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NMS is an illegal outfit, Sonko now tells Senate

Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko. [Courtesy]

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has said he was hoodwinked into ceding his constitutional powers to an “amorphous and illegal outfit” that is the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS).

He told the Senate he has consequently initiated a process to terminate the Deed of Transfer that saw him handover some critical county functions to NMS, which he claims has no basis in law.

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