Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has said that he will not allow businesses in Nairobi to be affected as a result of protests.
The County boss was speaking at a church service in Nairobi on March 5, 2023, at Jesus Winner Ministry, Roysambu Constituency.
He was alongside the president and his deputy.
Quoting from the Bible during a church service, the governor sustained that the time for politics and campaign is long gone following the August 2022 polls.
Saying, “Politics helped us to vote and we got a winner. Kenyans want us (leaders) to work for them. We are asking our counterparts (in the opposition) since Nairobi houses all tribes and parties. I will not allow the property of a Nairobian or their businesses and lives to be at stake as a result of protests.”
Sakaja urged the opposition to engage in dialogue instead of confrontation.
“All of this cannot be accomplished through chest-thumping; even the Bible says, ‘Let us come together and reason,’ though this does not imply a handshake,” he said.
Sakaja’s remarks come amid rising political tensions in Kenya following the disputed election that saw Ruto defeat Odinga by a narrow edge.
The ODM communications director Philip Etale released a plan on Sunday that stated that the anti-Kenya Kwanza government demonstrations will begin after the deadline on Wednesday.
As a result, starting on Friday of next week, Raila is expected to lead the protest with the first rally taking place in Migori county in Raila’s native Nyanza.
The anti-Kenya Kwanza protests will then go on during the weekend in Narok County and go to Mombasa on Sunday. On Monday, the Azimio team will hold a rally in Kilifi.
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