NO FINANCIAL CRISIS: Kacuma speaks during an interview at his office in Mbarara recently

By Raymond Baguma
THE managing director of GBK Dairy Products, Godfrey Kacuma, has denied that the company was in a financial crisis.
In an interview at his office in Mbarara recently, Kacuma said he had asked the Government for assistance to increase working capital, but had not received any.
Last month, the media reported that President Yoweri Museveni had ordered the finance ministry to provide $2.3b(sh4 trillion) to bail GBK out of the crisis.
“We are not in a financial crisis. We are still operating although we have not got any assistance from the Government,” he said.
Kacuma said the company was producing below optimum level.
“We have the capacity to produce 100,000 litres of milk per day but because of the limited market, we produce between 20,000 and 30,000 daily,” he said.
Kacuma said they had stopped exporting milk to Kenya and Rwanda but would resume under the East African Customs Union.
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