Business: Uganda in milk talks with Algeria.
The Minister of State for Industry, David Bahati has told parliament that Uganda is negotiating with the Algerian government as an alternative market for the country’s milk.
He made the revelation during the Wednesday plenary sitting following a matter of national importance raised by Nyabusozi County MP Wilson Kajwenjye.
This follows a reduction in issuing of export permits to Uganda’s powdered milk by the Kenyan government.
Bahati said that government is now in advanced stages of engaging Algeria and it is about to sign an agreement where Algeria is going to take quite a sizeable amount of litres of milk.
He said that finding alternative markets and taking advantage of the African Continental Free Trade area will resolve the issue.
Bahati added that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and h...
