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Uganda protests move to reduce its sugar exports to Kenya

Ugandan sugar in Kisumu.

Sugar from Uganda at the Kisumu pier in western Kenya. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  GERALD ANDAE

Uganda has protested a 79 percent cut on its scheduled sugar exports to Kenya, reigniting trade disputes between the two East African Community states.

Uganda’s Agriculture Minister Frank Tumwebaze said Thursday his country was “not happy” with restrictions on its sugar exports to Kenya.

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