Renowned Kenyan journalist Jeff Koinange has shared a captivating story about his first encounter with the late former President of Ghana's Fourth Republic, , popularly known as JJ Rawlings.

In a viral video clip shared on social media, Jeff recounts the experience as detailed in his book 'Through My African Eyes'.

He described meeting Rawlings on the streets of Accra during his second military government.

According to Jeff, while working for Reuters in Accra one Saturday in the late 1980s, he learned that Rawlings was leading a clean-up exercise in the city.