Members of Parliament have asked government to  consolidate its  expansion of markets into countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a way of increasing the country’s declining exports due to the on-going war in South Sudan where most traders would send their goods.

executive director of Uganda export promotion Board, Elly Twineyo Kamugisha.

The executive director of Uganda export promotion Board, Elly Twineyo Kamugisha says that the country has been earning over 3 billion shillings per day from the South Sudan market but ever since the war broke out, the country’s exports have greatly declined.

Kamugisha however says that the country is making a lot of money from DRC, Kenya and Rwanda and if it can expand on this market, it will be able to earn beyond expectations of the South Sudan market.

He also wants government to set up an auction center in Kampala for the country’s tea as a way to increase on the money earned from the crop noting that moment, the crop is sold through Mombasa where it is undervalued because of its low quality, adding that if this were true, many of the buyers would not return to the country to seek a certificate of origin.

Kamugishas who was appearing before MPs on the Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industry had been asked legislators why the government had not considering other options of expanding markets away from troubled South Sudan.
The Committee Chaired by the Mawokota South MP, John Bosco Lubyayi noted that the country has been earning over 3 billion shillings a day from the South Sudan market but ever since the war broke out, its exports have been declining.