Customs and Border Control Department
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The Customs and Border Control Department is the arm of Kenya’s tax authority responsible for regulating cross-border trade, collecting customs duties, and enforcing import and export laws at the country’s entry and exit points.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Customs and Border Control Department canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10924642 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Customs and Border Control Department Context triple: [Kenya Revenue Authority, hasDivision, Customs and Border Control Department]
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A.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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B.
Federal Office for Customs and Border Security
The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and related law enforcement tasks.
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C.
customs and border protection
Customs and border protection is a government function responsible for regulating the movement of goods and people across national borders, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and safeguarding a country’s security and economic interests.
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D.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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E.
United States Customs Service
The United States Customs Service was a federal agency responsible for collecting import duties and enforcing customs and trade laws at U.S. borders and ports of entry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Customs and Border Control Department Target entity description: The Customs and Border Control Department is the arm of Kenya’s tax authority responsible for regulating cross-border trade, collecting customs duties, and enforcing import and export laws at the country’s entry and exit points.
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A.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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B.
Federal Office for Customs and Border Security
The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and related law enforcement tasks.
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C.
customs and border protection
Customs and border protection is a government function responsible for regulating the movement of goods and people across national borders, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and safeguarding a country’s security and economic interests.
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D.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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E.
United States Customs Service
The United States Customs Service was a federal agency responsible for collecting import duties and enforcing customs and trade laws at U.S. borders and ports of entry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customs authority
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government agency ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Kenya Airports Authority
ⓘ
Kenya Immigration Department ⓘ Kenya Police Service ⓘ
linked to:
National Police Service of Kenya
Kenya Ports Authority ⓘ regional customs administrations in East Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| enforces |
non-tariff trade restrictions
ⓘ
prohibitions and restrictions on certain goods ⓘ tariff regulations ⓘ |
| function |
assessment of customs duties and taxes on exports
ⓘ
assessment of customs duties and taxes on imports ⓘ implementation of border control policies for goods ⓘ implementation of customs policies ⓘ prevention of customs fraud ⓘ prevention of smuggling ⓘ |
| goal |
facilitation of legitimate trade
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protection of Kenya’s revenue base ⓘ protection of society from prohibited goods ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Nairobi ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Government of Kenya ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
East African Community Customs Management Act
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Kenya’s customs and excise laws ⓘ |
| monitors | movement of goods across Kenya’s borders ⓘ |
| operatesAt |
Kenya’s entry points
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Kenya’s exit points ⓘ airports in Kenya ⓘ land border posts in Kenya ⓘ seaports in Kenya ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Kenya Revenue Authority ⓘ |
| regionServed | Kenya ⓘ |
| regulates |
exports from Kenya
ⓘ
imports into Kenya ⓘ |
| responsibility |
border control for goods
ⓘ
collection of customs duties ⓘ enforcement of export laws ⓘ enforcement of import laws ⓘ regulation of cross-border trade ⓘ trade facilitation at borders ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | C&BC Department ⓘ |
| typeOfTaxCollected |
customs duty
ⓘ
excise duty on imported goods ⓘ import VAT ⓘ |
| usesSystem | customs management information systems ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Customs and Border Control Department Description of subject: The Customs and Border Control Department is the arm of Kenya’s tax authority responsible for regulating cross-border trade, collecting customs duties, and enforcing import and export laws at the country’s entry and exit points.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.