Mchele Unaoingizwa nchini Rwanda walaumiwa kwa kukosa viwango vilivyo andikwa ktk vifungashio . ..
Mwishoni mwa mwezi uliopita, habari za utapeli na uaminifu katika mamia ya tani za mchele kutoka Tanzania hadi Rwanda zilitawala vichwa vya habari vya vyombo vya habari vya ndani.
Baadhi waliripoti kuagiza mchele duni ambao ulihusishwa na ulaghai kutoka upande wa Tanzania huku wengine wakilaumu waagizaji wa Rwanda na uvumi uliendelea kwa wiki kadhaa.
Katika televisheni ya Rwanda Waziri wa Biashara wa Rwanda Chrysostome Ngabitsinze alieleza jinsi yote yalivyoanza.
"Wiki chache zilizopita, shirika la ushuru la Rwanda, Mamlaka ya Mapato ya Rwanda (RRA) ilitupatia taarifa juu ya shehena kubwa zisizo za kawaida za mchele kutoka Tanzania. Hilo lilitokea wakati watumiaji walikuwa wakilalamikia mchele huo huo wakidai kuwa kulikuwa na udanganyifu katika ubora wa mchele,” Ngabitsinze alieleza katika Televisheni ya Rwanda.
Mchele wa Tanzania unafungwa na kusafirishwa kwa gredi, na soko la Rwanda kwa kawaida hujua gredi hizo zina madaraja matatu tofauti: moja, mbili na tatu.
Daraja la kwanza ni ubora namba moja ikifuatiwa na daraja la pili, nk na bei ya gredi moja inatofautiana kutoka daraja moja hadi jingine.
"Unaweza kukuta vifungashio vya mifuko imeandikwa 'grade one' lakini unapofungua, mchele ni daraja la pili au la tatu," Ngabitsinze alisema na kuongeza kuwa jibu la kwanza lilikuwa kushikilia malori 26 ya mizigo.
Hatua iliyofuata ilikuwa ni kukabidhi kwa Mamlaka ya Chakula na Dawa ya Rwanda (FDA) kwa uchunguzi wa kimaabara ili kuthibitisha ubora wa zaidi ya tani 1400 za mchele husika.
Kwa mujibu wa Ngabitsinze, ilibainika kuwa zaidi ya tani 1200 hazikidhi viwango vinavyotakiwa na ni tani 163 pekee ndizo zinazokidhi viwango vya FDA.
Mamlaka husika nchini Rwanda zasema “Kwa mchele usio na kiwango, hakuna chaguo zaidi ya kurudisha mchele huo Tanzania. Hata hivyo, tulipendekeza pia wauze kama chakula cha mifugo. Bado hatuna maoni yao, lakini ni juu yao."
Wakati huo huo, maofisa wanaohusika na biashara nchini Rwanda walijadiliana na wenzao wa Tanzania kuhusu jinsi ya kuwa na mchakato mzuri wa biashara, ikiwa ni pamoja na jinsi wafanyabiashara wa Rwanda wanavyoweza kuunganishwa na wauzaji waaminifu walio wazuri katika kuuza mchele kama walivyokubaliana kutoka Tanzania .
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Late last month, news of fraudulent imports in hundreds of tons of rice from Tanzania to Rwanda dominated headlines of local media.
Some reported import of substandard rice which was attributed to conning from the Tanzanian side while others blamed Rwanda’s importers and speculations continued for a couple of weeks.
At Rwanda television Rwanda’s Minister of Trade Chrysostome Ngabitsinze explained how it all started.
“A couple of weeks ago, the Rwanda’s tax body, Rwanda Revenue Authority(RRA) attracted our attention to unusual massive shipments of rice from Tanzania. That happened at a time when consumers were complaining about the same rice claiming that there was deceit on the quality of rice,” Ngabitsinze explained at Rwanda Television.
Tanzanian rice is packaged and exported by grade, and Rwanda’s market usually knows three grades: one, two and three respectively. Grade one is quality number one followed by grade two, etc. and the unity price differs from one grade to another.
“You could find bags marked ‘grade one’ but when you open, the rice is grade two or three,” Ngabitsinze said adding that the first reaction was to hold the 26 freight trucks.
The next step was to handover to Rwanda Food and Drugs’ Authority(FDA) for laboratory testing to confirm the quality of more than 1400 tons of rice in question.
