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Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has so far spent $27 million (Sh2.35b) to install security system at the port of Mombasa. KPA chairman, Mr Danson Mungatana said recent changes in International Maritime standards have created the need to assess and improve the status of security in the Kenyan ports. He said it is imperative that the […]
The Kenya Ports Authority is banking on the standard gauge railway (SGR) to offer a lasting solution to container congestion at the Mombasa port. KPA chairman Danson Mungatana said the new railway would come in handy as the container capacity at the port is expanded from 900,000 containers to 2.1 million by 2016. The construction […]
Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho may have been speaking in jest when he threatened to mobilise the county residents to forcibly take over the Kenya Ports of Authority if a law was not be passed to allow it to share its revenue with the county. What Mr Joho may not have understood was that the […]
The Chinese are not Santa Claus. The deals we have signed with them are loans, which we will have to repay. But I must admit I admire the way these deals are arranged, especially the time-frames and project completion dates. As it is, if things go according to plan, we will have a completely new […]
Foreign goods ordered by Kenyan traders for resale in region have risen sharply in the first quarter of the year amid dropping Indian Ocean piracy and improvement in cargo clearance. Official data shows that trade in re-exports — foreign goods that are imported to be exported again — stood at 11.3 billion in the first […]
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) chairman Danson Mungatana has dismissed a threat by the Mombasa County to take over the management of the port. Mr Mungatana said the Mombasa port was both a national and international facility serving the country and neighbours like Uganda, Rwanda and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He noted that […]
The year 2014 has continued to register vital achievements for the East African Community integration agenda. It is a year in which we have witnessed more landmarks in the integration process than some people had probably envisaged. Most of these developments formed the agenda and resolutions of the 12th extraordinary heads of state summit on […]
Kenya’s National Single Window System, now known as Kenya TradeNet, was officially launched in Nairobi by Rwanda President Paul Kagame at a ceremony witnessed by leaders from six African nations in Nairobi. The system is an electronic platform that enables Kenya to clear import cargo — which is mostly destined for the neighbouring land-locked economies […]
Infrastructure deficit is a big problem in Africa estimated to reduce industrial production by 40 per cent and making the cost of doing business very high. Massive investment is required to finance the development of electricity, roads, railways, airports, seaports and waterways as well as ICTs. Countries, sub-regions and the continent must scale up mobilisation […]
Some progress has been made in talks on Economic Partnership Agreement (Epa) between the East African Community and the European Union. Richard Owora, the head of corporate communication and public affairs at EAC Secretariat, told The New Times that negotiations on the Rules of Origin Protocol, including the product specific rules, successfully ended on March […]
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