The court has issued orders stopping the planned demolition of Gikomba Market following an urgent application. In directions issued on March 4, 2026, at the Milimani Environment and Land Court, the court certified the matter as urgent and ordered that the current status of the suit land be maintained pending an inter partes hearing scheduled
The Gikomba Market has been associated with tragic fires for decades. From the 2014 inferno that took the lives of 15 people, to the 2021 fire that reduced more than 900 stalls to ashes, countless traders have watched their livelihoods burn over time and again. In a statement, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said the Gikomba Quarry