{"id":10659,"date":"2025-10-16T04:46:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=10659"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:51:43","slug":"ugandas-nlgrb-strengthens-government-collaboration-to-promote-safe-and-responsible-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/ugandas-nlgrb-strengthens-government-collaboration-to-promote-safe-and-responsible-gaming","title":{"rendered":"Uganda\u2019s NLGRB strengthens government collaboration to promote safe and responsible gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Government agencies unite at the recent HOGA meeting to support NLGRB initiatives and promote safe and responsible gaming across Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Uganda.-Uganda\u2019s National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB)<\/strong> is calling on government agencies to strengthen cross-sector collaboration<\/strong> to protect players and promote responsible gaming<\/strong>. At the recent 4th Heads of Government Agencies (HOGA) meeting, NLGRB CEO Denis Mudene<\/strong> highlighted the importance of joint efforts across all sectors to address gaming-related risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mudene said: \u201cWhile gaming is a regulated activity<\/strong>, irresponsible gaming poses both social and economic risks that demand collective action to mitigate. We need to strengthen partnerships<\/strong> in sensitisation and awareness creation<\/strong> to address the harms associated with gaming, including underage participation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heads of Government Agencies present expressed their commitment to supporting the Board\u2019s efforts by sensitising their staff on gaming-related issues and sharing strategies<\/strong> aimed at protecting the public from potential gaming harms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaboration key to safe and responsible gaming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The HOGA meeting, hosted by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in Kampala, highlighted how public service institutions are coming together to address national priorities<\/strong> and foster collaboration across agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silver Mugisha, Managing Director of NWSC, underscored the importance of developing local solutions to enhance service delivery and reduce reliance on imported systems. \u201cWe must grow our own capacity to deliver sustainable service,\u201d he said, calling for innovation and accountability<\/strong> across agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Mwesiga, Deputy Head of Public Service in the Office of the Prime Minister and Chairperson of HOGA, reiterated that the quarterly meetings serve as a platform for benchmarking, knowledge sharing<\/strong> and fostering unity within the public service. She urged agencies to focus on outcomes<\/strong> rather than outputs and to work collaboratively towards transformative public service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> NLGRB launches awareness drive in Rakai schools to curb teen betting<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Government agencies unite at the recent HOGA meeting to support NLGRB initiatives and promote safe and responsible gaming across Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":10662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Uganda's National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB) is strengthening cross-sector collaboration with other government agencies (HOGA) to enhance player protection and promote responsible gaming. This initiative, highlighted at a recent HOGA meeting, aims to mitigate gaming-related risks, including underage participation, through joint sensitisation and awareness campaigns across public service institutions.","focusai_entities":"National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB), Heads of Government Agencies (HOGA), National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), Office of the Prime Minister, Denis Mudene, Silver Mugisha, Jane Mwesiga","focusai_location":"Uganda, Kampala","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.75), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Policy Impact","query":"What specific policy amendments or new regulatory directives are anticipated to emerge from this enhanced inter-agency collaboration, particularly concerning B2C operator obligations?"},{"label":"Enforcement Strategy","query":"How will the NLGRB and collaborating agencies measure the efficacy of these joint sensitisation campaigns, and what enforcement mechanisms will be deployed to address non-compliance with responsible gaming mandates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60013,60020],"tags":[60581,1593,60411],"class_list":["post-10659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-africa","category-legislation-news","tag-nlgrb","tag-responsible-gambling","tag-uganda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10659"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10679,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10659\/revisions\/10679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}