Taj Mall managing director Rameshchandra Govind Gorasiahas has declared that he will be vying for the Nairobi Senatorial seat
The billionaire, who will be vying for the seat on a Wiper Party ticket, indicated that he was motivated to join politics to tame rogue government agencies who did not respect businesses and investors.
“If I join the Senate, I will be part of the Government and can move measures, through Parliament, to create policies that favour business people, tame graft, and create a conducive environment.
“After all it is business owners who run the economy. When government agencies want to fight such investors, then the economy will grind to a halt,” he emphasised
Mr Gorasia further emphasised that he was not going to the Senate to steal public funds, but to serve Kenyans.
“I am going to the Senate to work, not to steal from Kenyans, so I see no reason why I should spend millions in campaigns. I hope Nairobi residents vote for me and I promise them that I will effect real tangible change in the city,” he stated
The National Land Commission had revoked Taj Mall’s title deed in 2013 after it received a request from the Kenya Urban Roads Authority claiming the mall was built on a road reserve, hence, should be demolished.
Taj Mall later got a reprieve after the Roads Authority announced that the mall would be spared after the Eastern Bypass was re-designed.
