Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale on Sunday ordered the closure of Nairobi’s Fay Bistro located in Kilimani over noise violations.
The CS announced that he had also directed the National Environment Management Agency(NEMA) Director General together with the agency’s police officers to visit the club and enforce the ban.
‘’I have ordered the immediate closure of Fay's Bistro club in Kilimani, Nairobi, for noise violations. The NEMA Director General, accompanied by the NEMA Police unit, is on-site to enforce the closure,’’ Duale stated.
The CS at the time sounded a warning to other clubs within residential areas that are notorious for noise disturbances. He added that their impunity would not be tolerated.
Let this serve as a stern warning to all clubs operating in residential areas: any that continue to play loud music will face the same action. This impunity will not be tolerated!
The club became a subject of social media debates for the better part of Sunday after Nairobi County Environment Chief Officer Geofrey Moisira was blocked by an alleged owner when he went to intervene following an uproar from adjacent residents.
According to Moisira, residents living within the area had lodged complaints with his office over noise pollution that emanated from the club, making it hard for them to sleep at night.
‘’These neighbors have been complaining and I decided to come in person to witness for myself. If you check it's already midnight and the decibels are almost 80, that is too loud,’’ Moisiria shared.
‘’The owner has been saying that we are against them, let's go tell them to switch off so that the neighbors can sleep,’’ he added.
However, when he arrived at the entrance to the club, he was met by a hostile lady who would neither listen to him nor allow him to gain entry, claiming that the County Officer was doing wrong to record his entry.
Mosiria has in recent months been caught in push-and-pull wars with City club owners and churches, especially those within residential areas that play loud music when people are asleep.
Duale’s move to order the shutdown of the club could potentially raise eyebrows over what could likely be interpreted as stepping in on the roles of the county government.
