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Why Governor Johnson Sakaja must make capital city friendlier for all

Johnson Sakaja makes his maiden speech after he was sworn in as the Nairobi County Governor on August 25, 2022. [Samson Wire, Standard]

Last Friday afternoon at a fast food joint in Westlands, I noticed one of the outlet's cleaners approach a young man at a far corner and apparently ask him to leave.

The young man was about 15 feet away and furtively munching on something wrapped in a plastic paper. While I could not hear the conversation between him and the cleaner, I concluded that whatever he was eating, was the reason he was shooed away. That thing about, 'no food from outside is allowed'.

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