Kenya Issues Directive On Used Car Importations

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in African News November 10, 2021

The Kenya Bureau of Standard (KEBS) has moved in to further enforce regulations governing the importation of used cars.

The body did this while cautioning against the purchase of cars older than the allowed eight years since its manufacturing.

The government agency released a notice on Tuesday, November 9 through which it announced the new directive. It stated that they will allow right-hand driven cars whose year of first registration is from January 1, 2015 and later into the country. The directive is to take effect on January 1, 2022.

KEBS highlighted the fact that they made this decision according to the Kenya Standard Code of Practice for Inspection of road vehicles.

‘’Vehicles from counties where KEBS has an inspection agency shall be accompanied with a certificate of Roadworthiness (CoR) issued by Quality Inspection Services Inc. Japan (QISJ), an inspection company appointed by KEBS,’’ the agency said.

KEBS has inspection agencies in Japan, UAE, the UK, Thailand, and South Africa. It further added that certificates of road worthiness whose year of first registration is 2014 will be invalid after December 31, 2021.

The agency said they will allow all those cars that arrive before the date in the country. The issue will arise when someone tries to import a vehicle of 2014 and before after the set date.

By 2026, the government of Kenya will drive out all secondhand vehicles. Car dealers had up to 2023 to import second hand vehicles in an earlier plan unveiled in 2019.

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