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Borders in the Limelight January 2015 Borders in the Limelight This monthly memo provides a snapshot of recent news articles related to border issues in Africa. Apart from capturing the latest delimitation and demarcation activities on the continent, additional emphasis is placed on cross-border cooperation, security, conflicts, migration, economic activity and experiences of everyday life in African borderlands. *** Ce memo mensuel offre un aperçu de plus récents articles tirés par la presse au niveau des questions transfrontalières en Afrique. D'ailleurs, à part expliquer les derniers développements au niveau des activités de délimitation et démarcation frontalière, une importance supplémentaire a été attachée à toutes questions liées à la coopération transfrontalière, la sécurité, la migration, l’activité économique et la vie quotidienne des régions frontalières africaines. EAST AFRICA The Republic of Uganda and the Republic of South Sudan signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Boarder Delimitation and Demarcation. Republic of Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 8th, 2014 Government of the Republic of Uganda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Boarder Delimitation and Demarcation with the Republic of South Sudan to pave way for setting up the Joint Technical Committee and other mechanisms to resolve the outstanding boarder dispute between Uganda and South Sudan. The MOU was signed by Hon. Asuman Kiyingi Minister of State Regional Cooperation and Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin Minister of Foreign Affairs Of South Sudan who signed on behalf of the Republic of South Sudan. Rwanda, Uganda to create more one-stop border posts The NewTimes, December 30, 2014 Movement of goods, services and people between Rwanda and Uganda could be eased further, thanks to the new initiative to create a one-stop border post at the Gatuna/Katuna border. Richard Sezibera, the East African Community secretary general, has said. The two countries will on January 1 integrate operations at the Gatuna/Katuna border to reduce the cost of doing business. “The idea is to have both Rwandan and Ugandan customs and immigration officers operating in the same office so that clearing of goods, services and people is done once on each side,” Sezibera told Business Times yesterday. Creating a one-stop border means that people or goods entering Rwanda are all cleared on the Rwandan side, while those leaving the country are cleared on the Ugandan side. Nemba border post on the Rwanda/Burundi border and Cyanika (Rwanda/Uganda) are already operating under the one-stop border system. A similar arrangement is in place at Malaba on the Uganda/Kenya border. Kagitumba (Rwanda/Uganda border) and Namanga (Kenya/Tanzania) border posts would also be integrated soon, Amb Sezibera added. “Pooling of resources will help reduce time and the cost of doing business between the two countries.” During the recently-concluded eighth Northern Corridor integration projects summit, the Heads of State directed the ministers in charge of immigration to conclude the agreement on free movement of labour and services and remove the work permit fees charged by January 1, among others. Charles Mugabe, a border manager at Katuna-Uganda, said the initiative will ease movement of goods and services. “It is part of the initiatives aimed at fast-tracking the East African Community (EAC) common market protocol. It serves us better in terms of logistics and time we spend clearing goods and people at the border and also make people ‘feel’ the integration process,” Mugabe argued. PSF welcomes initiative Antoine Manzi, the director of advocacy at the Private Sector Federation, said streamlining border procedures will boost cross-border trade. “We welcome any project that seeks to streamline and improve regional trade and movement of labour and services. The private sector is optimistic that such initiatives will help foster trade between partner states,” Manzi added. Theadore Murenzi, the chairman of the Rwanda Long Distance Truck Drivers Association, said establishing a one-stop border post will greatly reduce the time trucks spend at borders awaiting clearance. “For us, it’s a game changer in the way we do business, it basically means reducing the time spent on clearing cargo trucks.” One-border posts will make East Africa better for business The New Times, January 11, 2015 Rusumo border post on the Rwanda Tanzania border now operates a one-stop centre for clearing goods and people crossing the border; the first of its kind in the region. That means that a Rwanda businessman exporting goods overseas, through this border, can have all the paperwork sorted from one point on the Rwanda side of the One-Stop-Border post. Similarly, goods entering the country can have all the customs paperwork sorted from the other side without going through another cumbersome process upon crossing the border. This has been made possible by new facilities put in place under the One-Stop-Border project that bring all officials involved in the process of clearing people and