Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has rejected the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport order made in 2017.
Sonko has termed the order unconstitutional and invalid.
Similarly, the County Assembly of Nairobi has, never been formally notified of any such suitable agreement in contravention of section 26(5) of the Inter-governmental Relations Act 2011.
Court papers filed by lawyer Phillip Nyachoti, the appointment of board members of the Authority vide Gazette Notice no.1240 of February was unconstitutional since there was no absence of any formal legal agreement between the parties authorising the same.
“The attempt to comply with section 26(4) of the Inter-Governmental Relations Act, 2011 by introducing a Bill before the National Assembly in the form of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority Bill which was tabled in Parliament in October 2017 was never successful as the bill was preliminarily rejected and as such the National Assembly approval has never been granted,” read the court papers.
The governor was replying to a case in which Wanjiru Gikonyo, KATIBA Institute Director, has faulted the legal notice creating NAMATA because it reduces county revenue.