This archive report was first published on 6 January 2022.
On January 6, 2022, Uganda and Kenya resolved their trade dispute, agreeing to remove all impediments in cross-border trade.
The decision was reached during a bilateral meeting in Nairobi, where the two countries' ministers discussed trade issues.
Uganda's Minister of Agriculture, Frank Tumwebaze, led a delegation that included Maj. Gen. David Kasura-Kyomukama and Dr. Anna Rose Ademun Okurut, Commissioner Animal Health.
The Kenyan contingent was led by Peter Munya, Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, accompanied by Ms. Betty Maina, Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development.
As part of the agreement, the two countries will immediately remove administrative measures that have hindered trade in poultry and poultry products.
They also agreed to establish a team to work out a transit mechanism for fish from Lake Turkana in Kenya to the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda.
Both countries will work together to address the challenges of harvesting immature fish in Lake Victoria.
The ministers undertook to remove all domestic levies that contravene the EAC Customs Union Protocol by July 1, 2022.
They also agreed to continue cooperating on trade in sugar, including streamlining the issuance of import permits.
Kenya will undertake a verification exercise of Uganda's dairy sector in January 2022 to lift the embargo on Uganda's milk and milk products.
