"You're Facing 27 Counts, Why Should Nairobi Trust You?" – Hon. James Gakuya | Iko Nini 767

Episode 767 🏙️ Embakasi North MP Hon. James Gakuya wants to be Nairobi's next governor in 2027, so we asked him everything. He's just back from Texas with a plan: clean the city, recycle the garbage into power, fix the sewers and the floods, move matatus and hawkers into modern terminals and put cameras on City Hall. Then the panel gets real. Dandora dumpsite has never been fixed, and it's in his constituency. "Right now people say it's Sakaja vs Babu and then the rest. Why do you fall under the rest?" Officials caught with 60, 460 and 625 million. A building collapses near the studio while we record. And the hard one: "You're facing 27 counts under the anti-corruption, so what would be different?" Gakuya answers it all, including what he'd do in his first 100 days and his message to Governor Sakaja. On this episode: 🇺🇸 What Nairobi can learn from Texas 🗑️ "Keeping garbage where people live is madness": solid waste, recycling and power 🚰 Ruai wastewater, sewer bursts and water rationing 🌧️ Floods and a drainage "the size of a river" 🚌 Matatus, boda bodas, hawkers and modern terminals at Muthurwa 🏚️ Dandora dumpsite: tender after tender, still no solution 🗳️ "Sakaja vs Babu and then the rest": the 2027 Nairobi governor race 💰 Cartels, Sonko's "50 million a day" and the 460 million found in one house 👮 "City council askaris are indisciplined goons" ⚖️ The EACC case: "allegations are allegations" 📅 His first 100 days as governor The allegations discussed on this episode are allegations only. Hon. Gakuya denies wrongdoing and the case has not been decided by a court. Can Gakuya beat Sakaja and Babu in 2027? Tell us in the comments 👇 SIGN UP ON LemFi using the IKONINI referral code, click on this link https://referral.lemonade.finance/invite/jmbLoTGSeDjjrCQa9 Iko Nini is a Kenya podcast that covers everything Kenyan entertainment, politics & social issues SUPPORT IKO NINI THROUGH CASHAPP $IKONINI BECOME A MEMBER FOR EARLY ACCESS & EXCLUSIVE CONTENT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5h4-WH0LAV4CWs380yM33A/join CHAPTERS 0:00 Coming up 1:03 Welcome Hon. James Gakuya 1:22 What Nairobi can learn from Texas 4:05 Garbage everywhere: littering & solid waste 6:22 Bicycles, side roads & discipline 9:52 The matatu industry & modern terminals 10:52 Electric buses & selling solar power to the grid 11:52 "Keeping garbage where people live is madness" 12:52 A recycling plant at zero cost to the county 14:22 Ruai wastewater & recycling water 17:54 Rainwater harvesting & water rationing 19:22 Sewer bursts & trunk sewers 21:33 Floods & a drainage "the size of a river" 24:52 Lighting Nairobi with solar 27:22 Electric trains to Dandora, Kiambu & Ngong Road 29:22 Dandora dumpsite & sewers in his own constituency 31:31 What can an MP really do? NG-CDF vs the county 34:22 Dandora tenders: the Germans, the Chinese, the Ghanaian 38:22 Boda bodas & matatus out of town? 42:29 Muthurwa land & a 10-floor terminal 44:59 Hawkers: blocks around the terminals 46:34 LemFi: send money home with the IKONINI code 47:41 Haile Selassie Avenue: hawkers & order 50:36 Street families & rehab 52:36 Quiz: who is Nairobi's deputy governor? 55:22 Hawkers in New York, Paris & Ethiopia 59:06 His record in Parliament: "I have no bill" 1:02:36 "Sakaja vs Babu and then the rest" 1:07:06 Cartels at City Hall 1:11:06 How much does Nairobi really collect? 1:12:36 Sonko's 50M a day & the 460M in one house 1:13:36 A building collapse as we record 1:15:19 Corruption in building approvals 1:19:06 "If you fear losing your seat, you can't serve" 1:20:06 Nairobi's master plan 1:21:20 Sponsored 1:22:05 Eastlands & the slums: rentals vs affordable housing 1:27:45 15 years an MP: who is Gakuya? 1:29:21 Karibangi hospital, police posts & school buses 1:31:51 Babu, Aladwa, Karauri, Sakaja: the 2027 race 1:35:21 "City council askaris are indisciplined goons" 1:37:21 Cameras & paybills against kitu kidogo 1:41:25 Why not give your ideas to the governor now? 1:44:21 His first 100 days as governor 1:47:51 The 27 counts: "allegations are allegations" 1:51:21 His message to Governor Sakaja 1:53:21 Outro #IkoNini #JamesGakuya #Nairobi2027 #NairobiGovernor #KenyanPodcast