President Scraps Visa Fees For Locals Entering DRC
The locals stated that this makes trading between both countries even more complicated.
“For purposes of promoting modern trade and in the spirit of the East African community, we request that you liaise with your counterpart the president of the DRC Tshisekedi to allow Ugandans free entry in order to facilitate business,” Mukombi Muhindi, the Kasese LC5 said.
The World Bank financed the construction of the OSBP facility to the tune of over Shillings 5 billion through the Great Lakes Trade Facilitation – GLTF Project.
The facility comprises offices from the immigration, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), and security among others.
OSBP is meant to enable cross-border trade by increasing the capacity for commerce and reducing the costs faced by traders, especially small-scale and women traders, at targeted locations in the borderlands.
Similarly, the president also commissioned the Border Export Zone that was constructed to the tune of over US$ 1. 3 million at the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo -DRC in Mpondwe.
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