Court barred Sonko from office, not just City Hall

Nairobi governor Mike Sonko at a court session last month. [File, Standard]

The framers of our Constitution left a lacuna on how to deal with a vacancy, should the office of the deputy governor fall vacant.

Whereas a deputy rightly assumes office should the office of a governor fall vacant, granting powers to a governor to single-handedly appoint his deputy circumvents democracy and places enormous powers in the hands of one man.