Mark:
I've been working in Kenya (Nairobi and Lokichoggio) for the last month, and every second day, the Kenyan papers are running big storys about the taxman / cops / government / whomever cracking down on importation of vehicles without the tax being paid. So, it seems this is a very topical issue here in Kenya this summer.
This kind of suggests that you might be best off to plan to follow the rules regarding temporary imports (for tourist purposes) of vehicles, lest you wind up either being turned back at the border, or worse, having your moto siezed by the Kenyan authorities if they find you in the country without proper papers for it.
Kenya imposes very high import taxes on vehicles - over half the value of the vehicle - so, anyone trying to bring a vehicle into Kenya without going through the proper procedures is assumed to be a smuggler, not a tourist.
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