UCIFA is the acronym for Uganda Clearing Industry and Forwarding Agents (Association). UCIFA’s vision and mission is to be established as a leading member-owned institution involved in the clearing and forwarding industry, based on the foundations of professionalism and well established working synergies with stakeholders at both national and international levels.
Goals and Objectives:
i) To guide the institution in the right direction, help it to improve its
financial status, prepare for the future and measure its progress
ii) To prompt the institution to think about where it has been, where it wants
to go, and how it will go there
iii) To strengthen the institution operations through the assessment of its
current situation, determine its base potential for development and
development of its strategies for progress
iv) To assist the board and management develop the institution on the broad
foundations of professionalism including extensive outreach and mobilization
of members and achievement of financial self sufficiency
v) As a measure to implement portfolio projections through the projected and
the analyzed financial plan in the last part of this particular strategic
plan.
vi) To be applied as a management tool through out the 5 years period
Types of Services offered by UCIFA to its members and stakeholders include:
i) Capacity building in clearing and forwarding management which involves
periodical training programmes, workshops, seminars for board members,
committee leaders and staff
ii) Membership mobilization and UCIFA recommends its members for acquiring
agents licenses from customs
iii) Acts as an organ of communication between its members and Customs
Authorities and other stakeholders
iv) Provision of Technical know how on logistics Management in the industry
v) Advocates for the costs reduction in terms of THC, demurrages customs duties
etc.
vi) Joint Design/ Re-Designing procedures with key Stakeholders
vii) Spearheading socio-economic programmes amongst members
viii) Mouthpiece/ advocates for the Members
P. O. Box 2858 Kampala, Uganda (East Africa)
Tel: +256 414 437533
Email: ug_cifa@yahoo.co.uk
MTAC Building Top Floor
Suite B1, Nakawa Industrial Area
Near Customs Business Centre
