Matatu CBD Ban: Doubling of Parking Fees for Private Vehicles Proposed
Motorists on a Colossal Traffic Jam Along Busy Uhuru Highway in Nairobi Simon Kiragu Kenyans.co.ke Public Transport stakeholders want the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) under General Mohamed Badi to double the parking fee of private vehicles rather than ban matatus in Nairobi CBD. Matatu Welfare Association (MWA) chairperson Dickson Mbugua argued that private vehicles were the cause of congestion in the city. He lamented that the cars carried fewer passengers as compared to matatus. "Increasing the parking fees from Ksh 200 to Ksh 400 will thus discourage private motorists from park...