Unending trade disputes, barriers slow down EAC integration process
Goods await collection at the port of Mombasa. EA partner states have complained of new cash bonds on goods passing through the port. Photo/FILE
A fresh dispute has erupted between Kenya and Uganda over motor vehicle imports, adding to dozens of costly trade wrangles among East African Community member states that are frustrating efforts at regional integration.
Ugandan traders claim that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has imposed a new cash bond on motor vehicles transiting through Kenya from the port of Mombasa.
