Freight stations 'aid criminal activities'

Tourism and Wildlife CS Najib Balala (left) listens to Uganda Revenue Authority assistant commissioner, Anne Nabwire (right) during the official opening of Port stake holders workshop' Countering Wildlife trafficking through seaport' at Voyager Beach resort in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango/Standard]

Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has claimed that private container freight stations (CFSs) are being used to conduct illegal business at the Mombasa port.

Mr Balala, who was speaking yesterday at an international conference themed "Countering Wildlife Trafficking through Seaports", said the CFSs were abetting narcotics trade, wildlife trafficking and tax evasion.