Nairobi CBD Stories

Matatu operators, hawkers ordered to vacate Nairobi CBD stages and streets at night for cleaning
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 14, 2025

Nairobi's hawkers have also been ordered to remove their wares from the streets and lanes by 10 pm daily to make way for cleaning operations by city w...

Nairobi announces 89 new matatu routes aimed at improving access to CBD
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 21, 2024

The county government's move aims to improve commuter access to the CBD, streamline public transport services, and reduce congestion in Nairobi's busy...

Nairobi MCAs clear path for hawkers in new pop-up market initiative
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 14, 2024

This is not the first time a Nairobi governor has attempted to organise the city's street traders. 

Inside KURA's Sh7.3 billion tender for Outering Road's BRT project
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 24, 2024

 A dedicated BRT depot, measuring 1,365 square meters, will be built to support the system's operations, complete with parking facilities, access road...

30 arrested for urinating, littering in Nairobi CBD
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 20, 2024

They are currently at the Central Police Station as they await arraignment.

Don't disregard constitution over isolated cases of demo infiltration by goons, state told
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 03, 2024

Article 19 and several other organisations want leaders in the security sector to act in the public's interest, facilitating the freedom to assemble,...

Resolve crisis to save businesses, Nairobi traders tell Ruto after demos leave huge losses
Barack Oduor  |  Jul 02, 2024

They have suffered huge losses following cases of looting and vandalism on Luthuli Avenue, Moi Avenue, and Tom Mboya Street, which have forced them to...

DCI pledges action against looters in Nairobi CBD protests
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Jul 01, 2024

The DCI vowed to take action against those individuals, noting that while young people, the majority of them Gen Zs, exercised their democratic rights...

MPs pass Finance Bill amid intensified protests, prepare for recess from June 28
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 25, 2024

In the vote on Tuesday, 195 MPs voted in favour of the bill rejected by the public as a tool to overburden citizens via higher taxation, while 106 opp...

Finance Bill protests: KMPDU offers free medical services, condemns 'state-sanctioned violence'
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 25, 2024

While condemning excessive police action, which has included shootings, KMPDU called on authorities to refrain from suppressing peaceful and unarmed d...

Business as usual in Eastleigh amid nationwide anti-Finance Bill demos
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Jun 25, 2024

Key outlets such as the Day to Day, Tasnim, Sunrise, Al Noor, and Bangkok malls on Mohamed Yusuf Hajii Avenue opened their doors at 9 a.m.

Inside Sakaja's plan to streamline hawking activities in Nairobi's CBD
City Correspondent  |  Oct 28, 2023

According to the programme which began on Friday, no trading will be allowed on any carriageway throughout the city.

Sakaja orders crackdown on unruly hawkers in Nairobi CBD
Amina Wako  |  Oct 25, 2023

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja was speaking during a consultative meeting between City Hall's enforcement officers, hawkers and members of his execut...

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