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Customs should approve ship manifests (partial manifests) before the arrival of vessels at Mombasa Port to facilitate pre-declaration of goods by Traders/Clearing Agents
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NCTTCA to follow up with KPA and customs authorities to implement pre-clearance
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Challenge in exchanging information and tracking of cargo: To promote exchange of information across the borders, the Northern Corridor Member States should expedite the implementation of a Regional Unique Consignment Reference (R-UCR)
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NCTTCA to follow up with relevant stakeholders
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Assist shippers in understanding the impact of last-minute changes, including late lodging or amendment of a manifest, on overall logistic chain performance
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NCTTCA to come up with a way of sensitising stakeholders on the impact.
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| Transport Costs |
Another factor that is increasing the cost of business in the region is the monopoly of shipping lines that also acts as clearing agents and transporters that kills competition in the region. There is need to consider the possibility of having a competition body to regulate the industry and guard against monopoly tendencies and price fixing
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NCTTCA to follow up
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| Railways Transport and Inland waterways |
Among the challenges experienced by railways are ageing tracks and rolling stock, insufficient resources for maintenance and poor tracking of the wagons and cargo. Inadequate number of locomotives and wagons, poor rail infrastructure for the meter gauge has slowed down development within the Northern Corridor rail freight transport sector. With the advent of the SGR, incentives policies on pricing, regulations and standards should be developed to attract modal shift. Increasing rail competitiveness will benefit transport users primarily through; reducing transit times, improving connections, and improving quality and affordability, and therefore contributing to greening the corridor.
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NCTTCA to follow up with railways agencies in Kenya and Uganda towards developing incentives policies on pricing, regulations and standards
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Amidst the increased trade within the Northern Corridor, member countries should rely more heavily on containers to transport goods due to its limited ability to be tampered with while in transit, the ease in shipment on regular shipping lines and ease in cargo tallying
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NCTTCA to continue monitoring the use of containers
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NCTTCA to continue monitoring the use of containers
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Agencies involved in clearing or handling of goods are encouraged to develop and implement stakeholder’s engagement strategy. This will ensure that problem is identified as early as possible and communication passed to their customers appropriately
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NCTTCA to come up with a strategy on how clearing agents can communicate seamlessly with the traders
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| Road Conditions |
A higher percentage of roads are in poor condition in the region. Member States to prioritise the road infrastructure development along the corridor
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NCTTCA to continue working closely with road agencies towards seeking for funds towards improving road conditions
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Most custom systems are upgraded
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Awaits KRA to finalise upgrading of Customs system
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Uganda should consider expanding goods cleared under SCT and work towards full roll-out. It will also minimise diversion of goods in transit. Border crossing time has been seen as the second cause of delays
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Goods to Uganda and Rwanda are cleared under SCT
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Need to sensitise more traders to have their goods cleared under SCT
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