Top City Hall transport officials were on Tuesday unable to explain to the Budget and Appropriations Assembly Committee why the county discontinued online revenue collections for Matatu Sacco’s seasonal parking fee. The order to matatu saccos was issued on December 24, 2018, by Parking Director Tom Tinega. Tinega ordered the 397 matatu saccos in Nairobi to stop paying for the lucrative seasonal parking ticket through Jambo Pay and instead revert to banking the funds directly to county bank accounts. “We need to know why such a strong policy matter was initiated without the consent of the chief officer and the county secretary because it has now seen the county government lose millions in seasonal parking fees,” Mbatia asked. Read: Safaricom signs parking fee dealThe members also demanded answers as to why both the county secretary and the acting director for parking services issued different notices on the same day over the matter.

Source: The Star February 26, 2019 17:25 UTC