Nairobi, May 23 -- Despite border closures and rows over testing of cargo truck drivers, East Africa Community governments have agreed to include imported motor vehicles as essential goods. They have adopted protocols that will make it easier for drivers to deliver the vehicles to their destinations from the port of Mombasa.
During a virtual meeting held last week on trade facilitation initiatives on the Northern Corridor in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, members resolved to include imported vehicles to essential goods in order to decongest the port and car depots in Mombasa. The meeting, which was the third one, was attended by various government and private sector representatives from the five EAC states.
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