Kidero Finally Responds After John Allan Namu And Mohammed Ali Hit Him Below The Belt

John Allan Namu And Mohammed Ali are the undisputed kings of investigative journalism in Kenya. The latest ‘victim’ of their investigative is Nairobi Governor Dr. Evans Kidero.

Moha and Namu’s exposés ‪‘Kanjo Kingdom’ and ‪‎‘Kibubusa Cha Kanjo’ exposed the tyranny of city council askaris who wreck havoc upon Nairobians especially traders.

Kedero who is the boss of kanjos had remained mum about the exposé until recently. The Nairobi Governor responded with a lengthy explanation:

In the past two weeks Africa Uncensored has been airing ‪#‎KanjoKingdom and ‪#‎KibubusaChaKanjo expose on KTN Jicho Pevu. While acknowledging the sentiments expressed we would like to thank the team of John Allan Namu and Mohamed Ali for continuing to expose and update Nairobi City County government and Nairobi residents on the corrupt dealings and extortion rings by some of the Nairobi City County government staff.

I would like to assure Nairobi residents that I will not sit back and allow a few rotten individuals to take us back to the old council habits. In lieu of what was televised on Sunday 10th April, 2016, the county government has taken the following action; We have with immediate effect suspended the following suspected staff members;

– Angeline Kamami aka Kamatha (Man no. COO – 74731)

– Bernard Muli aka Gathauthau (Man no. COO – 74735)

– Ambani Akasi – In custody (Man no. CO2 – 72930)

– Julius Ochieng – In custody (Man no. CO2 – 64911)

– Alfred Muranya – In custody (Man no. CO2 – 21248)

Please note that we in the past we have taken action against staff found culpable of gross misconduct and we continue to do so.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Nairobi County personnel who continue to exude enthusiasm, professionalism, integrity and honesty in the discharge of their daily routine of ensuring Nairobi residents are served diligently, courteously and satisfactorily. We recently embarked on a Culture change, Customer care training and rebranding exercise for our staff members which is ongoing. Identification badges will be issued to all staff members to avoid cases of imposters and gangs posing as County staff members. We have also signed a MOU with the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission to ensure the county government remains a corruption free zone. We have also embraced the e-Payment system to ensure all cash handling is minimized and leakages sealed. Nairobi City County government will also be making radical restructuring of the Inspectorate sector to ensure the team is more responsive to Nairobi resident’s needs.

I urge Nairobi residents, the media, our partners and all our key stakeholders not to shy away from reporting any staff member who continues to engage in acts of corruption, extortion and violence. At the same time I implore upon Nairobi residents to abide by the existing county laws and respect the rule of law in order. It is also important to avoid confrontation with County employees when they are exercising their mandate of enforcing law and order in the City. Nairobi City was recently declared amongst the top 20 cities in the world ahead of Durban and Cape Town; we would therefore like to ensure Nairobi remains the best destination for conferencing, meetings, the City to live, work and invest in.

‪#‎KeepingOurWord‪#‎BetterCityBetterLife