Police officers were on Monday forced to use tear gas to quell chaos that rocked the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) after rival groups clashed over the management of public toilets. Members of the public were caught in the melee and were unable to access some public toilets in the CBD after armed officers were deployed to prevent rowdy youth from accessing the facilities. Unknown people were going round trying to take over the toilets,” said Wangeci ‘Simba’, a public toilet owner in the CBD. Nairobi County government said there are 68 public toilets in the city with 17 located within the CBD. This money explains why the public toilet sector is fiercely guarded with even politicians once in a while being roped in to protect the operators.

Source: Daily Nation October 20, 2020 05:48 UTC