Duty question on vehicle transfer Kenya

@richardbnunn my advice to you is to check everything yourself or by registered third party company. Also you can walk into any insurance company and do the search on the car. There is a lot of scamming in Kenya when it comes to cars. Also you can get help from a company called..RUTHLESS FOCUS. they have YouTube channel.Maybe you will get the contact number on their website.

Regards

Kuldip

@kuldipkenya thank you for this. As far as I can see there isn't an issue with the ownership of the car or the registration - I have done a search on TIMS, the logbook we have is consistent with the record on TIMS and with the chassis and engine numbers on the car. The question is  more how to find out if duty has been paid on the car, as it is unusual for an old car to have a duty free status when it has normal Kenyan plates and has changed hands several times since registration in 1996.

I have written to KRA - they said they need the entry number for the vehicle to be able to say if duty has been paid. Their system was down when they replied to me, so they referred me to NTSA. Two hours standing in various lines followed by a discussion with the most unhelpful person I have met in many years of dealing with government offices, NTSA said I have to wait for the KRA system to be up again.

Any other advice? Thanks again

Contact a licensed clearing agent to lodge an entry with Customs.

Present the vehicle for inspection by Customs prior to acceptance of the entry document.

If found to conform to the required standards, the processing officer will accept payment and pass the entry upon full payment of the relevant duties and taxes.

The vehicle can then be registered or ownership transferred in the Road Transport Department.