Second-hand cars to get more expensive in new age limit rule

Second-hand cars at the port of Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenyans may have to dig deeper into their pockets to buy second-hand cars popular with the majority if proposals to lower the age limit for used-vehicle imports are implemented.

A report has recommended the slashing of the age limit for imported cars to five years by 2021, in a raft of measures intended to promote local assembly in the region.