Former CNN news anchor Zain Verjee on Thursday claimed she was forced to use a boda boda to make it for a session with President Uhuru Kenyatta and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. Verjee moderated a discussion among President Kenyatta, President Macron, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN Amina J Mohammed and Kristalina Georgieva, the interim president of the World Bank Group. “So much traffic at the UN today , I had to take a boda boda to be in time to host #OnePlanetSummit thanks to John for getting me there in time ! So much traffic at the UN today , I had to take a boda boda to be in time to host #OnePlanetSummit thanks to John for getting me there in time ! #nairobijam #KenyaFranceRelations pic.twitter.com/FWnksOigT1 — zain verjee (@Zain_Verjee) March 14, 2019At the height of post-election violence in 2008, she said she had been hit by a teargas canister fired directly at her by a policeman.

Source: Daily Nation March 15, 2019 12:22 UTC