Nairobi residents risk arrest if caught purchasing goods from street hawkers operating outside designated areas, the county government has warned in a major enforcement shift that now targets buyers alongside sellers.
Geoffrey Mosiria, Nairobi’s Chief Officer for Environment, announced the new crackdown on Friday, stating that customers will be treated as accomplices in illegal hawking activities. The warning comes as city authorities intensify efforts to restore order in the capital’s busy streets.
“We are stepping up enforcement efforts to ensure compliance. Going forward, enforcement will not only target hawkers operating in undesignated areas but also individuals buying from them, as they are aiding and abetting this illegality,” Mosiria posted on social media platform X.
The announcement marks a significant escalation in the county’s battle against unauthorized street vending, which officials say continues to clog pedestrian walkways and create congestion in the city center despite previous relocations.
Earlier this year in January, Governor Johnson Sakaja moved hawkers from main thoroughfares to designated backstreets between Tom Mboya Street and Kirinyaga Road. The directive banned hawking on major arteries including Moi Avenue, Haile Selassie Avenue, Kenneth Matiba Road, Latema Road, Ronald Ngala Street, Mfangano Street, Hakati Road and River Road.
Under the current arrangement, hawkers are permitted to operate in the allocated backstreets from 4pm to 10pm, Monday through Saturday. However, Mosiria notes that many vendors have defied these restrictions, returning to main streets and blocking pedestrian access.
The decision to target buyers represents an unprecedented approach in Kenya’s urban management, where enforcement has traditionally focused solely on vendors. The move follows a motion passed by Nairobi Members of County Assembly requiring the Sakaja administration to establish proper trading spaces for hawkers.
City residents now face the prospect of arrest simply for purchasing items like fruits, vegetables, or household goods from vendors operating outside the designated zones. The policy raises questions about how authorities will implement the arrests and whether buyers will receive prior warning about vendors’ legal status.
The crackdown reflects broader tensions between Nairobi’s informal economy and urban planning objectives, as thousands of hawkers depend on street vending for their livelihoods while the county seeks to maintain orderly public spaces and smooth pedestrian flow in the bustling central business district.
Military leaders from across Africa are converging on Kenya’s capital this week for what promises to be one of the continent’s most significant defense conferences of the year.
The 2025 African Chiefs of Defence Conference, led by the United States Africa Command (Africom), begins Wednesday in Nairobi against a backdrop of mounting security challenges that threaten to reshape the geopolitical landscape across the continent.
The timing of this gathering is hardly coincidental. Africa finds itself at a crossroads, with numerous countries grappling with political upheaval, economic instability, and humanitarian crises that have created a complex web of security threats.
These challenges not only endanger regional stability but also present opportunities for global powers to expand their influence in strategically important African nations.
Brigadier General George Dietrich, Director of Logistics at Africom, emphasized that the conference serves as more than just a diplomatic meeting.
“This is really where the US, this time co-hosting with Kenya, brings in military leaders from all over the continent to discuss some of the challenges and come up with collaborative solutions,” he explained.
The three-day summit operates under the theme “Strengthening African Security, Sustaining Unity of Effort,” signaling a clear intent to foster indigenous solutions to the continent’s security dilemmas.
The agenda encompasses critical areas including emerging technologies in warfare, professional military education standards, and the delicate balance of civilian-military cooperation in democratic governance.
The Nairobi conference builds upon the momentum generated by last year’s gathering in Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, which facilitated over 70 bilateral engagements between participating nations.
That summit focused on shared security challenges and knowledge exchange, establishing a foundation for the more ambitious objectives set for this year’s meeting.
The success of the Botswana conference demonstrated the appetite among African military leaders for sustained dialogue and cooperation, particularly as traditional security paradigms face unprecedented challenges from non-state actors, cyber threats, and climate-induced conflicts.
The conference comes at a moment when American influence in Africa faces increasing competition from other global powers, particularly China and Russia, who have been expanding their military and economic footprint across the continent.
The gathering in Nairobi represents a clear effort by the United States to reinforce its partnerships with African militaries and present collaborative solutions to shared security concerns.
For Kenya, hosting this prestigious gathering underscores its growing role as a regional security anchor and diplomatic hub.
The country’s strategic position in East Africa, combined with its relatively stable democratic institutions, makes it an ideal venue for fostering the kind of military diplomacy that could shape continental security architecture for years to come.
As military chiefs settle into their deliberations this week, the outcomes of their discussions will likely influence how Africa approaches its most pressing security challenges.
The emphasis on “African-led solutions” suggests a recognition that sustainable security improvements must emerge from within the continent rather than being imposed from outside.
