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Close down border markets, Kenya-Uganda officials say

 

BUSIA: Kenyan and Ugandan authorities have called for the closure of undesignated markets along the common border to improve security.

In a joint mission led by Busia County Commissioner Mongo Chimwaga and Busia Uganda Regional Commissioner Kennedy Otit, the authorities said illegal trade had denied the two states revenue.

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