Kenya: Car and General to Train Boda Boda Mechanics
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- Published on Friday, 24 January 2014 04:03
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Car and General has launched a nationwide motorcycle training pro- gramme for jua kali motor mechanics. The towns to immediately benefit are Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret, Mombasa, Kisumu and Kitale.
"After sales service is important to us, thus Car and General technicians will travel around the country to ensure that we have trained mechanics in different regions for a check up of motorcycles that we sell," the auto dealer's technical trainer, Sammy Sewerei said.
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Mobius Motors: Africa's Own Car Company
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- Published on Friday, 24 January 2014 03:56
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Africa needs wheels. Mobius Motors, a four-year-old start-up based in Nairobi, Kenya, thinks it has a homegrown solution. It's working on the Mobius Two, a utility vehicle set to go on sale in Kenya for about $11,500. Eventually, the company hopes to sell cars all over Africa.
Mobius is the brainchild of twenty-eight-year-old British expat Joel Jackson, whose management-consulting background brought him to rural Kenya to work with the forestry industry.
"In that role, I witnessed and experienced a lot of the types of challenges the people face every day here without appropriate transport," he says.
MCAS Gets Mortgages, Car Loans in Salary Deal
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- Published on Sunday, 01 December 2013 11:40
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 Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) have agreed to reconvene their sittings next week having reached an agreement with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
The County National Governing Council which reached the agreement with the SRC is however separate from the Speakers Forum that has been representing the MCAs in the dispute until now.
The MCAs agreed to return to work after SRC gave in to their demands for a car loan, mortgage, mileage allowance, increased sitting allowances and the promise of a salary raise.
"Indeed the review never goes downwards.
Sri Lanka Says President’s Kenyan Visit Successful
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 January 2014 15:07
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The President’s Office said in a statement that in addition to attending Kenya’s 50th Independence Day celebrations, the visit was aimed to enhance bilateral relations and open up new economic cooperation opportunities for the two countries and their business communities.
Currently, there are approximately 200 Sri Lankans living in Kenya with a number of them engaged in large projects in a variety of sectors from apparel and horticulture to motor vehicle trade.
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Kenya Set To Introduce Electronic Vehicle Tracking Solution
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- Published on Sunday, 01 December 2013 11:38
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Kenya’s revenue authority said Tuesday it will electronically start monitoring movement of cargo in the Single Customs Territory (SCT) from February 2014.
In a statement, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) called on all transporters, shipping agents, and clearing and forwarding agents as well as those dealing with exports to ensure their vehicles are fitted with electronic seals.
KRA said it will be using the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) to monitor the movement of cargo across the East Africa region. ECTS monitors captures real time location, security, and condition information about cargo and assets.
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