Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko could not hold back his admiration for President Uhuru Kenyatta as he took to social media to pour his heart out to the head of state.
Sonko, on Thursday, October 17, heaped praise on President Kenyatta for the numerous times he swiftly responded to phonecalls, when the governor was embroiled in a bitter war against Nairobi cartels.
Sonko had also pleaded to Uhuru on Wednesday, October 16, when he asked for assistance to dismantle cartels in Nairobi, during the official commissioning of the Nairobi Expressway from JKIA to Westlands.
"In my long experience fighting cartels, I have seen cartels gang up and use all smear campaign methods to scandalise you with non-issues so that they paint you as the worst cartel.
"Good thing about the president, when fighting cartels and corruption, he would not spare anyone in any position including myself, any of his CS's or relatives," Sonko posted on Facebook.
The governor went on to state that he was currently battling cartels over the newly constructed Dandora Stadium.
"For instance in the ongoing construction of Dandora Stadium, the county has so far paid Ksh96 million to the contractor as per the payment vouchers and the certificates raised on the works done so far, but cartels have given the media an exaggerated figure of Ksh196 million, just to scandalise this important project," Sonko lamented.
He went on to reveal why he asked Kenyatta to jump to his rescue. According to Sonko, the president had proved himself in trampling cartels.
"I remember sometime back on Friday, December 18, 2015, a powerful cartel of Pakistani origin by the name Shital had grabbed a huge piece of public land, including houses and an underground water reservoir tank in Nairobi," Sonko recalled.
"I explained the incident to the president and the following Monday morning on December 22, 2015, he sent me a big backup team which comprised of the former Inspector General of Police, Joseph Boinnet and former Director of Criminal investigations Muhoro Ndegwa. All hired Maasai morans were rounded up and arrested that day and the construction of the mall on public land stopped," he added.
Sonko also disclosed that President Kenyatta intervened in a controversial Mukuru kwa Njenga land saga.
"It is also good to note that when the president visited Mukuru kwa Njenga on January 13, 2015, he gave a presidential directive and instructed that the land should revert to public use for settling Mukuru residents and constructing public utilities like schools, markets and hospitals," Sonko mentioned.
The governor added that he would drop a dossier about how a powerful figure demanded compensation of Kshs19 billion on land that had been allocated for public use.
