The abrupt exit of Nairobi Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe which has sparked a crisis in the Nairobi County administration exposes the frosty relationship between the governor and his deputy.
This is a development that has troubled Jubilee’s leadership and the Senate devolution committee that they have offered to intervene and broker truce.
“We as the Senate, we know there are sections of the constitution which are not clear, we are looking at the sections to ensure the Nyeri people have a deputy governor, and Nairobi, we get a solution as well,” said Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja.
From the foregoing the senate committee on devolution now says it will summon Governor Sonko, to shade light on the deterioration of his relationship with the deputy governor.
A letter to be dispatched on Wednesday, next week to City Hall will invite the governor.
“We are going to write to the governor of Nairobi inviting him so that he can shade more light on the matter and what exactly transpired in the county,” said John Nderitu, Senator Laikipia.
He added: “One thing I can for sure say is that there will be no crisis because the constitution is clear that the deputy governor can only be elected by het people in that county, so in Nairobi we will be wthouht the deputy governor, just like Nyeri,”
Sonko’s political adviser however says there is no vacuum, as Sonko has put in place professionals capable of running the county.