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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  Parliament has deferred debate on sugarcane weighbridge regulation to April 15, directing State Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (Industry) David Bahati to return with a detailed ministerial statement, as scrutiny intensifies over weighbridges linked to sugarcane theft and unregulated trade. The decision pauses …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Masindi District Council has approved the relocation of roadside sugarcane weighbridges from farming areas to designated locations along major highways, a move local leaders say is aimed at curbing cane theft and eliminating middlemen in the sugar supply chain. The resolution was passed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government and sugar industry stakeholders have agreed on new rules to regulate sugarcane weighbridges, limiting them strictly to weighing functions and banning all trading activities, following complaints that the facilities were enabling cane theft. The resolutions were reached at a stakeholders’ meeting held Tuesday …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increased cases of criminality in the Jinja and Luuka districts have been attributed to the closure of sugarcane weighbridges. The residents say that the weighbridges that were installed to weigh sugarcane had created a sigh of hope, through extending employment opportunities to youths in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE, has resolved to probe the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA for allegedly extorting money from truck drivers at weighbridges. Joel Ssenyonyi, the Committee chairperson said that while UNRA is struggling to raise funds for the construction of …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has procured two weighbridges for the Karamoja sub-region. The procurement of the weighbridges follows several calls from different stakeholders over the absence of proper measures to determine taxes from the minerals and also to help control the load …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Artisan miners and activists have re-echoed the need for the establishment of weighbridges in Karamoja Sub Region. Tororo Cement and other companies have been transporting precious stones like limestone and Marble from the region for over a decade. However, there are no weighbridges to help …

  By Patrick Kagenda Works and Transport minister John Nasasira’s decision to suspend weighbridges across the country might finally put Uganda in harmony with its regional neighbours. Nasasira allegedly suspended the operation of weighbridges after it was discovered that the weigh bridge attendants were extorting money from truck owners, operators …