Uganda: AG Kiryowa supports setting up of the Sugar Council

Published Jan 26, 2024

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Uganda's Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, supports the creation of the Sugar Council, a self-regulating body for the sugar industry, as proposed in the Sugar (Amendment) Bill, 2003. This council, which will replace the nullified Sugar Board, will be funded by a sugar levy. However, this has raised concerns among the Parliament's Committee on Tourism, Trade, and Industry about the management and auditing of the revenue. There are also worries that the levy could allow milling companies to exert undue influence over the council's operations.

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Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has supported the setting up of the Sugar Council as proposed in the Sugar (Amendment) Bill, 2003 saying the model is an internationally proven way of regulating the sector.The Sugar Council is the proposed regulatory body for the industry following the Government policy on the rationalisation that saw the nullification of the Sugar Board established under the Sugar Act, of 2020.Kiryowa says the Government is in support of a self-regulating council for the sugar industry which, according to him, has dwindled despite its potential to boost the economy.“What the Government is saying is that, let the sugar industry regulate itself as much as possible with supervision from the government. The industry stakeholders say they can self-finance themselves through a levy which they are willing to pay,” Kiryowa says.“The sugar industry was a boom but has now declined. All the big players in the sugar industry are getting land to plant sugarcane, farmers are ...

Source: UGNewsVision