Nairobi, July 19 -- The Nairobi county government plans to increase parking charges to at least Sh535 and roll out a time-based tariff under a new pricing policy.

The Nairobi City County Government Tariffs and Pricing Policy 2025 to 2030, published last week, seeks to implement a zonal and time-based parking fee system reflecting the cost of providing a single parking service that has been estimated at Sh535 per day.

The county government seeks to generate higher revenues from the new rates to more than recover expenditures which include direct costs like paving and tarmacking, salaries for parking attendants, administrative and cleaning.

The policy suggests that parking fees in and around the central business district (CBD) will rise ...