By CECIL ODONGOMore by this AuthorUsed car dealers have urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to block the implementation of proposed policy limiting the age of imported cars. Through the Kenya Auto Bazaar Association (Kaba), the dealers said the Draft National Automobile Policy, which proposes limiting age of imported cars to three years by 2021, is discriminatory and will hurt their businesses. “We strongly feel and believe that this proposed policy is discriminating and solely designed, motivated and purposed to first frustrate and then destroy completely used-car import business in Kenya,” said Kaba Secretary Charles Munyori and Chairperson Major (Rtd) John Kipchumba in a statement published in local dailies. The association wants President Kenyatta to instruct Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya to urgently convene a stakeholders meeting — involving automotive and manufacturing sectors — to formulate an inclusive policy that caters for all their interests. Kaba claimed that it contributes Sh49 billion in taxes to the government annually and is a crucial player in fulfilment of Mr Kenyatta’s Big Four manufacturing agenda.

Source: Daily Nation February 05, 2019 06:45 UTC