Non-Tariff Barriers

Complaint

Complaint number

NTB-000-449  

NTB Type

7.3. Corruption  

Complaint

Corruption along the Northern and Central Corridors (police roadblocks, weighbridge and border gates.  

Status note

This NTB is no longer obtaining .  

Progress update note

During the 7th EAC Regional Forum on NTBs held on 27th – 29th June 2012, Kampala, Uganda, the Ministers decided that Partner States should:
(i) Sensitize their stakeholders;
(ii) Enforce sanctions for offenders;
(iii) Expedite the introduction of electronic tracking of cargo; and
(iv) Increase highway patrols as preference over road blocks.

Following Status reports were submitted by partner states:

Kenya: Deployed 10 vehicles doing highway patrols to ensure security; ethics and anti-corruption commission.

Tanzania: PCCB to sensitize all government departments against corruption. Each institution has a budget line for Sensitization of corruption in Ministries; Cargo tracking system

Uganda: dealing with issues of corruption by fitting cameras to monitor activities at the borders, weighbridges etc.; police officers have been arraigned in court with cases of corruptions; hotlines to report corruption cases by the public.
Rwanda: hotline; cameras; anti-corruption commission; police anti-corruption campaign; print media against corruption

Burundi: Anti-corruption bureau and a hotline established  

Policy or regulatory NTB

No 

Location

EAC  

Reporting Country or Region

Rwanda  

Country specific trade issue

No  

Date of incident

2011-06-16  

Status

Resolved  

Date of resolution

2016-06-30  

Product Description

All products

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Total value

0  

Date reported

2011-09-15 21:22  

Modified

2016-07-11 15:15