City Affairs

Former Town Clerk Philip Kisia traced Nairobi’s challenges to shifts in revenue management and governance structures.

County records show fire inspection fees plunged by 90 per cent to Sh5.3 million, while market rates fell 11.6 per cent to Sh189.37 million.

A five-year roadmap crafted by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and the City Park Community Forest Association (CFA) will steer the project, ensuring that community voices guide every stage of the transformation.

According to police reports, the incident happened shortly after 7:30 pm when a gunman on a motorcycle pulled alongside Mbobu’s vehicle, opened fire, and fled.

The illegal connections are being blamed for persistent darkness in parts of the CBD and the rise of crime incidents targeting businesses and pedestrians.

Communities surrounding the Kariobangi treatment works, including Kariobangi North, Dandora, Baba Dogo, and Mathare are expected to experience the greatest impact.

Reports indicate that the student had left the dormitory to observe the “blood moon” during the full solar eclipse when the alleged assault occurred.

For residents in areas such as Dandora, Majengo, and Shauri Moyo, these are not just eyesores—they are health hazards that slowly and silently erode quality of life.

His story is one of resilience and offers hope to other members of Nairobi’s street families, whose lives are too often marked by suffering and despair.

Issues of county administration were also addressed, including the dismissal or reassignment of officers. Chief Officer Osman Khalif and Housing Chief Officer Lydia Mathia are to be dismissed, while Finance Chief Officer Asha Abdi is to be reassigned.

Kenya Bora Tuitakayo claims the city has been plagued by misuse of public funds since September 2022, leaving residents with poor services and mounting debts.

The approach helps families rehabilitate and prevent child malnutrition using affordable, locally available foods. Mothers are taught to prepare nutritious meals based on the principles of "Go, Grow, and Glow."

Makadara MP George Aladwa said the decision by MCAs to drop the motion should mark the start of action, not politics.

Videos circulating online show victims warning Kenyans to stay vigilant, particularly in the evenings. Many say gangs are targeting phones, handbags and other valuables, often using intimidation and violence.

Meanwhile, Friends of Karura Forest (FKF) Association has vowed to sue KFS, saying its move to take over all entry and service fee collections at Karura Forest was carried out without consultation, disregarding a 20-year joint management agreement that has governed the forest’s operations and funding for more than 15 years.

The debate came amid reports that the ODM party had met with six Nairobi County Assembly leaders on Monday in a bid to address the rising impeachment calls against Sakaja and his deputy, Njoroge Muchiri.

The petitioners, Friends of Karura Forest, a Community Forest Association, argue that the move undermines their 20-year joint management agreement with KFS and risks the forest’s future.

KFS Chief Conservator of Forests Alex Lemarkoko said the audit also revealed that FKF failed to submit budgets and work plans for KFS approval, and did not provide certified accounts, creating major contractual deviations.

The Public Health Act Cap 242 stipulates that no body may remain in a public mortuary for more than 10 days.

Aladwa revealed that the governor was also told to apologise, and he asked for forgiveness as well, and put forward the challenges he has in his office.

The push to remove Sakaja has intensified, with 87 MCAs now reported to have signed in support of the impeachment motion, up from 70 last Friday.

The board member highlighted that FKF board members work voluntarily, meaning they are not paid from the funds collected from the forest.

Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai said unlike in the past, Sakaja could not count on political protection.

According to Prof. Njoroge, Friends of Karura Forest has invested over Sh37 million and 15 years of volunteer time into Karura’s conservation.

Rukwaro, through his lawyers, argues that on August 13, 2025, the bank's advocate gave an implied undertaking to the court that the apartment would not be sold until September 19, 2025, when a ruling on his application to stop the sale was due.

The push follows a heated Kamukunji held last week, where about 96 of the 123 MCAs convened to voice grievances against the governor.

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has also exposed irregular hiring of more than 3,800 employees in Governor Sakaja’s administration.

