By Barnet.A.Shizzola
East African manufacturers are calling for a policy that will compel people from the region to buy locally manufactured goods.
The call was made during the first ever East African Manufucturers Business Summit (EAMBS) at Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo where more than 500 manufacturers expressed disappointment over people from the region abandoning local products for western goods.
Denis Karere the chairman East African Business Council (EABC) said he was dismayed by the fact that more than 70% of goods used in the region are being imported from western countries including those that can be accessed from member states.
“Our manufacturing industry cannot develop when we local consumers do not buy our goods. There must be sensitization to change the mindset of East Africans who believe that imported goods are of better quality,
