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Uganda: Uganda to Export Excess Sugar to Tanzania, Museveni Assents to Sugar Act
Monitor, 29 April 2020
President Museveni has assented to the Sugar Act, 2020 as Uganda makes its final deliberations in trading off its surplus sugar to Tanzania, with the first consignment of 20,000… Read more »
A Sweetener for Uganda's Economy as Sugar Bill Becomes Law
President Yoweri Museveni has signed the Sugar Act 2020 as the country ponders selling off its surplus sugar to Tanzania, with the first consignment of 20,000 metric tonnes expected before the end of May, 2020. In 2018, Tanzania banned Ugandan sugar traders from its markets, claiming that they were importing cheap sugar from Kenya and Brazil, before repackaging and exporting it to them.
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President Yoweri Museveni has rejected the Sugar Bill recently passed by parliament, warning that it will put the industry at risk over what he calls "small parasite newcomers".The ... Read more »
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Little has changed months after a ministerial meeting was held at the Mutukula border where it was agreed to allow free movement of sugar and edible oil from Uganda. This is one of ... Read more »
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A fresh round of trade wars is simmering in East Africa after Tanzania and Uganda imposed taxes on Kenyan-made confectionery, citing the use of imported industrial sugar in the ... Read more »
