Johnson Sakaja offers solution for Gikomba fires if elected to office
Gikomba traders | Photo Courtesy Johnson Sakaja
Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant Johnson Sakaja has said he is
going to put an end to perennial Gikomba Market fires, if elected on August 9,
2022.
Speaking at the Nairobi Kenya Kwanza Economic Forum hosted at
the Ngong Racecourse, Sakaja said the Gikomba fires were the doings of a group
of people who claimed to have the title deed for the land where the busy market
sits.
Sakaja said the group of people occasionally torched the market
in a bid to push the traders out of the market.
“We know the source of the Gikomba fires and I want our
president to hear there are people in Nairobi claiming to have the title deed
to the market so they start fires to try and push people out, we want the
president to declare the 16 acres of Gikomba as public land so the private
developers stop the fires,” Sakaja said.
The outgoing Nairobi Senator said he will establish fire
stations in Gikomba which had already been kickstarted by former Governor Evans
Kidero to curb any arising situations of fires.
Sakaja further promised to address other controversial matters in the city including the Dandora Dumpsite which he said he would address by changing the garbage collection system and would convert the dumpsite to an energy source that would add to power in the city.
Courtesy : pulselive.co.ke
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