Northern Corridor ministers ask Tanzania to open transit highway

Trucks carrying transit goods from the port of Mombasa queue as they approach the Mariakani Weigh Bridge on April18 2023.

PHOTO| WACHIRA MWANGI

Transporters between Mombasa and Bujumbura are yet to fully utilise the Voi-Taveta/Holili-Arusha-Singida road network, which forms part of the trunk road between the two cities, because Tanzania continues to drag its feet in geofencing the Arusha-Singida stretch.

A road is geofenced when it has inspection points and cargo passing through it can be tracked electronically for taxation and avoidance of dumping of goods.