Key Milestones 2018

  • Incorporation of APMA and appointment of officials
  • Engagement with BDO
  • Visit by members to motorcycle assemblers for local content sensitization
  • First APMA members meeting
  • Introduction to Government
  • APMA Membership reaches 15
  • Second APMA members meeting
  • Officials strategy formulation
  • Letter of Appeal to Industry for Isuzu EA
  • Invitation to the Ministry of Industrialisation on Local content CKD
  • Nation Media advertorial
  • APMA Recognition with Government ministries
  • National Automotive Policy input with Ministry of Industrialisation
  • APMA communication with BDO on TORs
  • Meeting with PS for Industrialization and KVMA
  • Motorcycle regulations signing at PS for Industrialisation

Key Milestones 2019

  • Meeting with HE the President of Kenya for review of the NAP  
  • Meeting with the Treasury to discuss motor vehicle CKD  
  • Meeting the PS for Industrialisation to discuss the NAP  
  • Submitted the list of local content and adoption timelines to the Treasury 
  • Local content list from APMA incorporated into the CKD regulations LN 84  
  • Public participation for the draft NAP  
  • Meeting with Ministry of Industrialisation for Motorcycle Regulations  
  • APMA officials meeting  
  • Introduction letter to the new PS for Industrialisation (Dr. F. Owino)  
  • Letter to KVMA for non-compliance to LN 84  
  • Meeting with KVMA – Task Force conceptualized   
  • APMA members meeting  

Key Milestones 2020

  • Gazetting of LN 112  
  • Localization of Phase 1 of LN 112
  • Review of local content  for supply to vehicle under NPS tender with N. Treasury, OP & Industrialization
  • APMA officials meeting  
  • Handover of APMA secretariat to SOHO Industrial Ltd (Nov 2020 to Oct 2021)  
  • APMA officials meeting
  • Issuance of a 25% discount on 2020/21 membership subscriptions due to Covid 19 effects

Key Milestones 2021

  • APMA officials meeting
  • Meeting between APMA and MAAK on Motorcycle Localization
  • Invitation to a Local Content conference on Motor vehicle leasing by the National Treasury
  • APMA members meeting
  • Submission of the Memorandum between APMA & MAAK to the CS, Industrialization
  • End of outsourced secretariat services/Recruitment of own secretariat staff
  • Drafting of a Budget List for APMA Office Set up
  • Submission of a letter to request partnership between KDF and APMA
  • A meeting between APMA & MAAK on budget proposal 2022/23
  • APMA Delegation to the Intra Africa Trade Fair (Automotive Forum) in Durban, South Africa
  • Submitted an MOU on LN 192 & LN 223 to the National Assembly

Key Milestones 2022

  • APMA Submission to the National Assembly on LN 192 & LN 223
  • Approval of LN 192 and LN 223 by the National Assembly
  • Participation in the validation of the EAC Assembly Scheme Regulations
  • APMA officials meeting
  • APMA members meeting
  • Consultative meeting on the implementation of LN 112 – Phase 2, at the Ministry of Industrialisation
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Key Milestones 2023

  • Kenya tour by AAAM and VWSA.
  • APMA Members meeting
  • Participating through the chair in the AfCFTA business forum in Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Participating, through the chair in the IAA Mobility in Munich, Germany.
  • Industry visits by ministry official, KAM.
  • Meeting with PS, Industry to discuss review and enforcement of LN 84
  • Participation in the automotive workshop jointly facilitated by KAM and AAAM.
  • Commencement of deliveries for motorcycles under LN 112
  • Together with KAM, APMA drafted the response to a petition filed against LN 112 at the Mombasa high court.
  • APMA participated in a meeting with motorcycle assemblers convened and hosted by the National Treasury.