This archive report was first published on 18 July 2019.
Nairobi County has been pushing for a cleaner and more attractive Central Business District (CBD) for years, but property owners have been slow to comply.
On July 17, 2019, Acting County Secretary Leboo Morintat issued a notice to all property owners in the Nairobi CBD, requiring them to clean, repaint, or redecorate their buildings as required by law.
The notice also gave blanket approval to property owners to improve plot frontages, the area between a plot boundary and road kerb.
According to Morintat, the order is anchored in law, including county by-laws and the Public Health Cap 242 on maintaining healthy and quality standards of general public health.
Property owners have been given a two-week ultimatum to comply with the order, after which unspecified legal measures will be instituted to ensure the notice is fully complied with.
“It is hereby notified to all property owners in the Nairobi CBD that they should clean, repaint or redecorate their buildings as required by law,” said Mr Morintat in a newspaper notice.
