“Construction of Busia and Mirama Hills one-stop border posts is over 90 per cent complete, and we hope to hand over to government of Uganda this April. Mutukula border is over 80 per cent and we hope to hand over by the end of May,” TradeMark East Africa director in Uganda Allen Asiimwe told The EastAfrican.
Busia border will serve cargo and passenger clearance between Uganda and Kenya while Mutukukula and Mirama Hills will serve Uganda and its neighbours Tanzania and Rwanda, respectively.
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Early this year, Trademark East Africa handed over the Malaba border post to the Ugandan government upon completion; and procurement for the construction of the Elegu border post between Uganda and South Sudan is ongoing.
The one-stop border posts aim to harmonise transit clearance, with Customs officers from bordering countries sitting under one roof to handle transit documents concurrently.
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Ms Asiimwe said they have also earmarked $600,000 for each of the borders for networking, furniture, capacity building, communication, and training.
Data from the East African Community Secretariat shows that intra-EAC trade grew from $4.5 billion in 2011 to $5.5 billion in 2012 as EAC started to eliminate non-tariff barriers.
The East African
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