Uganda parliament delays decision on coffee exports deal

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Coffee being sorted in Sipi, Kapchorwa, eastern Uganda. Coffee is one of Uganda’s key cash crops. PHOTO | FILE

The future of Uganda’s coffee sector and the 15 million people engaged in the crop’s value-chain remains unclear after the Deputy Speaker of Parliament declined the tabling and debate of a key report on the sector.

The document prepared by the House committee touched on the contentious agreement between the government and Italian investor Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Ltd.