Uhuru Kenyatta and Hassan Joho quarrel bad for Kenya

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho in an argument with GSU officers at the Nyali Bridge where he had been blocked from attending the launch of Mtongwe Ferry in March 2017 [Photo: Gideon Maundu/Standard].

The launch of the Standard Gauge Railway line by President Uhuru Kenyatta in Mombasa Wednesday was a national event. It was not, by any standards, a private affair where attendance was by invitation. Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho, nonetheless, was barred from attending by the president’s security men.