While appearing on Churchill Show on June 13, 2021, Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja detailed the struggles he endured in his past life and how he maneuvered the challenges he faced.
The Nairobi Senator revealed that he bought his first car while still a student at the Nairobi University.
While still a young student at Lenana High School, the Senator reveals, he found motivation in his life aspirations and ambitions. He was fueled to work hard towards having a good life by the dreams he had as young person.
“Under my desk, I had a picture of this car. A Mercedes Benz. When making noise in class, I would open my desk and look at the car. That motivated me to work hard,” Sakaja narrated.
Churchill Show host and comedian Daniel "Churchill" Ndambuki was intrigued by the fact that Sakaja bought his first car while in campus, prompting him to ask how.
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“I used to run businesses back then. I had a laundry shop, kinyozi, and other businesses," Sakaja revealed.
“We didn’t have money as a family then, so I set up businesses. I used to wash people’s clothes, cook… it wasn’t much but at the end of the day I would have five or six thousand shillings in a day,” he narrated.
Sakaja stated that, from the businesses, he earned enough money that enabled him to afford a car.
In 2007, he joined politics, a move that further deepened his pockets.
“By the time I was in fourth year, I had joined politics during the days of President Mwai Kibaki so I had resources,” he recounted.
He further revealed that while in fourth year at UoN, he owned an apartment around Yaya Centre in Nairobi.
“I joined student politics so that I could run businesses and pay my school fees. Those days, when you were a university student leader, you had the opportunity to run a business,” he said.
Sakaja is one of the most admired youth politicians in the country, and has been idolised for his firm political beliefs and sense of reason.
He was elected Nairobi Senator in 2017, taking over from former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko.
