Nairobi Governor, Mike Sonko, on Monday, commissioned road rehabilitation works on Moi Lane in the Central Business District (CBD).
The lane, which had been in a deplorable state with open sewage, as well as litter mangled up in slimy mud, was highlighted by netizens over the weekend.
Kenyans took to various social media platforms to complain about the sorry state of the road located at the very heart of the city.
They also tagged Sonko in all their tweets and posts in order for their dissatisfaction to make it to the highest offices in the county.
"Sonko, what's your plan on the dismal state of this street and what's the estimated timeline on them being rehabilitated? Aren't they part of the beautification process," Clint Muturi tweeted.
Others pointed out that the entire lane had been converted into an open-air toilet, claiming that shops whose backdoors opened up to the stinking street were exposed to a serious health hazard.
"This is the lane between Moi Avenue and Tom Mboya street in CBD go and see it yourself Governor Sonko," Gabriel Maithya posted.
The entire topic came up after one netizen claimed that Nairobi had been ranked as the cleanest city in Africa due to Sonko's efforts.
"Nairobi City is now ranked the cleanest city in Africa, beating Kigali, Rwanda. Thanks to our very hard working governor, Mike Sonko," Victor Mochere tweeted.
Residents of Nairobi consequently responded by posting photos of the dirtiest streets and imploring the governor to take action.
On his end, Sonko moved in swiftly and deployed trucks as well as workers to commence rehabilitation of the street on Monday.
He disclosed that his government had marked the lane for repairs but were forced to delay as the sewer lines along the lane needed to be worked on first.
"My administration has started the rehabilitation of Moi Lane in Nairobi's CBD. The road works delayed since we were fixing sewer lines in the area," Sonko posted.
He went on to urge his county residents to keep on highlighting and tagging him whenever they identified any other lanes and streets in deplorable conditions.
Here is a video of county workers deployed to rehabilitate Moi Lane:
