Kenya is ready for a ban on the importation of used vehicles because local assemblers have sufficient capacity to satisfy market demands.

The government saves a billion by buying locally manufactured cars for disciplined forces.

In Kenya, the sales of new motor vehicles has dropped by more than 40 per cent. Despite this fall in volumes, things are looking up for the region’s vehicle assembly industry with the recent entry of major auto manufacturers.

The Associated Vehicle Assemblers (AVA) Ltd, located at Miritini in Mombasa County, assembles more than 4,000 vehicles every year for world-leading brands, including Fuso, Toyota, Proton, Mahindra, Hino, Scania, Tata, Bieben, Volvo, Daewoo and Bajaj.