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'Unwelcome': EAC PS protests Tanzania's new law blocking foreign traders

East African Community Affairs Principal Secretary  Caroline Karugu. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Kenya has protested a new directive by Tanzania barring non-citizens from operating in several business sectors, warning it violates the East African Community (EAC) treaty and threatens progress made on regional integration.

The protest comes just a day after Tanzania published a legal order under the Business Licensing Act (Cap. 101), titled the Business Licensing (Prohibition of Business Activities for Non-Citizens) Order, 2025.

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