Uganda bows to big producers’ demand and amends sugar law
Workers at the Kisumu pier in western Kenya wait to offload sugar imported from Uganda. The Ugandan cabinet had approved law to regulate sub-sector and ensure high quality products. PHOTO | FILE
Uganda has bowed to large sugar manufacturers’ demand to abandon regulating the lucrative industry.
The sugar sub-sector also exerted pressure on the Ministry of Trade to delete provisions in the approved Sugar Bill that would determine the price of sugar, warning that if their demands are not met they will continue fighting.
