Dar es Salaam, Feb. 21 -- DAR ES SALAAM: A LEGAL challenge to amendments made to the Sugar Industry Act, which grant the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) an exclusive authority to import, store and distribute sugar in Tanzania to address sugar shortages and maintain buffer stock, has been rejected.

This follows a ruling by the High Court in Dar es Salaam, which dismissed a constitutional petition filed by 24 local sugar producers challenging the amendments made to Section 14 of the Sugar Industry Act (Cap 251) through Section 86 of the Finance Act No. 6 of 2024.

Judges Salma Maghimbi, Deo Nangela and Awamu Mbagwa ruled in favour of the Minister for Agriculture and the Attorney General (AG), declaring that the petition was “friv...