This archive report was first published on 12 May 2020.
On May 12, 2020, the Government Printer revoked a Gazette Notice on the Nairobi City County Supplementary Appropriations Act 2020, after receiving an advisory from the State Law office.
The advisory was issued by Solicitor General Ken Ogeto, who argued that the notice was illegal and did not meet the required legal standards.
According to Government Printer Mwenda Njoka, the notice was revoked due to the advisory, stating, 'It is notified for general information of the public that the Government Printer has revoked the Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 2 (Nairobi City County Acts No.1) dated the 27th April, 2020, which published the purported Nairobi City County Supplementary Appropriations Act,2020.'
The controversy surrounding the notice began when Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi published the law before the Assembly had assented to it, prompting Ogeto to intervene.
Ogeto argued that the publication was premature and did not follow the laid-down legal requirements, stating, 'It is therefore inconceivable how the Bill was published in the Kenya Gazette when it was still pending before the County Assembly.'
The Nairobi County Supplementary Appropriations Act 2020 had allocated Sh15 billion to the newly established Nairobi Metropolitan Services, which had escalated the push and pull between Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and NMS Director-General Mohammed Badi.