goods under one roof. This has indeed been long-overdue. Traders have for decades complained about the numerous and lengthy customs documentation while crossing borders with the region. This has not only cost them time, but also money as goods unnecessarily delay reaching the market. No doubt, therefore, that this project, if rolled out to all border posts, will eliminate the red tape and enable people and their goods to move faster for the good of all the economy of the whole region. This project therefore comes in handy in accelerating economic integration in the East African Community, by eliminating some of the non-tariff barriers to free and faster movement of goods and services. Beyond regional integration, faster movement within our borders will certainly make the region a better and cheaper place to do business and more attractive to foreign investors. As we fast track regional infrastructure projects aimed at boosting production, there is need to inject some resources in replicating similar projects in all border posts in the region as quickly as possible. Only then shall we talk about a truly integrated region. Kenya retaliates against Tanzania over tour vans East Africa Business week, January 18, 2015 Kenya has lost patience with Tanzania over denying their tour operators access to Tanzanian national parks using Kenyan registered tourist vans and issued a banning order of its own writes SHARON KYATUSIIMIRE. Beginning this month Tanzanian tour vehicles have been barred from fetching or dropping off tourists at Kenyan airports until further notice. The Tanzania Natural Resources and Tourism Minister, Lazaro Nyalandu said last week, “The government is also shocked by the Kenya’s decision because airports are not part of the agreements involving the two sister countries.” However he said efforts are being made to engage Nairobi over the issue. East Africa’s two tourist destination giants have been holding fruitless talks over the re-opening of the strategic Bolongoja border post. It lies between Serengeti National Park and Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya. The area is rich in wildlife, however Kenyan tourist vans are not allowed into Tanzania, but the Kenya government had no similar restrictions on their Tanzanian counterparts. The Kenyans have long complained that this causes incoveniences for their clients who have to switch vans if they want to cross the Mara River and view Tanzanian game animals. Kenya tour firms have to contract their counterparts in Tanzania so that the tourists can continue with their safaris. Tanzanian tour operators are on record that they fear being driven out of business if Kenyan-registered tour vehicles are allowed to operate in Tanzania. The Bolongoja post has been closed since the late 1970s, during the days when the first East African Community was disintegrating. In early 2014, the five Partner States sat under the umbrella of the East African Tourism Platform to sort out the issue and others related to bottlenecks in the regional tourism sector. They met at the EAC Secretariat in Arusha. The Tanzania Society of Travel Agents (TASOTA), insisted that tour vehicles from neighbouring countries should continue being denied entry into Tanzania. They said their members’ livelihood depends on this restriction. Tanzania also charges Ugandan tour operators a $100 fee as a working permit. However for Kenyan operators to satisfy Tanzania authorities, they must be in a four-wheel drive vehicle with Tanzanian registration numbers and driven by a Tanzanian national. Apparently Kenyan tour guides/drivers are classified as foreigners and pay same fee as tourists, to enter premium parks. This does not apply for Tanzanian tour/driver guides who are charged much less. There is a fierce rivalry between East Africa’s biggest countries over the rich pickings from the tourism industry which in 2012 brought nearly $3 billion in total to the EAC. The Arusha meeting was supposed to come with answers that would resolve the situation however much was left in the air. This is particularly embarrasing, because the EAC is talking about developing a single tourist destination package. However the EAC Partner states continue to squabble about tour operators being denied entry into neighbouring countries. Among issues raised in Arusha last year were; Partner States denying entry of tourist vehicles registered in other Partner States, harassment of driver guides at the border crossing into another Partner State, disparities in fees charged, cross border cooperation in wildlife law enforcement, cooperation and support in addressing multi-lateral environment agreements. The Arusha meeting was scheduled to discuss these challenges and also deliberate on how to effectively involve other sectors to improve and enhance cooperation in Tourism and Wildlife Management sectors in line with Articles 115 and 116 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community. The latest move by Kenya is a clear sign that things have come to ahead and another set of talks is urgently needed to thrash out the issue once and for all.
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