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Mombasa port maintains grip as key hub for Uganda

A section of containers at the Port of  Mombasa. March 3, 2025. [Omondi Onyango]

The Port of Mombasa has maintained Uganda as its leading transit market despite competition from the nearby Dar es Salaam Port in Tanzania.

Last year, Ugandan cargo accounted for 65.7 per cent of Mombasa’s transit market. Data from the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) shows Mombasa processed 8.81 million tonnes of Ugandan cargo.

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