Vehicle importers call for tax reduction as government insists on age limit

Imported vehicles at the Mombasa port. [File, Standard]

Vehicle importers should focus on maximizing resale value and lobbying for lower taxes and duty as the government insists on vehicle age limits.

Trade and Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said the government would not backtrack on the proposed change seeking to limit the age of used vehicles with engine capacity above 1500cc imported into the country to five instead of the current eight years.