{{The volume of cargo exiting at Kenya-Uganda border, has increased as exporters engage in last- ditch efforts to have their goods cleared, ahead of Kenyan polls.}}<\/p>\n
Kenya Revenue Authority officials in Malaba confirmed the upsurge of trucks arriving at the border from the port of Mombasa.<\/p>\n
Kenya International Freight Warehousing Association organising secretary Deo Otia said some importers had halted importation, fearing the aftermath of the elections.<\/p>\n
Sources at the border said importers both in Uganda and other great lakes region, were working round the clock to ensure their cargo is cleared before the polls.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe upsurge of trucks at the border is quite evident, thus the need to expedite their clearance before the Kenyan elections,\u201d the agents said.<\/p>\n
Most transporters said they would not allow their trucks in the country until after the elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do not want our vehicles to face problems like in the 2007 elections, when some of them were set ablaze in Kenya,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
Many foreigners are leaving the country, owing to uncertainty in the elections.<\/p>\n
However, Malaba chief immigration officer Wilfred Chepkole said travellers had not increased much.<\/p>\n
He said elaborate security measures had been put in place to ensure that bad elements do not enter the country to cause mayhem.<\/p>\n
Uganda relies on Port Mombasa for her imports. It is working on how to have the goods enter the country through Tanzania.<\/p>\n
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