Official records show that unpaid revenues ballooned by a staggering Sh2 billion between July and September last year, with land rates defaulters alone accounting for Sh1.29 billion of the unpaid dues. Only 50,000 out of 250,000 registered land parcels currently pay rates, exposing a catastrophic failure in revenue collection.
Having come into office promising transparency and fiscal responsibility, the unexplained removal of nearly Sh40 billion from the county’s books without proper documentation raises serious questions about financial governance under his leadership.
Crucially, no contract, itemized invoice, internal legal memo, or formal correspondence has been provided to justify this enormous cost.
Broken online system forces developers into year-long waits while corrupt officials demand bribes to fast-track applications Engineers practicing in Nairobi County have blown the whistle on a systematic corruption scheme within the county government’s building plans approval system, where rogue officials are exploiting technical glitches to extort bribes from desperate developers and investors. In damning […]
Sonko says the county could make up to Sh300 million daily collections but only about Sh50 million would end up in the accounts with the rest getting looted.
The dark past of Benedict Kiema Kavua the Procurement Manager of Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company has caught up with him. He was recently transferred to a different department but rushed to the employment court to reverse the decision making many wonder as to why he would put such a spirited fight against the […]
A businesswoman has written to Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja over the refusal by county officials to remove illegally installed water tanks, smoke extractor and gas cylinder at a popular restaurant. Joanina Wanjiku Maina, the landlady of the building that houses Trattoria Restaurant pointed out in a letter to Sakaja that the High Court quashed approval […]
The Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome and the Director of Criminal Investigation Mohamed Amin have been summoned to appear in court physically on Monday 20th November 2023 over the alleged abduction of a Nairobi county employee. Justice Chacha Mwita ordered the two to appear in court and explain the whereabouts of Osman Khalif a […]
CITY HALL CRIME SCENE Recently detectives raided the private office of Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja in a probe into claims of intimidation and threats to witnesses in a case under probe. We have information that two of the governor’s aides are on the radar. They are said to be the real masterminds of the multimillions […]
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has launched investigations into suspected fraudulent payment of hundreds of millions of shillings by the county government of Nairobi for goods never supplied and services not rendered. DCI says the nine listed firms are believed to have been used in a money laundering scheme and fraudulent payments. In a […]
The office of the Controller of Budget (CoB) has launched investigations into claims that Sh560 million in City Hall staff funds has been diverted by the executive. At the same time, the Ministry of Labour has appealed to the 12,000 City Hall workers not to down their tools over the cash diversion claims, urging their […]
The Anti-Corruption Court was yesterday told how former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero siphoned millions of shillings from City Hall coffers through pretext the colossal sums were for ‘purchase of sugar’.Testifying in the Sh213 million graft case against the former county boss and other former City Hall officials, EACC investigating officer Mulki Umar laid bare how […]
Calls are intensifying for the arrest of Nairobi Assembly’s speaker and board’s arrest following the unlawful appointment of Romeo Gavin Castro who was appointed contrary to the court orders that had directed for Pauline Akuku, the Deputy Clerk Administration be appointed to be appointed. On Monday, a Labour Court temporarily barred Adah Onyango from acting […]
