The High Court has today morning suspended the implementation of the Sh400 new parking fee by City Hall pending determination of a case that has been filed by COFEK.
The consumer watchdog has gone to court to stop City Hall from doubling parking fees from Sh200 to Sh400.
According to Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) lawyer Henry Kurauka the decision to increase parking fees was unconstitutional because the Nairobi County Government had failed to conduct a proper public participation exercise.
County Director of Parking Tom Tinega had issued a notice stating that the new charges would take effect today.
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this is what Nairobi needs, if ur going to the city centre u don’t need to go and park ur vehicle the whole day. its a backward way of thinking. city area parkings are for taxing. let people utilize mass transport like buses/trains/shuttle serices. nikija bara am at a loss as to why the whole city is just sitting in cars in traffic while half the city is occupied by parked vehicles not conducting any business at all. tusianze na matatu, hawa watu hawana ustaarabu kabisa, wafidhuliiiiii wakubwa.
Even 500 will kick ass many guys outta CBD and in fact reduce traffic snarl ups all over Nairobi because the bottleneck in town affects all outskirts… But others here will call you an arrogant billionaire… it is the way to go… I never drive to town but use either taxi or matatu…
shida yetu huwa kutokufikiria. tuchukue mfano wa watu huishi mjini bara. kwa flats ama nyumba kawaida bangalore ama maisonette, kila jumba lina wazazi wawili na magari yao na wengine wana limoja la watoto. utapata kila mtu yuaondoka na wakti wake labda wakiwachana na lisaa limoja kukuzidi. wote waelekee sehemu karibu labda kukiwachana ni km3-5. sasa hawa wote wakaegeze magari yao mjini kila mtu ajilipe gari na pia alipe kulindiwa gari. jioni vivo hivyo waelekee nyumbani kwa njia ile ile.
tujiulize. huuu ni ungwana? hawa ndio watu wanaojaza miji kiholela. hizo hela kapoteza kwa kutofikiria njia rahisi walakin ukiuliza waitwa fukara hata washindwa kujibu watu kama hawa maanake ni upungwani.
Nikama mvua haijawahi kupata town ama ujipate unataka kutoka town briefly. If the stated alternatives were working, very few people would mother driving to town. However, the unpredictability of it all ndio hufanya MTU apambane kununua kagari. I stay in South C and it will interest you that it is way cheaper and convenient for me to drive to town than take a matatu. How you ask. The matatus are a cartel on their own. Paying 100 just coz it rained ni upuss.