Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association has moved to court seeking orders to compel Kenya Revenue Authority to renew licenses of its 1,300 members. The group, alongside directors of 14 other clearing and forwarding companies, want the court to suspend licence renewal guidelines citing lack of public participation. The taxman has not renewed the customs agents licenses saying they are processing applications against the new procedures. The companies are pushing to have KRA compelled to issue them with the 2017 licenses as they had applied. According to KRA regulations, international companies are licensed to operate for three years while local firms must renew their permits every year.

Source: The Star May 09, 2017 17:26 UTC