24 hour one-stop border point launched at Gatuna

GATUNA - A  joint Uganda/Rwanda 24-hour One-Stop border point and simplified trade regime was launched Friday at Gatuna. The service will seee Ugandan and Rwandan customs officials share the same office building and scanning equipment to reduce costs of operations. Robert Ssali, Rwanda’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of East African Community Affairs said that the measure would promote and accelerate business transactions within member-states of the East African Community (EAC). “The one stop border point shall benefit the private sector, by providing quality and quick service delivery of goods and services across EAC,” said Ssali.