Kenya Revenue Authority officials inspect containers at the Mombasa Port on April 24, 2019. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG
Customs agents and freight forwarders in Kenya have begun
domesticating a regional Bill aimed at self-regulating an industry that
has been operating without legal backing for decades.
The
East African Customs Agents and Freight Forwarders Management Model
Bill 2017 is set to be implemented in all the six East African
countries.
Consequently, the Kenya Customs Agents and Freight Forwarders Management Bill 2019 will be tabled in parliament soon.
"The
final draft is awaiting the input of government departments including
the Kenya Revenue Authority, Kenya Bureau of Standards, Kenya Ports
Authority before we submit it to the National Assembly House committee,"
said Roy Mwanthi, the Kenya International Freight and Warehousing
Association chairman.
Once the Bill becomes law, the
association will be transformed into a society to be governed by a
national council elected by freight and Customs agents bodies.
It
will set professional standards for the sector, provide certification
and registration as well as a code of conduct including how to solve
disputes among members.
Federation of East African Freight Forwarders Associations
programme manager Elias Buluku praised the move by the countries to come
up with a regional law, saying it will change how the logistics sector
is run.
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