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43% of Kenya’s sugar imports to be sourced from Uganda
Monday April 26 2021
Uganda has since last year been negotiating with Kenya to lift a blockade on the country’s sugar exports. PHOTO | FILE
Summary
Uganda, according to a new agreement, will export 90,000 tonnes of sugar to Kenya on an annual basis
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Ugandan sugar will now account for 43 per cent of the total imports by Kenya from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa).
This comes aft er Kenya and Uganda ironed out a trade dispute over the commodity that has lasted close to a year now. During a meeting held in Kampala, which was attended by different officials from Uganda and Kenya, led by Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde on the side of Uganda and Trade Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina on the side of Kenya, the two countries agreed that Uganda will export 90,000 tonnes of the commodity to Kenya as soon as the verification exercise on country of origin is completed.
The authorities in Kenya have banned maize imports from neighbouring Uganda and Tanzania over safety concerns, media outlets in the three countries report.
They cite a letter from Kenyaâs Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) as saying maize imports from Uganda and Tanzania were found to have âhigh levels of mycotoxinsâ.
âMycotoxins, particularly aflatoxins and fumonisins, are known to be carcinogenic. Over the years, a number of acute and chronic aflatoxins related illness cases have been recorded in Kenya including deaths,â the letter from AFA chief Kello Harsama is quoted as saying.
Long queues of lorries loaded with maize were seen on the Tanzanian side of the Namanga border, Tanzaniaâs Citizen newspaper reports.