Nairobi's Chief Officer for Environment, Geoffrey Mosiria, has hit back at Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino over the controversial eviction of hawkers from walkways in the Nairobi Central Business District.
Mosiria ignited public debate on June 27, after a video emerged of the county official in a heated confrontation with two orange hawkers near the National Archives in the Nairobi CBD.
In the footage, there was a dramatic standoff between Mosiria and the hawkers, who declined to vacate the public walkway despite the county government's threat of more stringent enforcement measures.
Amid a spate of criticism, including from Babu Owino, Mosiria accused the Embakasi East lawmaker of using hawkers' plight as a political weapon.
