High parking charges drive city motorists up the wall

Traffic along Thika Superhighway. Driving is being seen as a luxury and now car owners feel like they are under siege to the extent that they don’t know where to turn to as authorities come up with all manner of charges. [File, Standard]

The outrage that greeted a plan to increase parking fees at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) this week has once again amplified the pain of being a motorist in Nairobi. 

In a city where owning a car and escaping the disorganised passenger transport system is everyone’s wish, the costs that come with the vehicle in a city where almost everything apart from oxygen is paid for, provides a unique set of challenges.