Sidoman Blog

**************************** If Eid-ul-Fitri falls before my next blog, please receive my Eid Mubarak best wishes upfront. **************************** The shift in global weather patterns ...
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May 2017 was not the first time Unga, or maize meal flour, made news headlines after its retail price reached ...
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  Corporate social responsibility, often abbreviated "CSR," is a corporation's initiatives to assess and take responsibility for the company's effects on ...
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  The whole month of March celebrates women, with the world joining in to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th.  ...
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After earlier discussing the clearing and forwarding procedure in Kenya, this post will look at the three main documents that ...
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Today’s trade environment is challenging and complex, and there is increasing need for enterprises to keep track of their goods ...
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You have probably heard of the term Clearing and Forwarding Agents. You probably know that they have something to do ...
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More and more Kenyans are seeking to import goods from outside the country either for business or personal purposes. Are you ...
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On Monday, February 2017, a section of the Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association (KIFWA) held a press conference to ...
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In a previous article, we had a look at the commonly used shipping terms. In this article, we will continue ...
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  If figures are anything to go by, Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is set to grow at a rate of ...
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Are you venturing into the field of importing goods to Kenya? During our first business ventures we usually encounter difficult ...
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Amb. Amina Mohamed’s loss in her bid for the African Union Commission chairperson’s seat has come as a shocker to ...
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Many traders import goods from the Middle-East and other nations in America, Asia and Europe to Kenya. Sometimes, these goods ...
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At 1400hrs on Monday, atop an open-roof van, I took off from Nairobi for what would turn out to be ...
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Statistics indicate that the Eldoret International Airport is on a steady rise as a cargo hub in mid-western Kenya. This ...
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If you are a producer of fast moving consumer goods, an importer of heavy construction plant and equipment or a ...
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In last year’s budget reading, Kenya’s Treasury issued a directive to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to implement Section 20 ...
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A German firm specialising in infrastructure and mobility firm has won the bid to design and install a smart traffic ...
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The landlocked East African country of Uganda has been gearing itself towards a change in how cross-border operations are carried ...
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On Monday, 9th January 2017 under the sweltering heat of the Port of Mombasa, four locomotives were off-loaded from a ...
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With the advancement of technology that we have seen in recent times, we are knocking on the door of entry ...
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The Education CS, Dr. Fred Matiang’i revealed on Thursday, 26th December that only 141 students out of the registered 574,125 ...
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Trading in Africa has plenty of challenges left, right and center. Management trend flows of goods and services between origin ...
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2016 is about to accomplish. New Year will come with new opportunities and targets to achieve. Distribution centres, retailers and ...
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According to the Monthly Port Community Charter Report of March 2016, indicated that the time cargo is offloaded from the ...
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If you often watch Churchill Show on Sundays or on YouTube, you'll hear 'Professor' Hamo mention during his gig; "Njoni kwangu,  ninyi nyote  msumbukaona wenye kulemewa na mizigo, nami nitawapumzisha."  We in ...
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As you likely have already heard, this week was off to a questionable start with a traffic jam that will ...
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Skeptics have waited for the fuss over social media to fade away but instead, social media continues to thrive with ...
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About mid way through March, most of us read with horror the results on corruption as far as government contracts ...
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During the recently concluded first ever Next Einstein Forum- a gathering of some of the best entrepreneurs, scientists and lawmakers ...
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We have spoken before about the changing landscape of logistics, as influenced by global trends such as technology and human ...
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Early this year, Chief Justice Willy Mutunga made a statement that would quickly become famous in the Kenyan landscape. Quoted in ...
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Unless you have managed to avoid every news outlet possible, you know that Kenya’s air travel and freighting industry got ...
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When most people hear the words “supply chain management” or even “logistics, it is very likely the first image that ...
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January came to a close with a thump as allegations of large scale bribery brought against the Nairobi governor, Dr ...
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This week saw couch potatoes the world over rejoice: video streaming service, Netflix, which boasts an impressive catalog of TV ...
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If you take your interest in the business world seriously, we know you were in the audience of the “Great ...
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In case you've been wondering what the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has been up to this month, allow ...
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Former Chief Registrar of the Judiciary, Gladys Boss Shollei's name continues to be dragged through the graft mud as the ...
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