This archive report was first published on 10 July 2021.
On July 10, 2021, the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) increased the cost of sending letters within the country by up to 57 per cent for the second time in less than a year as the parastatal struggles to sustain revenues.
The firm cited increased costs of service delivery as the reason for the review of postage rates in a gazette notice to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).
According to the notice, sending letters of up to 20 grammes will now cost Sh40, up from Sh30, while those between 250 and 500 grammes will now cost Sh150, from Sh95.
CA notified the public that any legal or natural person or group of individuals who are desirous of making any representation and objection to the proposed revision should do so through a letter to the CA director general.
Similar price reviews were carried out by PCK last year, affecting the cost of sending letters and parcels within and outside the country by 60 per cent.
As part of efforts to raise new income, the company invited bids for operators looking to lease 64 post offices across the country last week.
The State firm has recorded shrinking revenues in recent years, largely due to competition from private couriers and digital disruption.
The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic last year worsened PCK’s fortunes, prompting a Sh1 billion bailout from the National Treasury.
