Speaker Elachi, 30 MCAs under siege as goons storm City Hall at night

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Chaos erupted at City Hall in Nairobi on Thursday morning after suspected hired goons attempted to attack County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi and ...

Beatrice Elachi , Nairobi County Assembly

Nairobi MCA Abdi Guyo suspended for 1 year after missing 11 consecutive Assembly sittings

By Tonny Ndungu,

Majority Leader at the Nairobi County Assembly Abdi Ibrahim Hassan Guyo and Spring Valley Matopeni Ward MCA has been suspended for 1 year after missin...

Abdi Guyo

Relief for Governor Sonko after Bill allocating Ksh.15B to NMS revoked

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko is set to introduce a new Nairobi County Supplementary Appropriations Bill 2020 to the city assembly following the de-gaze...

Abdi Guyo reinstated as Jubilee makes changes to Nairobi County Assembly leadership

By Ian Omondi,

Matopeni Ward MCA Abdi Guyo has been reinstated as the Nairobi County Assembly Majority Leader after six months in the cold following his removal last...

Abdi Guyo , Jubilee Party , Nairobi County Assembly , Raphael Tuju

Nairobi County Assembly suspends sittings, bans foreign travel

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi County Speaker Beatrice Elachi has suspended county assembly sittings for the next  30 days to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among MC...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Nairobi County Assembly

Nairobi MCA Habiba Hussein who lost her seat underwent two surgeries, lost baby

By Tonny Ndungu,

Senator Millicent Omanga has defended nominated MCA Habiba Hussein who lost her seat on Tuesday, having missed plenary sittings for two years. She ...

Uhuru meets Nairobi MCAs, Sonko’s impeachment motion dropped

By Tonny Ndungu,

On Saturday, President Uhuru Kenyatta met Nairobi Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) from all parties at State House, Nairobi. Out of the 122 Na...

Nairobi MCAs , sonko impeachment

Elachi gives Sonko until Monday 10am to respond to impeachment motion

By Ian Omondi,

Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi has now directed embattled Governor Mike Sonko to submit written replies to the allegations raised in ...

Governor Mike Sonko , impeachment , Nairobi County Assembly , Speaker Beatrice Elachi

National Government takes charge of Nairobi County

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The functions of the Nairobi County Government will now be officially taken over by the National Government following an agreement signed on Tuesday a...

nairobi county , National Government

Impeachment motion tabled against Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko

By Stephen Letoo,

An impeachment motion was on Thursday tabled against embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko by Makongeni MCA Peter Imwatok. Imwatok accused Sonko of...

Governor Mike Sonko , impeachment , Nairobi County Assembly , Speaker Beatrice Elachi

Sifuna, Aladwa clash over ODM position on Sonko impeachment

By Ian Omondi,

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna and Nairobi chapter Chairperson George Aladwa on Wednesday disagreed over the party’...

EDWIN SIFUNA , George Aladwa , Governor Mike Sonko , MCAs , nairobi county , raila odinga

Speaker Elachi now seeks to be allowed to assume roles of Nairobi governor

By Dzuya Walter,

Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi has now moved to court seeking to be allowed to assume gubernatorial roles after Governor Mike Sonko w...

city hall , Governor Mike Sonko , Nairobi County Assembly , Speaker Beatrice Elachi

Court declines to stop vetting of Sonko’s deputy nominee Anne Kananu Mwenda

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has declined to issues orders barring the Nairobi County Assembly from vetting Anne Kananu Mwenda who was nominated as Deputy Governor ...

Anne Kananu Mwenda , Mike Sonko

Speaker Elachi and ex-Majority Leader Guyo bury hatchet to fight Sonko

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi and ousted Majority Leader Abdi Guyo have put aside their differences to rally Members of County Assem...

Abdi Guyo , Beatrice Elachi

Sonko nominates Anne Kananu Mwenda as Nairobi Deputy Governor

By Ian Omondi,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has nominated Anne Kananu Mwenda, the county's current Disaster Management and Coordination Sector Chief Officer, to the p...

Governor Mike Sonko , nairobi county , Speaker Beatrice Elachi

Charles Rubia, first African Mayor of Nairobi, buried in Murang’a

By Enock Sikolia,

Former Cabinet Minister Dr. Charles Wanyoike Rubia was laid to rest on Monday at his Karuigu-ini home near Kenol town, Muranga County. The funeral ...

rubia

Nairobi MCAs plot to impeach Speaker Elachi over failure to call special sitting

By Stephen Letoo,

A section of Nairobi MCAs pushing for a special sitting to be held have since deferred their push to the first week of January next year after Speaker...

Governor Mike Sonko , impeachment , Nairobi MCAs , Speaker Beatrice Elachi

Sonko wants Elachi barred from taking up Nairobi County functions

By Dzuya Walter,

Embattled Nairobi Governor Sonko now wants court to review his bail terms. He also wants court to bar County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi stopp...

Elachi , Sonko

Nairobi MCA seeks special sitting over barring of Sonko from office

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi County Assembly Minority Leader David Mberia has written to Speaker Beatrice Elachi requesting for a special sitting of the assembly to discus...

Mike Sonko

Nairobi on autopilot: Special sitting ruled out as Sonko says he will comply with court order

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The leadership of Nairobi County has now been thrown into the winds of uncertainty after the Senate ruled out calls by Senator Johnson Sakaja to hold ...

Elachi , Sonko