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Uganda border points a safe haven for cunning smugglers

Busia security agents display bhang with a street value of Sh4.9 million at Busia police station, the substance was intercepted at Kenya/Uganda border, Busia headed to Mombasa. [photo: Robert Amalemba/Standard]

The war against smuggling has remained a tough one for the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KeBS) due to the porous Busia, Malaba and Lwakhakha border points.

A lot of counterfeit products are smuggled into the country from Uganda every day across the borders, denying the taxman revenue.

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