This archive report was first published on 11 September 2019.
Published on September 11, 2019, a Kiambu resident, Bernard Chege Mburu, has taken Kiambu Deputy Governor James Nyoro to court over the reshuffle of County Executive Committee members following the suspension of Governor Ferdinand Waititu.
Mburu argues that Nyoro is purporting to exercise powers that he does not have in law, which could lead to chaos in Kiambu County as the cabinet transfers were not approved by the Governor.
According to court papers, the illegal acts of the Deputy Governor will create a stalemate that will gravely affect service delivery to the people of Kiambu, especially as one of the dockets affected is Finance.
Mburu claims that Nyoro's decision to make the transfers could set a dangerous precedent as deputy governors would usurp the authority of governors every time the latter are either sick or temporarily away.
On September 6, 2019, the Deputy Governor of Kiambu County published in the Kenya Gazette a notice purporting to effect a re-assignment of the County Executive Committee Members in Charge of Finance and Economic Planning as well as Trade, Tourism, Cooperatives and Enterprise Development by swapping them.
The CEC for Finance and Economic Planning, Francis Kigo Njenga, was moved to the Department of Trade, Tourism, Cooperatives and Enterprise Development, while Mr. Mburu Kang'ethe, who was in charge of the Trade department, was taken to the Finance docket.