Developers and landlords in Nairobi suburbs have, in some cases, been forced to lower asking prices for units in their apartments.

Friends of Karura Forest has described KFS’s latest move as a disregard of both law and community effort, warning that such unilateral actions threaten to undermine the security, management, and progress that have defined the forest for nearly two decades.

The move follows a viral clip shared on social media showing a group of boys engaged in violent clashes, which seriously injured one 15-year-old Joshua Kubiti, who succumbed while receiving treatment at Radiant Hospital

The Githurai Social Justice Centre, which today forms a key part of a growing movement across Nairobi's informal settlements, providing a space where communities are reclaiming their voice and pursuing justice collectively.

Ninety-six out of the 122 ward representatives attended a stormy Kamukunji, where they voiced deep frustrations over stalled projects, bursary delays, and the collapse of the Ward Development Fund.

The report also revealed that the county irregularly continued paying salaries to dismissed staff. Thirteen former employees received backdated salaries for periods of up to two years without justification or disclosure of the total amounts paid.

A motion presented by majority leader Peter Imwatok calls for the allocation of a 405-hectare parcel in Embakasi, known as Land Reference Number 11344.

The clarification follows widespread social media claims that the expressway was temporarily closed due to a procession by supporters of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

In January 2025, the county government issued a notice banning the display of merchandise on the main streets in the Central Business District.

World Photography Day, observed every August 19, celebrates the art, science, and history of photography by commemorating the 1839 release of the Daguerreotype, the world’s first practical photographic process.

Founded in 2014 and registered as a community-based organisation a year later, the centre set out to challenge the normalisation of police killings in one of Kenya’s oldest informal settlements.

He further confirmed that the recovered AK-47 rifle was in good mechanical condition, but test firings showed no match with the bullets or cartridges from the Eastleigh scene.

Estates along Raila Odinga Road, including Madaraka and Nyayo Highrise, Nairobi West, as well as The Nairobi Hospital, the University of Nairobi main and Chiromo campuses, and Kenyatta National Hospital, are also experiencing disruptions.

This warning follows a similar crackdown just a month ago, when Mosiria reprimanded landlords in Pipeline over illegal garbage dumping that had blocked estate roads and worsened sanitation in the area.

From countless site visits and exaggerated listings to hidden costs and misleading photos, finding a decent place to live can feel like a full-time job.

While many Kenyans were just discovering the centre’s work, residents of Mukuru Kwa Njenga had long relied on it as a vital source of hope and justice amid ongoing community and police injustices.

The figure accounts for 29 per cent of the county’s total pending legal fees of Sh21.4 billion, which in turn represents 11 per cent of the total pending bills owed by the County Executive to various lawyers.

The equipment included water tanks, salon and barbershop kits, wood-cutting machines, fully equipped posho mills, public address systems, and catering items such as plates and sufurias.

Downtown Nairobi is so disorderly that one might accidentally step on a hawker’s goods spread across the sidewalks—or even on a child who has slipped from their mother’s grasp.

Mutiso is accused of being in possession of 37 national ID cards belonging to members of the public, and 224 Airtel SIM cards, reasonably suspected to be stolen or unlawfully obtained. He was allegedly found with the items at his house in Githurai 44 on August 4.

The victim was later asked to send an additional payment of $300,000 (Sh39.9 million) to Tether cryptocurrency, widely used for digital transactions and controlled by the syndicate.

The scene was processed and documented by the Crime Scene Personnel from the station, who observed that the body had multiple injuries, including to the head.

KCAA confirmed that the light aircraft that crashed in the Mwihoko area earlier this afternoon lost both radio and radar contact with Air Traffic Control at 2:17 pm, approximately three minutes after take-off.

In the school feeding programme, the Auditor General's report found that the county paid the food provider Sh25 per plate, despite the contract requiring only Sh20 from the county, with learners contributing the remaining Sh5.