Published: December, 2021
Authors: Jacqueline Klopp
Our team conducted four mobile phone surveys of over 1600 Kenya- based small-scale cross border traders in Busia, Malaba and Taveta. Surveys started in December 2020 and ended in June 2021. We asked questions on the impact of COVID and COVID restrictions on their businesses, the kinds of payments including irregular payments they are asked for, levels of comfort and also their thoughts on current policy initiatives including the One Stop Border Post, Trade Information Desks and cross-border market development. We discussed and validated some of the results from the surveys in a meeting with traders in Busia on 15, November 2021. Traders overwhelmingly asked for results from our research to be shared with government agencies and civil society organisations. With this in mind, this policy brief highlights high-level findings and concrete policy action points.
