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Uganda: Sugarcane Farmers Protest Trade Restrictions

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KAMPALA: Sugarcane farmers in Masindi district are demanding that the government withdraw an order to remove roadside sugarcane weighing scales (weighbridges). According to the Bunyoro Sugarcane Farmers Cooperative Union, the order destroys transparency in the sugarcane trade and seeks to monopolize the sector by excluding other players from the market. They now want the government to review the order, which they call unjustified. The government…
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KAMPALA: Sugarcane farmers in Masindi district are demanding that the government withdraw an order to remove roadside sugarcane weighing scales (weighbridges). According to the Bunyoro Sugarcane Farmers Cooperative Union, the order destroys transparency in the sugarcane trade and seeks to monopolize the sector by excluding other players from the market. They now want the government to review the order, which they call unjustified. The government…

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ChiniMandi broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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