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Slowdown fears as imports set for tighter screening

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 — updated on December 19, 2020 - 4 min read

Cargo containers at the Mombasa port. The shilling has come under pressure this year due to a growing current account deficit over slowdown in forex inflows and growing import pressure. PHOTO | FILE

Kenya is set to introduce tight screening measures on imports, sparking fears of slow down of cargo clearance at the Mombasa port.

Treasury secretary Henry Rotich said measures to be implemented from as early as July, will see nearly 50 per cent of import cargo scanned. At the moment, only five per cent of the imported consignment is scanned.