National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga on Friday morning hosted Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko at his Capitol Hill offices.
The meeting took place at the request of the governor.
In a statement to newsrooms, Odinga's spokesperson Dennis Onyango said Governor Sonko congratulated the former prime minister and President Uhuru Kenyatta for agreeing to work together and unite the country.
The Jubilee Party governor also expressed support for the "Building Bridges to a New Kenyan Nation" initiative.
The two leaders discussed the state of the Nairobi City, the challenges facing the management and prospects.
Sonko with Odinga on Friday, April 20, 2018. [Photo/@RailaOdinga]
The governor singled out garbage management as the single biggest challenge facing his administration but promised that he has put in place measures to address the challenge.
He said plans for setting up a recycling plant are at advanced stage and residents will be encouraged to collect garbage and sell them to the plant.
The governor also cited staffing as a problem, expressing fears that City Hall could be having hundreds of ghost workers whom he plans to weed out by introducing a biometric identification system.
On his part, Odinga encouraged the governor to be firm and relentless in his effort to deliver services to residents and thanked him for trying to bring on board all communities in Nairobi.
[Photo/@RailaOdinga]
He reminded the governor to borrow a leaf from the Narc and grand coalition government administrations and the creation of by-passes and superhighways in and around Nairobi.
“A time comes when you just need to put your feet down, identify a company and award tenders so that the work can start,” Odinga said.
He reminded the governor to get to the county’s archives for the proceedings of the Nairobi We Want Conference which identified the city’s problems and their solution.