Governors want to meet Uhuru over Mike SonkoNairobi Governor Mike Sonko is escorted by police officers at Wilson Airport on Friday last week after his arrest in Voi. [Reuters]The Council of Governors (CoG) urgently wants to meet President Uhuru Kenyatta over the leadership crisis in Nairobi County, following the arrest of Governor Mike Sonko.It is not clear when Uhuru will honour the request. Sonko has been running City Hall without a deputy since January 12, 2018, when Polycarp Igathe resigned as his deputy. Governors Ferdinand Waititu (Kiambu) and Moses Lenolkulal (Samburu) were barred from accessing their offices which were declared “scenes of crime”. The law also states that in the event a vacancy occurs in the office of county governor and that of deputy county governor, or if the deputy county governor is unable to act, the speaker of the county assembly shall act as county governor, but only for sixty (60) days.

Source: Standard Digital December 08, 2019 18:22 UTC