{"id":10256,"date":"2021-05-28T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T12:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=10256"},"modified":"2021-05-28T12:41:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T12:41:12","slug":"cotu-boss-dr-francis-atwoli-gets-a-road-named-after-him-in-nairobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=10256","title":{"rendered":"Cotu boss Dr Francis Atwoli gets a road named after him in Nairobi."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Arguably the most powerful person in Kenya after Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, Dr. Francis Atwoli is both loved, feared, and revered in equal measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The COTU secretary general yesterday received a rare fete when a road in Nairobi&#8217;s Kileleshwa area was named after him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-rd-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-rd-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-rd-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-rd-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-rd-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-rd-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Atwoli Road in Kileleshwa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nairobi County Government named a road after Atwoli, in a ceremony led by the acting governor, Ann Kananu alongside other county officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I want to thank the leadership of Nairobi County, under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annkananu_\">@annkananu_<\/a>&nbsp;, for this great honor and recognition of services to the Government of the day, the community, and Worker&#8217;s at large,&#8221; Atwoli said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The road in Kileleshwa, near Kenya High School, was formerly called Dik Dik Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kananu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kananu.jpg 960w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kananu-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kananu-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Nairobi county acting governor Hon Kananu, Nairobi county mca Hon Stazo and Dr Atwoli.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But in a twist of events, some malicious Kenyans took to social media and started spreading rumors that the road sign had been vandalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-5.png 598w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-5-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a swift rejoinder, both Dr Atwoli and @cotu official have disputed the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-6.png 598w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-6-300x143.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 &#8220;Nothing was removed to make you happy, don\u2019t waste your time celebrating fake news! God\u2019s wish is Paramount,&#8221; Atwoli said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atwoli-4.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenyans from all walks of life have thanked the county government of honoring Dr Atwoli while he is still alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-7.png 598w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-7-300x65.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><figcaption><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-8.png 598w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-8-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However a renowned blogger Robert Alai had different views on the same and upon speaking his mind on twitter, the flamboyant trade unionist had zero chills for the blogger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alai.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alai.jpg 472w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alai-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arguably the most powerful person in Kenya after Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, Dr. Francis Atwoli is both loved, feared, and revered in equal measure. The COTU secretary general yesterday received a rare fete when a road in Nairobi&#8217;s Kileleshwa area was named after him. Atwoli Road in Kileleshwa. The Nairobi County Government &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10267,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10256\/revisions\/10267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}