How State support is reviving local vehicle assembling industry

Motor Vehicle Assembling at Associated Vehicle Assemblers Plant in Mombasa on November 19, 2021.

Photo credit: KEVIN ODIT | NMG

New motor vehicle dealers are recording a sales resurgence as the economy recovers from the shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic. Data from the Kenya Motor Vehicle Industry Association (KMI) shows that the formal dealers, including Toyota Kenya, Isuzu East Africa, Simba Corporation, and Transafrica Motors sold 14,250 units last year, marking a six-year high.

The performance also represented a 29.8 percent increase compared to the 10,977 units sold in 2020.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.