Governor Mike Sonko Launches Nairobi City Beautification Program
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has kick started a city beautification program aimed at placing the city at par with other renowned cities in the world.
The beautification plan will involve planting of flowers and grass along the roads and pavements within the city's Central Business District.
Speaking during an impromptu tour around Nairobi City Centre on Thursday night, Governor Sonko said his administration is keen to give city a facelift that will "restore its lost glory."
"Nairobi is a commercial hub. We need to invest on transforming it to continue attracting more tourists and investors."
Sonko, who was flanked by Nairobi Environment CEC Mahmoud Dagane, ordered that metal bars be erected along the pavements to curb accidents along the streets.
This comes only days after Nairobi was ranked among top most dynamic cities in the continent in a new global rating.
JLL 2017 City Momentum Index (CMI) released on Friday rated Nairobi the third best city in Africa and beat other major cities across the world such as Dubai (United Arab Emirates), New York (US), Paris (France) and Stockholm (Sweden).
Major factors used to rank the cities are innovation and technology, environment and Housing. Bangalore (India), Hon Chi Minh(Vietnam), Silicon Valley( US), Shanghai( China) and Hyderabad( India) were the top five best cities in the world.
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How much is Sonko going to rake in this useless beautification?I remember former govt spokesman,governor Alfred Mutua corruplty pocketed shs 500m.in the last one where he uprooted flowers and planted cemented quarychips.Is it a priority?Do we need garbage collection and road rehabilitation first or beatification?
Lets start first by making…
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In reply to How much is Sonko going to… by Rumbwa (not verified)
Lets start first by making people proud of their City.This will happen when housing, water and waste management are delivered promptly,and efficiently.Not to mention constant supply of electricity.
Good affordable housing is needed.And finally, those thugs that are robbing people is the daylight should all be hanged.In other words security in the city should be very high.People should feel safe to walk any place any time.
Once people are proud of their city,they will be more than willing to keep it clean,and if flowers,and grass are planted,they will not step,or uproot them.
Thank you Gvnr…
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Thank you Gvnr
But can you correct the menace of cattle also.Am sure you have your people all over,is there something you can do.Am sure as plan to beautify the town the cattle will be ready to graze.
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