Kenya has started allowing dairy products from Uganda to access the local market but authorities are now being accused of being selective in issuing permits to milk processors from the neighbouring country.
Some of Uganda’s milk products are now being spotted in Western Kenya markets, indications that the Kenya Dairy Board (KDB) could be easing the trade blockade that since March last year caused jitters in the industry.
The dairy industry regulator has however been accused of issuing the permits selectively allowing some of the dairy firms access to Kenyan market while it had blocked milk from some of the processors.
Among the notable players who have been blocked include Brookside Limited, whose parent company is Kenya’s Brookside Dairy.
KDB was not available for comment on whether it is issuing permits and also why it is not licensing some of the Uganda-based processors to export to Kenya.
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