Share of Kenya’s exports to EAC falls despite trade deal

Trucks along the Webuye-Malaba highway. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Exports from Kenya to East African countries have shrunk over the past decade despite expectations that Kenyan entrepreneurs would experience a boom under the regional trading bloc that took effect in 2010.

Official data show the share of Kenyan exports to Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda shrank to 19.9 percent in the six months to June.

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