Uganda is Kenya’s biggest trading partner in the East African Community market hence any differences between the two have a major effect on their respective citizens.
The trade row that has erupted between Kenya and neighbour Uganda does not augur well for the region and should be resolved quickly.
In a protest note to Nairobi, Kampala has demanded the immediate release of a consignment of milk that was seized by Kenyan officials over alleged quality concerns.
Uganda is Kenya’s biggest trading partner in the East African Community market hence any differences between the two have a major effect on their respective citizens.
Kenyan imports from Uganda more than doubled between 2016 and 2017 from Sh19.28 billion in 2016 to Sh42.04 billion 2017. As at 2018, imports from Uganda to Kenya stood at Sh41.94 billion. Exports to Uganda from Kenya on the other hand dropped from Sh62.16 billion in 2016 to Sh61.88 billion in 2018.
According to Uganda, Kenyan officials seized milk products worth over Sh36 million ($360,000), claiming that they were contraband, counterfeit and substandard.
It argues that the seizures were illegal since the goods had been cleared for entry by the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, the Kenya Revenue Authority, Kenya Dairy Board and Kenya Bureau of Standards among others. The diplomatic dispute is not conducive at all hence the need to resolve it.
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