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Automotive sector gears up for major overhaul to spur new cars uptake

Police Landcruiser assembly at Association of Vehicles Assembly (AVA) in Miritini, January 2018. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

In the last few years, Kenya has braced itself for a radical overhaul of its budding automotive sector.

Through a mix of regulatory policy and taxation on the back of a weakening shilling, the country's second-hand vehicle market or grey imports is on the precipice.

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