Kenyan products blocked as Tanzania ignores trade truce
Tanzania President John Magufuli (left) and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta shake hands after addressing a joint press conference in Nairobi on October 31, 2016. They have agreed to lift bans imposed on each other's exports. PHOTO | MAGDALENE MUKAMI
The long-running cross-border trade spat between Kenya and Tanzania has resumed barely four days after the two countries signed a pact removing restrictions that had cost traders billions of shillings by the time it was resolved last Sunday.
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) yesterday said Tanzania had maintained a number of restrictions that existed before the Sunday truce, making it hard for Kenyan products to access its market.
