Normalcy in Nairobi CBD ahead of Azimio protests

A shoe shiner attends to his client in Nairobi CBD on March 30, 2023. [Pkemoi Ng’enoh, Standard] There is general calm in Nairobi’s City centre with residents going about their daily businesses normally ahead of todays antigovernment protests by Azimio la Umoja. An early morning spot check by The Standard ... Read More

Tame boda boda in CBD

Those who work and do business in Nairobi’s city centre know about the chaotic boda boda transport system. The riders operate in total disregard for traffic rules. They even ride on the newly built pedestrian walkways. That calls for Nairobi City County Governor Johnson Sakaja to, as a matter of ... Read More

Bullet found in the body of NHIF staff who died in Nairobi CBD

An employee attached to NHIF collapsed and died at Kaunda Street in Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) on Monday. [The Standard] On Monday, February 13, an employee attached to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) died at Kaunda Street in Nairobi Central Business District (CBD). Before collapsing, the late Mary ... Read More

City dwellers throng Uhuru Park, CBD to make merry

Police Officers control traffic along Uhuru Highway as Kenyans from all walks of life throng Uhuru Park for this this years Christmas festive season on Sunday, December, 25, 2022. [Samson Wire, Standard] For many years, City dwellers who did not travel upcountry to celebrate Christmas with families flocked to Uhuru ... Read More

Bomb scare: Police cordon off Nairobi CBD street

A bomb scare disrupted work in some parts of Nairobi town on Wednesday morning. Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) responded to the bomb alert and inspected a ‘suspicious object’ which was found outside Ebony House on Taveta Lane. An officer at the scene, who ... Read More

Why the Nairobi CBD has lost its allure

Buildings in the Nairobi Central Business District in Nairobi. [File, Standard] It’s fast becoming fashionable to avoid Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD). Individuals, corporates, multinationals, top hotels and even some government agencies are happy to exit the CBD which is now chaotic and bursting at the seams. “African CBDs tend ... Read More