Jump to full article: The New Vision (ug), 2005-09-13
Author: Frank Mugabi
Intro: CIGARETTE smugglers taking advantage of the porous southern Sudan and northeastern DR Congo borders are reaping big from the large number of consumers in the West Nile region.
This is threatening to push the largest local producer, British American Tobacco (BATU) out of market.
Such is a reason that prompted the trade state minister, Nabeta Igeme to travel to Arua and Koboko on spot assessment of the problem.
In company of BATU’s top managers, the minister randomly visited kiosks, which he found selling smuggled cigarettes.
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