September 26,2023 -Players in the electric vehicle industry are lining up to assemble in Kenya, seeking to take advantage of tax incentives offered by the government to accelerate industrialization and growth of clean transport.
Electric vehicles assembled in the country are exempt from the 25 percent import duty on such models that are shipped in fully built from overseas. They are also shielded from the 25 percent excise duty that applies to fully-built imports.