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Member States should prioritise the rehabilitation of the sections under the Northern Corridor which have continued to deteriorate over the past years. These sections have led to the delays and even increase the cost of maintaining the vehicles using these sections of the roads hence raising the cost of doing business, thereby affecting the flow of intraregional trade. Furthermore, with the signing of the African CFTA, Member States should work towards development of intercontinental transport infrastructure networks to facilitate intercontinental trade. In light of the growing volumes of cargo across the key traditional borders, there is need to open up new trade routes and border stations to support trade across the borders, reduce distances to the border for trading communities where these roads pass and to decongest the traditional borders.
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| Intra-regional Trade |
Member States are urged to automate collection of informal cross border trade statistics they are encouraged to benchmark with Rwanda which has started implementation
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NCTTCA to advocate for adoption of various methodologies for collection of data on informal trade
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| Transport Costs |
Member States are called upon to implement Article 43 of the NCTTA, which calls for elimination of visa fees
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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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| Transport Costs |
Liberalisation would create a more competitive haulage sector as well as reduce the overall cost of transport. The Member States should work towards reviewing their trade policies on intra-regional trade to support the creation of backhaul cargo for transporters
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NCTTCA to follow up and ensure the recommendation is implemented
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| Transport Costs |
Lack of backhaul is a factor that contributes to high transport rates in the region. There is need to expedite approval procedures for acquisition of permit to transport cargo to the local market by transit licensed trucks.
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NCTTCA need to follow-up and lobby
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| Railways Transport and Inland waterways |
It was reported that there is a lot of congestion at the Nairobi ICD and high trucks turnaround time. Currently, there is one gate for exports and empty containers. It was recommended that KPA need to create additional gates to reduce congestion at the ICD-N.
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NCTTCA need to liaise with KPA to have this problem address through the implementation of the recommendation
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| Customs Processes and Automation |
It was recommended that South Sudan should automate its customs business processes to expedite clearance of internationally traded goods with a proposal that the automation process is carried out in phases.
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NCTTCA need to play a critical role in ensuring the customs processes have been automated
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| One Stop Border Post |
It is recommended that efforts should be made to explore opening another border station between Uganda and Kenya, preferably located between Busia and shores of Lake Victoria to ease flow of goods between the two countries. The capacity of Malaba and Busia border station which handle goods heading towards the transit route through Kampala is becoming overstretched
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NCTTCA to recommend to agencies concern
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| Weighbridges and Axle Load Compliance |
It is recommended that all Member States work towards having all weighbridges high-speed weigh-in-motion and on either side of the road, especially at busy sections of the corridor as well as implementing remotely monitored virtual weighbridges to avoid stopping trucks unnecessarily
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NCTTCA to follow up to have weighbridges upgraded in Uganda; NCTTCA to follow up and have all weighbridges in Kenya have HSWIM.
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| Customs Processes and Automation |
Issue 13 recommended the need for single window systems to be integrated across the region
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Single window adopted in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda
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Need to synchronise all single windows
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