Government evicts traders from Kenya’s Buffer Zone

Kenya's Buffer Zone along Busia border where local and Ugandan traders had converted into loading and offloading of imported charcoals from Uganda. The national government has barred them from operating there due to security reasons. [Photo: Ignatius Odanga/ Standard]

The Government has ordered charcoal traders operating on a buffer zone along the Kenya-Uganda border to leave, citing security reasons.

Though the authorities are adamant that sanity must be restored in the area called "no man's land", the traders read mischief in the move and have vowed to stay put.