Tag: Car Importation
LETTERS: Why Kenyans are buying imported used cars
Latest official data shows that Kenyans import about 8,000 used cars every month compared to 500 new cars sold on average.
Car imports, trade volumes drop 30% on coronavirus
Imports on used motor vehicles could drop sharply as the coronavirus spread continues to hit global supply chains.
This...
Kenyans risk radiation and poisonous goods,car importers warn
•While Kebs issues Certificates of Conformity (CoC) under the Pre-export verification of conformity to standards, its agents abroad have no capacity to...
State shelves plan to import BRT buses from SA
Local bus assembly and body fabricators are set for a major boost after Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga reversed...
Car importers beat eight-year rule deadline
The government’s age limit policy restricts importation of vehicles that are more than eight years old from the year of manufacture, which...
Car importers rush to beat 8-year rule
The Port of Mombasa has recorded an increase in second-hand motor vehicle imports as the drive to lower the car import age...
Importers of used cars blame NTSA for clearance delays
Importers of secondhand vehicles have called for speedy relay of data from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to the National Transport and...
Used car importers rush to beat eight-year age rule
Imports on second-hand cars have risen in November, importers have said, as car dealers and buyers rush to beat the eight-year age...
Importers oppose Uhuru’s plan to do away with used cars
Vehicle importers are staring at bleak times ahead if President Uhuru Kenyatta’s remarks on Friday are anything to go by.
Uhuru breathes fire with warning to car importers
Importers of foreign vehicles are staring at bleak times ahead if remarks by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday are anything to go...
EAC locks out duty-free car imports from South Africa
Players in the automobile sectors from the East African Community and the Southern African Customs Union are developing a joint policy to...
Car clearance hitch persists at port despite KRA assurance
Motor vehicle importers on Friday complained that delays at the Mombasa port persist days after the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) said it...
Ban on used truck imports signals boon for assemblers
Local assemblers led by Isuzu East Africa and Simba Corporation are set to benefit from the move to ban imports of used...
Two Egyptians in court over illegal assembly of trucks
Two foreigners have been charged with the illegal assembly of Isuzu trucks.
They are accused of irregularly...
Vehicle importers face delay on clearance hitch
Thousands of second-hand cars could be stuck longer at the Mombasa port after implementation hitches rocked the adoption of the newly rolled...
Local vehicle assembly drives economic growth
The significance of manufacturing to any economy globally cannot be understated. Many economic development success stories such as China, Malaysia, Japan,...
