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R. Newburn from D. Bonde 12/8/82
Visit to the Lint Marketing Board, Pg 2
All of the mills were operated by the Asians prior to
Right now, the mills are in limbo because
Amin's rule.
of the recent Government ruling which entitles the
Asians to regain their properties on condition that they
As Mr. Angoma said,
stay in the country for five years.
"Right now, nobody owns the millsl"
The traxmport requirements for the cotton industry begins
with the distribution of the cottonseed for planting. The
Lint Marketing Board purchases the cottonseed from the
ginneries.and distributes the seeds free of charge to
the farmers from March through August.
This year, there
were 12,000 tons of seed distributed to farmers, which is
double that of last year's distribution. The balance of
the seed goes to the oil extraction plants.
Because of lack of transport, some areas did not receive
seed in time for planting this season. They do not use
private haulers unless absolutely necessary. Some of the
seeds do not get delivered because trv:ckers sell them to
the extracting plants. UCTU transpurts some of the seed,
but because of the heavy coffee movement they cannot
handle the volume. The Lint Marketing Board also distri-'
butes about 100 tons of chemicals to the farm communities,
and these deliveries are often not met due to lack of
transport. I
Some of'the ginneries are located on rail, and those which
are not, transport the bales by.truck to storage sheds
located on the railway. Because of the bulkiness of
cotton bales, it is not practical to ship them by lorry.
I have &e feeling that the Lint Marketing Board would
like to operate their own lorries to provide bet er
service to their members.
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