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A New Fleet of Isuzu trucks and Double Cabin Pick Ups at the General Motors (GM) yard in Nairobi. [Phillip Orwa/Standard]
The Government has proposed a raft of new measures aimed at protecting local car assemblers in what will now make it more difficult and costlier to import second-hand motor vehicles.
So determined is the Government to grow the automotive industry to the extent that the Ministry of Industrialisation has proposed developing a financing plan to enable individuals and corporates to buy locally made vehicles.
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