Car owners in Nairobi have been handed a reprieve after the High Court on Monday extended an order suspending the increment of the parking fee.
The notice was to affect motorists in Nairobi Central Business District and Kijabe Street before the court made the ruling on the matter.
While delivering the ruling on the matter, Justice James Makau said that no increment of the parking fee was not going to be allowed until a case filed in court is heard and determined.
He went on to ask the parties in the case to submit their findings to the court before February to allow for the hearing and determination of the same.
According to the notice issued by the county government of Nairobi, the increment of the parking fee was set to take effect from December 4 before the suspension was made.
Consumer Federation of Kenya, through lawyer Henry Kurauka lamented that the move was meant to hurt the consumers from different corners. He asked the county government to revise the decision on the matter.
“There is no reasonable cause to increase parking fees at a time when most consumers are struggling to provide basic amenities for their families such as food, housing, healthcare, school fees, clothing, fuel, airtime, transport, and expenses for other important social activities,” he said.
The parking fee had been increased from Sh.200 to Sh.400, a move that attracted mixed reactions from different quarters. Owners of public service vehicles felt they were being targeted by the county government following the new move.