The county will start charging politicians for unpaid billboards. [Jacob Otieno, Standard]The Nairobi County government will start charging politicians who put up billboards directly if their outdoor advertising firms default payment to City Hall. Nairobi is currently flooded with the billboards and posters of many aspirants, right from governor to MCA positions. Aspirants for various seats are required to have all their posters stamped as those found without official City Hall stamp will attract a fine of Sh100,000 or face six months in jail. “Some of the aspirants come and pay for the stamping of 500 posters, but end up putting up more than double the number.

Source: Standard Digital April 20, 2017 20:15 UTC