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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja makes a speech during the Opening of JW Marriott Hotel Nairobi along Waiyaki Way on March 26, 2024. [David Gichuru, Standard]
I want to be the devil's advocate and rally behind Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja's strange proclamations about the future of our city. I'm not implying he's a devil of sorts, though his recent utterances are what we call daredevil stunts.
First off, I have lots of admiration for Sakaja. I mean, taking charge of our accidental city, a suppliers' depot that rose to become the finest metropole in East and Central Africa, to use that cliched expression, isn't for the "faint-hearted."
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