By Andrew Arinaitwe
The Minister of East Africa Affairs, Rebecca Kadaga, has proposed that Uganda seeks alternative milk markets as Kenya and Uganda try to resolve the disputes between the two countries.
Kadaga was speaking during the National Resistance Movement (NRM) manifesto week, 2023 at the Office of the Prime Minister hall on Monday, May 22.
“I worked with my colleague in Kenya and the milk ban was rescinded but on Saturday, I contacted the minister for the East African Community and together with the minister of agriculture who is in charge of the Kenya Diary Board, and I expect to get feedback from her this week,” Kadaga said as they hope to resolve what has become a frequent problem with no solutions.
“I think the real solution is to get additional markets elsewhere. The West Africans import milk from Europe! I made a proposal to the Ministry of Works (Uganda) to start cargo flights to South Africa,” Kadaga said as she described the African continent as a virgin area for Uganda to explore.
Kadaga had also previously suggested that Uganda export sugar to Tanzania only to be told that Tanzania was now working on a way to grow its own sugar.
She, however, added that the two governments should start focusing on the comparative advantage of each nation.
