Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa last night gazetted\u00a0the transfer of key functions of the Nairobi County to the National Government.<\/p>\n
This means Uhuru Kenyatta\u2019s government will in 21 days officially take over control of the capital amidst debate that the deal was not procedurally signed.\u201cThis deed of transfer shall become effective 21 days from the date of execution and shall remain in force for an initial renewable period of two years from the date of execution,\u201d CS Wamalwa said in the gazette notice dated February 25.A section of\u00a0lawmakers and lawyers\u00a0argue that while the Constitution and Inter-governmental Relations Act provide for the transfer of functions between levels of government, the county assembly was not duly notified.<\/p>\n
They foresee the move being challenged in court.The gazette notice, however, says that the deal: \u201cShall be notified to the Nairobi County Assembly pursuant to Section 26(6) of the Inter-governmental Relations Act and shall in the meantime be subjected to public participation\u201d.It added that any amendments to the deal from the public participation will be included in the Agreement.<\/p>\n
Besieged Governor Mike Sonko, whose powers have now been clipped, yesterday handed over the crucial functions of health, transport, public works and planning.\u00a0State House described the decision as a breakthrough that will ensure Nairobi residents receive services efficiently.The State\u00a0noted that it will now prescribe and establish the institutional framework for the execution of the transferred functions, effectively reducing the governor to a mere figurehead.<\/p>\n
On financing of the transferred functions; CS Wamalwa noted that money will be drawn from either or both the Consolidated Fund and the County Revenue Fund.\u00a0\u201cThe National Government shall have the responsibility of collecting and remitting all revenue accruing from the transferred functions,\u201d he said.The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will oversee the collection of billions in revenue generated by the key dockets.<\/p>\n
This is as the human resource for the implementation of the agreement will be seconded from the county government to the national government and the county public service board, in consultation with the Public Service Commission will formulate the necessary instruments to facilitate the secondment and deployment of those officers.CS Wamalwa further notes that both Parliament and the Nairobi County Assembly will be updated on the implementation of the agreement through an annual report tabled in both the Houses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe parties will harmonise the relevant sector performance contracts and service delivery indicators, as adopted by the respective governments and relevant departments,\u201d CS Wamalwa said.The shock power deal, hailed as one of kind landmark agreement by State House,\u00a0follows a crisis at City Hall\u00a0after Governor Sonko was barred from office by a court last year.He was charged over the alleged loss of Sh357 million.<\/p>\n
Acting Nairobi\u00a0County Secretary Leboo Morintat\u00a0in January took\u00a0over the operations at City Hall since Sonko was operating without a deputy for about two years.The governor recently nominated Ann Mwenda, the County Executive Committee Member for Disaster Management, as the nominee deputy.<\/p>\n
Mwenda is yet to be vetted by the county assembly as a high court suspended the process until a case by a petitioner, Peter Agoro, is determined.Agoro moved to court arguing that the nomination amounts to \u201ca direct affront to the orders issued against the governor in December last year\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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