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Nairobi's automotive workshops are haemorrhaging money, not on labour, not on overheads, but on how they source parts. Long import lead times, unpredictable costs, and a lack of vetted local suppliers are quietly eating into margins that are already thin. The businesses winning in this market have figured out one thing: knowing what to import, what to source locally, and what to fabricate right here in Nairobi is the difference between a workshop that runs and one that firefights.
