Used Car Importers In Panic As 8 Year Rule Deadline Draws Closer

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Any vehicle manufactured in 2017 or earlier, arriving after December 31, 2024 will be deemed not compliant and shall be rejected at the importer’s expense

Importers and dealers of second-hand cars in Kenya are staring at losses that could run into millions of shillings, on the back of delays in deliveries at the Port of Mombasa.

This is as a result of longer shipping time occasioned by disruption in the Red Sea as a result of the Houthi Rebels attacks which have now lasted a year, forcing shipping lines to continue re-routing to the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), before coming up to the East.

For instance, there has been an increased transit time between Mombasa and key global ports from an average 24 days to 40 days, with some ships taking even longer as they call at different ports before the final destination.

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According to the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs), vehicles exported to Kenya shall be expected to comply with the eighty-year rule, which includes having a Certificate of Road-worthiness issued by Quality Inspection Services Inc. Japan (QSJ,) which is an inspection company contracted by Kebs.

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH A 2008 CAR AS LONG AS IT IS WELL MAINTAINED AND ITS EMISSIONS ARE WITHIN THE PERMITTED RANGE?

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Wacha ninunue Prado na 150k

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Hakuna kitu kama io. ii story huwa ya kujaza gazeti, na huwa kwa gazeti kila mwaka, kila December.

Hakuna panic yyote.

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Si iende tu Uganda hio 2017 model itatesa huko

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Very true. This is such a common every end of year story. This one and its distant cousin, the “one suspect managed to evade capture and is being sort after by the police. Mshukiwa mmoja alitoroka na anaendelea kutafutwa”

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Kwani car imports from Japan come though Yemen? Also I can see ships are sailing via yemen if imports are from europe. Kwa hivyo importers wawache upus.

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