President William Ruto has announced that the government will complete the clean-up exercise for the Nairobi River by January 2027, following a long period of waiting and anxiety among Nairobians.

Speaking during a service at the Church of Christ in Africa, Makadara, Nairobi, on Sunday, Ruto affirmed that the government was strongly focused on the completion of the exercise, despite the public criticism that the project had lagged behind the earlier promised dates. ''We have a very big project here.

We will clean this river, and I already have a designated date.

By January 2027, it shall have been completed," Ruto announced.