Electric bike, bus prices to rise in Kenya tax proposal

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Spiro electric motorbikes during their launch at Mombasa's Mama Ngina Waterfront, Kenya on September 1, 2023.

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Habib Lukaya was optimistic that Kenya’s incentives for electric vehicle (EV) assemblers would spur growth of the nascent sector as the country positions itself as an e-mobility leader in Africa.

But with a new proposed law that seeks to strip electric motorcycles, minivans and buses of their zero-rated VAT status, that hope fast fading.

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