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Agayo Ogambi Shippers Council of East Africa, Daniel Kiange, Manager Trade Facilitation, KENTRADE, Mr. Fred Seka Federation of East Africa Freight Forwarders Association President, Mr. Roy Mwanthi, National Chairman Kenya International Freight Forwarders Warehousing Association (KIFWA) and Daniel Kiange Kenya Private Sector Alliance. (KEPSA)

Proposed regulations to govern regional logistics sector unveiled

East Africa

The Kenya International Freight Forwarders Association (KIFWA) and the Federation of East African Freight Forwarders Associations (FEAFFA) in partnership with other relevant industry associations has today unveiled the Kenya Customs Agents and Freight Forwarders Bill 2020 in a bid to enhance professionalism in service delivery and compliance to the existing regulations with the aim of ending the cargo delays at Ports, improve cargo flow, improve revenue collection by the revenue authority and lowering the cost of doing business.

Unveiling the new Kenya bill today, FEAFFA President Mr. Fred Seka said the new regulation is meant to streamline cargo clearance by ending the deployment of untrained agents, promoting fair competition, protecting industry players from unfair liability, supplementing existing government regulations and introducing mandatory registration and training of all customs agents and freight forwarders and fines and penalties for non-compliance and misconduct.

“Kenya trades over 30m tonnes of cargo within the East …