So in the stinging morning cold, I walked up Rue Littré, turned to Rue de Rennes before crossing Boulevard du Montparnasse. On one side, there were some traders setting up clothes stalls as well as fresh foods and flowers while on the other side most of the traders were dealing in cooked food. And this is not the only place that flea markets are set up on weekends, they told me. It was therefore shocking to see a video of Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko shouting obscenities at traders while driving along Market Street on Saturday. The Governor expressed his ‘disgust’ and used words like ‘taka taka’ (rubbish) and ‘washenzi’ (stupid) while referring to the traders and their wares.

Source: The Star March 16, 2019 21:33 UTC