Cheap, locally assembled motorcycles timed out again
In 2013, Honda Motors Company Ltd established a motorcycle production plant and sales subsidiary in Kenya while Dutch firm Kibo also started production of the Kibo 150 brand of motorcycles for Kenyan riders. PHOTO FILE | NATION
East African countries have extended the plan to exclude imported motorcycle parts from taxation by another year, starting from December 2016, due to lack of funds to pay off consultants appointed to do the job.
This is the second time the process, which aims to lower the cost of production of motor cycles and promote localisation of their assembly in the region has been deferred.
