The government has taken a soft approach on the eight-year rule for used vehicles that are coming in late, with more than 18,000 units arriving later next year. Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) on December 14 announced that all 2013 units registered vehicles must arrive in the country by December 31. This is under the regulations where Kenya only allows importation of used cars of a maximum of eight years since the first date of registration. Kenya imports between 7,000 and 12,000 used cars a month mainly from Japan (80 per cent), with other markets being United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Singapore and South Africa. From tomorrow (January 1), only 2014 made and registered units are allowed into the country by law.

Source: The Star December 31, 2020 06:56 UTC