Kampala — Uganda spends about $105m (Shs367b) every month in transport costs to import rice from Pakistan, yet this money could improve the welfare of Ugandans, an outgoing minister has said.
While signing off a farming partnership between rice farmers in the country and Kingdom Rice, a new rice milling factory on Tuesday in Namanve Industrial Park, outgoing State minister for Investment Gabriel Ajedra said Uganda has no reason to continue being ranked among poor countries of the world because the money Uganda loses to purchase and transport food like rice that can be locally grown here, explains the amount of money we waste as a country.
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