Anxiety as transporters seek 122pc jump in shipment fee on Mombasa-Kampala route

Cargo trucks loaded with imported iron sheets ready to leave the port of Mombasa in this photo taken on November 18, 2024.

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Traders and consumers face price pressures after transporters proposed an increase in the cost of ferrying a container of cargo from the Mombasa port to the Uganda capital, Kampala, by up to 112.4 percent.

The Kenya Transporters Association (KTA) has recommended a revised minimum transport rate along the Northern Corridor based on distance and the value of goods being transported.