Complaint

Complaint number
NTB-000-388  
NTB Type
8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees  
Complaint
There are too many roadblocks along the major hoghways in EAC partner states. Too many stops points (police check points ) that cause unnessary delay of goods from ports to various destinations in the partner states.  
Status note
On 15th May 2014, Kenya Focal Points reported that this NTB had been resolved. KRA abolished the requirement of Cash bonds as recommended by the EAC regional forum on NTBs and Council . What is required and applied is a general bond . Therefore the NTB should be recorded as resolved.  
Progress update note
At the Tripartite NTBs Online Reporting, Monitoring and Eliminating Mechanism Meeting to Launch the SMS Reporting Tool from 9-10 April 2013 in Lusaka, Zambia, Tanzania reported that a the EAC Secretariat had commissioned a study had in the EAC which would recomnd the way forawrd on number of road blocks along the routes.  
Policy or regulatory NTB
No 
Location
EAC  
Reporting Country or Region
Tanzania  
Country specific trade issue
No  
Date of incident
2011-01-30  
Status
Resolved  
Date of resolution
2014-05-15  
Product Description
All products


 
Total value
0  
Date reported
2011-02-03 16:57  
Modified
2014-05-15 11:37  

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