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Kenya mulls ban on petrol and diesel cars as world goes green

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The government has constituted a task force to explore possible elimination of petroleum-powered cars by 2030. [iStockphoto]

The government has signalled it will join the line of pioneer nations queuing around the world to ban the sale of diesel and petrol-fuelled vehicles.

A new State plan seen by The Standard shows Kenya is gearing up to ban the sale of combustion-engine vehicles by 2030 in a move that would have a huge impact on the local auto industry.

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