President Kenyatta Issues Orders on Ugandan Goods in Transit

{{Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has taken action to boost regional trade by pushing to cut the time taken to move goods between the port of Mombasa and the Ugandan capital Kampala.}}

Kenyatta, who took charge of the east African country in April, has pledged to simplify red tape to help keep Kenya’s status as the trading hub of the region, amid growing competition from the port of Dar es Salaam in neighbouring Tanzania.

Kenyatta told officials to cut number of days it takes to move cargo between Mombasa and Kampala to five, from 18, according to a statement on Thursday.

He told ministers, port officials and security bosses the current transit time was untenable and gave them three weeks to cut it down.

One minister told Reuters they would achieve this by reducing processing time of cargo at the port and reorganising the number of weigh bridges and police roadblocks on the route.

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