Uganda, Feb. 27 -- Farmers in Busoga sub-region are seeking Shs1.3billion from government for sugarcane they supplied to Atiak Sugar Factory in Amuru District, Northern Uganda.

The farmers, under the Greater Busoga Sugarcane growers Union (GBSGU), in December 2020, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Atiak Sugar Factory to supply 1,500 tonnes of cane every day for six months.

Under the arrangement, government pledged to intervene by subsidising transport costs- and also avail fuel trucks to ferry the cane.

The first consignment of 50 sugarcane trucks was on January 11, 2021 flagged off by Busoga Bishop Paul Moses Samson Naimanhye.

But three years down the road, GBSGU chairperson Godfrey Biriwali says they are demanding gov...