The success of this conference will be measured not just by the agreements reached in Nairobi’s meeting rooms, but by how effectively these military leaders can translate their collaborative spirit into concrete actions that enhance stability and security across their respective nations and regions.
With the continent facing an increasingly complex security environment, the conversations beginning Wednesday may well determine whether Africa can chart a path toward greater stability through enhanced military cooperation and strategic partnership.
Last Friday marked an exciting addition to Nairobi’s cultural and entertainment landscape with the grand opening of the Museum of Illusions.
Situated in Parklands at the Laxoncourt Plaza, the museum offers a unique blend of education and entertainment, inviting visitors to experience a world where nothing is quite as it seems.
Speaking at the official launch of the museum, Tourism Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano said the exhibition would kindle the joy of curiosity.
“The Museum of Illusions has exhibits that challenge human perceptions, expand imagination, and kindle the joy of curiosity and wonder,” she said. “This new type of museum is gaining popularity in every jurisdiction it has been set up in because of its ability to fuse art, science and technology into fascinating and indelible sensations and images.”
What is the Museum of Illusions?
The Museum of Illusions is a global franchise known for its innovative and interactive exhibits that challenge perceptions and awaken curiosity. First established in 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia, the museum has rapidly expanded, with locations in over 40 cities worldwide, including New York, Dubai, and Paris.
It caters to all age groups, providing an engaging space where science, mathematics, psychology, and art converge to create mesmerizing illusions.
The Nairobi branch is the latest addition to this global phenomenon, and it promises to be a major attraction for locals and tourists alike.
“The Museum of Illusions Nairobi Chapter, the first in the East African Region, and third after Johannesburg and Cairo,” CS Miano said. “My experience marvelled me pointedly on seeing how the laws of physics, perception and cognition fuse seamlessly and test and surprise the mind.”
Mission to educate
The Museum of Illusions is more than just a fun day out—its mission, according to the website, is to spark curiosity and make learning a delightful experience. Through its exhibits, the museum aims to educate visitors about the science of optical illusions, human perception, and cognitive psychology.
Agreeing with the museum’s objective, CS Miano said it was a challenge to the senses.
“It’s a haven of edutainment and a perfect place for visitors to engage with illusions that challenge their senses and cause them to ponder over humanity’s understanding of the world and how things work,” she said.
Adding that it was a plus for Kenya’s tourism industry.
“This is one of the most exciting diversified tourism product in the Kenya’s history thus far.”
President William Ruto also lauded the initiative calling the exhibition “a must-visit attraction.”
“Hon. Rebecca Miano’s launch of the Museum of Illusions at Laxcon Court Plaza, Parklands, marks a milestone in diversifying tourism products in Nairobi. A fusion of art, tech, and creativity awaits visitors in this must-visit attraction,” he said.
Ticket prices and visitor information
Visitors can purchase tickets at the museum or online. Prices are as follows:
– Adults: Ksh 1,500
– Children (ages 4–12): Ksh 900
– Students: KSh. 1100
– Family Package (2 adults and 2 children): Ksh 3,900
NB: The museum uses a cashless system only accepting card or Mpesa payments.
The museum is open on Monday to Wednesday from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM and on Thursday to Sunday from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
For starters, over seven years ago, the government announced that they have discovered aquifer water in Turkana County. The county has now partnered with Almar Water— a Saudi Arabia-based firm— to erect a desalination plant.
The UK-based Guardian newspaper quoted Tito Ochieng, the director of water services in Turkana, stating that the county has contracted Almar Water to put up the desalination plant.
According to the Guardian, Alma Water will construct the plant at a cost of between Sh10 billion. The PPA is expected to be finalized in a few months.
“The national government is not aware as that could be the arrangement between the county and the investor as water is under devolved units,” Water Secretary Simon Chelugui said.
Tito Ochieng was quoted saying that the plant will be erected on top of the Lotikipi aquifer in Nanam village. A relief to Turkana household who have been slitting each other’s throats over the years or had to walk long distances in search of water.
“We want to see if Tullow can help us to build a line from Turkwel to Lodwar so that the residents can benefit from this important resource,” Chelugui said.
n 2013, contained in an aquifer, which is believed to be the largest in the world, was discovered
In 2013, Hydrologists revealed that Mt Mogila in Lotikipi in the larger Lokichoggio along the Kenya-South Sudan border is sitting on a 250 billion cubic meters of water aquifer. The aquifer was projected that it could meet Kenya’s water needs for 70 years.
The Lotikipi aquifer is located between Lokichogio and Lokitaung. The other aquifer is 16 kilometres from Lodwar and is partly fed by the Turkwel River. Waters in this aquifers has, however, not been of use since then because of high levels of salinity which makes it unsuitable for humans and animals.
