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Nairobi County Speaker Beatrice Elachi addressing the media moments before dissolving the county assembly at City Hall on October 10, 2019. PHOTO | KANYIRI WAHITO

Nairobi MCAs in fresh push to impeach Elachi

Nairobi MCAs have begun a fresh impeachment process against Speaker Beatrice Elachi as wrangles at the assembly rages. The MCAs, drawn...

July 26th, 2020
Members of Nairobi County Assembly scuffle when they forcefully attempted to eject impeached Speaker Beatrice Elachi form her office on September 10, 2018. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO

City MCAs threaten to hold street protests over delayed salaries

Nairobi MCAs have threatened to take to the streets to protest delay in payment of their salary for the month of June. The ward...

July 16th, 2020
The City Hall in Nairobi. PHOTO | FILE

Nairobi MCAs now want NMS to pay City Hall’s pending bills

Nairobi MCAs now want Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) to take over payment of pending bills at the county government. This comes...

July 8th, 2020
Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani displays his briefcase to the media when he arrived at Parliament Buildings on June 11, 2020 to table the government budget. PHOTO | RAPHAEL NJOROGE

CS Yatani faulted for budget allocation to Nairobi Metropolitan Service

Nairobi MCAs have faulted the allocation of Sh26.4 billion to Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) without the involvement of the county...

June 17th, 2020
MCAs allied to Majority Leader Abdi Guyo leaving the Nairobi county Assembly chambers on October 29, 2019. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

Jubilee party summons warring Nairobi MCAs

Nairobi Jubilee MCAs have now been summoned by the party's top leadership as leadership changes stalemate at the county assembly...

June 9th, 2020
Members of the Nairobi County Assembly at City Hall after attending the Special sitting January 22,2020 to discuss the appointment of Anne Kananu Mwenda as Nairobi's Deputy Governor. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL

Nairobi MCAs to observe quarantine guidelines ahead of assembly sessions

Nairobi MCAs will have to show proof of adherence to government's guidelines on exposure to or infection with Covid-19 ahead of return of...

May 19th, 2020
Nairobi MCAs allied to Majority Leader Abdi Guyo leave the County Assembly Chamber on October 29, 2019 following a standoff with MCAs allied to Speaker Beatrice Elachi. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

Elachi-Ngwele power struggles delay April salaries of Nairobi MCAs and staff

Nairobi MCAs and staff are yet to be paid their April salaries as power struggles between Speaker Beatrice Elachi and Clerk Jacob Ngwele...

May 14th, 2020
MCAs inside the Nairobi County Assembly. FILE PHOTO

Nairobi MCAs allocate Sh1 billion for coronavirus response

Nairobi County Assembly has allocated Sh1 billion to the Nairobi Metropolitan Services towards the fight against coronavirus in the...

April 3rd, 2020
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko (left) chats with a matatu driver when he visited the Hakati Terminus on September 20, 2017 to check on the compliance with ban on entry into the CBD. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU

Sonko, Nairobi MCAs tussle over control of matatu stages in CBD

The battle for control of matatu stages in Nairobi City Centre has escalated with Governor Mike Sonko’s administration now accusing MCAs...

March 9th, 2020
A street family begs for alms from pedestrians along Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NATION

How Nairobi MCAs want Sonko to deal with street families menace

Members of Nairobi County Assembly want Governor Mike Sonko to set up a board to specifically deal with street children menace in the city...

November 5th, 2019