EAC to provide hotline for cross-border traders to report challenges

Namanga one stop border post.

The Kenyan side of the Namanga one stop border post. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

The East African Community will have a hotline through which traders crossing partner states borders can register their challenges and get prompt feedback, the secretary general has said.

“There is need to resolve persistent Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) and reduce time spent in the movement of goods and persons, hence increasing intra EAC trade, which currently stands at 15 percent,” said Dr Peter Mathuki on Monday when he visited Kenya-Tanzania border at Namanga.