Parking fees for motorists dropping and picking up travellers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) have been reviewed upwards, a move that has sparked outrage from Kenyans.
The airport, through its parking service provider Kenya Airports Parking Services announced new parking fees for those parking for a maximum of 2 hours.
In the revised charges, motorists parking for 20 minutes or less will part with Sh100, those parking for between 20 and 40 minutes will be charged Sh250, while ones parking for between 40 minutes and one hour will part with Sh350.
Those parking for between one and two hours will be charged Sh500. KAPS announced that any motorist who spends more than 2 hours in the parking zone will be penalized.
However, the move has angered Kenyans who took to the social media to express their disappointment with the new charges.
@ConsumersKenya tweeted: ” Norwegian jungle law? Instead of unrealistic, irrational and exploitative parking fees, just ban parking at the JKIA. Norwegian MD at @KenyaAirports and @TransportKE CS @JamesMacharia_ have crossed the red line of fairness >> It will now cost you Sh500 an hour for parking at JKIA.”
@Emma999Too said:”Anyone who travels in & out of JKIA needs to speak out! This is daylight robbery by KAPS & KAA! How do you charge parking fees 0-60 min when the traffic inside the airport is a nightmare! This is clearly aimed at forcing travelers to use airport expensive yellow cabs.#Impunity.”
“Indeed everything is getting hotter by the hour, we can’t predict future of businesses anymore.I hope they will realise it before it messes more on the economy which already is in a dark hole,” another user noted.
David M Wanjohi said:”We all know who owns kaps !! We all know kaps has never been subjected to competitive bidding and we all know kaps takes 75% of the money and KAA is only left with 25%.We are a shithole country.”
Jessie Mailutha noted:” This pissed me off! Three weeks ago my flight was delayed by one hour. My family had to wait longer at JKIA and ended up paying Ksh 500 darn!”
This is crazy,explitation of…
This is crazy,explitation of the highest order advanced countries like US charge as little as 2$ equal to ks 200.
@martin can u tell us which…
@martin can u tell us which USA airports which charges 2$????Last Nov I was in USA frorida airport parking I paid 12$ inside parking n outside very far in open parking for 7.50$.Passed in Philadelphia paid 13$ both all day so kenya charging 1000ksh all day still cheaper comparing with USA.I went to Australia Victoria and parked 2 hrs paid 18$ So Guys stop complaining negativity alll the time about yr country?Travel to Europe n try parking in the airport n u will see how many euros u will pay?I wish thou they can charge about 5000ksh parking in the city so we can minimise jam in the city.
Hhalisi I do not know any
Hhalisi I do not know any
@Mkenya halisi.This is not…
@Mkenya halisi.This is not NEGATIVITY towards our beloved country, Wake up!!! It is about protecting the status of the lower class. Imagine a poor farmer in an upcountry trying to make the ends meet? put yourself in the same shoe and relate that to parking fees with their status? I’m very disappointed with people like you. You’re one of those people who have eyes but cannot use it to protect others against impunity. All rivers are not the same.
@mhalisi, you must suffer…
@mhalisi, you must suffer from short term memory loss. You were in the US in November 2017 and again in march 2018 for Las Vegas sevens rugby. For a dude who ‘renounced his US citizenship’ for our motherland, you still love the US soo much that you visit twice in 6 months or you’re full of shit.
We know you’re full of shit!
This is outrageous, this is…
This is outrageous, this is a rip off and modern day fraud.this is meant to punish other taxi drivers and force them out of business.people must rise up against this demonic measures taken against them.this is indeed punitive edits.
@mnongo please concentrate…
@mnongo please concentrate with the questions Wr discussion coz ur out of order???Wr talking about parking fees dude?Diaspora folks please concentrate with positivity building instead of manegativity kila saa!U pay lots of taxes working like donkeys day in day out in uk/USA/Canada building the mzungu country which mtaiacha huko mkirudi home siku moja kuretire.We need taxes to b collected here so we can fix our infrastructure too.I don’t mind paying 1000ksh aslong inatumiwa sawa.I saw the parking lot is almost finished n the loan need to b paid?Those taxi guys make money n they will not b paying 1000ksh coz they r doing biz there.Pesa yao Which they have agreed with gava not bin touched.This monies is for daily costumers who visits the airport.
Concentrate nini? It’s…
Concentrate nini? It’s simple. Pay the new parking fees or don’t park at the airport.
For your info, I’m in Kenya, deported by Obama but I’m cool. Life goes on.
@mgongo ru serious ulikuwa…
@mgongo ru serious ulikuwa deported.Be strong bro visit my farm hapo tigoni!Inaitwa NiKi farm sio kubwa about 3.5 acres tukunywe maziwa mara na homemade ice cream nakambuzi pia.Ring the bell kwa gate n beware of Mbwa kali.Usikufe roho aslong as ur hands n brains r interact u will make it big hapa jamhuri