Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- A lobby has accused Kenya of imposing tariffs of up to 25 percent on goods from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), sparking a fierce trade dispute with some of Africa's biggest economies in the regional trading bloc.
The Comesa Business Council, a private sector lobby accused Kenya of flouting Comesa guidelines.
"On the 8th of September 2020, the Comesa business community awoke to a situation where non preferential customs duties were applied on Comesa origin goods by Kenyan customs authorities," said the lobby in a statement.
"CBC has received complaints from businesses in several Comesa countries highlighting that their products are stuck at the various ports of entry in Kenya."
The lobby ...