Uganda faces storm in a coffee cup - African Business
A controversial agreement with the Uganda Vinci Coffee Company has prompted a national debate about how Uganda should make the most from its coffee.
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A controversial agreement with the Uganda Vinci Coffee Company has prompted a national debate about how Uganda should make the most from its coffee.
In Uganda they are traders, tricksters, moneylenders and marketmakers | Middle East & Africa
In Uganda they are traders, tricksters, moneylenders and marketmakers | Middle East & Africa
Traders are protesting local governments and cities’ demand for the trading licence fees for 2020 and 2021 financial years despite the fact that they spent the better part of that period under lockdown. Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) enforcement officers closed shops in the city until business owners paid trading licence fees for both years. Kampala New Generation Traders Association chairperson John Kabanda said it was unfair for local government authorities to demand the fees when they were aware that traders did not work for some time due to the lockdown. “We didn’t work half ...