Vehicles to be screened on arrival

By Patrick Beja

Stakeholders at the port of Mombasa have finally agreed that screening of imported second hand vehicles to detect radioactive material will be done on board ships on arrival.At a meeting convened by the Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) on Friday in the wake of the screening dispute, it was agreed that car importers pay Sh1,000 for screening of a vehicle instead of the previous Sh5,000 per unit.