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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Kenyan clearing agents have challenged the $350 charged per container of all cargo destined for South Sudan.<\/p>\n

According to The East African, clearing agents claim that the Mombasa Monitoring Station-National Revenue Authority of South Sudan issued a directive that they should pay the fees to a private company in Uganda\u2014 Invesco Uganda Limited\u2014 for a tracking system christened Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (ECTN).<\/p>\n

In a petition filed at the High Court in Mombasa, the clearing agents under the Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association (Kifwa) say they are licensed by the Commissioner of Customs in Kenya to clear cargo and collect taxes and levies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs clearing agents, we operate under Kenyan laws and the East Africa Community Customs Management Act and the regulations made thereunder,\u201d part of the petition states.<\/p>\n

Kifwa wants a declaration that the levy per unit to all imports headed to South Sudan is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

It also seeks an order issued to quash the directive and prohibit the Mombasa Monitoring Station-National Revenue Authority of South Sudan from enforcing the directive.<\/p>\n

According to Kifwa, there is a cargo tracker monitored by the customs department in Kenya\u2014 the Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking System\u2014which is efficient, mandatory, and free within East Africa.<\/p>\n

They argue that the South Sudan ECTN is inconsequential in terms of cargo tracking except for collecting the money and directing the funds to a private account in Uganda.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe directive to collect the revenue through ECTN is being implemented in the country at the port, inland container depots, Container Freight Stations (CFS), Malaba and Busia border points,\u201d the petition states in part.<\/p>\n

Kifwa says that Kenyan clearing agents are being forced to implement and collect the pre-requisite ECTN service charge.<\/p>\n

It argues that using Kenyan agents to process and collect ECTN service charges or any other taxes within the Kenyan customs area is illegal.<\/p>\n

Kifwa says the directive has compromised clearing agents\u2019 fundamental rights to earn a living, is prejudicial, and contravenes the Constitution on economic empowerment of truck owners.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe levy being imposed by the respondent is ultra vires to the law since it has no constitutional basis and has no approval of Parliament as required by law,\u201d says Kifwa in its petition.<\/p>\n

It says that under the directive no trucks are leaving the port, ICD, CFS, and border posts since Mombasa Monitoring Station-National Revenue Authority of South Sudan is not releasing any trucks headed to South Sudan before payment of the levy.<\/p>\n

The association says its members are experiencing delays in the release of the goods headed to Southern Sudan from Mombasa.<\/p>\n

The petitioner further says cargo destined for South Sudan is cleared under Kenya Revenue Authority customs systems under transit entry covered by the regional customs transit guarantee security bond.<\/p>\n

In his affidavit, Kifwa chairperson Roy Mwanthi says that they are experiencing delays in the release of goods headed to South Sudan from Mombasa, ICDs, and CFSs since they are released after authorisation by South Sudan customs officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe delays are negatively affecting all agents and other port stakeholders resulting in high demurrage and truck detention charges which shall be borne by Kenyan agents,\u201d part of the petition states.<\/p>\n

Kifwa says that in implementing the levy, they were not invited to participate and they were denied fair administrative action.<\/p>\n

They are also seeking a declaration that the directive issued by the respondent is unconstitutional and contravenes the petitioner\u2019s right to fair administrative justice.<\/p>\n

Kifwa also wants a declaration that the directive by the respondent is unconstitutional as it contravenes the petitioners\u2019 right to economic empowerment as enshrined in the Constitution.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Kenyan clearing agents have challenged the $350 charged per container of all cargo destined for South Sudan. According to The East African, clearing agents claim that the Mombasa Monitoring Station-National Revenue Authority of South Sudan issued a directive that they should pay the fees to a private company in Uganda\u2014 Invesco Uganda […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-55755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\nKenya shipping agents sue over S. 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