Event Barriers
Priced per barrier
KSh 1,500
each
Event essentials · Nairobi & Kiambu · 4 items
Barriers for Hire in Nairobi, plus Stanchions, Podium and Hand Wash
Barriers for hire in Nairobi and Kiambu, and the other quiet pieces that keep an event in order: crowd barriers (KSh 1,500 each), rope stanchions (KSh 3,500 per unit), a podium for speeches (KSh 12,000 per podium) and a hand wash station (KSh 10,000 per day).
From KSh 1,500an item, 24-hour hire
4items, side by side
50%deposit holds your date
Order and comfort, priced
Event Barriers
KSh 1,500
One crowd barrier
KSh 1,500 each
Stanchions with Rope
KSh 3,500
Post 1.0 m, rope 1.5 m
KSh 3,500 per unit
Podium
KSh 12,000
Lectern, 1.2 m tall
KSh 12,000 per podium
Placed by our crew and collected after the event. Transport to your venue is added on the quote.
Start with the look
Start with the problem
Nobody photographs a barrier or a hand wash basin, and everybody notices when one is missing. The queue spills into the car park, the speaker has nowhere to put the notes, the caterer's guests go looking for a tap. Barrier hire for events, a rope line, a lectern and a basin solve those small problems.
The 4 items
Four pieces that keep things running
Stanchions with Rope
1.0 m posts, 1.5 m ropes
KSh 3,500
per unit
Podium
1.2 m tall, 60 × 40 cm top
KSh 12,000
per podium
Hand Wash Station
Own water supply · per day
KSh 10,000
per day
Transport is added for your area on your quote: see it for your venue.
Guide
Crowd control, speeches and hand washing
Each is priced per piece for 24 hours on site; the hand wash station is quoted per day. Our crew sets them where you want them and comes back for them, and the trip from our Uthiru yard on Waiyaki Way is the one extra on the quote.
Barriers or stanchions: which one?
Pick by what the line has to do. Stanchions guide people who are happy to be guided: a queue at registration, a red-carpet entrance, the edge of a VIP lounge. Crowd control barriers for hire hold a line that people might push against: the front of a stage at a concert, a route kept clear for service, a space closed off from the public.
The hardware shows the difference. Our stanchions and ropes are 1.0 m posts with 1.5 m ropes by our listing, a visual cue. A standard galvanised steel crowd barrier, as listed by the UK supplier First Fence, is a 2.3 m frame 1.1 m high whose ends hook into the next, so a run locks together into one fence.
How many barriers for an entrance or a stage front?
Measure the line in metres. At the common 2.3 m length, a 20 m stage front takes nine barriers, KSh 13,500, and a 10 m entrance lane with a barrier line on each side takes five a side, KSh 15,000. Our listing does not give a barrier length, so ask for it on your quote and we count to the real size.
For a rope line the sum is in posts. A 1.5 m rope spans the gap between two posts, so 10 m of queue needs seven spans and eight posts. Line both sides of a red carpet walkway and that is sixteen.
A podium for speeches
The podium for hire stands 1.2 m tall with a 60 × 40 cm top, by our listing: enough to rest a speech, a folder of certificates or a tablet at standing height. It is the anchor of a graduation, an AGM, a church fundraiser or a product launch. A microphone is a separate hire; a wireless microphone lets the next speaker step up without a cable to trip over. If the speaker should be seen from the back rows, set the podium on a platform from our stage for hire range.
A hand washing station where there is no tap
The hand washing station is a freestanding unit with its own water supply. Its listing sets it near the buffet at outdoor and homestead venues where no plumbing reaches the food, and says it is serviced at set-up.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asks for soap and clean running water, a scrub of at least 20 seconds, and a wash before and after eating. That adds up at a crowded buffet: 100 guests scrubbing for 20 seconds each is over half an hour of washing at a single basin, before anyone rinses. For a large crowd, ask how many basins a station has and whether a second one would shorten the queue.
Putting an arrival together
One way to build a front door from these pieces: a red carpet from the drop-off point, stanchions along both edges, a podium for the welcome, and barriers keeping the public side apart. Hiring them together means one crew, one delivery and one quote. Posts stand on their own bases, so tell us if the ground is soft grass or a slope.
Booking and delivery
Send the date, venue and numbers. A 50% deposit holds the items, changes are easiest with 48 hours' notice, and we deliver across Nairobi and Kiambu at a transport cost the estimator shows for your area before you ask. Everything here sits in our event equipment for hire department, with stages, screens and lighting.
Sources: First Fence (UK barrier supplier), standard crowd control barrier, specification, read 2026-10-24; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "About handwashing", read 2026-10-24.
How it works
From your cart to a set-out room
Add to cart
Pick your items and how many, or send us your list on WhatsApp.
Get your quote
Send your cart with the date and venue. Transport for your area is added and you see the full price.
Hold the date
A 50% deposit confirms it. The balance is paid before set-up begins.
We set up and collect
Our crew sets them out in your layout and collects them after the hire.
Barrier and podium questions
How much are barriers for hire?
KSh 1,500 each, for 24 hours with delivery to position and collection. Nine barriers for a 20 m stage front come to KSh 13,500, before transport.
What is the difference between barriers and stanchions?
Stanchions are posts and ropes that guide a queue or frame an entrance. Barriers are rigid sections that hold a line against a crowd.
How tall is the podium?
1.2 m, with a 60 × 40 cm top, at KSh 12,000 per podium. Microphones are hired separately.
Does the hand wash station need a tap nearby?
No. It is freestanding with its own water supply, at KSh 10,000 per day.
Do you hire stages too?
Yes, on the staging page, priced by the square metre.
What do you need to know about my venue?
Everything that would surprise a driver with a loaded lorry. Tell us in advance about stairs, lifts, narrow access, long carrying distances, restricted parking, security procedures, loading restrictions, difficult terrain, muddy or unstable ground, limited setup hours and any venue-specific rules. We need hard-standing access for a 3–10 ton lorry to within about 30 metres of the setup point; where that is not possible a porterage charge from KSh 5,000 per hour applies for the extra manual labour. The setup area should be cleared and safe at the agreed time — waiting beyond 60 minutes is charged from KSh 3,000 per hour. None of this is designed to catch you out; it is all avoidable with one message before the day.
What happens if something gets damaged or goes missing?
Tell us straight away — do not try to fix it or set it aside quietly, because that usually makes it worse. Ordinary wear and tear is expected and is never charged. Beyond that, you are responsible for loss or damage while items are in your care: broken chairs, tables or glassware, damaged décor, burns, torn fabric, permanent staining, lost cushions, missing tent components, and damage caused by guests or by moving things without permission. Where something is repairable we charge the reasonable repair cost; where it is lost or beyond economical repair, the reasonable replacement cost. We can provide photographic or inventory evidence where it is needed.
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