Archive for February 2012

Lotus Evora GTE

Feb 29th, 2012 | By | Category: Automotive Reviews

A supercharged 3.5-liter V6 powers the Evora GTE with 444hp going to the rear wheels via a fresh sequential automated manual transmission.

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Tax in Car Industry

Feb 27th, 2012 | By | Category: General Information

If motor vehicles were tax free, what would happen to the price of the various options?

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PSV insurance

Feb 22nd, 2012 | By | Category: General Information

MANY commuters may be unknowingly travelling in uninsured Public Service Vehicles as the recently launched insurance fraud investigations police unit increasingly unearths use of fake stickers in this sector, it has emerged. Insurance Regulatory Authority CEO Sammy Makove is nowurging the public to cooperate with the new police unit under the authority toensure that passengers’ [...]

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Billions lost.

Feb 21st, 2012 | By | Category: General Information

 Several Tanzanians have collectively been cheated out of over half a billion shillings by Japanese companies that  lure customers with prospects of owning posh, unbelievably cheap vehicles. They are victims  of transactions under which  they place orders and commit their money for vehicles whose photo impressions they select on line, but which are never delivered. Consequently, sweet [...]

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New motor plant

Feb 20th, 2012 | By | Category: General Information

Chinese motor vehicle maker, Foton, is investing Sh1.6 billion in an assembling plant in Nairobi.

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Businessman sues UBA.

Feb 20th, 2012 | By | Category: General Information

 A Kampala businessman has sued United Bank of Africa (UBA) for negligence. Mody Nouhou Barry is seeking to recover US$21,000 (over sh48m), which was allegedly defrauded by the bank’s customer using a fake website.

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Robbery suspect caught.

Feb 20th, 2012 | By | Category: General Information

 Jamaine Williams had already been identified as a suspect in a pizzeria robbery in Ukrainian Village, but that didn’t stop the fugitive from allegedly stealing a car — because he was tired of the one he was driving. Williams, 32, allegedly told authorities he was tired of driving around in a “piece of s—” he got [...]

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Crackdown on car theft syndicate.

Feb 20th, 2012 | By | Category: General Information

Police have cracked a crime syndicate that involves stealing luxury cars from automobile bazaars in Nairobi.

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KRA to crush 430 old cars at freight centres

Feb 14th, 2012 | By | Category: General Information

The Kenya Revenue Authority plans to destroy 437 overage cars at various container freight stations in Mombasa.

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KENYA EMBASSY ISSUES ALERT ON JAPAN USED CAR FRAUDSTERS

Feb 9th, 2012 | By | Category: Media Release

At least 30 victims have approached the Kenyan embassy in Tokyo for assistance in recovering money they paid to phoney companies for delivery of cars to Mombasa only for the alleged exporters to disappear after receiving payments.
“This embassy has recently been inundated by requests for intervention from many Kenyans.

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