Kenya, Tanzania agree on Covid-19 testing and cross-border movement

Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia and his Tanzanian counterpart Isack Kamwelwe carry their respective flags after signing an MoU at the Namanga border point on May 22, 2020. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Kenya and Tanzania on Friday agreed to reopen their borders after a tense week marked by a simmering trade dispute occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Travel guidelines and restrictions rekindled a festering trade war that has seen both countries impose sanctions on each other and ban trade in certain goods.