Letter to Sakaja: You need to start with city planning, waste problem

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja inspects motorbikes belonging to bodaboda riders that were impounded since 2012.

Governor, allow me to address you. First, congratulations on your election as the third governor of this great city. Indeed, this letter would have come sooner but I was mindful not have it crowded in your election celebrations. I have some fundamental issues to address as you take the reign at City Hall. I posit we all share the responsibility history has placed in your hands. Like your predecessors, you have been handed the opportunity to be legendary. Nairobi City is in your hands; seize this historical moment in stride.

It would be a mockery if I do not remind you of the sins of your predecessors. You must learn from the mistakes of those who have gone before you. The human tongue is a ravenous beast that few can master. It is in a constant strife to break from the yoke, and if not tamed, its consequence is grief. Simply put, power cannot accrue to those who squander their treasure of words. You must walk the talk. At the guillotine, your predecessors confessed to many sins but fundamentally, what still echoes in the ears of most city residents is their vain words - their vain promises.