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Nairobi Metropolitan has coined new rules under the Nairobi City County Public Nuisance Bill 2021 which forbids any person from doing certain misdemeanors within the county.
According to the bill, any one found blowing their nose without a handkerchief or tissue paper risk being fined between Sh10,000 and Sh500,000 or an imprisonment of a term of between 6 to 12 months.
The bill that was signed into law today further forbids Nairobi dwellers from urinating in undesignated spaces and spitting on the streets,
In a statement, acting Nairobi Governor Ann Kananu said Nairobi residents should familiarize themselves with the new law.
"Nairobi is the face of Kenya. We all need a clean and hygienic environment to live and work in," she said.
Clauses of the new law further prohibits discharge of dirty water, sewer, or effluent into streets or water channels, discharge of oils into roads or water channels, and obstruction of roads or streets.
It also prohibits residents from allowing trees and hedges in their homes or places of work to obstruct streets or footpaths.
Bodaboda riders have also not left out from the law. They are are prohibited from riding or driving on footpaths. Residents are also prohibited from playing loud music, and smoking in undesignated places.
Nairobi county attorney Lydia Kwamboka said application of the law will be strict, thus residents should take more responsibility.
“The Act empowers the county to take all lawful, necessary and reasonable practical measures for maintenance of the county at all times in a clean and sanitary condition, abatement and prevention of public nuisance and remedy any nuisance," she said.
Photo: Nairobi Acting Governor Ann Kananu.
County environment executive Larry Wambua lauded Riruta MCA Kariuki Kiriba for coming up with the bill at the assembly and ensuring that all stages were well articulated.