President William Ruto has asked Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja not to evict residents across various estates who have defaulted on their rent payments, weeks after the county government announced a crackdown targeting them. Speaking during a Sunday service while at the Church of Christ in Africa, Makadara, in Nairobi, Ruto appealed to Sakaja to divert the county resources towards negotiations with the defaulters instead of kicking them out of the houses.
The Head of State revealed that the directives were in line with the national government's pursuit of ensuring that Kenyans, and particularly Nairobi residents, have access to affordable housing options to address the issue of informal settlements. Ruto, however, hit out at the defaulters over their failure to remit the rates administered by the county of Nairobi before urging the governor to engage with them in a negotiation to unlock the stalemate. President William Ruto (centre), accompanied by other leaders including Nairobi Deputy Governor Njoroge Muchiri, Mark Mwenje (Embakasi West), and Nairobi Women Rep Esther Passaris, during a church service at Church of Christ in Africa, Makadara, Nairobi on June 8, 2025.
PCS ''But let me ask you.
Why would you be staying in a house and for the entire 15 years, fail to even remit a shilling to the owner?
