Survey: Bureaucracy, poor technology slowing East African port operations

The survey noted heavy traffic between the Mombasa Port exit gates and Mariakani causes up to six hours' delay. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

MOMBASA: Poor technology and government bureaucracy have been cited as the main factors hampering cargo operations at East African ports.

According to the 2015 East Africa Logistic Performance Survey, close to 31 per cent of the surveyed respondents feel that Government procedures are the biggest contributors to prolonged delays at the ports.