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Taita Taveta traders accuse Tanzania border officials of harassment

Taita Taveta Governor Mr John Mruttu. Taita-Taveta County cereal dealers complain they are not allowed to conduct business in the neighbouring Tanzania freely. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Kenyan traders have accused Tanzania border officials of harassing them despite the existence of the East African Common Market Protocol.

Taita-Taveta County cereal dealers complain they are not allowed to conduct business in the neighbouring country freely. “Tanzania authorities at Holili along the Kenya-Tanzania border recently ordered me to return several bags of maize I had bought from farmers in the country. I incurred heavy losses as I had to obey the order,” Charles Wachira, one of the maize dealers, protested.

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