You made your bed, UN trade chief tells Sonko voters
Nairobi city skyline. FILE PHOTO | NMG
What you need to know:
Nairobians are getting impatient with littered and potholed roads in the central business district.
This is despite City Hall acquiring two rapid road patching machines to the tune of Sh100 million last year to help fix the capital’s bad roads.
The drainage system and lack of reliable and safe water supply in the county are major concerns for residents, with several estates grappling with water rationing for a year now.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) secretary-general Mukhisa Kituyi on Wednesday said he preferred former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth for Nairobi governor and blamed Kenyans’ “political irrationality” for the mess in the capital.
“It is not up to me to tell the people of Nairobi who they should have, but I have stated my position before election,” Dr Kituyi told JKL show on Citizen TV.
“I thought Peter Kenneth was very good to be governor for Nairobi and nothing has happened since the election period that has proven me wrong.”
The former Trade minister reprimanded Nairobians for decrying the city’s current situation and yet they voted for Mr Mike Sonko in big numbers.
“You listen to Nairobi people you would not believe these are the people who voted for Sonko. Where were they during the elections? They were in polling booths,” he said.
Nairobians are getting impatient with littered and potholed roads in the central business district.
This is despite City Hall acquiring two rapid road patching machines to the tune of Sh100 million last year to help fix the capital’s bad roads.
The drainage system and lack of reliable and safe water supply in the county are major concerns for residents, with several estates grappling with water rationing for a year now.
Although most of the city’s problems predate Mr Sonko’s tenure at City Hall, it is his promise to fix Nairobi’s pressing problems within the shortest time possible that has come to haunt him.
