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Uganda’s dairy sector counting losses as Kenya blocks exports

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A consumer shops for Brookside dairy milk products in a supermarket in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO | SIMON MAINA | AFP

By  Kabona Esiara

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

On June 23, 2023, Brookside Dairy Uganda sent home at least 200 workers saying it has been forced to cut production by 75 percent as it has been unable to export the milk produced since March.

Kenya is Uganda’s largest market in East Africa and Brookside says Nairobi has declined its 116 export permit applications.

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