On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:50 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev@gmail.com>wrote:
Hello,
I actually visited the City council and they advised me that I needed a letter from the Ministry of information!
They usually charge 2600KES per day for taking pictures of buildings and monuments.
I was wondering why they should have such bureaucratic processes while for my case am doing this on a voluntary capacity for a non-commercial endeavor under the umbrella of the Wikimedia Foundation.
After capturing the photos I will upload them to WikiCommons under the CC license.
You are trying to follow the letter of the law. Unfortunately, i think even if you had the neccessary permits you would still be harassed if you are at the wrong place at the wrong time,since the ones enforcing the law dont respect it themselves. So you are perhaps better of taking a chance and not getting any permits just walking around taking pictures. I used to do photo walks with friends ( http://www.flickr.com/groups/nairobistreetshooters ) we have never actually been harassed ; but with the post terrorism paranoia epidemic going around, i think walking around with a camera in town maybe a bad idea.