Nairobi landowners have until September to repaint their structures.

The Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) suspended the request by a year to permit more opportunities to consent.

NMS had requested repainting of all structures in Nairobi in 60 days as a component of a continuous beautification project.

NMS chief Major General Mohamed Badi said the request was stretched out as landowners whined of intense monetary occasions occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“When people come and request for a grace period as NMS we considered. The business owners decried having being affected by Covid-19 to an extent where they had to lay off staff because of the pandemic,” said Badi.

“They requested a one-year extension so that when their businesses pick up, they will repaint their building.”

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The government-owned structures have since been repainted while a couple of the private proprietors have willfully repainted their property.

“On the private area, we included Kenya Private Sector Alliance ( KEPSA) and there was positive input from them and many repainted their structures,” he added.

Repainting of structures is following Public Health Act Cap 242 Section 118 (b) on keeping up structures clean and Cap 242 area 118 (c) on streets, asphalt, and different types of appurtenances.

The Public Health Cap 242 and County By-laws require landowners inside the city to repaint their structures like clockwork.

In 2020, individuals from the county assembly get together passed a movement approving NMS and the County Government to support repaint orders.

By and by, NMS had positive outcomes whereby numerous private proprietors have deliberately painted their structures.

As per Badi, all administration claimed structures were repainted where each service was entrusted to repaint their properties which they did.

“On the private area, we included Kenya Private Sector Alliance ( KEPSA) and there was positive input from them and many repainted their structures,” he said.

As a feature of the continuous beautification project in the city, NMS has repainted some province-possessed houses in Kariobangi South and Ziwani.

Repainting of structures is according to Public Health Act Cap 242 Section 118 (b) on keeping up structures clean and Cap 242 area 118 (c) on streets, asphalt, and different types of appurtenances.

The Public Health Cap 242 and County By-laws require landowners inside the city to repaint their structures at regular intervals.

The mandate by the Director-General is only a continuation of comparative orders by the region for building proprietors to repaint their premises.

In April 2015, previous Governor Evans Kidero requested that repainting of structures in the city be done however there was no consistency.

Property owners in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) face arrest for failing to repaint their premises.

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In 2019 alone, ex-Governor Mike Sonko gave three separate repaint orders in January, May, and July however barely any landowners agreed.

MCAs last year passed a movement offering power to NMS and Nairobi County Government to move with speed and implement repaint orders in the downtown area.

The ward delegates discredited the disappointment by building proprietors in the downtown area to consent to the public notification by the two NMS and City Hall to repaint their structures

In any case, the MCAs censured themselves for neglecting to make laws to supplant by-laws which got old with the coming in of regional governments in 2013.

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Nairobi property owners have until September, to repaint their buildings or face prosecution!

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