Governor Sakaja through Ms. Suzanne Silantoi, the Public Participation Customer care today in an exclusive interview with Mpasho revealed that the artists who performed during the Nairobi festival are going to be paid by the end of this month after Arrow Boy called out Nairobi Governor over pending performance pay.
“Dear our Governor Sakaja, mambo imechemka huku nje. Since we performed at the Nairobi festival in December, we have not been paid,” the musician said.
During the interview, she disclosed that their payments are going to be released in two weeks’ time and admitted that the process is taking longer due to the internal payment process adding that “Everything in the county takes so much time to be paid and we are working with finance to shorten the process since the artists are alleging that we are not paying them.”
She also revealed that there are more events to come and she trusts that the payments will be released.
“We are doing our best to make sure that the artists who performed are paid because the narrative of government not paying people would not end till it’s done and we are pushing from our side.”She added.
Arrow boy stood up for his fellow artists and people who performed after revealing that, Homeboyz Agency contracted him for the event, but neither his team nor himself had received word of when to expect the payment despite repeatedly asking for their dues.
Last year, Governor Sakaja announced that the annual Nairobi festival be held every December to showcase and celebrate Nairobi for the city it is.
“In December we will set aside some streets to display culture, food, creativity, have the ng’anya awards for the best-done matatus, have rugby,football, and basketball tournaments and other activities,” he said then.