The National Government had earned 5,000 acres of land in Lodwar for irrigation using water from the aquifer which covers a surface area of 4,164 square kilometres. A move that has since been criticized by scientists who led the discovery of the large aquifers. The hydrologists cautioned the drilling of water wells stating that overexploitation could lead to depletion.
This comes at a time when the same Saudi-owned Almar Water had signed a contract with Mombasa County to put up a similar facility—which they dubbed as the largest water desalination plant in Africa.
I will not reveal the personal details of those involved in this story because it’s illegal to publicly disclose one’s health conditions.
Hi Edward,
I’ve been seing your articles on a Facebook group we happen to be in together and one of it that was talking about that Mathare kid with HIV and Aids touched me. I’ll like to tell you about my personal story too. Make sure you don’t mention my name because this can get me killed. Si wewe unajua tu hii Kenya yetu.
Am called *name withheld* from Kapenguria but currently working in Mombasa. After college, life was so difficult for me and i found myself in a very terrible situation. Lemme narrate the story in briefs.
I have a BTM degree from Moi University and never ever seen a payslip from that useless paper. I tried hustling with it but that’s a story for another day.
I went to Mombasa with a friend of mine who later impregnated me and varnished after i delivered a baby boy. Lucky for me he had paid the house for a whole year and a half and he also left me with furnitures. Hii pia ni story ingine mrefu.
To cut the long story short, i used the house i was left in as a lodging for me and my lady friends that were also doing commercial sex. I had to get cash to survive and feed my child.
I spent the whole year saving few moneies I stole from drunk men who used to come and relieve their stress on me and those who puked in the house. After a year and a half, i relocated to Nairobi and when i wanted to join a certain NGO, my HIV test results came positive. I was ready for such, though. Si ni life.
I come to Nairobi in April this year. I was staying at *area withheld* and was still in the mood of the Mombasa business. So, one day i was arrested by Kenya police at night after being dropped near where i used to stay.
I begged Police to release me but one of them was also my customer who we happened to have forced to pay extra and took his phone. So the cop said mimi ni mwizi and this was my day.
I was taken to *#$%$ Police station. Was held overnight then the OCS supervised early mornings head count. I pleaded with him and he called me outside and i told him to do anything he wants but don’t take me to court. He asked me to accompany him to a nearby lodge. I was escorted by a junior officer.
I found him in the room ready for sex and i told him to use the condom because i don’t want to get pregnant. He denied and told me to wash my self and get ready for him and stop wasting time. I told him i won’t do it until i see a condom. He told me, nitafanya hii kitu na nikurudishe cell. I don’t want to go back to cell again. So i gave him what he wanted and he left me there after he was done.
We had a very long sex since he took viagra tabs. I didn’t enjoy because he was old-school but that wasn’t even my worry. I wanted to go home and i had to do what i had.
This was in March this year. He called me last month and threatened to track me. He told me nilimpea virusi na sikumwambia. I told him to use the rubber and he wanted meat so i had to give him everything i had in my blood. Hadi kaswende.
Right now i don’t use any SIM cards registered with my ID or bank accounts. I moved back to Mombasa and currently running my kasalon and also grocery store. Most women sleep with Police bosses to be freed just like men must pay for their freedom. This is my story and everyone should be careful out here.
More than 2000 members from Mombasa and Nairobi had filed a suit before the Mombasa High Court Justice PJ Otieno seeking orders to debar trustees of the Kenya Ports Authority Pension Scheme (KPAPS) from transferring management of its multimillion assets worth to Private Real Estate Agents and the planned backdoor sale of KPAPS houses.
Reprieve to members as Lady Justice Dorah Chepkwony stopped the scheme’s trustees from selling prime properties, movable and immovable assets of KPA, including houses.
“Pending the reference of the matter to arbitration and hearing and determination, a temporary injunction is hereby issued restraining defendants from transferring, alienating, disposing either by public or private treaty the prime properties both movable and immovable assets of KPA pension scheme including houses,” said Justice Chepkwony.
Lady Justice Dorah Chepkwony stated that the matter should be referred to arbitration in terms of Clause 27 of the Trust Deed and Regulation of KPA pension scheme. Lady Justice Chepkwony was issuing an order in the case filed by Bwana Mohamed Bwana, a pensioner who was seeking to stop KPA from selling his house in Nyali.
This cames at a time when more than 2,000 KPA staff members from Mombasa and Nairobi under the scheme had also petitioned the High Court to issue similar orders stopping the KPA-registered trustees from selling their houses to outsiders through Property Agents.
