The Small Business Administration recently took what the surety bond industry believes is an important step to reinvigorate the government's Surety Bond Guarantee Program. SBA is proposing rules intended to make participation in the program more attractive to sureties for the benefit of small contractors needing access to surety bonds to bid on public construction projects, according to a group of surety and insurance trade associations.

Government members hackle Contractor General during PAC meeting

Efforts by the Contractor General to table a document which he said outlines breaches by one major state entity were thwarted Tuesday following strong objection from Government Members of the Public Accounts Committee.

The Government members, whose objection was eventually endorsed by Opposition MPs, insisted that the document had nothing to do with the probe into the alleged irregularities surrounding the Sandals Whitehouse project. Contractor General, Greg Christie continued his presentation to the PAC Tuesday by reading from a letter which he had prepared following last weeks sitting. In his letter, which was also circulated to committee members, Mr. Christie took issue with several remarks made last week by some Government members. These included suggestions by K.D. Knight that he had fallen down on the job when he failed to get the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) to produce documents which his office had requested.

Uganda: KCC, Contractor Clash Over Toilets

Public Convenient Cleaning Managers, a company that has been managing public toilets in Kampala city, has sued Kampala City Council for interfering with their toilet-management tender in the New Taxi Park.