The Government Printer on Monday revoked the publication of the Nairobi County Supplementary Appropriations Act, 2020 as MCAs threatened to go to court. The decision was in line with an advisory from Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto, who had said that the Act was unlawful. “It is notified for the general information of the public that the Government Printer has revoked the Kenya Gazette Supplement No 2 (Nairobi City County Act No 1) dated April 27, which published the purported Nairobi City County Supplementary Appropriations Act, 2020,” CEO Mwenda Njoka said. The Solicitor General based his legal opinion on the County Governments Act, which supersedes the assembly's standing orders. “As the subjected bill was not assented to in either way contemplated by the law, it is our considered guidance that the purported Appropriations Act, 2020 was not lawful and proper, as the said Act did not exist in the first place.

Source: The Star May 13, 2020 07:07 UTC