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Uganda: Uganda Petitions Kenya, Tanzania Over Milk Exports
Monitor, 29 July 2021
Uganda has asked Kenya and Tanzania to remove prohibitive levies placed on its dairy products saying it could jeopardise trade relations and the East African Community spirit. Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda to Sue Kenya, Tanzania Over Exports Blockade
Monitor, 24 February 2021
Uganda will this week seek to find solutions to the continued blockade of its exports, failure of which, it will seek intervention of the East African Court of Justice. Read more »
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Uganda: What Can Uganda Do With Her Milk Surplus?
Monitor, 21 July 2020
In the early 1980's, Kenya implemented a successful school milk programme that spanned 20 years started by former President Arap Moi. According to the Kenya Dairy Board, it was… Read more »
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East Africa: Row As Uganda Protests Milk Seizures By Kenya
East African, 17 January 2020
Kampala has sent a protest note to Nairobi demanding the immediate release of consignments of milk seized by Kenyan officials on alleged quality concerns, sparking a fresh… Read more »
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Uganda: We Shall Not Allow in Cheap Milk - Kenya
Monitor, 9 March 2020
Kampala | Nairobi. Kenya has said it will not allow cheap milk imports to flood its market. Read more »
Uganda Petitions Kenya, Tanzania Over Milk as Trade Ties Sour
Uganda has asked Kenya and Tanzania to remove prohibitive levies placed on its dairy products saying it could jeopardise trade relations and the East African Community spirit. Since 2020, Uganda has struggled to have its milk products sold in the two East African member states, something Ugandan Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze said is a barrier to the EAC spirit and regional trade relations. In April, a joint committee was set up to solve the impasse between Kenya and Uganda for milk product trade to continue smoothly but the matter was never amicably resolved.
Uganda maintains that if there are issues that need to be addressed, they can be handled through bilateral arrangements or the regional trade agreements within the East African Community instead of using arbitrary means such as high taxes.
InFocus
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Ugandan milk exports are slowly eating into the Kenyan dairy market - but the country has been finding it hard to penetrate markets in Tanzania and Rwanda. The International Farm ... Read more »
