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The two countries are committed to engaging all the stakeholders in providing solutions that will promote trade at the borders.
Present were multiagency team of officials from both countries led by the PS Mohamed Daghar of Kenya and PS Bageya Waiswa
To further ease congestion at the border, we have committed to looking into bureaucracies that impede the movement of cargo via the Metre Gauge Railway linking the Port of Mombasa with Kampala and other States along the corridor.
On the Kenyan side, I have directed the Kenya National Highway (KeNHA) to improve on the 21Km road connecting the Luakhakha border point to the Eldoret- Malaba highway where clearance of empty trucks can be fast-tracked to ease the congestion at the Malaba border. Also, the Ministry will be exploring the best financing options to construct the 640M Outbound Lane at the One-Stop Border Post to enable the seamless movement of trucks.
On the railway side, we noted the low turnaround of rolling stock and non-operationalization of the trackage rights framework as major areas of concern. We thus directed our Transport Permanent/Principal Secretaries from both countries to form a joint committee of technical officers to formulate strategies for resolving issues.
With my counterpart, we noted, among them inadequate holding areas, lack of backup scanner, poor documentation for clearance purposes, and unsupportive road network on both Kenyan and Uganda sides . Lack of auxiliary roads at the border are contributing to the occasional pile-up.
Today, joined by Hon. Musa Echweru, State Minister of Works and Transport in Uganda we held a joint meeting with the government agencies at Malaba border to have fast hand experience of the problems and explore possible solutions to resolve the congestion of trucks along the border point.
Ero wewe enda chunga Ngombe don’t waste your time going to attend Jamhuri day celebration with @WilliamsRuto there is nothing to celebrate … baba @RailaOdinga is traveling with me to the USA