County Government of Laikipia

A team of top-level officers from government agencies involved in the registration of Laikipia-made vehicles, BJ50, visited the factory on Wednesday last week ahead of its anticipated registration.

The team led by Chief Mechanical and Transport Engineer Maurice Nabende on behalf of Transport PS Paul Maringa also included Numerical Machining Complex, Kenya Bureau of Standards, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and directors of Sagak Tech Automobiles.

Tooling

We are here to follow up on this project, to ensure it meets the quality required by the market. We see great improvement from the original models Eng. Nabende said.

BJ50, which is a four-wheeler Tuktuk will get number plates within a week after Sagak Tech which is behind the project received certification from the Kenya Bureau of Standards.

The certification has paved the way for the Nyahururu-based automaker to venture into mass production. Numerical Machining Complex (NMC)'s area of interest is tooling and mechanizing the production process of the vehicle.

Already it has over 50 orders for the tuktuk. The pick-up version of the tuktuk is on production.

Mass production of the tuk-tuk will go a long way in supporting manufacturing as Laikipia seeks to grow its economy four-folds in the medium term.

Through Laikipia innovation and enterprise development program, the County has been handholding innovators to actualize their ideas. The program is incubating over 500 Laikipia SMEs. The growth of SMEs will create much-needed employment opportunities for Laikipia.

(Published by ICT | Source: Laikipia Weekly Newsletter Issue 0057)