Posted on June, 19, 2019 at 11:13 am
By Robert Muhereza
KABALE. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has installed a mobile cargo scanner at Katuna border post to ensure that what is declared on the import and export documents correspondents with what is being carried in the containers.
The officer in charge of URA customs office at Katuna border post, Mr Emmanuel Bamanya, on Monday said that the cargo scanner started working on June 13 and it will help in clearance of cargo trucks and containers without necessarily offloading them.
He explained that the scanner had initially not been installed at the border post because of the recent standoff with Rwanda when authorities closed its Gatuna border post for several months.
Mr Bamanya, however, explained that the plan to establish a mobile cargo scanner at Katuna border started before border closure because there was need since it was among the busiest border posts for Uganda.
“The cargo containers on trucks passes through the cargo scanner which scans all the goods contained therein, in a few minutes. The scanner quickly verifies the contents in the cargo containers and its operators ascertain whether what has been declared on papers is exactly what is in the cargo containers,” Mr Bamanya said.
According the customs records, Katuna border post works 24 hours on a daily basis. During normal days before its closure in February, over 300 vehicles passed through every day.
Source: Daily Monitor