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Traders decry graft within EAC partner states

Importers and exporters in the country have complained of the rampant corruption and Non Tariff Barriers in other East African Community member states, which they believe, has not only affected their businesses, but also dogged regional integration. Though Article 13 of the Customs Union Protocol of the EAC instructs partner states to eliminate all existing non-tariff barriers to trade and not impose any new ones, this has allegedly not worked as more countries continue to overlook it.
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