A battle for control of Nairobi’s billions has erupted between Governor Mike Sonko and President Uhuru Kenyatta’s men charged with managing the transferred county functions. The governor is embroiled in a fierce fight with Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) director general Mohamed Badi and his Kenya Revenue Authority counterpart James Mburu. “The Deed of Transfer that we signed is extremely clear on how communication should be conducted between the national government, Nairobi county government and the NMS. In the agreement with State House, Sonko signed an agreement appointing KRA as the principal agent for overall revenue collection for the county government. Sonko remains the governor of Nairobi but his powers are now limited to the remaining functions,” he said.

Source: The Star April 10, 2020 02:26 UTC