Daily Monitor
Thursday March 11 2021
Summary
Mr Fred Muwema says: We should, however, do something about aflatoxins and resume the lucrative maize exports.
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The past few days have left some Ugandans who know in a spot of bother because of the story of Kenya banning export of Ugandan maize contaminated with aflatoxins.
The Daily Monitor online delivered another headline on March 8 titled: “Kenya adds maize, chicken and eggs on list of banned Ugandan exports.” It is reported in that story that the ban will hold back about 350,000 tonnes of maize exported annually to Kenya.
This is bound to setback an already frail Ugandan economy beleaguered by the disastrous effects of Covid-19 by more than $120m in denied income.