Sakaja impeachment resurfaces as MCAs adopt County-State agreement

President Ruto with Governor Johnson Sakaja at State House during the signing of a cooperation deal. [PCS] Nairobi Members of County Assembly (MCAs) yesterday adopted the co-operation agreement between the national and county governments signed on 17 February 2026. The move paves the way for the national government to take over the implementation of key projects in the city, including waste management, which has remained a major challenge since the 2022 General Election. However, a section of MCAs led by Deputy Minority Leader Waithera Chege and former Nairobi Mayor Godfrey Majiwa, the MCA for Baba Dogo, revived plans to impeach Governor Johnson Sakaja. They said they had identified 22 grounds for impeachment following failed attempts in 2025. "Apart from approving the co-operation agreement, we had an agenda to notify the Clerk to approve the signatures for impeachment, but he was not available," Chege said. She added: "We have already notified the Speaker of our intentions and initiated the process of counter-checking the impeachment signatures." During debate on the agreement, MCAs, through a Special Committee formed to review the pact, proposed several amendments. Among the recommendations is that, once the agreement comes into effect, the Steering Committee should, within 30 days, submit to the County Assembly a comprehensive and itemised list of all approved projects to be implemented under the framework. They said this would ensure equitable distribution of projects across the county's 85 wards. "That all projects undertaken, whether independently or jointly pursuant to the Co-operation Agreement, shall upon completion or termination of the Agreement be formally handed over to the Nairobi City County Government," the report reads in part. The committee further recommended that the Steering Committee established under the agreement include respective County Executive Committee Members responsible for the functions under collaboration, to provide policy direction and executive oversight. Some MCAs, however, argued that key functions that ought to have been included in the agreement were left out. "The agreement is about development. It provides for collaboration in waste management, roads and drainage, street lighting, water and sanitation, and housing infrastructure - all of which are critical to safeguarding the dignity of Nairobi residents," said nominated MCA Nasra Nanda. She added: "It also creates a joint financing framework aligned with the public finance management framework and seeks to mobilise additional capital investment into the city so that Nairobi can be positioned to compete with other leading cities."

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