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Kenya: Govt Reverses Rail Cargo Order
Nation, 6 July 2020
The State has backed down on its earlier directive on use of SGR for all cargo destined for Nairobi and beyond following pressure from regional economies. Read more »
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Kenya: Uganda Still Uneasy as Naivasha Container Depot Accepts Cargo
Nation, 8 June 2020
Kenya and her neighbour are at loggerheads again, but this time over use of the inland container depot in Naivasha. Read more »
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Kenya: Court Suspends State's Naivasha Cargo Order
Nation, 19 June 2020
The High Court has temporarily suspended the government's directive on imported goods destined for three neighbouring landlocked countries. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Reaches Out to Neighbours in Push to Market Naivasha Depot
Nation, 2 June 2020
Kenya has moved to fix the challenges that had threatened to stall the Sh6.9 billion Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Naivasha. Read more »
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Kenya: Transporters Want Mandatory Use of Railway Rule Quashed
Nation, 19 June 2020
Transporters want Cabinet Secretary James Macharia, the Kenya Ports Authority and the Kenya Railways restrained from forcing cargo owners to use the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) or… Read more »
Kenya Backs Down on Rail Use Order For All Cargo
The decision is a huge reprieve to freighters who risked losing hundreds of jobs following the ban on use of trucks to transport goods from the port city of Naivasha to Nairobi and beyond. In May, Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia announced that all cargo destined for Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan will be transported through the Standard Gauge Railway for clearance at the Naivasha inland container depot starting June 1.
InFocus
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As a key measure to curb cross border transmissions of COVID-19, transit cargo destined for Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan from Kenya will be transported by Standard Gauge Railway ... Read more »
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Kenya's High Commissioner to Tanzania, Dan Kazungu has said the two countries should unite against the coronavirus and not against one another. The two neighbours appeared to lock ... Read more »
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has imposed more measures after it emerged that some Covid-19 cases have crossed the border from Tanzania and Somalia. Only cargo trucks will be allowed ... Read more »
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Truck drivers are protesting the restrictions placed on their movements following the COVID-19 lockdown in East Africa. They have been accused of spreading the novel coronavirus as ... Read more »
