Anxiety as transporters seek 122pc jump in shipment fee

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.

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