At least 49 categories of items have been impounded and are being held at Dagoretti Pounds, the Nairobi City County Government has announced.
In a public notice issued by County Secretary and Head of County Public Service Dr Machel Waikenda, the county asked members of the public whose property had been impounded or confiscated to identify their belongings and make arrangements for collection within the stipulated period.
"Accordingly, members of the public whose property or goods were impounded or confiscated by the County are hereby notified to collect their property within fourteen (14) days from the date of publication of this notice," it states.
The notice follows the county government's approval of the disposal of obsolete, surplus, unserviceable, impounded and confiscated county assets for the 2025/2026 financial year.
Among the items listed are sausage trollies, handcarts, shoe-shine equipment, metal doors, meat jikos, push trollies, signposts, wire mesh and M-Pesa kiosks.
The inventory also includes fibre kiosks, ice cooler containers, dismantled containers, broken pieces of wood, old tyres, wheelbarrows, milk crates, assorted crates, cooler boxes, wheelchairs and fridges.
Other items held at the facility include samosa boxes, construction tools such as spades and mattocks, bicycles, metal drums, car wash machines, canvas tents, used iron sheets, metal ladders and weighing scales.
The county has also listed wooden chairs, second-hand clothes, belts, shoes and handbags, used utensils, old textbooks, metal bars, stools, incomplete plastic tables, jerricans, PVC pipes, steel doors and wooden doors.
The remaining categories include wooden poles, timber, incomplete metal chairs, plastic tanks, super drums, car bumpers, welding machines, beer crates and gas cylinders.
The notice provides details of some of the charges previously applicable to the collection of the impounded items, including storage fees.
However, the county government has resolved to grant a waiver to residents whose property and goods were impounded or confiscated, allowing them to reclaim their belongings without the applicable charges.
Among the charges indicated in the inventory are Sh50 for sausage trollies and Sh1,000 in storage fees, while owners of handcarts were previously required to pay Sh300 in charges and Sh1,800 in storage fees.
M-Pesa and fibre kiosks attracted charges of Sh5,000 and storage fees of Sh8,000, while owners of dismantled containers faced charges of Sh15,000 and storage fees of Sh30,000.
The inventory further indicates charges of Sh50 and storage fees of Sh500 for bicycles, while car wash machines attracted charges of Sh3,500 and storage fees of Sh1,000.
Owners seeking to collect welding machines were previously required to pay Sh2,500 in charges and Sh500 in storage fees, while gas cylinders attracted charges of Sh1,500 and storage fees of Sh500.
The county has warned that any property not collected within 14 days will be disposed of at a public auction in accordance with applicable laws and approved disposal procedures.
The notice urges members of the public to identify their property and make the necessary collection arrangements within the stipulated period to avoid losing their belongings.
