Car Bureaucracy

Car Bureaucracy

going through a lot of unnecessary trouble before finding the easy solution
Car Bureaucracy - going through a lot of unnecessary trouble before finding the easy solution

Location: 

Haile Selassie Ave, Nairobi, Kenya

Duration: 

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Journey: 

African Culture And Traditions

Personal highlights

  1. Problem: having no social security number (PIN)
  2. Trouble: not being able to transfer the car on my name
  3. Detour: visiting all official offices at Nyayo, KRA, NTSA
  4. Trap: trying to find a solution with governmental staff
  5. Solution: getting a Carnet de Passage from the AA

Image sources

  1. Time Tower (KRA)
  2. Some Partial Success
  3. Nice People at the AA
  4. Excess of Bureaucracy
  5. Leaving the KRA

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