This archive report was first published on 13 May 2020.
On May 11, 2020, Government Printer Mwenda Njoka issued a gazette notice revoking the Nairobi City County Supplementary Appropriations Act, 2020, which had been gazetted into an Act on April 27, 2020.
The Act had allocated Sh15 billion to NMS for functions transferred to the national government, despite Governor Mike Sonko twice declining to assent to it.
According to the gazette notice, the revocation was made despite calls by Nairobi assembly leadership for the printer not to do so.
Mr Sonko's spokesman, Ben Mulwa, hailed the move, saying the Executive would now present a new supplementary budget.
"The degazettement now gives room for the right procedure to be followed. We will now forward the supplementary budget we had prepared to the assembly for consideration," he said.
The revocation of the Act followed a directive by Solicitor-General Ken Ogeto, who had agreed with the governor that the publication was irregular and unlawful.
