Kenya International Freight and Warehouses Association (KIFWA) has offered a number of measures the government should be put in place to enhance Covid-19 testing on border crossing as well the use of the Naivasha ICD for transit cargo.
KIFWA want the fumigation at the border points be done daily. To prevent human contacts between Kenyans and Tanzanians, the lobby suggest submission of the CT2 electronically. They also asked for a joint testing of all the agencies working at the One Stop Border Post in Tanzania and Kenya.
All drivers should be tested and issued with Covid-19 free certificates at the border. KIFWA resolutions also propose cessation of the OSBP, where agencies from both countries sit together, to the manual process that was in place before OSBP, with each team staying on its side of the border.
KIFWA members should also avail themselves for mass testing. To avoid delays, testing should be done be done at the border with tracking and tracing of the contacts be done both in Kenya and Tanzania.
Meanwhile, KIFWA has asked the government to make the cost of transporting containerized cargo from Mombasa to Naivasha competitive. When the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) started transporting cargo to ICD in Embakasi, it applied a discounted tariff.
KIFWA also want the government to encourage importers using ICD to use Through Bill of Lading, which identifies Naivasha depot as the landing point. These will save the importers from demurrage charges and also make it easy to ferry the empty containers to the shipping lines in Mombasa.
They also wanted importers be allowed to choose the mode of transports between rail and road to Naivasha.
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