Kenyans can’t help but mock Sonko’s plan to take hawkers and matatu drivers for benchmarking in Rwanda

Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko wants to take 300 hawkers, matatu and bodaboda operators to Rwanda for a benchmarking exercise.

This is meant to educate them on how they can manage their businesses more efficiently.

According to Peter Mbaya, the Director of City Inspectorate, the county wants to restore order in the way businesses are managed.

“There are plans to take 300 small-scale traders. Boda-boda and matatu operators to Rwanda for benchmarking, and to appreciate that there are better ways of managing their businesses,” said Mbaya.

Kenyans left nothing to chance upon hearing the news, some ridiculing the move while some just not sure it’s needed. Most responses, however, were just jokes:

Here is a sample of the most hilarious reactions:

Mamma Sonko is taking bodaboda riders and hawkers to Rwanda for benchmarking!!!!!!!!!! Mama give Nairobians a signal they are waiting.............— Jackson Arunga (@JacksonArunga) April 20, 2018

If you think education is expensive try ignorance. That is precisely what Sonko is trying to do when he plans to take 300 hawkers and drivers to Rwanda for benchmaking. Question is, who drives policy at City Hall? Unless it is the same Hawkers and drivers.— Carrington Mwendwa (@CarringtonMwen1) April 20, 2018

I laughed when I heard that Sonko is planning to take 300 hawkers, matatu drivers to Rwanda for benchmarking. Should it be the other way round? We've just gottten low as a country and people like Sonko are out to diminish Kenya's stature in the region.— Carrington Mwendwa (@CarringtonMwen1) April 20, 2018

Sonko to take Hawkers, Matatu crew to Rwanda. Where is the Nairobi Business Community?— JMasibili (@WalaNyama) April 19, 2018

Sonko to take 300 hawkers, matatu drivers to Rwanda for benchmarking,this funny..what criteria should we undergo to qualify for the benchmarking thing..LMAO ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/snXjJSvcgy— Bin roWnY (@TushRowny) April 19, 2018

Joke of the century????????????????instead of Sonko implementing the cleaning day Nairobi he is busy taking hawkers to Rwanda to learn what ? ????????????????????— betty saint patrick (@bewasai) April 19, 2018

Sonko to take 300 bodaboda operators, hawkers and matatu drivers to Kigali, Rwanda for benchmarking. Is this a joke? Nairobians how are you doing with your leadership ????— Mark Philo (@markphilo) April 19, 2018

Sonko should go to Rwanda for benchmarking, not the riders.— Patrick Kibocha (@PatrickKibocha) April 20, 2018