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With the development of SGR railway lines, there is a recommendation to have dry ports for various Member States to hasten the process of clearing of cargo from the port
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NCTTCA to follow-up with relevant stakeholders towards establishment of dry ports
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| Transport Costs |
VISA requirement hampering Trade in the region. Visa fees requirement should be abolished in all the Northern Corridor Member States to facilitate free movement of people
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Pending for DRC and South Sudan
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NCTTCA to follow up with relevant agencies towards eliminating visa fees in Member states of DRC and South Sudan
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| Delays along the Corridor |
Traders/Clearing Agents should make preparations to pick their cargo from the port (pay their port charges and arrange transport for their cargo in advance).
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NCTTCA to work closely with transport associations and Importers to sensitise members on preparations and its implications
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| Delays along the Corridor |
To further minimise delays at ports and border stations for goods in transit whose taxes are not paid at the port or border stations the use of RCTG Carnet should be enhanced and used as a simplified customs declaration and bond security for goods declared in transit or for warehousing in destination countries. This should eliminate the necessity for the use of the conventional Bills of Entry for transiting goods.
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NCTTCA to follow up with relevant stakeholders
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| One Stop Border Post |
To enhance quick response towards addressing operational challenges at the border stations, the NCTTCA Secretariat should support Member States in the formation of Cross Joint Border Committees at the key border stations where they do not exist. Furthermore, they should periodically generate and issue performance reports on the key border crossing performance indicators to the respective border stations as a way of monitoring performance. The Member States urged to provide the raw data to support the generation of the reports
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Partially done; NCTTCA have established Cross Joint border committees in the Member States of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi
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NCTTCA to work towards establishing Cross Joint Border Committees in all border points
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| Intra-regional Trade |
To enhance collection of data on informal trade by all Member States, the Member States which are not collecting data on informal trade urged to adopt the use of methodologies used by the other Member States to collect data on informal trade.
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NCTTCA to advocate for adoption of various methodologies for collection of data on informal trade
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| Information Sharing and Sensitization |
To effectively provide information to the users and potential investors as regards registration and licensing of businesses and transport companies, KRA, NTSA, URA and RRA should regularly put online the list of licensed trucks, Clearing Agents and ECTS within the region
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NCTTCA to follow up with relevant agencies to have the recommendations implemented
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| Delays along the Corridor |
To achieve the 120,000Km/year per truck, there is need to train truck drivers on productivity management. The drivers should be paid per millage covered to reduce unnecessary delays and wastages. The truck driver’s association to be involved in training
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NCTTCA to follow up with transporters association and have the recommendation implemented
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| Pipeline Transport |
Though the Northern Corridor pipeline is only up to Eldoret and Kisumu, it is evident that this reduces the trucking distance for transit countries if they pick the products from the nearest depots. There is need to fast track improvement of loading facilities to improve track turnaround and efficiency, and sensitising on the cost savings as a result of the expanded capacity of the pipeline to cushion on the unpredictability of the market
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Kenya Pipeline Corporation
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NCTTCA to follow-up with KPC to ascertain the current situation as well as influence for improvement of loading facilities and other measures recommended
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| Weighbridges and Axle Load Compliance |
There should be identification of trucks on first weighing (certificate of identification on compliance) to avoid multiple stops at the weighbridges and a comprehensive sensitisation of truck drivers on weighing
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It is understood that with the introduction of HSWIM, the trucks are only diverted to static weighbridge if they are not compliant with HSWIM.
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Consider measuring the number of stoppages per truck to ascertain if there is frequent weighing of trucks.
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