The High Court has extended the order suspending the enforcement of increased parking fees by the County Government of Nairobi.
The ruling delivered on Wednesday, April 21, maintains the parking fees for private cars at Ksh200 daily. The county government had proposed to double the charges to Ksh400.
The proposals also sought to increase seasonal parking rates for matatus from Ksh3,650 to Ksh 5,000 for 14-seaters.
Public Service Vehicles with a capacity of 32 passengers were required to pay Ksh8,000 from Ksh5, 250.
The county government had set the parking fees for 51-seater buses at Ksh10,000 from Ksh7,500.
The High Court also scheduled the mention of two petitions challenging the increased charges to May 3.
The Matatu Owners Association and Consumer Federation of Kenya termed the increment as unfair and unreasonable.
They also argued that the county government failed to conduct public participation as required by the constitution.
“The timing of increasing parking fees is wrong and hurriedly implemented without proper and adequate notice to the public,” Cofek said in its court papers.
The increment would have affected many motorists because according to reports by the national government, 60 per cent of the cars in Kenya are in Nairobi county.
Increasing the charges would force motorists who are already grappling with high fuel prices to dig deeper into their pockets.
