Kenyan traders want long-running business war with Tanzania solved

A goods truck crosses into Tanzania from Kenya at the Namanga border. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenyan traders say they have had enough with Tanzania playing hard ball when it comes to local products entering its market.

From requirements to label items in Kiswahili to concealed visa fees for traders entering Tanzania and loaded taxes that make products hard to sell there, Kenyan traders are now pushing for retaliation in what may result in spasmodic bilateral tiffs between the two East African neighbours.

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