City politicians, county staff rid streets of campaign posters
A number of politicians in Nairobi, who were eyeing various seats, have moved to remove campaign posters in the capital.
This comes after curtains fell on the electioneering period following the announcement of election results by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
The first former candidate to take the initiative was Mr Boniface Mwangi, who lost in the Starehe parliamentary race to musician Charles Njagua Kanyi of Jubilee Party.
On Saturday, the activist-turned politician led a group of youth dressed in his Ukweli Party T-shirts around the city removing his posters that had been in the Central Business District for over three months.
POSTERS DOWN
“Today’s plan is to remove my campaign posters. By next week all my posters will be down.
“I Spent my day clearing my campaign posters with a team of amazing people. I would like to thank each and every single one of them for joining us,” he wrote on his Twitter account.
Taking the cue was Ms Suzzane Silantoi Lengewa, a former candidate in the Nairobi senatorial race, who on Tuesday embarked on removing her campaign posters from the streets of Nairobi kicking off the exercise at Re-Insurance Plaza.
Speaking to the Nation by phone on Tuesday, she said that she had begun the process of getting her campaign posters away from the streets of Nairobi and its environs with support from her supporters and intended to be done with the exercise in the next three days.
“We kicked off the process today (Tuesday) with a group of youth who have been supporting me and my senatorial candidature. We intend to be done with removing the campaign posters from the entire county in three days,” said Ms Lengewa.
OUTDOOR ADVERTISEMENT
Other politicians in the city have also intimated that they would soon be joining the fray while those who used outdoor advertisement companies have said that their posters will be taken care of by the agency.
At the same time, Nairobi Governor-elect Mike Sonko has contracted a Non-Governmental Organisation to remove the posters.
The operation, led by Sonko Rescue Team and dubbed “Ng’arisha Jiji” was flagged off at Uhuru Park on Tuesday with over 1,000 youth and 47 trucks undertaking the exercise.
The youth, who for the better part of the day, worked around Uhuru Park removing the posters, picking litter and repainting the scarred surfaces.
“The youth will also give the city a fresh coat of paint as I wait to set up the team that will manage the city of Nairobi in the next five years,” said Mr Sonko at the launch of the exercise.
