Questions have now emerged over how a section of City Hall which houses Office of Governor Johnson Sakaja was set on fire on Tuesday during the Anti-Finance Bill protests in Nairobi.
A section of the city residents now claim the design of the pre-colonial building makes it hard for intruders to sneak all the way and set on fire some crucial offices.
This is away from the online jokes that have been making rounds on social media since the building in the heart of the city centre was torched.
Osman Kadhi posted on X “Perhaps the fires are now internally started to clear some records of loot? This Shouldn’t be blamed on the peaceful protestors of the day.This could be someone taking advantage of the situation to kill the evidence,”
Erik Abuga , “I am sure the fire has got nothing to do with #RejectFinanceBill demos. City hall could be creating an ‘accountability free pass,”
Agnes Nderitu wondered why City Hall was still standing, claiming that it is the most corrupt building south of the Sahara Desert.
According to witnesses angry protestors chased away County askaris outside the governor’s office allowing them to gain entry and set some sections on fire.
Reportedly, this happened after the protestors had made historic entry into the Parliament buildings after overpowering police officers.
“The protestors who stormed into the governor’s office were the one who were being chased from parliament,” one of the County askaris noted.
He added that this was the first time that the protestors had gained access to the building.
It took the intervention of a police water cannon to put off the fire from outside the office of the governor.
