Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has taken over car parking bays at Kisumu Airport and Moi International Aiport, Mombasa on an interim basis as they prepare to issue a fresh tender for an automated parking system.
The parking system was previously managed by Mason Services Limited.
As a result, parking fees have shot from Sh70 per hour to a standard Sh100 which translates to a 40 per cent increase.
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Motorists pay Sh60 per hour to park at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport while those at the Eldoret International Airport part with Sh80 for an hour.
A minibus pays Sh70 an hour to park at the JKIA while at Eldoret International Airport, the same costs Sh200.
The varying charges at the three airports were a topic of discussion in 2019 when a parliamentary committee on transport had a sit down with CS James Macharia.
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According to CS Macharia, private firms are allowed to set preferred fees, which are approved by KAA.
“The operator provides the Managing Director at KAA with a list of parking charges including vehicle type and duration … the operator implements a parking policy that ensures parking services are offered to the users at reasonable and competitive prices approved by the KAA,” the CS said.
Diire Real-time Investment, a local private firm was contracted to manage parking at Eldoret International Airport in a five-year deal that was supposed to lapse in January 2020.
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