Members of the Nairobi City County Assembly have reignited attempts to impeach City governor Johnson Sakaja.
A section of the legislators led by the Nairobi outh MCA and the Deputy Minority leader Waithera Chege have accused the assembly clerk of attempting to thwart their move after they alleged of him dissappearing promising that the assembly speaker who is tghe leader of the house has promised to help tomorrow morning.
“We were ready to present both the signatures and notice of impeachment. The only problem we’ve had today is that after House Business Committee sitting, the clerk was nowhere to be seen,” she said.
Waithera stated that they raised their grievances with the Speaker who promised that by 11am tomorrow (Wednesday), the clerk would be ready to receive both the motion and any attached documents.
The MCA noted that the motion contains 22 counts, but the details cannot yet be disclosed.
“We cannot mention the figures now, until the clerk receives and counterchecks the signatures,” Waithera said.
She added that legal procedure requires the clerk to submit all documents first to the Speaker’s office for further clarification before the motion becomes official.
Today’s preparations mark the latest step in a process that began months ago.
The impeachment bid comes five months after MCAs abandoned an earlier attempt to remove Sakaja, which was halted after President William Ruto and the late Raila Odinga intervened.
In September last year, both leaders convened meetings with allied MPs and ward representatives, urging dialogue and focus on service delivery rather than political brinkmanship.
At State House, Ruto met UDA-aligned MCAs and warned them against pursuing the ouster motion. Drawing from his own political experience, he reminded ward representatives, “Leadership demands resilience, not retaliation,” and urged them to put aside differences for development.
Meanwhile, Raila convened ODM MPs and MCAs at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Foundation.
The session, chaired by veteran politician Fred Gumo and later joined by Sakaja, concluded with a consensus to drop the earlier impeachment push, which insiders said would have destabilized the capital.
