Uganda: Delay in Harmonising Regional Laws Affecting Mineral Exports - Expert

Jun 18, 2016 | Sandra Janet Birungi, The Monitor
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The slow pace at which regional countries are harmonising laws regarding minerals continues to affect exports, the director of democracy and good governance programme at International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Secretariat, has said. Citing the Democratic Republic of Congo example, Mr Ambeyi Ligabo said minerals from the Great Lakes Region (GLR) have been associated with armed groups which put exports from the region in jeopardy because of a pending ban on all minerals from the area. "That was how ICGRL was created as one of the tools to help in authenticating minerals by ensuring that the mining companies are not led by armed groups.