Uganda: High Food Prices Stay
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New Vision (Kampala)
10 July 2008
Posted to the web 11 July 2008
Vision Reporter
Kampala
RISING demand and soaring fuel prices have kept food prices up despite commencement of the harvesting season.
Traders said the high fuel prices have led to a hike in transport costs, which has contributed to the high food prices.
A litre of diesel costs sh2,580, yet petrol goes for sh2,570. Cargo trucks use diesel.
Kampala's major markets are receiving plenty of food.
A trader at Nakasero said most of the food is taken to southern Sudan, DR Congo and Rwanda.
"The demand for Ugandan food is high. These countries' prices are lucrative. Traders with enough capital poach the supply deep down into the villages," the trader said.
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Maize flour was sold at sh1,400, maize grains sh1,000 a kilogramme, beans sh1,200, while rice remained at sh2,200. A bunch of matooke costs between sh7,000 and sh10,000, meat sh5,000 a kilogramme and chicken sh10,000.
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