Nairobi Metropolitan Services(NMS) Director General Major Mohamed Badi has banned florists from making displays and selling flowers along city pavements. The order takes effect immediately, according to a notice published in the dailies on Friday, November 13.
Selling and displaying seedlings and flowers on pedestrian and cyclists` pathways is prohibited and anyone having such plants on Non-Motorized Traffic (NMT) corridors should remove them forthwith. Where one is licensed to have such display, plants should be two meters away from walkways,” he said.
Licensed florists will now be required to place their displays two meters away from the walkways and cycle lanes in the Central Business District(CBD). Also, Badi gave an order banning any county official from assigning, picking/dropping bay including parking slots without written authorization from Director Roads, Transport and public works.
