Public Nuisance Bill: Sleeping in the kitchen or other store areas where food is kept in Nairobi will cost you Sh. 50,000 or a jail sentence of up to six months. In addition, blowing your nose in public without a tissue or a handkerchief will result in a fine of Sh. 10,000 or a jail sentence of six months.
This is according to the new Nairobi County Public Nuisance Bill 2020 that has been formulated by acting Nairobi Governor Ann Kananu. This Bill was passed by the county assembly in September 2020. It had been sponsored by Riruta MCA James Kiriba.
Other acts that will be fined include living on earnings from prostitution, urinating in undesignated areas, riding motorcycles or driving on footpaths, playing loud music, and smoking in undesignated places.
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A report on the new rules says that “Leaving a dog to litter a public road or street; washing, repairing or dismanting a vehicle except in the case of an emergency in the central business district; allowing any animal in the street as well as smoking cigarettes in public places and touting for passengers will henceforth be considered public nuisance. Hawking, selling, distributing or advertising any article or event on any public road or street, shouting or using any bell, gong, loudspeaker or other noisy instrument or driving any vehicle for the purpose of exhibiting advertisements without statutory authority will also attract punishment.”
Keeping animals or poultry in the neighbourhood will also be prohibited.