Sifuna raises red flags in Sh80b Sakaja-Ruto deal

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna addresses the media on the Cooperation  Agreement between the  National Government and Nairobi County at Red Cross Media Centre, Parliament Buildings, Nairobi on February 18, 2026. He termed the agreement as a 'back door power takeover '. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has faulted the cooperation agreement signed between the county and the national government, citing alleged violations of the law including a constitutional requirement for such major decisions to be subjected to a process of public participation.

Speaking during a press briefing at Parliament Buildings on Wednesday, February 18, Sifuna questioned the rationale used to arrive at the Sh80 billion the government plans to inject in the county.