Nairobi governor Mike Sonko (C) at a past charity event. He has outlined the steps he is planning to take on the issue of street children and hawkers filling the CBD. [PHOTO/Mike Sonko]
Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has highlighted the plans he has over the constant question of street children and hawkers in the city.
In the recent past, there has been an influx of street families and hawkers in the Central Business District, something that led to an outcry among residents who pointed fingers at the governor for being lenient.
However, Sonko has said that though he understands the need to have the streets cleared, they will use the constitution in doing so.
"There have been issues over street children and hawkers. My stand as Nairobi governor is that we shall remove them (children) and hawkers from the streets but by following the law," he said.
Sonko noted that the previous Nairobi regime had used a lot of brutality in countering the said groups, and that this led to serious injuries and sometimes deaths.
"In the last county government, hawkers were killed by being stabbed. We shall not kill, we shall use the constitution," he insisted.