Nairobi governor Evans Kidero was among the many Nairobi residents who were inconvenienced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrival into the country on Tuesday.
Away from his air-conditioned vehicle, the governor had a taste of the daily experience of Nairobians when he was forced to walk from his office to Yaya Centre.
The governor on his twitter timeline shared photos of his excursion.
He tweeted: “Malfunctioning AC plus heavy traffic @county_nairobi roads. Walking from CBD to Yaya Centre is the only way out…”
According to Kidero, he also used the opportunity to inspect 40 ongoing road projects.
The photos:
However, Nairobians who are looking up to the governor to stamp out the gridlock in the city were not impressed with his ‘PR stunt.’
Here are some sampled reactions:
@KideroEvans you walking from cbd to ya ya is nothing special to tweet about!! Where are the city achievements made? @county_nairobi
— onlinemasai (@onlinemasai) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans hope you’ve appreciated the need for proper footpaths on Nairobi roads Sir. No footpaths anywhere @county_nairobi
— Collins Arap BETT (@CollinsBriche) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans @county_nairobi but why aren’t you walking on the pedestrian sidewalk? Obstructing traffic is an offence!
— Nina Abira (@unthonina) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans @county_nairobi it’s ironical …I don’t see traffic behind or beside you… PR stunt
— UhuRuto Tena (@UhuRutoTena17) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans @county_nairobi na hauna haya ukisema hivo.
— Allan Thairo (@ThairoAllan) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans @county_nairobi I hope by now a nduthi has almost hit you bcoz they now ride on pedestrian walkways.
— Ngina (@nginab) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans @county_nairobi wtf is this? Aren’t you supposed to fix it yourself?
— LuisSnowden® (@musyokaluis) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans @county_nairobi if you gave up on solving traffic problems, Don’t just walk quit altogether!
— Ben Gathigi (@Bengathigi) July 5, 2016
Young man wacha kutupima. Hakuna traffic nyuma yako @kideroevans @county_nairobi
— Omwega Mogusu (@SirOmwega) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans @county_nairobi @Ma3Route @KResearcher @KenyanTraffic @Olez @CarolRadull @KagiriCarol pic.twitter.com/mRtwbP8hzi
— WeaponOfMassCreation (@tonynjue) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans @county_nairobi I’m not getting into this today. I’m avoiding all trolling traps.
— Elizabeth Munyefu (@ElizaMunyefu) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans @county_nairobi SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!
— Jefferson Matewa (@jeffmatewa) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans So I guess even you wouldn’t vote for yourself because you no public transport solution. @county_nairobi
— Kunj (@Kunj_Shah) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans @county_nairobi How does it feel to inspect own failures? #Upus
— Karugu Mureithi (@KaruguMureithi) July 5, 2016
@KideroEvans Ati “Malfunctioning AC” Man ain’t you just insensitive…. i really have no words for such a leader.. Pooooh @county_nairobi
— Not Tribal (@Notribal) July 5, 2016
