While opening the forum, Cheki Kenya’s product manager, Dennis Ochieng added “Cheki is setting base in Mombasa to foster strategic partnerships with car dealers, we have also partnered with insurance providers, car finance, car inspection among others in order to serve our customers better”. Also present at the Forum, Mr James Kitavi CEO, Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) spoke on the government’s new directive to allow exit of units from the port without number plates, but with logbooks and a third identifier sticker, to ease the clearance congestion citing its importance in ensuring faster clearing of cars by importers. Giving final remarks, MD-Consumer Classifieds, ROAM.Africa, Brenna Excell -, Consumer Classifieds, ROAM.Africa emphasized that “Mombasa is not only strategic for our operations as Cheki but it is also a show of our commitment to serve the entirety of Kenya, and bring transparency to car buying and selling transactions across the country. Cheki is a trusted, reliable and cost-effective online marketplace for the widest range of quality vehicles. We don’t sell cars directly, but offer an advertising platform for users to buy and sell their cars, vans, trucks and other vehicles. For car dealers, importers and individual sellers we provide a huge reach of serious buyers. We host a dedicated community of people who love cars, while still supporting even the first-time buyer in their purchasing decision.
