Govt to Extend Deadline for Used Car Imports
Motorists on a Colossal Traffic Jam Along Busy Uhuru Highway in Nairobi
Simon Kiragu
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The government wants to extend the deadline for used car imports from two years to five years as it gears towards promoting locally assembled vehicles.
Treasury CS Ukur Yatani, on Monday, January 25, said that the government will phase out secondhand cars by 2026. The car dealers had up to 2023 to import secondhand vehicles in an earlier plan unveiled in 2019.
The new proposal will offer them reprieve as they were to be out of business within two years. The industry rakes in approximately Ksh 60 billion annually.
Locally assembled Proton Saga car launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta
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President Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta has launched the first fully locally assembled Proton Saga salon car at Associated Vehicle Assemblers (AVA), a subsidiary of Simba Corporation Limited (Simba Corp).
Simba Corp began as one of Kenya’s most successful commercial organizations with a rich heritage in motor vehicle sales and service. Simba has steadily spread its reach to the major cities and towns in Kenya including Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Kisii, Narok, Nakuru, Nanyuki, Nyeri, Kericho and Eldoret. It is headquartered in Nairobi and has diversified division in motor sales and service, hospitality, investment and financial services.
Cabinet Wrangles Surface Over Imported Car Directives
Motorists on a Colossal Traffic Jam Along Busy Uhuru Highway in Nairobi
Simon Kiragu
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President Uhuru Kenyatta s name was dragged into a Cabinet row over imported car directives and management of the National Standards Council (NSC) under the Kenya Bureau of Standards.
Trade CS Betty Maina barred KEBS directors from holding board meetings and accused his Agriculture colleague Peter Munya of insubordination. The row at KEBS involves the vehicle inspection contracts, tenders awarded to companies to inspect imported used cars and spare parts.
CS Maina s effort to suspend Bernard Ngore as the chairperson of the National Standards Council (NSC) was overturned by the courts. The CS was seeking to direct the vehicle inspection contracts which were a monopoly under the Trade Ministry.
PHOTOS: Uhuru Unveils Three Mega Projects In Mombasa
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday unveiled three development projects in Mombasa County.
The first project on the President s busy diary was the commissioning of the local assembly of the Malaysian Proton Saga saloon cars at the Associated Vehicle Assemblers (AVA) in Miritini, Mombasa County.
Addressing AVA employees, President Kenyatta applauded Simba Corporation, the Proton franchise holder in Kenya and all other assemblers for supporting the Government’s agenda to revive the local vehicle assembly industry to support wealth and employment creation for the Kenyan youth.
“My joy is that we are commissioning the revival of the assembling of saloon cars in your factory after a 25-year hiatus. With this, we are celebrating the return of saloon vehicle assembly here at AVA in Mombasa and I want to congratulate all those involved,” the Head of State said.
Taarifa Rwanda
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Kenya has officially began assembling the Proton Saga Saloon Cars under the Associated Vehicle Assemblers factory AVA in Miritini, Mombasa.
President Uhuru Kenyatta today was given a guided tour at the Mombasa based assembly plant and later signed on the bonnet of a complete Proton Saga Saloon Car rolled off the assembly line.
Speaking to AVA employees, President Uhuru, who was accompanied by Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho, applauded Simba Corporation, the Proton franchise holder in Kenya, and all other assemblers for supporting the Government agenda to revive the local vehicle assembly industry to support wealth and employment creation for the Kenyan youth.