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Letter to Governor Sonko

Dear Governor, Nairobians overwhelmingly voted for you in the August polls because they had immense expectations from your governorship. They expected you to revitalize the putrid city and salvage traders from the fraudulent county cartels who siphoned every extra coin they made. I wholeheartedly appreciate you for halting the weekly tax collection from kiosk owners and hawkers. However, the following is threatening the image of the once pristine city.

First, hawkers have thronged Nairobi's streets, hardly leaving any walking space. Secondly, open sewers and mounds of garbage have become synonymous with the city. Thirdly, the roads within the city are in a dilapidated state and require quick refurbishment.

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