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Uganda backs out of compulsory use of container port in Naivasha
Posted: 01 Jun 2020, 08:52
by John Ashworth
Uganda backs out of compulsory use of container port in Naivasha
Uganda has backed out of a deal that requires all goods imported through Kenya with final destinations being neighbouring land-locked countries be transported on the standard gauge railway...
Re: Uganda backs out of compulsory use of container port in Naivasha
Posted: 02 Jun 2020, 08:51
by John Ashworth
Kenya rejects Uganda bid for optional use of SGR to Naivasha
Kenya has turned down Uganda’s request for optional use of the Standard Gauge Railway to haul goods destined for Kampala.
Ugandan Transport minister Edward Katumba had asked his Kenyan counterpart James Macharia to reconsider the May 22 directive.
Kenya has ordered that all cargo be ferried to the Naivasha Inland Container Depot for clearance starting today.
The neighbouring country, though, is of the view that the use of SGR is left open to those who prefer to other means.
“It is our considered opinion that the use of Naivasha ICD – which is part of our long-term regional infrastructure development, should remain optional,†Katumba said...
Re: Uganda backs out of compulsory use of container port in Naivasha
Posted: 06 Jun 2020, 07:53
by John Ashworth
Order to use SGR only puts Macharia on hot seat
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia came under fire on Thursday for ordering mandatory use of the standard gauge railway for imported goods destined for neighbouring countries...
Re: Uganda backs out of compulsory use of container port in Naivasha
Posted: 07 Jun 2020, 06:16
by John Ashworth
Ugandan Firm Threatens Legal Action Against SGR Directive
Uganda-based Mukwano Industries has threatened to sue Kenya Ports Authority(KPA) for any delays, losses, or damages that it may suffer as a result of its containers being loaded onto the Standard Gauge Railway(SGR)...
Re: Uganda backs out of compulsory use of container port in Naivasha
Posted: 21 Jun 2020, 06:57
by John Ashworth
Confusion mars Naivasha cargo order
A cloud of confusion hangs over State’s directive that truck drivers pick up transit cargo from the Naivasha inland container depot (ICD) even after the court put its implementation on hold...
Re: Uganda backs out of compulsory use of container port in Naivasha
Posted: 24 Jun 2020, 17:43
by John Ashworth
Mombasa governor hopefuls in dilemma over SGR
Politicians eyeing the Mombasa governor seat in 2022 are walking a tight rope, with the political parties that they rode to Parliament influencing their stand on the SGR.
ODM, Jubilee and Wiper want the government policy of hauling all cargo to Naivasha enforced so Kenya can pay the debt it owes China.
But residents who are significantly hurt want the policy, which Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir once described as ‘the snake’, removed and the mode of haulage left to importers to decide...
Re: Uganda backs out of compulsory use of container port in Naivasha
Posted: 29 Jun 2020, 06:57
by John Ashworth
Parliament to grill CS Macharia over conflicting SGR Orders
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia will next week appear before MPs over the controversial SGR order days after an impeachment plot against him flopped...