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Removal of storage fees to boost port

The Port of Mombasa shrugged off challenges of new taxation and re-inspection of goods to record a 70 per cent jump in net profits to May this year.

The port may yet receive a boost after Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich removed a 20 per cent demurrage fee and recalled a multi-agency team sent to re-inspect cargo in pursuit of tax evaders.

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