Nairobi County Government Stories

Court strikes out Woodley property dispute case, rules it lacks merit
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 26, 2024

The Judge was told by senior counsel Adrian Kamotho that the petitioners before the Court have not exhibited evidence to demonstrate that they are the...

EACC exposes City Hall's flawed Sh313m street lighting tender
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 13, 2024

The report indicates that the contracts were awarded on the same day the tender was advertised, breaching the 14-day waiting period mandated by public...

Gikomba traders sue Nairobi County over demolition of market stalls
Joseph Ndunda  |  May 30, 2024

They are petitioning the high court to prevent the county government from demolishing any more stalls or properties, as well as to compensate them for...

Nairobi landowners face risks for defaulting rate payments
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2024

Land rates are the top own-source revenue earner in Nairobi accounting for about 25 per cent of revenue collected by the county government.

Sakaja deploys compliance teams across city to boost revenue collection 
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 17, 2024

The officers will visit business premises across the city to ensure that each of them has complied with the directive to obtain a Unified Business Per...

Auditor General flags Nairobi county's Sh20 billion financial irregularities
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Apr 05, 2024

Nairobi's financial woes deepen as it grapples with a staggering debt of over Sh100 billion, including outstanding legal fees and stalled projects wor...

Nairobi City County responds swiftly to Eastleigh sludge concern
Yunis Dekow  |  Feb 10, 2024

Locals had complained about the difficulties they were having getting muck removed, and some even said that authorities were demanding bribes. 

Nairobi brace yourself: More rain on the horizon, stay warm, stay dry
Patel Okumu  |  Jan 13, 2024

Following yesterday's warning from the Kenya Meteorological Department, Nairobi residents brace yourselves for a rainy weekend.

First Avenue plunged into darkness as streetlights malfunction for 10 days
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Jan 09, 2024

In Eastleigh, Nairobi, a section of First Avenue (Yusuf Haji Road), bustling with business activities during evenings, now stands engulfed in darkness...

Senators now want Sakaja's Pumwani-California rehabilitation project stopped
Dennis Tarus  |  Nov 30, 2023

The residents of the New Pumwani-California estate had written a petition to the County Government of Nairobi requesting that the ownership of the hou...

Nairobi County officials suspended amid harassment allegations in CBD
Patel Okumu  |  Nov 29, 2023

Amid a surge in reported incidents of harassment targeting traders, motorists, and business owners in Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD), three...

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.

Governor Sakaja meets Burundian minor whose groundnuts were poured by Nairobi County officers
Abdimalik Hajir  |  Nov 22, 2023

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja took swift action after the unfortunate incident involving the Burundian minor, Ndagire Renova, whose groundnuts were...

Residents of Eastleigh's 9th Street lament road blockage by borehole drilling company
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Nov 16, 2023

Residents of Eastleigh's 9th Street are expressing their distress over the extensive damage inflicted on the road by a borehole drilling company.

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