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By Andama mosesIn Masindiwww.mknewslink.com\u2014\u2014Security in Masindi district and Bunyoro sugar cane union have failed to reach a conclusion on the relocation of weigh bridges that were uprooted by officials from ministry of trade industry and cooperatives.
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By Andama mosesIn Masindiwww.mknewslink.com\u2014\u2014Security in Masindi district and Bunyoro sugar cane union have failed to reach a conclusion on the relocation of weigh bridges that were uprooted by officials from ministry of trade industry and cooperatives. The weigh bridges at Rukondua village in Bujeje county, Bikonzi subcounty and Kihande in Masindi …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3659155457675267_172535249438148":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false],"medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false],"large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false],"tie-small":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",75,75,false],"tie-medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false],"tie-large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false],"slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false],"big-slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CLOSED-SUGAR-CANE-WEIGH-BRIDGES-IN-BUNYORO-LEADERS-FAIL-TO.jpg",148,148,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe weigh bridges at Rukondua village in Bujeje county, Bikonzi subcounty and Kihande in Masindi Municipality managed by the union were shut down on February 13,th 2026 by officials from ministry of trade industry and cooperatives alongside police.
\nGovernment authorities said, road side weigh bridges have been fueling rampant sugarcane theft by providing ready market for stolen cane.
\nDuring the meeting held in Kampala over the matter, minister for trade, General Wilson Mbadi directed the weigh bridges be relocated away from active cane trading zones to reduce opportunities for theft and illegal transactions.
\nMbadi noted that new locations be identified through a consultative process involving all stakeholders led by Masindi RDC Darius Nandida .
\nActing on the ministers directive, RDC Nandida convened a meeting on yesterday between Masindi sugarcane growers association (MASGAL) , Bunyoro sugar cane cooperative union, sugar millers and security agencies held at Kabalega resort Masindi to come up with new location and strategies of relocating weigh bridges.
\nBriefing the media after a close door meeting, RDC Nandinda revealed that the matter was not concluded since Bunyoro sugar cane cooperative union wanted the weigh bridges temporarily re-instated where they were before as the parties continue discussing about the matter.
\nHowever Nandinda says this could not be done as the minister\u2019s directive must be made before installing the weigh bridges.
\nThe RDC revealed that a follow up meeting will be held on Thursday between the millers and security to come up with final resolution that will be sent to the minister for advise on way forward about the matter.
\nHe revealed that it was resolved in the mini time, the farmers be selling the cane directly to the millers as they wait for the relocation of the weigh bridges.
\nOn his side, Haji Muhamud Kazimbiraine chairman Bunyoro sugacnae cooperative union noted that relocating weigh bridges is a length process calling for re-installing them where they were as they look for the permanent location to allow farmers who he says are stranded with cane to sell<\/p>\n\n
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