This archive report was first published on 9 October 2019.
Beatrice Elachi, the embattled Speaker of Nairobi County Assembly, made a dramatic return to her office on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, after being out for over a year.
According to reports, Elachi was escorted to the office by an estimated 20 ODM ward representatives at 7am.
Anti-riot police were spotted arriving outside City Hall moments after she stepped in.
Elachi has been at the center of a long-standing standoff with the Nairobi County Assembly Majority Leader Abdi Guyo, whom she blamed for her woes.
She vowed to fight her ouster, stating that she would move 'all the way up to the Supreme Court if necessary.'
Elachi also argued that if a special sitting was convened to discuss her impeachment, it was unfair that she was not accorded a chance to defend herself as required by law.
Her return follows her impeachment on September 6, 2018, after 103 members of the county assembly voted against her.
However, the High Court reinstated her in September 2019, dealing a blow to the MCAs who had sought to remove her.
