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Nairobi County Assembly on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, adjourned for a long festive holiday recess to resume on February 14, 2023, ahead of the vetting of Chief Officers on December 22, 2022.

Addressing the Assembly before the break, Nairobi City County Assembly Speaker Kennedy Ngondi urged the legislatures to remain well and return in good shape in the New Year.

“For those who drink Jack Daniels and the rest, kindly do not drink and drive. We need all of us to come back in 2023 in good shape,” Ngondi stated.

In his message to the Assembly, the speaker communicated to have received a list of names that the City Governor Johnson Sakaja had nominated for the Chief Officers Post.

This comprised a list of thirty-three names who will work with the ten CECs once approved by the select committees upon approval.

“I wish to report that on Thursday, December 8, 2022, I received a message from Governor Sakaja regarding the nomination of persons appointed as Chief Officers to the various sectors and sub-sectors.

“I commit the nominees to the various select committees for consideration. Due to the urgency of the matter, the committees are requested to hold their approval hearings on December 22, 2022, and thereafter table their reports as soon as possible,” the Speaker stated.

Nairobi County CECs

Last week Thursday, the Nairobi County Government Executive was fully installed after the swearing-in of the 10 Members of the County Executive Committee (MCECs).

This came minutes after the County Assembly unanimously approved the report by the Select Committee on Appointment.

Nominees appeared before the vetting committee on Tuesday, December 6 where they defended their suitability to serve in the positions they were nominated.

While giving their inputs on the floor of the house, the Members of County Assembly  called on the CECs designate to render their service tirelessly to aid social-economic transformation of the residents.

Majority Leader Peter Imwatok urged the CECs to serve residents, as they respect their employer, which is the Assembly.

 “We are telling the CECs to work for city residents. However, they must do so as they respect the Assembly. They should know that their entry point can also be exit door,” he said.