Achievements & Challenges

Achievements

• Structured Engagements with Government agencies involved in cargo clearance

• Sensitization workshops on trade facilitation related issues, compliance and logistics, the workshops include, but not limited to, Sensitization meeting with Kenya Anti-Counterfeit Authority on the IPR recordation for all imports into Kenya, sensitization workshop with KRA to variance customs related topics, With KPA on waiver application process, With KEBS on Destination Inspection.
  

• An analytical Report on implementation of Pre- Arrival Processing (PAP) and the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programmes in Kenya. 

• Study on the Compliance levels by the private sector to import and export processes in Kenya

• Reduction in number of TEUS physically verified to 10-15% weekly down from 20-25% previously
• Improvement in the iCMS system stability

• Continuous member interventions on pain areas
• Streamlining of the empty repatriation challenges at ICDN

• Reduction of truck turnaround time from 7 hours to 5hours  at ICDN
• Reduction of the import dwell time  at ICDN from 6/5 days to 4 days

• SCEA lobbied for the renew of the PVOC program contracts and which The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)  renewed 
• The Anti-counterfeit Authority moved the directive on the IPR recordation for all imports into the country to be effective on January 2023
• Lobbying for KPA on granting waivers on storage costs to members

• Increased visibility for SCEA and social media growth

Challenges

• Introductions of Arbitral fees and charges
• Balance between trade facilitation and revenue collection
• Poor policies and regulatory framework
• Responsiveness among the cargo interveners and effectiveness in decision making
• Frequent System downtimes, upgrade and failures
• Poor implementation of the 24-7 operation
• Infrastructural gaps.
• Emerging Global disruptions- Covid-19 Pandemic ,Russia Ukraine war
• Penalties, fines and uplifts, Additional costs incurred by shippers due to delays in delivery of cargo, evacuation of
• empties and in cargo clearance processes

Reduction in number of TEUS physically verified to 10-15% weekly down from 20-25% previously

 Improvement in the iCMS system stability

Continuous member interventions on pain areas

Streamlining of the empty repatriation challenges at ICDN

Reduction of truck turnaround time from 7 hours to 5hours  at ICDN

Reduction of the import dwell time  at ICDN from 6/5 days to 4 days

 SCEA lobbied for the renew of the PVOC program contracts and which The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)  renewed .

The Anti-counterfeit Authority moved the directive on the IPR recordation for all imports into the country to be effective on January 2023

 Lobbying for KPA on granting waivers on storage costs to members

Increased visibility  for SCEA and social media growth