Moving towards 24-hours of border openness

Rwanda Revenue Authority has promised that its customs’ points which have been closing at 18h00 will be operating till 22h00 by the end of this year. The deputy commissioner general stated two days ago that doing this will be the body’s response to the growing business within the country. Currently doing cross border business in most of the East African region is not all that smooth because of the limited number of hours in which it is possible. Customs and immigration staff at Gatuna border post for example open offices at 06h00 and close only twelve hours later. Usually a 30 minute extension may be added, either side, depending on the intensity of business flow from Uganda or the other way round.