Jubilee Party has written to the EACC requesting a probe into the conduct of Nairobi MCAs after chaos was witnessed at City Hall on Wednesday, October 9, 2019.
Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju told Daily Nation the following day that he wrote to the antigraft commission to investigate the matter.
“This is a matter which is of interest to the EACC and we have communicated with them to do their part on matters touching on Chapter Six of the Constitution,” Tuju remarked.
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko had written to the CS informing him of changes that needed to be made in the County Assembly. He claimed the party's manifesto was being sabotaged by some ward reps.
"Following the incidents at the Nairobi County Assembly on Wednesday, we have invited all the Jubilee MCAs to attend a meeting at Jubilee headquarters,” Tuju wrote.
The 10 o’clock meeting scheduled for October 16, will try to reach an amicable solution on the matter that led to the chaos.
The ruling party’s secretary general, in a letter to the MCAs, wrote “Pursuant to Section 40 of the Political Parties Act that mandates the political parties internal dispute mechanism to intervene and handle any dispute through an internal disputes resolution mechanism kindly take note that the hearing of the above-mentioned dispute shall proceed as scheduled and a decision shall be made, your presence or lack thereof notwithstanding.”
Chaos descended upon City Hall as a section of Nairobi MCAs opposed embattled Speaker Beatrice Elachi's comeback and attempted to throw her out once again.
Later on, Elachi went on to suspend the assembly’s processions indefinitely. The speaker explained that she made the decision to allow for "waters to calm" at the county assembly.
She announced that the MCAs would be notified of when to resume sittings.
“We will gazette the return of the plenary. I saw it fit to do so, to calm the rising temperatures and reorganise to do the right things,” the speaker communicated.
