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Welcome to this blog, initiated to enhance service delivery to the city residents. Social media has become a powerful tool to empower people of all levels and backgrounds.  Through this blog, the city has been taken to the people. The blog will act as platform where different experiences, knowledge and ideas  from kenyans , residents and other visitors to the blog will jointly engage and share the vision that will drive Nairobi into being a world class city, in line with vision 2030.  Hopefully this lively interaction of ideas will retransmit this city to its past glory as “the greencity in the sun.”

The city has many challenges that must be overcome in order to achieve our vision of being a modern metropolis.  I know that through this exchange, innovative ideas will be debated by people of diverse backgrounds.  This platform will combine a sense of surprise, discovery, enlightenment, joy, inspiration, and fun in the discourse of management of Council affairs. Consequently, the sifting, sieving,dissecting and enrichment of these ideas will snowball into great service delivery innovations by the City Council of Nairobi.  

Let me assure you that this blog is neither an end in itself nor a mere talking shop.  On the contrary, it will act as the watershed of new joint initiatives by the Council and the residents.  Consequently, I have assigned two officers to work with me in sieving the ideas and identifying those that can be implemented. I commit myself to making a monthly progress report on ideas submitted for implementation. By so doing, our unity of purpose will propel Nairobi to world class standards.   As a gesture of appreciation, a monthly reward will be offered to the best idea generated by a blogger.

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Mandatory business licenses 

HAWKING

One can apply for a permit to the Town Clerk for authority to conduct hawking , giving particulars of 
          goods and place of hawking.
An hawker’s assistant permit may be issued to a person employed to assist the permit holder who: 
          hawks refreshments and is physically disabled or has loss of a limb  
The permit is not  transferable to another person
Any person without a valid permit or hawks in an undesignated area risks having their goods impounded. 
    
Each person engaging in hawking must have a badge and wear it at a conspicuous place. 
    
Council officers have a right to inspect any goods/ articles being hawked. Blocking an officer from 
           performing that duty is an offence   
 Soliciting, inducing, bargaining, negotiating or buying from a hawker in an undesignated area is an offence.

                                             MATATU TERMINI

• Application of parking permit should be made to the Town Clerk.The permit expires on 31st December of the year it is issued.

• Parking permit must be displayed conspicuously on the matatu on which it is issued.

• Parking of any vehicle other than a matatu at a matatu terminus is an offence.

• The permit is not transferrable to another vehicle.

• One needs a written authority of the town clerk to establish a private matatu termini.

• Matatus should only be parked at a matatu terminus and will only stop to pick or drop passengers at a designated bus stop.

• All matatus at terminus should be under direction of an enforcement official.

• One should not drive more than 10 km/hr into the terminus.

• Importuning for passengers on the streets or terminus is an offence

• A matatu abandoned at the terminus without adhering to the by-laws may be removed by an enforcement officer.

• If fees and expenses incurred in the removal of the matatu are not paid within 60 days from day of removal, the council may dispose it to cover outstanding fees and expenses.

• Six or more persons waiting to enter a matatu at a terminus or designated stopping place, must form a queue.

• Hawking of goods at matatu terminus without a permit of the council is illegal.

• All persons in a matatu terminus must follow directions and instructions of enforcement or police officers.

• No person in a matatu terminus shall do the following: 

1. Obstruct a person from entering  and alighting from a matatu.
2. Enter the matatu through elsewhere apart from the door.
3. Obstruct a conductor or a driver from performing their duties.
4. Behave in a disorderly manner.
5. Urinate  in a public place.
6. Interfere or molest anyone.
7. Cause any verbal disturbance or any abusive language
8. Litter or spit
9. Damage council equipment.                                          

FOOD SHOPS AND STORES

                                    RESTAURANT, EATING HOUSEAND SNACK BAR

•   Application for new permit or license should be delivered to the Town Clerk not less than 30 days before the date the trading period begins. 
• The permit expires on 31^st of the year it is issued.

•  In case of death, bankruptcy or unsound of mind of a permit holder, the widow or the widower or the trustee or any other person approved by the Town Clerk in writing is to carry on the business without any transfer of permit.

• The restaurant kitchen design structure should be approved by the city council.

• A adequate refrigeration should be provided for maintenance of stored food.

• Every employer in the premise should:                                                       

 1.Keep him / herself clean always.

2.Refrain from spitting and smoking while cooking.

3.Should cover any cut or bruise on an exposed part with a clean waterproof dressing.

•   A permit holder should maintain the premise to  the satisfactory of customers.
  

• Any permit holder of a permit which does not correspond to the premise he is conducting his business from becomes guilty of an offence.

• A council officer has a right to inspect the premises. Blocking an officer from doing so is an offence.

• Every permit holder should place his permit at a conspicuous position in the premise.

• A permit holder should not sell any food which is not sound or wholesome.

• A permit holder should not allow any indecent behavior on the permitted premise.

• Every open air eating place should operate under the following requirements:
  

 1. The council should approve its design structure and should contain adequate sanitary facilities.

2. All persons carrying or handling the food must have valid medical certificates.

3. The permit holder should provide adequate firefighting facilities located strategically within the structure.                                                                                                                                                                           

PARKING BY –LAWS

     Offences

• Placing a signpost or reserving a parking space without authority of the council.

• Parking in a designated parking space without payment of fees

• Parking on a pavement or on council gardens
  

• Signing, guiding or directing a driver of a vehicle into or out of a parking place.

