Federation of East African Freight Forwarders Associations (FEAFFA)
5.3
Participate in the Port of Mombasa
stakeholders meetings
FEAFFA through its appointed representative
Mr. Geoffrey Tindyebwa continued to participate
in the port of Mombasa stakeholders weekly
meetings. The secretariat was kept updated
on any issues of interest and shared relevant
information with members.
5.4 Partner with FHI 360 to provide integrated
health services to agents at borders
FEAFFA finalized sub award negotiations with FHI
360 for an intervention on provision of integrated
HIV and AIDS and other health services to
customs clearing and freight forwarding agents at
selected EAC borders. The initiative is supported
by PEPFAR through USAID under the Cross Border
Health Integrated Partnership Project (CB HIPP)
championed by FHI 360.
C. Challenges
2014 was a very tough year for the Federation.
The year presented numerous challenges, some of
which were critical to the continued existence of the
federation as enumerated below.
High level dependence on donor funds- The
Federation was affected by a lack of constant flow of
funds during the year especially to sustain secretariat
operations in coordination of programmes. Delay
in disbursement of funds for the last phase of the
EACFFPC support project by TMEA affected operations
seriously. Despite the progress made in generating
internal resources, the challenge still remains.
Delays in implementation of the Federation’s
activities- Some of the Federation’s programs did
not move as fast as they had been planned due to
tight schedules on the part of the stakeholders. These
delays particularly affected the training activities.
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Internal wrangling in some of the National
Associations– Some of the member associations
continued to experience internal wrangles and
governance challenges. These affected overall
running of the Federation’s programmes including
composition of the new executive board. This also
affected other critical activities like the board training
on corporate governance. FEAFFA Board continued
to engage with the affected associations towards
securing solutions.
Staffing and human resource issues
The funding situation affected the federation’s
staffing. The Regional QɅ