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Newsday Will Ross
BBC World Service Africa editor, BBC World Service
Some farmers in Uganda have hired gunmen to protect their cocoa as thieves attempt to cash in on the crop's increased value. The UK has imposed sanctions on the Speaker of Uganda's parliament, as well as two MPs, for alleged corruption.
Global cocoa prices have reached their highest point in over a decade as dry weather hinders farming in Ghana and Ivory Coast, the biggest producers of cocoa in the world. A statement said they had stolen from the poorest communities in the country and would be subject to travel bans and asset freezes.
According to Mutanga Grace, a Ugandan cocoa farmer and CEO of Mkulima Exports Uganda, roughly 30% of the cocoa beans produced in the East African country is being stolen. The British Foreign Office said the two former ministers, Mary Goretti Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu, had stolen thousands of metal roofing sheets which were meant for vulnerable communities in the Karamoja region.
He told BBC Newsday that farmers in the country are forking out armed guards and dogs in an attempt to protect their cocoa, which is a key ingredient in products like chocolate, ice creams and cakes. It said the Speaker, Anita Among, was also involved. She has also been accused of corruption involving parliamentary funds.
"Cocoa in the country right now is like a hotcake, someone takes little but has taken a lot, a lot of money," he said. Ms Among has described the allegations as rumours that were triggered by her support for Uganda's tough anti-LGBT legislation.
Read more: Read more: Beaten and forced to flee for being LGBT in Uganda
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