Kenya will hold talks with Tanzania in early August to address new "discriminatory" tax measures and trade restrictions. These measures, including a ban on non-citizens operating small-scale businesses, threaten regional integration within the East African Community (EAC).

• Tanzania's new measures include the Finance Act 2025 and amendments to the Excise (Management and Tariff) Act 2019, introducing new excise duties of 10 percent and an industrial development levy of 15 percent.
• Lee Kinyanjui, cabinet secretary in Kenya’s Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, voiced concern over the Business Licensing (Prohibition of Business Activities for Non-Citizens) Order, 2025, which bars non-Tanzanians from engaging in 15 specific sectors, including micro and small enterprises.
• The EAC is Kenya’s largest export market, accounting for 28.1 percent of its total exports, valued at approximately 2.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2024.