The county assembly of Nairobi has turned to the office of the Attorney General and Supreme court to seek advice over the legality of the appointment of Nairobi County's Deputy Governor Anne Mwenda.
Elachi on Tuesday said that everything will be done in accordance to the law in reference to the nomination of the Deputy Governor.
She claimed it would be pointless to rush into the debate and then in the process break the law.
Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko who had been barred from office appointed the Deputy Governor hence raising questions if he was in the capacity to perform such functions given the court ruling.
"There is no point in introducing a nominee's name, we debate and pass it then later we are caught up with the law. That is why I ruled that the debate on the deputy governor's nominee will happen once the house is back from recess in February and before then, we would have received the advisory opinion," she stated.
She added that she is yet to receive responses to the letters, but it is expected that the letters will be responded to before the end of the month.
"There is a lacuna in the constitution on what Nairobi is facing and that is why the advisory from the AG and Supreme Court will give us the direction we need to take as an assembly," she noted.
This is the second time that the Nairobi County Assembly speaker is writing to the office of the Attorney General.
The first time, Elachi sought to know the way forward for the leadership of Nairobi county after the court barred Sonko from accessing office and there was no deputy to take over the office.