A motion to rename a road in Nairobi’s Central Business District after the late BBI task-force Chairman Yusuf Haji is to be presented next week.
Nairobi County ***embly Majority Leader Abdi Guyo urged the county executive to set in motion the plan to rename a road after the departed Senator
Citing Haji’s role as the chair of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce, distinctively appointed by the president, Guyo stated that renaming a road after him would be an appropriate tribute.
“His contribution to***ds the BBI report cannot go unnoticed, especially to the people of Nairobi and having a road in the city renamed after the late Senator w*** be a greater way to remember the great nobleman,” said Guyo.
Guyo ***erted that Haji played a crucial role in putting an end to perennial tribal animosity every election cycle as well as dealing with issues of marginalization through the BBI Cons***ution (Amendment) B***, 2020.
The renaming of a road after a prominent changemaker is a three-step process. After a motion calling for the renaming of a road is p***ed by the ***embly, the ***embly’s implementation committee writes to the county executive communicating the approved motion.
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With the road under the county government and not the national government as a prerequisite, the executive w***, within three months, effect the change or reject it.
“The law requires that within three months of the approval of the motion, the motion s**uld be effected or rejected,” said Minority Whip Peter Imwatok.
He then affirmed his full support for the motion and vowed to see through the identification of a road by the county executive within a week and immediately rename it after Haji, terming him as the “Father of BBI.”
This w*** not be the first renaming of a road in Nairobi. City hall has rechristened roads in **nour of societal pioneers such as Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, Cardinal Maurice Otunga and Charles Rubia, among others.
In 2016, ex-governor Evans Kidero renamed Forest Road after the late Maathai in **nour of her stand against environmental degradation.
The governor also renamed Cross Road in the CBD after multi-party politician Charles Rubia.
The road between City Hall Annex and Cardinal Otunga Plaza to Uhuru Highway was renamed Cardinal Otunga Road in **nour of the cat**lic bis**p.
Guyo described the late senator Yusuf Haji as a man of high standing in the society w**se spirit of servant-leadership is admired not only by Nairobi leaders but by most politicians across the country.
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