Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) board officer flag off a cargo truck during the launch of a new Electronic Cargo Tracking System for monitoring cargo transiting through Kenya to the neighbouring countries within the East African Community on March 1, 2017. PHOTO| SALATON NJAU | NATION
East African region has saved more than $7 million by using the electronic real time cargo tracking system.
The commissioner of Customs at the Uganda Revenue Authority Dicksons Kateshumbwa told The EastAfrican in Kampala that the revenue body had saved more than $1.03 million in physical escort costs alone, from more than 20,000 consignments over the past six months.
