Governor Sakaja to rename Nairobi road after rap legend E-Sir

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has announced that several roads in Nairobi will be renamed after legendary Kenyan artists.

Sakaja, who spoke during this year’s Jamhuri Day celebrations at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on Thursday, pointed out that the late E-Sir, arguably one of the region’s greatest and most influential rappers of all time, will have a road named after him in the city’s South C neighbourhood.

“We shall be honouring our artists by renaming some of the roads… One of the roads in South C will be re-named after the great hero E-Sir,” Sakaja said.

E-Sir, real name Issah Mmari, died in a road accident in 2003.

In 2022, acclaimed musician Nameless petitioned Governor Sakaja to immortalise E-Sir by naming a road or street in South C after the late rap legend.

Nameless, who was with E-sir at the time of the accident that claimed his life, launched the petition online and it garnered thousands of signatures at the time.

E-Sir, famous for hits such as 'Leo Ni Leo' and 'Moss Moss', has been credited with changing the course of the Kenyan music industry with his timeless tracks which still attract listenership long after his death.