On the 4th of May this year, the scheme directors were preparing to complete the deal with Kikambala Development company when KPA’s Board and Legal Services General Manager Catherine Muthoni Gatere rushed to court and stopped the transaction the next day.
“The said purported agreement for sale is not signed by all trustees as is required by the provisions of the Trust Deed. Neither is it sealed with the common seal of the scheme, which is still in my possession in my office,” she said before Justice Mathew Anyara Emukule.
Pension chairman Harry John Paul Arigi signed an affidavit saying members elected him to protect their interests, hence he has the power to manage it exclusively and independently without any interference from KPA.
The pensioners said registered trustees had advertised for sale of all KPA pension scheme houses stating that the pension scheme took over the management of various houses namely Dedan Kimathi, Nyali, Kizingo, Nairobi, Mwembe Tayari, Mbaraki, Bamburi and others in Nairobi following non-remittance of monies to the scheme by the authority.
“Arising from the agreement, therefore, the scheme assumed the ownership of the property with the staff in occupation becoming its tenants,” read the signatories’ letter to the management.
Kenya has topped yet another wrong list as the latest interpol and European Union-backed report on global crime trends listed her amongst top countries with the worst organised crime problems globally.
The Enact Organised Crime Index Africa 2019 that was launched on September 24 on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York stateted that;
“Kenya demonstrates large and diverse criminality profiles including high levels of corruption, crime-related violence and the presence of criminal actors.”
“Organised crime has introduced a level of fragility that belies apparent strength of these three countries (Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria) economically and politically, and which undermines the democratic traditions and institutions that these countries have been building,” says the report.
The report also highlighted the key flaws that make very vital security measures in Kenya seem like a serious joke.
“Organised crime groups exploit weak or dysfunctional State institutions, porous borders and disadvantages in social welfare and local political economies to continue and expand their operations.”
According to the report, to measure a country’s risk to organised crime, they consider economy, physical geography and natural resources, social cohesion and conflict, socio-demographics as well as global engagement and trade.
While Kenya rated highly for criminality, the report also says it has high levels of resilience.
“Criminality is measured as an average of two subcomponents, so, for other countries, such as Tanzania, Cameroon and Kenya, their high criminal market scores alone do not mean they are ranked among the highest scoring countries in terms of overall criminality (for which they were ranked 17th, 13th and 11th, respectively,” says the report.
The report has backed up our story and this is what EU and Interpol drafted report stated about drug Lords in Kenya.
“This would indicate that criminal markets alone do not necessarily play a driving role in organised crime in these countries, and that one also needs to consider the role of influential criminal actors.”
The report ranked Kenya at the top of the list with South Africa, Mozambique and Tanzania also making it to the list of highest markets for heroin and other hard drugs.
Earlier this year, Kenyan media headlines were flooded with news and reports of a marriage gone sour between a controversial Nigerian Anthony Chinedu and his ex-wife Joyce Akinyi that led to one of the most gruesome deportations ever to be witnessed in Kenya’s number one airport JKIA.
And when Tob Cohen was viciously murdered in Nairobi’s Kitusuru Home, the Nigerian Tycoon had this to say: “Thank God I Didn’t EndUp In A Septic Tank Cz I Had A Big One Then, In Chalbi Drive Lavington Green, That’s The Class I Took Nya Ugenya…Top Class! ….Tob Cohen Didn’t Live To Narrate His Ordeal…But I Absolutely Confirm To Everyone That A Deporter Can Kill You If She Failed To Deport You Cz What She Wants Is Your Investments NOT You. Kenya?? And South Africa?? Are ONE Type of People But Better SA, Theirs Are Done By Jobless Youths Unlike Kenya?? Where Theirs Are Done By The Wife You Married And Changed Her Life And That Of Families. It’s A SHAME…R.I.P. Cohen” Chinedu Posted on Facebook.
Anthony Chinedu, who had been living in the country for the past 17 years, shot into the limelight as a wealthy Nigerian tycoon embroiled in a bitter battle for property running into hundreds of millions of shillings with his estranged Kenyan wife, Joyce Akinyi, in 2008. And That’s when the rain started beating this flamboyant man who had been in and out of local headlines for almost seven years now.
The actual dates that Anthony flew in the country remain sketchy but from what is made public, Chinedu met and fell in love with Joyce Akinyi and together they had two children. Then, in 2004, the two decided to formalize their union at the Attorney General’s chambers, followed by a brief ceremony to celebrate their marriage. Soon, they embarked on a massive investment spree, building homes and running the popular Deepwest pub off Lang’ata Road. Then accusations of adultery, drug trafficking, and abandonment started flying, and everything went south from there.
