A team from the Kenya Trade Network Agency (Kentrade), led by senior official Christine Ngure, visited the Webuye Weighbridge on Tuesday as part of a continuing data collection programme along the Northern Corridor.
The initiative is designed to refine Kenya’s cross-border trade mapping efforts, with the ultimate goal of strengthening accuracy in recorded procedures and boosting transparency in the freight and logistics chain.
Webuye static weighbridge weighs about 2,500 trucks in a single day, with a compliance rate of 99% among transit trucks and around 96% for local trucks.
The Webuye facility, operated by Savory Agencies under the supervision of the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), has in recent months intensified its stakeholder engagement drive.
Its management has been holding regular sessions with transporters, security agencies and policy actors to smoothen traffic flow along one of the region’s busiest trade arteries.
These interventions are not purely administrative. In October, weighbridge staff underwent crime scene management training in partnership with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
The programme was aimed at guaranteeing the integrity of justice in cases arising within the transport system, especially incidents tied to cargo movement and axle-load disputes.
The Axle Load Enforcement Highway Unit (ALEHU), under the Deputy Officer Commanding Webuye Weighbridge, was among those trained, together with Savory Agencies managers and duty supervisors.
Ngure’s team is expected to compile insights arising from the Webuye visit into broader national trade mapping reforms.
Officials say the findings will contribute to a more predictable operating environment for businesses reliant on the Northern Corridor, the economic lifeline linking Kenya to neighbouring economies.
