Sakaja trashes the city paving the way for its rebuilding, bottom up

Garbage that City Hall dumped at the entrance of Stima Plaza, Nairobi, on February 24, 2025. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Good morning, Mheshimiwa Johnson Arthur Sakaja! I'm sorry, Mheshimiwa, but I didn't know your game. Overnight, I have developed what Gen-Zees call "mad respect," for you. The coinage, "mad respect" conveys the range of emotions involved far surpass the bounds of reason.

I must confess that when Gavana Sakaja ran and easily won the Nairobi gubernatorial seat on a platform of smiles, dimples and smooth, dark skin, I was among the sceptics who thought Sakaja a softie who couldn't survive the rough and tumble of our politics.