The Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) has assured that the government of South Sudan is yet to release a total of 66 cargo trucks of maize flour that were impounded over a month ago.
Odrek Rwabwogo, the Chairman of PACEID disclosed this following the release of the first 26 batch of trucks during the weekend.
He explained that the balance will be released with their cargo soon for storage and re-testing by Uganda National Bureau of Standards at the one stop border post at Elegu. Rwabwogo urged to retool and re-discipline the EAC institutions to act better and faster in the interest of citizens.
“If we cannot flawlessly trade with each other, hold each other accountable as a community, then we will not convince the world we are ready for unity of our region and creating jobs for young people. Uganda and Africa cannot afford interference in trade and border disputes because this causes more poverty,” he added.