Single Tanzania-Burundi Border Post Opens Doors
East African Business Week - 2 hours ago
Arusha -- Construction of a One Stop Border Post (OSBP) at Kabanga and
Kobero along the Burundi and Tanzania frontier is nearing completion.
This follows a bilateral agreement between the two countries signed in
2011 to ease the movement of goods and people across the common
border.
The agreement enables the two parties or countries, to exchange a
promise or promises of one party supporting the promise of the other
party.
The operationalization of the OSBP has been made possible through the
mutual agreement while waiting for the OSBP law.
The two border towns are now linked following the completion of the
construction of temporary structures and installation of ICT systems,
with the support from TradeMark East Africa (TMEA).
According to an EAC statement, the tentative timetable released during
a recent bi-lateral meeting between Tanzania and Burundi at Gitega in
Burundi, the OSBP operations on pilot basis could start as early as
June 7, 2014.
The launching of the OSBP operations at the border will be a huge
relief to the movements of people and goods from the two Partner
States as they will now only stop once for immigration and customs
formalities, and therefore reducing costs and time. Clearance will
also improve following the more automation of the operations.
Under the new set up of the OSBP concept, people entering Burundi will
by-pass the Kabanga border post (Tanzania customs and immigration
offices) and proceed to Kobero in Burundi where Tanzanian customs and
immigration officials will work side by side. Likewise, those entering
Tanzania will by-pass Kobero and stop only at Kabanga where officials
of both countries will be working side by side.
According to the customs official, Adelius Francis (Tanzania) and
Bigirimana Felix (Burundi), on average the border serves between 50
and 70 trucks per day, with more traffic moving from Tanzania in
Burundi.
"Sometimes we attend to more than 100 trucks it depends on the day,'
said Bigirimana who works at the Kobero border post. Fully fledged
OSPB operations at Kabanga/Kobero will begin when the construction of
permanent structures is completed.
TMEA's Manager for OSBPs Israel Sekirasa told participants at the
bilateral meeting who visited the border on 14 May, 2014 that the
construction of the OSBP at Kabanga is expected to be completed by
December 2014.
He said that the construction of permanent facilities at Kobero on the
Burundi side has not started, but the country could continue to use
the modest building currently used for the pilot project.
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