Nairobi County inspectorate to operate round the clock
Nairobi County askaris during Mashujaa Day celebrations on October 20, 2015. The county's inspectorate department will start working round the clock, Deputy Governor Jonathan Mueke has said. FILE PHOTO |
What you need to know:
- The sub-committee was formed last week by Governor Evans Kidero.
- The deputy governor said the county has 2,000 inspectorate officers, with 1,300 manning county institutions, leaving 700 askaris to enforce laws.
The Nairobi County inspectorate department will from next week start operating 24 hours a day.
This is one of the recommendations made by a sub-committee responsible for cracking down on hawkers, illegal dumping of garbage and other violations of county laws.
The sub-committee was formed last week by Governor Evans Kidero.
Speaking in his office on Tuesday, Nairobi Deputy Governor Jonathan Mueke said the inspectorate department currently operates for only eight hours a day.
“We have been trying to end lawlessness in the county but our workers go home at 5pm and we have no one to enforce the laws after that time,” said Mr Mueke.
The deputy governor said the county has 2,000 inspectorate officers, with 1,300 manning county institutions, leaving 700 askaris to enforce laws.
He said the county will hire 600 more officers by August.
He said the sub-committee has one week to come up with a duty rooster that will see the askaris work round the clock.
Mr Mueke said garbage contractors take advantage of darkness to dump waste in the city’s backstreets.
