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A container being off loaded from a cargo ship at Lamu Port on November 9, 2022. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]
The government has crafted a new policy to protect the local shipping industry from competition from international firms.
The policy dubbed the National Maritime Transport Policy has been crafted around the cabotage laws, under the Merchant Shipping Act, to allow local transport companies to have a monopoly in handling cargo that gets shipped into the country.
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