Heads of Kenyan parastatals
have been warned that their
jobs could be on the line if they
do not raise efficiencies in the
port of Mombasa and along the
Northern Transit Corridor.
“New infrastructure alone
will not deliver the efficiency
we desire in the port and in
the northern corridor. It is not
enough to expand and improve
infrastructure; we must also
look at our policies, processes
and systems with a fresh eye
to see what we can improve
and what we must discard,”
says Kenyan president Uhuru
Kenyatta.
“That is why, in June last
year, I issued a directive
ordering the streamlining of
port operations. A chief aim of
that directive was to cut transit
time from Mombasa to Malaba
from 18 days to five,” he said.
Transit times from
Mombasa to Malaba on the
Kenya/Uganda border have
subsequently been reduced
to five days.
“It was encouraging to see
that we reached that target in
very little time, and with almost
no new investment. This is a
lesson – if a lesson was needed
– that dedicated management
and good systems and
processes are as important as
the infrastructure itself,” said
the president.
He was speaking at the
signing ceremony of the
Mombasa Port Community
Charter.
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Dedicated
management and
good systems and
processes are as
important as the
infrastructure itself.
– President Uhuru
Kenyatta
