Chinese carmakers ride on sales to double Kenya market share

Motor vehicle assembling at the Associated Vehicle Assemblers (AVA) Plant in Mombasa in this photo taken on November 19, 2021. 

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Chinese manufacturers more than doubled their share of Kenya's new vehicle market in nine months to September 2026, riding on a jump in sales of trucks on increased government payments to road contractors.

Sales of Chinese brands rose 152 percent to 1,847 vehicles in the nine-month period from 733 in a similar period last year, data from the Kenya Motor Industry Association (KMI) show.

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