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Busia cross-border traders fear Kenya's high oil prices will hurt border trade

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Uganda's Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga with Kenya's Cabinet Secretary EAC, Arid and Semi-Arid lands Peninah Malonza during a tour at the Busia border to asses the custom union of Kenya and Uganda on November 10, 2023. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Cross-border traders in Busia have raised concern over the increasing tariffs on petroleum, saying it will hurt the business between Kenya and her neighbour Uganda where Kenya earns in excess of $1 billion annually through exports.

The traders who presented a memo to the two countries' East African Community (EAC) Cabinet Secretaries Peninah Malonza (Kenya) and Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga (Uganda), said such tariffs should be revised to ease business.

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