City Hall Stories
Former Town Clerk Philip Kisia traced Nairobi’s challenges to shifts in revenue management and governance structures.
The illegal connections are being blamed for persistent darkness in parts of the CBD and the rise of crime incidents targeting businesses and pedestri...
Issues of county administration were also addressed, including the dismissal or reassignment of officers. Chief Officer Osman Khalif and Housing Chief...
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has also exposed irregular hiring of more than 3,800 employees in Governor Sakaja’s administration.
The report also revealed that the county irregularly continued paying salaries to dismissed staff. Thirteen former employees received backdated salari...
In January 2025, the county government issued a notice banning the display of merchandise on the main streets in the Central Business District.
In the school feeding programme, the Auditor General's report found that the county paid the food provider Sh25 per plate, despite the contract requir...
Both officials are now facing formal censure motions, sparking a fierce confrontation between the executive and the assembly.
If approved, the motion would direct the county attorney to publish the Act within two weeks and require the Urban Planning executive to put in place...
Testifying in a case where Sonko and businessman Anthony Ombok are defending themselves in a Sh20 million graft case, Gathagu said she was also urged...
The endorsement now positions Omar as the official DFL candidate, giving him a crucial boost in the upcoming mayoral race scheduled for November 4, 20...
In a joint statement on Sunday, following a meeting in Nairobi, the MCAs said they could no longer stay quiet as violence, tribal incitement and reckl...
The law is expected to pave the way for a comprehensive mapping and documentation of all properties within the city to ensure developers and landowner...
The budget, passed during a special sitting of the County Assembly, includes Sh31.2 billion for recurrent costs and Sh13.4 billion for development.
Justice Bahati Mwamuye found that the law lacked the necessary structure to justify the cost of services being charged to residents and businesses.
At the centre of the inquiry is a 2014 case where Nairobi County demanded Sh5.3 million in land rates from Yellow Horse Inn Limited, a private tenant.
Besides directing auctioneers to begin recovery, City Hall has secured court orders to support the process and formally requested the Ministry of Land...
Other engineers described additional frustrations, including delays in payment confirmations and unclear communication channels, which further slow do...
The registration process, which targets previously unlisted properties, will be handled at locations spread across the affected wards.
The facility, which serves hundreds of motorists daily, will now be managed by City Hall until the full amount is paid.
The Senator, who had previously detailed these issues in his oversight report, reignited the conversation following a weekend fire at the Mombasa Wate...
Muthama emphasised that the deployment of the five officers would help address the ongoing shortage of healthcare workers in the county.
Ng’ondi lamented that City Hall officials have allowed unchecked development of high-rise buildings without adequate oversight or adherence to the law...
Traders have reported that the recruits, who are not in uniform, have been harassing individuals caught violating city by-laws, making it difficult to...
The affected section stretches from City Hall Way Roundabout to Parliament Roundabout.
Governor Johnson Sakaja lauded the progress, citing streamlined revenue collection systems as a key driver of the increase.
One of the most notable cases cited by Gathungu is from 1991, where City Hall was ordered by the High Court to pay Sh299,375,214 to a party. Despite t...
They said they are struggling to run their wards, with some claiming they have had to buy basic items like tissue paper from their own pockets.
Sakaja emphasised that while operational staff like drivers followed orders, administrative action had to be taken against those who issued the illega...
