1,200 jobs at risk as KRA shuts container freight stations

MOMBASA: The Kenya Revenue Authority has closed down two container freight stations in Mombasa.

On January 21, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) wrote brief letters suspending Portside Freight Terminal and Autoports Freight Terminal from receiving containers from the Port of Mombasa without stating the reason. The two stations employ about 1,200 people and jointly handle goods worth over Sh1 billion annually.