Should Nairobi MCAs pass the Trade Bill which seeks to have people buying goods from street vendors arrested and fined in a court of law, then Nairobi residents will face arrest for buying goods from hawkers in the Central Business District. This is in a bid to eliminate street hawkers in Nairobi’s Central Business District. […]
Governor Mike Sonko to slash number of bars in Nairobi County
Nairobians will have reduced hot spots to revel and indulge in liquor if a new proposal by the County Liquor and Licensing Board is anything to go by. In the new Bill proposed by the body, the board is seeking to slash the number of bars in the city from their current number of 12,500 to […]
Guilty county officials fined sh 210,000 for soliciting bribes
The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has revealed that 2 employees of Nairobi City County Government charged with corruptly soliciting bribe of sh 165,000,receiving bribe of sh 80,000 & conspiracy to commit an offence have been found guilty. They have each been fined a total of sh 210,000 or serve 24 months in […]
ODM begins journey to reclaim Nairobi County from Jubilee
In the last general elections, the ODM Party lost its dominance of Nairobi politics to Jubilee, loosing all the county positions save for the Woman Rep slot that was won by Esther Passaris. ODM also lost majority MPs and MCAs meaning, in the county assembly, it was forced to give up the Majority Leader’s and […]
#NairobiDecides: Why Sen. Mike Sonko political future is in the balance
His Excellency Mike Mbuvi Sonko, the governor of Nairobi city County. Forget it. Jubilee can’t field Mike Sonko as governor of Nairobi. Many people shudder at the thought of it. Sometime in 2015, when Mike Sonko’s craze to succeed Dr. Evans Kidero hit fever pitch, it took Maina Kamanda, the last word on Kikuyu politics in […]
Nairobi County seat being NEGOTIATED, Kidero NOT automatic NASA candidate
As the opposition expands and morphs into a broader coalition to take on Jubilee, the seat of governor of Nairobi City County currently held by Dr. Evans Kidero (ODM) is among the tens of high level seats being negotiated, Kenya Today reveals for the first time. Impeccable sources high up in the CORD and NASA […]
Part 2 of 10: A case against governor Kidero’s FILTHY management beyond 2017
By Elvis Maina Nairobi City County gets the highest funding from the national government. It also collects more taxes than any other county in Kenya. Compared to Mombasa, Governor Hassan Joho gets peanuts. Yet, you move around Nairobi streets and estates; heaps of filth and garbage choke you. Nairobi is inhospitable. Nation Newspaper once quipped, […]
Part 1 of 10: A case against Dr. Evans Kidero’s second term – disloyalty
By Elvis Maina Is he loyal? Dr. Evans Kidero is the Nairobi City County governor. He has announced he will seek re-election. He shouldn’t be re-elected because he has failed ODM supporters. Five more years with Dr. Kidero at the helm and the political tragedy will take decades to undo. We don’t have the luxury of […]