Motorcycle sales up 183pc after Sh10,000 tax removal

Boda boda riders in Kisii town. photo | jared nyataya | nmg

Motorcycle sales jumped 183 per cent in the three months to March after the government made the bikes cheaper with the removal of the Sh10,000 excise duty per unit.

Official data shows that the number of newly registered motorbikes hit 51,139 in the first quarter of the year compared to 18,032 units in a similar period of last year.

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