Taxman’s vetting tears clearing and forwarding agents down the middle

Cracks have emerged within the clearing and forwarding fraternity as the taxman deepens the screening of agents in a raft of measures introduced last year to curb evasion of customs taxes.

Officials of Kenya International Warehousing Association (Kifwa), the agents’ lobby, have dismissed a national strike called by a splinter group to force the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to stop compiling confidential information.