I'm told that when one imports computer parts they're charged duty, but when importing a wholy assembled computer (I'm assuming new) then no duty is charged. If this is correct, why doesn't the govenment scrap the duty on imported parts to further boost local assembly efforts? All in all, I don't see why the government should spend efforts in local assembly unless Kenya is adding value to the hardware in the assembled computers, or Kenya manufactures computer hardware (like China). A few years back I read that there is negligable cost savings in buying parts and assembling verses purchasing the assembled machine. O_O --- On Sun, 8/30/09, bitange@jambo.co.ke <bitange@jambo.co.ke> wrote: From: bitange@jambo.co.ke <bitange@jambo.co.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] My Take: Affordable computers To: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 5:33 PM When the Kenya Government slaped a 25% duty on used computers, it was meant to encourage local assembly where we have done pretty well on the learning curve. This policy change is to enable local job creation while taking into consideration on environmental impact from energy zapping used computers. In any case, the cost of a donated computer amounts to between Ksh. 16,000 and 25,000. This is pretty much what it cost assembling a new PC locally. Regards Ndemo. ---------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------- "easy access to the world" _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: kiriinya2000@yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo.co...