Yesterday saw the official launch of the Mutukula one-stop-border post (OSBP) on the Uganda-Tanzania border.
The United Kingdom, through the Department for International Development (DFID), funded the construction of the OSBP while the systems and other related soft infrastructure - equivalent to US$1.2million - were funded by the government of Canada, through Global Affairs, Canada.
The OSBP investment includes office buildings, roads and parking yards, cargo verification bays, scanner shed, passenger sheds, targeting booths, warehouse and canopies, ICT networks and hardware, furniture, and institutional support to the border agencies.
Official data shows that an average of 542 vehicles (310 of those cargo trucks) pass through the Mutukula-Mutukula crossing from Central Corridor into Uganda.
Officiating at the launch were John Pombe Magufuli, president of the United Republic of Tanzania; Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni; and Liberat Mfumukeko, East African Community (EAC) secretary general.
