Meanwhile, while the Nairobi Senate position is now seemingly redundant, residents are about to witness a strange military-political fusion, thanks to the newly appointed Director-General of Nairobi Metropolitan Services, Major-General Mohamed Badi Ali. Around mid-December 2012, the Kenyan government under the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development launched a project dubbed Nairobi Metropolitan Services Improvement Project (NaMSIP). This was the genesis of a series of developmental projects that were intended to affect the Nairobi Metropolitan Region (NMR), which covers Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Kajiado and Murang’a. On March 18, 2020 Kenyans were informed that President Uhuru Kenyatta had created the office of the Nairobi Metropolitan Services. With this as a precedent, Kenyans who believe in devolution should be wary of the future of our counties, starting with those that fall under the Nairobi Metropolitan Region (NMR).

Source: Daily Nation March 20, 2020 21:00 UTC