• A section of Nairobi MCAs has accused Governor Johnson Sakaja of mismanaging the affairs of the county
• Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai claimed revenue collection in the county has diminished because there are no proper structures
• The MCAs pleaded with President William Ruto and former prime minister Raila Odinga to help streamline issues affecting Nairobi county

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Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Nairobi—A section of the Nairobi County Assembly has accused Governor Johnson Sakaja of alleged poor leadership.

On Thursday, November 7, the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) appealed to President William Ruto and former prime minister Raila Odinga to step in and sort out the alleged mess in the capital.

Has Johnson Sakaja failed Nairobi?

Deputy minority leader Waithera Chege claimed Sakaja has not delivered on some crucial promises made during the campaign period.

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“After the 2022 General Election that is after August the county government promised Nairobi things including good roads, dignified affordable housing, street lighting, improved health care, and all those things put together. However, we have not seen any sign whatsoever of implementing all these things that were promised, especially in the governor’s manifesto,” Chege said.

On his part, Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai faulted Sakaja’s administration, arguing things in the city are getting worse each day.

According to Alai, Sakaja has failed to establish proper structures to deliver services to the residents effectively.

“So today, Nairobi does not have proper structures or governance structures to run a county or a city the size of Nairobi, being the capital city of the country. We don’t have a substantive County Secretary. Chief officers most of them are clueless because they are getting orders from what the employees where the employees called Shakahola which is Riverside Drive,” Alai said.

What Robert Alai said about revenue collection in Nairobi

The outspoken ODM MCA pointed out the issue of revenue collection, which he claimed is shrouded in secrecy.

The Kileleshwa MCA claimed that currently, even the county’s revenue officers do not know who is in charge of revenue collections.

“Today, as we sit here, we don’t know who is collecting revenue in Nairobi. I’ve just spoken to the leadership of the Nairobi Revenue Authority. They don’t know who is managing the revenue of the country of the county. With more potential and a bigger metropolis, you know, more revenue capacity, Nairobi is collecting less revenue because this revenue is being pilfered at source by a few individuals in the executive and the county assembly,” he alleged.

The lawmakers asked the president to step in and streamline issues in the county, warning that things could easily get out of hand.

“The president is going to be constantly blamed for poor governance because he has allowed Nairobi to be managed and run by somebody who has no professional credence to run Nairobi. Somebody who previously, before getting into politics, had not held a job higher than a cyber cafe attendant. We believe that the governor we have today is the wrong person to manage in Nairobi,” Alai claimed.

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Meanwhile, Sakaja stated that he is not intimidated by impeachment reports and remains focused on service delivery.

During the official launch of the third phase of the Dishi na County initiative on Monday, September 2, Sakaja confidently dismissed the allegations as normal threats.

He explained that his administration’s achievements during his time in office speak for themselves and attributed the success to staying focused.

The governor reflected on his broad-based leadership approach, which initially faced scepticism but has now been validated by political shifts in the national government.

Proofreading by Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke

Source: TUKO.co.ke