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Kenya certifies first privately run warehouse

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Trade PS Alfred Ombudo K'Ombudo during his vetting before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Trade on November 15, 2022. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Afex Fair Trade, Kenya, a farmer service company in Kenya has received a certification for one of its warehouses as a warehouse receipt operator.

The Warehouse Receipt System Council (WRSC) at the Soy Mateeny warehouse in Uasin Gishu County did the certification, marking the first time that a warehouse receipt operator license has been issued to a private sector company.

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