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Government scraps tax on textiles, diffuses KACITA strike
Officials say the tax is aimed at protecting the region’s cotton, textiles and apparels (CTA) sector that is under threat from big suppliers of textile products, especially from Asia.
Thaddeus Musoke, the KACITA chairperson
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision
The government has diffused a strike by Kampala traders under their umbrella – Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), over the imposition of the specific duty rates of $3 and $3.5