Creation of SPEDU chamber of commerce delayed
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Mokubung
The MoU was expected to kick start a collaboration between the two organisations in the establishment of a regional chamber of commerce and informal sector.
SPEDU chief executive officer, Mokubung Mokubung said they postponed the signing, which was supposed to take place on Monday this week, because they still needed to thrash out some issues in the MoU before the signing could take place. He said the signing will take place before the end of September.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...