Uganda bayifatiye mbarigo, Kenya na Uganda batangije indi ntambara y’ubucuruzi nyuma yuko Nairobi yongeye gutanga umusoro ku magi yatumijwe mu gihugu cy’abaturanyi bayo.
Uganda ivuga ko Kenya isora amagi yayo ku gipimo cya Ksh72 ($ 0.6), ikagarura umusoro wari wahagaritswe mu Kuboza gushize nyuma y’ibiganiro byombi hagati ya Kampala na Nairobi.
Abacuruzi bo muri Uganda bamaganye icyo cyemezo, bavuga ko bidashimangira ubucuruzi hagati y’ibihugu byombi. Umuyobozi w’ubucuruzi bw’igihugu cya Uganda, Godfrey Oundo Ogwabe, yagize ati: “Ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’amagi ya Uganda na Kenya ni politiki mbi kandi binyuranyije na politiki y’umuryango w’ibihugu by’Afurika y’iburasirazuba bwo gutwara ibicuruzwa na serivisi biva mu bihugu bigize uyu muryango.”
Igiciro gishya cy’ubucuruzi kije mu gihe ibihugu byombi bitarakemura amakimbirane yari amaze igihe kinini ku mata nyuma yuko Kenya ibujije ibikomoka ku mata ya Uganda muri 2019.
Kenya mu myaka ibiri ishize yagabanije kohereza ibicuruzwa by’inkoko n’amata muri Uganda, byangiza umubano hagati y’ibihugu byombi.
Mu Gushyingo, guverinoma ya Uganda yari yategetse minisiteri y’ubuhinzi kumenya no gutondekanya ibicuruzwa bya Kenya bizahagarikwa na Kampala “mu gihe gito” mu rwego rwo kwihorera ko Kenya ikomeje kubuza umusaruro w’ubuhinzi.
Kenya na Uganda bimaze igihe kinini bivuguruzanya mu bucuruzi ariko imirwano iheruka kuba hagati y’ibihugu byombi bigize Umuryango w’Afurika y’iburasirazuba yatangiye kwaduka mu Kuboza 2019, ubwo Kenya yahagarikaga kwinjiza amata ya Uganda, cyane cyane ikirango cya Lato.
Muri 2020, Kenya yahagaritse isukari n’ibisheke bya Uganda, bituma abacuruzi boherezaga ibisheke mu ruganda rw’isukari miliyari y’amashiringi nk’ibikoresho fatizo byari bisigaye biborera mu makamyo ku mupaka.
