ILLICIT TRADE: Billionaire businessman Keshwala’s firm implicated by Ugandan standards body for selling underweight sugar After a UNBS sting operation uncovered 700 underweight sugar bags at its Soroti premises, V.G Keshwala & Sons Ltd—a key distributor for Kakira Sugar—finds itself at the centre of an illicit trade scandal. As the standards body threatens prosecution and Kakira blames post-factory tampering, the Keshwala Group denies wrongdoing, blaming rogue drivers and pledging reforms. But questions linger: how did the compromised sugar move unchecked through its supply chain?

V.G Keshwala & Sons Limited, a member company of the Keshwala Group has been implicated by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) for being in possession of and distributing underweight pre-packaged sugar from Kakira Sugar Limited (KSL).  This follows a sting operation mounted by UNBS in close collaboration with KSL that found several bags of underweight sugar at V.G Keshwala’s stores in Soroti district.  According to a Wednesday, June 26, 2024 statement by UNBS, the standards body seized 700 bags of underweight sugar from V.G Keshwala and Sons Limited in Soroti district.  The raid by UNBS followed the discovery…