The embattled Nigerian tycoon Anthony Chinedu has however decided to speak out on what transpired on the Sunday 2nd June 2019, a date that Kenya Police stormed his house at around 9 pm with what he termed as “operation kill Osama” riffles and roughed him up like a foreign rat to JKIA and, State officers ordered his immediate deportation.
Speaking to MediaMax journalists based from K24 TV, Chinedu states that he has been living in Kenya for over 17 years and has neither nor will ever involve himself in a drug trafficking ring.
According to Chinedu, Joyce Akinyi, his ex-wife, joined hands with the former Nairobi Langata area PCIO Nicholas Kamwende and one controversial Nigerian Ken Obinna and Legislature Raphael Wanjala allegedly facilitated his deportation plan so that they can jointly sink his empire and divide amongst themselves.
In yet another suspicious revelation on the case, Anthony Chinedu told the K24 allied reporters that the Nigerian that he was deported with, Ken Obinna, is not and did not even spend a night in Nigeria. His whereabouts remain unknown, but Chinedu says that Ken Obinna has been deported three times from Nairobi to Nigeria. He never stays in Lagos and always flies back to Nairobi. “He is a Nigerian working with the Kenyan Police” Chinedu alleged.
And just for those who are wondering who is this Chinedu ex-wife Joyce Akinyi, lemme take you back a bit on who we are dealing with. Joyce Akinyi on 12th of July, almost a month after Chinedu had been deported, was arrested together with two other suspects over allegations of drug trafficking.
Joyce Akinyi
Akinyi was arrested at Deep West club, believed to be theirs with the embattled deported husband, on Lang’ata Road. Police claim to have recovered 4kg of white powder believed to be cocaine. She was locked up at the Muthaiga police station together with a woman identified as Fellis Anyango and a Congolese man. The operation at Deep West was conducted by officers from the DCI Special Crimes Prevention Unit together with the Anti-Narcotics Department.
What Police recovered from Joyce Akinyi’s closet in the City club believed to be Cocaine
Before this, Akinyi was arrested with drugs was in 2015 together with three other suspects who were also arrested but later on released due to lack of sufficient evidence to pin them down.
In 2013, Akinyi and a Budalang’i MP were arrested at Isinya on the Nairobi-Namanga highway over claims of drug trafficking. They were later released after they insisted they were carrying maize flour imported from Tanzania. The MP and Akinyi were also detained in India in 2008 after authorities found them with an undeclared Sh7.59 million. New Delhi’s Revenue Intelligence department and the Narcotics Bureau were investigating if the money was to be spent on drugs. The two were released following intervention by the Kenyan authorities. Akinyi and her estranged Nigerian husband Anthony Chinedu have been linked to cases of drug trafficking.
Back to Anthony Chinedu with that out and aside, there have been allegations that the Nigerian Tycoon has been holding Kenyans that escorted him to Lagos, Nigeria as a ransom exchange with his 17 years investment he made and lived behind in Kenya.
Those stuck in Nigeria include Captain Tim Kavingo and his colleagues, flight engineer Alaka Ochieng’ and flight attendants George Kamau and Ismail Adan. First officer Rokshanker Masoud, a Swede, is also affected. The government officials who escorted the deportees were Mr Barasa Okosa, Mr Kariuki Ngugi, Mr Mungathia Muriira, Mr Pardala Dipason, Mr Kivuva Muthama, Mr Andrew Kambi, and Mr Mutinda Kakindu.
In his defense, Chinedu says he has no hand in the detention of the Kenyans in Lagos. He, however, said that Lagos has been in touch with Nairobi and they have to give Lagos what she needs and the consignment that belongs to Nairobi will be released, by who? Nobody knows.
Anthony Chinedu says that Kenyan government and especially Nairobi has been harassing Nigerians and treating a few of the most hardworking as Narcos lords despite them investing heavily in the Kenyan market and economy. He has also blamed extensively the former AG Githu Muigai, a man ho hard exact powers as the supreme court judge for infringing the Kenyan laws. He has also blamed foreign affairs ministry and specifically the Kenyan Ambassadors who, he allegedly say are directly linked to the demise of his $20 million Empire in Kenya
Ever heard of the phrase, Infected by the Hospital? Well, that’s more like it. A medical audit report submitted before the Nairobi County Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has laid an accusing finger on the County government Health department for threatening the lives of millions of Nairobians by allowing County hospitals to stock expired drugs and non-pharmaceuticals.
In a detailed report before PAC, Mbagathi County Hospital, one of the four main county hospitals, has been holding deadly expired drugs and pharmaceutical items. The expired drugs and pharmaceuticals have an estimated value of Sh1.4 million.
