South Sudan to issue new certification for cargo clearance

The government of South Sudan has started the issuance of new certification for cargo clearance in a bid to whip out dumping in the region.

The new move by South Sudan government come at the time when it signed a cargo traffic system with Invesco Uganda Limited in a bid to phase out smuggling and dumping that had crippled its revenue collections.

According to revenue experts, 50 per cent of goods cleared at the port of Mombasa and allegedly for South Sudan end up being dumped in Kenya while 50 per cent of goods cleared from the same port for South Sudan from Eldoret is dumped in Uganda and this has been so because of lack of issuance of the international certification and tracking system.

The certification of cargo is likely to save governments in the region of about $500 million in illicit trade