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Tension as Uganda impounds Kenyan fish exports to DRC

Fish harvested from cages in Lake Victoria, November 2015. [Isiah Gwengi, Standard]

Ugandan authorities have confiscated huge consignments of fish from Kenya and South Sudan on transit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), renewing a trade tiff between Nairobi and Kampala which started in October 2021.

Trucks from Kenya and South Sudan carrying fish worth Sh210 million are allegedly being held by the Uganda Fish Protection Unit (UFPU) at the Mpondwe border in Uganda, according to exporters.

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