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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Nearly all decent vehicles are 1800cc and above eg Rav4, xtrail, c200, forester, premio, golf etc. Middle class in big trouble. Soon all will be rolling in vitzs.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/8/2018 Posts: 2,212 Location: DC (Dustbowl County)
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Brilliant move. A car is not an asset but an import burden which is near worthless after 20 years or so of a useful life. The only assets in this category are capital goods cars like pick ups, matatus, trucks, excavators, oil tankers, break down vehicles, electricity pole repair vehicles na kadhalika that actually add to GDP. Government should in fact incentivize the import of these by scrapping duty altogether on them.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Munya should know that Kenya doesn't manufacture any vehicles. All Toyota Kenya, GM and others do is import the vehicles in pieces put in big wooden boxes. Then they hire mechanics to fasten the bolts of the various parts together to get a complete vehicle. That surely isn't manufacturing. So I don't understand which is this manufacturing sector he wants to protect.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/8/2018 Posts: 2,212 Location: DC (Dustbowl County)
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hardwood wrote:Munya should know that Kenya doesn't manufacture any vehicles. All Toyota Kenya, GM and others do is import the vehicles in pieces put in big wooden boxes. Then they hire mechanics to fasten the bolts of the various parts together to get a complete vehicle. That surely isn't manufacturing. So I don't understand which is this manufacturing sector he wants to support. Actually we do.... kinda.  
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Govt should ensure that local car prices are in line with global car prices. That way Kenyans will buy new cars. But the current situation is crazy. For instance a 2019 Rav 4 is going for 2.5m in the US but it is 7m in kenya. That 2.5m is what Kenyans are paying for 8yr old Rav 4 mtumba junks from japan. NB a 2019 corolla is 1.8m in the US where incomes are much higher than in Kenya while its 4m in Kenya. Total madness in ke. Seems everything in this world is schemed to be against mwafrika, even his own govt. https://www.toyota.com/rav4/
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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A govt should serve the interests of those who elected them. Not coming up with crazy ideas midway after the elections. I think they have eaten so much that they now think everyone can afford to walk to Toyota Kenya and buy an overpriced 4m vehicle. They have eaten so much that they are now vomiting on electorates' shoes. That is why they should be kicked out in 2022.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/21/2011 Posts: 2,032
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hardwood wrote:Nearly all decent vehicles are 1800cc and above eg Rav4, xtrail, c200, forester, premio, golf etc. Middle class in big trouble. Soon all will be rolling in vitzs. Let's give them benefit of doubt. We ship too much money out of kenya in the name of cars. Would encourage any effort to keep part of this money in kenya and create jobs right here. Of greater importance is that globally, the automobile industry is ripe for paradigm shift. I wish we could position ourselves to be on the cutting edge of this shift
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/7/2012 Posts: 11,937
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limanika wrote:hardwood wrote:Nearly all decent vehicles are 1800cc and above eg Rav4, xtrail, c200, forester, premio, golf etc. Middle class in big trouble. Soon all will be rolling in vitzs. Let's give them benefit of doubt. We ship too much money out of kenya in the name of cars. Would encourage any effort to keep part of this money in kenya and create jobs right here. Of greater importance is that globally, the automobile industry is ripe for paradigm shift. I wish we could position ourselves to be on the cutting edge of this shift What cars do we assemble or manufacture in Kenya & where are the plants? I like the way handshake is outing the idiocy level in Jubilee!!!!! In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/21/2011 Posts: 2,032
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Angelica _ann wrote:limanika wrote:hardwood wrote:Nearly all decent vehicles are 1800cc and above eg Rav4, xtrail, c200, forester, premio, golf etc. Middle class in big trouble. Soon all will be rolling in vitzs. Let's give them benefit of doubt. We ship too much money out of kenya in the name of cars. Would encourage any effort to keep part of this money in kenya and create jobs right here. Of greater importance is that globally, the automobile industry is ripe for paradigm shift. I wish we could position ourselves to be on the cutting edge of this shift What cars do we assemble or manufacture in Kenya & where are the plants? I like the way handshake is outing the idiocy level in Jubilee!!!!! Ever heard of Mobius? Ever heard of VW assembling cars in Kenya? Even if many of the parts are not made in Kenya, the assembly plants will create some local jobs. Of course Jubilee not good in planning..for instance would not be surprised nobody has worked out 1) how many 'new' cars are imported every year 2) Revenue that govt gets 3) Whether existing plants will meet the demand 4) whether the created jobs will earn govt more revenue.maybe they've worked this out, maybe not.. that's why i said 'let's give them benefit of doubt'. But it's a shame that we still import whole cars over 100 yrs since the first car was made.
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