Car owners of vehicles seized at the customs warehouse in Kilindini have 30 days to pick up their property or lose it through public auction.
The Customs and Border Control Department announced via a Gazette notice dated Friday, January 6, that all goods held at the warehouse, which include 120 vehicles, will be auctioned on February 8, 2023.
The directive was approved by Rosemary Mureithi who serves as the chief manager of the port operations.
"Interested buyers may view the goods at BFT, CCF, FOC, IIL, MTS, MICT, PORTSIDE, CWHSE, SIGINON, KEN, and RLC on 6 February 2023 and 7 February 2023 during office hours," read part of the notice.
A total of 120 vehicles ranging from Toyota Prado, Subaru Impreza, Renault truck, Mitsubishi Outlander, Volkswagen Golf, Nissan Sunny, and Suzuki Alto among others were listed for auction.
From the list, several car brands dominated including Toyota, Mercedes, Subaru, Mazda, Honda, Nissan, Daihatsu, Suzuki, Volvo, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi, and Iveco.
The seized vehicles were a mixture of brand-new vehicles, most of which had just been imported, and second-hand vehicles.
Other goods at the warehouse included personal household effects, household goods, used clothes, accessories, machinery for extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable fats or oils, and 855 cartons of flashlights.
Also, a snow plow, 1198 packages of Fotex grease break fluid, prefab building units, and more were also held up.
Some of the goods have been at the warehouse for more than a decade backdating to June 2009.
During an auction, buyers are advised to be keen on the words used by auctioneers to avoid losing their money.
Furthermore, all buyers were advised to crosscheck the condition of used cars before making any purchases or deposits. This includes the cars' mileage, interior status and auction grades.
