Well, I can answer now to my own question:
It is almost impossible to get into Kenya without a carnet. They only issue C500-forms nowadays which require you to execute a bond. You can either deposit the bond (of about 1.5 times the value of the car) at a bank in Kenya or buy a bond-insurance at an insurance company at 5% of the bond-value. All of this needs to be done by a clearing agent.
In our case the Kenyan Revenue Authority valued our car at 170.000 Ksh and put the bond to 270.000 Ksh (tax-value). 5% means 13,500 Ksh, which is about USD 190.
Pretty expensive, espcially if you go to Ethiopia and back through Kenya paying for another bond!!!
We now opt for trying to buy a carnet in South Africa, but have to see if we can manage as we are in Tanzania.
Good luck!
Arnout
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