• Interfering with writing or marks on a parking ticket

• Using a parking space for advertisement or business.

• Damaging a vehicle clamp,removing or attempting to remove the same.

• Obstructing an officer in enforcing these by-laws.

• Knocking down an electricity pole, will lead to the owner paying for the restoration of the pole.

Rules and Regulations

• Non-payment parking fees will lead to clamping and towing of the vehicle. Any vehicle clamped must pay clamping fees to the council.

• Failure to pay towing fees and other expenses incurred by the council within 60 days may lead to disposal of the vehicle, through public auction.

• The parking ticket must be displayed on the front windscreen. on display will imply non payment of the same.

• Parking attendants shall at all time put on a uniform, carry and have with them a proper identification badge issued by the council.

• A parking ticket issued out to a vehicle is not transferable to another vehicle.

• You need a council permit to run a commercial private parking place.

• Vehicles must be parked within the space indicated by lines or any other mark provided by the council.

• The council will not be responsible for damage or loss incurred during clamping or removal of the offending vehicle.

• Parking is free from 2.00pm on Saturdays, whole day Sunday and Public Holidays

 

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BY- LAWS

• It is the city council’s duty to regulate waste and its management within the city.

• The council may revoke/cancel a waste operator’s permit in breach of given conditions.

• Waste operators permit is not transferable without the consent of the council.

• The council must provide a place to dispose waste before it is transferrable for final disposal.

• The council should issue directions for different collection charges at different places.

• Any duly authorized officer may inspect a residential dwelling or trade premises at any time.

• Disturbing a waste disposal site or container approved by the council is wrong.

• Organized groups will be given designed areas for small scale resource recovery.

• Any person, who produces,carries, keeps, treats, disposes of waste etc with an exception to domestic household waste, should ensure that the transfer of the waste is made to authorized persons.

• Occupiers/tenants of any building/trade premises must have a sizeable container with a good lid in which the daily domestic waste should be kept.

• Domestic and trade premises occupiers and owners shall separate recyclable waste and place it in a different container provided/approved by the council.

• Premises owners/ occupiers of the premises should ensure hazardous/clinical waste in managed to the satisfaction of the council.

• It is the duty of any of who generates trade waste to ensure it does not pollute the environment.

• Burning, throwing away etc of waste in an inappropriate place is an offence.

 

GENERAL NUISANCE BY –LAWS

Offences

• Making any kind of noise on the streets.

• Causing risk to users through destruction of a building or road.

• Causing risk to users through inadequate fenced or unfenced land, lack of repair, protection, removal or enclosure; leaving things around that may make one to fall and discharge a missile in or near a street.

• Destroying the surface of a public street

• Willfully blocking a free passage or removal/displacement of any council property.

• Cutting down a tree without a permit from the council.

• Playing any game, riding or driving or propelling on a foot path.

• Defacing any building by writing signs or graffiti.

• Depositing any type of material or waste on the streets.

• Spitting on any footpath or blowing the nose aimlessly other than into a suitable clothe or tissue.

• Committing any act contrary to public decency.

• Loitering, importuning or attempting to procure a female/male for prostitution purpose.

• Defecating or urinating on a street or any other space.

• Conveyance of open food in a manner likely to cause contamination.

• Keeping any animal or poultry which causes a nuisance to any resident in the neighborhood.

• Washing, repairing or dismantling any vehicle in a prohibited area except in the case of emergency.

• Touting for passengers.

• Failure to observe traffic lights or zebra crossing.

• Driving or permitting to be driven in any overloaded vehicle such that its contents are spilling.

• Allowing hedges and trees to encroach and pose a danger to traffic movement.

 

Rules and regulations

• All trees hedges or other growth should be chopped trimmed or removed.

• All meat poultry for sale should be inspected.

• Every building must be painted at least once every year.

• A landlord should ensure that the frontage of a building is kept clean, in good condition and well repair

• A building owner should ensure installation of security lights in the front of the building.

 

FIRE BRIGADE BY LAWS

Offences

• Entering any premises which are on fire without authorization from the senior fire officer.

• Obscuring, defacing or removing a plate fixed on any fire hydrant.

• Obstructing molesting or interfering with any member of the fire brigade when on duty.

• Giving false alarm to the fire brigade.

• Making or causing fire.

• Denying entry or obstructing an officer from inspecting or getting any information from any premise.

• Using premises without obtaining a fire prevention clearance certificate from the chief fire officer.

• It is the duty of the senior fire officer present at the scene of any fire to control all the operations.

• The chief fire officer may permit the owner or occupier of any building to connect an automatic fire system to the fire brigade premises.

• The senior fire officer present may enter or break into any premises within the city which appear to be on fire without consent from any person.

• A senior officer may temporarily close any street, passage or thoroughfare in or near which a fire exists.

• During fire fighting, a senior fire officer has the power to use any supply of water whether on public or private property.

• The council may at any time instruct a person to remove any material that is most likely to cause fire.

• Owners should pay for firefighting services whether the owner requested for attendance or not.

• The chief fire officer will inspect premises to ensure they comply with fire safety.

 

WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE.

• Do not panic.

• Sound the alarm (electronic or shout “fire”).

• Fight the fire if safe to do so.

• Call the fire brigade(2222181/2), giving the correct physical address (road/building name, telephone numbers and contacts).

• Evacuate using escape route.

• Close windows and doors behind you (do not lock doors).

• Do not use lifts.

• Proceed to the assembly point for head count.

• Do not re-enter until told to do so by the fire personnel.