Why is the DCI leasing Volkswagen Tiguans @4.6 million for four years if a 2015 unit (not used locally) costs 2.5M in Mombasa??
I don’t know the inner workings of government but some of you people must be insiders so mnielimishe. I thought Jambazi 001 alisema hakuna pesa watu wakaze mishipi.
2015 models still have more than 4 years of life in them and to me this is a classic case of wastage juu sio lazima waendeshe the most recent models.
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You are quoting the value of the vehicle. This is not the leasing cost.
The deal is worth 510M and there are 111 vehicles. Hebu soma tena unichanue. Maybe hesabu zinanipiga chenga.
Some information must be missing because a brand new Tiguan goes for about 4.5 million.
Maybe they also service the vehicles but even then I do not think a mtumba Tiguan will cost upwards of 3.5M in just 4 years in service costs.
For starters, we’re talking about recent model VW Tiguans. Not 2015 jalopies as @Azor Ahai is trying to suggest.
The value is 4.6M since the DCI is exempt from insane taxes & levies.
You would pay roughly 9M for the same vehicle if you were to acquire it as an individual.
The DCI is leasing for 4 years not buying.
Exactly. the figure would be X2 if you attempted the same.
The DCI is exempt. You are not.
Government is better of buying new and ‘expensive’ which can be serviced by the dealer over that period without hiccups, as compared to buying from an ‘untrusted’ second hand yard which may be closed down in 2 years. Quality, trustworthiness of dt dobie, and also promoting local assembly of vehicles. My thoughts.
It is not buying. It is leasing for 4.6M per vehicle for only 4 years. That sounds like a bad deal to me.
Business has to be done, and some businesses consider the government their main client. Even other ministries buy 125cc bikes from yamaha kenya for twice the price of the average bodaboda bike. Quality first, and transparency. Govt is the richest organization in Kenya, so they shop the way a rich individual would shop.
Its a slow Saturday it seems.
@Azor Ahai Walighulaaaa! Otherwise it makes no sense.
Nikiona Tiguan nitajua tu sanse wako area
In this case the cost of leasing is roughly equal to the cost of buying:
4.6 x 111
Pro Leasing
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[li]- after 4 years the ownership of the vehicles reverts back to DT Dobie/VW (they don’t end up in people’s yards)[/li][li]- GOK does not incur additional service and maintenance fees[/li][li]- GOK is guaranteed of genuine spare parts[/li][li]- Servicing and maintenance is done by professionals[/li][li]- Reduces avenues of corruption by GOK workshops (noticed those GOK Landrovers and Benz perched upon stones)[/li][li]- GOK will be given first priority to get them at reduced cost after the 4-year term. If they dont opt to buy them, relatively high-quality vehicles end up on our roads[/li][li]- and… most importantly: Overall, leasing is cheaper than buying[/li][/ul]
The govt only buys or leases brand new cars, not mtumbas. That is the law. The police is also leasing landcruisers from Toyota kenya.