Mbagathi’s County Hospital management could not give a valid reason why the hospital, of which more than 500, 000 residents seek medical services there, was storing the expired drugs, which according to the committee, were mostly supplied by the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa).
“It was not clear whether the items were acquired following user requests and procurement plans. The hospital’s pharmaceutical department and stores also had expired drugs and pharmaceutical items amounting to Sh1, 410, 826,” read the report.
Auditor General’s report on the financial statements of Nairobi City County for the year ended June 30, 2017, had lambasted County Hospitals for not having a structured and predictable way of procuring drugs but relying on the department to supply the drugs.
“Procurement of drugs that are likely to expire in a short while leads to loss of public resources and in some instances, if used, exposes risks to patients in public hospitals.” reads part of the audit report.
Some of the expired drugs include paracetamol, antacids, dental catridges, hydrogen peroxide, ranitidine injection, suxamethonium, ceftazidime, furosemide injection, lignocaine, promethazine and heavy bupivacaine. Others named in the report include levothyroxine, bisacodyl, bupivacaine heavy, rocephine, dextrose, x-pen, gabapentin, amlodipine, darrows, phenytoin injection and amitryptilline.
According to the PAC, Mbagathi County Hospital had been oversupplied with almost expiring drugs from KEMSA in addition to the already existing non-pharmaceutical items worth over Sh3 million of which, most are nearing expiry.
Nairobi County health department defended themselves from the report findings stated that the reason why Mbagathi and other County hospitals had expired drugs and non-pharmaceuticals is the prolonged doctors’ strike that occurred from December 2016 to March 2017 as well as nurses’ strike that followed from June all through to November 2017.
“The consumption of medication and pharmaceutical items was very low because most of the drugs and pharmaceutical items that expired are normally utilized in the in-patient and at that time we did not have patients admitted in the wards,” said the executive in their submissions.
This comes at a time when Wilfred Odalo, the MCA Mabatini ward had called for a medical audit on Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital where, he alleged that Hospital’s management could not account for drugs worth Sh148, 890 which were supplied according to KEMSA records as stock control cards in the Hospital had no matching entry with physical stock count.
“In the circumstances, it has not been possible to confirm that the drugs were received at the intended pharmacies and applied for the intended purposes,” stated the report.
In view of the above matters, the committee called on the county to develop a policy guiding the procurement and supply of drugs to county hospitals to eliminate ambiguities that lead to the supply of unnecessary and expired drugs.
This looks like another massive fraud and health scandal because, as it is supposed to be, the hospitals should always be the first to check and determine the expiry date of drugs before accepting any supply from any supplier. Why would a hospital store expired drugs worth millions of shillings when they have direct supplies from KEMSA?
More than half of Nairobi’s population seek medical help in county hospitals and this might be the reason why people on medication end up dying or developing more perilous complications after seeking medical service.
Drug addiction and unprotected sex under the influence has hit its rise in Nairobi’s University and Colleges.
Cocaine, marijuana, crack and blue tabs have high consumers in schools. A lot of comrades are active drug users and addicts.
We have received information from our sources about the increased cases of illegal drug use and prostitution in Nairobi’s Technical University of Kenya.
Suspended students from TUK and expelled comrades of TUK have turned to biggest drug peddlers in the institution.
These former TUK comrades are peddling cocaine and marijuana inside the technical university of Kenya.
The illegal business happens behind Block Q~ which the majority know it as Block Z.
Our sources says these marijuana peddlers mainly reside from Nairobi’s Mathare slums.
They link up with former TUK comrades behind block Z for cracked cocaine from South B.
These peddlers are said to be mixing marijuana and cocaine. A mixture that is highly effective and dangerous for your health.
With other selling crack blue tabs and rolled cocaine to unsuspecting Students.
This has been the main cause of rise of drug addicts in the institution.
Some students are also involved in prostitution behind the same Block Z. Lack of money to buy the hard drugs and some students sleeping around unprotected only to get free cocaine to sniff and smoke because of addiction.
These gang of peddlers operate their illegal business in open daylight. Many and majority of their customers are TUK students.
Student leadership in TUK has raised concerns about the peddlers to the relevant authority.
Some comrades, who are actively in TUKs leadership say that the Authorities are aware of this business and seem to be offering the peddlers ‘protection’.
Current TUK student leaders have called for immediate actions before they take the matter in their hands.
The students leaders have called for ‘Operation okoa block Z’. They’re demanding it to be demolished or put into active use to scare away the peddlers.
They have also blamed the TUK handlers for not involving the police in all this menace happening inside the institution premises.
Scientists have tested money and phones from 395 food handlers in 15 different types of outlets in Nairobi County and confirmed the two items to be highly-tainted with disease-causing germs.
