Long queues of trucks at Malaba border. This is in comparison to the eight days that truckers took to pick goods in Dar-es Salaam and deliver them in Kampala. “Alarmingly, transit times remained relatively high in the third quarter of 2020. Cargo took six days to get to the border with Rwanda, five days to the border with Burundi and six days to the border with DRC. The shorter period of moving cargo through Tanzania is of concern as re-exports to these countries are key to Kenya’s economy.

Source: Standard Digital February 23, 2021 21:00 UTC