Nairobi outlaws sneezing, loud noise

Fri, 10/02/2009 - 3:34pm

The city council of Nairobi passed a series of by-laws yesterday outlining new illegal activities for the streets of Kenya's capital. Newly outlawed activities include blowing one's nose in public without using a hankercheif and spitting into trash cans. Another of the laws criminalizes loud noise.

This particular ordinance may have the biggest impact on the economy of Nairobi, in which street hawkers, cab drivers and store owners rely on verbally cajoling customers into their services. One resident argued the city is just trying to make money, either from imposed fines or bribes, and directly ignoring the needs of its citizens:

"We get our daily bread here,We are not making noise. The council must know that we are self-employed."

The city maintains that the purpose of the news laws is to make the city more habitable and reduce general nuisance. 

AFP/Stringer


Lauren Seyfried | Permalink | | Comments? Login or register
( filed under: )


Advertisement

 

really nice

by Rockstarbabu on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 7:19am

hi every body I've been working with human rights for two years. It's not much, but I guess it is enough to see that rarely people talk about Brazilian foreign policy on human rights. Of course, you see people reporting human rights violations. But rerally you see someone criticizing Brazil for its foreign policy.

Yesterday, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participated in a meeting at the Human Rights Council. According to AP, he sent "a message of worker solidarity and economic responsibility". Nothing awkward, right? But then AF says that President Lula da Silva "left with some rare, sharp criticism from human rights groups".
---------------------
real estate

thanks

by nhattruong on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 8:06pm

thank you for sharing
-------------------------
nuoc hoa

in fact,to say nothing more

by arven on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 9:17am

in fact,to say nothing more on this subject, but still would like to thank for sharing respects
Dear Admin, ,I thank you for this informative article. Sohbet And I thank you for this I follow your vendors. It’s verry good. I wish you continued success

Incredible!

by healthfitness on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 10:14am

I've never been to Nairobi but these new statutes seem a bit odd to me. Is noise pollution that much of a tourist deterrent? And outlawing spitting into a trash can is ridiculous. I guess you're expected to swallow that mouthful of phlegm you just coughed up. Gross. It was bad enough coming up.

scholarships for single mothers