The swearing-in ceremony of Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura as the acting governor for Nairobi County has been postponed.
This comes after justice Jairus Ngaah who was meant to preside over the swearing-in arrived after 2:00 pm.
As per the law, the oath or affirmation of a governor shall be administered not earlier than 10:00 am and not later than 2:00 pm.
The Assumption Of The Office Of County Governor Committee was formed and gazetted today morning ahead of the swearing-in ceremony.
The committee is chaired by Justus Kathenge who is the County Secretary.
He said the new date of the swearing-in ceremony will be announced at a later date.
Mutura was to be sworn in as governor in an acting capacity for the next 60 days before Nairobians go to the ballot to elect another city boss.
This comes after former governor Mike Sonko was impeached.
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Sonko lost his seat on Thursday night after majority of the senators voted to uphold all the four charges levelled against him by city MCAs.
Some 27 legislators voted in favour of each of the charges thus surpassing the Constitutional threshold of 24 votes needed to remove the governor from office.
Sixteen senators voted to oppose each of the charges with two lawmakers – Mutula Kilonzo Jr (Makueni) and Johnson Sakaja (Nairobi) – opting to abstain from the vote.
The embattled governor was accused of gross violation of the constitution or any other law, abuse of office, gross misconduct and crimes under national law.
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Sonko becomes the second governor to be impeached by the senators after Martin Wambora (Embu) and Ferdinand Waititu (Kiambu).
However, Wambora escaped impeachment after the courts quashed his removal.
Waititu, on the other hand, failed to secure an injunction and was successfully removed from office.
Sonko has been running the county government without a deputy after Polycarp Igathe resigns in January 2018.
There was a heavy police presence around city hall as the swearing ceremony of Mutura was set to kick off.