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Impact of reverting port works to Mombasa and what next in 2023

Containers at the Mombasa Port. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

The directive by President William Ruto to revert port operations to Mombasa from Nairobi and Naivasha dry ports during his swearing-in on September 13 has drawn mixed reactions among stakeholders at the Coast 100 days later.

Opinion is divided over those who feel that the directive has been the magic bullet they had been waiting for in the transport logistics sector while others have dismissed it as a populist statement meant to score political points.

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