Thursday, April 16 is the deadline set for Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to hand over Ksh15 billion to General Mohammed Badi and his team.
The money in question was allocated to the Nairobi Metropolitan Services by the County Assembly of Nairobi on April 2, 2020.
A report by the Standard confirmed that Sonko had been alerted of the allocation of the funds through the Nairobi City County Supplementary Appropriations Bill but had yet to assent to the bill.
Robert Mbatia, the Chair of the Finance, Budget and Appropriations Committee provided that Thursday would be the day the 14 prescribed days lapse before the bill came into law.
He, however, noted that they had received information that Sonko wished to make some amendments to the bill but that they had yet to receive a copy of the proposed changes.
The Ksh 15 billion formed nearly half of City Hall's Ksh 36.9 billion Budget for the 2019/2020 financial year.
To free up the funds, the county budget was significantly adjusted with Ksh203 million slashed from the office of the Governor and the Deputy
Of this, 98 million was cut from the budget of administration and support services under the office of the governor and his deputy.
Similarly, another Ksh 40 million was trimmed from the security and safety management programme.
As of March 17, Sonko signed the handover bill that transferred four key dockets to the Nairobi Metropolitan Service under General Mohammed Badi.
The four are Health, Planning and Development, Transport, Public Works and Ancillary Services.
The handover has not been without its share of turbulence with Sonko expressing his displeasure over the implementation of the Deed of Transfer and Functions.