Taita Taveta traders lament over rising trade barriers

Traders arrested for operating without health licences in Taita Taveta countyPHOTO: COURTESY

Traders in Taita-Taveta have complained over growing cross-border trade barriers with Tanzania. Women traders mainly cereal dealers, say they are not allowed to conduct business in Tanzania freely despite the East Africa Common Market Protocol.

At a workshop on East African Community (EAC) Customs and Immigration procedures, it emerged that apart from arbitrary arrests by security personnel, women are also sexually abused.