No Longer on Autopilot, the Governance of Nairobi Is In New Hands
President Uhuru Kenyatta has created Nairobi Metropolitan Services which will take over the governance and administrative duties of Nairobi. Mike Sonko, the former governor, has stepped aside and is facing corruption charges. Major General Mohammed Abdallah Badi has been appointed director-general of Nairobi Metropolitan Service.
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Kenya:
Kenyatta Unveils Team to 'Fix' Nairobi
Nation, 18 March 2020
President Kenyatta officially handed over the running of key functions of Nairobi County to a military general, revealing the importance the State has at-tached to reviving the… Read more »
Major General Mohamed Abdalla Badi.
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Kenya:
Kenyatta Gives New Team 100 Days to Dismantle City Hall Cartels
Nairobi News, 18 March 2020
President Uhuru Kenyatta has created Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) to take over the running of Nairobi County government transferred functions, as State takeover officially… Read more »
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Kenya:
Why Kenyatta is Appointing Military Men to Key Positions
Nation, 18 March 2020
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday appointed a military man to a key government position. Read more »
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Kenya:
Kenyatta Appoints Military Man to Head Nairobi Metropolitan Service
Capital FM, 18 March 2020
Tired with confusion and impunity in Nairobi County, President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Maj Gen Abdalla Badi to head Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS). Read more »
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Kenya:
MCA Shelves Bid to Impeach Sonko
Nation, 3 March 2020
Nairobi County Assembly Minority Whip Peter Imwatok has temporarily suspended his plan to table an impeachment motion against Governor Mike Sonko. Read more »
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Kenya:
I'm Still the City Boss, Says Governor Sonko
Nation, 29 February 2020
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has maintained that he is still in charge of affairs at the City Hall despite ceding key functions to the national government on Tuesday. Read more »
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Kenya:
Nairobi Resident Sues to Stop Sonko, Kenyatta Deal
Nation, 26 February 2020
A Nairobi resident has rushed to court to challenge yesterday's shock decision by Governor Mike Sonko to transfer county functions to the national government. Read more »
InFocus
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Disgruntled contract workers have gone on strike, marching through parts of the Nairobi CBD overtuning bins and strewing garbage into the streets, after the county failed to pay ... Read more »
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The court has barred Mike Sonko and his co-accused persons from traveling outside its jurisdiction, with anti-corruption court magistrate Douglas Ogoti issuing explicit orders to ... Read more »
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Prosecutors handling Mike Sonko's case have specifically cited a case in which the governor escaped from Shimo La Tewa Maximum prison in Mombasa more than a decade ago, portraying ... Read more »
