Nairobi, Aug. 10 -- Kenya's road transport is ranked the third most 'open' among the eight partner States of the East African Community (EAC), trailing Rwanda and Burundi, a joint scorecard by the World Bank and the World Trade Organization (WTO) showed.

The Services Trade Restrictions Index (STRI) by the World Bank and WTO measures regulatory barriers in road freight services and their hindrance to market access.

The index scores Kenya at 30.4 points out of 100 compared to Rwanda (21), Burundi (28), and the Democratic Republic of Congo (42.3). Others are Somalia (42.9), South Sudan (46.9), Uganda (48.7), and Tanzania (49.6). A score of zero means that a transport corridor is completely open while 100 means it is completely closed.

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