President Uhuru drives self in surprise city tour

Kenyatta was driving himself in a salon police car and had a lean security.

President Uhuru Kenyatta made another tour of the city on Saturday night to inspect projects by the Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS). The president, who was accompanied by NMS officials led by Maj-Gen Mohamed Badi, first stopped at GPO along Kenyatta Avenue where sidewalks are under construction. Kenyatta was driving himself in a salon police car and had a lean security. He later drove to Kirinyaga Road where he met a crowd and briefly addressed them. His motorcade then snaked out to Thika Road, Outering Road and Jogoo Road.

He also visited a market that is under construction along Kangundo Road at about 2am before leaving. The motorcade later visited Eastleigh and Juja Road. He also visited projects in Mukuru slums and Railways area in the CBD. The president drove back to the city and stopped to talk to police officers on foot patrol. He later visited Kilimani police station to check its operations. Uhuru told officers on duty he was impressed by the newly launched digital Occurrence Book (OB), which was launched in Nairobi on August 3 by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. The OB enables officers to record incidents at the scenes and is difficult to manipulate.