The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has announced the validation of used vehicle importation documents as a strategy to stop the purchase of vehicles using forged documents.
The validation exercise is also to ensure that all used vehicles being imported into the country are not more than eight years old from the year of first registration.
In a notice published on July 8, the bureau stated that the validation exercise would commence from July 14 to clamp down on imported vehicles without a certificate of roadworthiness.
According to KEBS, all vehicle importers must meet the standard code of practice, which requires inspection of vehicles before importation or registration.
