Violet Mutahi, a trader at the Kakamega retail market, is one of the traders from Western Kenya who cross over to Uganda who buy food crops to sell in Kenya. According to a report from the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade, Kenya’s imports from Uganda last year stood at $225.14 million. Traders prefer to bring in ginger, oranges, mangoes, vegetables and peppers from Uganda to sell in Kenya, rather than get them from Kenya where the profits are thin and the supply is not guaranteed. Stephen Obala, the chair of Busia-Kenya Business People Association, says foods consumed and sold on the border side of Kenya are grown in Uganda. But it is not only Kenya which flocks to Uganda for food.

Source: Standard Digital December 21, 2021 13:59 UTC