THE STANDARD By
Dominic Omondi |
March 7th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Trucks queue to deliver maize at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) Eldoret depot. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard]
Kenya has set the stage for a war with its main trading partners after it banned importation of maize from Uganda and Tanzania.
The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) said on Friday that surveillance and tests they had done on maize from the two countries had shown that most of it was infected with aflatoxin.
However, East African Community (EAC) Director-General for Customs and Trade Kenneth Bagamuhunda described Nairobi’s move as “unilateral.”
Fears of trade wars as Kenya bans maize from Tanzania, UG
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The East African
Tuesday February 23 2021
Summary
Source close to the negotiations told
The EastAfrican that the technical experts from member countries tasked with harmonising the varying tax rules and rates in the region have not held sessions for over a year after some member countries raised concerns over the plan to harmonise value added tax (VAT), Income tax and Excise tax.
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East Africa’s grand plan of harmonising domestic taxes to eliminate harmful tax competition and promote the region as a single investment destination faces headwinds as partner states develop cold feet in agreeing on the uniform tax rules and rates for the six-member economic bloc.
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Kenyans have never believed that Uganda can produce anything worth in surplus to sell to the neighbouring markets.
It should be remembered that since the late 1960’s, Uganda slid into lengthy intermittent civil wars and this gave a chance to Kenya that embarked on growing its economy and turning into a leading producer of all forms of products that the region needed.
However, Uganda has been steadily working around its internal economics for example in western region, farmers started investing heavily in dairy farming and changed from keeping local longhorn Ankole cattle to rearing modern breeds.
Ugandan dairy industry reels from Kenyan ban
Saturday December 19 2020
Milk processing at a factory. The escalating trade dispute between Kenya and Uganda over milk exports, is just one of many facing all EAC partner states. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
By GERALD ANDAE
Summary
After several complaints by Kenyan farmers over the influx of Ugandan milk, which had seen a litre touch the historic low of Sh17, the government reacted by confiscating thousands of tonnes of milk from Uganda and consequently stopping imports.
The move did not only cause an uproar in Uganda, but also saw hundreds of workers in Pearl Dairies, the makers of Lato Milk sent on leave with production at the firm cut to bare minimum.
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