Effect of One Stop Border Post on Trade Facilitation at the Lunga Lunga-horo Horo 2015-2020

Abstract

Exchange of goods and services has been a common goal worldwide, as the world becomes a global village separated by common borders. Due to changing global environment various organizations have engaged into international and cross border trades. The East African community is one of the organizations which were created for the purpose of cross border trades with its members. This led to creation of ones stop borders points like Busia, Namanga, Isebania, Malaba and many others. The study sought to determine the effect of One Stop Border Posts on Trade Facilitation at the Lunga Lunga- Horo Horo border crossing. The research study was based three specific objectives which were; to assess the effect of system integration, to evaluate the effect of shared infrastructure on trade facilitation at One Stop Border Post in the Lunga Lunga- Horo Horo and then to establish the effect of inter-agency cooperation. The research study was underpinned by the following theories; theory of change, diffusion of innovation and planned behavior theory. The research study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive survey design. The population consisted of government officials, traders and transporters based at the border. The sample size was 400 respondents determined using the Slovin’s formula. The data collection instrument adopted for this study was the questionnaire. The questionnaires were self administered and analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 25) and presented using tables. The findings revealed that systems integration, shared infrastructure and inter-agency co-operation at the OSBP all had a positive effect on trade facilitation.