PUBLIC NOTICE

CALL FOR COMMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC MOBILITY POLICY

The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Roads and Transport on 4^th August 2023, through Gazette Notice Number 10132 of 2023 established the Taskforce on the Development of National Electric Mobility Policy, Strategy, Legislations and Regulations (the e-Mobility Taskforce). 

Increasing levels of pollutant emissions are of global concern. Promotion of e-mobility is one of the strategies being adopted worldwide to combat Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and resultant climate change. At present, Kenya’s Transport Sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuel and following the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015, Kenya made a commitment to reduce emissions by 32% by 2030. This target can be achieved if Kenya transitions to zero emission vehicles (electric vehicles, motor cycles, and vessels) in Kenya. 

The overall objective of the e-Mobility Taskforce is to develop a National Electric Mobility Policy (the e-Mobility Policy) covering all modes of transport (road, air, rail, and maritime) to create an enabling environment for the development, growth and adoption of electric vehicles in Kenya. The following are the key objectives of the e-Mobility Policy to:

1. Steer Kenya’s economy to a desired low carbon climate resilient development pathway and guide the development of e-Mobility in the country; 
2. Provide strategic direction in order to create an enabling environment that will enhance uptake of electric vehicles and related e-Mobility infrastructure in the country;
3. Provide policy guidance to the county governments on how to promote e-Mobility in their devolved functions;
4. Recommend transitional measures for the adoption of electric vehicles;
5. Recommend fiscal and non-fiscal incentives for the e-Mobility sector including importation,  local manufacture, assembly and e-mobility infrastructure; 
6. Provide a framework for the end of life and disposal of electric vehicles and accessories in line with Sustainable Waste Management Act, 2022;
7. Provide a framework for the development of carbon credits emanating from the e-mobility sector; 
8. Provide a framework for initiation, development and implementation of standards and best practice in respect of the e-mobility value chain; and
9. Provide a framework for monitoring the impact of this policy implementation economically and environmentally.  

Guided by Article 10 of the Constitution of Kenya that enshrines public participation as a national value, including in the development and formulation of national policies, the e-Mobility Taskforce hereby invites stakeholders, members of the public and all interested parties to provide:

1. suggestion(s)/issues to be addressed;
2. views and inputs; and

iii) recommendation with justification on the policy that the e-Mobility Taskforce should take into consideration when developing the e-Mobility Policy.

Written submissions should be clearly marked “Submission of Memoranda for the Development of the National e-Mobility Policy” and submitted no later than 29^th September 2023 through the email address emobilitytaskforce@transport.go.ke or hand-delivered to the following address:

The Principal Secretary

State Department for Transport

Transcom House, 8^th Floor

P.O. Box 52692-00200 NAIROBI