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Kenya is the Largest Importer of Used Cars from Japan
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Chaka
#11 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:10:00 PM
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The taxman must be delighted with this.On the other hand,the Japs should accord Kenya most prefered trading status and the give special concessions on car exports to Kenya.
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kingfisher
#12 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:11:00 PM
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@obi and just.........you are both right!!!

but it is more worth to consider @just point more that @obis which is just thumping up on a statistic that should not be there in the first place.

what is coming out,even from @wendz is that we shouldnt be a junkyard for that is what we are at the moment...........or you will also call being number one importer of mitumba clothes a pleasing statistic also,after running down your textiles industries????

@obi again......let some stats never make you smile,for they point to the degree of you rotttenness.....they should instead stimulate your thinking in the right direction!!!

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Sigiriri
#13 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:12:00 PM
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these cars are not bad,but the parts we then subsequently use make it difficult for them to pass emissions tests etc...kama mtu hata hupitisha service mileage,kweli hiyo ni middle class iko down manze...ni vile tu status ndio inatupeleke huko.

I see it as a large waste of foreign exchange. If we really want to thump our chests,let's spend this money in R&D of our own 'Nyayo Pioneer'....

I drive one of those 'mitumba' though,so not bad,but we cud do better. It shouldn't go to our heads. How many could afford a new car?

Can you all check what happened when the computers for schools project started? Far too many junk computers were brought here - with good intention,but how many are in use today? How prepared is kenya to handle the disposal of such waste?

It's good and bad.





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Hi-Lo
#14 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:14:00 PM
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@Obi u r correct...most Europeans from Central Europe to the Caucasus drive used Opel...not 8 yrs but over 15 yrs old...but live in wonderful houses. Geez...Kenya is a very large economy...others just crunk up their currencies...but we need to work on rural housing...

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wote
#15 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:34:00 PM
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Wow ''Kenyans with their pride of importing used cars'. If we are such a strong economy why aren't we importing new cars instead of bringing in old 'Bangers' that polluting our envinroment.

Reason why S.A,Chile and the likes fair lower is that their economies has improved and can afford to buy new cars.

Or put it another way how many new cars are sold in Kenya in any given month? that would be a good indicator of a good economy.


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simonkabz
#16 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:37:00 PM
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Im no economist,bt just whats wrong with owning a serviceable,cheap,economical mobile coffin? This thng can last another 10years or more,I see no problem thumping ma black chest. If u buy a brand new minibus,n i get myself a used hiace,5years later the two will look 5yrs old,both bodywise n mechanical transmission. Those cars r only slightly used n damn cheap. Game yetu iko juu tu sana!

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kaza
#17 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:43:00 PM
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To the chest thumpers,consider this;-

1. Kenyans like Japs drive on the left side of the road. Folks in most other countries dive on the right so the have no use for Japanese cars which in any case are banned. Such contries in Africa include Egypt,Sudan and Nigeria who would easily be importing more Japanese cars than Kenyans if they had any use for them.

2. I have workedin west africa and guys there import their cars from Europe which is nearer and cheaper than Japan.They also prefer Mercs,BMWs,Opels,Skodas and VWs to Toyotas and Nissans.
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McReggae
#18 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:45:00 PM
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simon,tell 'em......TZ n UG do not have any age restrictions yet we still uo there in numbers imported......I am still thumbing my chest!!!!!!

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wote
#19 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:51:00 PM
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And just how many times have you taken your mobile coffin for an anti-pollution fix?or does the envinroment where you live not matter to you.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with owning a second hand car,but should everyone in the country own a second car and look at it as a sense of pride or achievement?

if any of guy care take a walk from NSSF Building to town passed Serena Hotel,just spare a second and look at the trees that line that street. The damage that has been made to the environment is visable from those trees.


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Obi 1 Kanobi
#20 Posted : Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:23:00 PM
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The numbers are there for all,its up to you to interpret them as you wish.

I only said the numbers are a pointer to a good robust middleclass,which is very true.

On average,someone will pay Sh. 600,000 or thereabouts for a good quality used toyota,which if you were in EU or UK would be enough to deposit on a brand new BMW 3/5 Series or Merc E class whose subsequent monthly payments would be minuscule and which you would be able to replace every 2 years with a newer version with improvements which you can't even feel when driving or notice but which will basically keep you on monthly repayments for the rest of your life.

The used car market has provided many jobs to many kenyans as dealers and even the mechanics.

But the reason I posted this was out of surprise and abit of pride in the knowledge that we are relevant,please allow me to enjoy that.




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