Uganda: EPRC calls for revision of Sugar Bill

Published 2024년 2월 5일

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The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has proposed changes to the Sugar (Amendment) Bill, 2023, to the Ugandan Parliament, suggesting a revision of the Uganda Sugar Industry Stakeholder Council's title and composition to better represent sugarcane producers and millers. Meanwhile, sugarcane farmers in Busoga and Buganda regions have petitioned the Parliament over the legality of licences issued to new millers, alleging non-compliance with the Sugar Policy's 25km radius restriction and exploitation by sugar factories. The Deputy Attorney General responded that the trade ministry should address the legality of the new licences and that the law will be amended to introduce a Sugar Council, funded by a levy on millers.

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The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has submitted a list of recommendations to Parliament's tourism, trade, and industry committee to be considered in the Sugar (Amendment) Bill, 2023 which provides for the Uganda Sugar Industry Stakeholder Council.EPRC’s proposals include a call to revise the composition and functions of the council, which it says are pivotal to the sustainable development of the sub-sector. Dr. Madina M. Guloba (PhD), a senior research fellow at the centre who presented on behalf of EPRC, noted that the title: Uganda Sugar Industry Stakeholder Council is biased. According to her, the title refers to an industry with a finished product being sugar, negating sugarcane, and the production processes. This, she said, makes the council an unequal bargaining platform for the two lead players (production outgrowers and industry-millers). Guloba recommended that the title be revised to Uganda Sugarcane Stakeholders Council. Where there is industry, be replaced by ...

Source: UGNewsVision