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 Posted - 10 Jul 2007 : 19:26:10
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SoS SANNEH HARPS ON THE RICE MILL AT KUNTAUR
By Abdoulie Dibba
The Secretary of State for Agriculture, Hon Kanja Sanneh, told deputies at the National Assembly that the machinery at Kuntaur Rice Mill has served its purpose and that the availability of spare parts had been a problem over the years, since there is no company currently manufacturing spare parts for this type of machinery. SoS Sanneh said his department of state is strenuously working towards making the rice mill functional.
The Agriculture Secretary of State was responding to a question raised by Hon. Foday G. Manka, Member for Janjangbureh Constituency, who asked for an explanation on what is responsible for the halting of the supply of Gambian rice in the market and what are the plans of government to make this rice mill functional again. According to him, few years ago, clean Gambian rice was milled and sold at affordable price throughout the country, and this had reduced dependency on imported rice.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No.79/2007, 9-10 July, 2007
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