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Nairobi County Assets to be Auctioned Over Ksh4.3B Loan Debt
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Nairobi County Assets to be Auctioned Over Ksh4.3B Loan Debt

Part of the Nairobi City County Government assets are set to be auctioned over a Ksh4.3 billion defaulted loan. In a verdict delivered by the High Court sitting in Nairobi, a top financial institution has been granted the clearance to seize and auction assets belonging to Governor Anne Kananu's administration. Justice Chacha Mwita, while making the ruling, dismissed the application submitted by the county challenging the amount awarded to the financial institution by an arbitrator back in November 2019, setting the stage for the auctioning.The move follows the continued default on the loan even after the court directed the county government to clear the debt to avoid facing the auctioneer's hammer. ustice Mwita further dismissed the county's application to have the&...
Nairobi county workers go on Strike.
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Nairobi county workers go on Strike.

Normal county operations in the capital have been disrupted after Nairobi county government workers downed their tools. The workers have accused both NMS and City Hall of failing to address their grievances. The Kenya County Government Workers Union (KCGWU) Nairobi branch decried that at least 11,000 county workers have been without medical cover since July Other issues raised by the union is the failure to promote county staff, perennial delay in paying staff salaries, non-remittance of statutory deductions and non-payment of overtime and other allowances. The workers have also decried that the county has failed to provide non-payment of uniform allowances and other dues for retiring employees.