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Swearing in of Nairobi Speaker unlocks budget Tuesday December 22 2020 Mr Benson Mutura after he was sworn in as acting governor of Nairobi on December 21. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG By COLLINS OMULO Summary Nairobi Speaker Benson Mutura was Monday sworn in as acting governor and broke the Sh37.5 billion budget stalemate on his first assignment. Mr Mutura, who will serve as acting governor for 60 days before city voters go for fresh polls, signed the budget warrants that allow for release of cash. After his swearing in, the High Court allowed the Treasury and the Controller of Budget (CoB) to release about Sh12.5 billion to Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS)meant for salaries and recurrent expenditure. ....
THE STANDARD By Josphat Thiong’o | December 22nd 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Acting Nairobi Governor Benson Mutura when he was sworn in at the KICC Grounds on December 21, 2020. Nairobi’s acting Governor Benson Mutura started his job at City Hall by unlocking the stalled budget approval that had jammed operations of Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS). Immediately after his swearing-in, Mutura signed the governor’s warrant that in effect gave The Treasury the greenlight to release Sh37.5 billion to the county, paving the way for the implementation of the 2020/2021 budget. As he took the instruments of power, his predecessor Mike Sonko was distributing foodstuff to city residents. ....
THE STANDARD By Josphat Thiong’o | December 22nd 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura with presiding judge Jairus Ng aah during swearing-in ceremony as acting governor of Nairobi for the next 60 days before a by-election. The ceremony took place at KICC grounds on December 21, 2020. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Acting Nairobi Governor Benson Mutura has called for unity at the County Assembly following the impeachment of former Governor Mike Sonko. Mutura yesterday said fore Sonko’s ouster process had exposed the fault lines at the Assembly and left the House more divided than ever. “It is no doubt the procedure leading to today (yesterday) has created a rift among leaders especially those at the County Assembly of Nairobi. Impeachments by their very nature are acrimonious,” he said. ....
THE STANDARD By Kamau Muthoni | December 13th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Othaya MP Gichuki Mugambi (second left) flanked by CDF Chair Dr Muthoga Ngera (from left) and others. [Standard] MPs have been barred from accessing the Constituency Development Fund without consensus with the Senate on the amount counties ought to get each financial year. In a verdict that now places a noose on MPs’ necks, High Court judges Jairus Ngaah, Anthony Ndung u and Teresiah Matheka declared that it is illegal for MPs to get CDF unless the Division of Revenue Bill is passed by the two Houses. “In the absence of the Division of Revenue Bill, no monies can be allocated to the constituencies under the National Government Constituency Development Fund by virtue of Section 4 of the NGCDF 2015 Act and any monies allocated and spent have been allocated in an illegal manner,” the court ruled. ....
THE STANDARD By Kamau Muthoni | December 12th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 The Court of Appeal has ordered a hotel to deposit $150,000 (Sh16.7 million) to allow it temporarily suspend a judgment that requires it to compensate a tourist for the death of his wife and daughter. Justices William Ouko, Wanjiru Karanja and Martha Koome ordered Castle Forest Lodge to deposit the money in a joint and interest-earning account within 45 days, failing which it will be required to pay Jeffrey Brown Sh41 million as had been ordered by the High Court. Mr Brown was awarded the money for the loss of his wife and one-year-old daughter who were trampled to death by an elephant in Mount Kenya Forest. ....