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Cargo agents now embrace self-regulation

Shipping & Logistics

By Patrick Beja | Sep 28, 2023

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Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association National Chairperson Roy Mwanthi (centre), Mombasa Chairperson Leonard Njiru (left) and a board member Clement Ngala during a briefing on September 19, 2023. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Players in the import and export logistics chain have intensified the push for self-regulation through an act of parliament to tame scrupulous agents.

The proposed Kenya Customs Agents and Freight Forwarders Self-Regulation Bill 2020 seeks to weed out brokers and quacks in the industry and increase revenue collection by the government.

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