Rwanda has outpaced Uganda as Kenya's top coffee supplier, signaling a shift in consumer preference towards imported specialty variants. Data from the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) for the quarter ending September 2025 shows Rwanda accounted for 43 percent of coffee imports.

• Uganda's coffee exports to Kenya declined from $1.13 million (Sh145.79 million) to $0.48 million (Sh61.92 million), despite higher per-unit costs.
• The total value of Kenya's coffee imports increased by 11.8 percent to $1,644,203 (Sh212.13 million), while volume slightly decreased by 2.9 percent.
• Singapore and Hungary paid the highest average prices for Kenyan coffee sold directly abroad, with Singapore paying Sh72242.66 ($560) per 50-kilogramme bag.

After a 15-year closure, Kenya has reopened its border with Somalia to resume road exports of miraa (khat). The decision, approved by the National Security Council (NSC), aims to boost trade, though some farmers and traders express significant concerns about insecurity on the road routes.

• Approximately 40 tonnes of miraa are currently exported by air via Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, with projections for significant increases through road trade.
• Mr. Adamson Muriki, patron of the Igembe Miraa Farmers and Pluckers Welfare Association, criticised the reopening, citing recent losses due to insecurity at the Kiunga border point.
• The reopening is also expected to disrupt a faceless cartel that has allegedly controlled air cargo and demanded up to USD9 upfront commissions at the airport for the past five years.

Kenya is advancing plans for two new expressways to link with Uganda, aiming to ease traffic and improve regional trade along the Northern Corridor. These projects include expanding the Mau Summit-Eldoret-Malaba highway and building a new Kisian-Busia expressway.

• The Mau Summit-Eldoret-Malaba highway expansion is a 243-kilometre project, with pre-feasibility studies underway by a consortium of Canadian and Kenyan firms.
• The project is funded by the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and will connect to the existing Sh170 billion Rironi-Mau Summit dual highway.
• A separate 190km expressway from Kisian to the Uganda border via Busia is supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), with Uganda constructing a connecting 60km expressway from Jinja to Busesa.