Kileleshwa Member of County Assembly Robert Alai has claimed that the Nairobi City County Assembly Speaker and the Clerk have deliberately gone into hiding to avoid receiving a motion seeking the impeachment of Governor Johnson Sakaja.

According to a statement accompanied by a video on his Facebook page on Friday, April 24, 2026, Alai stated that the two senior assembly officials had run away from office amid the pressure linked to the proposed impeachment process against the governor.

“The speaker of the Nairobi City County Assembly and the clerk have run away from office so as not to receive the impeachment motion of Governor Sakaja,” Alai said.

According to Alai, the alleged disappearance of the Assembly leadership reflects deeper divisions within City Hall over the fate of Governor Sakaja.

He suggested that the move was meant to frustrate the tabling of the impeachment motion.

“Now we know the real enemies of devolution in Nairobi, and action must be taken,” Alai said.

Sakaja impeachment attempt

The move to impeach the Nairobi boss comes barely two weeks after Sakaja signed a Ksh80 billion cooperation agreement with the national government, brewing persistent tensions between the county executive and legislators.

Speaking during a press briefing on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, Nairobi South Ward MCA Esther Waithera Chege confirmed that the MCAs are preparing to submit an impeachment motion to the clerk of the county assembly, which will then be forwarded to the Speaker for consideration.

According to Chege, the motion will outline 22 distinct grounds for the governor’s removal, though the specifics remain undisclosed.

“We have enough signatures for the first round. The second round comes within the seven days, and I can assure you we have an overflow of signatures for the first round,” Chege said.

Later, Azimio MCAs, led by their leader in the county assembly, who also serves as the majority leader, rejected the move and instead backed the Ksh80 billion cooperation deal that the governor had signed with the president.

Echoes of 2025 standoff

The latest dispute mirrors events in September 2025, when all 85 elected MCAs signed an impeachment motion against Sakaja. At the time, President Ruto met UDA-aligned MCAs at State House and urged them to drop the push.

“I have been the most accused person, but I never allowed that to derail my work. I urge you to put aside differences and drop this motion,” Ruto told them.

The late Raila Odinga also convened ODM MPs and MCAs in Nairobi to save Sakaja from impeachment. The meeting ended with a consensus to withdraw support for the ouster, warning that it would destabilise the capital.