The researchers collected money from the food handlers in every denomination of the Kenya’s currency.
The money underwent through a thorough test for eight types of Disease Causing Organisms.
All of the tests confirmed positive of the DCOs. Of these, 20 per cent were food-borne pathogens.
The Sh 50 and Sh 20 denominations were the most tainted. Researchers believe that it’s because they have a possible wide supply and circulation. With Sh 1, 5 and 1000 being the least contaminated.
Staphylococcus species of germs that have been medically proven to cause skin, heart and bone infections, food poisoning and pneumonia were mostly present to all the denominations.
Bacillus species of pathogens were also present. The pathologist say these may cause food poisoning, shock, meningitis and blood poisoning.
E coli was also present on coins. The contaminant is usually from human Feaces. The contaminant is the root cause of most of urinary tract infections.
Phones were also tested and confirmed to be contaminated with 12 types of pathogens.
Staphylococcus,E coli, Pseudomonus and Klebsiella species were the most common.
The study reports that over 60% of people don’t wash their hands and an equivalent of 34% had no knowledge of food handling.
Everyone is going through something right now. Relationship issues. Financial issues. Healthy issues. Spiritual issues and many more.
This week, Nairobi governor Mike Sonko took that chance to issue a relationship advice to his fans and fiends.
Sonko shared pics of his past in a Facebook post celebrating their hustle from shreds to now the President of the county.
“No matter what you are going through in your marriage, relationship or life just Love your babes, stick to her, stay together, vumilianeni. Ukimkosea sema baby pole, ukichelewa kufika home sema babes pole, akipata sms ya mpango wa kando mpe kipindree alafu mwambie babes pole, akikushika na dame/ chali mwambie babes nakupenda nisamehe. Watu wengi huvunja relationship zao coz ya kushindwa kusema babes I’m sorry I love you forgive me. ” Mike Sonko Posted
Ninani ashawai kosea mpenzi wake akakubali? Which loosely translates to, Who has ever admitted to have wronged their spouse?
Kenya has been rolling deep down into public debt in the name of development. Government handlers have been on the frying pot for advising the government of projects that are not profit generating at the expense of the tax payers.
Recently a Chinese loan worth Ksh.374 billion for the extension of the SGR from Naivasha to Malaba didn’t materialize. With some saying that Chinese now wants the government to prove that they are going to pay for the first loan.
The government of Kenya now has plans to modernize the old railway track to link a newer line to neighbouring Uganda at a cost of Ksh.21.3billion.
Sources in the government indicate that unidentified private financier has offered to fully back up the project. This is almost 15 times cheaper than building another almost modern railway with Chinese loan.
The SGR was under China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, a multi-billion dollar series of infrastructure projects upgrading land and maritime trade routes between China and Europe, Asia and Africa.
The Nairobi-Mombasa SGR that was launched at a cost of Ksh 323.9 billion then later linked with Nairobi-Naivasha line costing Ksh.151.7billion might sound as a serious wastage joke when the government links it to Naivasha-Malaba track that will cost Ksh 21.3 billion.
“We need to make sure that when we commission the SGR in August, we have connectivity to Uganda from the SGR so we have to rehabilitate that line to make sure it is properly functional,” said CS James Macharia,
Macharia also said that using Ksh.15 billion to rehabilitate decades-old line from Malaba on the border with Uganda and using the remaining amount construct another short track connecting to the SGR at Naivasha within a year would be a faster option than building another SGR.
Politics is unpredictable game so they say and a day in politics can be equated to a century. Nairobi Gubernatorial Race has attracted many especially from the Jubilee quarter with the three Waweru, Sonko and Sakaja being the most visible as the front runners. Though they’ve been seen walking hand in hand in their campaigns it’s no doubt that rivalry over the Jubilee ticket has been real.
Dennis Waweru who is the first to have kicked off his campaigns as early as IEBC voters registration where together with Woman Rep Mary Ng’ang’a erected billboards allover the city at a cost of Sh30M according to sources, has months later lost the plot completely.
In recent times,Waweru in line with his Kiambu cronies likes of Maina Kamanda whom he had under his wings went berserk on the rumors that Statehouse was rooting for a Wamalwa ticket. Its still clear in minds how they belched out their discomfort lamenting how an outsider as Wamalwa would be fronted for the Nairobi seat. The protests went for days and eventually cooled off following interventions by the President and assurance that nominations would be fair.
President Uhuru in a conversation with Dennis Waweru
However information gathered by Kenya Insights from a number of highly placed sources in the Jubilee Party innuendos paints as a perfect picture as to why the Banker Waweru has completely been wiped out of the race and the media.
