Car sales defy Covid-fuelled price surge to grow by 14pc

Second hand cars being offloaded from a Cargo Ship at the Port of Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Car sales grew 14 percent last year, defying a record increase in vehicle prices amid a recovery from Covid-19 economic hardships.

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data shows that the number of newly registered units rose to 107,499 units last year up from 94,128 the previous year.

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