The Cabanas- Nairobi Inland Container Depot (ICDN)-Southern Bypass road has been gazetted as a route for custom goods transiting Kenya.
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) said the designation of the area is set to reduce the time it takes truck drivers to clear their goods with customs department. Trucks are required to use designated routes while transporting goods to avoid penalties.
“Kenya Revenue Authority, notifies the public that Cabanas-ICDN-Southern Bypass Road, has been gazetted as a route over which goods in transit/under customs shall be conveyed. Trucks ferrying goods on transit/under Customs Control may use the stated road,” KRA Commissioner for Customs and Border Control said in a notice.
Customs clearance
Some of the custom areas include Malaba, Gilgil, Naivasha’s Inland Container Depot and Mombasa port. The designation of the new customs area will provide drivers with an alternative route that will save them distance travelled and penalties.
Kenya’s customs clearance is known for long delays, forcing traders to incur huge costs. World Bank’s data showed that Kenya‘s logistics performance deteriorated in recent years from an overall global ranking (LPI) of position 42 in 2016, to 63 in 2018.
The construction of the Lamu port, the refurbishment of Kisumu port, the standard gauge railway, and the Naivasha inland container depot, the expansion of various roads and building of bypasses, and the Nairobi expressway are among the recent interventions to ease movement of goods.
