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Blow your nose and kiss goodbye to Sh2,000
City Council askaris arrest a man who was allegedly found sitting on a flower pot near Kencom bus terminus in Nairobi on Thursday. The council has published new by-laws, which ban spitting in the streets or blowing noses. Photos/SAMMY KIMATU
Posted Thursday, October 1 2009 at 22:00
In Summary
- Hawkers and touts will also be arrested for shouting to attract customers
“We get our daily bread here,” said 29- year-old Samuel Maina, a tout at Globe Cinema roundabout. “We are not making noise. The council must know that we are self-employed.”
Ms Anna Naliaka, a hawker in Ngara, said that the new laws would not help them in any way.
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“They should think of building sheds for us. Maybe they (City Council) want to raise more money from fines. They want to finish our business.”
But Mr Tom Chenu, a banker said the laws would help curb matatu madness which, he called a major nuisance.
“If only they could be implemented,” he said but warned the new rules may just make City Hall workers more corrupt.
“The City Council askaris may make a killing out of this,” he said. “They will demand bribes. If one is caught spitting, he’ll pay an askari Sh200, which I think the askari will not refuse. That will be like an ATM to the askaris.”
Dancing, singing, and guiding or directing drivers into parking spaces is also illegal as is falsely shouting “Fire!”.
Scattering waste in the estate is also an offence, and home owners are expected to have a rubbish container with a lid.
The council is also proposing to sell your car if it is towed for failing to pay parking fees and you fail to pay towing charges and fines.
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Submitted by lwamariuPosted October 04, 2009 01:32 PM
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Submitted by masiflex
cuddos for the new by- laws its about time some manners are practised in our towns, but please watch out so that this wont be another method for city askaris to colect bribes,
Posted October 04, 2009 10:19 AM -
Submitted by josiahonsomu
What a heck is this,blowing the nose is a call of nature,u cant stop it but then people need to be taught hygiene.with the dust on our roads and all kinds of pollutions many will always contact running noses,we need to address the cause of anything before you can decide on type of laws you make.Kenyas are exploited by the few rich individuals.
Posted October 04, 2009 08:19 AM -
Submitted by unindex
Finally, by-laws are being implemented to bring glory back to the city. Social ethics that we all learnt in school, people seem to have rubbished it and instead rubbishing the city...wake up call. Cleaning up the city starts with u. Let's help shape it while at the same time urging our city godfathers to improve their image.
Posted October 04, 2009 02:17 AM -
Submitted by wuodmin74
The problem is not a lack of bylaws old or new. The problem is lack of implementation.City hall is full of some of the best kinds of bylaws in the world gathering dust in the shelves all these years anyway.This excitement from City hall will die soon leaving Nairobians at the mercy of askaris to milk them dry daily through bribery.There should also be a bylaw on how those askaris arrest people without tramping on our dignity.the askaris behave like animals.
Posted October 04, 2009 01:28 AM
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We do not need new laws, but the zealous implementation of existing ones. The Kenya askaris still have the colonialist mentality. The man could have been issued with a court summon or a ticket (fine) or arrested modestly. On the contrary he is being man handled publicly. If corruption is rooted out and security improved, Kenya would be a great nation. WATCH THIS!!!! - If the poor fellow was treated in such a manner for sitting on a pot; what should happen to Anglo leasing and post election perpetrators????