By Isaac Tayebwa and Leonard Kamugisha,
AGRIBUSINESS REPORT:
Following Uganda’s threats to revenge on Kenya by putting trade embargoes on some of their agriculture products, and a meeting with Ugandan Agriculture minister, Frank Tumwebaze Kajijji, Kenyan government has bowed to the pressures and accepted to lift ban on Uganda’s poultry products.
This has been announced by Agriculture Ministers of both countries following trade talks held in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday.
During a communique, both delegations agreed to immediately remove any administrative measures that have inhibited trade in poultry and poultry products.
It should be recalled that Kenyan authorities had this year banned the importation of poultry products from Uganda to protect their internal market interest which prompted Uganda’s cabinet to approve reciprocating the ban.
In order to maintain the regional mutual relations, both governments arranged trade talks in Nairobi where it was undertaken to immediately remove levies that had been maintained by both countries in contravention of the EAC Customs and in any case not later than 1st July 2022.
The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries; Frank Tumwebaze, led the Uganda delegation while Peter Munya, the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Cooperatives; led the Kenyan side.
