The Nairobi County Government has announced that tea and coffee hawkers will, from now henceforth, be required to transition to the backstreets of the city.
In a statement on Wednesday, June 18, the Nairobi County Chief Environment Officer, Geoffrey Mosiria, said that the tea hawkers will be required to join other hawkers in the backlanes.
In a notice on January 6, 2025, the county government had warned that legal action would be taken against any hawkers found contravening such an order. The directive means that no tea vendor will be allowed to hawk in the City's main streets, such as Moi Avenue, Haile Selassie Avenue, Kenneth Matiba Road, Latema Road, Ronald Ngala Street, Mfangano Street, Hakati Road, and River Road. "We have launched an operation targeting these hawkers, who will now be required to operate like any other hawkers, strictly within designated areas (back lanes)," Mosiria said.
An aerial view of buildings within Nairobi CBD.
