Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has revealed that the county lost half of its daily revenues during the anti-government protests held Monday.
He also called for dialogue to address grievances raised by the protesters saying more of the same will hurt the county operations.
Sakaja said the county collected Sh30.3 million, which is half of the daily revenue.
“We collected half of our daily revenue, Sh30.3 million, due to Azimio protests and we cannot sustain it should it be weekly,” the governor said.
“We need to have a dialogue on the protests and also those who were caught on Camera uprooting infrastructure will be charged.”
Most of the businesses in the CBD remained closed for the better part of the day.
This means that Sh121.2 million will be lost in a month if the protests carry on as planned.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua while in Mombasa said the country lost Sh2 billion due to the protest as he called for the Azimio leaders to end the demonstration.
Azimio leader Raila Odinga during the protest said they will be holding demonstrations every Monday until the government meets their demands.
Business activities were mostly halted in Nairobi CBD following the protesters’ encounter with the police.
Other counties such as Kisumu, Migori, Trans Nzoia, Kiambu, and Kakamega experienced the demonstrations too.
Kenya Airways Sunday closed its booking offices in Kisumu for the fear of the impact of the protest.
Some business owners counted on losses as the protesters broke into their businesses and looted goods.
