• Geoffrey Mosiria is the chief officer of the environment department of Nairobi City County.
• The senior county official has recently made headlines for cracking down on unhygienic street food cooking dens within Nairobi’s Central Business District.
• In a shocking exposé aired on a local TV station, Mr. Mosiria exposed extremely filthy rat-infested kitchens used to prepare smokies, kebabs, and other popular street foods.

 

 

Inside Chief Officer Geoffrey Mosiria’s Sting Operations

 

George Mosiria has emerged as Nairobi’s enforcer-in-chief, perfecting the art of surprise visits to ensure compliance with county laws and regulations.

It has been a busy few weeks for the high-ranking environmental officer at City Hall, who recently grabbed the country’s attention in a disturbing exposé detailing behind-the-scenes practices of Nairobi’s street food industry.

From street food vending carts parked in toilets overnight to the stinking kebab kitchen, Mosiria exposed the unhygienic preparation and handling of the city’s treasured outdoor delicacies.

With a TV camera crew in tow, the Chief Environment Officer demonstrated how unsafe the kebabs, eggs, smokies, smochas, and kachumbari are to unsuspecting city residents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncouth kitchen operators continued cooking in filthy conditions jeopardizing the health of members of the public despite numerous.

In a tour of the nasty premises, the top county enforcer showed some of the unkempt cooking paraphernalia that included kneaded flour, thick dirty fluids, overflowing waste buckets, and dirty frying pans.

“The rates of stomach cancer are on the rise. It is not because of genes but mostly the food we consume. The operator did not even have a food handling certificate. Arresting won’t be the ultimate solution. The proper solution is to educate such people and talk sense into them,” said Geoffrey in a TV interview.

Mosiria’s shocking revelation elicited intense reactions from Kenyans with some vowing to never again touch street food.

A letter of closure signed by the county confirmed that the dirty kitchen was officially closed.

 

 

 

 

 

Geoffrey Mosiria Cracks Down on Clowns Urinating in Public

 

Following the hard-hitting street food exposé, Hon. Mosiria widened his scope to other notorious city offenders flouting environmental regulations.

Leading a team of county askaris and other enforcement officers, Mosiria went out in Nairobi’s streets hunting for a special cohort of offenders, the public urinators.

The vice has been perpetuated with impunity within the capital and other urban areas across the country for decades.

In typical Kenyan fashion, areas marked with warnings such as “Usikojoe hapa” (don’t urinate here) are often heavily polluted with human urine and a strong stench of ammonia.

From the city’s dark alleys to roundabouts and open spaces, dozens were arrested for unlawfully urinating in public.

The Nairobi City County Public Nuisance Act 2021 outlaws defecation or urination on the streets or open spaces. Such offenses attract a 10,000 fine or imprisonment for 6 months or both.

During the day Hon. Mosiria dedicates time to roadside vendors who are fond of littering the spaces they occupy.

Fruit vendors are forced to remove heaps of peelings and assorted trash with hawk-eyed enforcement officers standing by.

 

 

 

 

Mosiria Takes Action Against Landlords Discharging Raw Sewage into Stormwater Drains

 

Mosiria’s robust enforcement operation also caught up with Nairobi’s crafty landlords who irregularly discharge raw sewage with wanton abandon.

The practice is mostly witnessed during rainy seasons in the city where raw sewage is released in large volumes hopelessly disguised as run-off water.

So common is the practice that caretakers are reportedly fired for failure to release sewage once the city receives a heavy downpour.

It is widely believed that discharging raw sewage allows unscrupulous landlords to avoid the costs of proper sewage disposal services.

In most cases, raw sewage flows continuously even without the rain, with black water snaking its way through residential areas and shops.

While touring the affected areas, Geoffrey gave a stern warning of serious legal action against the notorious landlords.

 

 

 

 

The meticulous county environment official has also kickstarted a communal cleanup campaign in the city.

This exercise is aimed at cultivating collective responsibility by Nairobi residents in matters of sanitation.

Taking after Rwanda’s Umuganda community cleanup, this campaign is set to be a game-changer for Nairobi’s sanitation credentials.