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Uganda, Kenya set up depot to unclog Malaba border

Trucks pile up at Malaba border point between Kenya and Uganda on September 07, 2020.

Trucks pile up at Malaba border point between Kenya and Uganda on September 07, 2020. Kenya and Uganda will build a marshalling yard at Malaba border to decongest one of the region’s busiest transboundary crossings. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  Anthony Kitimo

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Kenya and Uganda will build a marshalling yard at Malaba border to decongest one of the region’s busiest transboundary crossings.

This was announced by officials who admitted the congestion had become an added non-tariff barrier to trade between the two countries.

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