Factors Influencing the Achievement of Customs and Border Control Functioning at Mombasa Seaport
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Date
2022-09-01
Authors
Tom, Kiprono
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KESRA/JKUAT - Unpublished research project
Abstract
An effective and efficient customs administration is integral to any country's well-being. Customs administrations around the world play the role of revenue collection, collection of trade statistics, protection of society and trade facilitation. The achievement of customs administrations in developing countries like Kenya continues to face challenges including missing of customs revenue targets, smuggling, and corruption among others. Despite the fact that there are many studies related to customs administration, there is however paucity of study on the achievement of Customs administrations. As such, this study was done to determine the factors affecting achievement of the customs and border control functioning at Mombasa seaport. Specifically, this study was done to determine the effect of infrastructure on the achievement of customs and border control functioning in Kenya; the effect of Human Resources Capacity on the achievement of customs and border control functioning in Kenya; the effect of ICT on the achievement of customs and border control functioning in Kenya. This study adopted explanatory research design. Theories that guided this study are
institutional and queuing theory. The study relied on primary data collected through a five point Likert scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to determine the relationship between the variables of the study. From the results of the multiple regression analysis, it was established that for every unit increase in Infrastructure will lead to an increase in the achievement of Customs and Border Control functioning at Mombasa seaport by 0.259 (β1=0.259, p=0.000<0.05); for every unit increase in Human Resource Capacity
will lead to an increase in the achievement of Customs and Border Control functioning at Mombasa seaport by 0.360 (β2=0.360, p=0.000<0.05): for every unit increase in Information Communication Technology will lead to an increase in the achievement of Customs and Border Control functioning at Mombasa seaport by 0.246 (β3=0.246, p=0.000<0.05).The study concluded that infrastructure, Human Resource Capacity and Information Communication Technology positively and significantly influenced the achievement of Customs and Border Control functioning at Mombasa seaport. The study recommended that to improve the achievement of Customs and Border Control functioning at Mombasa seaport, there is to enhance cooperation, coordination and communication among Mombasa seaport government agencies. The study suggested that a comparative study can be carried out on other factors influencing the achievement of customs and border control functioning at Mombasa seaport
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Custom Administration
Keywords
Customs and Border Control