the Government such recommendations as it may consider necessary concerning the financial, human and other resource requirements for the implementation of the programme;

to consider and approve, in consultation with the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology established • by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology Act, any research projects arising out of the programme and to assign them to any institution within or outside the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology; (e) to ensure the proper application of the results and the implementation of the recommendations of any research activities in the programme; (0 to advise the Minister responsible on the management and coordination of the programme at all levels, including the setting up of new research institutions; and (g) to establish units and technical services in relation to the programme.