Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja has revealed why he kept off the nationwide protests that rocked the country a few weeks ago led by Generation Z.
Speaking on Friday, the county boss said that his silence was intended for listening to the voice of the protestors.
“I kept quiet because as a leader it is good to listen. There’s dignity in silence and listening,” Sakaja said.
Some of the important things that he was able to gather from being silent include; the protesting youths wanted to be part and parcel of decision making as well as the country’s development.
Aside form that, Sakaja said that the youths were also calling for transparency from those in office in everything. They also wanted to do away with the vice of tribalism.
“They want to know how much you have invested in projects, how much you have collected in revenue and how you have spent… Once you give radical transparency they understand,” he said.
“They don’t want tribalism. Our country must listen to the Gen Z… Calm does not mean peace and peace is not absence of agitation. Kuna kitu bado kwa roho yao. Unless we change radically in all institutions of authority,” he further explained.
