Geoffrey Mosiria returns from Germany with a message for Nairobians who break city rules
By Steve Ireri, September 19, 2026Nairobi County Chief Officer for Customer Engagement Geoffrey Mosiria has returned to Nairobi from a week-long trip to Germany with a message for residents, urging them to restore order in the city by following traffic rules and keeping walkways clear.
Speaking in a TikTok video on Saturday, September 19, 2026, Mosiria announced his return home while reflecting on what he had observed during his time in Germany, where he said he learnt lessons about discipline, traffic management and public order.
Mosiria said his trip had also involved seeking investors who could help Nairobi develop software for public participation and customer service, adding that his time abroad had given him an opportunity to observe how residents interacted with their city.
“I had gone to Germany to learn and we were also seeking investors who can help us with software for public participation and customer service,” Mosiria said.
The Nairobi official said one of the biggest lessons he took away from Germany was the extent to which residents appeared to follow established rules without requiring constant enforcement by officers.
“While there I learnt many things, including the fact that people there follow rules. They obey and you do not have to deploy officers,” he said.
“Cars do not drive on wrong sides or overlap. On zebra crossings, people obey traffic lights,” he said.
His observations came shortly after his return to Nairobi, where he said he had already received reports about people crossing roads instead of using designated footbridges.
“Kenyans, I have returned home. I had gone abroad a bit. I am back home and I hear many things have happened. People were not using footbridges when I was away; they were crossing on the roads and I heard there were many cases,” Mosiria said.
Mosiria also raised concerns about cleanliness and the presence of vulnerable people on Nairobi’s streets, contrasting the situation with what he said he had witnessed in Germany.
He said he had not encountered the same level of illegal dumping during his time abroad and also pointed to what he described as the absence of women randomly standing on the streets begging.
“And there is no illegal dumping and there are no street families where we have women randomly standing begging,” he said.
The Nairobi official then urged residents to help the city move towards the level of order he had observed in Munich.
“So I want to urge this. Nairobi, we have to defeat Munich, as that is the city I was in,” he said.
His comments marked a continuation of observations he had made during the Germany trip, where he had previously praised the apparent adherence to traffic rules and orderly movement of road users in Munich.
Mosiria has now turned his attention to specific groups operating within Nairobi’s CBD, directing hawkers to use back lanes instead of occupying walkways.
“And now I want to say this: from today in CBD, hawkers stay in back lanes and do not clog walkways,” he said.
He also issued a message to matatu operators, urging them to abandon overlapping and avoid parking indiscriminately within the city centre.
“And matatus, no more overlapping or parking anywhere in town,” Mosiria said.
Boda boda riders were also urged to change how they operate on Nairobi’s roads, with Mosiria calling on them to follow traffic rules and cooperate with officers.
“Boda boda, these things of driving anyhowly, and when you meet officers, be fair with them,” he said.