New NTBs add more bottlenecks at Malaba, Busia

Trucks

Trucks waiting clearance to enter Uganda from Malaba, at the border with Kenya. PHOTO | FILE 

Kenya and Uganda face fresh logistical, bureaucratic and infrastructural challenges that are further obstructing the smooth flow of cargo on the Malaba and Busia borders.

This is despite the two countries signing bilateral agreements to ease traffic snarl-ups by trucks that are hindering trade between them.