Vehicles assembly rises 18pc to hit new high on tax breaks

Motor vehicles assembled in Kenya rose 18.5 percent to hit a new high of 13,692 in the year ended December 2025, driven by expansion of new models being put together at plants in Nairobi and Mombasa.

Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics show that the assembled units rose from 11,555 the year before, with the growth seen as a response to tax incentives offered by the government to assemblers.