*IMHO, avoid Fedex like a plague! Local Fedex is a big mess lately ( seems they moved from transami ), had a small item shipped and it landed on time but the stories that I got from them and 2 weeks later the item was still not cleared ( though the item was zero rated ). * Same experience by someone I know.... and yes the item was zero rated. -- Josiah Mugambi Samuel Goldwyn<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/samuel_goldwyn.html> - "I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong." On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:12 AM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:

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Email vmusembi@bimaclearing.com kenyan company, imports a lot of ICT equipment for a leading ICT firm in kenya, they will advise On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Alvin Jason Ochieng <ajochola@gmail.com>wrote:

Kevin are the goods for sale?If so from the US use DHL if in the USA

On 10/7/09, Kevin Ouma <kevin.ouma@gmail.com> wrote:

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Hi all,

Does anyone know any reputable logistics company based in the US that can handle airfreight ( preferably one managed by Kenyans) of IT equipment from the US to Kenya. I checked with DHL and Fedex and found their rates too high.

Regards Kevin

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*Fedex had quoted USD 500 to ship it, but USPS did for USD 93 plus insurance.* Interesting :) and noted. -- Josiah Mugambi Ogden Nash <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/o/ogden_nash.html> - "The trouble with a kitten is that when it grows up, it's always a cat." On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:

I tried USPS once, and since I had heard horror stories, I was expecting the worst to happen to my shipment. Anyway, contrary to my worst fear, the item arrive in Nairobi in 4 days, I went to Posta, collected that yellow cards, was send over to the branch near Kenya Polytechnic, and I collected my item with 10 minutes. They have KRA agents inside, and since it was a comp, it was zero rated, I paid Posta like KES 100 and walked out with it.

Also the item was insured against loss by USPS and I was able to track it till it landed and Posta, where the trail ends.

Fedex had quoted USD 500 to ship it, but USPS did for USD 93 plus insurance.

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Have also use Posta/USPS and its a good experience and pocket friendly... -- Regards Mathu

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:30 AM, benson orina <benson.orina@gmail.com> wrote:

anyone with experience with shipments from the uk as in royal mail / posta ?

Yeah i have a recieved things via Royal Mail small packets service. Not had a problem yet -- and they are very fast compared to USPS. ashok

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:13 AM, benson orina <benson.orina@gmail.com> wrote:

thanks alot :) ashok. so what kind of things can someone bring in through this service. is it possible to buy a laptop online from the uk, give a posta address and collect the comp at your local post office. what are the cost criteria? say i would like to buy computer parts, books, dvds on amazon or any other like site?

take a look at the KRA website -- they have an excel sheet listing dutiable items and what the duty per item is ... if the item is dutiable (e.g. 10%) / vat-able (e.g. 16%) then then you have to pay the required fees while collecting the item at posta. sometimes they can wrongly apply duty to a item (e.g. if you are importing an item for personal use - and its dutied like commercial goods) -- and it is possible to argue your case with the officer in room 113. there is a minimal handling charge of ksh.70 for any item (with or without duty) charged by the post office. the staff there are generally quite helpful, but you require to have some patience.