Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja is facing yet another hurdle in his role as the city's Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
This follows a one-month ultimatum from a section of Members of the Nairobi County Assembly (MCAs) demanding an explanation from the governor regarding his criteria for the appointment of officials to various county departments.
The MCAs led by the Leader of the Minority in the Assembly, Anthony Kiragu, stated that the governor disregarded party position in the appointments and failed to involve them in the process.
The MCAs accused Sakaja of favouring the Azimio la Umoja Coalition in his appointments hence casting doubts over his loyalty to the Kenya Kwanza Coalition which sponsored him to the position during the August 9 polls.
As such, the ward representatives called for a fresh round of appointments in one month's time to ensure that the composition of Nairobi County's executive reflects the face of Kenya Kwanza.
“We have given him just one month so that he can realign his appointments.
Let him reach out to the party leadership and apologise for what he has done and rectify. The party mobilised voters in Nairobi who believed in him because he used the UDA flag,” Minority Chief Whip, Mark Ronaldo Mugambi told The Nation.
The demands from Kenya Kwanza MCAs came a day after former Governor Mike Sonko sounded a warning to Sakaja, accusing him of ignoring the needs of Nairobi residents.
Sonko cited the move by Sakaja to declare a crackdown on all nightclubs in residential areas and his proposal to have long-distance vehicles evicted from the central business district.
"If Sakaja continues to harass Nairobi business people we will mobilise people and send him home. We can also make the city ungovernable for him and finally send him home just like the first governor," the former governor stated on Monday, December 26.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua had also expressed his reservations about the plans to reorganize the city, arguing that it was a threat to the business opportunities of the electorate.
However, a section of elected leaders from Western Kenya came to the defence of Sakaja dismissing the threats levelled against him.
