Nairobi, April 4 -- The High Court has temporarily suspended the implementation of a $350 (Sh45,850) levy that was being charged per container for all goods destined for South Sudan.

Justice Gregory Mutai who certified the case as urgent issued the order pending the hearing of an application by clearing agents under the umbrella of Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association (Kifwa) who are challenging the levy.

Kifwa claims that the Mombasa Monitoring Station-National Revenue Authority of South Sudan issued a directive that they should pay the money to a private company in Uganda, Invesco Uganda Limited, for a tracking system christened mandatory Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (ECTN).

Kifwa has also been ordered to serve t...