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Kenya’s internal political maneuverings are increasingly becoming a new non-tariff barrier to trade in the East African Community. This potentially harms the success of the Common Market, according to Ugandan milk producers
Kenya’s internal political maneuverings are increasingly becoming a new non-tariff barrier to trade in the East African Community. This potentially harms the success of the Common Market, according to Ugandan milk producers.
The Uganda Dairy Development Authority (DDA) said that authorities in Kenya were limiting the number of export permits for powdered milk. Also, there is considerable delay in issuing the permits, defeating the very purpose of exports and giving the competitors an upper hand. The organization said that it has received complaints from some exporters and producers citing problems they faced while exporting these goods to countries in the East African Community.
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Brookside Uganda – a firm linked to Kenya’s ex-President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family and now one of Uganda’s leading milk producers and exporters – alongside Pearl Dairies, Jesa Farm Dairy, and others complained that their stock was going bad for lack of market. In the meantime, the issue is increasingly getting caught up in a political slugfest, affecting the country’s inflow of foreign exchange.
