I-Kenya ifake amazambane ohlelweni lwamarisidi e-warehouse (WRS). Lolu hlelo seluvele luhlanganisa ummbila, ubhontshisi, uphizi oluhlaza, ikhofi, ukolweni nelayisi ezweni.
USamuel Ogolla, oyiChief Executive Officer yeKenya Warehouse Receipts Board (WRS), uthe lolu hlelo luzokwenza abalimi bamazambane bakwazi ukuthola isikweletu besebenzisa amarisidi akhishelwe izimpahla ezigcinwe ezindaweni zokugcina impahla njengesibambiso.
Lolu hlelo futhi luhlose ukuqeda ukuxhashazwa kwabalimi ngama-broker, njengoba abalimi ngokwabo sebezokwazi ukuthengisa umkhiqizo wabo ngentengo enhle.
U-Ogolla waphawula ukuthi i-WRS izosiza ukuthuthukisa ukugcinwa kwempahla, ukunciphisa ukulahlekelwa kwamazambane ngemva kokuvuna, ukwandisa imali engenayo yabalimi, abahwebi kanye nabahlinzeki bezinsizakalo emkhakheni wezolimo.
NgoJuni 2019, iPhalamende laseKenya laphasisa uMthetho Wohlelo Lokuthola Amarisidi e-Warehouse, ohlinzeka ngesisekelo esingokomthetho sokuthuthukiswa kwawo. Kamuva ngaleyo nyanga, uMongameli u-Uhuru Kenyatta wagunyaza umthethosivivinywa wohlelo lwamarisidi esitolo. Umthetho uhlinzekela uhlelo lapho amarisidi e-warehouse ekhishwa yizindawo zokugcina izimpahla ezinelayisensi ukuze kuhlinzekwe imikhiqizo yezolimo ekhiqizwa eKenya.
“Irisidi liwubufakazi bobunikazi. Idokhumenti ingasetshenziswa njengesibambiso sokuthola imali ebolekiwe yasebhange. Lezi zinhlelo zivumela abakhiqizi ukuthi bahlehlise ukudayiswa kwemikhiqizo yabo kusukela ekupheleni kwesivuno kuze kube yilapho amanani ngokuvamile evuma kakhudlwana,” kusho iSikhulu Esiphezulu Sebhodi Lamarisidi Wase-Kenya Warehouse (WRS) .
“I-WRS ihlose ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iKenya ayidayisi ngokusanhlamvu kuphela, kodwa ihweba nangezinye izimpahla. Abasebenzi abazimele abahlinzeka ngendawo yokugcina impahla kufanele babhaliswe ne-Warehouse Receipts Board kanye ne-Agriculture and Food Administration (AFA) ukuze bafanelekele i-WSR,” kusho i-CEO.