City Hall wrangles messier as Elachi roped into Sonko and Badi turf wars

Mlango Kubwa MCA Patricia Mutheu protests outside city hall on July 28, 2020. [Collins Kweyu,Standard]

The war of words between Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) Director General Mohamed Badi and Governor Mike Sonko is exposing a power struggle for the control of the capital that threatens to render the county’s leadership dysfunctional and risks paralysing service delivery.

Things have been become murkier as the Nairobi County Assembly has been into the feud. Pro-Sonko MCAs have mooted a plot to impeach Speaker Beatrice Elachi, accusing her of abuse of office, while another group want to revive the impeachment motion against the governor for his continued onslaught on the NMS and Elachi.