Tanzania reaps spoils of Uganda’s trade fights with Kenya, Rwanda

Trucks carrying goods at Uganda-Rwanda border post of Cyanika.

Trucks carrying goods at Uganda-Rwanda border post of Cyanika. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Tanzania is emerging as the biggest beneficiary in Uganda’s trade war with Kenya and a diplomatic tiff with Rwanda.

This week, Kampala announced an impending ban on Kenyan agricultural products, signalling an escalation of a trade dispute that has lasted close to two years and whose resolution was expected a month ago through a bilateral forum that aborted.