Kenya’s delays in honouring its part of the deal to fund the Sh2 billion Jumuiya market has stalled the project that was billed to increase the volumes of cross-border trade in Busia.
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Traders smuggle tonnes of Uganda maize into Kenya
Thursday April 22 2021
Men use bicycles to smuggle maize through Sofia porous border point into Kenya last week. PHOTO | DAVID AWORI
Summary
Issue. “We are overstretched by the nature of our porous border and lack of the necessary manpower to make a wall along our border with Uganda. However, we continue to do all we can to ensure maize is not smuggled here,” John Nyoike, Busia-Kenya County Police Commander.
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Following Kenya’s lifting of the ban on importation of maize from Uganda, the cereal, listed as the most traded in the region, according to the East African Community (EAC) trade protocols, has turned into an illicit commodity.