Kenya-Uganda: Kenyatta seeks a more friendly East African integration

Kenya-Uganda: Kenyatta seeks a more friendly East African integration

African Leadership Magazine
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged East African states to facilitate the free movement of people and encourage business in the region for quick economic transformation.
Announcing that Kenya will expand its Mombasa port, Kenyatta told Uganda’s parliament on Monday that “East African borders must be friendly for East African people and investors for economic growth and job creation”.
It is not gold and oil that lies beneath our soil that will make us wealthy. It is our young people who will do it
According to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Kenyatta’s efforts in advancing regional integration has seen the number of days spent by traders transporting their goods to Kampala greatly reduced.
The transportation of containers from Mombasa Port to Kampala has been reduced from 18 days to 3 days.
Kenyatta also said that East African countries need to ...

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