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Breaking: County speaker sworn in as acting Nairobi governor, Sonko SILENCED, end of vipindi! Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura has been sworn in as acting Nairobi Governor following the impeachment of Governor Mike Sonko. Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka gazetted the impeachment of Governor Mike Sonko on Thursday. This was after senators voted to have him removed from office upholding the resolution by Nairobi MCAs to oust him. Mr Sonko was facing charges including on abuse of office, gross violation of the Constitution and any other law, dross misconduct and crimes under national law, grounds which will eventually see him impeached. ....
Kenya: What Nema Is Doing to Ensure Public Spaces Are Left Open allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The new development means that NMS will now access its Sh27.1 billion budget, City Hall Sh8.4 billion and the county assembly Sh2 billion. City Hall and NMS had been facing total paralysis after former governor Mike Sonko refused to sign the warrants a document needed by the National Treasury, Controller of Budget and the Central Bank to authorise withdrawal of funds from the County Revenue Fund. Consequently, county employees, MCAs and assembly staff had not been paid their salaries for the last two months after the Controller of Budget stopped the use of Vote on Accounts by the county to run its recurrent expenditure after the passage of the budget in October. ....
Views: Visits 13 The planned swearing in of Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura as acting Nairobi County Governor has been postponed. This is after the judge assigned to preside over the taking of oath of office arrived late for the ceremony. According to the law, such an event should be performed between 10am and 2pm. However, the judge arrived a minute past 2pm resulting in the cancellation of the event. Despite spirited attempts to convince the judge to administer the oath, he declined saying his action thereof could be challenged in court as he would be going against the provisions of the law. ....
Kenya: Swearing-in of Speaker Benson Mutura As Acting Governor Postponed allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.