Local motor vehicle assemblers have been granted a temporary reprieve after enforcement date for implementing new standards restricting environmental pollution was delayed.
Assemblers were in negotiation with government over the 2021 deadline to comply with the new rules contained in the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KS 1515: 2019) that have seen the country adopt Euro 4 emissions levels, replacing the more lenient measures that had been in place since 2000.
“Yes we did negotiate and we have three years from December 2019,”said Arvinder Reel, Managing Director, Toyota Kenya. He added that the new date for the assemblers to transition was January 1, 2023.
Immediate implementation of the control of pollutants such as carbon monoxide would have made vehicles more expensive while the air quality improves. Read more…
