Number plates shortage hits car importers hard

 

Kenya Motor Repairs Association Chairman Bernard Ngore (centre) presents Transport ministry's Administration Secretary Naftali Mung’athia with a report on motor vehicles inspection in Kenya at the Nairobi’s Panafric Hotel yesterday. With them is Head of Road Transport Services Unit at the Transport ministry Martin Eshiwani. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The shortage of motor vehicle number plates is costing car importers about Sh26 million daily in storage costs as they await the processing of new ones at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.