Following the resistance towards the Tobacco Industry Act, the Tobacco Commission has called for the review of the law which was implemented not more than a year ago.

The recently appointed TC chief executive officer Joseph Chidanti Malunga said the review of the Act will help to align  issues, as the Act has seen farmers dragging the Commission to court over owning 75% of surplus remaining tobacco after the market. “As a commission, we are in the process of reviewing the Act, we are soliciting comments from stakeholders, we want to relook at the law and once we complete compiling the comments we will send them to the government.” said Malunga.

Tama Farmers Trust has submitted its reservations towards some areas in the Act, as they await on the Commission’s response.

Under the law, some associations dragged the TC to court for not being certified to operate.