Kenya’s 2026 Customs Valuation Rules: What Importers Must Keep for Five Years

by sidoman | Nov 10, 2026 | Trade Law & Regulation

Kenya's 2026 Customs Valuation Rules: What Importers Must Keep for Five YearsThe price on an invoice is only the beginning of the story. Importers must be able to explain how that price was arrived at, and support it with records long after the goods have left the...

Who Must Insure the Cargo? Incoterms, Clearance and Claims Under Kenya’s Digital Marine Cargo Rule

by sidoman | Nov 3, 2026 | Trade Law & Regulation

Who Must Insure the Cargo? Incoterms, Clearance and Claims Under Kenya's Digital Marine Cargo RuleEnforcement began on 1 November 2026. The practical question now is a legal one: whose obligation is the cover, and what happens when it is missing?Since Sunday, 1...

Salvage and Wreck: What the Law Expects When Cargo or a Vessel Is Lost at Sea

by sidoman | Oct 27, 2026 | Trade Law & Regulation

Salvage and Wreck: What the Law Expects When Cargo or a Vessel Is Lost at SeaA ship in trouble produces three different claims. Only one of them is a loss to the cargo owner. The other two can still send a bill.Trade Law Tuesday  |  Maritime  | ...

The Returning Residents Rule: What the Law Allows, and Where It Stops

by sidoman | Oct 20, 2026 | Trade Law & Regulation

Written by: Sidoman  |  Trade Law  |  Tuesday, 20 October 2026 Trade Law Tuesday looks at the legal text behind the returning resident relief: Fifth Schedule Part B Item 5 of the East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004. What it grants,...

Keep the export declaration. Kenya now expects it for five years.

by sidoman | Oct 13, 2026 | Trade Law & Regulation

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Understanding The Communiqué and the Gazette in Trade Law

by sidoman | Oct 6, 2026 | Trade Law & Regulation

Trade Law Tuesday The Communiqué and the Gazette Two presidents promised on 4 May to end trade barriers. The next morning, a Finance Bill proposed a 35 percent tax on Tanzanian glass. How that story ended is the best introduction to East African trade law you will get...