Three others have been set up and are operated by Kenyan firms for their specific needs, while four privately owned zones are being constructed. The MUB scheme is accorded most of the incentives of EPZ's without the requirement of location at predetermined sites. The only requirement for the manufacturer is to reimburse GOK all costs of the customs officer and guards at site. Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya's main trading and importing towns, have sufficiently large warehousing facilities. Prevailing tariff rates then apply.
Legislation disallows waivers on commercial imports.
In practice, waivers are sometimes granted to politically connected individuals. Kenya is also a signatory to major international trade agreements such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Trade Organization, and the Lome Convention. Political foot-dragging delayed opening of the EAC Secretariat, based at the old East African Community Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, until May, 1996.