Afrigather Nairobi — The dalliance between Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and the Azimio coalition has induced jitters within the Kenya Kwanza Alliance, following his transfer to nominate individuals allied to the rival Azimio Alliance to key county portfolios.
Members of the Nairobi County Meeting allied to the UDA-dominated Kenya Kwanza Alliance whereas addressing the media on Friday accused the Governor who was elected on a UDA ticket of sidelining them and as a substitute favoring the Azimio aspect.
Led by Minority Chief Anthony Kiragu, the MCAs vowed to boycott a particular sitting slated for the afternoon throughout which the Meeting was anticipated to approve Governor Sakaja’s 33 Chief Officer nominees.
“The Governor used the UDA flag whereas searching for this seat however we are able to see he has sidelined us, We need to inform him that this afternoon we won’t take part within the approval of his Chief Provides and he can have them authorized by Azimio,” Kiragu said.
The Members’ issues arose after Governor Sakaja’s transfer to nominate Fortunate Ogutu Okudo as Chief Officer for ICT and Power.
Okudo, an Azimo operative, was on the centre of chaos witnessed at IEBC’s Nationwide Tallying Middle in Bomas in the course of the announcement of presidential election outcomes as Azimio tried to cease the official declaration of outcomes.
Throughout the Bomas incident, Ogutu, clad in camouflage, made headlines after she emerged within the fracas witnessed in the course of the tallying course of.
“We additionally noticed what went down at Bomas and the mentioned nominee was pictured pick-pocketing telephones and behaving like a goon. That is not the type of a frontrunner that Nairobi residents need,” Kiragu said.
Minority Whip Macharia Mugambi additionally cited failure to submit the mandatory credentials by the nominee on time as one more reason they might not take part within the vetting train they termed as an illegality.
“As Kenya Kwanza we can not not take part in an illegality, and Ogutu can’t be the face of Nairobi,” Mugambi said.
The Governor’s cupboard additionally has Azimio allied individuals together with ex-Westlands MP ODM aspirant Mike Gumo.
Governor Sakaja nonetheless defended his transfer saying he was elected by each Azimio and Kenya Kwanza supporters, and that his appointments replicate the face of town.
