Kenya and Tanzania trade war that cost Kenyan firms Sh7.5 billion

Fruit dealers offload oranges from a lorry at a Nyeri market on arrival from Tanzania

As the dust settles on the spat between Kenya and Tanzania, and calculations on exactly how much each side lost continue, questions are emerging on whether this is the last diplomatic row between the two countries.

Indications show the standoff may not be the last as rivalry between the two neighbours has been there since the 1967 Arusha Declaration in which Tanzania adopted socialism, putting it on a collision path with Kenya’s capitalist ideals.