This news comes from monitors, a Ugandan news publication.
The company relations director of Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL), Ms. Juliana Kaggwa, stated in the public-private sector dialogue on illegal trade in Uganda that only 35% of alcohol producers in Uganda pay taxes, costing the government about Shs2 trillion in taxes. income.
This, according to Ms. Juliana Kaggwa, shows that at least 65% of Ugandan alcohol producers are not taxed and are not registered anywhere.
“About Shs2 trillion in lost taxes. But it should be the duty of the people to ask why they are drinking something whose source they don’t know. Ms. Kaggwa said.
He stressed that the association’s intervention was thwarted by the 9% annual growth rate of illegal alcohol trade over the past five years.
According to Dr. Julius Byaruhanga, director of policy and business development at the Uganda Private Sector Foundation, the illicit alcohol trade is deeply embedded in the country’s economy, so to stop it, sector players must own it. a clear action plan that may involve developing public-private sector mechanisms and frameworks.
He stated that “The technical group must be able to draw up a detailed action plan on the role of each player in the public and public sector.”
Illegal alcohol production, according to Mr David Livingstone Ebiru, the executive director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), continues to flourish in un-gazetted areas like backyards.
He pointed out that illegal alcohol affects people and the economy in terms of safety, exposes consumers to unsafe products, and disrupts trade relations.