THE government has insisted on banning the import of sugar from abroad to Zanzibar Island to protect domestic producers and promote local industries.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa reiterated the government's stance on Thursday, taking a swipe at critics who denounced his recent directive to the Zanzibar's Ministry of Trade and Industry to ban sugar imports until the consignment produced at Mahonda sugar factory is absorbed in the market.
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