City court where by-laws will scare you out of wits

Nambari Shanta Ali and Purity Kanana avoid cameras at the City Hall court on June 20, 2019. They were fined Sh600 for loitering on the streets of Nairobi.

It is a Wednesday morning and the City Hall court is packed. Outside the court, vehicles are driven in and more than 20 suspects from different stations are whisked into the basement cells before being moved into the courtroom to answer to charges.

For decades, the City Court has played a major role in dealing with those who go against by-laws that govern Nairobi County, with a minimum of 40 cases being heard per day.