Tourism and Industry

Sugar manufacturers want tough laws for competitors in unrecommended areas

Sugar manufacturers want tough laws for competitors in unrecommended areas

Sugar companies under the their umbrella group the Uganda Sugar Manufacturers Association (USMA) have petitioned Parliament put stringent measures on the sugar bill with a tough clause barring sugar factories away from unrecomended areas. The sugar companies members were appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industry chaired by the MP for Fort […]

MPs ask government to look for alternative markets away from South Sudan

MPs ask government to look for alternative markets away from South Sudan

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. The executive director of Uganda export promotion Board, Elly Twineyo […]