Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) is set to convert the popular Machakos Country Bus terminus into an underground parking bay.
According to the NMS Director-General Mohamed Badi, the planned multi-storey parking area at the Machakos Country Bus will be digitally operated with motorists charged hourly. “We are in the process of developing underground parking at Sunken Park and eventually Machakos Bus Park will be turned into an underground parking area,” said Major General Badi.
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According to Badi, the NMS will be converting other parking areas into underground parking bays in a bid to increase parking capacity.
These parking bays will be similar to the parking bay built by the Holy Family Basilica. This church parking bay is a multi-storeyed parking bay that has 536 parking slots.
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“We have seen it is affordable and we are now going to ensure that there’s enough underground parking for Nairobi residents,” said Badi. “You will come pay through mobile money, leave your car there and it will be parked for you in whichever floor of that building.”
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According to a report that appeared in the Business Daily on Wednesday, motorists usually pay an estimated Sh. 9,500 per bay per month on average with the lowest being parking bays at Grade C office blocks that charge as low as Sh. 4,000 in sparsely populated areas like Mombasa Road and as high as Sh. 13,000 in upmarket areas such as Parklands, Kilimani and Upper Hill.
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“Nairobi’s city centre is the most lucrative with parking bays raking in an average of Sh. 12,000 a month, Karen (Sh. 10,862), Parklands (Sh. 10,500), Gigiri (Sh. 10,500) and Upper Hill Sh. 9,500,” the report said.
