'It removes the headache of bulky paperwork by automating the entire process and making it transparent, where one can monitor progress through an audit trail,” KenTrade chief executive Alex Kabuga told Business Daily. The Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade), which is implementing the project, predicts that it will save the country up to $250 million per year in the first three years of operation and up to $450 million a year thereafter. Currently, businesses have to move to and fro between several departments. The Single Window System will create a platform for submission, receipt and processing of trade-related cargo clearance documents at a single entry point. The computers will be installed first at the port of Mombasa and airports, followed by other border entry points in April 2014. NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kenya hopes to tackle corruption on its borders by introducing electronic customs clearance in November, a move predicted to save $250 million a year, the Daily Nation reported on Wednesday. Kenya hopes a new electronic system for clearing all trade goods at its borders, replacing masses of paperwork, will end trade mispricing and other forms of fraud costing some $250 milion a year
