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Lawmakers stressed that regional countries should swiftly tackle issues at the border, and at other EAC borders, with urgency so as to better facilitate trade and the movement of people.
Unharmonised tax rates, limited access to essential utilities, as well as lack of laboratory and testing equipment from the Tanzania Bureau of Standards, Tanzania Food and Drug Authority, and even a medical laboratory to facilitate respective inspection tasks, among others, was observed by members of the Assembly’s standing Committee on Communication, Trade and Investment, during an oversight activity in October 2021.
MP Oda Gasinzigwa (Rwanda) noted that there is need to pay particular attention to the issue of lack of testing equipment since most products being moved along the border are food stuffs.
She said: “It becomes dangerous for our consumers of we have no testing equipment. I urge the Council of Ministers to follow up closely because...