Rwanda has described allegations of banning imports of goods from neighboring Uganda as baseless.
There have been media reports that Rwanda placed a ban on goods particularly cement and processed products from Uganda.
Analysts say the reports of banning imports from Uganda could spark a diplomatic row between the two countries.
The reports became rife after the deportation of Rwandan national Annie Tabura, a senior executive at MTN, on charges of compromising the country’s national security.
But Rwanda says it could not have taken such a decision because of the East African Community (EAC) Common Market Protocol.
The EAC is currently made up of six partner states: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
In 2010, the EAC partner states signed a Common Market Protocol which binds member states to open up their borders for the free flow of resources (goods, labour and capital) across the region.
Kenya this month revealed it will lift the ban on poultry imports from neighboring Uganda.
That followed reports that the outbreak of bird flu in Uganda was now under control.
Kenya imposed the ban after the outbreak of Avian Flu was first detected in ducks on the Uganda’s side of the lake Volta at Lutembe beach near Entebbe.
Source: Africafeeds.com
