KRA to auction 2000 containers at Mombasa port after waiver expires
Containers at the Mombasa port. A bid by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to implement a Sh1.2 billion customs management system for revenue collection could be derailed following complaints raised over short-listing of two firms to carry out the project. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
On February 14, KRA announced the government would waive all charges accruing on storage of containers discharged at the port before November 30, 2014, provided they were cleared within 60 days.
The move was prompted by the high number of containers lying at the port, some of which have remained there for over 10 years, holding up space at the CFSs and port yards.
On Monday, KRA could not state how many containers had so far been cleared during the waiver period.
Mr George Kidima, a Ugandan business representative in Mombasa, claimed that some CFSs were not offering the waiver as directed but gave only a 20 per cent discount.
More than 2,000 containers that have overstayed at the Mombasa port are set to be auctioned after the storage-charge waiver given to importers expires Tuesday.
On February 14, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) announced that the government would waive all charges accruing on the storage of containers discharged at the port before November 30, 2014, provided they were cleared within 60 days.
