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MPs quiz Kenya's loss of billions at crowded Malaba border post

Heavy commercial vehicles piled up along Malaba-Bungoma road on Saturday June 29, 2019. (Ignatius Odanga/Standard)

Lack of electronic scanners to fast track clearance of trucks, and the poor road infrastructure, are causing huge snarl-ups at the busy Malaba border post and denying the government billions of shillings in revenue.

A parliamentary committee report has also revealed that the congestion has had social consequences, with cases of single parent families, early pregnancies and spread of HIV/Aids on the rise.

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