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AEO: Taxman's silver bullet to enhance port efficiency

Truck on a weighing machine at Mariakani weighbridge. The number of trucks transporting cargo from the port of Mombasa has doubled. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

More Kenyan companies could benefit from faster clearance of their cargo at Lamu and Mombasa ports if the taxman goes ahead with fresh plans to include them in the Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) programme.

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) launched the AEO programme in the 2007/08 financial year with only 12 companies on board.

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