According to Ngabitsinze, it emerged that over 1200 tons were not meeting the required standards and only 163 tons were meeting the FDA standards
Mwishoni mwa mwezi uliopita, habari za utapeli na uaminifu katika mamia ya tani za mchele kutoka Tanzania hadi Rwanda zilitawala vichwa vya habari vya vyombo vya habari vya ndani.
Baadhi waliripoti kuagiza mchele duni ambao ulihusishwa na ulaghai kutoka upande wa Tanzania huku wengine wakilaumu waagizaji wa Rwanda na uvumi uliendelea kwa wiki kadhaa.
Katika televisheni ya Rwanda Waziri wa Biashara wa Rwanda Chrysostome Ngabitsinze alieleza jinsi yote yalivyoanza.
"Wiki chache zilizopita, shirika la ushuru la Rwanda, Mamlaka ya Mapato ya Rwanda (RRA) ilitupatia taarifa juu ya shehena kubwa zisizo za kawaida za mchele kutoka Tanzania. Hilo lilitokea wakati watumiaji walikuwa wakilalamikia mchele huo huo wakidai kuwa kulikuwa na udanganyifu katika ubora wa mchele,” Ngabitsinze alieleza katika Televisheni ya Rwanda.
Mchele wa Tanzania unafungwa na kusafirishwa kwa gredi, na soko la Rwanda kwa kawaida hujua gredi hizo zina madaraja matatu tofauti: moja, mbili na tatu.
Daraja la kwanza ni ubora namba moja ikifuatiwa na daraja la pili, nk na bei ya gredi moja inatofautiana kutoka daraja moja hadi jingine.
"Unaweza kukuta vifungashio vya mifuko imeandikwa 'grade one' lakini unapofungua, mchele ni daraja la pili au la tatu," Ngabitsinze alisema na kuongeza kuwa jibu la kwanza lilikuwa kushikilia malori 26 ya mizigo.
Hatua iliyofuata ilikuwa ni kukabidhi kwa Mamlaka ya Chakula na Dawa ya Rwanda (FDA) kwa uchunguzi wa kimaabara ili kuthibitisha ubora wa zaidi ya tani 1400 za mchele husika.
Kwa mujibu wa Ngabitsinze, ilibainika kuwa zaidi ya tani 1200 hazikidhi viwango vinavyotakiwa na ni tani 163 pekee ndizo zinazokidhi viwango vya FDA.
Mamlaka husika nchini Rwanda zasema “Kwa mchele usio na kiwango, hakuna chaguo zaidi ya kurudisha mchele huo Tanzania. Hata hivyo, tulipendekeza pia wauze kama chakula cha mifugo. Bado hatuna maoni yao, lakini ni juu yao."
Wakati huo huo, maofisa wanaohusika na biashara nchini Rwanda walijadiliana na wenzao wa Tanzania kuhusu jinsi ya kuwa na mchakato mzuri wa biashara, ikiwa ni pamoja na jinsi wafanyabiashara wa Rwanda wanavyoweza kuunganishwa na wauzaji waaminifu walio wazuri katika kuuza mchele kama walivyokubaliana kutoka Tanzania .
Return Substandard Rice Imports To Tanzania Or Reserve It For Livestock – Trade Minister
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Late last month, news of fraudulent imports in hundreds of tons of rice from Tanzania to Rwanda dominated headlines of local media.
Some reported import of substandard rice which was attributed to conning from the Tanzanian side while others blamed Rwanda’s importers and speculations continued for a couple of weeks.
At Rwanda television Rwanda’s Minister of Trade Chrysostome Ngabitsinze explained how it all started.
“A couple of weeks ago, the Rwanda’s tax body, Rwanda Revenue Authority(RRA) attracted our attention to unusual massive shipments of rice from Tanzania. That happened at a time when consumers were complaining about the same rice claiming that there was deceit on the quality of rice,” Ngabitsinze explained at Rwanda Television.
Tanzanian rice is packaged and exported by grade, and Rwanda’s market usually knows three grades: one, two and three respectively. Grade one is quality number one followed by grade two, etc. and the unity price differs from one grade to another.
“You could find bags marked ‘grade one’ but when you open, the rice is grade two or three,” Ngabitsinze said adding that the first reaction was to hold the 26 freight trucks.
The next step was to handover to Rwanda Food and Drugs’ Authority(FDA) for laboratory testing to confirm the quality of more than 1400 tons of rice in question.
According to Ngabitsinze, it emerged that over 1200 tons were not meeting the required standards and only 163 tons were meeting the FDA standards
