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KRA simplifies tax, boosts trade for SMEs with tech, compliance support, and streamlined procedures.

KRA customs reforms fight corruption, enhance accountability, and spark hope amid fierce resistance.

KRA centralizes cargo checks at Mombasa port, combating corruption and boosting revenue by 13%.

VCS eases freight burdens by replacing container deposits with guarantees, boosting trade and efficiency.

Gold smuggling thrives on the Egypt-Sudan border, driven by conflict, demand, and organized crime.

Official data indicates that most of the 1,400 tonnes of goods that still pass through Kisumu port are from Uganda and Tanzania after Kenyan traders cut their usage of the facility to only 30 per cent of throughput.

Erad Supplies told the court that storage costs incurred between September 2004 and January 2005 were based on invoices of $1,146,000 from Chelsea Freight, a company based in South Africa.

Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers (KVM) has stepped up the assembly of Hyundai light trucks for CICA Motors, the distributor for Kenya.

Kenya Airways has received an Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) machine from the United Kingdom as part of ongoing co-operation between Kenya and the UK in combating terrorism.

PARASTATAL heads who signed the Mombasa port community charter risk being sacked if their agencies do not deliver on the contents of the new entity. The charter signed between the government and the private sector aims at improving the movement of cargo from the port into hinterland

All Mombasa port users and stakeholders have been notified that normal operations will continue during the festive season as the facility will remain open.

UGANDA has maintained its position as the leading East African Community destination for transit cargo through the port of Mombasa. According to the Kenya Ports Authority , Uganda cargo handled at the port in the last ten months grew by 9.1 per cent registering 4.5 million tonnes up from 4.1 million tonnes in 2013.

UGANDA has maintained its position as the leading East African Community destination for transit cargo through the port of Mombasa. According to the Kenya Ports Authority , Uganda cargo handled at the port in the last ten months grew by 9.1 per cent registering 4.5 million tonnes up from 4.1 million tonnes in 2013.

Janet Kithia-Odero prefers to shop online. From cakes to airtime, the 33-year-old public relations executive, shops and pays at the click of a button.

The Transport ministry is closely monitoring the effectiveness of a charter signed this year to improve efficiency at the port of Mombasa and along the Northern corridor.

The clearing of goods, bound for Uganda at the Mombasa port, has resumed after a two-week boycott, which had threatened to strain business relations between the country and Kenya. Customs officials from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi met earlier last week, and according to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the two countries resolved the issues.

The cost of fuel is expected to decline further in the first quarter of next year as a result of falling global oil prices, says the Energy Regulatory Commission.

At least 30,000 workers will be on the payroll as the Chinese firm contracted to build the first phase of the standard gauge railway begins hiring.

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Mombasa County will start charging new taxes on shipping containers, Governor Ali Hassan Joho has said, defying opposition from the national government.