The Nairobi county assembly has rejected Governor Mike Sonko’s memorandum on the Appropriation Bill. This comes as 88 out of 122 MCAs on Tuesday voted against Sonko’s memorandum reaching the two-thirds majority vote needed to reject the memorandum as per the law. The Assembly on October 8 had passed a Sh37.5 billion budget, allocating the Nairobi Metropolitan Service Sh27.1 billion, leaving Sonko’s administration with Sh6.4 billion. While rejecting the budget, Sonko recommended the assembly to reduce the budget from Sh37.5 billion to Sh31.6 billion in accordance with the County Fiscal Strategy Paper 2020/2021 and budget estimates that were presented by the Executive. By rejecting the governor’s memo, the MCAs stuck to the original budget they had passed without any amendment.

Source: The Star November 03, 2020 14:03 UTC