The Nairobi County Government, through a public notice, has issued hefty penalties on Nairobi residents who contravene the laws and don't pay parking fee tickets along with other services delivered by the county.
The County Government issued a three percent penalty along with other enforcement actions not limited to clamping of vehicles, evictions, legal process to auction properties with outstanding arrears, arrests, and prosecutions.
Other services for which penalties were issued include; land rates, single business permits, building plan approvals, billboards, rental houses and stalls, market fees, health certificates, and other mandatory county dues.
In order to avoid the said penalties, Nairobi City Government urged all citizens within Nairobi to pay in due time in order to enjoy the county's services.
Nairobi residents are directed to collect payment invoices at City Hall offices which indicates the outstanding balances or due amounts.
Payments can be made either electronically or at specified bank branches;
i) Co-operative bank account name Nairobi County Revenue Collection City Hall Branch and the account number 01141709410000 or
ii) National Bank of Kenya account name Nairobi County Revenue Collection Times Tower Branch and the account number 01071225251100
iii) NCCG (Nairobi City County Government) e-payments web portal: epayments.nairobi.go.ke or (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code *235#
According to the notice, all banking slips and transaction documents for payments must be presented to the head of County Revenue or County Cash Office for issuance of official receipt.
For new applications and renewals for a single business, permits are available online on the county web portal.
The news comes as Nairobi County Government recently teamed up with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to create a geospatial information system (GIS) that would be used to track down businesses that fail to pay the required licenses and fees.
Nairobi Lands and Urban Planning CEC Charles Kerich, in a past press briefing, added that the new technology would smoke out businesses that have been evading past crackdowns by colluding with revenue officers to avoid paying licenses.
