By The Shs550 million received by the Uganda Federation of Movie Industry (UFMI) under the Creative Uganda Revolving Fund has enabled the federation to expand its operations beyond Kampala, strengthening regional outreach and growing its national membership.
UFMI Chief Executive Officer Robert Womai said the funding has addressed long-standing logistical and operational challenges that had previously confined the federation’s activities to a few urban centres.
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“This money has helped us go where we could not reach before. We are now mobilising, sensitising and registering filmmakers across the country,” Womai said in an interview.
He said UFMI has already conducted recruitment and sensitisation drives in eastern, southern and western Uganda, with plans to extend the exercise to northern Uganda in the coming weeks.
According to UFMI, the federation’s membership has grown to over 1,000 registered filmmakers, with about 500 producers and performers fully updated and active in its national registry.
Womai said the Shs550 million received in two tranches during the current financial year is being used to support governance, secretariat operations, nationwide sensitisation and copyright awareness, rather than direct cash payouts to individual members.
Part of the funding, he said, was used to acquire a vehicle worth Shs85 million, a move he described as critical to sustaining field operations and reducing the high cost of hiring transport.
“Transport was a major limitation. With our own vehicle, we can reach filmmakers, users of content and enforcement points across the regions,” Womai said.
He added that improved mobility has enabled UFMI teams to conduct workshops, registration exercises and copyright sensitisation sessions in districts that were previously inaccessible.
The expanded outreach, according to Womai, is already improving organisation within the film industry and laying the foundation for stronger copyright enforcement and royalty collection.
“When members are registered and organised, it becomes easier to protect their rights and ensure they earn from their work,” he said.
UFMI said continued support will allow the federation to deepen regional engagement and support government’s broader objective of formalising the creative sector and growing it as a contributor to national development.
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