On Friday, former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero responded to current Governor Johnson Sakaja's remarks on revenue collection.
In a media interview, Kidero called out Sakaja for announcing that his administration had collected the most revenue since the county government was established.
Kidero who served between 2013 and 2017 argued that during his tenure, he collected more than what Governor Sakaja announced.
"Last week I saw them saying that they had passed my record which is not true. I have the records up to 2024 and no one has passed my record," he remarked.
On July 4, Governor Sakaja announced that Nairobi had increased its own source revenue to Ksh12.8 billion in the financial year 2023/24 compared to the previous financial year's Ksh10.6 billion.
Sakaja explained that if it were not for the anti-government protests, the revenue would be standing at Ksh13 billion.
"There are days that we went as low as Ksh10 million, a week where we would be collecting Ksh85 million per day and those are the resources that served the people of Nairobi. I want to thank our people," he stated.
On the other hand, Kidero argued that in the financial year 2015/16 collected Ksh13 billion. Earlier he remarked that if he retained the seat, Nairobi would be collecting Ksh30 billion each year.
Meanwhile, in the media interview, the former Governor also called for more accountability in the capital adding that this was the only way to make services available for all.
He emphasised that his success was due to the implementation of digitisation in the collection of revenue across the country. He also complained that most of the money collected in counties ends up in lawyers which hinders development.
Kidero cautioned against mismanagement of public funds which would lead to public uprising as seen across the country.
"I was quite happy to see what happened in Baringo, I have seen upheavals and volcanoes coming from Homa Bay county and I hope the same will happen in our great city," he remarked.
