Vehicle import scheme to only benefit top civil servants

GOVERNMENT’s car scheme, which will allow civil servants to import vehicles duty-free, is a pie in sky and will not benefit the majority of its workers, but a select few senior members.

The conditions set out by government through Statutory Instrument (SI) 52 of 2019, purportedly offering an incentive to civil servants, sets stringent conditions for one to qualify for the benefit.

According to the instrument, only senior government officials from the level of principal directors, directors and deputy directors will be direct beneficiaries of the free import of vehicles.

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