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 […]
Court documents filed by Rachier and Amollo Advocates detail how county officials forcibly entered the premises on May 14, demolished a gate, and posted a notice claiming ownership over unpaid rates.
The Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) has launched a scathing attack on Nairobi County’s digital development approval system, claiming it has been “purposely made to fail” to facilitate corruption and bribery. In a strongly-worded statement released yesterday, the engineering body alleges that Governor Johnson Sakaja’s much-touted Nairobi Planning & Development Management System (NPDMS) has […]
Ayoti Ltd was incorporated on January 13, 2020 and has not declared a physical location, according to Business Registration Service records. The governor is the sole shareholder with 10 shares. He is also the only director.
Nairobi county government estimates to spend at least one billion shillings in alleviating the effects of El Niño rains that the weatherman has predicted to start anytime this month. On disaster preparedness during El Niño, the county government is in the process of purchasing inflatable and motorboats ahead of El Niño in the next one week […]
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 […]
Nairobi County Assembly is never short of drama. Former speaker Beatrice Elachi after endless fights, threw in the towel and resigned, Majority Whip Abdi Guyo has had his share of fight, a veteran in City Hall life, he was thrown out of his position before he got reinstated. The two leaders haven’t been in good […]
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and City Hall have launched a joint crackdown targeting home and office blocks belonging to landlords who have defaulted on paying land rates with some defaulters already served with warning letters should they fail to offset their rates. “You are supposed to have paid up all the rate fees for the […]
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