eSeals & ECTS in Kenya — KRA-approved electronic cargo tracking
Keshi Holdings is a KRA-approved eSeals Kenya provider delivering Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) services and IoT e-seals for secure logistics across East Africa. We seal, track and monitor cargo under customs control in Kenya — from Mombasa port along the Northern Corridor to the Malaba, Busia and Namanga borders — under the KRA Multi-Vendor User-Owned eSeals Framework, with our partner Leavitt Holdings.
withdrawn
replacement
eSeal + eFuel
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What RECTS and ECTS mean for cargo in Kenya
Cargo moving under customs control in Kenya has to be electronically sealed and monitored. That obligation sits with the Kenya Revenue Authority and runs on the Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking System (RECTS), the shared platform used across the Northern Corridor by Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Until now KRA supplied the seals itself. From 27 October 2026 it does not: seals become the trader’s responsibility, sourced from an approved vendor under a private commercial agreement.
We are one of fifteen vendors on the KRA approved schedule published on 11 September 2026, listed as Keshi Holdings / Leavitt Holdings (JV). Our devices conform to KRA technical specifications, report into the RECTS corridor, and integrate with the Integrated Customs Management System (iCMS) so that seal events land against your entry without manual reconciliation.
Registration, discovery and agreement take about two weeks end to end.
The last day cargo can move on a KRA-owned seal.
Without an agreement in place, cargo under customs control cannot be sealed.
Cargo tracking in Kenya, run as a service
You are buying monitored transits, not hardware. Fitting, monitoring, de-sealing and replacement are ours to run; the device stays under your account for the life of the agreement.
Both cargo categories
eSeal for containerised and general cargo, eFuel for tankers and petroleum products, under one agreement and one account. Fewer approved vendors carry the fuel line.
Two-hour replacement
If a seal fails in transit we replace it within two hours, contractually and at our cost. The commitment was lodged with KRA at prequalification.
Live customs deployment
We already run a national cargo tracking deployment for DGDA, the customs authority in the DRC, through phases one and two. This is production work, not a pilot.
What the device does
Where we operate
How the changeover works
Five steps, roughly two weeks from first contact to sealed cargo. No pricing is published on this page — your rate card is issued after the discovery conversation, priced against your routes and volumes.
Tell us your fleet size, cargo type and primary corridor.
A short operational conversation, not a sales pitch.
In your hands within three working days, rate card included.
Signed within ten days of the proposal.
Fitting and first sealed transit within five days of signature.
Operators we work with
Large fleet operators
Transporters running twenty trucks or more on the corridor, where a seal failure strands a unit and the replacement clock is the number that matters.
CFS and bonded warehouse operators
Sites releasing cargo under customs control that need fitting at the gate rather than a truck diverted to a third-party depot.
Fuel and tanker transporters
Petroleum movements requiring the eFuel category, which not every approved vendor on the schedule carries.
Freight forwarders and clearing agents
Agents sealing on behalf of multiple principals, who need the seal event to reconcile cleanly against each entry in iCMS.
What operators ask before signing
What actually changes on 26 October 2026?
KRA withdraws its own seals. From 27 October, cargo under customs control can only be sealed with a device supplied by an approved vendor under a commercial agreement. The monitoring obligation itself does not change — only who owns and supplies the seal.
What do eSeals cost in Kenya?
We do not publish rates. Pricing turns on corridor, volume and cargo category, and a published figure would be wrong for most fleets. The rate card is issued per account after a short discovery call, usually inside three working days.
We already run GPS on our trucks. Do we still need this?
Yes. Fleet GPS is your own telemetry; the customs seal is a regulated device reporting into RECTS against a customs entry. They answer different questions and the second is not optional. Where it helps, we can run alongside your existing platform rather than replacing it.
How quickly can we be live?
About two weeks from registration to first sealed transit: proposal in three working days, agreement inside ten days, fitting within five days of signature. Fleets contracting closer to the deadline should expect fitting capacity, not paperwork, to be the constraint.
Do you cover both eSeal and eFuel?
Both, under a single agreement and one account. This matters for mixed fleets running containerised cargo and tankers, which would otherwise need two vendor relationships.
Who are Keshi Holdings and Leavitt Holdings?
Two Kenyan technology companies operating as a joint venture, listed on the KRA approved-vendor schedule as Keshi Holdings / Leavitt Holdings (JV). Between them they run cargo tracking, fleet management, aviation and trade-compliance platforms for government and enterprise clients in nine-plus African countries.
Start your changeover
Leave your details and we will call within one business day to arrange the discovery conversation. Registering commits you to nothing and no rates are published here.
Chief Technology Officer, Keshi Holdings Ltd
+254 705 333 999
findus@keshiholdings.com
Consortium 140 Manyani West Road, Lavington, Nairobi