Businesses urged to utilise trade agreements
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Wambui
Kenyan High Commissioner to Botswana, Ambassador Jean Wambui Kimani made the call at the official opening of the Botswana Consumer Fair in Gaborone on Monday.
She said businesspeople from the two countries should establish long-term networks to grow trade and investment, adding that robust intra-Africa trade is vital in achieving prosperity and growth amongst African states. “The relations between Kenya and Botswana are warm and characterised by historical ties that bind the people of the two countries,” she said. According to Kimani, the various memoranda of understanding (MoU) that the two countries have signed should give both Botswana and Kenyan companies the chance to access each other’s markets.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...