Govt gives local suppliers new deal
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
In his State of the Nation address last Friday, President Ian Khama said the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) have been instructed to prepare a list of companies that produce goods locally so they can be empowered.
"If the pricing is competitive, central Government, local authorities and parastatals will be instructed to procure from such companies with immediate effect," he said.
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