The East African Community Secretariat is expected to act as an arbiter in the trade war pitting Tanzania against its neighbours Kenya and Uganda over sugar imports.
So bitter has been the dispute that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday made a one-day visit to Tanzania to speak with President John Magufuli in an effort to resolve the dispute that has left Ugandan sugar exporters staring at losses worth millions of dollars. But President Magufuli has categorically said that his country will not be used a dumping ground.
