Addressing journalists at the Media Centre on Wednesday, Angina said government is working with OWC and patterning with the World Food Programme-WFP to put up medium size storage facilities of 300 metric tons.
In Cereleno, Gulus agro-dealers hub, a handful of the 36 agro-dealers are stocking maize grains in the wake of the gapping price fall. Benson Rackara, a trader on ring Road, Layibi Division says the few stores stocking maize offer between 300 to 350 Shillings for a kilogram of maize.
Edson Rugumayo, the NYC External Relations Secretary, says one of the issues discussed during the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting hosted by Uganda was accessibility and cost of the internet.
Government will inject Uganda shilling 100 billion into individual traders, cooperatives and Grain Council of Uganda to purchase excess maize that has flooded the market.
They explained to the legislator how they have been surviving on the streets and employing several youths. The vendors also claimed that they had moved far away from the road reserve but were surprised to see a tractor destroying their businesses.
