A section of Nairobi Members of County Assembly (MCAs) has revealed personal issues they had with Speaker Beatrice Elachi after storming into her office on Monday to evict her.
A ward rep was recorded on video declaring that the Speaker must vacate office because “she denied them trips.”
The rep was heard chanting “Elachi akwende, anaenda America pekee yake anatunyima safari.Apeleke ujinga kwake (Elachi must go! She went to America and failed to approve our trip. She must leave!). No Sonko No peace,” she declared.
The same MCA was heard declaring: ”Huyu mama hajawai nipenda. Kutoka tuingie amekua akinichukia na mimi pia simpendi, akwende huko (She has never liked me. Since we came to the House she has been hating on me. I dislike her so she must leave).”
The chaos that erupted in City Hall on Monday, where the MCAs stormed into her office, was occasioned by them seeking after passing an impeachment motion.
Apart from two female MCAs who seemed angered by the Speaker, other legislators joined in with Majority Leader Abdi Guyo informing her she had no business being in office yet her employer was not satisfied with her job.
Elachi, however, reported to work on Monday following a court order which reinstated her, a decision that did not go well with some MCAs.
She explained that her relationship with the MCAs was largely about money “because if I had the money, we would have had very different relationships.”
The comments by the ward rep prompted reactions from a section of Kenyans who questioned if the Speaker was being fought over personal reasons or her competence.
A sample of the reactions are as below;
Watching drama as Nairobi City Speaker Beatrice Elachi is forced out of office by MCAs. Disturbingly though, one of the MCAs comes to the cameras and says 'Alitunyima trips za kuenda US. Yeye anaenda peke yake na anatunyima, lazima aende'. Sorry Nairobians, it's not about you.
Given the propensity of MCAs to turn to impeachment as the weapon of choice for settling scores with Governors, speakers and others, Isn’t it time to re-look at this impeachment clause that’s clearly being misused by these MCAs? What about a degree before vying for an MCA’s post?
When I heard that woman say " alitunyima trip ya cjui us" I realized its all about their stomach and elachi must have denied the mca 's some money. Its abt looting, that rage by the 2 women was not abt fighting for welfare of nairobians
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