Alai keeps it real, restoring Nairobi to its ancient mission of a supply depot

A trader pulls a handcart at Marikiti in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Robert Alai emerged as social media was exploding (perhaps it still is), supplanting kernels of information or misinformation, depending on who you ask to cement his reputation as an "influencer".

I don't know whether he's still influencing others, besides mobilising adequate votes to secure ward representation of Nairobi's affluent neighbourhood of Kileleshwa. This week, Alai proved some vital work is progressing on, in spite of everything else that's going on in the city, by presenting a Motion that seeks to regulate what he calls non-motorised transport.