Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has put vandals on notice, stating that their days are numbered.

In a statement at the City Hall on Monday, September 8, 2025, Sakaja said that those participating in the vandalism of public infrastructure deserve the harshest penalties.

“Over the past few days, our electrical team, together with the security team, has been observing the different streets where there have been cases of darkness; these are streets that have street lights, but a few individuals have been sabotaging, including tapping into the power grid by the KPLC,” Sakaja said.

“Vandalism of public infrastructure is criminal and deserves the highest punishment because these are infrastructure paid for by citizens. We should all be vigilant to ensure that lights, road signs, and public infrastructure are not vandalized.”

Days numbered

We want to tell these people who have been doing this that you don’t have a long time. We will make sure that you face the full force of the law,” he added.

Sakaja revealed that critical installations along the Tom Mboya monument, which power the whole of Kencom, Ambassador, and the area around the National Archives, had been vandalized, and that some individuals had taken over the supply of electricity near the Tom Mboya monument.

He equally mulled the introduction of the county policing authority to assist in the security situation in the Nairobi CBD.

Nairobi Regional Commissioner Gilbert Kitiyo also observed the security situation in the CBD and stated that the national government would collaborate with the county to achieve peace in Nairobi.

“We might have had challenges with petty crimes, which are normally associated with urban dwellings, but we cannot say it is totally out of hand. I want to assure our people that as security agencies, we are on top of things; and what we shall do is to tighten a bit in security,” Kitiyo said.

Lighting and security

“We can sum up and say that our security situation now is much improved than it was a few months back.”

We want the county of Nairobi to assist us in matters of street lighting, organization of hawkers, and the organization of the boda boda sector, so that we have an orderly city. If we have an orderly city, even matters of security will be easier to execute,” he added.

“We want to work with the county to install more lighting, and those that are in place should be free from vandalism. We want to urge that let us not entertain people who are siphoning power, vandalizing street lights, and any other government infrastructure for that matter, including the road rails and other general infrastructure,” Kitiyo noted.

“As it is, our security situation is not as bad as some would like to depict it. We are reorganizing our villages, the nyumba kumis, the peace committees, and other security committees so that we have something that is vibrant even as we go towards 2027.”