Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community has grappled with the issue of non-tariff barriers (NTB) or barriers to trade for as long as it has existed, despite the existence of what experts see as adequate legal frameworks.
All the countries, at least going by the proclamations of the heads of state, say they believe in the integration of the region, whose main objective was to improve trade and investment within a borderless region.
However, the EAC, which is marking 25 years since its revival in July 2000, has seen intra-regional total trade remain…