FREIGHT AND LOGISTICS OF A COUNTRY WITH NO BORDERS
In the 1960s, the three East African countries of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania decided to form the East African Community (EAC). The EAC was more of a country with no borders between the three countries.
“There was one airline under the name East African Airlines, all the ports belonged to the community under the East African railways and harbours and most importantly, there was one currency, the East African shilling. One would move from one country to another without any identification. Passenger trains would travel all the way from Kasese to Mombasa without any hindrance,” Charles Kareeba, the chairperson of Uganda Shippers Council, says.
It is no secret that freight charges between Mombasa port and Uganda are the highest in the world. But that is not all. Despite the progress registered by the freight and forwarding industry, the sector is still grappling with a host of challenges. Rajesh Kumar, a businessman in Kampala attests to this.
“The money I pay to transport my goods from Mombasa to Uganda is almost three times what I pay to get them from Europe to Mombasa,” Kumar says. What's more, Hussein Kiddedde, the chairman of Uganda Freight Forwarders Association (UFFA) says although consumers are affected by the high freight costs, the freight and forwarding companies, too, bear the brunt of the exorbitant charges.
“The biggest challenge is that.......
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http://sowoll.com/en/blog/post/460-freight-and-logistics-of-a-country-with-no-borders
“There was one airline under the name East African Airlines, all the ports belonged to the community under the East African railways and harbours and most importantly, there was one currency, the East African shilling. One would move from one country to another without any identification. Passenger trains would travel all the way from Kasese to Mombasa without any hindrance,” Charles Kareeba, the chairperson of Uganda Shippers Council, says.
It is no secret that freight charges between Mombasa port and Uganda are the highest in the world. But that is not all. Despite the progress registered by the freight and forwarding industry, the sector is still grappling with a host of challenges. Rajesh Kumar, a businessman in Kampala attests to this.
“The money I pay to transport my goods from Mombasa to Uganda is almost three times what I pay to get them from Europe to Mombasa,” Kumar says. What's more, Hussein Kiddedde, the chairman of Uganda Freight Forwarders Association (UFFA) says although consumers are affected by the high freight costs, the freight and forwarding companies, too, bear the brunt of the exorbitant charges.
“The biggest challenge is that.......
Learn more:
http://sowoll.com/en/blog/post/460-freight-and-logistics-of-a-country-with-no-borders
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