Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja, on Thursday, May 4, dared activists Boniface Mwangi and Hanifa Adan to hold protests in Nairobi over poor drainage in Pipeline Estate.
Sakaja responded to Mwangi's tweet lamenting the area's poor drainage and waste management.
According to Boniface, his co-activist, Adan, had called on the governor to respond to the complaints, several times, but he was yet to take action.
“Adan has been tweeting and tagging Sakaja Johnson for months. Sakaja, come to Pipeline Estate and see how dirty the place is. It is as dirty as a pigpen.
“If the residents would organise a protest, and disrupt their lives for a day, something might happen,” Boniface stated.
The governor responded that he had been to the estate and implemented the necessary measures to curb the situation.
“Been there more than you have. It’s been a problem for a while. A sustainable solution is in the works.
“Road, drainage, solid waste management. It’ll be sorted. But if you’d like, you can organize a protest. I don’t mind,” Sakaja stated.
In earlier posts dated November 2022, Adan lamented the poor state of a sewer in the Korogocho slums, spanning over five years.
"This is day 3 of trying to get Sakaja Johnson's attention on this issue. It is our last resort. This sewer leakage has been in the Korogocho slums for over 15 years.
"If it was some estate they would have already fixed it but these are children of a lesser god it seems. This leakage surrounds the new level 5 hospital and a primary school, exposing the kids and everyone to risk for years and years. It spreads on the road and other parts of the area," she lamented.
In response, Sakaja sent professionals to fix the situation and shared the activities in the area as a response to Adan.
Adan had been sharing posts of different estates across Nairobi with poor living conditions, imploring the governor to act.
