This archive report was first published on 24 December 2019.
Nairobi County Assembly ODM members have issued a seven-day ultimatum to Speaker Beatrice Elachi to convene a special sitting to discuss the leadership crisis at City Hall.
Published on December 24, 2019, the party leadership in the assembly had written to the Speaker requesting a special sitting, but she directed that the letter did not specify sufficient grounds.
Minority Leader David Mberia, who is also Karen Ward MCA, said his party will be writing to the Speaker for a second time requesting for the sitting in light of a court ruling that barred Governor Mike Sonko from office.
“We must first discuss the issue at hand and if impeachment or any other solution is the way forward, then we will resort to it,” Mberia added.
He expressed concern that county operations had ground to a halt following the court order freezing City Hall’s accounts, which means that workers’ salaries had not been paid.
However, Speaker Elachi has claimed she is guided by the law in search matters.
