The Mombasa County Government has today launched the electronic parking(E-parking) system.
This will see car owners pay for their parking through their mobile phones by just dialing *282* and register for the service. Upon registration the county receives all the data of the motorist including the name of the motorist and car number plate.
You will only be required to register once and ready to use the system each time you park your vehicle at the parking lots in the city.
The attendants will be able to know if one has paid or not through a special gadget that they will be using and in case if you have not paid you will receive a message on your phone to tell you that you have been clamped , you will then be issued with a sticker and the clamp message which means that the next day you will not be able to pay until you clear your arrears.
It is estimated that there are a total of 6,000 vehicles that use the parking lots in the city, with 30 parking attendants in service.
According to the County Deputy Governor Dr William Kingi , this system will not only make it easy for car owners to pay their parking fees but also ensure the integrity of the payment system.
"It will no longer depend on the faithfulness of the parking attendant to ensure safe transmission of payment to the County Government" said Kingi.
He called on the residents to embrace the system stating " The recent improvements in service delivery in Mombasa rely on the acceptance and cooperation of the users"
The DG further revealed that the digitization of revenue streams in the County has seen the County Government increase the share of local revenue from 2.4 Billion in the year 2015 to about 3.2 Billion in 2018.
"This increase has come against a backdrop of depressed economic activity and reflects efficiency in revenue collection" said the DG.
On his part the County Secretary Francis Thoya noted that the County Government is looking forward to ensuring that all its services especially on revenue allocation are digitised and available on electronic platform.
