Kanjos Stories

Nairobi county askaris raid Eastleigh businesses, confiscate furniture
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Oct 21, 2024

The askaris also took issue with how some of the restaurants operate, claiming that they have been washing their utensils on the roadside.

Nairobi County moves to tame 'Kanjos', streamline bodaboda industry
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 31, 2024

To get rid of impostors, City Hall has instructed all the inspectorate offices under the bodaboda compliance and enforcement team to put on the approp...

Sakaja makes a U-turn, says recording Kanjo Askaris is allowed
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Apr 04, 2024

On Monday, the Governor gave full authority to county officers popularly known as kanjos to arrest Kenyans recording them during raids.

Business activities halted on Eastleigh's Yusuf Haji Road as hawkers decry 'kanjo' harassment
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Nov 23, 2023

The angry hawkers accused the enforcement officers of resorting to dumping garbage deliberately in their working areas.

PS Susan Auma reaches out to hawker whose wares were destroyed by Sakaja’s officers
Abdimalik Hajir  |  Nov 22, 2023

Principal Secretary Susan Auma of the State Department for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development has called on Kenyans to help locate a stre...

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