The Nairobi County Assembly has been ranked the poorest in legislative performance with the Members of County Assembly having passed only two bills within the past 14 months.
Concern has been raised over the poor performance especially after it was revealed that the County Government spent 1 billion shillings on the members within the period.
Some of the bills that were highly anticipated by Nairobi residents but are yet to be passed include the regulation of the use of plastic bags, garbage collection and improvement of land rates collection.
This comes even as the county government struggles to collect revenue and execute its budget plans as a result.
One of the reasons behind the poor performance has been attributed to the constant disagreement between the MCAs and the executive government.
Assembly speaker Alex ole Magelo says that the executive has on many occasions failed to implement motions passed by the MCAs.
Zulfa Hakim, an MCA, told the Business Daily that the members get demoralized when they pass motions, only for the executive to fail in implementing them.
Members failing to agree has also resulted in the poor performance of the assembly.
Reports indicate that many session have had to be called off after members got into arguments, failing to agree on motions and bills.
Despite the poor performance, the MCAs continue to be paid heftily.
Reports from the Controller of Budget show that a large amount of money is being spent on MCAs’ salaries, travel and sitting allowances for both plenary and committees.
The dismal performance of the Nairobi County Assembly has been put to shame by counties such as Nakuru, Meru, Machakos and Bomet which have passed more than 10 bills in the last year.
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