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Kenya, Dar increase barriers to trade, against the Common Market Protocol

Oil tankers delivering fuel to Uganda from Kenya queue at the Busia border. PHOTO FILE | NATION

By  Allan Olingo

Nation Media Group

Tanzania more than tripled the number of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) it imposed on its regional partners last year, according to the East African Community Common Market Scorecard 2016.

Kenya more than doubled the number of barriers, and Uganda recorded the highest compliance rate.

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