Sakaja Chairs First Coordination Meeting with National Government Officials

Nairobi Governor Sakaja Johnson held his first engagement meeting with National Government Administration Officers (NGAO) and National Police Service (NPS) personnel drawn from Nairobi County on Thursday at the Kenya School of Government.

The consultation and coordination meeting brought together the National Government Nairobi County Security team led by the Regional Police Commander Adamson Bungei, Regional CIO Peter Njeru, the National Government Administration Officers of Nairobi led by Regional Commissioner Katee Mwanza, County Commissioner David Wanyonyi, all Nairobi OCPDs, OCSs, DCCs, ACCs, DG Njoroge Muchiri, and the Nairobi County Executive, including Nairobi Sub County and Ward Administrators, the Nairobi County City Inspectorate, Mobility, Urban Planning, Lands, Environment, and the Nairobi Liquor Board.

During the meeting, Governor Sakaja requested the present teams to acquaint themselves with one another and to schedule further meetings. Additionally, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) would be developed to guide operations at the Sub County level.

This comes in the wake of Governor Sakaja’s directive to close all drinking joints located around public transport termini. The Governor emphasized that the crackdown would persist until all outlets within the matatu termini are shuttered. The County also echoed support from the National Government, particularly through the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Interior, following discussions held in Kiambu County regarding the fight against illicit alcohol, promising full compliance with the directive in Nairobi County.

Governor Sakaja stated, “Our discussions centered around the coordination of enforcement and joint efforts towards maintaining order and security in Nairobi. We have agreed on mechanisms and strategies to step up our actions on illegal dumping, illegal construction and encroachments, noise pollution, liquor licensing and drug control, traffic and PSV management, vandalism of street lights and infrastructure, and propagation of National and County Government policy in the grassroots. We must now get to work to ensure our city, which is the capital of our beloved country Kenya, functions like other leading cities of the world, in order for us to continue attracting businesses, investments, and tourism. As you may be aware, UNICEF and UNFPA offices in New York are relocating to Nairobi. This is good for our city. When the world’s leading humanitarian organizations find a home in Nairobi.”