services founded 1951 headquarters kampala road kampala uganda key people james arinitwe managing director website homepage posta uganda originally named uganda post limited is the company solely responsible for postal service in uganda . 1 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 powers 4 see also 5 references 6 external links overview edit working through over 300 post offices with active mail boxes that exceed 70 000 with locations in over 30 major cities and towns in the country posta uganda offers a host of auxiliary services including the following 2 conveyance of letters and parcels express courier services local and international money transfers internet services public bus transportation via post bus services limited distribution of magazines and newspapers acting as agent for telecommunications providers . history edit uganda post limited was founded as part of the east african community . 1 the east african post and telecommunications act in 1951 organized the postal system according to an agreement between the kenya colony the uganda protectorate and the tanganyika territory . 1 the 1977 dissolution of the east african community voided the east african post and telecommunications act . the east african post and telecommunications corporation eaptc was replaced by the uganda posts and telecommunication corporation uptc although this was not legalized by the parliament of uganda until 1983 . 1 in 1998 as part of an ongoing government effort to loosen controls over uganda s communication sector the uptc was split into the following independent companies 1 posta uganda limited uganda telecom limited post bank uganda limited uganda communications commission the industry sector regulator . uganda post limited was given control over the postal service and the 1997 communications act split uganda post limited into a million shares each valued at ushs 25 000 . 1 the ministry of finance owns an overwhelming majority with 999 999 shares with the one remaining share owned by the ministry of works housing and urban development . 1 although uganda post limited has changed its name to posta uganda the postal service has not been privatized . 3 powers edit posta uganda can grant licenses for franking machines . 1 posta uganda has a monopoly of all international and domestic mail in uganda although letters may be exempted . 1 posta uganda also sets the price for stamps and mail services although it is limited in this respect by the communications act and by the uganda communications commission . 1 in september 2012 posta uganda announced a new partnership with gaming international in its national and international money transfer service . 4 see also edit communications in uganda references edit a b c d e f g h i j uganda posts ltd ministry of information and communication technology 4 april 2010 . overview of posta uganda posta uganda customer oriented postal logistics financial services faas uganda post limited 2005 . retrieved 4 april 2010 . posta uganda announces partnership with gaming international to provide money transfer services external links edit company website v t e postal administrations of africa algeria angola benin botswana burkina faso burundi cameroon cape verde chad central african republic c te d ivoire egypt eritrea ethiopia gabon gambia ghana guinea guinea bissau kenya libya madagascar malawi mali mauritania mauritius morocco mozambique namibia niger nigeria republic of congo rwanda senegal south africa swaziland tanzania togo tunisia uganda zambia zimbabwe retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title posta uganda & oldid 647120238 categories communications in ugandacompanies of ugandapostal organisationshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 16 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view