Nairobi, Feb. 19 -- Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan have supported Kenya's move to offer end-to-end logistics services, even as clearing and forwarding agents protested the move that potentially locks them out of business.

In the latest efforts to make Northern Corridor more efficient and serve landlocked countries to compete with Dar es Salaam port, officials of the three countries met with their Kenyan counterparts and agreed on a number of issues to make them use Naivasha inland container deport.

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) had opposed the idea, but it has been given mandate to offer end-to-end logistics services after government completed procurement of more than 250 railway wagons and entered into an agreement with some transporters...