Exports to Dar plunge to a nine-year low as Kenya’s share of EAC market shrinks

Flags of both Kenya and Tanzania flying high at the Namanga border. there is a major plan to construct modern border posts station to cater of travellers from the East African community. PHOTO BY: MBUGUa Kibera

Kenya’s exports to Tanzania plunged to a nine-year low as the country’s share of the regional market in 2017 shrunk significantly.

Latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that exports to the rest of the East African Community (EAC) member states were not any better, pointing to Kenya’s dwindling fortune in the region despite a protocol allowing free movement of goods in the five EAC member states.