Laikipia tuk-tuk’s rocky road to getting approval
Thursday December 17 2020
By JAMES MURIMI
Summary
The country’s law and regulation never envisaged local production of vehicles such as the Laikipia BJ-50 tuk tuk.
The BJ-50 tuk-tuk, manufactured at the Nyahururu-based firm, acquired number plates on October 27, 2020 after intervention from the county government.
The devolved unit has placed an order to buy 36 BJ-50 as a way of boosting the local innovation.
For the last three years, the Laikipia County government has been supporting a local start-up, Sagak Tech Enterprises, to venture into mass production of four-wheeler tuk-tuk with an eye on the Sh27 billion Central Kenya Region Economic Bloc (Cereb) market.