Tanzania omits Kenya from preferential transport deal

Clearing agents at Namanga town in Kajiado County, barricade the road in protest. The more than 100 agents were protesting what they termed as police harassment while on duty. They appealed to the relevant authorities to intervene. Transport at the border paralyzed for more than two hours before police intervened. [photo/PETERSON GITHAIGA]

Kenya has been left out of a new deal brokered by Tanzania that seeks to lower cross-border charges on trucks ferrying goods across the borders.

The deal announced by the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) will see Ugandan and Burundian trucks that cross Tanzanian borders charged $152 (Sh15,397) from $500 (Sh50,165) that was charged before.