President Uhuru Kenyatta placed NMS under the Executive Office of the President in a repealed Executive Order issued on Wednesday. The order has caused confusion and controversy over whether the county assembly will still play its oversight role over the entity. Lawyers say the President’s order rendered the county assembly ‘useless’ as it cannot oversee an agency that is now under the Executive. The President created NMS to perform four critical county functions after Governor Mike Sonko signed them away in February. So, it will not oversight NMS which is directly answerable to the President,” he added.

Source: The Star June 06, 2020 10:52 UTC