Tighten cargo clearance controls at Mombasa port

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Singapore flagged vessel Mv NYK Clara docks at the Port of Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The reported smuggling scandal at the port of Mombasa is a pointer to a failure in systems meant to prevent such acts at the key gateway, and will take more than a few arrests to resolve permanently.

It is not right that even after the government has invested billions of shillings in tightening clearance procedures at the port and taking them online, unscrupulous officials are still able to clear containers manually.

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