As the squabbles ensued, Waweru sponsored some villagers to act as Kikuyu elders bundled them into a Thika Road hotel to annoint him as a community elder and also an endorsement to the Gubernatorial seat. The fake incident irked he real elders who have since denounced him for being disrespectful and ordered him to ask for forgiveness by appeasing the gods for cleansing.
But Waweru’s troubles don’t end at that, the rich banker according to information in our hold, made the political suicide move when he told off President Uhuru and the Mount Kenya mafia that he could make it without their endorsement and that Dagoreti votes are his and he has the muscles to gunner enough by himself.
Dennis Waweru told President Uhuru off to go back to Gatundu and leave Nairobi to its owners. Hon Waweru foolishly told the president that if there is any seat he (Uhuru) can give, it is the Gatundu constituency and not any other anywhere else in the country and definitely NOT Nairobi governor seat.
This was read a a a sign of disrespect to Uhuru who’s the defacto leader of the Kikuyu community and an insult to the Mount Kenya mafia who calls the shots in this game regardless.
Kenya Insights is told, Waweru has now made powerful enemies that his political future has been deemed and sealed earlier than he could’ve thought. Even during the Jubilee Party launch, he was nowhere to be seen as his counterparts enjoyed free publicity. “Waweru is a dead meat forget about him, he won’t get the gubernatorial seat, the parliamentary seat either. He’s cooked.” A source concludes to Kenya Insights.
Perhaps someone didn’t remind Waweru of the wise African saying that a child can play with his mother’s breast but not his father’s testicles.
As 2017 fast approaches, political landscapes are changing. Nairobi is at the centre of everything political. The gubernatorial seat is attracting many candidates from the Jubilee wing, and so the women rep position, the incumbent Hon. Rachael Shebesh is up for an uphill task to defend her seat.
Latest polls are showing Nairobi, businesswoman, Esther Passaris enjoying a 28% lead, Rachael Shebesh is second with 20 percent, Wangui Ng’ang’a is a distance third with 2 percent followed by new entrant Karen Nyamu who enjoys only 1 percent. Of all the candidates so far, the city lawyer Karen Njeri Nyamu has been doing meet the people during the weekends traversing various slums.
With the incumbent lacking a track record that speaks for itself the new entrants have no policies too other than clinging on peculiar monikers like Toto si Toto, Bae wa Nairobi, Wakili wa Mama na Watoto and taking pictures in slums to identify with the dwellers when they don’t understand needs of the Nairobians. Ms Njeri for instance admitted to having no manifesto as the prepares to clinch the nomination ticket.
With latest trends politics is almost lacking seriousness, the seat that was created through the new constitution to enhance gender balance has not been understood. Even some candidates are not aware that women representatives though majorly representing the interests of women are just like other MPs( Members of Parliament).
Karen Nyamu,, Women Rep aspirant in the slums where she has been doing grassroots campaigns
Ladies who are moderately successful in business and desperate for fame chest thump without proper policies running for the seat. You can not employ every woman at the EPZ (Export Processing Zone), times have changed, we are living in the 21st century. It’s too late to promise people jobs that can barely support their lives. Initiate ideas that can fix problems that people face.
Most of these candidates are people who have access to individuals or cash to facilitate their way to greener pastures. At the centre of political leadership is a relationship, Hillary Clinton once said but many candidates around have no time-tested relationship with the people.
They come at the eleventh hour, hoodwink the people, get elected, forget the people and fill their stomachs. Relationship with the people in this context is not taking desperate photos with poor kids at the slums and jumping over dirty trenches with the poor drainage system.
Nairobi did not see these candidates doing the same two or three years ago, and these are cheap PR stunts meant to work as ‘a political currency’ to win elections.
It makes no sense jumping over trenches or taking pictures with malnourished kids and promising to employ people at the EPZ. The photo and promise don’t relate and why should you wait till you are elected to hire people? Do it now if you can because empty promises work no more. Maybe Shebesh has not done a commendable job other controversies here and there, but her successor must be the serious candidate, not a restless socialite.
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Kenya Insights has been highlighting on the incompetent City Hall officers who conspire with rogue landlords in approving the substandard buildings. This is facilitated by corrupt officials in the County Government’s planning department headed by Khaemba.
The building from our contact in the ground was erected on a swampy ground which shouldn’t be the case if the County officers did their job well to ensure approval of buildings on safe grounds. Occupants of the premise luckily had vacated the building on sensing danger arising from huge cracks on the wall. It was set to collapse the residents say.
Steve the swindler landlord has since gone underground switched off his phones as irate tenants and locals bay for his blood. Luckily, no casualty has been reported since the building had been evacuated
