Mombasa port operations hit by KRA system outage

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Containers at the Mombasa Port, Kenya on March 6, 2024. 

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Operations at the Mombasa port have been affected by outages on the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) system over the past five days, leaving consignments of tea for export worth more than Ksh3.25 billion ($25 million) stuck at the different port facilities.

Traders in other sectors are also counting losses due to persistent downtime of the KRA’s integrated Customs Management System (iCMS), the sole system to lodge documents for goods' importation and exportation.